剑6 · Test 2 · Passage 2

Greying Population Stays in the Pink

老龄化人口保持健康 用时 35:41
12/13
总分
92%
正确率
1
错题
Summary 填空 9/9 全对
Q14-22 填空全部正确,对文章主旨和细节把握精准。选词准确,同义替换识别到位。
句子匹配 3/4 正确
Q23/24/26 正确。Q25 把 "Feelings of control over life" 匹配成了 "may cause heart disease"(A),实际应该是 "can reduce stress in difficult situations"(H)。混淆了"控制感降低压力激素"和"高压力激素导致心脏病"的因果链。
答题总览
题号题型我的答案正确答案结果
Q14Summary 填空B (falling)B (falling) 正确
Q15Summary 填空I (increasing)I (increasing) 正确
Q16Summary 填空F (later)F (later) 正确
Q17Summary 填空M (medicine)M (medicine) 正确
Q18Summary 填空J (nutrition)J (nutrition) 正确
Q19Summary 填空N (pollution)N (pollution) 正确
Q20Summary 填空K (education)K (education) 正确
Q21Summary 填空G (disabled)G (disabled) 正确
Q22Summary 填空A (cost)A (cost) 正确
Q23句子匹配GG 正确
Q24句子匹配EE 正确
Q25句子匹配AH 错误
Q26句子匹配CC 正确
错题详解(1 题)
Q25 句子匹配 Feelings of control over life → ?
我的答案
A. may cause heart disease
正确答案
H. can reduce stress in difficult situations
原文第10段
Teresa Seeman... found a connection between self-esteem and stress in people over 70. In laboratory simulations of challenging activities such as driving, those who felt in control of their lives pumped out lower levels of stress hormones such as cortisol. Chronically high levels of these hormones have been linked to heart disease.
  • 题目问的是 "Feelings of control over life" 的直接效果
  • 原文有两个因果链条:
    控制感 → 压力激素更低(在模拟驾驶等挑战性活动中)→ 对应选项 H "can reduce stress in difficult situations"
    长期高压力激素 → 心脏病 → 对应选项 A "may cause heart disease"
  • 错在混淆了因果方向:控制感导致的是压力激素(reduce stress),而心脏病是压力激素的后果。控制感是减少压力,不是导致心脏病
  • 选项 A "may cause heart disease" 实际上对应的是 Q26 "Feelings of loneliness" 的延伸——孤独 → 高压力激素 → 心脏病风险
  • 注意 Q26 的正确答案是 C "may cause rises in levels of stress hormones",而不是 A,说明 A 是一个干扰项——在文中有提及但不直接对应任何题目主语
教训
句子匹配题要严格区分"谁导致了谁"。同一段文字中可能有多个因果链,不能把整段的结论直接嫁接到题目主语上。这里的因果链是:控制感 → 低压力 → 保护心脏(正面),而不是 控制感 → 心脏病(负面)。看到"心脏病"就选,没有回去检查因果方向。做句子匹配时,先明确题目主语在原文中的直接宾语/直接结果是什么,不要跳到间接结果。
同义替换积累
原文表达题目/选项表达替换说明出处
afflicting fewer and fewer peopleproportion... is falling影响越来越少的人 → 比例在下降Q14
the rate... continues to acceleratethe speed of this change is increasing速率加速 → 变化速度在增加Q15
not appearing until people are 70 or 75affecting people later in life直到70-75岁才出现 → 更晚才影响Q16
medical advancesdevelopments in medicine医学进展 → 医学发展Q17
improvements in childhood nutritionimproved nutrition童年营养改善 → 改善的营养Q18
poorer air qualitypollution更差的空气质量 → 污染Q19
better-educated people... live longerlevels of education and life expectancy受教育程度高的人活得更久 → 教育水平与预期寿命Q20
drop in the number of disabled old peoplereduction... elderly people who are disabled残疾老人数量下降 → 减少Q21
saved... more than $200 billioncost... may be less than previously predicted节省了2000亿 → 成本可能低于预期Q22
use of simple home medical aidshome medical aids allow old people to be more independent家庭医疗辅具使用增加 → 让老人更独立Q23
rats that exercise... have raised levels of brain-derived neurotrophic factorregular amounts of exercise may help prevent mental decline运动促进脑源性神经营养因子 → 可能预防智力衰退Q24
felt in control... pumped out lower levels of stress hormonescan reduce stress in difficult situations感到掌控 → 降低压力激素 → 减少压力Q25
emotionally isolated... higher levels of stress hormonesmay cause rises in levels of stress hormones情感孤立 → 压力激素升高Q26
核心词汇
词汇释义原文语境词频
afflictv. 折磨,使痛苦diseases... are afflicting fewer and fewer people
arthritisn. 关节炎arthritis, high blood pressure and circulation problems
dementian. 痴呆(症)dementia, stroke, arteriosclerosis and emphysema
arteriosclerosisn. 动脉硬化dementia, stroke, arteriosclerosis and emphysema
emphyseman. 肺气肿dementia, stroke, arteriosclerosis and emphysema
demographern. 人口统计学家Kenneth Manton, a demographer from Duke University
beating a retreatv. 退却,消退certain diseases are beating a retreat
predecessorn. 前辈,前人a better start in life than their predecessors
surgen./v. 激增failures... that have caused surges in some illnesses
bronchitisn. 支气管炎an increase in some cancers and bronchitis
correlationn. 相关性one interesting correlation Manton uncovered
attributed tov. 归因于some of this can be attributed to a higher income
self-reliancen. 自力更生the increasing self-reliance of many elderly people
neuroscientistn. 神经科学家Carl Cotman, a neuroscientist at the University of California
neurotrophic factorn. 神经营养因子brain-derived neurotrophic factor
neuronn. 神经元this hormone, which keeps neurons functioning
deterioratev. 恶化,退化may prevent the brains... from deteriorating
epidemiologistn. 流行病学家Teresa Seeman, a social epidemiologist
cortisoln. 皮质醇(压力激素)lower levels of stress hormones such as cortisol
chronicallyadv. 长期地chronically high levels of these hormones
farev. 过得(好/坏)older people fare best when they feel independent
问题模式汇总
错误类型题号具体表现累计次数
因果链方向混淆 Q25 同一段中有两个因果链(控制感→低压力 vs 高压力→心脏病),没有区分题目主语的直接结果,把间接/反向的结论当成了答案 第 1 次
三大收获
  1. Summary 填空稳定发挥:9/9 全对,说明对文章结构的理解和同义替换的识别能力已经很成熟,继续保持。
  2. 句子匹配要区分因果方向:Q25 的教训——同一段落中可能有"正面因果"和"负面因果"两条线,必须精确匹配题目主语的直接结果,不能看到关键词(如"heart disease")就选。
  3. 12/13 是一个非常好的成绩:这篇文章的句子匹配部分有较多干扰项(A 是文中有提及但不对应任何题目的干扰项),能做到只错一题说明整体阅读理解能力在持续进步。