1、1（健康与饮食）李仕才导读：你见过蓝色和绿色的蜂蜜吗？这些奇怪颜色的蜂蜜是怎么来的呢？The colorful honeyBlue and green honey may look cool, but beekeepers in northeastern France are not happy about their strange-looking new product. Over the past few months, beekeepers in Ribeauvill, a town located in the Alsace region, have noticed that bee
2、s there have been making honey in many strange colors. Bees have been returning to apiaries with different colors coating their bodies. The colors then end up polluting the honey. A recent research showed that a nearby M they love feeding the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of the machine and
3、watching the ice cream come out below.1. What does the author seem to like about cherries?A. They contain protein. B. They are high in vitamin A.C. They have a pleasant taste. D. They are rich in antioxidants.2. Why is fresh lemon juice used in freezing bananas?A. To make them smell better. B. To ke
4、ep their colour.C. To speed up their ripening. D. To improve their nutrition.3. What is “a juicer” in the last paragraph?A. A dessert. B. A drink.C. A container. D. A machine.4. From which is the text probably taken?A. A biology textbook. B. A health magazine.C. A research paper. D. A travel brochur
5、e.BYour house may have an effect on your figure . Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off . You can make your environment work for you instead of against you . Here are some ways to turn your home into part of diet plan.Open the c
6、urtains and turn up the lights. Dark environments are more likely to encourage overeating, for people are often less self-conscious(难为情)when theyre in poorly lit places-7and so more likely to eat lots of food. If your home doesnt have enough window light, get more lamps and flood the place with brig
7、htness.Mind the colors. Research suggests warm colors fuel our appetites . In one study, people who ate meals in a blue room consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room . Warm colors like yellow make food appear more appetizing, while cold colors make us feel less hungry. So when its
8、 time to repaint, go blue.Dont forget the clock-or the radio. People who eat slowly tend to consume about 70 fewer calories(卡路里) per meal than those who rush through their meals. Begin keeping track of the time, and try to make dinner last at least 30 minutes. And while youre at it, actually sit dow
9、n to eat. If you need some help slowing down, turn on relaxing music. It makes you less likely to rush through a meal.Downsize the dishes. Big serving bowls and plates can easily make us fat. We eat about 22 percent more when using a 12-inch plate instead of a 10-inch plate. When we choose a large s
10、poon over a smaller one, total intake(摄入) jumps by 14 percent. And well pour about 30 percent more liquid into a short, wide glass than a tall, skinny glass.1.The text is especially helpful for those who care about_.A. their home comforts B. their body shapeC. house buying D. healthy diets2.A home e
11、nvironment in blue can help people_.A. digest food better B. reduce food intakeC. burn more calories D. regain their appetites3.What are people advised to do at mealtimes?A. Eat quickly. B. Play fast music.C. Use smaller spoons. D. Turn down the lights.4.What can be a suitable title for the text?A.I
12、s Your House Making You Fat?B. Ways of Serving DinnerC. Effects of Self-ConsciousnessD.Is Your Home Environment Relaxing?C8A well-known study in 1979 found that people who socialize with others live longer than people who keep to themselves. A new study shows that socializing online may have health
13、benefits as well.To test the theory, researchers from Harvard, Yale, Northeastern and the University of California at San Diego looked at the Facebook profiles of 12 million people. Then they compared the profiles with the California Department of Public Health records over a two-year period from 20
14、11 to 2013. The researchers found that people with more friends online were less likely to die than similar people who were not so connected. The researchers published their findings in an article titled “Online social integration (整合 ) is associated with reduced mortality (死亡) risk“ in the Proceedi
15、ngs of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America.Of all the kinds of Facebook usage, it was getting friend requests rather than sending friend requests that related to reduced mortality. Similarly, posting photos and being tagged in photos was connected with living longer, but
16、 sending messages on Facebook was not. People who were tagged in many photos had the lowest mortality rates in the study.Some diseases had a significant reduction of mortality with Facebook users. Deaths from infections, diabetes, mental illness or dementia, heart disease, strokes, other cardiovascu
17、lar diseases, liver disease, and homicide were all significantly lower for Facebook users than for non-users. Other causes of death did not show a relation to Facebook usage, including several types of cancer, unintentional injuries, drug overdoses, and suicides.The study did not examine any other s
18、ocial media sites to see if using them lengthened life. Also, two of the researchers worked at Facebook while the study was being conducted. William Hobbes, one of the researchers who was a postdoctoral fellow at Northeastern University, and co-author of the study, worked at Facebook as a research i
19、ntern (实习生) in 2013. He said that Facebook agreed not to interfere with the research, no matter what the result was. But, he added, researchers “were pretty confident that we were going to find this result“.The researchers were careful to say that their results showed an associative relationship bet
20、ween using Facebook and living longer, not a causal one. In other words, researchers did not prove that using Facebook makes someone live longer. The study simply showed a connection between a longer life and some activities users do on Facebook. The researchers say the findings may be able to help
21、show how online social networks can help improve peoples health on a global scale.91.How did the researchers draw their conclusion?A. By analyzing causes. B. By doing questionnaires.C. By making comparisons. D. By conducting experiments.2.What can be inferred from the third paragraph?A. Social media
22、 makes it easier to make friends.B. Not all Facebook usage is connected with a longer life.C. Posting photos may become very popular in the future.D. Using Facebook frequently makes ones life last longer.3.Facebook usage may reduce the mortality risk of people suffering from _.A. strokes B. cancerC.
23、 drug abuse D. suicides4.What is the purpose of the passage?A. To report the results of a study.B. To stress the importance of social media.C. To show the healthy way of using Facebook.D. To explain why online interaction has health benefits.D“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day,“ report
24、s the Daily Mail, claiming that “skipping it increases your chances of a heart attack.“The study, published in the peer-reviewed journal Circulation, was carried out by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health, Brigham and Womens Hospital and Harvard Medical School. It was funded by the
25、US National Institutes of Health and the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.This study followed 26,902 male American dentists, vets, pharmacists(药剂师), optometrists, osteopaths and podiatrists(足疗师) aged between 45 and 82 years old for 16 years. To be fit for the study, the men could not have a hi
26、story of cancer, coronary heart disease, heart attack or stroke.The population being studied was also extremely limited professional men who were almost white. More research in women and other groups is needed for us to learn more about breakfast and heart health.10After tracking a large group of mi
27、ddle-aged and older male American health professionals, studying their eating habits and their risk of developing coronary heart disease for 16 years, it found that men who reported skipping breakfast had a 27% higher risk of coronary heart disease than men who ate breakfast.Men who regularly were a
28、ddicted to a “midnight snack“ were found to have a 55% higher risk of coronary heart disease than men who didnt. However, no association was seen between eating frequency (number of meals per day) and the risk of coronary heart disease. This could suggest that it is the timing of meals rather than t
29、he frequency that has a bigger influence on heart health.But because of the design of this study, a direct cause and effect relationship between breakfast and health cannot be proved. While the researchers attempted to take certain lifestyle factors into account, it could be the case that people who
30、 take time to have a regular breakfast also tend to have healthier lifestyles.1.What is the passage mainly discussing?A. Heart disease risk is higher in men who skip breakfast.B. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.C. Many professionals took part in the research.D. Some people have a pre
31、ference for midnight snacks.2.If you want to be a participant .A. you must be an American dentist B. you should contact CirculationC. you should be over 50 years old D. you must be free from some diseases3.A person who prefers to have midnight snacks .A. may have a higher risk of coronary heart dise
32、aseB. may have a habit of skipping breakfastC. may have less than three meals a dayD. may eat more frequently than others4.According to the passage, we can know .A. a regular breakfast will cost a lot of timeB. more research should be done about breakfast and healthC. the researchers must have devel
33、oped healthy lifestyles11D. only a few people focus on healthy lifestylesA【文章大意】本文是一篇日常生活类说明文。文章主要介绍并比较了几种水果各自的营养价值和健康功效，并列出了一些食用这些水果的方法。1.C 【解析】细节理解题。题干问的是，作者喜欢樱桃什么。根据第二段中 As for cherries (樱桃), they are so delicious who cares?（至于樱桃，因为它们很好吃谁在乎呢?）可知，作者在乎的是它的美味。故选 C。2.B 【解析】细节理解题。根据第三段中的 If you like,
34、a squeeze of fresh lemon juice on the bananas will prevent them turning brown.可知，往香蕉上滴新鲜的柠檬汁是为了防止香蕉变成褐色，故新鲜的柠檬汁是被用来保持香蕉的颜色的。故选 B。3.D 【解析】词义猜测题。根据最后一段中 they love feeding the fruit and frozen bananas into the top of the machine and watching the ice cream come out below 可知，孩子们喜欢把一些水果和冷冻的香蕉放入到这台机器的上部，然后
35、看到冰激凌从下面出来。故可以推出 a juicer 就是一台机器。故选 D。B【文章大意】此篇文章是一篇饮食与健康有关的话题。文章讲述了如何科学的设计自己的房间内部的颜色、装饰等来达到减少食物的摄入量，从而让自己保持自己喜欢的体形。1.B 【解析】写作目的题。从第一段中的 Experts say the way you design your home could play a role in whether you pack on the pounds or keep them off可知，这篇文章是为那些希望控制体重、保持体形的人写的。故选 B。2.B 【解析】细节理解题。从第三段中的 I
36、n one study, people who ate meals in a blue room 12consumed 33 percent less than those in a yellow or red room可知，在蓝色的环境下进餐可以减少食物的摄入量。故选 B。3.C 【解析】细节理解题。从最后一段中的When we choose a large spoon over a smaller one, total intake jumps by 14 percent可知，使用小的勺子可以减少食物的摄入量，故选 C。4.A 【解析】标题推断题。本文分析了我们如何通过改善室内的陈述及就餐
37、时的器具等来达到节食的目的，故A 项符合题意。C【文章大意】本文为说明文。研究表明，参加网络社交活动可能会延长人的寿命，对人类的健康也有诸多好处。1.C 【解析】考查推理判断。根据第二段中的“Then they compared the profiles with the California Department of Public Health records over a two-year period from 2011 to 2013“可知，研究人员是通过将自己收集的信息与 2011 至 2013 年加利福尼亚州公共卫生部门所记录的信息作对比的方式得出研究结论的。故选 C。3.A 【
38、解析】考查细节理解。根据第四段中的“Deaths from infections, diabetes, mental illness or dementia, heart disease, strokes.were all significantly lower for Facebook users“可知，患有中风的人可以通过使用 Facebook 来降低自己的死亡风险。故选 A。4.A 【解析】考查作者意图。纵观全文可知，本文主要讲的是一项有关参加网络社交活动与人的健康之间的关系的研究的相关内容。故作者写作本文的目的是介绍这一研究的结果。D【文章大意】本文重点说明了早餐的重要性。由美国哈佛公
39、共卫生学院等机构对 26 902 名年龄在 4582岁之间的美国男性公民的研究发现，经常不吃早餐的人突发心脏病的风险比吃早餐的人高 27%。1.A 【解析】考查主旨大意。作者在文中主要讲述了一项新的研究结果 , 即经常不吃早餐的人突发心脏病的风险比吃早餐的人高。 故选 A 项。2.D 【解析】考查细节理解。依据文章第三段的内容可知，要想参与这项研究,参与者要具备以下条件：男性；13医务工作者；年龄在 4582 岁；没有癌症、冠心病、心脏病发作或中风病史。故选 D 项。3.A 【解析】考查细节理解。依据文章倒数第二段第一句可知,研究发现，经常吃夜宵的男性比不吃夜宵的男性患冠心病的风险高 55%。故选 A 项。4.B 【解析】考查推理判断。依据文章尾段的“because of the design of this study, a direct cause and effect relationship between breakfast and health cannot be proved“可知，由于研究的设计方案问题，不能证明早餐对健康的直接影响。故选 B 项。
