《2026年水木金卷高考模拟试卷精编英语》

C
Lots of factors contribute to how healthy a person is. Some of these are obvious, like the medical care they receive. But some less obvious factors can be even more important!
Social determinants of health are the non-medical factors that impact our well-being. These are the personal circumstances that shape your daily life. Some examples include access to food, housing, healthcare, social support, and education.
Research shows that social determinants of health have a big effect on our health. They also contribute to health inequities(不公平). For example, getting more education leads to better employment, higher income, and access to healthcare. And all of these improve overall health. So, people with more education tend to have higher life expectancies than people with less education.
We knew from other studies that more education is associated with longer lives. But no one had calculated exactly how much longer. We wanted to figure out how much mortality risk goes down with each year of schooling. In other words, how does education lower a person's risk of death? Of course, everyone still dies, but a lower mortality risk means a higher chance of a long life.
First, we reviewed previous studies that looked at education and mortality. We searched seven databases of scientific studies from around the world. We gathered all the studies on this topic published between 1980 and 2023. In total, we identified 603 studies from 59 countries. Next, we conducted a meta-analysis(元分析). We combined and analyzed the results from all these studies. We wanted to measure how education affected mortality risk. We also looked at differences in the effect of education at different ages. Finally, we checked the effect of education across Socio-Demographic Index(社会人口指数) levels. This is a measure of a country's social and economic development.
We found that getting more education lowers mortality risk. With each year of education, an adult's risk of death goes down by about 2%. This effect is greater in younger adults than in older ones. But even people over 70 years old benefit from the positive effects of education! When we looked at countries at different stages of social and economic development, we didn't find different results. This suggests that more years of schooling leads to longer lives in both rich and poor countries.
46. According to Paragraph 2, which of the following is NOT a social determinant of health?
A. Your education level.
B. Working life conditions.
C. The seasons.
D. The availability of medical care.
47. The underlined part "mortality risk" in Paragraph 4 can be understood as "".
A. life span
B. medical risk
C. risk of death
D. moral level
48. What does the author intend to tell us in Paragraph 5?
A. Their specific method of conducting research.
B. The importance of meta-analysis.
C. The reason to evaluate previous relevant studies.
D. The effect of education on the level of socio-demographic index.
49. What conclusion can be drawn from Paragraph 6?
A. Younger people have a higher mortality risk than older people.
B. The benefits of getting education increase with age.
C. The more education you have, the longer you will live.
D. There is no difference in life expectancy between rich and poor countries.
50. What could be the best title for the passage?
A. Does Education Affect How Long We Live?
B. A Study of Social Determinants of Health
C. The Factors that Affect Our Health
D. Education and Mortality

答案： 46.C 细节理解题。题干意为:根据第二段,下列哪一项不是健康的社会决定因素?根据第二段中“These are the personal circumstances that shape your daily life. Some examples include access to food, housing, healthcare, social support, and education.”可知,健康的社会决定因素是影响日常生活的个人状况,包括获取食物、住房、医疗保健、社会支持和教育。结合选项可知,季节不属于健康的社会决定因素。故选C。
47.C 词义猜测题。题干意为:第四段中画线部分“mortality risk”可以被理解为“_____”。根据第四段中“In other words, how does education lower a person’s risk of death?”可知,此句是画线部分所在句子的同义句。由此可知,“mortality risk”可以被理解为“risk of death”。故选C。
48.A 段落大意题。题干意为:作者想在第五段告诉我们什么?根据第四段中“We wanted to figure out how much mortality risk goes down with each year of schooling.”和第五段内容可知,作者想要弄清楚教育是如何降低死亡风险的,并在第五段详细介绍了他们进行这项研究的具体方法。故选A。
49.C 细节理解题。题干意为:从第六段中可以得出什么结论?根据第六段中“We found that getting more education lowers mortality risk. With each year of education, an adult’s risk of death goes down by about 2%.”可知,接受更多的教育可以降低死亡风险,且每接受一年的教育,成年人的死亡风险就会下降2%左右。由此可知,接受的教育越多,寿命越长。故选C。
50.A 标题归纳题。题干意为:这篇文章的最佳标题可以是什么?文章前两段介绍了健康的社会决定因素包括什么,并提及健康的社会决定因素对健康有着很大的影响;第三至四段介绍了教育这一社会决定因素与健康的关系,并提出研究问题:教育如何降低死亡风险;第五段详细介绍了其研究方法;最后一段得出结论:成年人每接受1年的教育,死亡风险降低约2%。由此可知,A项“教育会影响我们的寿命吗?”是本文的最佳标题。故选A。