5.In the last two paragraphs, the author
wants to tell us tha_________________.
A.learning a second language is the same as
studying maths
B.early learning of a second language helps
you a great deal in study other subjects
C.Italian is the best choice for you as a
second language
D.you’d better choose the ages between 2
and 34 to learn a second language.
解析：B。作者的最后两段是对其中心论点的继续阐述，即外语的学习宜早不宜迟。
(C)
People who offer love, listening and help to others may be rewarded
with better mental health themselves, according to a new study of churchgoers
in the September/October issue of Psychosomatic Medicine.
The study is one of the first to track the positive health benefits
of altruistic(利他的) behavior,
says Carolyn Schwartz, Sc.D. of the University of Massachusetts Medical
School.
“The findings really point up how helping others can help oneself,”
Schwartz says.
Schwartz and his workmates analyzed (分析) the information collected by the Presbyterian Church for 2,016
church members. The members were asked about how often they “made others feel
loved and cared for” and “listened to others”, and how often they received this
attention in return.
The members also answered the questions about their mental and
physical health. Most of the church members were in good physical and mental
health to begin with, experiencing only normal levels of anxiety and
depression.
While the researchers did not find any significant differences
in physical health clearly related to giving and receiving help, they concluded
that giving help was a better predictor(预报器) of good mental health than receiving help.
But feeling crushed (压倒) by others’ demands can have negative psychological(心理的) effects, according to the
researchers.
“Although our findings suggest that people who help others
experience better mental health, our findings also suggest that giving beyond
one’s own resources is related with worse reported mental health,”Schwartz
says.
Church leaders, older people, women and those who took satisfaction
from prayer (祷告) were more
likely to be helpers rather than receivers, according to the study.
People who give help to others may be less likely to focus inward on
their own anxieties and depression or more likely to see their own troubles in
mind, leading to better mental health, say the researchers.
Alternatively(二者择一的), it may be that “people who are functioning well psychologically
are better able and therefore more likely to give help,” Schwartz says.
