阅读理解。 The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Plac
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The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word "diet"
everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet
products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for
products that harm us psychologically and physically.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to
admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption
(消耗) of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage
and go straight for the scale(秤)instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word "diet" in
food labels (标签).
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie
drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don"t have to work to get results. Diet
products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance (抵
抗) and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the
physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them
instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients (营养成分).
Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to
produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into
diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about
buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize
this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological harm
that comes from using them. |
| 1. From Paragraph 1, we learn that _____. |
A. diet products fail to bring out people"s potential
B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C. diet products are misleading people
D. people are fed up with diet products |
| 2. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____. |
A. try out a variety of diet foods
B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C. pay attention to their own eating habits
D. watch their weight rather than their diet |
| 3. In Paragraph 3, "gain comes without pain" probably means _____. |
A. losing weight is effortless
B. it costs a lot to lose weight
C. diet products bring no pain
D. diet products are free from calories |
| 4. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products _____. |
A. are over-consumedB. lack basic nutrients
C. are short of chemicalsD. provide too much energy |
答案
| 1-4: CDAB |
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Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can"t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he has sent you to
a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.
Then, consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health (亚健康). Sub-health, also called the third
state or gray state, is explained as a borderline(界限) state between health and disease.
According to the survey by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people
are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management
positions as well as students around exam-week.
Symptoms include a lack of energy, depression, slow reactions, insomnia, anger, and poor memory.
Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.
The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form
good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities.
As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar. They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements -- vitamins and other elements that are important to
the body.
Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause
unhealthy changes in the digestive tract (消化道). They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in
avoiding sub-health. |
| 1. According to this passage, which of the following is true? |
A. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should stay at home and keep silent.
B. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should go to see a doctor and buy some medicine.
C. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should have yourself examined in foreign countries.
D. When you are in a state of sub-health, you should find out the reasons and relax yourself. |
| 2. It may be easy for middle-aged people to get sub-healthy because _________. |
A. they have used up their energy
B. they have lost their living hopes
C. they have more pressure in life and work
D. they begin to get older |
| 3. The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub-health is that you should ________. |
A. work hard
B. sleep more
C. form good living habits
D. take more medicine |
| 4. The underlined word "alternate" in this passage is closest in meaning to _________. |
A. arrange by turns
B. cause to take place
C. keep oneself busy with
D. get tired of |
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Have you ever felt sick or had a headache during a test? Have you ever been so worried about
something that you can"t sleep at night? 1 This worry in your mind can made your body feel bad.
You may feel angry, frustrated, scared, or afraid-which can give you a stomachache or a headache.
2 Good or normal stress might happen when you"re called to answer a question in class or when
you have to give a speech. This kind of stress that can help you to get things better done. 3
But bad stress can happen if the stressful feelings keep going over a long time. You may not feel
well if your parents are fighting, if a family member is sick, if you"re having problems at school, or if
you"re going through anything else that makes you upset every day. 4
5 That means making good decisions about how to spend your time. If you"re only dealing with
school stuff and have no time to play, you can get stressed. Make sure you keep yourself in mind:
Sleep, Exercise , Leisure(休闲),and Food. If you take care of yourself and get enough sleep and food,
and if you exercise and leave time for fun stuff, you"ll probably be less stressed out! |
A. However, there are two different kinds of stress.
B. Can you tell a kind of stress from another one?
C. The best way to keep stress away is to have a balanced life.
D. That kind of stress isn"t going to help you, and it can actually make you sick.
E. Since bad stress is harmful for us, you"d better try to change it into good stress.
F. If so, then you know what stress is. Stress is what you feel when you are worried or
uncomfortable about something
G. For example, you may do a better job on your test if the stress pushes you to prepare
well before the test. |
| 阅读理解。 |
As the pace (节奏) of life continues to increase, we are fast losing the art of relaxation. Once you are
in the habit of rushing through life, being on the go from morning till night, it is hard to slow down. But
relaxation is essential for a healthy mind and body.
Stress (压力) is a natural part of everyday life and there is no way to avoid it. In fact, it is not the bad
thing it is often supposed to be. A certain amount of stress is vital to provide motivation and give purpose
to life. It is only when the stress gets out of control that it can lead to poor performance and ill health.
The amount of stress a person can withstand (承受) depends very much on the individual. Some
people are not afraid of stress, and such characters are obviously prime material for managerial
responsibilities, others lose heart at the first sign of unusual difficulties. When exposed to stress, in
whatever form, we react both chemically and physically. In fact we make choice between "flight or fight"
and in more primitive days the choices made the difference between life or death. The crises we meet
today are unlikely to be so extreme, but however little the stress, it involves the same response. It is when
such a reaction lasts long, through continued exposure to stress, that health becomes endangered. Since
we can"t remove stress from our lives (it would be unwise to do so even if we could), we need to find
ways to deal with it. |
| 1. People are finding less and less time for relaxing themselves because _____. |
A. they regard working as their greatest enjoyment
B. they believe that work is superior to relaxation
C. they are traveling fast all the time
D. they are becoming busier with their work than ever before |
| 2. According to the author, the most important character for a good manager is his _____. |
A. strong will to withstand stress
B. knowing the art of relaxation
C. high sense of responsibility
D. having control over performance |
| 3. Which of the following statements is TRUE, according to the passage? |
A. We can find quite a few ways to avoid stress.
B. Stress is always harmful to people"s health
C. It"s easy to change the habit of keeping oneself busy with work.
D. Different people can bear different amount of stress. |
| 4. In the last sentence of the passage, "do so" refers to _____. |
A. "expose ourselves to stress"
B. "find ways to deal with stress"
C. "remove stress from our lives"
D. "establish links between diseases and stress" |
| 5. According to the author, the right attitude toward stress is _____. |
A. to avoid it
B. to try to deal with it
C. to regard it as a vital motivation
D. to find some relaxation |
| 阅读理解。 |
In the Caucasus region of Russia, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don"t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Russian old people aren"t alone. The Pakistanis, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Ecuadorans of the Andes Mountains seem to share the secret of long life, too.
These people remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Caucasians aged 100 to 140, work in the fields beside their great-great-grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked "at what age does youth end?" Most of these old people had no answer. Several replied, "Well, perhaps at age 80."
What accounts for this ability to survive to such old age, and to survive so well?First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived people. They begin their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam Mamedov is 142 years of age. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Mamedov has no intention of retiring from his life as a farmer. "Why?What else would I do?"he asks.
All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations of 1,660 to 1,000 meters above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollution-free. This reduced-oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel(血管) system stronger.
Another factor that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressures and worries of industrial society.
Inherited factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer. |
| 1. In the Causasus region of Russian, how many people can reach the age of 100 in 10,000? |
A. 5
B. 3
C. 50
D. 30 |
| 2. The example of Mr. And Mrs. Mamedov implies that some Caucasians aged 100 to 140 ___. |
A. become weak and hopeless
B. are too old to work in the fields
C. are still working in the fields
D. benefit from physical work |
| 3. What is the main way of life for all of these long-lived people? |
A. Retiring from their lives as farmers.
B. Having been married for 90 years.
C. Hard physical work.
D. Having no intentions. |
| 4. At elevations of 1,220 to 1,000 meters above sea level, the air __ . |
A. has less oxygen and clear
B. is seriously polluted
C. is rich in oxygen and pollution-free
D. is extremely smelly |
| 5. Which of the following factors isn"t helpful to people"s health and long life? |
A. Clean mountain air.
B. Stress and pressure.
C. Daily hard work.
D. Good genes. |
| 阅读理解。 |
It had been a very disheartening day. The doctors had given us the worst of news. Our daughter, who
had just completed her first brain surgery to remove a tumor (肿瘤) and was going through radiation
treatment, was now officially given a two percent chance of survival as this type of cancer had no cure.
My wife and I decided to take our daughter to lunch before continuing our afternoon conversation.
We went to a local restaurant where we sat in silence waiting for the waitress. I noticed a very elderly
couple sitting a few booths away, who were also in silence and did not speak a word. I couldn"t help but
wonder what challenges they had faced in their life and if they ever faced such terrible news about a child
of theirs.
We eventually ordered our lunch and still sitting in silence we ate what we could. At some point I
became intrigued by the old couple. I thought to myself that they hadn"t yet spoken to each other and I
wondered if it was the peace they were enjoying or the food or maybe both. However, at some point I
lost interest and put my focus back on my lunch.
Molly was still talking away and enjoying her meal. Her mom and I both listened and tried to be happy
in her presence but it wasn"t going very well. All of a sudden I saw a hand come out of nowhere. It was
huge and I could tell that it had been afflicted with arthritis (关节炎). I couldn"t take my eyes off that
hand. It landed on my daughter"s tiny six-year-old hand and as it did I looked up; it was the old woman
who had been sitting with the old man in silence eating their lunch.
I looked into her eyes and she spoke, but not to me. She looked at my daughter and simply whispered, "If I could do more for you I would…" and then she smiled and moved away to join her husband, who
had moved towards the door.
"Look, a whole dollar," Molly spoke with excitement as she discovered a crumpled one dollar bill left
behind by the old lady. I looked up to thank her, but she was gone. I sat stunned, not sure what had just
happened and then I looked over at my wife. In almost unison, we broke out into a smile. The sadness of
the day had been wiped out by the crippled hand and generous touch of the old lady. The dollar, although exciting to Molly, was not what made us smile; it was the offer from the old lady, who felt our suffering.
The crippled hand symbolized a healing touch and made us realize that we did not have to fight this battle
alone. |
| 1. The author was _______, when he first caught sight of the old couple in the restaurant. |
A. curious
B. confused
C. upset
D. indifferent |
| 2. By saying "If I could do more for you I would…the old woman means_______. |
A. she had the ability to cure the disease of Molly
B. she had the responsibility for the safety of Molly
C. she was an old friend of the author and can lend some money to them
D. she would like to help Molly as much as possible |
| 3. What can we inferred from the passage? |
A. The author and his wife were not satisfied with the food in the restaurant.
B. The old couple had once gone through the same trouble as the author did.
C. The one dollar bill made the author feel touched by the warmth from others.
D. The old woman sympathized with Molly because she suffered from serious arthritis herself. |
| 4. What would be the best title of the text? |
A. A girl with cancer
B. A touch of heaven
C. A crippled hand
D. A kind-hearted couple |
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