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黑龙江哈尔滨市2016高考英语阅读理解二轮训练（3）

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In 2006，Paul Letourneau of Worcester，Mass，lost his parents，his home and his pet dog.And that August，his life-long mild depression took a turn for the worse as he became suicidal(有自杀倾向的)．

“I said I didn't want to be alive anymore，”Letourneau,67，recalled telling his best friend.

He and his friend had gone for a walk when Letourneau stopped and asked his friend about ways to die painlessly.His friend advised him to admit himself to a hospital. “When I went back home，physically，I was shaking so much－and emotionally，I couldn't stop，”Letourneau said，“I knew I had to get help.”

For many men，it takes a lot more than feeling down to recognize that they are depressed and then step through the doors of a hospital，or a friend's or relative's home to ask for help.Men who are depressed usually refuse to get appropriate treatment，depression experts and patients say.

“When men get depressed，the depression can be quite severe，”said Dr.lan Cook，professor of psychiatry at the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.“The challenge is getting men to acknowledge that they're depressed.”

Depression affects about 15 million people in the United States，according to the National Institutes of Mental Health，and men get depressed about half as often as women.

“It's unclear how much of this is a reporting bias，”Cook said.“The stigma(耻辱)issues are somewhat different for men than they are for women.”

“Men intend to consider that asking for help is a sign of weakness，but when they can't complete the task of bringing themselves to the Promised Land，they become at risk.” said Steven Lappen，who was once a depression patient.

【语篇导读】 在美国，大部分男性抑郁症患者由于种种原因不愿让人知道他们的病情，因而不愿求助于他人，甚至不找医生治疗。等他们发现自己无能为力的时候已经晚了。 20．Which of the following about Paul Letourneau is TRUE? A．He got sick with mild depression in 2006.

B．He made a very painful choice before he decided to go to the hospital. C．He became suicidal because his depression was too hard to cure.

D．He didn't commit suicide because his friend didn't tell him a painless way.

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答案 B [细节理解题。由第四段内容可知，Letourneau在做出去看医生的决定时，身心都遭受着痛苦。]

21．What does the author mainly want to tell us through Paragraph 5? A．It takes men patients a lot of money to treat their disease.

B．Many men patients recognize their disease but refuse to see a doctor. C．Men patients would rather get help from doctors than friends or relatives. D．Many men patients feel down and refuse to let others know about their disease. 答案 D [段落大意题。本段主要是说很多男性抑郁症患者不但会感到消沉，而且他们不愿承认自己患了抑郁症，也不愿意求助医生和朋友。]

22．How many women are suffering from depression in the U．S.according to the passage? A．About 5 million. C．About 10 million.

B．About 7.5 million. D．About 15 million.

答案 C [细节理解题。由第七段内容可知，在美国受抑郁症影响的人有大约一千五百万，而男性患者是女性患者的一半，由此可知患有抑郁症的妇女大约为一千万。]

23．The underlined phrase“Promised Land”in the last paragraph refers to________. A．a state of being mentally health B．a place filled with sufferings C．a place of interest D．a state of death

答案 A [指代关系题。由最后一段内容可知，男人会把寻求帮助看成是软弱的表现，但是假如他们在不求人的情况下不能摆脱抑郁症的困扰而恢复健康的话，那就危险了。由此可知答案。]

24．It can be inferred from the passage that________. A．reports about men with depression are usually false B．men are more likely to become depressed than women C．most people with depression have lost their relatives

D．the actual number of men with depression is larger than reported

答案 D [推理判断题。由第五段和最后一段可知，很多男性抑郁症患者都羞于让人知道他们患病；再根据倒数二、三段可推知，报告中统计的男女抑郁症患者的数字是有偏差的，男性患者的实际数字会高于报告中的数字。]

黑龙江省大庆市喇中2016高考英语阅读练习——科普环保类 最新K12

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Humans have been keeping animals as pets for tens of thousands of years, but Dr Jean-Loup Rault, an animal scientist at the University of Melbourne in Australia, believes new companions are coming: robot pets.

“Technology is moving very fast,” Rault told ABC News, “The Tamagotchi in the early 1990s was really the first robotic pet, and now Sony and other big companies have improved them a lot.”

This may not sit well with pet lovers. After all, who would choose a plastic toy over a lovely puppy? But Rault argues that the robotic kind has a lot going for it: “You don’t have to feed it, you don’t have to walk it, it won’t make a mess in your house, and you can go on a holiday without feeling guilty.” The technology also benefits those who are allergic to pets, short on space, or fearful of real animals. It’s not clear whether robot pets can replace real ones. But studies do suggest that we can bond with these smart machines. People give their cars names and kids give their toy animals life stories. It’s the same with robots. When Sony stopped its repair service for its robot dog Aibo in March 2014, owners in Japan held funerals. As an animal welfare researcher, Rault is concerned about how robotic pets could affect our attitudes towards live animals. “If we become used to a robotic companion that doesn’t need food, water or exercises, perhaps it will change how humans care about other living beings,” he said.

So are dogs and cats a thing of the past, as Rault predicts? For those who grew up with living and breathing pets, the mechanical kind might not do. But for our next generation who are in constant touch with smart technology, a future in which lovely pets needn’t have a heartbeat might not be a far-fetched dream. 【小题1】What does the underlined phrase “sit well with” means? A．be refused by C．make a difference to

B．be beneficial to D．receive support from

【小题2】What are the advantages of robot pets? a. They are plastic and feel smooth.

b. Owners needn’t worry about them when going out.

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