discoveries that had never known before-the favorite places awoke feelings of belonging, physical and emotional safety, and an intense internal pull to the place.

　　Dr. Andy Myers weighed_in_on the research, saying, "For the first time we have been able to prove the physical and emotional benefits of places, far beyond any research that has been done before."

　　【解题导语】　本文是一篇说明文。文章介绍了回忆某个与美好时光相关的地方时，我们会感到平静，幸福感也更加强烈。

　　【长难句分析】　Measuring their brain activity，the researchers found that it was the places，as opposed to the objects，that caused the brain to get the most excited.

　　分析：这是一个复合句。the researchers found是主句，it was the places, as opposed to the objects，that caused the brain to get the most excited是宾语从句。Measuring their brain activity是非谓语动词作状语，it was... that...是强调句式。

　　译文：通过检测他们的大脑活动，研究人员发现能使大脑最为兴奋的是这些地方，而不是物品。

　　1．How was the research conducted?

　　A．By performing MRI on 2,000 volunteers.

　　B．By measuring the participants' brain by MRI.

　　C．By doing rough interviews with the participants.

　　D．By showing meaningful objects to the participants.

答案与解析：B　考查细节理解。根据第二段中的"Experts performed... on 20 volunteers"和第三段中的"using cutting­edge MRI