太奇名师齐辙解析2015年联考英语(二)阅读理解

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　　A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home that at work. Researchers measured people's cortisol, which is a stress marker, while they were at word and while they were at home and found it higher at what is supposed to be a place of refuge.

　　"Further contradicting conventional wisdom, we found that women as well as men have lower levels of stress at work that at home," writer one of the researchers, Sarah Damaske. In fact women even say they feel better at work, she notes."It is men, not women, who report being happier at home that at work." Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. This is why people who work outside the home have better health.

　　What the study doesn't measure is whether people are still doing work when they're at home, whether it is household work or work brought home from the office. For many men, the end of the workday is a time to kick back. For women who stay home, they never get to leave the office. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women it's not surprising that women are more stressed at home.

　　But it's not just a gender thing. At work, people pretty much know what they're supposed to be doing to be doing: wording, making money, doing the tasks they have to do in order to draw an income. The bargain is very pure: Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola.

　　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, there are inadequate rewards for most of them. Your home colleagues-your family-have no clear rewards for their labor; they need to be talked into is, of if they're teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they’re teenagers, threatened with complete removal of all electronic devices. Plus, they're your family. You cannot fire your family. You never really get to go home from home.

　　So it's not surprising that people are more stressed at home. Not only are the tasks apparently infinite, the co-workers are much harder to motivate.

　　选项及详解：

　　21. According to Paragraph 1, most previous surveys found that home________.

　　定位句：A new study suggests that contrary to most surveys, people are actually more stressed at home that at work. 纯细节题。与大多数研究不同，人们在家中比在工作中压力更大。也就是说，大多数研究认为：在家中的压力没有工作中的压力大。此处命题者也犯了一点儿错误，为了加大答案难度，强行将更多放松与压力更小等同了起来。此题出得一般。如果要是我给答案，答案会是：made people less pressed than working

　　[A] offered greater relaxation than the workplace

　　[B] was an ideal place for stress measurement—无关

　　[C] generated more stress than the workplace—相悖

　　[D] wasan unrealistic place for relaxation—没有体现两者比较

　　22. According to Damaske, who are likely to be the happiest at home?

　　定位句：'It is men, not women, who report being happier at home that at work.' Another surprise is that the findings hold true for both those with children and without, but more so for nonparents. 比起女人，男人在家中比在工作中更快乐。有没有孩子都成立，但不是父母的人群中这点体现得更为明显。此题为典型的综合细节题，将原文中的两处子细节进行了概括。答案应该是没孩子的丈夫。此处为出题者点三十二个赞。

　　[A] Childless wives –相悖

　　[B] working mothers—相悖

　　[C] Childless husbands

　　[D] Working fathers—相悖

　　23. The blurring of working women’s roles refers to the fact that____

　　定位句：And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks. With the blurring of roles, and the fact that the home front lags well behind the workplace in making adjustments for working women it's not surprising that women are more stressed at home. And for women who work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks此句为答案出处。一边在外工作，一边忙着家务活。你可以说这是综合细节题，也可以说是简单推断题。答案中bread winners and housewives这两个角色精确概括了原文中work outside the home, they often are playing catch-up-with-household tasks这句话。 此题继续为出题者点三十二个赞。

　　[A] it is difficult for them to leave their office—无关

　　{B] their home is also a place for kicking back—推不出

　　[C] there is often much housework left behind—无关

　　[D] they are both bread winners and housewives

　　24. The word 'moola'(Line 4, para.4) most probably means____

　　定位句：词汇题。Employee puts in hours of physical or mental labor and employee draws out life-sustaining moola. 他们付出劳动，他们得到维持生计的?那还能是什么，只能是钱呗!况且这个词在美语俚语中的意思就是钞票。此题应属于词汇题中较为容易的一种，通过上下文可以推断出，出得不错。

　　[A]skills—代入不合适

　　[B]energy—代入不合适

　　[C]earnings

　　[D]nutrition—代入不合适

　　25. The home front differs from the workplace in that_____

　　定位句：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. 从家庭层面来说，人们的分工就没有这么明显了。很难客观冷静得分清楚谁该干啥，谁该干啥。所以答案是：家庭中的分工很少那么清晰。此题出得不错，但达不到点赞的地步。

　　[A]division of labor at home is seldom clear-cut

　　[B]home is hardly a cozier working environment—无关

　　[C]household tasks are generally more motivating—无关

　　[D]family labor is often adequately rewarded—相悖

　　总结：这篇文章属于英语二第一篇最青睐的一个题材，即社会现象。从题目难度上来讲，高于2014年初的第一篇幸福和2013年初的第一篇平庸化已结束，小于2010年初的第一篇艺术品市场萎缩，约等同于2012年初的第一篇家庭作业。选项是梅花卷儿，所以请大家看清答案位置。