Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so.“Health is the gr

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Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so.“Health is the greatest wealth(财富),” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or well when you are ill.
If you have a headache, toothache, backache, earache or bad pain in the stomach, if you complain of a bad cough, if you run a high temperature and have a bad cold, or if you suffer from high or low blood pressure, I think you should go to the doctor.
The doctor will examine your throat, feel your pulse, test your blood pressure, take your temperature, sound your heart and lungs, test your eyes, check your teeth or have your chest X-rayed. After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine. The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.
Speaking about doctor’s advice, I can’t help telling you a funny story.
An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease.
He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.　　
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
小题1:The writer thinks that 　　　　.

A．health is more important than wealth

B．work is as important as studies

C．medicine is more important than pleasure

D．nothing is more important than money

小题2:The doctor usually tells his patient what to do 　　　　.

A．without examining the patient

B．after he has examined the patient

C．if the patient doesn’t take medicine

D．unless the patient feels pain

小题3:The underlined part means “　　　　”.

A．he was feeling better than ever

B．he wasn’t a healthy man

C．he was feeling worse than before

D．he will be well again

小题4:This passage is developed by _____________.

A．giving time order	B．giving examples
C．giving tips	D．giving cause and effect

小题5:Which of the following is TRUE?

A．Wealth is more important .

B．The doctor does not examine his patients carefully

C．If you have a fever, just stay at home.

D．The doctor’s advice usually works.

答案

小题1:A
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D

解析

试题分析：文章介绍了健康的重要性，同时讲述了有病以后一定要看医生，因为医生的建议很有用，并举例说明了医生的话很有用。
小题1:A 细节题。根据文章第一段Health is the greatest wealth(财富)说明作者认为健康是最重要的，故A正确。
小题2:B 细节题。根据第三段第三行After that he will advise some treatment, or some medicine.说明在进行了一系列的检查以后，医生会给出建议，故B正确，
小题3:A 猜测词义题。根据本句He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.　　他对医生表示感谢，同时这里还使用了否定词与比较级连用表示最高级，指他感觉最健康。故A正确。
小题4:B 文章到第二段开始列举了很多的例子，说明本文是通过举例说明的方法来组织全文的，故B正确。
小题5:D 推理题。根据文章第一段说健康最重要，说明A错误；根据文章第二段说明医生会仔细检查病人，B错误。根据文章第二段人感觉不好的时候要去看医生，说明C错误。根据第三段最后一句话The only thing you have to do is to follow his advice.可知我们要听医生的话，是因为医生的建议通常是有效的。故D正确。
点评：本篇文章要加强对于文章细节的理解和把握，注意提高推理能力。

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Will it matter if you don"t take your breakfast? Recently a test was given in the United States. Those tested included people of different ages, from 12 to 83. During the experiment, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts, and sometimes they got no breakfast at all. Special tests were set up to see how well their bodies worked when they had eaten a certain kind of breakfast. The results show that if a person eats a proper breakfast, he or she will work with better effect than if he or she has no breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person works with his brains. If a student eats fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, he will learn more quickly and listen with more attention to class.
Opposite to(与.....相反) what many people believe, if you don"t eat breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry at noon that they eat too much for lunch, and end up gaining weight instead of losing. You will probably lose more weight if you reduce your other meals.
小题1:During the test, those who were tested were given ________.

A．no breakfast at all

B．very rich breakfast

C．little food for breakfast

D．different breakfast or none

小题2:The results of the test show that ________.

A．breakfast has great effect on work and studies

B．breakfast has little to do with a person’s work

C．a person will work better if he has a simple(简单的) breakfast

D．those working with brains needn’t have anything for breakfast

小题3:The passage mentions that many people believe that if you don"t eat breakfast, you will _________.

A．lose weight

B．not lose weight

C．be healthier

D．gain a lot of weight

小题4:Which of the following is not true according to the passage?

A．Poor breakfasts affect those who work with brains.

B．Eating nothing in the morning may cause one to get fatter.

C．Reducing lunch and supper is of less use in weight losing.

D．Eating less in lunch and supper may help to lose weight.

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“You"ll have to take care of the baby today,” a woman told her husband. "I"m not feeling well."
"Then you must stay in bed and rest, dear" her husband said. "I"ll be pleased to look after our baby." "By the way, shall I do the shopping for you as well?” her husband asked.
The woman was very glad and said, "That will help me very much. I"ll give you a list of things to buy"
She wrote out the list and gave it to him.
The man took the baby to the supermarket and put him in the shopping cart. Then he pushed the shopping cart along the rows of things and looked for those that were on his list.
At first everything was OK, but then the baby began to cry.
Then he started to scream.
And scream!
And SCREAM!
“Keep calm, George,” the man said. “Don’t get excited. Don’t shout, George. Don’t lose your temper, George.”
A woman in the supermarket heard him saying so. She walked up to him.
“I think you are wonderful,” she said. “You are so patient with your little George.”
“Madam,” the man said, “I’m George. He’s Edward.”
小题1:The man took care of the baby instead because his wife was .

A．ill	B．busy doing housework
C．angry	D．going to buy things

小题2:The baby cried so hard .

A．at home

B．in the supermarket

C．in the street

D．in the car

小题3:When the baby was crying, the father kept taking to for relaxing.

A．his baby

B．the woman

C．himself

D．George

小题4:The underlined sentence “Don’t lose your temper.” in this passage means“ ”.

A．become angry

B．shut up

C．walk on

D．calm down

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Cholera is a water-borne disease that is spread through polluted water and food. Cholera is an illness caused by the bacterium. It produces a poison that causes a painless , watery diarrhea( 痢疾) that can quickly lead to severe dehydration（脱水） and death if treatment is not given. Most persons infected with cholera do not become ill, although the bacterium is present in their waste for 7-14 days. When this illness does strike, more than 90% of the time is not severe and is difficult to tell from other types of diarrhea. Less than 10% of sick persons develop cholera with signs of moderate or severe dehydration.
A person may get cholera by drinking water or eating food polluted with the cholera bacterium. The disease can spread rapidly in areas without the proper treatment of drinking water. The cholera bacterium may also live in the environment in dirty rivers and coastal waters. Shellfish eaten raw have been a source of cholera. Therefore, the disease is not likely to spread directly from one person to another.
Cholera can be simply and successfully treated by immediate replacement of the fluid and salts lost through diarrhea. Patients can be treated by being given a mixture of sugar and salt to be mixed with water and drunk in large amount. Antibiotics(抗生素) shorten the course and decrease the severity of the illness. To avoid cholera, we should eat well-cooked food instead of raw food.
小题1:If a person infected with cholera less than 7 days，he would probably .
A. die B. become sick C remain healthy D suffer from watery diarrhea
小题2:Which statement is true according to the passage?
A Cholera can spread directly from one person to another.
B. Eating raw food can help stop cholera.
C. Cholera is caused by watery diarrhea.
D. Polluted water and food can help spread cholera.
小题3: Cholera can be treated by .

A．replacing the blood in the body.

B．eating a lot of water mixed with sugar and salt and using antibiotics.

C．eating a large amount of sugar and salt

D．drinking a lot of water and eating a large amount of food.

小题4:In order to avoid cholera, people should         .
A inject antibiotics     B eat the food thoroughly cooked
C eat raw food      D. avoid meeting other people

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In the past, man did not have to think about the protection of his environment. There were few people on the earth, and natural resources（资源） seemed to be    26 .
Today things are 27 , the world has become too   28  . We are using up our natural resources too quickly, and at the same time we are 29 our environment with dangerous chemicals. If we continue to do this, human life on the earth will not   30 .
Everyone 31 today that if too many fish are taken from the sea, there will soon be none left. Yet, with modern fishing 32  , more and more fish are caught. We know that if too many trees are cut down, 33 will disappear and nothing will grow on the land. Yet, we 34 to use bigger and more powerful machines to 35 more and more trees.
We realize that if rivers are polluted with waste products from factories, we will die. ___36,   in most countries wastes are 37  put into rivers or into the sea, and there are 38  laws to stop this. We know, too, that if the   39 of the world continues to rise at the present rate, in a few years there will not be enough food. What can we do to 40 these problems ?
If we eat more vegetables and less   41 , there will be more food available for everyone. Land that is used to grow crops   42 five times more people than land where animals are kept. Our natural resources will 43 longer if we learn to recycle them. The world population will not rise so quickly if people use modern methods of birth 44   .
Finally, if we educate people to think about the problems, we shall have a better and cleaner     45  in the future.

小题1:

A．beautiful

B．unlimited

C．rare

D．valuable

小题2:

A．common

B．the same

C．changeable

D．different

小题3:

A．crowded

B．small

C．dirty

D．busy

小题4:

A．protecting

B．saving

C．polluting

D．fighting

小题5:

A．breathe

B．survive

C．drink

D．move

小题6:

A．wonders

B．realizes

C．considers

D．discovers

小题7:

A．poles

B．boats

C．methods

D．ideas

小题8:

A．mountains

B．the sea

C．trees

D．forests

小题9:

A．continue

B．stop

C．keep

D．go on

小题10:

A．grow

B．plant

C．save

D．cut down

小题11:

A．Thus

B．However

C．But

D．Therefore

小题12:

A．still

B．even

C．also

D．certainly

小题13:

A．too many

B．a few

C．some

D．few

小题14:

A．production

B．pollution

C．population

D．pronunciation

小题15:

A．work

B．deal

C．solve

D．serve

小题16:

A．fruit

B．meat

C．fish

D．grain

小题17:

A．feeds

B．increases

C．supplies

D．helps

小题18:

A．use

B．stay

C．keep

D．last

小题19:

A．control

B．born

C．plan

D．reward

小题20:

A．nature

B．sea

C．planet

D．forest

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For a while, my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers. They were there all the time: early morning, noon, and evening. There were little old ladies in gray sweats, young couples in Adidas shoes, middle-aged men with red faces. “Come on!” My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening. “You’ll feel great.”
Well, I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day, anyone could. So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life, and not a day more. Based on my experience, jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around, and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army, I’m not alone in my opinion.
First of all, jogging is very hard on the body. Your legs and feet need a real pounding（追击）running down a road for two or three miles. I developed foot, leg, and back problems. Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging, and I had something else to worry about. Jogging doesn’t kill hundreds of people, but if you have any physical weaknesses, jogging will surely bring them out, as they did with me.
Secondly, I got no enjoyment out of jogging. Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn’t my idea of fun. Jogging is also a lonely pastime. Some joggers say, “I love being out there with just my thoughts” Well, my thoughts began to bore me, and most of them were on how much my legs hurt.
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain? And that wasn’t just the first week: it was practically every day for two months. I never got past the pain level, and pain isn’t fun. What a cruel way to do it! So many other exercises, including walking, lead to almost the same results painlessly, so why jog?
I don’t jog any more, and I don’t think I ever will. I’m walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace, and that feels good. I bicycle to work when the weather is good. I’m getting exercise, and I’m enjoying it at the same time. I could never say the same for jogging, and I’ve found a lot of better ways to stay in shape.
小题1:From the first paragraph, we learn that in the writer’s neighborhood ______.

A．jogging became very popular

B．people jogged only during the daytime

C．Alex organized an army of joggers

D．jogging provided a chance to get together

小题2:The underlined word “them”(Paragraph 3) most probably refers to _____.

A．heart attacks	B．Back problems
C．famous joggers	D．physical weaknesses

小题3:What was the writer’s attitude towards jogging in the beginning?

A．He felt it was worth a try.

B．He was very fond of it.

C．He was strongly against it.

D．He thought it must be painful.

小题4:Why did the writer give up jogging two months later?

A．He disliked doing exercise outside.

B．He found it neither healthy nor interesting.

C．He was afraid of having a heart attack.

D．He was worried about being left alone.

小题5: From the writer’s experience, we can conclude that______.

A．not everyone enjoys jogging

B．he is the only person who hates jogging

C．nothing other than jogging can help people keep fit

D．jogging makes people feel greater than any other sport.

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