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It’s a question many of us could ask. More than 45 million Americans now belong to a health club, up from 23 million in 1993. We spend some $19 billion a year on gym memberships. Of course, some people join and never go. Still, as one major study — the Minnesota Heart Survey — found, more of us at least say we exercise regularly.
And yet obesity (肥胖) figures have risen sharply in the same period: a third of Americans are obese, and another third count as overweight by the Federal Government’s definition. Yes, it’s entirely possible that those of us who regularly go to the gym would weigh even more if we exercised less. But like many other people, I get hungry after I exercise, so I often eat more on the days I work out than on the days I don’t. Could exercise actually be keeping me from losing weight?
The popular belief that exercise is essential for weight control is actually fairly new. As recently as the 1960s, doctors routinely advised against too much exercise, particularly for older adults who could injure themselves. Today doctors encourage even their oldest patients to exercise, which is sound advice for many reasons: People who regularly exercise are at significantly lower risk for all manner of diseases — those of the heart in particular. They less often develop cancer and many other illnesses. But the past few years of obesity research show that the role of exercise in weight loss has been wildly over-evaluated.
“In general, for weight loss, exercise is pretty useless,” says Eric Ravussin, exercise researcher at Louisiana State University. Many recent studies have found that exercise isn’t as important in helping people lose weight as you hear so regularly in gym advertisements or on shows like The Biggest Loser — or, for that matter, from magazines like this one.
The basic problem is that while it’s true that exercise burns calories and that you must burn calories to lose weight, exercise has another effect: it can make one hungry. That causes us to eat more, which in turn can negate (使无效) the weight-loss benefits we just gained. Exercise, in other words, isn’t necessarily helping us lose weight. It may even be making it harder.
小题1: From the passage we learn that ____.
A.some Americans join a health club but never go there |
B.the number of overweight people has doubled since 1993 |
C.more than 45 million Americans now go to the gym regularly |
D.Americans waste too much money each year on sports |
A.has long been believed to be good for older adults |
B.is not properly advertised as an effective way to lose weight |
C.was first recognized as an effective way to lose weight in the 1960s |
D.is less effective in preventing heart disease than what doctors believe |
A.they have the habit of going to the gym regularly |
B.they eat the same food when they do not exercise |
C.they exercise less than required by doctors |
D.they eat more after they exercise |
A.Overweight Is Not Good for Your Health |
B.Exercise Won’t Make You Thin |
C.Gym Is Part of American Lifestyle |
D.Obesity Is a Social Problem in America |
答案
小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:D
小题1:B
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试题【One of the most widely accepted, commonly repeated assumptions (假设) in our cultu】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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One day, his younger sister 38 her son to him, to be taught 39 is so important for deer. The teacher said to the fawn, “Very well, you can come at this time tomorrow for your first 40 .”
At first, the young deer came to the lessons 41 he was supposed to. But soon, he became more interested in 42 with the other young bucks(雄鹿). He didn’t realize how 43 it could be for a deer who learned 44 but deer games. So he started
45 . Soon he was escaping school all the time.
46 , one day the fawn who played hooky 47 a snare(陷阱)and was trapped. Since he was 48 , his mother got worried. She went to her brother the teacher, and
49 him if her son had learned something. The teacher 50 ,”My dear sister, your son was disobedient and 51 . Out of respect for you, I 52 to teach him. But he did not want to learn the 53 of deer. He played hooky! How could I possibly teach him?”
Later they heard the sad news. The 54 fawn had been trapped and killed by a hunter. He skinned him and took the meat home to his family.
The moral is: Nothing can be learned from a teacher by one who 55 the class.
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weren’t there to catch a train. They came to New York City’s famous railroad station to trade in old dollar bills for the new George Washington Presidential苊1 coin.
The gold-colored coin is the first in a new series by the U.S. Mint(造币厂)that honors former U.S. Presidents. The Mint will issue(发行) four Presidential苊1 coins a year through 2016. Like the popular 50 State Quarters program, which issues coins in the order in which each state joined the Union, Presidential苊1 coins will come out in the order in which each President served. The George Washington coin is the first to be released. John Adams, Thomas Jefferson and James Madison coins will come out later this year.
The Presidential 苊1 coins will be the same size and color as the Sacagawea Golden Dollar. However, there is an important difference. For the first time since the 1930s, there is an inscription(题字)on the edge of each coin. Each coin will show a different President on its face, or head side. It will also show the President’s name, the order in which he served and his years in office. The other side of the coin will show the Statue of Liberty and the inscriptions “United States of America” and “苊 1”.
There will be one Presidential苊1 coin for each President, except Grover Cleveland. He will have two! Cleveland is the only U.S. President to have served two nonconsecutive(不连续的)terms.
The last President scheduled to get a coin is Gerald Ford because a President must have been dead for two years before he can be on a coin.
小题1: Why did people line up at the railway station?
A.To book train tickets. | B.To exchange money. |
C.To visit a coin show. | D.To visit the station itself. |
A.Each state joined the Union. | B.Each President was born. |
C.Each President took office. | D.Each President died. |
A.there are no words on the Sacagawea Golden Dollar |
B.the new coin can buy more than the old coin |
C.the new coin takes on a white color |
D.the Sacagawea Golden Dollar is bigger |
A.He served longer than any other President. |
B.He is the most famous President in the U.S. |
C.He is the only one who has served two terms. |
D.He served two terms but not continuously. |
A.Presidential苊1 coin issued. |
B.Different ways to honor Presidents. |
C.The differences between Presidential苊1 coin and other coins. |
D.Collections of old dollar bills. |
Popular British author, Charles Dickens" (1812-1870)family could hardly make ends meet. They could only afford to send one of their six children to school. Dickens was not that child. His parents chose to send a daughter, who had a talent for music, to an academy. Then at the age of 12, Dickens" life took another turn for the worse.
His father, a clerk, was placed in prison for unpaid debts. And, being the oldest male left at home, Dickens took up work at a factory. His horrible experience there became the fuel for his future writing. His father was freed three months later and inherited a small amount of money. Dickens was then sent to school.
From 1836 to 1837, he wrote a monthly series of stories. Thus the Pickwick Papers, came into being, which brought fame to the 23-year-old man.
Throughout his career, Dickens covers various situations in his novels. He wrote about the miserable lives of the poor in Oliver Twist, the French Revolution in Tale of Two Cities, and social reform in Hard Times. He also wrote David Copperfield, a book thought to be modeled on his own life.
“I do not write bitterly or angrily: for I know all these things have worked together to make me what I am,” he once said. His difficult childhood did indeed shape the person he became, as well as his writing career. There are shades of young Dickens in many of his most beloved characters, including David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.
Like the author, all these characters come from poor beginnings and are able to rise above their setbacks and achieve success. “Minds, like bodies, will often fall into an ill-conditioned state from too much comfort,” he once wrote. On June 9th, 1870, aged 58, Dickens died, leaving one unfinished work.The words on his tombstone read: “He was a sympathizer to the poor, the suffering and the oppressed, and by his death, one of England"s greatest writers is lost to the world.”
小题1:The book that first called public attention to Dickens was ______.
A.the Pickwick Papers | B.Oliver Twist |
C.Tale of Two Cities | D.David Copperfield |
A.various shapes of | B.situations of |
C.different experiences of | D.reminders of |
A.He felt grateful for it. |
B.He felt it a pity that things weren’t in his favor. |
C.He loved writing about it. |
D.He chose to forget the bitterness about it. |
A.to enjoy it | B.to hate it |
C.not to abandon yourself to it | D.to work hard for it |
This was the second day of the search and the police were now very worried about the safety of the three missing people.
The police said that the search had covered a wide area, but the rainforest was thick and their work was made harder by the recent rain. Later on Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said, “The travelers had a radio with them. If they had been in trouble, they would have called us.”
The three travelers left Cooktown very early on Saturday morning in a Toyota car. They took a small dirt road that runs down to the Daintree River, a dangerous river full of crocodiles (鳄鱼). Chief Inspector Roger Fleet said the tourists wouldn’t have got into trouble if they had stayed on the main road.
A photo of Vicky and Tom was found by a policeman under the “Be Careful about crocodiles” sign near the river. Why was the photo left behind? This is just one of the unanswered questions. Other questions are: Why was the photo left behind? Why was the Toyota parked and locked at the edge of the rainforest? The police said that the travelers had left a map of the area behind. Why? Why had someone drawn a cross on the point (地点) where the car is? Is this a sign? What does it mean? If anyone can give information or has seen these three young people, contact the local police in Cooktown.
小题1:This article is probably taken from ___________
A.a newspaper | B.a magazine | C.a storybook | D.a guidebook |
A.A touring map. | B.A photo of the travelers. |
C.The travelers’ radio. | D.The travelers’ car |
A.why they left a photo behind | B.why they came to this area |
C.why their Toyota was parked in the place | D.why a cross was drawn on the map |
A.join the police in searching for the missing people |
B.tell the police about the travelers’ ages and their appearance |
C.learn the lesson and stop taking adventure tours |
D.provide information about the missing people |
Anne Frank chose the first kind. She lived in Amsterdam during World War II. Her family was Jewish (犹太人) so they had to hide, or they would be caught by the German soldiers. She and her family hid away for two years before they were discovered. During this time the only true friend was her diary, which she called Kitty.
In a diary dated on Thursday 15 June, 1944, she wrote, “Dear Kitty, I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be outdoors for so long that I’ve grown so mad about everything to do with nature. I can well remember that there was a time when a blue sky, the song of the birds, moonlight and flowers could never have kept me puzzled. That’s changed since I was here for a year and a half.”
小题1:In Anne’s opinion, the best friend is one who_______.
A.knows everything | B.likes to talk with you |
C.can read your diary | D.can understand you |
A.Anne’s sister. | B.Anne’s mother | C.Anne’s teacher | D.Anne’s diary |
A.she had been indoors too long | B.she had no interest in nature |
C.she had always been such a girl | D.she had got used to living alone |
A.friendship | B.schooling | C.free life | D.free weather |
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