英语六级分类阅读模拟训练附答案和精讲 第21篇:医疗健康(3)
日期:2014-12-11 11:50

(单词翻译:单击)

阅读试题

Passage 21
Are smarter kids smart enough to avoid alcohol and drugs? For decades scientists had documented that those with lower IQ and less education were more likely to become addicted to alcohol or other drugs, probably because lower levels of education and lower IQ are associated with the _1_effects
of poverty and because having less intelligence offers fewer mental resources to allow users to moderate and avoid problems.
The latest data, published in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research, doesn’t _2_ those findings. Drug use is not the same as drug addiction-higher intelligence is a protective factor against alcoholism and addictions; _3_, smarter people are more likely to drink or try drugs. Social drinking in many countries and non-problematic drinking is more _4_ and common among people with higher education. But why? What protects them from _5_ into addiction?
Intelligence can serve as a vehicle for _6_ when it comes to alcohol or drug use-the more educated people are, the more they internalize and appreciate the dangers and risks of _7_.
Intelligence can also _8_ more curiosity and openness to new experiences. And that includes experimenting with alcohol and drugs. People have the impression that intelligence is somehow related to being _9_ and bookwormish, but large studies definitely find that intelligence is associated with sensation-seeking and seeking different kinds of experiences, including learning new things. It could be related to the nature of intelligence. Such experimentation doesn’t always lead to addiction or problematic behavior because this type of exposure often involves a few experiences before the person moves on to the next _10_.
A) execution B) moderation C) compelling D) indulgence
E) nonetheless F) decent G) frequent H) novelty
H) spur J) damaging K) deviate L) sliding
M) exceptionally N) introverted O) contradict解题思路

Passage 21
解题思路
1.[J]空格在定冠词the和名词之间,应为名词、形容词或分词作定语。此句解释为什么智商较低和受教育程度较低的人更容易染上酒瘾和毒瘾,其原因与“贫穷”的影响有关,因此填入空格处的词应具有消极词义色彩, damaging“有破坏性的”符合句意。
2.[O]空格在助动词doesn’t之后,应为动词原形。本段第2句提到“高智商是让人远离酒瘾和毒瘾的保护性因素”,可见最新的数据与之前的研究结果相近,contradict符合句意,表示“最新的数据与以前的研究成果一 致”。
3.[E]空格在分号和逗号之间,应为副词,说明两个分句之间的逻辑关系。前一个分句说“高智商能让人远离酒瘾和毒瘾”,后一个分句说“聪明的人更可能喝酒或尝试吸毒”,可见两个分句之间存在转折关系,因此选用 nonetheless。
4.[G]空格后的and表明此处应填入与common并列的形容词。本句紧接上文讲“受教育程度高的人”喝酒的情况,common提示此处讲喝酒的普遍性,故应选用frequent,表示“在受教育程度高的人群中,社交喝酒和非问题性喝酒更加频繁和普遍”。
5.[L]空格位于词组protect…from之后,为介词from的宾语。根据空格后的介词into(表示进入某种状态)可确定填入此处的词应表示某个动作,并能与into搭配。sliding符合语法结构和句意,表明受教育程度高的人虽然常喝酒,但不会“滑落”到酗酒的深渊。
6.[B]空格在介词for之后,应为名词。句子谓语serve as“充当”表明这里讲智力的作用,再结合appreciate the dangers and risks(辨别出危险之处)可知,这种作用应该是自我节制的能力,moderation符合文中语境。
7.[D]空格在介词of之后,应为名词。the dangers and risks of...具体说明这些人能识别出某种危险,结合上段末句的问题可推断,该词应与addiction近义,据此选用indulgence。
8. [I]空格在助动词can和宾语more curiosity and openness之间,应为动词原形。根据后文提到的“很多研究发现智力与寻求刺激和不同体验有关,包括学习新事物”可推知,此处应讲智力能“激发”人对新鲜事物的 好奇心,故选用spur。
9.[N] and表明此处应填入与bookwormish并列的形容词或分词,且带有消极含义。此处应选用introverted,说明人们以为聪明的人都是“性格内向的”书呆子。
10.[H]空格在the next后面,应为名词。本段的主要内容是:智力高的人容易对新鲜事物产生好奇心,他们会去尝试各种新鲜事物,所以不会沉迷。moves on to和the next表明智力高的人容易“转移到下一个目标”,这 个目标应该与前文提及的new experiences或new things意思相近,故选用novelty最为合适。

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