Romance does not have to fizzle out（失败） 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（过度成分）. 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 here for you 15 or a good relationship, Acevedo said, and facilitates（促进） 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(妥协). 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（可达到的） 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 答案及解析 本文说明了浪漫爱情可以持续一生，并且通往更幸福、更健康的关系。完成本题应该结合自己的和实际生活中的人们的爱情观。 1. C 浪漫爱情可以持续一生，并且通往更幸福、更健康的关系（friendships），而学问（scholarships），友谊（friendships），伙伴关系（companionships），明显不合适。 2. B “很多人以为浪漫（romantic）之爱和激情之爱是一回事，全文说的主体就是浪漫爱情，而不是过分关心的（obsessive），也不是多情的（passionate），更不是陪伴（companion）。 3. A激情的或者强迫性的爱情包含了不确定和焦虑的感觉（feelings），无论是那种情都是一种情感感觉，而不是因素（factors），结果（consequences），和障碍（barriers）。 4. B这种爱情有助于（helps）驱动的是短期关系而不是长期关系，贡献于（contributes）要和to搭配，阻止（prevent）和加速（speeds）都显得不合适，不能让语意通顺。 5. D这些研究结果刊登（也就是出现appear）在美国心理学会出版的《普通心理学评论》三月号上，而不是发生（occur），拿走(take)，写(write)。 6. A 以检验（就是找到结果，也就是find out）浪漫爱情是否与更高的满意度相联系，计算出（work out），拿出（take out），取出（bring out）等等不符合语意逻辑。 7. B为了证实这一点，他们把每项研究中的爱情关系归类（classified）为浪漫的、激情的（浪漫加上强迫成分）和友谊式的，再分为长期和短期关系两类。Separated：分离，divided：分开，cut：剪开，都不能表示这样的意思。 8. C其对象包括18-23岁的单身（就是single）、恋爱中或已婚的大学生，单身是说没有结婚，而不是单独（alone），孤独（lonely），和唯一一个（unique）。 9. D他们还看了（looked）10个对于长期关系的研究，其对象包括结婚10年或更久的中年夫妇。匆匆一看（glanced），瞪眼看（glared），目不转睛地看（stared），这三个词都与at搭配，但是表示的意思都带有感情色彩，也不符合语意。 10. D其中两个研究（studies）同时包括了短期和长期关系，这两组样本是区分开来的。前文用的都是研究，而不是发现（findings），测试（examinations），和实验（experiments）。 11. C那些报告出更多浪漫成分的人都对自己的爱情关系更满意(satisfied)，而不是不高兴（unpleased），失望（disappointed），和绝望（desperate）。 12. B 。在短期和长期关系中，伙伴式的爱情都只有中等程度的和满意度相关（associated），涉及（referred），争斗（contended），和冲突（conflicted），显然不合时宜。 13. A而那些报告出较多激情成分的人在短期关系中比（比较和比较的对象之间是被动关系，故用过去分词compared，而不是现在分词comparing）在长期关系中满意度更高。Added(加上)和led(导致)，根本就没有比较的意思。 14. A对爱情关系满意度较高的夫妇或恋人同时也报告（reported）出较强的幸福感和较高的自尊。前文用的就是report，而说（said），相信（believed），和希望（hoped）明显不是针对研究， 15. B感觉伴侣“与你同在”有助于（make for ）建立良好的爱情关系，take for的意思是把……当做…..，意味着（means）依赖(depends)通常和for不搭配，构不成一定意义上的短语。 16. B不安全感通常伴随着较低的（lower）满意度，而不是较高的（higher），根本没有（no）和很多（much）。 17. D有时（就是有些情况下 in some cases）还会导致爱情中的冲突。Environ
