阅读理解。 A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That"s
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| 阅读理解。 |
A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away. That"s the finding of an extensive study of
Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed
(吃) at least an ounce of salt water fish per day than those who never ate fish.
The Dutch research is one of three human studies that give strong scientific backing to the long-held belief
that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart.
Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550, 000 deaths occurring from
heart attacks each year. But researchers previously have noticed that the incidence (发生率) of heart disease is
lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do. There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example,
among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese,
whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces.
During the last two decades, 78% of the men died from heart disease. The fewest deaths were among the
group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese or Eskimos. This relationship
was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol (胆固醇) levels. |
| 1. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? |
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A. The Dutch research has proved that eating fish can help to prevent heart disease.
B. There is a low incidence of heart disease in countries like Japan and Greenland.
C. Among all the diseases heart disease is the most dangerous in America.
D. Heart doctors won"t call your house so long as you keep eating fish each day. |
2. The underlined phrase "this relationship" refers to the connection between _____ and the incidence of heart
disease. |
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A. the amount of fish eaten
B. regular fish-eating
C. the kind of fish eaten
D. people of different regions |
| 3. The passage is mainly about _____. |
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A. the high incidence of heart disease in some countries
B. the changes in people"s diet in the United States
C. the daily fish consumption of people in different cultures
D. the effect of fish-eating regularly on people"s health |
| 4. Why is heart disease the most dangerous killer in the United States? |
| [ ] |
A. The author doesn"t give a definite answer.
B. Because American people drink too much spirits.
C. Because there are a great number of fat people there.
D. Because American people eat too much fatty fish. |
5. How many lives could probably be saved each year in the United States by eating fish according to the
Dutch study? |
| [ ] |
A. 550, 000.
B. 110,000.
C. 275,000.
D. 852. |
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The United States has about 475,000 school buses-all painted yellow. Each day they carry more than
25,000,000 children, half of all schoolchildren in the country. But these buses, on average, use four liters of
diesel (柴油) fuel to travel less than sixteen kilometers. When the school year began last fall, diesel averaged
55 cents a liter nationally. The price nearly doubled, to a dollar and 8 cents, by the end of school in June.
Bob Riley speaks for the American School Bus Council. He says fuel prices for schools are not much
lower than others have to pay. As a result, schools are looking for ways to reduce transportation costs. Bus
routes are being redrawn or, in some cases, canceled (取消). Some areas are buying buses that use natural
gas or other alternative fuels. Other steps include fewer field trips and less travel by sports teams. And some
school districts (地区) may end any bus service not required by law.
Studies show that school buses are the safest form of transportation to and from school. The American
School Bus Council says cuts in bus service are bad for children and possibly the environment. It says
removing buses from the road will mean an increase in other vehicles transporting students. Spokesman Bob
Riley says another concern is that reducing bus services might reduce attendance.
But it could also get more children to walk or bicycle to school. And that would surely make people happy
at the National Center for Safe Routes to School. More kids walking or biking safely to school is the aim of a
three-year-old federal program, part of an international movement. The goal is to increase physical activity and
reduce air pollution. The United States will celebrate Walk to School Day on October eighth this year. But for
some students, high fuel prices could make every day a walk-to-school day. |
| 1. What does this passage mainly tell us? |
| [ ] |
A. High fuel prices" influences on school buses.
B. New measures to transport school students.
C. The safest form of student transportation.
D. The origin of Walk to School Day. |
| 2. Which of the following information is implied in the first paragraph? |
| [ ] |
A. There are too many school buses in the United States.
B. There are too many students in the US.
C. Diesel prices are going up too rapidly in the US.
D. School buses consume too much diesel in the US. |
| 3. What can we learn from Paragraph 3? |
| [ ] |
A. Cuts in bus service will have negative results.
B. The US government is encouraging cuts in bus services.
C. The US schools are searching for the safest transportation means.
D. Reducing bus service will do a lot of good to the environment. |
| 4. In order to cut down transportation cost, many schools take the following measures EXCEPT _____. |
| [ ] |
A. changing some bus routes
B. stopping some bus routes
C. asking parents to drive children to and from school
D. using other types of fuels |
5. The National Center for Safe Routes to School encourages more children to walk or bike to school in
order to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. save more fuels and diesel for the country
B. keep the children safe on their way to school
C. make the children live a simple life
D. keep the children healthy and the environment clean |
| 阅读理解。 |
Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing
to a close.
When his heart problems led to operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery was
expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to operation, but
nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th
birthday.
Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist, had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned, the
stranger he realized Jim"s case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart attack and
stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework, promising to come
home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned his father had died. Jim"s
father was 48.
"I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father," Dr. Smoller says. "He felt that if he had not asked him
to look at his homework, his father would have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea. The operation was
the trial he had expected for forty years."Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.
Jim"s case shows the powerful role that attitude plays in physical health, and that childhood experiences
produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less direct than Jim"s, studies
show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer, heart disease and
mental illness. |
| 1. Jim was sent back to operation because _____. |
| [ ] |
A. his heart didn"t work well
B. he expected a full recovery
C. his life was drawing to a close
D. the first one wasn"t well performed |
| 2. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim"s case? |
| [ ] |
A. Jim died at a young age.
B. Jim died on the operating table.
C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.
D. Jim"s death is closely connected with his father"s. |
| 3. From Smoller"s words, we can infer that _____. |
| [ ] |
A. Jim"s father cared little about his study
B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father
C. Jim thought he would be punished some day
D. Smoller believed Jim wouldn"t live to the age of 48 |
4. Which of the following could have strong effect on one"s physical health according to the text?
a. One"s genes.
b. One"s life in childhood.
c. One"s physical education.
d. The date of one"s birthday.
e. The opinions one has about something. |
| [ ] |
A. a, b, d
B. a, b, e
C. a, c, e
D. b, c, d |
| 5. Which of the following is true? |
| [ ] |
A. Both Jim and his father died at the age of 48.
B. Jim often asked his father to do his homework.
C. Jim was believed to kill his father.
D. Most childhood events can cause cancer, heart disease and mental illness. |
| 阅读理解。 |
Scientific discoveries have changed man"s life a great deal during the past century. First of all, they have
greatly improved material well-being in several areas of life. In the field of medicine, cures for life threatening
diseases have enabled people to live longer. In communication, the telephone and e-mail have made it possible
for us to communicate with anyone in the world without leaving our homes or offices. Advances in
transportation allow businessmen to fly across the ocean in the morning and return home the same evening.
Space technology has put men on the moon. More efficient ways of using available resources, such as coal
and solar power, have been explored.
Scientific discoveries have also changed man"s moral atmosphere. Ethical (伦理的) issues are raised by
these discoveries. Should we keep a terminally ill person alive through drugs and machines or should we allow
him to die in dignity? With advances in transportation had come the problem of pollution for nearly every major
city in the world. If cities become uninhabitable, then such technical advances may come with too great a price
to pay. Many people also question the wisdom of sending men to the moon when there are urgent problems
that have not been solved on earth. During future years, increasing attention must be given to the moral as well
as the practical applications of science. |
1. Scientific discoveries have improved man"s life in several fields. Which of the following is not mentioned in
the passage? |
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A. medicine
B. communication and transportation
C. education
D. space technology |
| 2. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? |
| [ ] |
A. Scientific discoveries have only changed man"s moral atmosphere.
B. Scientific discoveries have only changed man"s material well-being.
C. Scientific discoveries have helped people find efficient ways of using available resources.
D. Men are sent to the moon because there are urgent problems that have not been solved on earth. |
| 3. At the end of the passage the author says that increasing attention must be given to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. the moral applications of science
B. the practical applications of science
C. urgent problems on the earth
D. both A and B |
| 4. The best title for the passage is _____. |
| [ ] |
A. Science discoveries
B. Science and daily life
C. Advances in transportation
D. City pollution |
| 阅读理解。 |
It"s you and I who are to blame for the state of the earth. No question about it. It"s our life-style that is
threatening life on Earth, so we must make the changes. The good news is that many of those changes are
really quite simple, even enjoyable, but for every careful step we take as individuals, we must press
government and industry to take a big step on our benefit. And we must start now. Tomorrow"s too late.
My aim this year is to persuade as many of my friends and colleagues as possible to choose the train,
and leave their cars behind too. My gardens have been pesticide (***虫剂)-free zones for years and I enjoy
seeing more wildlife on my doorstep as a result; I"ve tried to reduce my contribution to water pollution too,
by using environment-friendly, phosphate (磷)-free washing powder, and by no longer thinking of the toilet
as a suitable waste-disposal (处理) point.
I ran after a young lady through town recently to give her back the piece of paper she had carelessly
thrown away. She disappeared into a shop, and when I followed her inside and made my presentation, she
was doubly embarrassed-she worked there, and the boss gave her a ticking-off too. I"ve started asking
fellow drivers at gas stations why they aren"t using unleaded (无铅的) petrol. These are small things, but
we have to start somewhere, and every little does help. |
| 1. To help the environment, the author is trying to do everything mentioned below EXCEPT _____. |
| [ ] |
A. taking the train instead of a car
B. throwing away the old cars
C. avoiding the use of pesticides
D. running after those who throw articles carelessly |
| 2. The author ran after a woman through town because he wanted _____. |
| [ ] |
A. to find out where she worked
B. to give her back the piece of paper she had lost
C. to tell her not to throw away pieces of paper carelessly
D. to ask her to pay him for picking up the piece of paper. |
| 3. The word "ticking-off" in the last paragraph probably means _____. |
| [ ] |
A. blaming
B. a piece of paper
C. prize
D. ticket |
| 4. The purpose of this passage is to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. persuade his friends to take the train
B. inform us of the good news
C. make clear who is responsible for the environment
D. try to advise us all to protect our environment |
| 阅读理解。 |
Can you imagine that you can save your own life during a heart attack (心脏病发作) by coughing (咳嗽)?
Let"s see how…
A heart attack can happen to anyone. Let"s say it"s 4:17 p.m. and you"re driving home (alone of course)
after an unusually hard day on the job. Not only was the workload (工作负担) extremely heavy, you also had
a disagreement with your boss, and no matter how hard you tried, he just wouldn"t see your side of the situation.
You"re really upset and the more you think about it, the more nervous you become.
All of a sudden you start experiencing severe pain in your chest that starts to spread out into your arm and
up into your jaw (下巴). You are only about five miles from the hospital nearest your home, unfortunately you
don"t know if you"ll be able to make it that far.
What can you do? You"ve been trained in CPR but the guy who taught the course didn"t tell you how to
perform it on yourself.
Since many people are alone when they suffer a heart attack, this article seems in order. Without help the
person whose heart stops beating properly and who begins to feel faint (晕眩的) has only about 10 seconds
left before losing consciousness. However, these victims can help themselves by coughing repeatedly and very
powerfully. A deep breath should be taken before each cough, and the cough must be deep and last long, as
when producing sputum (痰) from deep inside the chest. A breath and a cough must be repeated about every
two seconds without stopping until help arrives, or until the heart is felt to be beating normally again. Deep
breaths get oxygen into the lungs (肺) and coughing movements squeeze (挤压) the heart and keep the blood
circulating.
The squeezing pressure on the heart also helps it regain normal rhythm (节奏). In this way, heart attack
victims can get to a phone and, between breaths, call for help.
Now, do you understand the whole matter? Tell as many other people as possible about this. It could save
their lives! |
| 1. According to the passage, CPR is most probably something done to _____. |
| [ ] |
A. regain someone"s breath and heart beat
B. help someone treat a heart attack by himself
C. teach people how to stay in good state
D. train people how to stay calm when facing dangers |
| 2. According to Paragraph 5, coughing during a heart attack helps _____. |
| [ ] |
A. to relax the heart
B. to get oxygen into the lungs
C. to keep the blood circulating
D. to reduce the pain in the chest |
| 3. We can learn from the passage that _____. |
| [ ] |
A. a long day"s work usually results in heart attacks
B. not only the chest aches when one suffers a heart attack
C. people should attend a CPR course to survive heart attacks
D. one should cough loudly immediately one"s chest aches |
| 4. In which section of a newspaper can you read this passage? |
| [ ] |
A. Health Care.
B. Advertisement.
C. Family.
D. Teaching. |
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