[1] Scientist proves better busy than doing nothing, rearch has found. Keeping

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[1] Scientist proves better busy than doing nothing, rearch has found. Keeping the mind occupied with tasks—no matter how meaningless—keeps off negativeemotions, the study found.[2] However, the bad news is that humans em born to be lazy in order to save energy, according to Professor Christopher He, a behavioural scientist at Chicago University.[3] In a study 98 students were asked to complete two surveys. After they had completed the first they were made to wait 15 minutes to receive the next one. They were given a choice of either handing in the first survey nearby or at a more distant location they had to walk to. Whichever choice they cho, they received a chocolate bar. Two-thirds (68 per cent) cho to take a shortcut. Tho who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than tho who had stayed put. Prof He concluded __________________ helped keep people happy.[4] He said the findings, reported in the journal Psychological Science, had policy guidance. "Governments may increa the happiness of idle（闲散的）citizens by having them build bridges that are actually uless", he suggested.[5] At the individual level, he advid: "Get up and do something. Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it." He added, "By the way, thinking deeply or busy with lf-reflection counts as keeping busy, too. You do not need to be running around—you just need to be busy, either physically or mentally."小题1:What is the purpo of the text? (no more than 8 words)____________________________________________________________________________小题2:Why did two-thirds (68 per cent) choo to take a shortcut? (no more than 8 words)____________________________________________________________________________小题3:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 3 with proper words. (no more than 2 words)____________________________________________________________________________小题4:What does the word “it” in Paragraph 5 probably refer to? ( no more than 2 words)____________________________________________________________________________小题5:What is the main idea of the last paragraph? (no more than 10 words)____________________________________________________________________________ 题型：未知难度：其他题型

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小题1:To persuade / advi / tell us to keep busy / busier.To tell us the busier, the happier.小题2:Becau humans em born to be lazy.小题3:keeping busy/being busy小题4:doing things/doing something/being busy/keeping busy小题5: We need to be busy, either physically or mentally. (答对逗号前部分，只得1分)

解析

本文主要讲述的是一些研究报告显示无论在什么时候，我们都要让自己一直很忙碌，因为忙碌对我们的身体有很大的好处。小题1:To persuade / advi / tell us to keep busy / busier.To tell us the busier, the happier.根据文章第一段内容可知让自己忙碌总比什么也不做好，对我们的健康有很大的好处。故本文是为了说服我们不要懒惰，要忙碌起来。小题2:Becau humans em born to be lazy.细节题。根据第二段第一行the bad news is that humans em born to be lazy in order to save energy。小题3:keeping busy/being busy根据前句Tho who had taken the walk reported feeling happier than tho who had stayed put.可知那些选择步行的人感觉更快乐。故这里应该填写keep busy让自己忙碌。小题4:doing things/doing something/being busy/keeping busy推理题。根据Anything. Even if there really is no point to what you are doing, you will feel better for it." He added,说明这里的it就是指前面的让自己做一些事情，即使有些事情没有意义。小题5: We need to be busy, either physically or mentally. (答对逗号前部分，只得1分)段落大意题。根据本段最后一句You do not need to be running around—you just need to be busy, either physically or mentally."可知要让自己无论是精神上还是在身体上都忙碌起来，这样才充实。点评：本文主要讲述的是一些研究报告显示无论在什么时候，我们都要让自己一直很忙碌，因为忙碌对我们的身体有很大的好处。本文所设试题主要考察细节查找，对于文章中的细节题，要注意文本内容的理解。关键是找出原文的根据，认真核查题支和原文的异同，常犯错误有：绝对化语言，范围扩大或缩小，以偏概全，张冠李戴等。带着问题，再读全文，找出答题所需要的依据，完成阅读。

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