2020 江苏高考英语任务型阅读重难点赏析
Humor
If you see humor as an optional form of entertainment, you’re missing some of its biggest benefits: Humor makes average-looking people look cute and uninteresting people seem entertaining. Studies show that a good sense of humor even makes you seem smarter.
Best of all, humor raises your energy, and that can have an effect on everything you do at school, at work, or in your personal life. The increase of energy will even make you more willing to exercise, and that will raise your overall energy even more.
Humor also transports your mind away from your daily troubles. Humor lets you better understand life and sometimes helps you laugh at even the worst of your problems.
In my experience, most people think they have a sense of humor, and to some degree that’s true. But not all senses of humor are created equa l. So I thought it would be useful to include some humor tips for everyday life.
You don’t have to be the joke teller in the group in order to show your sense of humor. You can be the one who directs the conversation to fun topics that are ripe for others to add humor. Every party needs a straight person. You’ll appear fun and funny by association.
When it comes to in-person humor, effort counts a lot. When people see you trying to be funny, it frees them to try it themselves. So even if your own efforts at humor fall short, you might be freeing the long kept humor in others. People need permission to be funny in social settings because there’s always a risk that comes with humor. For in-person humor, quality isn’t as important as you might think. Your attitude and effort count a lot.
Some people--and I was one of them--believe that humorous complaints about the little problems of life make humor, and sometimes that is the case. The problem comes when you start doing too much complaint-based humor. One funny observation about problem in your life can be funny, but five is just complaining, no matter how smart you think you are. Funny complaints can wear people out.
Self-deprecating(自嘲式) humor is usually the safest type, but here again you don’t want to overshoot the target. One self-deprecating comment is a generous and even confident form of humor. You have to be at least a bit self-assured to laugh at yourself in front of others. But if you do it too
often, you can transform in the eyes of others from a confident joker to a Chihuahua dog.
Humor
If you see humor as an optional form of entertainment, you’re missing some of its biggest benefits:
如果你将幽默视为娱乐的一种备选项，你就错过了幽默的一些最大好处。
Humor makes average-looking people look cute and uninteresting people seem entertaining.
幽默使得普通人看上去可爱，无趣的人看上去有令人愉快。
Studies show that a good sense of humor even makes you seem smarter.
研究表明幽默感甚至让你显得更聪明。
Best of all, humor raises your energy, and that can have an effect on everything you do at school, at work, or in your personal life.
最重要的是，幽默让你神采飞扬，从而影响你在学校，在上班，又或是个人生活所做的每一件事。
The increase of energy will even make you more willing to exercise, and that will raise your overall energy even more.
能量的增长让你甚至更愿意锻炼，从而进一步提升你的全面的活力。
Humor also transports your mind away from your daily troubles.
转移注意力，幽默还可以让你从日常烦恼中解放出来。
Humor lets you better understand life and sometimes helps you laugh at even the worst of your problems.
幽默让你更好的理解生活，有时帮你对问题最坏的一面一笑了之。
In my experience, most people think they have a sense of humor, and to some degree that’s true.
在我看来，大多数人认为他们具备幽默感，某种程度上那是真的。
But not all senses of humor are created equa l. So I thought it would be useful to include some humor tips for everyday life.
但并不是所有的幽默感生而平等的。因此我认为日常生活中学学这些幽默建议是有用的
You don’t have to be the joke teller in the group in order to show your sense of humor.
你没有必要为了展示你的幽默感在群里当个讲笑话的人。
You can be the one who directs the conversation to fun topics that are ripe for others to add humor.
你可以做个引导者，引导话题去向有趣的事情，从而为他人添加幽默创造成熟的时机。
Every party needs a straight person. You’ll appear fun and funny by association.
每个群都需要一个直爽的人。通过关联成中间人，你看上去有趣，而且好笑。
When it comes to in-person humor, effort counts a lot.
当谈到自身幽默，努力也很重要。
When people see you trying to be funny, it frees them to try it themselves.
So even if your own efforts at humor fall short, you might be freeing the long kept humor in others.
因此即使你在幽默上做的努力没有成功，你也许可以让其他长时间保持幽默中的人解放出来。（你搞笑，他人就不需要了）
People need permission to be funny in social settings because there’s always a risk that comes with humor.
在社交场合中，人们需要被允许来搞笑，因为幽默常常伴有风险。
For in-person humor, quality isn’t as important as you might t hink. Your attitude and effort count a lot.
对于幽默的人，品质并不如你可能想象的那样重要。你的态度和努力很重要。
Some people--and I was one of them--believe that humorous complaints about the little problems of life make humor, and sometimes that is the case.
有些人——我也是其中之一——相信拿生活中的小问题做些幽默式的抱怨可以创造幽默，当然有时情况确实如此。
The problem comes when you start doing too much complaint-based humor.
不过这样的幽默说的太多，问题也随之而来。
One funny observation about problem in your life can be funny, but five is just complaining, no matter how smart you think you are.
对生活中问题作出一个搞笑的评论可能是好笑的，但五个就只是抱怨了，不管你认为你是如何的聪明。
Funny complaints can wear people out.
太多的搞笑抱怨让人乏味。
Self-deprecating(自嘲式) humor is usually the safest type, but here again you don’t want to overshoot the target.
自嘲式的幽默通常是最安全的类型，但这里同样你也不想打到目标之外（同样言多必失）。
One self-deprecating comment is a generous and even confident form of humor.
一个自嘲式的评论是一种足够的，甚至自信的幽默形式。
You have to be at least a bit self-assured to laugh at yourself in front of others.
你得至少有一点在别面前嘲笑自己的自信。
But if you do it too often, you can transform in the eyes of others from a confident joker to a Chihuahua dog.
但你经常自嘲，在他人眼中，你可能就从自信的搞笑的人转变成了吉娃娃犬（别人嘲笑的对象）。
2018年江苏高考英语试题答案解析 21.By boat is the only way to get here,which is_______we arrived. A.where B.when C.why D.how 【答案】D 【解析】考查名词性从句。句意：乘船是到达这里唯一的途径，这就是我们如何到达的。分析which引导的非限定性定语从句可知，后面为表语从句。分析句意可知，这里用连接副词how引导表语从句，充当方式状语，表示“如何”。故选D。 拓展：本题考查表语。首先需要弄清句意及分析句子结构，然后根据前句By boat is the only way to get here提示可知作方式状语，就不难选出正确答案。 22.Kids shouldn’t have access to violent films because they might_______the things they see. A.indicate B.investigate C.imitate D.innovate 【答案】C 【解析】考查动词词义辨析及语境理解。句意：孩子不应该接触暴力电影，因为他们也许会模仿他们所见的事情。A.indicate指示；B.investigate调查；C.imitate模仿；D.innovate改革。故选C。 拓展：本题考查动词辨析。动词和动词短语的考查是高考重点考查的知识点，解题时要区分清选择项的含义与区别，再联系句意进行判断，从而选出正确答案。考生在平时学习过程中要注重动词和动词短语的识记与掌握。 23.Self-driving is an area_______China and the rest of the world are on the same starting line. A.that B.where C.which D.when 【答案】B 【解析】考查定语从句。句意：自动驾驶是一个中国和世界其它国家都在同一起跑线的领域。句中先行词为area，在从句中作地点状语，故用关系副词where，相当于in which。故选B。拓展：本题考查定语从句。定语从句是高考重点考查知识之一，分析定语从句需抓住两点：1.找准先行词。2.看先行词在从句中所作的成分。抓住这两点，再根据句意，从而能够判断出正确的关系词。
江苏省高考英语任务型阅读解题技巧 考点一考查考生的阅读理解能力 阅读理解能力是高考试题的主要考查内容。除了阅读理解题型外，完形填空和任务型读写题型也都兼具考查考生的阅读理解能力。任务型读写题中的阅读能力同样要求考生在有限的时间内快速领会文章的主旨大意，快速理解句段细节意义和理清上下文的逻辑关系，要能够理解文章作者的观点、态度和意图，同时不能忽视对语篇的整体把握和领悟。任务型读写的体裁主要是说明文和议论文。 考点二考查考生对文中有效信息进行筛选、整合和综合概括能力。 1．信息筛选题 信息筛选题是基础题目，一般可以直接通过将表格和短文进行对照，边读文章边找出与试题相关的句子信息，获取到相关单词，有时试题和原文句型句式不同，需进行简单的逻辑推理然后找到相应单词，不需变化，直接填入。 2．整合转换题。 整合转换题是典型的二次加工题型，需要考生有基本的构词法知识，对句子成分和词性的对应关系要明确。做题时，不但要找到与试题相关的句子信息，还要根据词法和句法知识以及上下文的逻辑关系进行加工，从而提炼出新词。可细分为如下两种情况： （1）词形整合转换。被考查单词在原文和试题中充当的句子成分不同，因而需在名词、动词、形容词、副词等之间进行转换。 （2）句型整合转换。试题中的被考查单词在原文中找不到同根词，无法获取单词进行转换，需根据原文中相应句子的意义和上下文逻辑联系进行句型转换。 ①表格内词性、大小写和语法运用上要保持一致。同一单元格要注意在用词方面保持一致的格式。 ②善用同义词和反义词进行转换。 ③正确使用构词法。 ④熟练运用语法句型转换。 3．综合概括题。 综合概括题要求考生对全文或段落进行总体语篇把握，通过观察表格的设置特点，从而归纳和概括出所考查的单词。此类设题一般位于表格的第一行或第一列。为了更快捷地掌握概括能力，总结和熟记一些概括性词汇及其固定搭配也是很有必要的。下面举一些基本的概括性词汇： 总结、概括：conclusion, summary 建议：suggestion, tip, advice, proposal, recommendation 影响：effect, influence, impact 印象：impression 因果：reason, cause; result, consequence 1．审题思路 （1）一审表格结构。注意文章内容脉络，标题和所需的表达类型。 （2）二审短文意义。注意文章的段落和表格的匹性。 （3）三审语法运用。注意涉及到的构词法和语法项目。 2．词性与句子成分的一致性关系 英语中的十大词类均在句子中充当成分，记住词性与成分关系： （1）谓语：动词（具备人称、数、时态、语态、语气、情态的变化特 点）。记住：英语中任何完整的句子都离不开谓语动词，没谓语动词的句子通常是错误的。
2004年普通高等学校招生考试 英语（江苏卷） National Matriculation English Test（NMET 2004） 本试卷分第一卷（选择题）和第二卷（非选择题）两部分。共150分。考试时间120分钟。 第一卷(选择题共115分) 第二部分：英语知识运用(共两节，满分45分) 第一节：单项填空(共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分) 从四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。 例: It is generally considered unwise to give a child_________ he or she wants. A. however B. whatever C. whichever D. whenever 21. I will never know what was on his mind at the time, nor will_b_______. A. anyone B. anyone else C. no one D. no one else 22. --- I don't mind telling you what I know. --- You d . I'm not asking you for it. A. mustn't B. may not C. can't D. needn’t 23. a I accept that he is not perfect, I do actually like the person. A. While B. Since C. Before D. Unless 24. He got to the station early,_______c_____ missing his train. A. in case of B. instead of C. for fear of D. in search of 25. The man insisted____c____ a taxi for me even though I told him I lived nearby. A. find B. to find C. on finding D. in finding 26. More patients _____d______ in hospital this year than last year. A. treated B. have treated C. had been treated D. have been treated 27. Tom owns ___b____larger collection of _______ books than any other student in our class. A. the; 不填 B. a; 不填 C. a; the D. 不填; the 28. -- You haven't lost the ticket, have you? -- ____a_____. I know it's not easy to get another one at the moment. A. I hope not B. Yes, I have C. I hope so D. Y es, I’m afraid so 29. It's ten years since the scientist b______on his life's work of discovering the valuable chemical. A. made for B. set out C. took off D. turned up 30. A man is being questioned in relation to the __a__C____ murder last night. A. advised B. attended C. attempted D. admitted 31. The old man, ___d_________abroad for twenty years, is on the way back to his motherland. A. to work B. working C. to have worked D. having worked 32. The_____a_______house smells as if it hasn't been lived in for years. A. little white wooden B. little wooden white C. white wooden little D. wooden white little 33. ____d____ is often the case, we have worked out the production plan. A. Which B. When C. What D. As 34. Sales of CDs have greatly increased since the early 1990s, when people__b___to enjoy the
中考英语英语任务型阅读理解训练经典题目(含答案) 一、英语任务型阅读 1．阅读下面的短文，然后根据文章内容回答问题。 Imagine this: your parents go away on business, but you have to stay at home alone. Would life be as easy as when your parents are around? Would it be a perfect holiday for you? "I can fill an empty stomach with tomato and egg soup, but that's all. I think many of my classmates are the same. We wouldn't know what to do, or how to look after ourselves," said Zheng Chenyu. "And I'd forget something important. I'd probably watch television and burn the soup." "As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook. But now parents do almost everything for us. We're very lazy," she said. Most teenagers have only time for their homework. They don't learn any life skills until theygo to college. However, Sima Yige doesn't think so. "I think I'd be all right. I wouldn't just eat sandwiches or fruit. I know how to cook, some simple dishes because my mum showed me," the 13-year-old boy said. In his opinion, many teenagers depend too much on their parents, and there is much more to learn than cooking, like tidying up your room or even dressing yourself properly. For most teenagers it wouldn't be a holiday at all. （1）Why would Zheng Chenyu probably burn the soup? （2）When will Zheng Chenyu learn to cook? （3）Translate the underlined sentence（翻译划线句子）"They don't learn any life skills until they go to college. " in this passage. （4）The underlined phrase（划线短语）"depend too much on" in the passage means（意思） in Chinese. （5）For most teenagers, would life be as easy for teenagers living alone as when their parents are around according to（根据）the passage? 【答案】（1）Because she would probably watch television and forget the soup. （2）As soon as he leaves home. （3）他们直到上大学才会学习一些生活技能。 （4）太过依赖 （5）No, it wouldn't. 【解析】【分析】主要讲了当父母出差时，孩子们独自在家时的生活是怎样的。 （1）根据I'd probably watch television and burn the soup.可知她看电视而忘记了汤，故填Because she would probably watch television and forget the soup.。 （2）根据As soon as I leave home, I'll learn to cook可知她一离开家就学习做饭，故填As soon as he leaves home.。 （3）not...until直到......才......，learn any life skills学习一些生活技能， go to college去上大学，故填他们直到上大学才会学习一些生活技能。
2009年普通高等学校招生全国统一考试（江苏卷） 英语 第一部分：听力（共两节，满分20分） 做题时，先将答案标在试卷上。录音内容结束后，你将有两分钟的时间将试卷上的答案转涂到答题卡上。 第一节（共5小题；每小题1分，满分5分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有一个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听完每段对话后，你都有10秒钟的时间来回答有关小题和阅读下一小题。每段对话仅读一遍。 例：How much is the shirt? A. ￡19.15. B. ￡9.15. C. ￡9.18. 答案是B。 1. What do the speakers need to buy? A. A fridge. B. A dinner table. C. A few chairs. 2. Where are the speakers? A. In a restaurant. B. In a hotel. C. In a school. 3. What does the woman mean? A. Cathy will be at the party. B. Cathy is too busy to come. C. Cathy is going to be invited. 4. Why does the woman plan to go to town? A. To pay her bills in the bank. B. To buy books in a bookstore. C. To get some money from the bank. 5. What is the woman trying to do? A. Finish some writing. B. Print an article. C. Find a newspaper. 第二节（共15小题；每小题1分，满分15分） 听下面5段对话。每段对话后有几个小题，从题中所给的A、B、C三个选项中选出最佳选项，并标在试卷的相应位置。听每段对话前，你将有时间阅读各个小题，每小题5秒钟；
2013江苏卷 第四部分：任务型阅读（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分） 请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一．个．最恰当的单词。 注意：请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。每个空格只填一个单词。 Quiet Virtue: The Conscientious The everyday signs of conscientiousness (认真尽责)—being punctual, careful in doing work, self-disciplined, and scrupulous (一丝不苟的) in attending to responsibilities—are typical characteristics of the model organizational citizen, the people who keep things running as they should. They follow the rules, help out, and are concerned about the people they work with. It’s the conscientious worker who helps newcomers or updates people who return after an absence, who gets to work on time and never abuses sick leaves, who always gets things done on deadline. Conscientiousness is a key to success in any field. In studies of job performance, outstanding effectiveness for almost all jobs, from semi-skilled labor to sales and management, depends on conscientiousness. It is particularly important for outstanding performance in jobs at the lower levels of an organization: the secretary whose message taking is perfect, the delivery truck driver who is always on time. Among sales representatives for a large American car manufacturer, those who were most conscientious had the largest volume of sales. Conscientiousness also offers a buffer (缓冲) against the threat of job loss in today’s constantly changing market, because employees with this quality are among the most valued. For the sales representatives, their level of conscientiousness mattered almost as much as their sales in determining who stayed on. There is an air around highly conscientious people that makes them seem even better than they actually are. Their reputation for dependability influences managers’ evaluations of their work, giving them higher evaluations than objective measures of their performance would predict. But conscientiousness in the absence of social skills can lead to problems. Since conscientious people demand so much of themselves, they can hold other people to their own standards, and so be overly judgmental whe n others don’t show the same high levels of model behavior. Factory workers in Great Britain and the United States who were extremely conscientious, for example, tended to criticize co-workers even about failures that seemed unimportant to those they criticized, which damaged their relationships. When conscientiousness takes the form of living up to expectations, it can discourage creativity. In creative professions like art or advertising, openness to wild ideas and spontaneity (自发性) are scarce and in demand. Success in such occupations calls for a balance, however; without enough conscientiousness to follow through, people become mere dreamers, with nothing to show for their imaginativeness.
江苏省2011-2014年高考英语真题汇编 主谓一致和时态 21.（2013江苏） Generally,students’innermotivationwithhighexpectationsfromothers ______ essential to their development. A. is 【答案】A 25.（2013江苏）—Could I use your car tomorrow morning? —Sure. I ______ a report at home. A. will be writing C. have written 【答案】A 34.（2013江苏）—What about your self-drive trip yesterday? —Tiring! The road is being widened, and we ______ a rough ride. A. had 【答案】A 32.(2012江 苏)ThemanagerissaidtohavearrivedbackfromPariswherehe________some European partners. A. would meet B. is meeting C. meets D. had met 32.【考点】动词的时态和语态—过去完成时 【答案】D
【解析】根据句中“is said to have arrived”可知，arrive这个动作是在过去发生的，而会面的动作则在arrive的动作之前发生的，即在过去的过去发生的动作，所以用过去完成时，故选D项。 【易错点拨】本题时态选择的关键是根据“is said to have arrived”可知，这一动作发生在过去，因此“会面”这个动作是在到达之前发生的，所以用过去完成时。 【难度】较难 34.(2012江 苏)Thepresidenthopesthatthepeoplewillbebetteroffwhenhequitsthan when he________. A. has started B. starts C. started D. will start 34.【考点】动词时态—一般过去时 【答案】C 【解析】句意为：这位总统希望人民在他离任时比他刚上任时更富有。根据句意，总统开始上任是过去发生的动作，所以用一般过去时。故选C项。 【易错分析】考生容易根据when he quits而误选B项。事实上whenhe quits中的quits是用了一般现在时来代替一般将来时。B. haveC. would haveD. have had B. will have writtenB. are C. was D. were D. have been writing 【难度】较难 35. (2012江苏)—Happy birthday! —Thank you!It’s the best present Ifor. A. should have wished B. must have wished
初中英语任务型阅读典型题型 1. If you go to , maybe some people can understand you. 2. Egyptians speak . 3. If you go to , you must learn Russian well. 4. The capital of Singapore is . 5. From the form(表格), we can see that is the most important language. 二 I’ve got some information for everyone going to Britain next month. As you know, you’ll be staying with a family for two weeks. Now the most important thing is money. You should take about ￡30 in cash(现金) and about ￡200 in travelers cheques (支票). Then when you arrive at the airport you’ll be met by our host(主人) family. You must remember to wear a red shirt so the family will find you easily. I’ve told them to look out for the red shirts. You’ll also need to take with you 4 photos of yourself and, of course, it’s very important that you take the school letter. While you are there, if you have any problems, you can call our agent(代理人). I’ll give you her office phone number now: It’s 580-4436 and the person to ask for is Mrs. Belcher, that’s B-E-L-C-H-E-R. She’s 三 In the west, there can be some abbreviations(缩略词) in some advertisements(广告) of the newspaper. Here’s an advertisement for an apartment(公寓套房). Most of the words in it are abbreviations, for example, Lrg. apt, i.e.(即) Large apartment; lrg. lvrm, i.e. Large living-room. Now, 2. If you rent(租用) the apartment, do(千万) remember not to bring any , like dogs, cats, birds and so on. 3. There is a large living-room and two in the apartment. 4. The location(位置) of the building is very . 5. If you rent the apartment, you must pay(付) dollars(美元) every month. 四
2014江苏高考英语卷答案解析（单选部分） 21.Lessons can be learned to face the future, history cannot be changed. A.though B. as C. since D. unless 21.A. 本题考察连词用法。根据句意结合常识来判断，A选项更合理：“尽管历史无法改变，教训却能够被吸取来面对未来。”B选项也有尽管的意思，但用于“n/adj/adv+as+主谓”结构中。C选项是最大干扰项，“既然，由于”。似乎说得通，但是题干前后两句并非因果关系。D选项相当于if not. 22.The book has helped me greatly in my daily communication, especially at work a good impression is a must. A. which B.when C.as D. where 22. D. 本题考察定语从句关系词的用法。其解题的突破口是先行词的判断及句子成分的分析。本题先行词为work，可以理解为抽象的地点；而从句部分不缺主语也不缺宾语，因此可以排除关系代词，而选择可以做状语的关系副词where. 句意为“这本书在日常交际中给予我很大的帮助，尤其是在第一印象至关重要的工作中。” 23.---How much do you know about the Youth Olympic Games to be held in Nanjing? --- Well, the media it in a variety of forms. A.cover B. will cover C.have covered D.covered 23. C. 本题考察时态的用法。“你了解将在南京举行的青奥会么？”“各大媒体已进行了全方位的报道。” 24.Tom always goes jogging in the morning and he usually does push-ups too to stay . A.in place B.in order C.in shape D.in fashion 24.C. 本题考察介词短语。A.就位，到位。B.井然有序。C.保持体形 D. 流行。根据句意，“Tom坚持早上跑步并且还常常做俯卧撑来维持体形．” 25. Top graduates from universities are ______ by major companies. A. chased B. registered C. offered D. compensate 25.A. 本题考察动词词汇量。A.追逐，追求。B.注册，登记。C.提供，常接双宾语。D.赔偿，补偿。根据句意可知，高才生受到各大公司的青睐，成为争相录用的对象。 26.---What a mess! You are always so lazy! ---I’m not to blame, mum, I am you have made me. A.how B.what C.that D.who 26.B.本题考察名词性从句。“这么乱！你总是这么懒！”“妈妈，要怪也不应当怪我啊。我这么懒也是你娇惯出来的。”言外之意是，“You made me what I am.” 27.She was put under house arrest two years ago but remained powerful in the last year’s election. A.symbol B.portrait C.identity D.statue 27.A. 她两年前被软禁，但是在去年的选举中仍然是势力强大的代表人物。本题考察名词词汇量。A. 象征，代表。B.肖像C.身份。 D. 雕像，塑像。 28.The idea “happiness”, , will not sit still for easy definition. A.to be rigid B.to be sure C.to be perfect D.to be fair 28.B.本题考察不定式做插入语的常见短语。A.刻板地，僵硬地。B. 毫无疑问，可以肯定地说。C. 为了完美。D.公平地说。根据句意“幸福的概念，可以肯定地说，并非一成不变，因此很难定义什么是幸福。” 29.The lecture , a lively question-and-answer session followed.
江苏高中英语任务型阅读5篇 一．Ⅲ.任务型阅读 (2014·淮安调研)You say you want to be alone? Think again. Researchers have found that older people with fewer human contacts are more likely to die — even if they're happy in their isolation (孤立状态) — than people with richer social lives. The study adds to the debate over whether loneliness, social isolation, or some combination of the two leads to higher death rate. Social isolation is an objective condition in which people have little communication with others. Loneliness, on the other hand, is an emotional state felt by people who are dissatisfied with their social connections. To find out the effects of being alone versus (比对) just feeling lonely, Steptoe of University College London and his colleagues examined data from 6,500 Britons aged 50 and up who had filled out questionnaires evaluating their levels of loneliness. The most socially isolated subjects had a 26% greater risk of dying, even when sex, age, and other factors linked to survival were taken into account, the researchers report online today. They then made changes about their model to determine whether the connection to death was due to the fact that isolated people are often lonely. It wasn't. The researchers then explored the connection between loneliness itself and death. Intense loneliness also appeared to raise the risk of death by 26% — until the team took into account a host of other factors linked to survival, including wealth, education, and the presence of health problems. Once their impact had been explained, the scientists discovered that loneliness on its own didn't make people more vulnerable (脆弱的) to death. The researchers suspect that older people who have few social ties may not be getting the care they need. No one is urging them to eat right or take their medicine, and in a crisis no one is there to help. Other researchers praise the new work as rigorous (严密的) and well-controlled. But they say it's far from clear that social isolation, not loneliness, is always the real cause of increased death rate. Other studies, including an analysis of older Americans led by John Cacioppo, a psychology professor at the University of Chicago in Illinois, have shown a link between loneliness and a higher death rate. Cacioppo suspects that the disagreement between his study and the new research could lie with cultural differences between Steptoe's British subjects and Americans, and that Britons and Americans may define friends differently, too. Health psychologist Bert Uchino of the University of Utah praises the new study, but he says that researchers are still far from understanding how those two factors affect one another and other health-related behaviors.
点_七年级英语下册任务型阅读知识点汇总(全) 一、七年级英语下册任务型阅读专项目练习（含答案解析） 1．阅读短文，把A~E五个句子填入文中空缺处，使短文内容完整。 My father doesn't know how to cook. ________ If no one cooks for him, he doesn't eat anything. Today, my mother doesn't feel well. ________ My mother and I are happy. My father says he will go shopping first.________ So my mother writes all the things on a piece of paper（-张纸）like this: ⒈cake; ⒉egg; ⒊tomato; ⒋milk; ⒌chicken. Then my father goes out.________ He brings out all the things: one cake, two eggs, three tomatoes, four bags of milk and five chickens! Looking at those things, ________ 【解析】【分析】主要讲了作者爸爸不会做饭，今天作者妈妈生病了，爸爸想为他们做饭，于是先去购物，结果买错了妈妈列出来的东西。 A. So he doesn't cook.所以他不会做饭。 B. An hour later, he comes back.一小时后他回来了。 C. But he doesn't know what to buy.但是他不知道买什么。 D. My father says he will cook for us.我爸爸说他将为我们做饭。 E. my mother and I laughed （笑） and laughed.我妈妈和我笑了又笑。 （1）根据前句My father doesn't know how to cook.我爸爸不知道怎样做饭，可知后句讲的是他不会做饭，故选A。 （2）根据前句Today, my mother doesn't feel well.可知今天妈妈感觉不舒服，可知后句讲的是爸爸做饭，故选D。 （3）根据后句So my mother writes all the things on a piece of paper（-张纸） like this我妈妈在纸上写下所有的东西，可知前句讲的是爸爸不知道买什么，故选C。 （4）根据后句He brings out all the things他带来所有的东西，可知前句讲的是爸爸回来了，故选B。 （5）根据前句Looking at those things看着那些东西，可知后句讲的是看着爸爸买的东西，我和妈妈笑了，故选E。 【点评】考查任务型阅读，首先读懂文章，然后从文中抓住关键词，选择正确答案。 2．阅读短文，根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。 Here are some restaurants. Some people are hungry （饥饿的）. Please help them choose