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Romance does not have to fizzle out（失敗） in long-term relationships and progress into a companionship/friendship-type love, a new study has found. Romantic love can last a lifetime and lead to happier, healthier   1  .

"Many believe that   2  love is the same as passionate（多情的）love," said lead researcher Bianca P. Acevedo, PhD, then at Stony Brook University (currently at University of California, Santa Barbara). "It isn't. Romantic love has the intensity, engagement and sexual chemistry that passionate love has, minus the obsessive component（過度成分）. Passionate or obsessive love includes   3  of uncertainty and anxiety. This kind of love   4  drive the shorter relationships but not the longer ones."

These findings   5  in the March issue of Review of General Psychology, published by the American Psychological Association.

Acevedo and co-researcher Arthur Aron, PhD, reviewed 25 studies with 6,070 individuals in short- and long-term relationships to    6  whether romantic love is associated with more satisfaction. To determine this, they   7  the relationships in each of the studies as romantic, passionate (romantic with obsession) or friendship-like love and categorized them as long- or short-term.

The researchers looked at 17 short-term relationship studies, which included 18- to 23-year-old college students who were   8  , dating or married, with the average relationship lasting less than four years. They also   9  at 10 long-term relationship studies including middle-aged couples who were typically married 10 years or more. Two of the   10  ncluded both long- and short-term relationships in which it was possible to distinguish the two samples.

The review found that those who reported greater romantic love were more   11  in both the short- and long-term relationships. Companion-like love was only moderately   12  with satisfaction in both short- and long-term relationships. And those who reported greater passionate love in their relationships were more satisfied in the short term   13  to the long term.

Couples who reported more satisfaction in their relationships also   14  being happier and having higher self-esteem.

Feeling that a partner is "there for you"   15  or a good relationship, Acevedo said, and facilitates（促進(jìn)） feelings of romantic love. On the other hand, "feelings of insecurity are generally associated with   16  satisfaction, and in some   17  may spark conflict in the relationship. This can manifest（表白） into obsessive love," she said.

This discovery may change people's   18  of what they want in long-term relationships. According to the authors, companionship love, which is what many couples see as the natural   19  of a successful relationship, may be an unnecessary compromise(妥協(xié)). "Couples should strive for love with all the trimmings（修剪）," Acevedo said. "And couples who've been together a long time and wish to get back their romantic edge should know it is an attainable（可達(dá)到的） goal that, like most good things in life,   20  energy and devotion."

(   ) 1. A. scholarships        B. friendships        C. relationships     D. companionships

(   ) 2. A. obsessive            B. romantic           C. passionate         D. companion

(   ) 3. A. feelings              B. factors              C. consequences    D. barriers

(   ) 4. A. contributes         B. helps                C. prevents           D. speeds

(   ) 5. A. occur                 B. take                 C. write                D. appear

(   ) 6. A. find out             B. work out          C. take out            D. bring out

(   ) 7. A. separated            B. classified          C. divided             D. cut

(   ) 8. A. alone                 B. lonely              C. single               D. unique

(   ) 9. A. glanced              B. glared              C. stared               D. looked

(   ) 10. A. findings           B. examinations     C. experiments      D. studies

(   ) 11. A. unpleased         B. disappointed     C. satisfied            D. desperate

(   ) 12. A. referred            B. associated         C. contended         D. conflicted

(   ) 13. A. compared         B. comparing               C. added               D. led

(   ) 14. A. reported           B. said                  C. believed           D. hoped

(   ) 15. A. takes                B. makes              C. means              D. depends

(   ) 16. A. higher              B. lower                      C. no                    D. much

(   ) 17. A. environments    B. states                C. air                   D. cases

(   ) 18. A. views                      B. expectations      C. remarks            D. statements

(   ) 19. A. progression       B. change             C. results              D. choice

(   ) 20. A. produces          B. satisfies            C. requires            D. consumes

Answer 1

1-20 CBABD ABCDD CBAAB BDBAC

解析:

本文說明了浪漫愛情可以持續(xù)一生，并且通往更幸福、更健康的關(guān)系。完成本題應(yīng)該結(jié)合自己的和實際生活中的人們的愛情觀。

1. C 浪漫愛情可以持續(xù)一生，并且通往更幸福、更健康的關(guān)系（friendships），而學(xué)問（scholarships），友誼（friendships），伙伴關(guān)系（companionships），明顯不合適。

2. B “很多人以為浪漫（romantic）之愛和激情之愛是一回事，全文說的主體就是浪漫愛情，而不是過分關(guān)心的（obsessive），也不是多情的（passionate），更不是陪伴（companion）。

3. A激情的或者強(qiáng)迫性的愛情包含了不確定和焦慮的感覺（feelings），無論是那種情都是一種情感感覺，而不是因素（factors），結(jié)果（consequences），和障礙（barriers）。

4. B這種愛情有助于（helps）驅(qū)動的是短期關(guān)系而不是長期關(guān)系，貢獻(xiàn)于（contributes）要和to搭配，阻止（prevent）和加速（speeds）都顯得不合適，不能讓語意通順。

5. D這些研究結(jié)果刊登（也就是出現(xiàn)appear）在美國心理學(xué)會出版的《普通心理學(xué)評論》三月號上，而不是發(fā)生（occur），拿走(take)，寫(write)。

6. A 以檢驗（就是找到結(jié)果，也就是find out）浪漫愛情是否與更高的滿意度相聯(lián)系，計算出（work out），拿出（take out），取出（bring out）等等不符合語意邏輯。

7. B為了證實這一點，他們把每項研究中的愛情關(guān)系歸類（classified）為浪漫的、激情的（浪漫加上強(qiáng)迫成分）和友誼式的，再分為長期和短期關(guān)系兩類。Separated：分離，divided：分開，cut：剪開，都不能表示這樣的意思。

8. C其對象包括18-23歲的單身（就是single）、戀愛中或已婚的大學(xué)生，單身是說沒有結(jié)婚，而不是單獨（alone），孤獨（lonely），和唯一一個（unique）。

9. D他們還看了（looked）10個對于長期關(guān)系的研究，其對象包括結(jié)婚10年或更久的中年夫婦。匆匆一看（glanced），瞪眼看（glared），目不轉(zhuǎn)睛地看（stared），這三個詞都與at搭配，但是表示的意思都帶有感情色彩，也不符合語意。

10. D其中兩個研究（studies）同時包括了短期和長期關(guān)系，這兩組樣本是區(qū)分開來的。前文用的都是研究，而不是發(fā)現(xiàn)（findings），測試（examinations），和實驗（experiments）。

11. C那些報告出更多浪漫成分的人都對自己的愛情關(guān)系更滿意(satisfied)，而不是不高興（unpleased），失望（disappointed），和絕望（desperate）。

12. B 。在短期和長期關(guān)系中，伙伴式的愛情都只有中等程度的和滿意度相關(guān)（associated），涉及（referred），爭斗（contended），和沖突（conflicted），顯然不合時宜。

13. A而那些報告出較多激情成分的人在短期關(guān)系中比（比較和比較的對象之間是被動關(guān)系，故用過去分詞compared，而不是現(xiàn)在分詞comparing）在長期關(guān)系中滿意度更高。Added(加上)和led(導(dǎo)致)，根本就沒有比較的意思。

14. A對愛情關(guān)系滿意度較高的夫婦或戀人同時也報告（reported）出較強(qiáng)的幸福感和較高的自尊。前文用的就是report，而說（said），相信（believed），和希望（hoped）明顯不是針對研究，

15. B感覺伴侶“與你同在”有助于（make for ）建立良好的愛情關(guān)系，take for的意思是把……當(dāng)做…..，意味著（means）依賴(depends)通常和for不搭配，構(gòu)不成一定意義上的短語。

16. B不安全感通常伴隨著較低的（lower）滿意度，而不是較高的（higher），根本沒有（no）和很多（much）。

17. D有時（就是有些情況下 in some cases）還會導(dǎo)致愛情中的沖突。Environments往往指的是自然環(huán)境，state說的是物體所處的物理狀態(tài)。Air是空氣和氣氛，明顯不符合邏輯。

18. B這個發(fā)現(xiàn)或許會改變?nèi)藗儗﹂L期關(guān)系的一般預(yù)期（expectations），觀點（views）看上去對，但是這兒不強(qiáng)調(diào)人們對愛情的認(rèn)識，而是能在多大程度上讓自己滿意，這就是期望或預(yù)期，更不是評論（remarks）和陳述（statements）。

19. A研究者稱，雖然伙伴式的愛情在很多夫婦看來是成功愛情關(guān)系的自然發(fā)展()階段，但它實際上可能是一種不必要的妥協(xié)。改變(change)，結(jié)果（results），選擇（choice）不能表達(dá)這樣的意思。

20. C ，它需要（requires）投入精力才能達(dá)成。生產(chǎn)（produces），滿足（satisfies），消耗（consumes）不能表達(dá)這樣的意思。