2019版高考英语 Unit 11 The Media夯练（含解析）北师大版必修4

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1、TheMedia一、阅读理解。Flauberthaditthat“onewayoftoleratingexistenceistoloseoneselfinliteratureasinanunendingparty”．Itturnsoutthatreadingdoesn'tonlyhelpustotolerateexistence，butactuallylengthensit.ArecentstudybyYaleUniversityresearchers，publishedonlineinthejournalSocial

2、Science&Medicine，concludedthat“bookreadersexperienceda20percentreductionintheriskofdeathoverthe12yearsoffollowupparedtononreaders”．ThedatawasobtainedfromthestudysponsoredbytheNationalInstituteonAging.Thestudylookedat3,635subjects，allolderthan50，whomtheresearcher

3、sdividedintothreegroups：thosewhodidn'treadbooks，thosewhoreadupto3.5hoursaweekandthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursaweek.Thefindingswereremarkable：onaverage，bookreaderssurvivedalmosttwoyearslongerthanthosewhodidn'tcrackopenabook.Themorethesubjectsread，thelongertheylive

4、d，butaslittleas30minutesadaywasstillbeneficialintermsofsurvival.Accountingforfactorssuchaseducationlevel，ineandhealthstatus，thestudyfoundthatthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursweeklywere23percentlesslikelytodieduringthat12yearperiod.Thosewhoreadupto3.5hours—anaverageof

5、ahalfhouraday—were17percentlesslikely.“Inotherwords，justlikeahealthydietandexercise，booksappeartopromoteasignificantsurvivaladvantage，”theauthorsconcluded.Whyorhowthat's_the_caseremainsunclear；theresearchshowedonlyanassociationbetweenbookreadingandlongevity，nota

6、causalrelationship.Butthefindingsarenotsosurprising.Otherrecentresearchshowedthatreadingnovelsappearstoincreasebothbrainconnectivityandsympathy.1．WhydoestheauthormentionFlaubert'swordsinthefirstparagraph?A．Tostressthevalueofreading.B．Toparereadingwithaparty.C．To

7、introducethestudyonreading.D．Tosupportthefindingsofthestudy.2．Fromthetext，whatcanwelearnaboutthestudy?A．Nosimilarstudyonreadinghasbeencarriedout.B．Theprocessofthestudylastedmorethantenyears.C．Itshowsreaderslivetwoyearslongerthannonreaders.D．Itshowstimespentonrea

8、dingincreasesone'sloveforit.3．Whatdotheunderlinedwords“that'sthecase”probablymean?A．Readingbooksenablespeopletolivelonger.B．Readingissimilartoahealthydietandexercise.