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【題目】Want to live longer? Win an Oscar.

A new study says that actors who received the award earn more than larger paychecks.

So when 94-year-old Katharine Hepburn once remarked that she was respected internationally “l(fā)ike an old building”, she had no idea that her four Oscars directly influenced her longevity(長(zhǎng)壽).

The study says winning actors will live 3.9 years longer than their losing counterparts (對(duì)手). Actors who have won more than once, like Hepburn, live up to six years longer than those who were nominated (提名) but never won.

“We found that they died from the same things we all die from—cancer, heart disease, but they fought them a bit longer and diseases came a bit later,” says Dr. Donald Redelmeier, the leading author of the study. Redelmeier says the sense of success and satisfaction makes one’s soul become more full of life.

“We are not saying that you will live longer if you win an Oscar,” explains Redelmeier, “or that people should go out and take acting courses. Our main conclusion is simply that social factors are important.” The study’s implied conclusion, he says, is that doctors should ask about their patients’ personal feelings because mental well-being is related to physical health.

Redelmeier says he got the idea for the study when he watched a glowing Gwyneth Paltrow win an Oscar in 1999 for her role in Shakespeare in Love. Redelmeier says, “She looked more full of life than anyone I had seen.”

“We found, too, those that had multi-nominations and no win had the same life expectancy as those with just a single nomination and no win,” Redelmeier adds.

【1】The longevity of Oscar winners mainly has something to do with___________.

A. the big money that was awarded

B. mental factors

C. rich and colorful lives

D. respect from others and better treatment

【2】Tom had five Oscar nominations but win no Oscar and Peter had only one nomination and won no Oscar either. We can tell__________.

A. Tom probably will have a longer life than Peter.

B. Peter probably will have a longer life than Tom

C. Both Tom and Peter probably will have the same life expectancy

D. Both Tom and Peter probably will have a long life.

【3】According to the passage, we know __________.

A. When Katharine Hepburn was 94, she knew her long life had something to do with her 4 Oscar prizes

B. In general the number of Oscar prizes has nothing to do with a person’s life expectancy.

C. That Gwyneth Paltrow’s full of life made Redelmeier decide to do the study.

D. If you want to live a happy and long life, you should take acting courses and win Oscars.

【4】What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Most Oscar Winners Live Longer Lives

B. How to Get a Long Life

C. A New Study about Long Lives

D. An Amazing Finding

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】C

【3】C

【4】A

【解析】試題分析：本文是講述了一種現(xiàn)象，獲得諾貝爾獎(jiǎng)的人往往壽命要比沒(méi)有得獎(jiǎng)的人長(zhǎng)，科學(xué)家研究得出，人的壽命與精神因素有關(guān)，精神因素越好，壽命就越長(zhǎng)。

【1】B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文中The study’s implied conclusion, he says, is that doctors should ask about their patients’ personal feelings because mental well-being is related to physical health，可知長(zhǎng)壽跟精神因素有關(guān)，故選B。

【2】C推理判斷題。根據(jù)文中The study says winning actors will live 3.9 years longer than their losing counterparts (對(duì)手). Actors who have won more than once, like Hepburn, live up to six years longer than those who were nominated (提名) but never won，可知這兩人的壽命將會(huì)是相同的，故選C。

【3】C細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章倒數(shù)第二段可知，他是因?yàn)榭吹礁駵啬萁z·帕特洛的出奇的活力才想要做這個(gè)研究的，故選C。

【4】A推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第一段Want to live longer? Win an Oscar，以及全文內(nèi)容，對(duì)于獲得奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)與生命的關(guān)系中得出的結(jié)論：贏得奧斯卡獎(jiǎng)會(huì)使得活的更久。推斷選項(xiàng)A最符合文章的標(biāo)題，故選A。