四川2016高考英语二轮阅读理解训练（6）
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
One of the most debated issues about alcohol consumption has been the consistent
finding that those who don't drink tend to die sooner than those who do.The standard Alcoholics Anonymous explanation for this finding is this：many of those who give up alcohol are actually former hard-core drunks who had already brought health problems associated with drinking.
But a new paper suggests that abstaining(戒除)from alcohol does tend to increase
one's risk of dying，even when you leave former problem drinkers out.The most shocking part—abstainers'(禁酒者)mortality rates(死亡率)are higher than those of heavy drinkers.
Moderate(适度的)drinking，which is defined as one to three drinks per day，is
associated with the lowest mortality rates.Moderate alcohol use is thought to improve heart health，circulation and sociability，which can be important because people who are cut off don't have as many family members and friends who can notice and help treat health problems.
But why would abstaining from alcohol lead to a shorter life？It's true that those
who abstain from alcohol tend to be from lower socioeconomic classes，since drinking can be expensive.And people of lower socioeconomic status have more life stressors(压力因素)．
Though heavy drinking is associated with higher risk for many diseases，
heavy_drinkers_are_less_likely_to_die_than_don't_drink.One important reason is that alcohol strengthens social interactions，and social interactions are vital for maintaining mental and physical health.Nondrinkers show greater signs of depression. The authors of the new paper are careful to note that even if drinking is associated with a longer life，it can be dangerous：it can affect your memory severely and it can lead to falls and other troubles that can affect your life.There's also the dependency issue：if you become addicted to alcohol，you may spend a long time trying to get off the bottle.
16．What can we know from the Alcoholics Anonymous explanation and the new paper?
A．The former finds that abstainers can live longer than heavy drinkers. B．The former finds that nondrinkers can live longer than heavy drinkers. C．The latter finds that healthy abstainers can live shorter than heavy drinkers. D．The latter finds that nondrinkers can live shorter than heavy drinkers.
答案 C [细节推理题。由文章第二段的第一句话“即使不算那些之前喝酒后来戒酒的人，不喝酒也确实会导致死亡率升高”可知，C项正确。]
17．Which of the following is the benefit of moderate drinking?
A．It helps blood circulation.
B．It helps remove people's life stressors. C．It reduces people's association with friends. D．It can save a lot of money.
答案 A [细节理解题。根据文章第三段第二句中的“improve heart health，circulation and sociability”可知，A项正确。]
18．What does the underlined sentence (in Para.5)mean?
A．Heavy drinkers can live longer if they give up drinking.
B．Heavy drinkers can live longer even if they don't give up drinking. C．The mortality rate of heavy drinkers is lower if they don't give up drinking. D．The mortality rate of heavy drinkers will be lower if they give up drinking.
答案 C [句意理解题。该句前面说“尽管重度酗酒者犯很多病的几率很大”，该句接下来的两句是对画线句子的解释，“最重要的原因是饮酒可以加强社交联系，这有助于人们的身心健康。因此不喝酒的人更易抑郁。”由此可推断本句的意思是“重度饮酒者不戒酒时死亡率低。”故选C。]
19．It can be learned from the last paragraph that ________.
A．the authors of the new paper support drinking
B．people should start drinking if wanting to live longer C．many people doubt whether drinking is good for health or not D．drinking can do harm to people's life
答案 D [推理判断题。文章最后一段提到尽管喝酒能够让人长寿，但是喝酒也会给人带来一些危害，“it can be dangerous”是中心词，因此D项正确。]
【2015高考复习】阅读理解
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. 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