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【题目】Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of the present recession (经济衰退). A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems. It is bad for your heart, your blood pressure and so on.

Earlier studies have shown that health has something to do with job loss. But it was not sure whether job loss made health poor, or poor health led to job loss. The new study tried to discover the answer to this.

Kate Strully worked on the study while she was at the Harvard School of Public Health. Ms Strully is now a scientist at the State University of New York. She had some information about the income (收入) of some people.

She asked people all over the country some questions about their health and work. Ms Strully checked the information about more than eight thousand people. She collected the information, and then looked at their health some time later. She found out that 80% of people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs. But now they have a new health problem after losing their jobs.

【1】According to the passage, a new study shows that ________.

A. poor health leads to job loss

B. job loss can bring some health problems

C. job loss has nothing to do with one's health

D. job loss can make people healthier than before

【2】What kind of questions did Kate Strully ask?

A. Questions about people's health and work.

B. Questions about people's health and family.

C. Questions about people's work and pressure.

D. Questions about people's health and pressure.

【3】If Kate Strully did the study among 10, 000 people, she would find out that ________ people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs.

A. 2, 000 B. 8, 000 C. 4, 000 D. 6, 000

【4】What does the underlined word “led to” mean in Chinese?

A. 指挥 B. 通向 C. 带领 D. 导致

【5】What's the best title for the passage?

A. An Important Study

B. American Recession

C. Health Problems Among Americans

D. Health and Job Loss

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】A

【3】B

【4】D

【5】D

【解析】

本文主要讲述了失业和人们健康之间的关系，研究表明很多人失业之后会出现很多健康方面的问题。

【1】细节理解题。从文中“A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems.”可知新的研究表明失业可以带来健康上的问题，故选B。

【2】细节理解题。从文中“She asked people all over the country some questions about their health and work.”可知她问人们一些关于工作和健康的问题，故选A。

【3】细节理解题。根据“She found out that 80% of people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs. But now they have a new health problem after losing their jobs.”可知80%的人在失业之前是没有健康问题的，所以在10000中的80%是8000， 故选B。

【4】词义猜测题。根据其所在语境“But it was not sure whether job loss made health poor, or poor health led to job loss.”可知和led to 对应的单词是made, 这句话意思是不确定到底是失业导致生病，还是生病导致失去工作。所以，从句意推断led to 是导致的意思，故选D。

【5】主旨判断题。通读全文可知，文章主要讲的是失业和疾病的关系，故选D。

通读全文，理解大意，认真阅读题干，找出题干在文中所在的语句，仔细阅读细节，判断答案，例如第1小题，题干是 “According to the passage, a new study shows that”就要去文中找a new study 所在的语句，从文中“A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems.”可知新的研究表明失业可以带来健康上的问题，故选B。