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1、此资料由网络收集而来，如有侵权请告知上传者立即删除。资料共分享，我们负责传递知识。江西龙泉高中2020届高三考前英语阅读日日练（二十四）第1篇 Happiness is contagious,_researchers reported on Thursday.People with the most social connections spouses, friends, neighbors and relatives were also the happiest, the data showed. “Each additional happy person makes you happier
2、，” Christakis said.“Imagine that I am connected to you and you are connected to others and others are connected to still others. It is this fabric of humanity, like an American patch quilt.”Each person sits on a differentcolored patch. “Imagine that these patches are happy and unhappy patches. Your
3、happiness depends on what is going on in the patch around you，” Christakis said.“It is not just happy people connecting with happy people, which they do. Above and beyond, there is this contagious process going on.”And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness, they discovered.“If a social conta
4、ct is happy, it increases the likelihood that you are happy by 15 percent，” Fowler said. “A friend of a friend, or the friend of a spouse or a sibling (兄弟姐妹), if they are happy, increases your chances by 10 percent，” he added.A happy thirddegree friend the friend of a friend of a friend increases a
5、persons chances of being happy by 6 percent.“But every extra unhappy friend increases the likelihood that youll be unhappy by 7 percent，” Fowler said.The finding is interesting and it is useful, too, Fowler said.“Among other benefits, happiness has been shown to have an important effect on reduced m
6、ortality (死亡率), pain reduction, and improved cardiac (心脏的) function. So better understanding of how happiness spreads can help us learn how to promote a healthier society，” he said.The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a persons chances of becom
7、ing happier by about 2 percent.“A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000，” Christakis said.语篇解读美国科学家的一项最新研究成果表明，快乐感可以互相传递。这项研究成果为我们构建更为健康、和谐的社会提供了依据和方法。1According to the research, your happiness _.A. has nothing to do with your workmates or schoolmatesB. has something to do with anyone who has a close
8、 relationship with youC. depends on those who are in favour of you or are against youD. has little to do with what social connections you have解析推理判断题。根据第二段、第三段内容可知，快乐感会不断传递和扩散，你的配偶、朋友、邻居、亲戚等的快乐指数会直接影响你的快乐程度，故选B。答案B2The underlined word “contagious” in the first paragraph means _.A. infectious B. beau
9、tifulC. effective D. prior解析词义猜测题。第一句是全文的主题句。由文章第二、三、四段可知，快乐感可以在人们之间传播，故contagious的意思是“有感染力的，有传染性的”。答案A3It can be inferred that_.A. happiness spreads as fast and widely as unhappinessB. unhappiness spreads faster and more widely than happinessC. happiness spreads faster and more widely than unhappin
10、essD. the spread of unhappiness has not been studied by researchers解析推理判断题。根据第六段“And happiness is more contagious than unhappiness，they discovered.”一句可推知选C。答案C4Which of the following will increase your chances of becoming happier most?A. Being in a party with a happy atmosphere.B. A happy experience
11、 of your brother or your parents.C. A happy trip to a foreign country of your friends.D. Happiness of your friend s friend.解析事实细节题。根据第七、第八段讲述的别人的快乐感对你的影响几率可知，排在最前的是“If a social contact is happy”，故选A。答案A5What does Christakis mean by saying “A happy friend is worth about $ 20,000” ?A. A happy friend c
12、an help you bring in a wealth of $ 20,000.B. A happy friend is a wealth which is worth about $ 20,000.C. A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 2%.D. A happy friend increases your chances of being happy by 8 %.解析句意理解题。结合上一段中的“that having $5,000 extra increased a persons chances of b
13、ecoming happier by about 2 percent”可知，一个快乐的朋友带给你的快乐相当于大约$20,000带给你的快乐，也就是$5,000的四倍，即一个快乐的朋友给你带来快乐的几率为8%，故选D。答案D长难句解读The study also fits in with other data suggested in 1984 that having $ 5,000 extra increased a persons chances of becoming happier by about 2 percent.该句为主从复合句，主句为The study also fits in
14、 with other data，suggested in 1984为过去分词作定语修饰data，后面that引导的是同位语从句，说明data的内容。该从句的主语为having $5,000 extra，a persons chances为宾语，of becoming happier为定语修饰chances，by about 2 percent为程度状语。第2篇The Parthenon in Athens is a building with a long and complex history. Built nearly 2,500 years ago as a temple celebr
15、ating the Greek goddess Athena, it was for thousands of years the church of the Virgin Mary of the Athenians, then a mosque (清真寺), and finally a ruin. The building was changed and the sculptures much damaged over the centuries. By 1800 only about half of the original sculptural decoration remained.Between 1801 and 1805, Lord Elgin, the British ambassador to the Ottoman Empire, which controlled Athens, acting with the full knowledge and permission of the Ottoman authorities，removed about half of the remaining sculptures from the fallen ruins and from the building itself.Lord Elgin loved
