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2023版考研英语经典模拟试题训练含答案译文Sloth
maybeseenasa
sin,butsomeofhistory'smost
accomplished
menwerefondof
lounging
around.LeonardodaVincienjoyed
napping.SodidAlbertEinsteinandWinstonChurchill.RichardBuckminsterFuller
advocated
taking30-minute
naps
everysixhours.Heisreportedtohaveabandonedthepracticeonlybecause“hisscheduleconflictedwiththatofhisbusiness
associates,
who
insistedon
sleeping
likeothermen.”Noonehasyetproveda
correlation
betweennappingand
artisticbrilliance
or
professionalsuccess,butan
intriguing
study
published
thisweekintheArchivesofInternalMedicine
claimstofind
alinkbetween
daytimesiestas
andgoodhealth.AteamofresearchersledbyAndronikiNaskaoftheUniversityofAthensMedicalSchoolandDimitriosTrichopoulosofHarvard'sSchoolofPublicHealthfollowedover23,000Greekpatientswithnohistoryof
coronarydisease,cancerorstroke,foranaverageofsixyears.Theirconclusion:nappingjustmightsaveyourlife.Thestudyfoundthatthegroupofadults
who
took
siestas(definedas30-minutenaps)atleastthreetimesaweekhadathirdfewerdeathsfromheartdiseasethan
anequivalent
group
who
didnotsleepatallduringtheday.Thebenefitwasgreaterformenthanforwomen.(Whetherwomenbenefitedatallwashard
toestimate
asthereweretoofewdeathsamongthemduringthecourseofthestudy.)Itwasalsogreaterforworkingmenthanforthose
who
hadretired.However,anumberofpreviousstudies
done
inthe
Mediterranean
andinpartsofCentralAmerica(where
siestas
remaincommon)havecomeupwith
conflictingresults,butDrNaskaandDrTrichopoulosarguethatthosestudieshaveoftenbeenflawed.Thesubjectsinsome,forexample,hadsurvivedheartattacksandmaythereforehavebenefitedmorefrom
napping
thanhealthyindividualsdo.Giventhat
allofthesubjectsofthisnewstudywereGreek,couldthemuch-celebratedMediterraneandiet
deserve
credit,ratherthanthe
siestas?ThefirmanswerfromDrTrichopoulosis“No”.Andheisinagoodpositiontosayso,foritwashewhodidthepioneeringresearchthatputoliveoilandaplant-baseddietonthescientificmapinthefirstplace.Unlikesomeother
siesta
studies,hiswascontrolledfordiet,smoking,exerciseandother
relevant
variables.TheearlierfindingsaboutthebenefitsoftheMediterraneandietareconfirmed,hesays,andnappingseemstohelp
ontopofthat.Beforebuyingasofafortheoffice,however,itmightbewisetoconsiderthepossibilityofselection
bias.DrTrichopoulosconcedesthat“TypeA”personalities,
whose
hard-workinglivesmaymakethem
proneto
heartattacks,arealsomuchlesslikely
to
takenaps
duringtheday.Thatbiasmightbe
skewing
thestudy'sresults.Evenso,headvises,“Takeanapifyoucan.”注(1):本文选自TheEconomist;注(2):本文习题命题模仿对象为2004年真题Text1。1.Whatdoscientistsexpecttoachieveinthestudyofdaytimesiestas?A)Theywanttoprovethatsiestashelppeoplebecomesmarter.B)Theywanttoprovethatsiestascanmakepeoplehappier.C)Theywanttoprovethatsiestasmayprolongpeople'slife.D)Theywanttoprovethatsiestashelpcuresomediseases.2.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEabouttakingnapregularly?A)One'spossibilityofdyingfromheartdiseasesissmaller.B)Oneissurelytoenjoyalonglifewiththehabitoftakingsiestas.C)Whethersiestasbenefitwomenisstillunknownduetothelimitedmemberofwomenparticipatingthetest.D)Aworkingmanusuallyoutlivesaworkingwomanofsimilarageifhehasthehabitofsiestas.3.Theexpression“loungingaround”(Lines1~2,Paragraph1)mostprobablymeans_______.A)sleepingalotB)takinganapeveryfewhoursC)relaxingoneselfD)beinglazy4.WhyisDrTrichopoulosinagoodpositiontodenythebenefitfromMediterraneandietinthiscase?A)BecausetheresearchDrTrichopouloshasdoneonnappingismoreconvincing.B)BecauseDrTrichopoulosisaforerunnerofresearchonMediterraneandiet.C)BecauseDrTrichopoulosknowsnothingaboutthenutritiousvalueofMediterraneandiet.D)BecauseMediterraneandietisnotoriousforitsunhealthiness5.WhichofthefollowingisTRUEaccordingtothetext?A)TheresearchfailstoapplyuniversallybecauseitonlystudiesalimitedscopeofsamplethatisshortofrepresentativenessB)Mostofthosewhohavegreatachievementsusuallyhavethehabitoftakingsiestasregularly.C)Peoplewhoworkundergreatpressurebenefitmorefromnappingthantheretired.D)DrTrichopoulos'ssiestastudyconflictswithpreviousstudies,whichmitigatethecredibilityofhisstudy.CADBC词汇注释sloth/sləʊθ/n.怠惰,懒惰lounge/laʊndʒ/vi.懒洋洋地躺卧,闲荡nap/næp/n./v.(白天)小睡,打盹correlation/ˌkɒrəˈleɪʃn/n.相互关系,相关siesta/siˈestə/n.午睡coronary/ˈkɒrənri/adj.冠的,花冠的,冠状的stroke/strəʊk/n.中风equivalent/ɪˈkwɪvələnt/adj.相等的,相当的flaw/flɔː/vt.使有缺陷,使无效bias/ˈbaɪəs/n.偏见prone/prəʊn/adj.有…倾向的skew/skjuː/v.曲解;歪曲难句突破Thestudyfoundthatthegroupofadultswhotooksiestas(definedas30-minutenaps)atleastthreetimesaweekhadathirdfewerdeathsfromheartdiseasethananequivalentgroupwhodidnotsleepatallduringtheday.主体句式:Thestudyfoundthat...结构分析:这个句子的主要内容集中于that后面的宾语从句,其中该从句的主体结构为thegroupofadultshadathirdfewerdeathsthananequivalentgroup。从句中的第一个who引导的定语从句用来修饰第一组成人的情况,其中注意到括号中的内容是对siestas的概念定义;从句中的第二个who引导的定语从句用来修饰第二组成人的情况。句子译文:研究表明,那些每周至少午休3次,且每次至少睡30分钟的成人组与日间从不午休的成人组相比,由心脏病致死的几率低了1/3。Anewstudy
published
inThursday’seditionof
Cell
reportsthatmosquitoes’senseofsmellis
morecomplex
thanweoncethought.Anditmayexplainhowtheyaresogoodatseekingusoutinthedarknessandleadtonewstrategies
tofight
againstthe
potentially
deadlydiseases
caused
bytheirbites.UntilMegYounger,
co-author
ofthestudy,andher
colleagues
startedstudyingmosquitoes,it’slongbeenknownthatmosquitoes
relyon
multiple
cluestotargethumans,First,theywillsensetheCO2inthebreathfromadistancethatcanbemorethan30feet.AftertheCO2,thentheybegintosensehumanbodysmells.Theyfollowthe
odors(气味)and,whentheygetveryclose,starttodetectbodyheat.Oncetheylandontheskin,theylookforaplacetobitewiththeirlegs.Inmanypartsoftheworld,theirbitesmayleadtosuchdiseasesas
dengue,Zika,chikungunyaandmalaria.Thelatterdiseasealonecausesoverhalfamilliondeathseachyeararoundtheglobe.“Butmostof
what
weknowaboutmosquitoes’senseofsmellcomesfromthestudyofthebrainsofmiceandfruitflies,
where
thepathwaysbetweenthebrainandsmell
detectors
arefairlysimple:Each
neuron(神经元)intheirsmelldetectorsjust
respondsto
asinglekindofsmellandalltheneuronsforthatsmellareconnectedtothesamepartoftheirbrains.Ofcourse,thereare
countless
differentdetectorsrespondingtocountlesssmells,”saysYounger.“Whenwestartedlookinginsidemosquitobrains,wefoundthateachneuroncandetectmultiplesmells.”“It’sagreatbreakthrough,”saysJosefinadelMarmol,ascientistattheHarvardMedicalSchool
who
wasn’tinvolvedwiththeresearch.“Itwillchangealotaboutwhatweknowofhowmosquitoes
interactwith
theworldandgiveresearchersadditionalwaystofightthebugs.Butthere’smorework
tobedonetotest,
neuronbyneuron,
which
neuronactuallyrespondstowhichhumanbodysmells.”12.Whatcanbelearnedaboutmosquitoesfromparagraph2?A.Theylookforaplacetobitewiththeirey
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