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1、2013年3月pets3 真题26、 根据下列材料，请回答26-45题： I dont know what it is about English pubs that I find so disappointing 26 , pubs are supposed to be the Englishman s 27 meeting place, where he can get together with a few friends 28 a glass of beer and talk about football, or horse racing, or business or whateve
2、r else 29 his thoughtsYou notice that the pub is the Englishman s meeting place, not the English-womansEven in our liberated times it is still not quite 30 for a woman to go into a pub alone; she must have a man to 31 and protect herPerhaps that s partly 32 pubs disappoint me-they are 33 mainly to p
3、rovide for male interests, which are often pretty 34 I think this male-dominated atmosphere 35 reminds me of being back at school, or in the army, neither of which is an 36 I much want to relive. However, I m 37 in the minorityMost Englishmen have their local, where they can escape from the 38 of fa
4、mily life or work, and if they are 39 , tell their troubles to a pretty barmaid. 40 , many men dream of retiring from their nine-to-five jobs and 41 a little country pub, where they imagine they ll be the 42 of a seven-nights-a-week partyThis 43 usually dies when they think of having to clean up spi
5、lled beer at one o clock in the morning. Still, there s a pub for every type of man, and a man for every type of pubAnd I must 44 that, for someone who doesnt like them, I ve 45 a lot of time in pubs of various kinds. 26、 AAfter all BIn addition CAs a result D. For example27、 Afavorite Bproper Cform
6、al Dexclusive 28、 Aby Bover Cupon Dto 29、 Aforms Binfluences Coccupies Dtroubles 30、 Alawful Bmeaningful Cimpressive Drespectable 31、 Aaccompany Bcomfort CencourageDsupport 32、 Ahow Bwhen Cwhere Dwhy 33、 Aforced Benabled Cintended Dclaimed 34、 Anarrow Bnoble Cpractical Dpersonal 35、 Aalso Bhence Cye
7、t Donly 36、 Aexistence Bexperience Cinterest Dincident 37、 Anaturally Bnormally Cobviously Doddly 38、 Aneeds Bobjectives Cpressures Drequirements39、 Acareful Bhonest Cdoubtful Dlucky 40、 AStill BIndeed CThus DNevertheless 41、 Adecorating Bbuying Cdesigning Dvisiting 42、 Ahost Bmember Cservant Dspons
8、or 43、 Ahobby Bproject Chabit Ddream 44、 Arecognize Bremember Cbelieve Dadmit 45、 Afound Brecovered Cspent Dsaved Text 1Researchers at UCLA Medical Center in Los Angeles, California found that a 12-minute bed-side visit with a dog can help ease anxiety levels by 24 percent in heart failure patients,
9、 compared to a 10 percent drop when patients had a visit from a human volunteer, and no drop in patients who had no visit.Results of the 76-patient study were presented last week at the American Heart Association s annual Scientific Sessions in Dallas, Texas. The study was funded by the Pet Care Tru
10、st Foundation, a non-profit organization which promotes human-animal interaction and bonding. In the stud-y, effects of dog and volunteer visits were compared with those of volunteers only, and with patients who had no visits and remained at rest. Heart pressures were monitored and patients were ask
11、ed to answer a list of anxiety assessment questions before and after the visits. Although critical pressure measures also decreased, suggesting improved cardiac function, the most marked response was seen in anxiety levels.The first thing you notice is that the patient s facial expression, changes t
12、o a smile and the stress of the world seems to be lifted off their shoulders, study author Kathy Cole said. Feelings of depression and helplessness are common among heart patients, Cole said, and just three nights in a hospital is enough to make some patients feel anxious and unsettled. During the v
13、isit, the furry friend is allowed to lie on the bed next to the patient with its head within two feet of the patient s. Most patients petted the dog, while others engaged human volunteers in conversation about the dog.Dogs used in the study are specially trained animal-assisted therapy dogs that und
14、ergo a series of trainings, evaluations and certifications to qualify as therapy dogs. Dog breeds varied. Research0ers used everything from Bernese mountain dogs to small schnauzers. However, a dog doesnt have to be specially trained to have a calming effect on its human counterparts. In fact, the a
15、nimal doesn t even have to be a dog in order to help. As long as the animal has meaning to the patient, or a relationship with the patient, it can help calm the patient, Cole said.46、We learn from the text that heart patients benefit most from visitsAby a volunteer with a dogBby a volunteer on his ownCby a well-trained dog aloneDby a non-profit organization47、 The study shows that, for heart patients,Atheir anxiety is reduced if they stay longer in hospitalBtheir contact with a
