2012年11月学位英语考试真题答案及解析.pdfVIP

一、PartIReadingComprehension(30%)

Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Itseemslikeeverydaythere’ssomenewresearchaboutwhetherourfavoritedrinksaregoodforus.(76)

Oneday,sciencesaysaglassofredwineadaywillhelpuslivelonger.Thenextday,maybenot.Itseems

journalistsareprettyinterestedinwineresearchandthesamemightbesaidforcoffee.Now，there’sbeen

alotofresearchintowhethercoffee’sgoodforourhealth.“Theresultshavereallybeenmixed，”admits

NealFreedmanwholedthecoffeestudyandpublishedhisfindingsinamedicaljournalrecently.“There’s

beensomeevidencethatcoffeemightincreasetheriskofcertaindiseasesandthere’salsobeenmaybe

morerecentevidencethatcoffeemayprotectagainstotherdiseasesaswell.”

Freedmanandhiscolleaguesundertookthebiggeststudyyettolookattherelationshipbetweencoffee

andhealth.Theyanalyzeddatacollectedfrommorethan400,000Americansages50to71participatingin

thestudy.“Wefoundthatthecoffeedrinkershadamodestlylowerriskofdeaththanthenon-drinkers，”he

said.Here’swhathemeansby“modestly”：thosewhodrankatleasttwoorthreecupsadaywereabout10

percentor15percentlesslikelytodieforanyreasonduringthe13yearsofthestudy.Whenthe

researcherslookedatspecificcausesofdeath,coffeedrinkingappearedtocuttheriskofdyingfromheart

disease,lungdisease,injuries,accidentsandinfections.

Now,Freedmanstressedthatthestudydoesn’tprovecoffeecanmakepeoplelivelonger.Astudylike

thiscanneverproveacause-and-effectrelationship.(77)Allitcanreallydoistopointresearchersinthe

rightdirectionforfurtherinvestigation.Andevenifitturnsoutthatcoffeeisreallygoodforyou,scientists

havenoideawhy.

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