Have you thanked your grandma today? You might want to consider it. A recent study found that kids live longer when a grandmother takes part in their daily lives.

Most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over. Women, however, often live for many years after they stop having kids.

 To try to understand why, researchers from Finland looked at birth and death records of two communities from the 18th and 19th centuries, one in Finland and one in Canada. In these communities, 537 Finnish women and 3,290 Canadian women were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50.

For every decade they lived beyond 50, the researchers found that the women ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. It didn’t matter what the differences in health or living conditions were between the two communities or from family to family.

Grandchildren were also more likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers were alive when they were born. If their grandmothers were younger than 60 at the time, that was even better. The study also found that women had children 2 to 3 years earlier if their own mothers were still alive at that time than those whose mothers had died.

The researchers suggested that grandmothers have provided important assistance in raising their grandchildren for at least the past 200,000 years. As a result, they helped extend everyone’s lifespan.

So, don’t take your grandma for granted!

1.How many women in the survey in the two communities were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50?

A.537.             B.3,290.            C.3,827.            D.2,753.

2.According to the passage, what influence did it have on a woman if her mother was still alive?

A.She was also more likely to live into adulthood.

B.She had children 2 to 3 years earlier.

C.She ended up with an average of two extra grandkids.

D.It had no influence on her.

3.How did grandmothers help extend everyone’s lifespan?

A.They provided them with better living conditions.

B.They provided assistance in raising their grandchildren.

C.They helped with housework.

D.They made everyone happy.

4.According to the passage, we don’t know that _______.

A.kids live longer when grandmothers take part in their daily lives

B.most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over

C.women often live for many years after they stop having kids

D.grandchildren are less likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers are alive

 

【答案】

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.D

【解析】

試題分析:本文通過(guò)社會(huì)調(diào)查,例舉了一些數(shù)字說(shuō)明了在撫養(yǎng)孩子這方面,祖母所做的貢獻(xiàn)。

1.這是數(shù)字計(jì)算題。根據(jù)In these communities, 537 Finnish women and 3,290 Canadian women were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50.被調(diào)查的兩個(gè)地區(qū)中,芬蘭有537位女性,加拿大有3290位女性,是50歲以上的祖母或外婆,共計(jì)537 + 3290 = 3827(人)。故選C。

2.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)The study also found that women had children 2 to 3 years earlier if their own mothers were still alive at that time than those whose mothers had died.故選B。

3.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段“…grandmothers have provided important assistance in raising their grandchildren for at least the past 200,000 years. As a result, they helped extend everyone’s lifespan.”可知應(yīng)選B。

4.這是細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)Grandchildren were also more likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers were alive when they were born.可知D是不成立的。故選D。

考點(diǎn):這是一篇社會(huì)調(diào)查。

點(diǎn)評(píng):高考閱讀和聽力部分很可能出現(xiàn)數(shù)字計(jì)算題,需要考生認(rèn)真仔細(xì)分析上下文,確定題干與文中提到的哪些數(shù)字有關(guān)。

 

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