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《2019高考英语一轮选练习题 模块6 Unit 3 Understanding each other(含解析)牛津译林版》由会员上传分享,免费在线阅读,更多相关内容在教育资源-天天文库。
1、Understandingeachother一、阅读理解。Flauberthaditthat“onewayoftoleratingexistenceistoloseoneselfinliteratureasinanunendingparty”.Itturnsoutthatreadingdoesn'tonlyhelpustotolerateexistence,butactuallylengthensit.ArecentstudybyYaleUniversityresearchers,publishedonlineinth
2、ejournalSocialScience&Medicine,concludedthat“bookreadersexperienceda20percentreductionintheriskofdeathoverthe12yearsoffollowupparedtononreaders”.ThedatawasobtainedfromthestudysponsoredbytheNationalInstituteonAging.Thestudylookedat3,635subjects,allolderthan50,who
3、mtheresearchersdividedintothreegroups:thosewhodidn'treadbooks,thosewhoreadupto3.5hoursaweekandthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursaweek.Thefindingswereremarkable:onaverage,bookreaderssurvivedalmosttwoyearslongerthanthosewhodidn'tcrackopenabook.Themorethesubjectsread,the
4、longertheylived,butaslittleas30minutesadaywasstillbeneficialintermsofsurvival.Accountingforfactorssuchaseducationlevel,ineandhealthstatus,thestudyfoundthatthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursweeklywere23percentlesslikelytodieduringthat12yearperiod.Thosewhoreadupto3.5hou
5、rs—anaverageofahalfhouraday—were17percentlesslikely.“Inotherwords,justlikeahealthydietandexercise,booksappeartopromoteasignificantsurvivaladvantage,”theauthorsconcluded.Whyorhowthat's_the_caseremainsunclear;theresearchshowedonlyanassociationbetweenbookreadingand
6、longevity,notacausalrelationship.Butthefindingsarenotsosurprising.Otherrecentresearchshowedthatreadingnovelsappearstoincreasebothbrainconnectivityandsympathy.1.WhydoestheauthormentionFlaubert'swordsinthefirstparagraph?A.Tostressthevalueofreading.B.Toparereadingw
7、ithaparty.C.Tointroducethestudyonreading.D.Tosupportthefindingsofthestudy.2.Fromthetext,whatcanwelearnaboutthestudy?A.Nosimilarstudyonreadinghasbeencarriedout.B.Theprocessofthestudylastedmorethantenyears.C.Itshowsreaderslivetwoyearslongerthannonreaders.D.Itshows
8、timespentonreadingincreasesone'sloveforit.3.Whatdotheunderlinedwords“that'sthecase”probablymean?A.Readingbooksenablespeopletolivelonger.B.Readingissimilartoahealthydi
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