阅读理解。    Living in a green area can make you live longer, according to research

阅读理解。    Living in a green area can make you live longer, according to research

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阅读理解。    Living in a green area can make you live longer, according to research published
today. The research also shows that the difference in life expectancy (预期寿命)
between rich and poor becomes smaller among those who live in an environment
with parks and trees.
    Richard Mitchell, from Glasgow University, and his colleagues, found that the gap
between the number of deaths of people on high incomes and the number of deaths
of those on low incomes in green areas was half that compared with figures relating
to built-up areas.
    Green spaces, classified by the researchers as "open, undeveloped land with natural
vegetation", encouraged people to walk and be more active. Exercise in these settings
could have greater benefits than exercise elsewhere, the researchers said.
    The benefits potentially go beyond exercise. Studies have shown that being around
green spaces can reduce blood pressure and stress levels, and possibly help patients
recover faster.
    A number of researchers have looked at the effects of greenery on our well-being.
But few studies had looked at whether living in green areas reduced health inequalities,
the Glasgow team said.
    Using information from a land-use database of 2001, the researchers divided the
pre-retirement population of England into four groups according to income level, and
five groups according to access to green space. They then looked at death rate for
2001~2005. They found that the inequality in death rate from all causes relating to lack
of money was less in those populations in the greenest areas compared with the figures
for people living in more built-up places.
    They found an even stronger relationship when it came to deaths from certain diseases
such as heart conditions and stroke (中风). There was no difference, however, in deaths
from lung cancer.
    The researchers said that changing the physical environment was an easier way to fight
against poor health than using media campaigns or giving out information on health. "The
result of the study is clear: Environments that promote good health might be very important
in the fight to reduce health inequalities." 1. The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 2 refers to _____. [     ]
A. the gap
B. the number of deaths
C. the income
D. the living area 2. What was the special point of the Glasgow team"s research? [     ]
A. They offered a scientific definition of "green spaces".
B. They encouraged people to exercise in green areas.
C. They studied the effects of greenery on people"s health.
D. They focused on the influence of greenery on health inequalities. 3. What advice would the researchers probably give according to the last paragraph? [     ]
A. More health information should be given to the public.
B. People should take more exercise every day.
C. More trees and grass should be planted in cities.
D. People should help to fight against health problems. 4. What is the main idea of the passage? [     ]
A. People should live in green areas.
B. Green spaces promote good health.
C. Income influences health less than environment.
D. Exercise in green areas benefits people a lot.
答案
1-4: ADCB
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阅读理解。     One day last September, as Britney Spears was about to board a flight to Los Angeles from London, a blue
bottle fell out of her purse. She quickly put it back in, but not before the camera recorded the event. Neither
Spears nor her spokesman was willing to comment on the contents of the bottle, but the next morning London"s
Daily Express published a page of pictures under the headline "EXCLUSIVE: POP PRINCESS SPOTTED AT
AIRPORT WITH POT OF SLIMMING TABLETS. " Spears was apparently carrying Zantrex-3, one of the
most popular weight-loss pills now sold in the United States. The pill, which is sold at about fifty dollars for
a month"s supply, contains a huge amount of caffeine, some green tea, and three common South American
herbs that also act as stimulants (兴奋剂). It hit the U.S. market last March and has had a success that would
be hard to overstate
. Millions of bottles have been sold, and during the Christmas season it was displayed in the
windows of the nation"s largest chain of vitamin shops, G.N.C. (It is so highly sought after that many of the
stores keep it in locked counters.) Zantrex-3 is also sold at CVS, Rite Aid, Wal-Mart, and other chains, and over
the telephone and on the Internet. If you type "Zantrex" into Google, more than a hundred thousand pieces of
information about it will appear. At any moment, there are scores of people sell it on eBay.
     Perhaps the most interesting thing about the success story of Zantrex-3, however, is that it is far from
unique.There are hundreds of similar products on the market today, and they are bought by millions of
Americans. And though Zantrex"s producer makes some exciting statements ("the most advanced weight
control compound (化合物) period"), so do the people who sell Stacker 2 and Anorex along with those who
sell Carb Eliminator and Fat Eliminator. Almost all of these compounds suggest that they can help people lose
weight and regain lost energy, and often without diet, exercise, or any other effort. 1. Britney Spears is a / an _____.[     ]
A. dancer
B. singer
C. athlete
D. chemist 2. Which of the following is also a kind of weight-loss pill? [     ]
A. CVS
B. Rite Aid
C. Wal-Mart
D. Anorex 3. The underlined part of the sentence in the first paragraph is most likely similar in meaning to _____. [     ]
A. it is difficult to say how successful Zantrex-3 is
B. you can"t overstate the success of Zantrex-3
C. you can"t think too highly of the success of Zantrex-3
D. Zantrex-3 is not very successful 4. From the second paragraph we know that _____.[     ]
A. Zantrex-3 is one of the successful weight-loss pills on the US market
B. Zantrex-3 is the most successful weight-loss pills on the US market
C. Zantrex-3 is the only weight-loss pill on the US market
D. there are five kinds of weight-loss pills on the US market 5. The text mainly tells us _____.[     ]
A. when Britney Spears was found taking weight-loss pills with her
B. how Zantrex-3 became successful in the USA
C. weight-loss pills are very popular in the USA
D. Zantrex-3 is forbidden to be sold on the US market
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完形填空。     How to get rid of waste is a great problem for the world today. Waste must be treated    1    it does not
become a danger to life.    2   , in some countries, waste from factories is still poured straight into rivers.
People who use the water from one of these rivers often get    3   . The water may become so polluted that
it    4    all the fish in the river. When these rivers finally reaches the    5  , it pollutes the ocean.
     In many countries with    6   , human waste is piped directly into the sea without being dealt with. This
is not    7   . Although the sea itself can break up the waste, beaches    8    become polluted.    9    scientists
suggest people take the waste far out to sea in ships where the wind and waves break it down.
     In 1989 an international law was passed to   10   people putting waste into the sea. It is now against the 
  11   to put anything into the sea nearby. Such rubbish as plastics may not be thrown   12   the sea anywhere.
Other waste may be put into the sea, either 19 or more than 40 kilometers from land,   13   the nature of the
materials.
     The   14   of dealing with waste has become so great that several international organizations have been 
  15    to protect the world and control pollution.
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阅读理解。
     Before 1900, many theories existed as to the cause of yellow fever (黄热病). Some doctors were sure the
disease was air-born; others felt that it was spread from person to person. Dr. Carlos Finlay, a well-known
Cuban doctor of that time, had long held the theory that it was caused by the bite of mosquitoes (蚊子). But
neither the pubic nor the doctors then accepted his idea.
     Despite this, Walter Reed, an American doctor sent to study yellow fever in Cuba, went to talk with Finlay.
Reed, after reading a lot on the subject, had begun to think that Dr. Finlay might be right. Then Reed and his
comrades set to work at once. Outside Havana, they set up a laboratory and began experiments to test the
theory. The experiments were successful. Now we know: A period of about two weeks must pass before a
mosquito, after feeding on a sick person, could infect another person. The sick person had to have yellow
fever a certain number of days before the mosquito biting him was able to carry the disease.
1. Before 1900,many people didn"t think yellow fever was spread _____.
[     ]
A. by air
B. by getting in touch with the patient
C. by the bite of mosquitoes
D. by dirty water
2. What is true according to the passage?
[     ]
A. Reed agreed with Finlay after his talk with him.
B. Reed proved the theory by reading a lot of articles.
C. Reed proved the theory in his American lab.
D. Reed scientifically proved the theory.
3. Who first realized the actual cause?
[     ]
A. The public.
B. Reed.
C. Finlay
D. Doctors
4. A person comes down with yellow fever because he has been bitten _____.
[     ]
A. by a mosquito
B. by a mosquito that has bitten a patient
C. by an infected mosquito
D. by a mosquito that has bitten a patient of some days
5. What is the possible title of the passage?
[     ]
A. Reed, an Outstanding Doctor
B. Several Theories on Yellow Fever
C. Fight Against Yellow Fever
D. The Cause of Yellow Fever
阅读理解。
     Is there anything more important than health? I don"t think so. "Health is the greatest wealth." wise people
say. You can"t be good at your studies or work 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."
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
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
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
4. From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man _____ before the doctor told him not to smoke
    more than one cigarette a day.
[     ]
A. was a heavy smoker
B. didn"t smoke so much
C. didn"t smoke
D. began to learn to smoke
5. Which of the following is NOT true?
[     ]
A. The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill.
B. The man told the doctor he couldn"t remember things.
C. The man thanked the doctor.
D. The man didn"t follow the doctor"s advice.
阅读理解。
     For almost two months, Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals at night,
wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite
his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people"s lives. He has even
been allowed to assist a surgeon (外科医生) during an emergency operation on a patient who was about
to die on something she had eaten.
     "I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles
myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope (听诊器) and walked around one of the biggest
hospitals in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and other
doctors, it"s easy to take people in." he said.
     One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted.
When she came to hospital, York was standing over her.
     "He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of
injection," she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn"t think
there was anything wrong. "I would never have realized he was a fake if a policewoman hadn"t showed me
his photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my
ears."
     Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was "shocked and horrified" that he got away with his cheating
for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminals with mental disorders.
     "I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity
to study the behavior of the psychiatrists (精神科医生) who will look after you while you are there. If you
try to persuade people that you yourself area psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are
given a much longer sentence," Judge Adams warned York.
1. York was proud of" the fact that _____.
[     ]
A. people thought he could become a real doctor
B. a surgeon let him watch an operation
C. he could perform some duties of a doctor
D. he had cheated doctors for so long
2. York learned how to behave like a doctor by _____.
[     ]
A. observing doctors while he was a patient
B. watching other doctors work
C. talking to doctors and nurses
D. getting some training and experience
3. Why was Laura Kennan in hospital?
[     ]
A. She had lost consciousness while driving.
B. She had swallowed something and almost died.
C. She had to have an emergency operation.
D. She had been injured in a road accident.
4. The judge"s remark implied that York would be more severely punished if he _____.
[     ]
A. studied the behavior of the psychiatrist
B. pretended to be a psychiatrist
C. tried to get away from prison
D. was proud of what he had done