Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding "yes! " Besides helping you feel close and【C1】________to

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问题     Could a hug a day keep the doctor away? The answer may be a resounding "yes! " Besides helping you feel close and【C1】________to people you care about, it turns out that hugs can bring a host of health benefits to your body and mind. Believe it or not, a warm embrace might even help you【C2】________ getting sick this winter.
    In a recent study involving over 400 health adults, researchers from Carnegie Mellon University in Pennsylvania examined the effects of perceived social support and the receipt of hugs【C3】________the participants’ susceptibility to developing the common cold after being exposed to the virus.     People who perceived greater social support were less likely to come 【C4】________ with a cold, and the researchers calculated that the stress-reducing effects of hugging【C5】________about 32 percent of that beneficial effect. Even among those who got a cold, the ones who felt greater social support and received more frequent hugs had less severe【C6】________"Hugging protects people who are under stress from the increased risk for colds that’ s usually【C7】________ with  stress, "  notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. Hugging "is a marker of intimacy and help generate the feeling that others are there to help【C8】________difficulty. "
    Some experts attribute the stress-reducing, health-related benefits of hugging to the release of Oxycontin, often called "the bonding hormone"【C9】________it promotes attachment in relationships, including that between mothers and their newborn babies. Oxycontin is made primarily in the central lower part of the brain, and some of it is released into the bloodstream. But some of it remains in the brain, where it 【C10】________mood, behavior and physiology.
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选项 A、defeats
B、symptoms
C、errors
D、tests

答案B

解析 考查形容词与名词搭配。要与severe构成搭配,结合前文的语境可知是关于对拥抱实验的结果。因此,symptoms“症状”符合语义需要,故选B。
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