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2019版高考英语Unit11TheMedia夯练含解析北师大版必修4.doc

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7TheMedia李仕才一、阅读理解。Flauberthaditthat“onewayoftoleratingexistenceistoloseoneselfinliteratureasinanunendingparty”．Itturnsoutthatreadingdoesn'tonlyhelpustotolerateexistencebutactuallylengthensit.ArecentstudybyYaleUniversityresearcherspublishedonlineinthejournalSocialScience&Medicineconcludedthat“bookreadersexperienceda20percentreductionintheriskofdeathoverthe12yearsoffollow­upcomparedtonon­readers”．ThedatawasobtainedfromthestudysponsoredbytheNationalInstituteonAging.Thestudylookedat3635subjectsallolderthan50whomtheresearchersdividedintothreegroups：thosewhodidn'treadbooksthosewhoreadupto3.5hoursaweekandthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursaweek.Thefindingswereremarkable：onaveragebookreaderssurvivedalmosttwoyearslongerthanthosewhodidn'tcrackopenabook.Themorethesubjectsreadthelongertheylivedbutaslittleas30minutesadaywasstillbeneficialintermsofsurvival.Accountingforfactorssuchaseducationlevelincomeandhealthstatusthestudyfoundthatthosewhoreadmorethan3.5hoursweeklywere23percentlesslikelytodieduringthat12­yearperiod.Thosewhoreadupto3.5hours—anaverageofahalfhouraday—were17percentlesslikely.“Inotherwordsjustlikeahealthydietandexercisebooksappeartopromoteasignificantsurvivaladvantage”theauthorsconcluded.Whyorhowthat's_the_caseremainsunclear；theresearchshowedonlyanassociationbetweenbookreadingandlongevitynotacausalrelationship.Butthefindingsarenotsosurprising.Otherrecentresearchshowedthatreadingnovelsappearstoincreasebothbrainconnectivityandsympathy.1．WhydoestheauthormentionFlaubert'swordsinthefirstparagraph?A．Tostressthevalueofreading.B．Tocomparereadingwithaparty.C．Tointroducethestudyonreading.D．Tosupportthefindingsofthestudy.2．Fromthetextwhatcanwelearnaboutthestudy?A．Nosimilarstudyonread