Question

閱讀下面短文，請(qǐng)根據(jù)短文后的要求進(jìn)行答題。（請(qǐng)注意問(wèn)題后的字?jǐn)?shù)要求）

[1]Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends helps boost levels of ‘brown fat’ in the boby which burns calories to generate heat.

[2]Living in a stimulating, social environment was found to reduce abdominal fat in mice by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social stimulation can       

by converting white fat into brown, White stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to generate heat .Converting white fat into brown is difficult, as we all know, normally requiring long term exposure to cold conditions or activating part of the body’s nervous system

[3]However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown, The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those who lived alongside a greater number of mice and had more space and toys to stimulate them lost far more weight over the course of the study than their ‘couch potato’ ones.

[4]Study author Dr. Mattew During, whose team’s findings appear in journal Cell Metabolism said: I’m still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs. Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added: ‘It’s not just a sedentary lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social engagement.’

[5]Co-author Dr. Lei Cao said: ‘Loneliness is a profound factor for cancer and death; it’s on par with cigarette smoking. Social engagement is very important’.

1.What’s the main idea of this passage? (no more than 10 words)

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2.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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3.What’s the purpose of the study of mice? (no more than 20 words)

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4.How does socializing help make people slim? (no more than 15 words)

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5.Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.

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Answer 1

【答案】

1.Socializing keeps you slim/Keeping a busy social life makes people slim

2.aid weight loss/help lose weight

3.To show having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown; They want to show the advantage of a busy social life To show the part socializing plays in changing white fat into brown

4.by changing white fat into brown which burns calories to generate heat; Socializing changes white fat into brown which burns calories to generate heat

5.在研究期間，和那些總是呆著不動(dòng)的小鼠相比，有更多伙伴、更大空間和更多玩具的實(shí)驗(yàn)鼠減肥效果更明顯。

【解析】

試題分析：

1.根據(jù)文章第一段第一行Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people slimmer說(shuō)明本文的話題就是Socializing keeps you slim。

2.本段討論的正是social stimulation能讓人減肥。

3.本文的話題是關(guān)于Socializing能讓人減肥，告訴我們a busy social life的好處。

4.根據(jù)文章第二段第三行by converting white fat into brown說(shuō)明是通過(guò)改變white fat的方法來(lái)減肥。

5.本句的翻譯難點(diǎn)在于對(duì)這幾個(gè)詞“stimulate”  “couch potato”的翻譯過(guò)于死板，翻譯不通。要根據(jù)上下文的語(yǔ)義來(lái)猜測(cè)這些詞的意思。

考點(diǎn)：考查科普類短文閱讀

點(diǎn)評(píng)：本文講述了一項(xiàng)關(guān)于減肥的研究。以小老鼠的例子告訴人們應(yīng)該積極參加社交活動(dòng)多鍛煉，而不是總是呆在不動(dòng)。以細(xì)節(jié)題的考查為主，仍然要求考生在閱讀的時(shí)候關(guān)注重要的關(guān)鍵點(diǎn)。