英语六级外刊阅读练习：高智商的人更易吸毒
<p> 外刊阅读练习</p><p> 熟悉四六级阅读理解题型的同学应该都了解，英语四六级考试阅读理解材料大多选自《时代》《卫报》《科学美国人》等外刊。要想阅读理解这部分拿到高分，必须在平常多阅读，掌握新词汇，锻炼阅读速度。</p><p> 本篇阅读材料为什么高智商的人更易吸毒选自《时代》（原文标题：<span word="Why">Why</span> <span word="Kids">Kids</span> <span word="With">With</span> <span word="High">High</span> <span word="IQs">IQs</span> <span word="Are">Are</span> <span word="More">More</span> <span word="Likely">Likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="Take">Take</span> <span word="Drugs">Drugs</span>? 2011.11.16），如果大家觉得比较简单，就当作泛读材料了解了解，认识几个新单词或新表达方式也不错。如果大家觉得这些材料理解上有难度，不妨当做挑战自己的拔高训练，希望大家都有进步。</p><p> <span word="People">People</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="high">high</span> <span word="IQs">IQs</span> <span word="are">are</span> <span word="more">more</span> <span word="likely">likely</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="smoke">smoke</span> <span word="marijuana">marijuana</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="take">take</span> <span word="other">other</span> <span word="illegal">illegal</span> <span word="drugs">drugs</span>, <span word="compared">compared</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="those">those</span> <span word="who">who</span> <span word="score">score</span> <span word="lower">lower</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="intelligence">intelligence</span> <span word="tests">tests</span>, <span word="according">according</span> <span word="to">to</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="new">new</span> <span word="study">study</span> <span word="from">from</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="U">U</span>.<span word="K">K</span>.</p><p> <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="counterintuitive">counterintuitive</span>, <span word="says">says</span> <span word="lead">lead</span> <span word="author">author</span> <span word="James">James</span> <span word="White">White</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Center">Center</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="Development">Development</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="Evaluation">Evaluation</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="Complex">Complex</span> <span word="Interventions">Interventions</span> <span word="for">for</span> <span word="Public">Public</span> <span word="Health">Health</span> <span word="Improvement">Improvement</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="Cardiff">Cardiff</span> <span word="University">University</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="Wales">Wales</span>. <span word="Its">Its</span> <span word="not">not</span> <span word="what">what</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="thought">thought</span> <span word="we">we</span> <span word="would">would</span> <span word="find">find</span>.</p><p> <span word="counterintuitive">counterintuitive</span> <span word="adj">adj</span>. 违反直觉的</p><p> <span word="The">The</span> <span word="research">research</span> <span word="was">was</span> <span word="based">based</span> <span word="on">on</span> <span word="interviews">interviews</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="some">some</span> 7,900 <span word="British">British</span> <span word="people">people</span> <span word="born">born</span> <span word="in">in</span> <span word="early">early</span> <span word="April">April</span> 1970. <span word="Researchers">Researchers</span> <span word="measured">measured</span> <span word="the">the</span> <span word="participants">participants</span> <span word="IQs">IQs</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> 5 <span word="and">and</span> 10, <span word="then">then</span> <span word="followed">followed</span> <span word="up">up</span> <span word="with">with</span> <span word="them">them</span> <span word="at">at</span> <span word="ages">ages</span> 16 <span word="and">and</span> 30, <span word="asking">asking</span> <span word="about">about</span> <span word="symptoms">symptoms</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="psychological">psychological</span> <span word="distress">distress</span> <span word="and">and</span> <span word="drug">drug</span> <span word="use">use</span> <span word="as">as</span> <span word="part">part</span> <span word="of">of</span> <span word="a">a</span> <span word="larger">larger</span> <span word="survey">survey</span>.</p>
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