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【題目】Maps of the world’s population show that the majority of people today live near water. 【1】We also vacation at the beach and find comfort fishing on a lake. Nothing makes small children happier than the chance of playing in water. More interesting, this human favor for water makes evolutionary sense. 【2】

Neuroscientist(神經系統(tǒng)科學家) Michael Crawford of the University of North London has proposed that our ancient ancestors attached to the sea, and that their devotion paid off by allowing the human species to develop large and complex brains. Crawford claims that when humans separated from apes and appeared in the forests of Africa, they stuck close to rivers and beaches and started catching fish and crabs.【3】

It's no coincidence, Crawford claims, that human brain growth began to increase rapidly once we left the woods and headed for the beach.

【4】Psychiatrist(精神病學家)and biochemist Joseph Hibbelin of National Institutes of Health has shown that across cultures there is direct link between amount of fish eaten each week and rates of depression. More interesting, Hibbelin and researcher Laura Reis have found that fish is commonly used as a symbol of happiness and good health in various religions and cultures.

【5】We vacation on the coast and see the waves come and go, feeling happiness has taken over our brain. When we move inland, or go home from vacation, we lose touch with our sea roots and feel unhappy.

A. Sure, we need drinking water to live, but we have also benefited from what’s swimming under waves.

B. We know that fish and the sea are good for us, and we seek them out.

C. We live along coastlines, around bays, up the course of rivers and streams and on islands.

D. Scientists help people overcome depression.

E. Scientists have also discovered that people who eat fish regularly are less likely to suffer from depression than those who eat less seafood.

F. It is good for our health to swim under the waves.

G. That sea food was packed with omega-3 fatty acids, essential fatty acids that promote brain cell growth.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】C

【2】A

【3】G

【4】E

【5】B

【解析】這是一篇說明文。喜歡水并尋找有水的地方是人類的天性。

【1】C

根據上句：世界人口地圖顯示當今大多數人靠近水居住。再根據空格下句：我們也在海灘度假，在湖邊垂釣。可知此空要表達的意思是：我們生活在海岸附近的海灣、河流、小溪和島上。故選C。

【2】A

根據上文：沒有什么比在水里玩耍的孩子更快樂了。更有趣的是，這種人類對水的偏愛具有進化意義�？芍�在談水的用處，所以下文的意思是：當然，我們需要飲用水來生活，但是，我們也得益于在水中游泳�？芍�A項符合題意。

【3】G

根據上文：Crawford聲稱人類與猿分離出現在非洲大陸時，他們靠近河流和海灘開始抓魚和螃蟹�？芍�下文的意思是：海洋食物富含ω- 3脂肪酸，它是促進腦細胞生長的必需脂肪酸。故選G。

【4】E

此空是段首。根據下文：國家健康研究院的精神病學家和生物化學家Joseph Hibbelin已經表明在不同的文化中，抑郁癥率與每周吃魚的數量有直接的聯(lián)系�？芍�E. Scientists have also discovered that people who eat fish regularly are less likely to suffer from depression than those who eat less seafood.（科學家也發(fā)現經常吃魚的人不容易患抑郁癥。）與上文銜接緊密，符合題意。故選E。關鍵詞depression。

【5】B

此空是段首。根據下文：我們在海邊度假，看到海浪來了又走，感覺快樂占據了我們的大腦。可知上句的意思應該是：我們知道，魚和海有益于我們，我們要把他們尋找出來。根據句意可知選B。