2019-2020学年上海市徐汇区徐汇中学高三下学期英语四月月考卷(双基诊断卷)有解析

2019-2020学年上海市徐汇区徐汇中学高三下学期英语四月月考卷（双基诊断卷）
（满分115分，考试时间100分钟）
2020年4月I.Grammar and Vocabulary
Section A
Directions: After reading the passage below,fill in the blanks to make the passage coherent and grammatically correct For the blanks with a given word,fill in each blank with the proper form of the given word;for the other blanks,use one word that best fits each blank.
Animals Feel Joy
Life is full of funny moments,and not just for humans.
Over the years,studies by various groups(l) (suggest)that monkeys,dogs and even rats love a good laugh.People,meanwhile,have been laughing since before they could talk.Although human humor often involves the use of language,Jaak Panksepp,a euro-scientist at Bowling Green State University,said he would not be surprised (2) positive emotions could be produced in some animals.
Dolphins, for example, have long attracted animal researchers because of the complex ways(3) they communicate:a rich variety of sounds of different rhythms.
A decade ago, researchers (4) (study) dolphins at the Kolmarden Wildlife Park in Sweden noticed a st of sounds the dolphins made during play-fighting.They concluded that the purpose of the sound was to suggest that the situation was pleasant(5) (prevent) it from building up into a real fight.
“The play-fighting we see in animals are harmless attacks(6) a very social purpose,"said Peter McGraw,a psychologist at the University of Colorado.“But(7) you always see is hat the animal that's being attacked is the one making these noises that we think of as laughter.I
believe that through evolution,laughter developed as way of showing(8) something which would otherwise be wrong is actually OK”
Panksepp has even seen evidence of joy in crayfish(小龙虾）.When (9) (give) small amounts of drugs such as cocaine,they appear to connect that location with pleasure."They will always return to that place,possibly in the hope of getting more,"he says.Pankepp wasn't sure whether it equals the same drug-induced happiness that humans get,but said “it(10) be in the same evolutionary category.”
【答案】
1.have suggested
2.If
3.in which
4.studying
5. to prevent
6.with
7. what
8.that
9.given 10.might
【解析】
1.考查动词时态。

由“Over the years”可知填现在完成时。

2.考查连词。

句子成分分析此空填连词，引导宾语从句；根据句意：如果积极情绪在动物身上也会产生不会使他感到吃惊。

3.考查连词。

“____they communicate”修饰way,根据句意：他们交流的复杂方式;固定搭配“in...way”以某种方式。

可知填in which.
4.考查非谓语。

Study和scientist之间为主动关系；此处现在分词做后置定语，表主动。

5.考查固定搭配。

Be pleasant to do 乐意做某事
6.考查介词。

根据句意：我们在动物身上看到的打斗游戏是具有特殊社交目的的无害攻击。

With此处意为具有，带有。

7.考查连词。

通过句子结构划分可知，本句为主语从句缺少宾语，根据句意：我们所看到的。

可知填what。

8.考查连词。

show后跟了一个宾从，从句结构完整；根据句意：一些会出错的事情最后反而是没有问题的；可知填that。

9.考查非谓语。

Give和they之间存在逻辑上的动宾关系，所以填given表被动。

10.考查情态动词。

根据空后为be可知空上应填情态动词，根据句意：它可能在相同的进化类别中。

表不确定的推测，故填might。

Section B
Directions: Fill in each blank with a proper word chosen from the box. Each word can be used only once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
Brazilian highway dream or nightmare
When Flaviano Melo, the young governor of Acre,holds up his favourite map,it shows a new Highway (11)______west from the Amazon rain forest, across the Peruvian Andes and down to the Pacific coast.There it joins a giant arrow pointing to Japan.
When environmentalists look at the same map,they see a road that will speed up destruction of the rain forest by providing a new and shorter (12)______route for the world's largest consumer of tropical(热带的）hardwood.
The 800-kilometre highway,which would link existing road systems in western Brazil and (13)______Peru,is still only a plan.But Melo has already begun negotiating (14)______ for the $300 million U.S.project with the Japanese government.If built,the new route would open up huge area of mostly(15)______rain forest now reachable only through the rivers that drain this western corner of the Amazon.
"That road fits us like a glove, aid Melo,explaining that the people of this isolated and poor state are currently unable to (16)______ forest products like wood and nuts."If Japan wants wood
we have it,and we can also think of selling our products to the rest of the world"
Japan's new interest in the western Amazon reflects its (17)______demand for tropical hardwoods used mainly in construction.As supplies are rapidly becoming less in the forests of Southeast Asia ,Japan and other importers have begun looking more carefully at Brazil's extraordinary untapped forestry (18)______
Tokyo's interest in the highway has rapidly become the latest topic in a growing international debate about the (19)______that migration(移民),development and deforestation are having on the Amazon basin.As news of the project has leaked out, it has raised(20)______from environmental groups in the United States,Europe and Japan.
【答案】31-35HDAKI 36-40 BEGCJ
【解析】
11.根据句意来分析，这张地图展示了一个高速公路从亚马逊雨林蜿蜒一路向西，穿过秘鲁安第斯山脉，向下到太平洋沿岸，stretching表示延伸，拓展
12.从词性上判断可知此处应该填名词，后面说为世界上最大的热带树木消费群，判断此处填supply，supply route为供应路线。

13.判断词性知道此处要一个形容词，根据句子意思，这条长达800公里的高速路连接巴西西部的已存的公路系统和周边的秘鲁，所以填A。

14.根据句子意思比较好判断，Melo已经开始为这个3亿美元的项目在筹备资金，negotiating financing,筹备资金。

15.根据句子意思，一旦建成，这条路能打开大片亚马逊森林中先前不被进入的区域，undisturbed不被干扰的，未被人接触的。

16.由固定句型be able to do sth 知道这边要用动词原形，根据句子意思可知，在这与世隔离且贫穷的地方的人目前不能够吧像木头和坚果这样的产品推销出去，这边的market当动词用，营销。

17.根据词性判断这边需要一个形容词，结合句子意思，日本对于亚马逊西部表现出来的兴趣反应了它对于热带木材的极大的需求。

enormous巨大的。

18.从词性上判断知道此处需要一个名词，untapped forestry reserves未被开发的森林储备。

所以选G.
19.这道题只要看that后面引导的定语从句就知道了，从句中有个have impact on sth,，可知先行词是impact, 选C.
20.判断词性知道这边需要一个名词，结合句子意思知随着这个项目的消息已经泄露，它已经引起来自美国，欧洲，日本的环境组织的抗议。

Ⅱ.Reading Comprehension
Section A
Directions:For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A,B,C and D.Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Gossip and rumour are part of working life-they certain,inform and connect people,but they can also (21) reputations, destroy trust, create bad attitudes and even reduce productivity.What distinguishes the helpful consequences from the harmful is the (22) behind what is said,how the information is (23) and acted on,and the length of time it is allowed to spread.
As well as providing informal communication networks,gossip and rumour act as psychological spaces for (24) such as jealousy,boredom and even hatred.When it is not possible to face an issue or person directly, chats with colleagues become a way of offloading(25) .
People's anxieties (26) at times of change and uncertainty,such as when an organization restructures,changes leadership or undertakes an acquisition.Such situations lead people to worry about how they will be (27) .Who will be promoted or demoted,whose job will disappear or be changed,and who will be paid what?
In the absence of adequate information from management,people naturally create stories to fill the (28) .The longer executives take to make decisions,the more anxious people become and the more numerous make sense of the (29) .
Studies have shown that while rumors reduce trust in management and ham the attitudes of
staff,they do not necessarily affect productivity.A senior executive of a large UK technology company,(30) ,found that rumors left unchecked affected sales when negative rumors spread about a product, resulting in staff being (31) to sell it."When rumors spread across the sales teams that a product doesn't work or is difficult to (32) , there may be an element of truth in them.But often the rumour is exaggerated and means that no one wants to deal with it.so sales decrease.
Gossip,as opposed to rumour,is often about social networking and can be entertaining,resistible and even (33) .Because it is so pleasurable,people tend not to consider the harm it caused.
Although positive gossip occurs, it is he negative gossip most people enjoy more because make us feel better about ourselves and reassures us,because we are not the (34) of it. There are many (35) for malicious(恶意的）gossip.Projecting our own feelings of inadequacy on others by putting them down ride us of our bad feelings and makes us feel superior .Gossip allows us to act out passive-aggressive and envious feelings and redress power imbalances.
21. A.consider B.ruin C.enhance D.explain
22. A.intention B.benefit C.concept D.suspicion
23. A.stored B.noticed C.illustrated rmed
24. A.symptoms B.behaviors C.emotions D.obstacles
25. A.procedures B.frustrations C.responsibilities D.techniques
26. A.heighten B.decline C.vanish D.creature
27. A.assessed B.rejected C.affected D.cultivated
28. A.container B.position C.form D.vacancy
29. A.myth B.proposal C.uncertainty D.decision
30. A.therefore B.for instance C.however D.otherwise
31. A.anxious B.qualified C.eager D.reluctant
32. A.appreciate B.implement C.identify D.guarantee
33. A.spiteful B.risky C.substantial D.witty
34. A.matter B.audience C.subject D.reason
35. A.motives B.consequences C.solutions D.alternatives
【答案】
21-25 CABCB 26-30ACDCC 31-35DBDCA
【解析】
21.根据上下文前，前面所八卦和谣言是办公室生活的一部分，转折说他们的弊端：他们也能败坏名声，摧毁信任等等。

可知选C.ruin.
22.根据句意：八卦和谣言的区别在于背后的意图，……，可知选A .intention
23.根据句意：信息会怎样被人注意到，会造成什么样的行为。

可知选B.noticed
24.根据空后举出的‘jealousy,boredom and even hatred’可知属于emotions，故选C。

25.根据句意：当我们无法与一个问题或人正面对抗的时候，与同事闲聊成为了一种发泄的方式。

故选B frustration。

26.根据空后“Such situations lead people to worry about”可知，人们的焦虑情绪在这种情况下会增加，故选A heighten.
27.根据句意：“这些状况会使人们担心自己将受到何种影响，谁会被升职或降职……”故选
C affected.
28.根据空前“In the absence of adequate information from management,”可知当管理层信息公布不充分时就会有人提出各种说法来填补这一空白。

故选D vacancy.
29.结合28题可知，人们这样做的目的是要为这种不确定性找到合理的解释。

故选 C uncertainty.
30.前文说谣言的好处，本段主要讲放任谣言会造成的影响。

故选C however，表转折。

31.根据句意：放任谣言会影响销售——贬低产品的谣言传播会使员工不愿意销售这款产品。

故选D reluctant
32.根据空前“doesn't work”or“difficult to...”可知此处意思应相近，故选B implement.生效。

33.根据句意：八卦通常与社交网络和人际关系相关，可以具有娱乐性、不可抗拒甚至是诙谐的。

故选D witty
34.根据句意：尽管正面八卦是存在的，但是大部分人喜欢负面八卦，因为我们不是被八卦的对象。

故选C subject
35.根据下文“Projecting our own feelings of inadequacy on others”“makes us feel superior”即人们通过贬低他人来把自身的不足投射到他们身上，从而产生优越感，可知句人们有很多动机进行恶意八卦。

故选A motives。

Section B
Directions:Read the following three passages.Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements.For each of them there are four choices marked A,B,C and D.Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have read.
（A）
Dear Adeline,
I hope that you are enjoying your volunteer work in the refugee camp.I bet the special glasses you invented are helping so many people to see better.I am very proud of you! I'd like to be a scientist, just like my big sister,so I can invent things to help others!
In our science class today,we talked about some modem inventors like Albert Einstein,Thomas Edison and Alexander Graham Bell.I didn't know that Leonardo da Vinci was a brilliant inventor as well as a great artist! He drew a parachute(降落伞)a few hundred years before it was invented by Louis-Sebastien Lenormand in 1783.How cool is that?
Then,Mr Fischer asked us to name some female inventors but we could only think of Marie Curie,She was the first woman to get a Nobel Prize for her pioneering work on radiation.Maybe you will get one someday for helping people with impaired vision.
Mr Fischer told us that many female inventors have improved our lives.Many of their inventions have made our lives canter,wafer and more enjoyable.Our homework is to find out about some of these women and to write about them.I'm going to write about you!
Anyway,Kristin,James and I went to the library after school to start our research.We found some books about female inventors.I was very impressed! For example,the American inventor Josephine Cochrane invented the dishwasher in 1886,This is a very useful machine that makes people's lives easier and saves time.
Another American female inventor,Maria Beasley,invented the life raft that has helped saved many lives.We also read about Mary Anderson,who invented windscreen wipers in 1903.
Grace Hopper was the computer scientist who deigned the first Mark I computer a five-tonne machine that was as big as a room.Miss Hopper also invented the words "bug"and "debug" when she had to remove moths from the machine Ha ha!
We found many other amazing female inventors but we all agreed that our favourite invention is Nancy Johnson's ice-cream maker!
Anyway,Mum's only just got home as she had to work late at the hospital tonight. Dad's cooked a special diner and is calling us.So I'll go now and will post this to you in the morning.We all miss you and look forward to your return!
Serena 36.What has Adeline invented?
A.An ice-cream maker.
B.Windscreen wipers for cars.
C.A computer.
D.Special glasses.
37.Which female inventor has helped save the lives of many people at sea?
A.Marie Curie.
B.Mary Anderson.
C.Grace Hopper.
D.Maria Beasley.
38.How did Serena and her friends find out about female inventors?
A.They asked their teacher.
B.They wrote to Serena's sister.
C.They went to the library.
D.They asked Serena's parents.
39.What can be learned from this letter?
A.Adeline is a scientist devoting her time to volunteer work.
B.Mr Fischer introduced many female inventors in his class.
C.Serena's favourite invention is Mary Anderson ice-cream maker.
D.Leonardo da Vinci was believed to have invented the parachute.
【答案】
36-39DDCA
【解析】
36.考查细节理解；根据第一段“I bet the special glasses you invented ”及“Dear Adeline, ”可知是Adeline发明的special glasses ，故选D。

37.考查细节理解；根据第六段“American female inventor，Maria Beasley,invented the life raft that has helped saved many lives.”可知Maria Beasley,发明了救生船，能帮助救在海边的人。

故选D。

38.考查细节理解；根据“Kristin,James and I went to the library after school to start our research.We found some books about female inventors.”作者和朋友们经常去图书馆查找女发明家。

故选C。

39.考查推理判断；根据文章第一段“I hope that you are enjoying your volunteer work in the refugee camp.I bet the special glasses you invented are helping so many people to see better.”可知，Adeline is a scientist devoting her time to volunteer work，故A正确；根据第三段“Mr Fischer asked us to name some female inventors ”让我们说不是他给我们介绍，B错误；文章倒数第二段“Nancy Johnson's ice-cream maker”ice-cream maker的发明人不是Mary Anderson故C 错误；D选项第二段中提到He drew a parachute(降落伞)a few hundred years，但不是人们认为他发明了降落伞。

(B)
Let's be frank.A CV is a highly professional business document and it is NO place to talk about your hobbies or your personal interests..right?!
Well,not exactly.
Employers love knowing about the applicant's hobbies and interests,Here is why:
Prospective employers invest in people:they hire and work with human beings,not robots it is because of this that employers look for every clue in their prospective employees to find out about their true skills and competencies(能力).What better way is there to achieve this than by looking
at their bobbies and interests?
Benefits of including your hobbies and interests on your CV:
• It will give the employer a fuller and more complete picture of you.
• Sporting interests indicate that you are fit and healthy.
• Involvement in the community indicates good interpersonal skills
• Outside interests tell the employer that you cam have a good time us well.
• They form a great basis for discussion at the interview stage.
Possible pitfalls to avoid when writing your hobbies on your CV;
Avoid mentioning risky or time-consuming hobbies: It is in the employer's best interests to have you healthy,.fit and able to work,therefore,we advise against writing regular rock climbing in the Himalayas' as a hobby.
Irrelevant hobbies: How will Stamp and Coin Collecting as a hobby help you to get a job as an Administrative Engineering Manager? On the other hand,stamp collecting would be a very valuable hobby to mention when applying for a job as a Stamp Appraiser(鉴定者).
Including too many hobbies: Usually,if you include more than just two or three hobbies on your CV,the employer is likely to wonder when will this person have any time to do some work?
Lying: Having seen a TV programme once doesn't count as a hobby.You will be asked and about your hobbies and interests at the interview stage. Save yourself the embarrassment and do not lie about your hobbies.
40.The underlined word "pitfalls"is closest in meaning to .
A.interests
B.traps
C.tips
ments
41.What can we learn from the passage?
A The more hobbies you list the more likely you re to get the job.
B.Hobbies like stamp collecting should never be mentioned on CV.
C.The hobbies listed on one's CV may be discussed at the interview.
D. Employers prefer to invest in people who have special hobbies.
42.What's the main idea of the passage?
A.Dos and Don'ts of including your hobbies and interests on your CV.
B.The importance of describing one's hobbies and interests properly.
C.How to make your CV attractive when you apply for a job.
D.How to impress an interviewer with your hobbies and interests.
【答案】
40-42 BCA
【解析】
40.考查词义猜测；通过后面的动词avoid得知此处意思应为负面的，故选B，陷阱。

41.文中作者说要避免Including too many hobbies，故A选项错误，不是越多越好；“stamp collecting would be a very valuable hobby to mention ”对应B选项，但句意相反，故B错误；根据第二段“Employers love knowing about the applicant's hobbies and interests”及下文给出的建议可知选C。

文中第四段“Prospective employers invest in people:they hire and work with human beings,...What better way is there to achieve this than by looking at their bobbies and
interests?”对应D选项，老板选员工时不仅仅是选择有特殊爱好的员工。

D错误，故选C。

（C）
Terrible working conditions have a long tradition.Early industry was marked by its dirty,dangerous factories.In the early 20th century workers were forced into dull,repetitive tasks by the needs of the production line.However,in a service-based economy,it makes sense that focusing on worker morale might be a much more fruitful approach.
Proving this is more difficult.But that is the aim of a new study targeting workers at British Telecom.Three academics---Clement Bellet of Erasmus University, Rotterdam,Jan-Emmanuel de Neve of the Said Business School,Oxford,and George Ward of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology---surveyed 1,800 sales workers at 11 British call centres. All each employee had to do was click on a simple emoji each week to indicate their level of happiness.Those workers were charged with selling customers broadband,telephone and television deals.In total the authors collected adequate responses from 1,161 people over a six -month period.
The results were striking.Workers made 13% more sales in weeks when they were happy than when they were unhappy.This was not because they were working longer hours;in happy weeks,they made more calls per hour and were more efficient at converting（转变）those calls into sales.The tricky part, however,is determining the direction of causation.Workers may be happier when they are selling more because they anticipate a bigger bonus.
The academics tried an clever way to get round this causation problem by examining a very British issue-the weather.Workers turned out to be less happy on days when the weather in their local area was bad and this unhappiness converted into lower sales. Since they were making national calls, not local ones,it is unlikely that customer unhappiness with the weather was driving the sales numbers.So it was worker mood driving sales,not the other way round.
Even if this reasoning proves to be correct,businesses may not find it of comfort.The academics point out that"what we are not able to do,given our data and setting,is making an official decision as to whether investing in schemes to enhance employee happiness makes good
business sense".It is possible that the costs of such schemes might outweigh any gains in productivity.
More research is clearly needed.But there is evidence that happier workers are good news for shareholders,as well as productivity.Analysts at boa Merrill Lynch Global Research studied the stocks of firms rated on Glassdoor,a website that allows employees to rate the companies they work for.Those with the highest ratings outperformed those with the lowest by nearly five percentage points a year between 2013 and 2019.
The analysts have now applied the same approach to picking stocks based on particular industries.Again,the sectors where workers gave the best reviews on Glassdoor between 2013 and 2019 easily outperformed those where employees gave a thumbs down.
43.The underlined phrase"worker morale” probably refers to workers'_________.
A.enthusiasm and cheerfulness
panions and colleagues
petence and productivity
D. income and welfare
44.What is the major aim of the study mentioned in paragraph 2?
A. To analyze the possible factors that affect work efficiency and achievement.
B.To test the level of satisfaction of the workers in British sales industry.
C.To examine the relationship between happiness and productivity of workers.
D. To prove that people's attitude toward life affects their work performance.
45.The academics examined the weather to prove__________.
A.sales decline could have been driven by bad weather
B. workers suffer mood swings due to weather change
C.customer unhappiness may result in poor sales numbers
D.sales performance is influenced by workers' mood
46.From the passage,we can learn that__________.
panies should try every means to enhance employee happiness
B.employees need to have the chance to rate the companies they work for
C.the workers' happiness is closely related to a company's productivity
D.working conditions may have a great impact on work performance
【答案】43-46 ACDC
【解析】
43.从本句中“However,in a service-based economy,it makes sense that focusing on worker morale might be a much more fruitful approach.”然而，在以服务为基础的经济中，关注.....可能是一个更加富有成效的方法，这一点就有道理了，从选项中选，和服务型经济能相关的只有A选项了。

44.这道题比较简单，文章的第二段是实验的过程，可以直接定位到文章第三段的开头“The results were striking.Workers made 13% more sales in weeks when they were happy than when they were unhappy.”可知，第二段的实验研究的是心情和办事效率的关系，所以选C.
45.本题也很简单，根据题目可直接定位到文章的第四段，在段尾作者总结了“So it was worker mood driving sales,not the other way round.”可判断出天气并不是影响销售的因素，而是员工的心情。

所以选D.
46.这道题用排除的方法比较方便，整篇文章在研究的是员工的心情和生产效率的问题，并不是公司采取了什么方式来增加员工的辛福渡，所以A不对，C对。

文章中并不是围绕员工需要增加对其公司的评定，所以B不对，文章中肯定的是员工心情而不是工作环境对生产效率的影响，所以D不对。

Section C
Directions: Read the passage carefully. Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box. Each sentence can be used only once. Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
Preparing Cities for Robot Cars
The possibility of self-driving robot cars has often seemed like a futurist’s dream,years away from materializing in the real world. Well, the future is appearing now.(47)_____________ It’s hard to predict when driverless cars will be everywhere on our roads. But however long it takes, the technology has the potential to change our transportation systems and our cities, for better or for worse, depending on how the transformation is regulated.
While much of the debate so far has been focused on the safety of driverless cars(and rightfully so), policymakers also should be talking about how self-driving vehicles can help reduce traffic jams, cut emissions(排放) and offer more convenient, affordable mobility options. The arrival of driverless vehicles is a chance to make sure that those vehicles are environmentally friendly and more shared.
Do we want to copy--or even worsen-= the traffic of today with driverless cars？
(48)_____________They tolerate long, slow journeys to and from work on packed highways because they can work,entertain themselves or sleep on the ride. They take their driverless car to
an appointment and set the empty vehicle to circle the building to avoid paying for parking. Instead of walking a few blocks to pick up a child or the dry cleaning, they send the self-driving minibus. (49)_____________
A study from the University of California at Davis suggested that replacing petrol-powered private cars worldwide with electric, self-driving and shared systems could reduce carbon emissions from transportation 80% and cut the cost of transportation infrastructure (基础设施) and operations 40% by 2050.(50)_____________ But driverless car ownership could increase as the prices drop and more people become comfortable with the technology.
Policymakers should start thinking now about how to make sure the appearance of driverless vehicles doesn’t extend the worst aspects of the car-controlled transportation system we have today. The coming technological advancement presents a chance for cities and states to develop transportation systems designed to move more people ，and more affordably. The car of the future is coming. We just have to plan for it.
【答案】47-50 BDEA
【解析】
47.本题比较简单，前面说无人驾驶车的未来现在正在出现，排除可知只有B选项句意符合，一些公司正在国内的城市里检测他们的机动车。

48.由后面句子中的they 可判断此处句子中应该有名词复数，而且从句子意思可知这个they 应该指的是人，所以排除可知答案是D，便利使得很少的人愿意去使用公共交通，他们能容忍漫长，缓慢的上下班旅途.......
49.这空前面描绘的都是无人驾驶车给人们生活到来的种种改变，由于该句处在该段尾，所以作为结尾句只有E选项符合，想一想吧，未来几乎每一个成年人都能拥有一辆无人驾驶车。

50.由后面But可知50还是和前面的逻辑一致，前面在讲无人驾驶车可以替代汽油车，帮助产生更少的污染，所以排除知该处应该填A符合句子，更少的污染和低廉的出行听起来相当吸引人，但是.......
Ⅱ.Summary Writing
Directions:Read the following passage.Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 e your own words as far as possible.
You're More Stressed at Home
Filled with much housework,meals and childcare at home,many people feel that being at wok sounds more like having a picnic.Recently,a study carried out by the researchers at a university in the US.A found lower levels of hormone released in response to sores in a majority of subjects when they were at work compared to when they were at home.Even for those who have a happy family life,they feel actually more stressed at home than at work.
Both men and women showed less stressed at work, Experts say there are reasons why work is less stressful than home for many."Paid work is more valued in society,"said Sarah Damaske,the lead researcher on the study,"Household work is not particularly rewarding."At work,people pretty much know what they're supposed to be doing: working,making money,doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income.On the home front,however,people have no such clarity.Rare is the household in which the division of labor is so clinically and methodically laid out.There are a lot of tasks to be done,and there are inadequate rewards for most of them.Your home colleagues一your family--have no clear rewards for their labor,they need to be talked into it,or if they're tanagers,threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices.Plus,they're your family.You cannot fire your family.
Meanwhile,women are more likely to report feeling happier at work while men were more likely to feel happier at home.For many men,the end of the workday is a time to kick back.And for women who work outside the home,they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks.Primary responsibility for childcare also continues to fall mostly on women.It's not surprising that women feel more stressed at home.
【答案】
A new study suggests that both men and women feel more stressed at home.Because housework is not rewarding,the division of labor at home is clear-out and family members are much harder to motivate.Besides,women are more stressed at home because they do most of the housework and provide childcare.
【解析】
本文是一篇说明文，介绍一种普遍的现象即：在家会更有压力；通过对比男人和女人做家务的反应和感受得出结论；女人在家要承担更多的家务和照顾家人的工作，会感到更大的压力。

写作时容易出现要点不清楚的情况，整理阅读后注意归纳。

V. Translation
Directions: Translate the following sentences into English, using the words given in the brackets.
51.我正在上网，电脑突然死机了。

(when)
52.队长宣布说，所有人在任务完成前都不得与外界有任何联系。

(suppose）
33.产品设计者的生要挑战在子如何使产品在微烈的竞争中脱颖而出，吸引更多用户。

(challenge)
54.虽然这些家养动物已经在外观上和他们的野生同类有很大区别，但一旦置身野外，它们很快就能适应周围环境。

(differ)
【答案】
51.I was surfing the Internet when the computer suddenly stopped working.
52.The captain announced that no one was supposed to have contact with the outside world before the tasks were done.
53.The main challenger for product designers is how to make the products stand out in the。