注釋：
1. warm people likely to keep cold at bay：情緒樂觀的人不易患感冒。warm people原意是“熱心腸的人，情緒高昂的人”，keep/hold… at bay是“使…走投無路，不使…接近”的意思，因此本題目如果直譯則是“情緒高昂的人可能讓感冒不能得逞”或“情緒高昂的人可能遠(yuǎn)離感冒”或“情緒高昂的人可能拒感冒于千里之外”。
2. staying positive：保持積極向上（的情緒）
3. expose healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus：使健康的志愿者接觸感冒（病毒）或流感病毒。expose原意是“使暴露，使面臨”，這里expose sb. to sth.是“使...接觸...”的意思。
4. sunny disposition：樂觀開朗的個性
5. positive emotional style：樂觀情緒型，情緒積極型
6. ward off：避開，防止
7. scratchy throat：嗓子痛
runny nose：流鼻涕
8. susceptible to：對…敏感的，容易受到…的
9. as to：關(guān)于，至于
練習(xí)：
1. According to a study author, when people with a positive emotional style do get a cold, they may think ___________.
A) that their illness is very serious
B) that their illness is not so serious
C) that they do not get any illness at all
D) that the illness they get is not a mild one
2. People with a positive emotional style may have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT ____________.
A) happy
B) selfish
C) easy-going
D) energetic
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics that people with a negative emotional style may have?
A) Hostile.
B) Unhappy.
C) Warm-blooded.
D) Tense.
4. How did the researchers test their volunteers?
A) By giving everyone nasal drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus.
B) By giving everyone a medicine that help lessen the probability of catching cold.
C) By giving everyone an injection boosting immune function.
D) By investigating everyone’s characteristics, interests and hobbies.
5. Which of the following items is NOT included in the data that the researchers collected?
A) Mucus production.
B) Aches and pains.
C) Sneezing or congestion.
D) Blood test.
答案與題解：
1. B 本題答案來自第三段，其中第二句說，“當(dāng)他們的確患感冒時，他們認(rèn)為病情并不太嚴(yán)重”。
2. B 選項A、C、D在第五段第二句均提到，只有B項沒提到，而且從邏輯推理，情緒樂觀的人絕不會是“自私自利”的人。
3. C 選項A、B、D也均在第五段第二句提到，而C項“熱情洋溢”也不應(yīng)屬于情緒低落、消極的人所應(yīng)有的性格特征。
4. A 第六段第一句說的就是“研究者給這些志愿者一些含有感冒病毒或某種流感病毒的滴鼻劑”，這正是本題答案。
5. D 選項A、B、C在第六段第二句均提到，而D項則不在其中之列。
1. warm people likely to keep cold at bay：情緒樂觀的人不易患感冒。warm people原意是“熱心腸的人，情緒高昂的人”，keep/hold… at bay是“使…走投無路，不使…接近”的意思，因此本題目如果直譯則是“情緒高昂的人可能讓感冒不能得逞”或“情緒高昂的人可能遠(yuǎn)離感冒”或“情緒高昂的人可能拒感冒于千里之外”。
2. staying positive：保持積極向上（的情緒）
3. expose healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus：使健康的志愿者接觸感冒（病毒）或流感病毒。expose原意是“使暴露，使面臨”，這里expose sb. to sth.是“使...接觸...”的意思。
4. sunny disposition：樂觀開朗的個性
5. positive emotional style：樂觀情緒型，情緒積極型
6. ward off：避開，防止
7. scratchy throat：嗓子痛
runny nose：流鼻涕
8. susceptible to：對…敏感的，容易受到…的
9. as to：關(guān)于，至于
練習(xí)：
1. According to a study author, when people with a positive emotional style do get a cold, they may think ___________.
A) that their illness is very serious
B) that their illness is not so serious
C) that they do not get any illness at all
D) that the illness they get is not a mild one
2. People with a positive emotional style may have all of the following characteristics EXCEPT ____________.
A) happy
B) selfish
C) easy-going
D) energetic
3. Which of the following is NOT one of the characteristics that people with a negative emotional style may have?
A) Hostile.
B) Unhappy.
C) Warm-blooded.
D) Tense.
4. How did the researchers test their volunteers?
A) By giving everyone nasal drops containing either a cold virus or a particular flu virus.
B) By giving everyone a medicine that help lessen the probability of catching cold.
C) By giving everyone an injection boosting immune function.
D) By investigating everyone’s characteristics, interests and hobbies.
5. Which of the following items is NOT included in the data that the researchers collected?
A) Mucus production.
B) Aches and pains.
C) Sneezing or congestion.
D) Blood test.
答案與題解：
1. B 本題答案來自第三段，其中第二句說，“當(dāng)他們的確患感冒時，他們認(rèn)為病情并不太嚴(yán)重”。
2. B 選項A、C、D在第五段第二句均提到，只有B項沒提到，而且從邏輯推理，情緒樂觀的人絕不會是“自私自利”的人。
3. C 選項A、B、D也均在第五段第二句提到，而C項“熱情洋溢”也不應(yīng)屬于情緒低落、消極的人所應(yīng)有的性格特征。
4. A 第六段第一句說的就是“研究者給這些志愿者一些含有感冒病毒或某種流感病毒的滴鼻劑”，這正是本題答案。
5. D 選項A、B、C在第六段第二句均提到，而D項則不在其中之列。