Question

请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。

注意：每个空格只填一个单词。

Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likely to be emotionally stable in the face of day-to-day stresses, according to psychologists who studied hundreds of adults of all ages.

“As our study shows, fathers do play a unique and important role in the mental health of their children much later in life,” Psychology professor Melanie Mallers of California State University said.

For this study, 912 adult men and women, who were between 25 and 74 years old, completed short daily telephone interviews about that day’s experiences over an eight-day period. The interviews focused on the participants’ psychological and emotional distress (i.e., whether they were depressed, nervous, sad, etc.) and if they’d experienced any stressful events that day. In addition, the participants also reported on the quality of their childhood relationships with their mother and father.

People who reported they had a good mother-child relationship reported three percent less psychological distress compared to those who reported a poor relationship, according to Mallers.

Men who reported having a good relationship with their father during childhood were more likely to be less emotional when reacting to stressful events in their current daily lives than those who had a poor relationship, according to her findings.

Also, the quality of mother and father relationships was significantly associated with how many stressful events the participants confronted on a daily basis. In other words, if they had a poor childhood relationship with both parents, they reported more stressful incidents over the eight-day study when compared to those who had a good relationship with their parents.

Mallers theorized why healthy or unhealthy relationships may have an effect on how people handle stress as adults. “Perhaps having caring parents equips children with the experiences and skills necessary to more successfully navigate their relationships with other people throughout childhood and into adulthood.” she said.

Title: A study on parent-child relationships
1.	Melanie Mallers, a psychologist from California State University.
2.	912 adult men and women between the3. of 25 and 74.
Processes	•Interview the participants every day by4. over eight days and ask about. •Their psychological and emotional distress, and stressful events that day. •Their childhood relationships with their parents.
5.	•People with a good mother-child relationship reported 3% less psychological distress than those with a poor relationship. •Men with a good father-child relationship were more likely to be emotionally6. when reacting to stressful events. •Those with a good relationship with both parents reported7. stressful incidents.
Conclusion	The8. of parent-child relationships affects how people handle stress as adults.
Possible 9.	Caring parents equip their children with the skills of handling their inter-personal relationships throughout childhood and into 10..

Answer

1.Researcher/ Psychologist

2.Participants

3.ages

4.telephone

5.Findings

6.stable

7.less

8.quality

9.Reason

10.adulthood

【解析】

这是一篇说明文。文章主要讲了最新研究表明，父母——孩子关系的质量影响着人们作为成年人处理压力的方式。

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根据表格后Melanie Mallers, a psychologist from California State University.可知这是在指出研究人员，该空需要填名词，一位研究人员，用名词单数，所以填Researcher/ Psychologist。

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根据表格后912 adult men and women between the___3___ of 25 and 74.可知这是介绍了参与者的相关情况，该空需要填名词，许多位参与者，用名词复数，所以填Participants。

3.

根据第三段For this study, 912 adult men and women, who were between 25 and 74 years old, completed short daily telephone interviews about that day’s experiences over an eight-day period.（在这项研究中，912名年龄在25岁到74岁之间的成年男性和女性，在8天的时间里，完成了关于那天经历的简短的每日电话采访。）由此可知，这里指912名年龄在25岁到74岁之间的成年男女。介词between之后，用名词，文中表示“不同的年龄”，用名词复数，所以填ages。

4.

根据第三段For this study, 912 adult men and women, who were between 25 and 74 years old, completed short daily telephone interviews about that day’s experiences over an eight-day period.（在这项研究中，912名年龄在25岁到74岁之间的成年男性和女性，在8天的时间里，完成了关于那天经历的简短的每日电话采访。）由此可知，在八天的时间里，每天通过电话采访参与者并询问有关情况。该空需要填名词，所以填telephone。

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表格后的内容说明了这次研究的调查结果，该空需要填名词，首字母大写，所以填Findings。

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根据第一段Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likely to be emotionally stable in the face of day-to-day stresses, according to psychologists who studied hundreds of adults of all ages. （心理学家对数百名不同年龄的成年人进行了研究，他们发现，对父亲的童年记忆有好感的儿子在面对日常压力时情绪更稳定。）由此可知，在应对压力事件时，拥有良好父子关系的男性更有可能情绪稳定。该空作be动词后的表语，用形容词，所以填stable。

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根据倒数第二段In other words, if they had a poor childhood relationship with both parents, they reported more stressful incidents over the eight-day study when compared to those who had a good relationship with their parents. （换句话说，在为期八天的研究中，与那些与父母关系良好的人相比，如果他们的童年与父母双方关系都不好，他们报告的压力事件会更多。）由此可知，那些与父母双方关系良好的人报告的压力事件较少。该空与原文more stressful incidents相对应，所以填less。

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根据最后一段Mallers theorized why healthy or unhealthy relationships may have an effect on how people handle stress as adults. （Mallers从理论上解释了为什么健康或不健康的关系可能会影响人们作为成年人处理压力的方式。）由此可知，父母——孩子关系的质量影响着人们作为成年人处理压力的方式。该空作句子主语，用名词，所以填quality。

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表格后对造成这种结果的可能原因进行了分析，该空需要填名词，首字母大写，所以填Reason。

10.

根据最后一段 “Perhaps having caring parents equips children with the experiences and skills necessary to more successfully navigate their relationships with other people throughout childhood and into adulthood.” she said. （可能拥有体贴的父母的孩子们在整个童年和成年期间可以掌握更成功地处理与他人的关系所需的经验和技能。”她说。）由此可知，从童年到成年，体贴的父母教给孩子处理人际关系的技巧，介词into之后，用名词作宾语，所以填adulthood。