阅读理解训练题-53

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1、阅读理解训练题（五十三）AToronto—Apleasantattitudecandowondersforpatients’recovery,accordingtoresearcherswhoreviewed16studiesthatlookedatpatients’attitudestowardhealth.Thestudieslasted30yearsandlookedatpatients’attitudesafteroperation.“Ineachcasethebetterapatient’sexpec

2、tationsabouthowtheywoulddoafteroperationorsomehealthprocedure,thebettertheydid,”saidtheauthorDonaldCole,oftheInstituteforWorkandHealthinToronto.“Thismind-bodyconnectionthatwehavebeentoyingwithforthepastcoupleofdecadesreallydoeshavehardsciencebehindit.Theresu

3、ltshowsthatthepowerofpositivethinkingisreal,”Colesaid.NewYork—APabloPicassopaintingsoldatChristie’sauctionhouseinNewYorkWednesdayfor55-milliondollars.ThepricesetanewauctionrecordforaPicasso,andisthefifth-highestpriceeverpaidforanyworkofartatauction.Thepainti

4、ng—Womanwithherarmscrossed—waspurchasedbyantelephonebidder(投标者).Paintedin1902inBarcelona,theportraitisoneofthebest-knownworksfromwhatiscalledPicasso’sblueperiod.Christie’ssaysthepaintingbythefamousSpanishartistisofaqualitynotseenonthemarketinmorethan10years.

5、Itsoldformorethantwiceitspre-saleestimate.XinhuaAgency—AreportthatthreekindergartenteacherskneltdownbeforeaSouthKoreancoupletoapologize,inNanjing,ofEastChina’sJiangsuProvince,hastriggeredwidecriticism.Atalocalkindergarten,aChineseteacherfrightenedaSouthKorea

6、nchildbysayingshewouldcutoffhisfingersifhecontinuedtomakemischief.AlthoughthekindergartenhadapologizedtothecoupleanddismissedtheteachersurnamedYang,themotherinsistedthatYangshouldkneeldownbeforeher.ShengDalin,acolumnist,wroteintheXINXISHIBAOthatitwasenoughto

7、firetheteacherandmakeanapologytothecouple,butthemother’srequestwasbeyondallreason.56．NewsItem1intendstomakeusbelievethat.A．positivethinkingcanmakepeoplehealthyB．abetterattituderesultsinabetteroperationC．researchershaveobserved16patients’recoveryduringthepast

8、30yearsD．greatattentionhasbeenpaidtohowattitudesaffecthealth57．WhichofthefollowingisNOTtrueaboutthepaintingWomanwithherarmscrossed?A．Thepaintingwasoncethoughttobewortharound$25million.B．Thepaint