protect这个小词大家是非常熟悉，它在完形的选项中出现了4次，题目考查了2个，考的还都是同样的考点，所以大家一定要掌握这个考点哦！
那它的考察方向是什么？单从词汇角度出发protect及其变形protected/protection/protective感情色彩都是褒义的，这是考查角度之一。
考题角度之二：考的是搭配protect sb/sth from/against … （保护某人/某物免受…的伤害）。
我们结合考研文章里的例句来看一下它的搭配特点是什么？①protect it from being defamed保护孩子免受诽谤的伤害(1-2016-32选项)；②protect kids from exposure to wild fantasies 保护孩子免受疯狂幻想的伤害(2-2017-29选项)，通过例句我们会发现在这个搭配中from后的内容感情色彩为贬义。接下来就来看看完形填空中考查，来学以致用吧！
1-2017-13
Para.3 “Hugging protects people who are under stress from the _13_ risk for colds that’s usually _14_ with stress,” notes Sheldon Cohen, a professor of psychology at Carnegie. (2017-1)
13. [A] minimized [B] highlighted [C] controlled [D] increased
2-2015-11
Para.5 "Phones become our security blanket," Wortmann says. “They are our happy glasses that protect us from what we perceive is going to be more _11_.”
11. [A] dangerous [B] mysterious [C] violent [D] boring
