题文
If you, a man, are looking through this, congratulations: you are a survivor (幸存者). According to a survey, you are more than twice likely to die of skin cancer than a woman, and nine times more likely to die of AIDS. If you make it to the end of your natural term, about 78 years for men in Australia, you will die on average five years before a woman.There are many reasons for this. Men take more risks than woman and are more likely to drink and smoke—but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.
“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should.” says Dr. Gullotta,“This is particularly so for the over 40s, when diseases tend to strike.”Gullotta says a healthy man should visit the doctor every year or two. For those over 45, it should be at least once a year. Two months ago Gullotta saw a 50-year-old man who had delayed(延迟) doing anything about his smoker’s cough for a year. “When I finally saw him it had already spread and he has since died from lung cancer.”he says.“Earlier finding and treatment may not have cured him, but it would have made him live longer.”
According to a recent survey, 95% of women aged between 15 and early 40s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70% of men in the same age group.
“A lot of men think they are strong enough. While some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know. Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies.” Dr. Gullotta says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be found out by check-ups. Regular check-ups for men would place strain on the public purse, Gullotta says. “But prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to cure the diseases. Besides, the final/highest cost is far greater: it is called premature death(过早死亡).”
小题1: From the first paragraph, we can know that _________.A．women are more likely to die of skin cancerB．men are more likely to get some deadly diseasesC．men can live five years longer than womenD．men who live long are very lucky小题2:What is a more important reason for man’s death?A．Men take more risks than women.B．Diseases tend to strike men easilyC．Men don’t go to doctors for check-ups.D．Men like drinking and smoking.小题3:Why does the author take a 50-old-man as an example?A．To realize the importance of disease prevention.B．To show he could have avoided death.C．To prove smoking leads to lung cancer.D．To think highly of the doctor’s work.小题4:What can be drawn from the last paragraph?A．Treatment would cost a lot of money.B．Cars are more valuable than health.C．Men are brave to accept the reality.D．Check-ups are necessary and worthwhile. 题型：未知难度：其他题型
答案
小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:A
小题4:D
解析
试题分析:调查发现男性比女性更容易患上致命的疾病。在本文中作者对此进行了分析，其原因之一是男性喝酒，吸烟的人要比女性多；此外更重要的原因是男性不喜欢去医院进行定期检查，这样就错过了疾病的最佳治疗时期，从而导致男性死亡率的上升。
小题1:B细节理解题。由第一段中According to a survey, you are more than twice likely to die of skin cancer than a woman,可知男性比女性更容易患上致命的疾病，答案选B。
小题2:C细节理解题。根据文章第二段—but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.可知答案选C。
小题3:A推理判断题。文章第二段提到“Men aren’t seeing doctors as often as they should.”，然后用一死亡病例说明不去进行体检的严重后果，由此可知作者的目的是想说明不定期体检的严重后果，提醒人们，尤其是男士们要意识到预防的重要性，故答案选C。
小题4:D主旨大意题。在文章末段作者引述了Dr. Gullotta的话，说明了男性死亡的原因之一是他们不去定期体检，不能及时发现病症，从而导致死亡，由此可知身体检查是必要的，故答案选D。
考点
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日常生活类阅读的概念：
日常生活这一话题主要涉及人们衣食住行等方面的活动。这一话题的选材主要针对人们日常的工作，生活以及学习情况。做这一类题时，最主要的是要把握好人物的活动内容，时间和地点。
日常生活类阅读题答题技巧：
【题型说明】
该类文章内容涉及到人们的言谈举止、生活习惯、饮食起居、服饰仪表、恋爱婚姻、消遣娱乐、节日起源、家庭生活等。文章篇幅短小，追根溯源，探索各项风俗的历史渊源，内容有趣。命题也以送分题为主，如事实细节题、语义转换题、词义猜测题和简单推理判断题等。虽然这类文章读起来感觉轻松，试题做起来比较顺手，但绝不能掉以轻心。因为稍不留神，就会丢分。
【备考提醒】
为了保证较高准确率，建议同学们做好以下几点：
1、保持正常的考试心态。笔者在教学中发现，越是容易的试题，同学们越是容易失分。为什么呢？因为在这种情况下，同学们极易产生麻痹思想，认为题目好做，就不引起高度重视，于是思维不发散、不周密。而命题人就是利用同学们的这一弱点，设计陷阱题。所以，无论试题难易与否，我们都要保持正常的考试心态。试题容易，不欣喜；试题难，不悲观。
2、根据前面讲到的方法，认认真真、细细心心做好事实细节题。
3、做好语义转换题。这类题是根据英语中一词多义和某些词语在文中能表达一定的修辞意义的原则而设计的。要求同学们解释某生词的含义，确定多义词或短语在文中的意思，确认文中的某个代词所指代的对象，或者对英语中特有的表达、格言、谚语进行解释。这种题要求同学们一定要根据上下文猜测词义或理解句子，切不可望文生义。
4、做好简单推理判断题。简单推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断。这种推理方式比较直接，只要弄清事实，即可结合常识推断出合理的结论。
