2026年新课程新教材导航学八年级英语下册外研版第16页答案
二、阅读与表达
阅读短文,然后根据内容回答问题。
Scientists have found that hard-working people can live longer than idle people. Career women are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the job-holder. A report 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 for our health.
Why is work good for health? It is because work keeps people busy, away from loneliness. Research shows that people feel not only unhappy but also worried when they have nothing to do. Instead, those who are busy are the happiest. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they are happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between humans and reality. Through work, people come into contact with each other. If people take part in some activities, they can make friends and feel the warmth of companionship. This is helpful for health. The loss of work sometimes means the loss of everything. It affects people in spirit and makes them easy to get ill.
Besides, work gives one a sense of fulfilment. Work makes one feel his value in society. When a writer finishes his writing, a doctor successfully operates on a patient, or a teacher sees his students grow, they are happy beyond words.
From the above we can know that the more you work, the happier and healthier you will be. Let us work hard and study well to live a happy and healthy life.
1. Who can live longer, hard-working people or idle people?
Hard-working people.

2. What does the writer want to tell us in the first paragraph?
Work is helpful for our health.

3. How do people feel when they don't have anything to do?
They feel not only unhappy but also worried.

4. What do you think hard work can bring us?
Hard work can bring us a longer and healthier life.

It also lets us avoid loneliness and gives us a sense of fulfilment.

We can realise our social value through hard work, which makes our life more meaningful.开放性试题,答案不唯一

答案

1. Hard-working people.
2. Work is helpful for our health.
3. They feel not only unhappy but also worried.
4. Hard work can bring us a longer and healthier life. It also lets us avoid loneliness and gives us a sense of fulfilment. We can realise our social value through hard work, which makes our life more meaningful.开放性试题,答案不唯一

解析

【分析】
解答这类英语阅读题,需先通读短文了解大意,再针对每个问题定位原文对应段落,提取关键信息;细节题直接找原文原句,主旨题总结段落核心,开放性题结合原文内容合理表达即可。
【解析】
1. 问题问谁活得更久,定位第一段第一句“Scientists have found that hard-working people can live longer than idle people.”,直接提取答案。
2. 问题问第一段作者想表达的内容,第一段最后一句“All this comes down to one point: Work is helpful for our health.”是核心观点,据此作答。
3. 问题问无事可做时的感受,定位第二段“Research shows that people feel not only unhappy but also worried when they have nothing to do.”,提取原句答案。
4. 开放性问题,结合原文提到的工作带来的好处(长寿健康、避免孤独、成就感、实现社会价值等),组织合理内容作答。
【答案】
1. Hard-working people.
2. Work is helpful for our health.
3. They feel not only unhappy but also worried.
4. Hard work can bring us a longer and healthier life. It also lets us avoid loneliness and gives us a sense of fulfilment. We can realise our social value through hard work, which makes our life more meaningful.(开放性试题,答案不唯一)
【知识点】
英语阅读理解、细节理解、主旨大意、开放性表达
【点评】
本题为英语阅读理解常规题型,涵盖细节查找、主旨总结和开放性表达,考查学生信息提取能力与语言组织能力,难度适中。
【难度系数】
0.6