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e likely to survive serious diseases now. 【解析】選C。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第一段“If you’re a male and you’re reading this, congratulations! You’re a survivor ”可知, 如果你是男性, 你正在讀這篇文章, 恭喜你! 你是一個(gè)活到現(xiàn)在的人。所以作者要在文章開頭祝賀男性讀者是因?yàn)槟行曰畹阶x這篇文章的年齡。故選C項(xiàng)。2. Which of the author’s statements is the most important reason that men die five years earlier on average than women according to the passage? A. Men drink and smoke much more than women. B. Men don’t seek medical care as often as women. C. Men are more likely to suffer from deadly diseases. D. Men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger. 【解析】選B。細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段“but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor. ”可知, 但也許更重要的是, 男性不去看醫(yī)生。所以男人不像女人那樣經(jīng)常求醫(yī)是男性平均比女性早死五年的最重要原因。故選B項(xiàng)。3. Which of the following best pletes the underlined sentence “Geez, if it could happen to him. . . ”? A. it could happen to me, too. B. it would be a big misfortune. C. I should avoid playing golf. D. I should consider myself lucky. 【解析】選A。推理判斷題。由第四段“A lot of men think they’re unbeatable, ”Gullotta says. “They only e in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, Geez, if it could happen to him. . . ”可知, 很多男人認(rèn)為自己是不可戰(zhàn)勝的, ”古洛塔說?!爸挥挟?dāng)一個(gè)朋友死在高爾夫球場上的時(shí)候, 他們才會(huì)進(jìn)來, 他們會(huì)想, 天哪, 如果這事發(fā)生在他身上……所以根據(jù)上下文的語境可以判斷出“那么這種事也有可能發(fā)生在我身上”能夠承接劃線的句子。故選A項(xiàng)。4. What does Dr. Ross Cartmill mean by “the ostrich approach”(in Para. 5)? A. A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions. B. A new treatment for certain psychological problems. C. Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved. D. Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear. 【解析】選D。詞義猜測題。由第五段“Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know”可知, 有些人害怕自己會(huì)被查出患有某種疾病, 索性就不去看醫(yī)生。由此判斷出, “the ostrich approach”的意思是因?yàn)楹ε露辉敢馊チ私庾约旱牟∏?。故選D。B(2020南陽高二檢測)Valerie Stull begins her mornings with a breakfast shake, into which she puts peanut butter, cocoa powder, banana, and milk. The last thing to go in is a powder made from insects. Stull works at the Global Health Institute. She’s in a group of researchers who study the impacts of eating insects. There’s a name for dining on insects: entomophagy. About two billion people regularly eat insects. That’s almost one in every four. Most North Americans and Europeans tend to find the idea of entomophagy disg