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[1] Scientist proves better busy than doing nothing, research has found. Keeping the mind occupied with tasks—no matter how meaningless—keeps off negativeemotions, the study found.

[2] However, the bad news is that humans seem born to be lazy in order to save energy, according to Professor Christopher Hsee, a behavioural scientist at Chicago University.

[3] In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever choice they chose, they received a chocolate bar. Two-thirds (68 per cent) chose to take a shortcut. Those who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than those who had stayed put. Prof Hsee concluded __________________ helped keep people happy.

[4] He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy guidance. "Governments may increase the happiness of idle（閑散的）citizens by having them build bridges that are actually useless", he suggested.

[5] At the individual level, he advised: "Get up and do something. Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it." He added, "By the way, thinking deeply or busy with self-reflection counts as keeping busy, too. You do not need to be running around—you just need to be busy, either physically or mentally."

1.What is the purpose of the text? (no more than 8 words)

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2.Why did two-thirds (68 per cent) choose to take a shortcut? (no more than 8 words)

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3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 2 words)

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4.What does the word “it” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to? ( no more than 2 words)

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5.What is the main idea of the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.To persuade / advise / tell us to keep busy / busier.

To tell us the busier, the happier.

2.Because humans seem born to be lazy.

3.keeping busy/being busy

4.doing things/doing something/being busy/keeping busy

5. We need to be busy, either physically or mentally. (答對(duì)逗號(hào)前部分，只得1分)

【解析】

試題分析：本文主要講述的是一些研究報(bào)告顯示無(wú)論在什么時(shí)候，我們都要讓自己一直很忙碌，因?yàn)槊β祵?duì)我們的身體有很大的好處。

1.To persuade / advise / tell us to keep busy / busier.

To tell us the busier, the happier.

根據(jù)文章第一段內(nèi)容可知讓自己忙碌總比什么也不做好，對(duì)我們的健康有很大的好處。故本文是為了說(shuō)服我們不要懶惰，要忙碌起來(lái)。

2.Because humans seem born to be lazy.

細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)第二段第一行the bad news is that humans seem born to be lazy in order to save energy。

3.keeping busy/being busy

根據(jù)前句Those who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than those who had stayed put.可知那些選擇步行的人感覺(jué)更快樂(lè)。故這里應(yīng)該填寫(xiě)keep busy讓自己忙碌。

4.doing things/doing something/being busy/keeping busy

推理題。根據(jù)Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it." He added,說(shuō)明這里的it就是指前面的讓自己做一些事情，即使有些事情沒(méi)有意義。

5. We need to be busy, either physically or mentally. (答對(duì)逗號(hào)前部分，只得1分)

段落大意題。根據(jù)本段最后一句You do not need to be running around—you just need to be busy, either physically or mentally."可知要讓自己無(wú)論是精神上還是在身體上都忙碌起來(lái)，這樣才充實(shí)。

考點(diǎn)：考查健康類(lèi)短文閱讀

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文主要講述的是一些研究報(bào)告顯示無(wú)論在什么時(shí)候，我們都要讓自己一直很忙碌，因?yàn)槊β祵?duì)我們的身體有很大的好處。本文所設(shè)試題主要考察細(xì)節(jié)查找，對(duì)于文章中的細(xì)節(jié)題，要注意文本內(nèi)容的理解。關(guān)鍵是找出原文的根據(jù)，認(rèn)真核查題支和原文的異同，常犯錯(cuò)誤有：絕對(duì)化語(yǔ)言，范圍擴(kuò)大或縮小，以偏概全，張冠李戴等。帶著問(wèn)題，再讀全文，找出答題所需要的依據(jù)，完成閱讀。