B(2026·无锡市锡山高级中学期末)
Listening to music, watching movies, reading novels... Which kind of art is your go-to choice for fun? According to a new study, art not only calms your mind but also improves your physical health.
For the first time, scientists in the UK found that art helps the immune(免疫的), endocrine(内分泌的) and nervous systems all at once, said *The Guardian*. The study included 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 40. Half of them went to see real artworks at the Courtauld Gallery in London, while the other half looked at copies of the same paintings in a non-gallery setting. All of them wore health sensors throughout the experiment.
The result showed a 22 per cent drop in stress hormones(激素) for the gallery-goer and an 8 per cent drop for the other group, according to *Art Fund*. Signs of inflammation(炎症) also went down by about 30 per cent for the gallery group.
It's not just visual art that has such effects. For example, a 2021 Swiss study said that dance reduces stress by improving movement control.
What makes art so powerful? Scientists have different ideas. One, developed by Edward Vessel at the City College of New York, looks to our brain's default mode network(默认模式网络). This network is thought to play a key role in creativity—it usually stays quiet when we pay attention to things around us. But when we enjoy art, this network becomes active.
Although we are still learning how this works, . According to *American Scientist*, art therapy was first developed to help traumatized(心理受创的) World War Ⅱ soldiers express their feelings. Those painful experiences often hurt the parts of their brains that control speech, so traditional talking therapy didn't work well. Since then, art therapy has helped over 650 million people around the world.
Marygrace Berberian, a professor at New York University, said in the university's news in September that number-based studies, like the new UK study, can help more people get art therapy.
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A. To show how art reduces people's stress.
B. To prove that art is very important in life.
C. To list some popular art forms to readers.
D. To introduce how art can benefit people.
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A. Young people benefit more from viewing art.
B. Looking at art copies is of little benefit to health.
C. Painting is the most helpful art for lowering stress.
D. Stress went down more for the gallery-goer group.
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A. It makes people's memory become better.
B. It makes the brain's special network active.
C. It makes the brain's usual activity weaker.
D. It makes people careless about the outside.
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A. art's power has long been used in treatment
B. art's power is still doubted by scientists
C. art's power has been fully understood by scientists
D. art's power hasn't been used in treatment till now
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A. Art therapy: a research of the brain
B. Beyond great fun: the power of art
C. Art and brain: searching for the relationship
D. Behind stress hormones: art therapy's role
Listening to music, watching movies, reading novels... Which kind of art is your go-to choice for fun? According to a new study, art not only calms your mind but also improves your physical health.
For the first time, scientists in the UK found that art helps the immune(免疫的), endocrine(内分泌的) and nervous systems all at once, said *The Guardian*. The study included 50 healthy volunteers aged 18 to 40. Half of them went to see real artworks at the Courtauld Gallery in London, while the other half looked at copies of the same paintings in a non-gallery setting. All of them wore health sensors throughout the experiment.
The result showed a 22 per cent drop in stress hormones(激素) for the gallery-goer and an 8 per cent drop for the other group, according to *Art Fund*. Signs of inflammation(炎症) also went down by about 30 per cent for the gallery group.
It's not just visual art that has such effects. For example, a 2021 Swiss study said that dance reduces stress by improving movement control.
What makes art so powerful? Scientists have different ideas. One, developed by Edward Vessel at the City College of New York, looks to our brain's default mode network(默认模式网络). This network is thought to play a key role in creativity—it usually stays quiet when we pay attention to things around us. But when we enjoy art, this network becomes active.
Although we are still learning how this works, . According to *American Scientist*, art therapy was first developed to help traumatized(心理受创的) World War Ⅱ soldiers express their feelings. Those painful experiences often hurt the parts of their brains that control speech, so traditional talking therapy didn't work well. Since then, art therapy has helped over 650 million people around the world.
Marygrace Berberian, a professor at New York University, said in the university's news in September that number-based studies, like the new UK study, can help more people get art therapy.
(
D
)6. What is the main purpose of the first paragraph?A. To show how art reduces people's stress.
B. To prove that art is very important in life.
C. To list some popular art forms to readers.
D. To introduce how art can benefit people.
(
D
)7. What does the result of the UK study show?A. Young people benefit more from viewing art.
B. Looking at art copies is of little benefit to health.
C. Painting is the most helpful art for lowering stress.
D. Stress went down more for the gallery-goer group.
(
B
)8. What does Edward Vessel's theory suggest about art?A. It makes people's memory become better.
B. It makes the brain's special network active.
C. It makes the brain's usual activity weaker.
D. It makes people careless about the outside.
(
A
)9. 新考法 句子回填 Which of the following is the most suitable for ""?A. art's power has long been used in treatment
B. art's power is still doubted by scientists
C. art's power has been fully understood by scientists
D. art's power hasn't been used in treatment till now
(
B
)10. Which could be the best title of the passage?A. Art therapy: a research of the brain
B. Beyond great fun: the power of art
C. Art and brain: searching for the relationship
D. Behind stress hormones: art therapy's role
答案：6. D 【解析】根据第一段中“According to a new study, art not only calms your mind but also improves your physical health.”可知，第一段通过设问引出研究结论，主要目的是引出艺术是如何使人受益这一话题的。
7. D 【解析】根据第三段第一句可知，去美术馆的那组人压力下降得更多。
8. B 【解析】根据倒数第三段最后一句“But when we enjoy art, this network becomes active.”可知，人们在欣赏艺术时，大脑的神经网络会变得活跃。
9. A 【解析】根据空后的“According to American Scientist, art therapy was first developed to help traumatized World War Ⅱ soldiers express their feelings.”可知，在二战期间，艺术疗法就已经被用于治疗遭受心理创伤的士兵了。由此可知，A项“艺术的力量一直被用于治疗”最适合放在空处，衔接下文案例。
10. B 【解析】通读全文可知，本文开篇引出艺术能给人们带来身心益处，接着介绍相关研究、艺术产生效果的原理及艺术疗法的应用，整体围绕艺术超越娱乐的强大作用展开。因此，B项最适合做本文标题。
7. D 【解析】根据第三段第一句可知，去美术馆的那组人压力下降得更多。
8. B 【解析】根据倒数第三段最后一句“But when we enjoy art, this network becomes active.”可知，人们在欣赏艺术时，大脑的神经网络会变得活跃。
9. A 【解析】根据空后的“According to American Scientist, art therapy was first developed to help traumatized World War Ⅱ soldiers express their feelings.”可知，在二战期间，艺术疗法就已经被用于治疗遭受心理创伤的士兵了。由此可知，A项“艺术的力量一直被用于治疗”最适合放在空处，衔接下文案例。
10. B 【解析】通读全文可知，本文开篇引出艺术能给人们带来身心益处，接着介绍相关研究、艺术产生效果的原理及艺术疗法的应用，整体围绕艺术超越娱乐的强大作用展开。因此，B项最适合做本文标题。
解析：
【分析】
这是一篇科普类说明文阅读，解题时我们可以按题型逐个梳理思路：
1. 第6题是段落作用题，首先聚焦首段内容：先列举听音乐、看电影等常见的娱乐类艺术形式，抛出问题引出话题，最后直接点明研究结论——艺术既能平复情绪还能改善身体健康，核心目的是引出艺术对人的益处的相关讨论，逐一排除不符合的选项即可。
2. 第7题是细节理解题，直接定位到介绍英国实验结果的第三段，对比两组受试者的压力激素下降数据：逛画廊组下降22%，对照组仅下降8%，就能直接得出对应结论。
3. 第8题是细节定位题，找到Edward Vessel相关的理论段落，明确提到欣赏艺术时大脑的默认模式网络会被激活，匹配对应选项即可。
4. 第9题是语句回填题，需要做到承上启下：空格前说明我们还没完全搞懂艺术起效的原理，空格后直接介绍艺术疗法早在二战时期就被用于帮助心理受创的士兵，说明空格处要引出“艺术的力量早已应用在治疗领域”的逻辑，衔接前后内容。
5. 第10题是主旨大意题，通读全文可知文章从艺术的娱乐属性切入，重点介绍了艺术对身心的额外益处、相关研究、起效原理以及艺术疗法的应用，核心围绕艺术超出普通娱乐价值的强大作用展开，排除仅覆盖局部内容的偏题选项即可。
【解析】
6. 首段通过设问引出新研究结论“art not only calms your mind but also improves your physical health”，核心目的是引出艺术对人有益的相关话题，A选项“说明艺术如何减压”首段未展开，B选项“证明艺术在生活中很重要”表述宽泛，C选项“列举流行艺术形式”只是首段引入的铺垫，并非核心目的，因此选D。
7. 根据第三段实验结果“a 22 per cent drop in stress hormones for the gallery-goer and an 8 per cent drop for the other group”，可知逛画廊的受试者压力下降幅度更大，A选项“年轻人获益更多”原文未提及，B选项“看复制品几乎无益”不符合8%下降的实验结果，C选项“绘画是减压最有效的艺术”原文无相关对比，因此选D。
8. 根据对应段落内容“But when we enjoy art, this network becomes active”，可知Edward Vessel的理论提出欣赏艺术会激活大脑的默认模式网络，A选项“提升记忆力”、C选项“削弱大脑日常活动”、D选项“让人对外界粗心”均不符合原文表述，因此选B。
9. 空格后文介绍艺术疗法早在二战时期就被用于治疗心理受创士兵，后续已经帮助全球数亿人，说明空格处要引出艺术的力量早已被应用于治疗领域的逻辑，B选项“艺术的力量被科学家质疑”、C选项“科学家完全弄懂了艺术的力量”和前文“我们仍在研究原理”矛盾，D选项“艺术的力量至今没被用于治疗”和后文内容冲突，因此选A。
10. 全文围绕艺术除了作为娱乐方式之外，还能带来身心益处、可应用于治疗的强大作用展开，A、C、D都仅覆盖了文章局部内容，只有B选项“远超乐趣：艺术的力量”能完整概括全文核心，因此选B。
【答案】
6. D 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. B
【知识点】
说明文阅读，细节理解，主旨归纳
【点评】
本题属于高中阶段典型的科普类阅读理解题，考点覆盖段落作用判断、细节定位、语句衔接回填、主旨选择多个常规题型，同时加入了语句回填的新考法，引导学生既要精准抓取原文细节信息，也要梳理全文行文逻辑，避免被仅覆盖局部内容的干扰项误导，整体命题贴合新课标对英语阅读能力的考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.7
这是一篇科普类说明文阅读，解题时我们可以按题型逐个梳理思路：
1. 第6题是段落作用题，首先聚焦首段内容：先列举听音乐、看电影等常见的娱乐类艺术形式，抛出问题引出话题，最后直接点明研究结论——艺术既能平复情绪还能改善身体健康，核心目的是引出艺术对人的益处的相关讨论，逐一排除不符合的选项即可。
2. 第7题是细节理解题，直接定位到介绍英国实验结果的第三段，对比两组受试者的压力激素下降数据：逛画廊组下降22%，对照组仅下降8%，就能直接得出对应结论。
3. 第8题是细节定位题，找到Edward Vessel相关的理论段落，明确提到欣赏艺术时大脑的默认模式网络会被激活，匹配对应选项即可。
4. 第9题是语句回填题，需要做到承上启下：空格前说明我们还没完全搞懂艺术起效的原理，空格后直接介绍艺术疗法早在二战时期就被用于帮助心理受创的士兵，说明空格处要引出“艺术的力量早已应用在治疗领域”的逻辑，衔接前后内容。
5. 第10题是主旨大意题，通读全文可知文章从艺术的娱乐属性切入，重点介绍了艺术对身心的额外益处、相关研究、起效原理以及艺术疗法的应用，核心围绕艺术超出普通娱乐价值的强大作用展开，排除仅覆盖局部内容的偏题选项即可。
【解析】
6. 首段通过设问引出新研究结论“art not only calms your mind but also improves your physical health”，核心目的是引出艺术对人有益的相关话题，A选项“说明艺术如何减压”首段未展开，B选项“证明艺术在生活中很重要”表述宽泛，C选项“列举流行艺术形式”只是首段引入的铺垫，并非核心目的，因此选D。
7. 根据第三段实验结果“a 22 per cent drop in stress hormones for the gallery-goer and an 8 per cent drop for the other group”，可知逛画廊的受试者压力下降幅度更大，A选项“年轻人获益更多”原文未提及，B选项“看复制品几乎无益”不符合8%下降的实验结果，C选项“绘画是减压最有效的艺术”原文无相关对比，因此选D。
8. 根据对应段落内容“But when we enjoy art, this network becomes active”，可知Edward Vessel的理论提出欣赏艺术会激活大脑的默认模式网络，A选项“提升记忆力”、C选项“削弱大脑日常活动”、D选项“让人对外界粗心”均不符合原文表述，因此选B。
9. 空格后文介绍艺术疗法早在二战时期就被用于治疗心理受创士兵，后续已经帮助全球数亿人，说明空格处要引出艺术的力量早已被应用于治疗领域的逻辑，B选项“艺术的力量被科学家质疑”、C选项“科学家完全弄懂了艺术的力量”和前文“我们仍在研究原理”矛盾，D选项“艺术的力量至今没被用于治疗”和后文内容冲突，因此选A。
10. 全文围绕艺术除了作为娱乐方式之外，还能带来身心益处、可应用于治疗的强大作用展开，A、C、D都仅覆盖了文章局部内容，只有B选项“远超乐趣：艺术的力量”能完整概括全文核心，因此选B。
【答案】
6. D 7. D 8. B 9. A 10. B
【知识点】
说明文阅读，细节理解，主旨归纳
【点评】
本题属于高中阶段典型的科普类阅读理解题，考点覆盖段落作用判断、细节定位、语句衔接回填、主旨选择多个常规题型，同时加入了语句回填的新考法，引导学生既要精准抓取原文细节信息，也要梳理全文行文逻辑，避免被仅覆盖局部内容的干扰项误导，整体命题贴合新课标对英语阅读能力的考查要求。
【难度系数】
0.7