Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alon
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Do you love holidays but hate the increase weight that follows? You are not alone.
But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.
With proper planning, though, it is possible to control your weight. The idea is to enjoy the holidays but not to eat too much. You don"t have to turn away from the foods that you enjoy. The following suggestions may be of some help to you.
Do not miss meals. Before yon leave home for a feast(宴会),have a small, low-fat snack(小吃). This may help to keep you from getting too excited before delicious foods. Begin with clear soup and fruit or vegetables. A large glass of water before you eat may help you feel full. Use a small plate; a large plate will encourage you to have more than enough.
Better not have high-fat foods. Dishes that look oily or creamy have much fat in them.
Choose lean meat(瘦肉 ).Fill your plate with salad and green vegetables.
If you have a sweet tooth, try mints (薄荷) and fruits. They don’t have fat content as cream and chocolate.
Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess(过多的) calories.
小题1:Holidays are happy days with pleasure but they may ______| A．bring weight problems | | B．bring you much trouble in your life | | C．make you worried about your foods | | D．make you hate delicious foods |
小题2:In order to really enjoy your holidays without putting on weight, you"d better__| A．drink much water and have vegetables only | | B．not eat the food in high fat | | C．not accept invitations to feasts | | D．turn away from delicious foods |
小题3:According to the passage, ___ is a necessary part to stop you from putting on weight.| A．Vegetables | B．Water | C．calories of energy | D．physical exercise |
小题4:Many people can"t help putting on weight after the holidays because they _______ .| A．can"t control themselves | | B．go to too many feasts | | C．enjoy delicious foods | | D．can"t help turning away from the foods |
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答案
小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:D
小题4:A |
解析
试题分析：这篇文章讲了假期很快乐，但是他们可能会带来体重问题。针对这一问题，作者给出一些建议。
小题1:细节题：根据But every day I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time .The final examination report consisted of ten lines, and it cost me $215.可知假期很快乐，但是他们可能会带来体重问题，故选A。
小题2:细节题：根据Better not have high-fat foods. 可知为了享受假期，却不增加体重，你最好不要吃高脂肪的食物，故选B。
小题3:细节题：根据Don’t let exercise take a break during the holidays. A 20-minute walk after a meal can help burn off excess(过多的) calories.可知，体育运动对于阻止体重增长是非常必要的组成部分，故选D。
小题4:推断题：通过阅读文章，可知许多人在假期后，不由自主地增加体重，是因为他们不能控制自己，故选A。 |
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Studies show that laughter is something that makes you feel calm or relaxed for both physical and psychological wounds though it may seem futile to laugh in the face of pain and fear.
When Dan Rather interviewed comedian Bill Cosby just one week after his son, Ennis, was killed, Cosby said, “I think it is time for me to tell people that we have to laugh. You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.”
Call it a flashlight for dark times: laughter just seems to adjust attitude better than anything else. Inspirational speaker Steve Rizzo recalls a TV interview with an injured firefighter a few days after 9.11．The man had fallen more than 30 stories in one of the towers and had broken a leg. Everyone was crying, and the reporter asked, “How is it that you’ve come out of this alive?” He looked at her and without missing a beat, said, “Look, lady, I’m from New York and I’m a firefighter; that’ all you need to know.”
“Everyone laughed and though the laughter was only a couple of seconds,” says Rizzo. “Sometimes that’s all you need to catch your second breath. Laughter gives you that couple of seconds. You’re sending a message to your brain, and the message is: If you can still laugh even a little among the pain, you are going to be OK.”
Of course, there is a difference between laughing off a serious situation and laughing off the fear that results. The firefighter was doing the latter, states Rizzo, the author of Becoming a Humorous Being, and so should we. “If there is anything we have learnt from 9.11, it’s how precious life really is,” she says. “We have to send a message that our spirit won’t die. One important thing that unites us is our ability to laugh.”
小题1:The writer uses the examples of the comedian and the firefighter to show .| A．laughter is a good way to get rid of pain and fear | | B．laughter is the best way to cure psychological wounds | | C．it is your attitude that decides whether you can survive the pain or not | | D．laughing off a serious situation is different from laughing off the fear that results |
小题2:We can infer from the passage that Steve Rizzo is .| A．a reporter | B．a soldier | C．a firefighter | D．a doctor |
小题3:The underlined word futile in the first paragraph means .| A．hopeless | B．useless | | C．careless | D．worthless |
小题4:From the passage, we can know that Americans are .| A．really inspired after 9.11 | B．hardly united after 9.11 | | C．nearly surprised by 9.11 | D．greatly hurt by 9.11 |
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Losing weight comes with a lot of health benefits—including making your brain sharper.
Yes, it turns out that overweight may damage cognitive functions (认知功能) such as memory and attention. There have been few studies of overweight and cognitive functioning, possibly because it is generally believed that it is not a primary risk cause for poor cognitive performance. Losing weight, therefore, may help improve these mental functions, according to a new research led by John Gunstad, assistant professor of psychology at Kent State University.
Growing evidence suggests that being fat is linked to cognitive deficits (缺陷). So Gunstad and his team guessed that losing weight might improve mental function. For their study, they measured memory and attention in a group of 150 overweight participants, some of whom had some kind of operation for weight loss and some did not. All of the volunteers completed mental skills tests to assess their abilities of memory and attention at the beginning of the study, and again 12 weeks later. To begin with, about 24% of the patients showed damaged learning and 23% showed signs of poor memory when tested. At the end of the study, those who had lost weight after operation improved their scores into the average or above average range for cognitive functions. Scores for the volunteers who didn’t lose weight dropped even further.
The study helped Gunstad to find out whether losing weight had any effect on mental function. Now that he’s seen the positive effect that weight loss can have on memory and attention, he says he will next study those who choose to lose weight by the traditional way—eating healthier and getting more active. He expects that losing weight in this way will have a similarly positive effect on the brain. “If we can improve the condition with operations, then we can probably produce the same change with behavioral weight loss as well,” he says.
小题1:There is less research on overweight and cognitive functions because researchers _____.| A．believe overweight only affects our body | | B．have focused on ways to sharpen people’s mind | | C．do not consider overweight a main cause for low cognitive ability | | D．are clear about the relation between weight and mental functions |
小题2:The result of Gunstad’s study shows that ______.| A．losing weight has little effect on people’s memory | | B．losing weight can improve people’s mental functions | | C．overweight people are likely to have psychology problems | | D．overweight people’s abilities of concentration differ greatly |
小题3:What is Gunstad planning to prove next in his research?| A．Slim people are smarter than overweight people. | | B．Healthy diet is better than exercise in losing weight. | | C．Traditional ways of losing weight are better than operation. | | D．Overweight people will get smarter by taking more exercise. |
小题4:Which of the following is the best title for th e text?| A．Body Weight and Health | | B．Losing Weight by Operation | | C．Ways to Improve Mental Functions | | D．Losing Weight to S harpen Your MindD |
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Although considered an excellent exercise, jumping rope has never received widespread acceptance because of two reasons. First, most people recognize jumping rope as an excellent form of cardiovascular(心血管的)exercise, but they also believe that it is simply too difficult. In other words, they don’t think they’ll be able to continue jumping for the near 20 minutes in order to achieve a beneficial physical effect. Second, many regard it as somewhat boring and overly repetitive(重复乏味的)—not as something fun or enjoyable.
As a matter of fact, jumping rope can be great fun as long as you find a proper way to practise it. Instead of doing the usual two-foot bounce(跳)over and over again, players good at rope-jumping often change their pattern every 10 or 20 jumps: a single bounce, a double-bounce, a skip, a knee-up, side swings, as well as a variety of other easy-to-learn free-style rope-jumping.
Nowadays researchers are discovering that jumping rope also prepares the brain for learning. It is an exercise allowing both brain hemispheres(半球)to perform equally to each other.
In short, jumping rope can be a life-long activity requiring little equipment, time and space, yet leading to a much healthier life.
小题1: One reason that can explain why rope-jumping has not spread widely is that
. | A．it benefits the cardiovascular system | | B．it is too difficult for people to learn to jump | | C．it is believed to be boring and repetitive | | D．it requires little equipment, time and space |
小题2: The first sentence in Paragraph 2 means that in rope-jumping. | A．there is only one proper way to follow | | B．the usual way should not be used again | | C．the easiest way is always the best one | | D．there are different kinds of ways to follow |
小题3:According to the researchers, jumping rope . | A．only prepares the brain for learning | | B．is suitable for students only | | C．helps both brain hemispheres work together | | D．can be dangerous for old people |
小题4:What does the writer think of rope-jumping? | A．He is strongly against it. | | B．He is for it. | | C．The passage doesn’t mention it. | | D．He knows little about it. |
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Comera is the only place in the world which has a whistle(口哨)language. We do not know how and why it began because we do not know the complete history of the island. But we can certainly imagine the reasons for the beginning of the whistle language. There are many deep valleys on the island. A person on one side of valley cannot easily shout to a person on the other side. But he can whistle and be heard from four miles away, and the record is seven miles. The people who live on the island usually have good teeth, and this helps them to whistle well. They must also have good ears so that they can hear other whistlers.
We can understand why the whistle language continues. It is very useful on the island, and quite easy to learn. When somebody is hurt or ill, the whistle language takes the place of the telephone. If the sick person is a long way from the town, boys and men pass the news from one to another. A boy guarding cattle on a hillside whistles to a man fishing from his boat. The last one is able to describe the trouble fully and exactly to the doctor in town. People help each other in the same way when a car breaks or a cow is lost.
The whistle language is hundreds of years old, and probably it will continue to live for hundreds of years more. Radio and TV often kill the special ways of speaking in the different parts of a country. But on Comera island you are nobody if you cannot whistle. Perhaps soon after TV arrives on the island, the people there will be whistling the news and other facts and opinions.
小题1:If a person on Comera island is ill, . | A．others will phone the doctor in town | | B．the whistle language will pass the news to the doctor | | C．his family will take him to the doctor | | D．people will take him to the hospital |
小题2: From the passage we know radio and TV at that time. | A．killed the special ways of speaking | | B．whistled all the news and opinions | | C．helped Comera people to communicate | | D．did not appear on Comera island yet |
小题3: Comera island is special in that . | A．it attracts visitors every year | | B．no visitors have ever been there | | C．people there have special ears to hear whistles | | D．people there use the whistle language to communicate with each other |
小题4: Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? | A．It is not easy for a person to live on Comera island if he cannot whistle. | | B．The whistle language can only be found on Comera island. | | C．The whistle language has been used for hundreds of years on the island, but will not be used any longer. | | D．The record shows that one best whistler can be heard by others seven miles away. |
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There was a sweet smell of incense (香) in the air as the wellmuscled man moved his legs into a position well behind his head.It was something that the human body really should not be able to do.But what else would you expect at the First World Yoga Championships?
On September 25，the world’s leading yoga experts arrived in the US to find out who was the best.But the real prize was to turn yoga into a proper Olympic event.
“Yoga is a combination of bodybuilding，Miss World，Mr Universe and gymnastics，” said championship organizer Bikram Choudhury.“There are some 70 people from more than 20 countries competing in this event.Why not have yoga at the Olympics？”
The public cannot decide whether or not Choudhury’s dream will come true.But he is right about one thing：yoga has become popular with young and old people all over the world.In the US alone,15 million people practise yoga.Everyone is at it，including Madonna and Ricky Martin.
Yoga started in India more than 5,000 years ago.The name means “to join together”．That is to bring the body and mind together into one pleasing experience.The whole system of yoga is built on three things：exercise，breathing and meditation (沉思)．
The yoga that we know today is mostly physical yoga.It’s seen as a type of exercise，but is different from sports like football or running.When we do yoga，we move our body into positions that stretch the muscles and joints，making them stronger.
One of the best things about yoga is the fact that everyone can do it.To women，it means a flat stomach，more shapely legs and a graceful body.To men，it is a way of becoming stronger and more athletic.
There are also speciallydesigned yoga classes for pregnant women or children suffering from mental disabilities，such as autism (孤独症)．As for teenagers，meditation and simple breathing exercises can help them learn to calm down，relax and concentrate better.But teenagers under 16 are not supposed to do the body exercises as it could have a bad effect on their natural growth.
小题1:What does the first paragraph mainly tell us?| A．Something sportsmen should not do in practising yoga. | | B．Basic skills that are required in performing yoga. | | C．The performance of the sportsmen at the First World Yoga Championships. | | D．The unique setting where yoga is performed. |
小题2:What is Choudhury’s dream in the passage?
A．Turning yoga into a proper Olympic event.
B．Making all Americans practise yoga.
C Winning the First World Yoga Championships.
D．Getting the public support for promoting yoga.
小题3:Why does the author mention Madonna and Ricky Martin in the fourth paragraph?| A．To compare the differences between the young and the old. | | B．To describe the extensive popularity of yoga in the US. | | C．To emphasize the importance of practising yoga. | | D．To explain the strong influence of public figures in the US. |
小题4:Which statement is NOT true about yoga?| A．It is a type of exercise which benefits the body and mind. | | B．It makes muscles and joints stronger by stretching. | | C．It contains exercise，breathing and meditation. | | D．It is similar to the sports like football or running. |
小题5:According to the passage，who does not need to pay special attention in practising yoga?| A．Women to be mothers. | B．Teenagers under 16. | | C．Adult men. | D．Children with autism. |
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