外刊改编高考英语时文阅读（社会）做个快乐的普通人比当明星更易长寿.docxVIP

外刊改编高考英语时文阅读：（社会）做个快乐的普通人比当明星更易长寿

时文简讯（卫报）：对于渴望聚光灯的人而言，需谨慎对待成名的愿望：研究人员发现，作为主唱一举成名确实会增加早逝风险。对欧美歌手的分析显示，成名歌手平均寿命比不太知名的歌手短近五年，这表明fame本身而非职业生活方式和需求，是主要驱动因素。独唱成名歌手的情况比知名乐队主唱更糟，无尽的公众审视、隐私丧失等都是潜在风险。

本材料聚焦社会现象与健康关联的热点话题，兼具现实性与探讨性，适配高考英语阅读、完形填空等题型命题要求，能有效考查学生对说明性文本的理解、细节捕捉及推理判断能力。

第二部分阅读(共两节)

第一节阅读理解题（词数：372词）

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出最佳选项。

Forthosewhohankerforthelimelight,becautiousaboutwhatyouwishfor:shootingtostardomasaleadsingertrulyincreasestheriskofanearlydeath,accordingtoresearchers.TheiranalysisofsingersfromEuropeandtheUSrevealedthatfamoussingersdiedonaveragenearlyfiveyearsearlierthanlesswellknownones.Thissuggeststhatfameitself,ratherthanthelifestyleandjobdemands,isamajorcause.

Thestudyshowedthatsolosingerswhoachievedfamefaredworsethanleadsingersinprominentbands.Presumably,thisisbecausetheyweremoreexposedtopublicattention,facedgreaterpressure,andhadlessemotionalsupportduringtheupsanddownsofarockstarslife.MichaelDufner,aprofessorleadingtheresearch,statedthatfamousmusiciansareindeedatriskofprematuredeath,withtheiraveragelifespanbeing4.6yearsshorter.

Toexplorethelinkbetweenfameandearlydeath,Dufnerandhisteamidentified324famoussoloistsorleadsingersandmatchedthemwithlessfamousmusiciansofthesameage,gender,nationality,ethnicity,andmusicalgenre.Theyfocusedonartistsactivebetween1950and1990toensureasufficientnumberofrecordeddeaths.MostofthesingerswerewhitemalerockersfromtheUS,withonly19%beingblackand16.5%female.

Acleartrendemerged:famoussingerstypicallylivedto75,whiletheirlessfamouscounterpartsaveraged79yearsofage.Beinginabandreducedtheriskofdeathby26%paredtobeingasoloist.Overall,famoussingerswere33%morelikelytohavediedduringthestudyperiodthanlessfamousones.Importantly,thehigherdeathriskonlyappearedafter