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Children who were breast-fed are better at coping with stress than their bottle-fed classmates, research shows．

A study of thousands of British youngsters revealed that those who were given formula milk could be more than four times harder to deal with stressful events -such as the divorce of their parents．

It is thought that the close contact helps mother and child bond and encourages a feeling of security that enables the child to deal better with traumatic situations in later life．

Hormones found in a mother's milk may help reduce stress and the process may feed the growth of the parts of the brain crucial（关键的）in handling stress and anxiety．

The Swedish findings follow a number of other studies which have shown that breast milk protects against infection, heart disease, diabetes and obesity．Breast-feeding may also reduce the mother's risk of having breast cancer．

The support of breast-feeding is so strong that the Department of Health recommends that mothers should feed their babies on breast milk alone for the first six months to ensure they get best start in life．

However, many women find breast-feeding difficult and claim they are made to feel guilty if they choose formula milk from a bottle．

In the latest study, researchers from the Karolinska Institute in Stockholm tracked the health of almost 9,000 boys and girls born in the UK in 1970．

When the children reached ten, researchers gauged（测量）their ability to cope with stress by looking at how they were affected by family problems．

The results showed that those who were bottle-fed were more than four times as stressed by such events than those who were breast-fed．

1．What would be the best title for the passage?

A．Which is better, formula milk or breast milk?

B．Breast-fed children cope better with stress

C．Breast-feeding is good to both mothers and babies

D．Mothers are advised to breast-feed their babies

2．Which of the following helps the growth of the parts of the brain crucial in handling stress and anxiety?

A．Hormones in a mother's milk                B．Hormones in bottle milk

C．Hormones found in formula milk                  D．Hormones in the baby's own body

3．According to the studies, breast milk protects babies against all of the following EXCEPT _______．

A．heart disease        B．diabetes               C．infection           D．breast cancer

4．After reading the passage, a mother who cannot breast-feed her baby will feel _______．

A．relieved            B．guilty                  C．pure．led            D．disappointed

5．The underlined word "traumatic" in the third paragraph can be best replaced by _______．

A．dangerous          B．unpleasant        C．stressful           D．confusing

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