Scientists say it isn’t just sad things that make us broken-hearted. Happy events can also be bad for our heart. A broken heart is a real illness. It’s not just the sadness we feel when something bad happens. We get broken heart syndrome when we are stressed and during emotional times, such as the end of a friendship or love, the death of family and friends, or the loss of a job. The medical name for this is Takotsubo Syndrome (TTS: Takotsubo”综合症). People can get it, and could cause death, when very happy things happen. The doctors who found this have called it “happy heart syndrome”.
The study is published in the European Heart Journal. Dr Jelena Ghadri studied data from 1,750 people who have TTS. These people were from nine different countries. They found that 485 of them got TTS because of an emotional event. Twenty of these had TTS because of a happy event. These people had heart problems after birthday parties, weddings, favorite sports teams winning, and the birth of grandchildren. Dr Ghadri said our brain may think happy and sad events are alike, so both can make Takotsubo Syndrome.
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1._______ said it wasn’t just sad things that break our heart.
A Sad people
B Scientists
C Happy people
D Doctors
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据第一段第一句Scientists say it isn’t just sad things that make us broken-hearted.可知，故选B。
2.Which is NOT mentioned that could cause broken heart syndrome?
A Killing an ant.
B Losing a very nice job.
C Someone never loves you.
D A member of the family dies.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段第五句We get broken heart syndrome when we are stressed and during emotional times, such as the end a friendship or love, the death of family and friends, or the loss of a job.可知，故选A。
3.How many patients in the research had happy heart syndrome?
A 20.
B 30.
C 40.
D 50.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第二段第四句Twenty of these had TTS because of a happy event.可知，故选A。
4.You can read this passage in a _______.
A movie
B medical magazine
C travel guide
D maths magazine
解析：选B。文章出处题。本文是一篇关于健康疾病方面的文章，故出现在医疗杂志上的可能性大，故选B。
5.What’s the best title for the passage?
A A broken heart.
B How to keep happy.
C Happiness can break your heart, too.
D Keep yourself far away Takotsubo Syndrome.
解析：选C。文章标题题。文章主要讲述了快乐也可以使人“心碎”，故选C。
