3．Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women．Career women are healthier than housewives．Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than jobholders．An investigation shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1%，the death rate increases by 2%．All this comes down to one point，work is helpful to health．
Why is work good for health？It is because work keeps people busy away from loneliness．Researches show that people feel unhappy，worried and lonely when they have nothing to do．Instead，the happiest are those who are busy．Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard．Work serves as a bridge between man and reality．By work people come into contact with each other．By collective activity they find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．The loss of work means the loss of everything．It affects man spiritually and makes him ill．
Besides，work gives one a sense of fulfillment and a sense of achievement．Work makes one feel his value and status in society．When a writer finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow，they are happy beyond words．
From the above we can come to the conclusion that the more you work the happier and healthier you will be．Let us work hard and study hard and live a happy and healthy life．
24．The underlined word"average"in Paragraph 1meansC．
A．healthy B．lazy C．ordinary D．poor
25．The reason why housewives are not as healthy as career women is thatC．
A．housewives are poorer than career women
B．housewives have more children than career women
C．housewives have less chance to communicate with others
D．housewives eat less food than career women
26．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to Paragraph 2？D
A．Busy people have nothing to do at home．
B．High achievers don't care about their families．
C．There is no friendship and warmth at home．
D．A satisfying job helps to keep one healthy．
27．The best title for this passage may beB．
A．People Should Find a Job
B．Working Hard Is Good for Health
C．People Should Make More Friends by Work
D．The Loss of Work Means the Loss of Everything．
分析 短文講述了科學家發現，努力工作的人活得比別人活的時間長．職業婦女比家庭主婦更健康．事實表明，失業者比在業人員健康狀況差．而且研究表明，人感覺不開心，擔心～和孤獨時，他們什么都沒有做．相反，最快樂的人是那些忙碌的人，人們經常可以見到別人和得到友誼和溫暖．這有利于健康．讓我們努力工作，好好學習，過上幸福健康的生活．
解答 24．C 詞義猜測題．根據Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than averagemen and women．Career women are healthier than housewives．科學家們發現努力工作的人平均比家庭婦女健康以及更長壽，結合選項可知．故選C．
25．C細節題．根據"It's because work can keep people busy，away from loneliness or solitude．Studies show that people feel unhappy，worried～and lonely when they have nothing to do"這是因為工作使人忙碌，遠離寂寞和孤獨．研究表明，人感覺不開心，擔心～和孤獨，當他們沒有事做時．可知當人們沒有事做時，會擔心和孤獨，那么忙碌時就會遠離寂寞和孤獨．故選C．
26．D細節理解題．根據people can often meet others and find friendship and warmth．This is helpful to health．人們經常可以見到別人和得到友誼和溫暖．這有利于健康．可知人們可以通過工作找到與他人的友誼和溫暖．故選D．
27．B 主旨歸納題．根據整篇短文內容及其句子Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than others．科學家發現努力工作的人活得比別人活的時間長．可知努力工作對你的健康有好處．故選B．
點評 本文是一個科教類閱讀理解，題目涉及多道細節理解題，做題時結合原文和題目有針對性的找出相關語句進行仔細分析，結合選項選出正確答案．推理判斷題也是要在抓住關鍵句子的基礎上合理的分析才能得出正確答案，切忌胡亂猜測，一定要做到有理有據．
