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模拟题组练Ⅰ.阅读理解（2024·福建漳州第三次质检）“Theoppositeofplayisntwork;itsdepression,”saysplayresearcherStuartBrown.“Theadult-playshortageisbecomingapublichealthcrisis.”Playmayappearinsignificant,butrecentstudiesindicateitmaybeasessentialastheneedforsleep.Playfulnesshelpssomeyounganimalslearntomastertheirbodiesandtheirenvironments—andoncetheydo,moststopplayingasadults.“Adultplaypromotesqualitiesthatwehumanscouldusemoreof,”saysJeffHarry,aplayconsultant.Unfortunately,socialstandardsrestrain（抑制）our

urgetoletloose.“Beingaplayfuladultisreallydisapprovedinoursociety,”hesays.“Youdontwantpeopletothinkthatyourechildish.”“Ithasntalwaysbeenthisway,”saysPeterGray,aplayresearcheratBostonUniversity.WhenGrayrevieweddescriptionsofthelastremaininghunter-gatherertribes,henoticedthattheywereoftendescribedas“good-humored”and“joyful”.“Whatwewouldcallwork—huntingandgathering—wasfun,”hesays.“Generallyspeaking,weliketodothethingsthatarenecessaryforoursurvival.Humanstookonegiantstepawayfromfunwhenwestartedplantingcrops.Thenweinventedfactoriesandlostsightofplayentirely,”Grayadds.“Wemaybeabletoreversethissituation,”saysHarry.Aswefullymakethetransitiontoaknowledge-basedeconomy,workandplayarebeginningto

merge（合并）again.Someoftodaysmostsuccessfulcompanies,suchasGoogleandApple,werestartedbypeopletinkering（小修补）intheirgarages.“Playisallaboutlookingatatoughworldwithcreativityandoptimism,”Brownsays.Hegoessofarastodeclarethat“adultplayisnecessaryforoursurvivalasaspecies”.ThenexttimeImcaughtplaying,IknowexactlywhatIllsay,“Iamnotwastingtime,oractingimmature.Implayingforthebenefitofallhumanity.Yourewelcome.”

1.WhydoesStuartBrownconsideradultplayessential?()BA.It