内容正文:
D.a health magazine
解析:文章出处题。根据本文内容可知,本文主要从社会、生理和心理3个方面分析了男性和女性在幸福感上的差异。由此可推知,本文有可能摘自一本健康杂志,故选D项。
答案:D
12.What is the text mainly about?
A.Men and women differ in biology and psychology.
B.Men and women experience happiness differently.
C.Social roles have a great effect on men and women.
D.Women's happiness has declined in the past years.
解析:主旨大意题。通读全文可知,本文从社会、生理和心理3个方面分析了男性和女性在幸福感上的差异,故B项最符合文义。
答案:B
Ⅲ.语法填空
Lions, tigers and other animals are staying awake at night 1.____________(avoid) human beings, a new study finds.
Scientists have known that human activities can lead to changes in nature.Many animals may move around less or travel to far places to keep away 2.____________ people.By being awake at night, animals can also be on guard against possible enemies and spend less time 3.____________(look) for food.
The latest research found even activities like farming and camping can 4.____________ (fright) animals and cause them to become more active at night.5.____________ had been studied were lions in Tanzania, tigers in Nepal and monkeys in Brazil.Researchers compared 6.____________(careful) how much time those animals were active at night in areas of human activities, such as hunting and farming.7.____________ was human activities that caused an increase of about 20 percent in nighttime activities, even in creatures that usually sleep at night.Results 8.____________(publish) in the journal Science two months ago.
The new findings are 9.____________(usual) because no one else has looked at it in such detail before.Ecologist Marlee Tucker was 10.__________(surprise) that any kind of human activities is enough for animals to see people as a threat.
[语篇解读] 人类活动导致许多动物在夜间保持清醒以保持警惕状态。
1.解析:考查非谓语动词。句意:一项新的研究发现,狮子、老虎以及其他的动物在夜间保持清醒旨在避开人类。此处用动词不定式作目的状语。
答案:to avoid
2.解析:考查固定搭配。keep away from...“远离……”,为固定搭配。
答案:from
3.解析:考查固定用法。spend time doing sth.“花时间做某事”,为固定用法。
答案:looking
4.解析:考查词性转换。句意:最新的研究表明,即使像务农和野营这样的活动也会惊吓到动物,进而导致它们夜间变得更加活跃。情态动词can后应接动词原形,故应用名词fright的动词形式frighten。