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四、阅读理解。（2023·江西改编）
It is not a surprise that people in the modern times are having much more stress than before. Thankfully, a new study has found an easy way to deal with the problem. Researchers from the University of Hyogo(兵库大学) in Japan have found that small green plants on the desk can go a long way towards reducing people's stress.
More than 60 people from different jobs took part in the study. Half of them were asked to work as usual without any plants in sight(视线) while the other half were given a plant to put on their desks. More than 90 per cent of the office workers showed lower stress levels after taking a three-minute rest to look at their plants.
The study has found that it does not matter whether people were directly looking at their plants or only having the plants near their computers. As long as people had a green plant in sight, their stress levels changed greatly. Moreover, this finding worked on everyone no matter how old they were and what their jobs were.
"People used to go outdoors into nature to relax, but now they have less time to do so," one of the researchers said. "Lucky for them, our study has proved that a small green plant works in the same way as a large forest."
（ ）1. The researchers from the University of Hyogo in Japan have found that small green plants on the desk ______.
A. can help people lose weight
B. can help people save time
C. can help people feel less stressed
D. have nothing to do with people's stress
（ ）2. To help reduce stress, it is important that ______.
A. people look at the plants directly
B. people have a green plant in sight
C. people should be office workers
D. people have the plants out of sight
（ ）3. One of the researchers probably agrees that ______.
A. people should never go outdoors into nature to relax
B. people have no time to go outdoors into nature to relax
C. a small green plant isn't as important as a large forest
D. a small green plant works as well as a large forest
（ ）4. The researchers do the study in order to ______.
A. give a plant to office workers on the desk
B. work with a plant in sight
C. find ways to deal with the problem of stress
D. work out people's stress levels
It is not a surprise that people in the modern times are having much more stress than before. Thankfully, a new study has found an easy way to deal with the problem. Researchers from the University of Hyogo(兵库大学) in Japan have found that small green plants on the desk can go a long way towards reducing people's stress.
More than 60 people from different jobs took part in the study. Half of them were asked to work as usual without any plants in sight(视线) while the other half were given a plant to put on their desks. More than 90 per cent of the office workers showed lower stress levels after taking a three-minute rest to look at their plants.
The study has found that it does not matter whether people were directly looking at their plants or only having the plants near their computers. As long as people had a green plant in sight, their stress levels changed greatly. Moreover, this finding worked on everyone no matter how old they were and what their jobs were.
"People used to go outdoors into nature to relax, but now they have less time to do so," one of the researchers said. "Lucky for them, our study has proved that a small green plant works in the same way as a large forest."
（ ）1. The researchers from the University of Hyogo in Japan have found that small green plants on the desk ______.
A. can help people lose weight
B. can help people save time
C. can help people feel less stressed
D. have nothing to do with people's stress
（ ）2. To help reduce stress, it is important that ______.
A. people look at the plants directly
B. people have a green plant in sight
C. people should be office workers
D. people have the plants out of sight
（ ）3. One of the researchers probably agrees that ______.
A. people should never go outdoors into nature to relax
B. people have no time to go outdoors into nature to relax
C. a small green plant isn't as important as a large forest
D. a small green plant works as well as a large forest
（ ）4. The researchers do the study in order to ______.
A. give a plant to office workers on the desk
B. work with a plant in sight
C. find ways to deal with the problem of stress
D. work out people's stress levels
答案
C
; B
; D
; C
; B
; D
; C
