With big handbags becoming a key fashion accessory(配饰) for working women, health experts are warning they can also become a key health concern.
Bags for women have become bigger and heavier as designers combine briefcases with handbags and straps have become longer, resulting in many users complaining of neck, shoulder and back problems.
“I see so many women with neck pains and headaches and what I usually do is look for their purse and pick it up,”said Jane Sadler, a family practice physician at Baylor Medical Center in Garland, Texas.“We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they’re anywhere from 7 to 10 pounds. We’re really going to see women with more and more problems later on if we continue the big purse craze.”
William Case, a physical therapist(临床医生)in private practice in Houston, Texas, urged designers“to place a cute, educational caution tag(标签) on all bags to inform buyers of potential neck and shoulder dangers.”Above all, he suggested correct posture while carrying big purses, keeping the head and shoulders upright. Patients should also often change the size and weight of purses carried.
“The extra-large purses are quite extraordinary. They look beautiful when the women wear them, but I don’t know how aware they are of the potential problems,”Case said.
Placing objects on one shoulder was one of the least efficient(高效率的) ways of carrying a load, according to a professor from Cornell University in New York State.“This causes a great imbalance,”he said.“If a big bag is a fashion accessory, then occasional and symbolic use is fine. If not, then keep it light.”
小题1:Jane Salder would“look for their purse and pick it up”in order to see whether the purses .| A．contained enough | B．were worth a lot of pounds | | C．were too heavy | D．were too large |
小题2:Which correctly explains the meaning of the underlined word“posture”in the 4th paragraph?| A．The way you position your body. | | B．The part of your body where you place a weight. | | C．The strength you use to carry a weight. | | D．The height of the weight you carry. |
小题3: None of the experts advised big bag users to .| A．be aware of the big-bag problems | | B．wear big bags in the right way | | C．avoid using big bags very often | | D．give up the fashion to keep fit |
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小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:D |
试题分析：如今，大手提包已成为职业女性一个不可缺少的时尚配件，而健康专家们日前发出警告，手提包也可能会成为一个不可小视的“健康***手”。
小题1:细节题：从第三段的句子：We take it over to the scale and weigh it and usually they’re anywhere from 7 to 10 pounds. 可知是看看包重不重。选C
小题2:猜词题：从第四段的句子：while carrying big purses,可知这个单词是身体的姿势。选A
小题3:推理题：从文章最后一段的句子：“If a big bag is a fashion accessory, then occasional and symbolic use is fine. If not, then keep it light.”可知专家不是建议放弃时尚来保持健康。选D。
点评：这篇文章题目设置合理：以细节题推理题的考查为主，解此类题需要结合上下文提供的语境和信息进行简单的概括和判断。 |
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All over the world people enjoy sports. Sports help to keep people healthy, happy and help them to live longer．
Sports change with the season． People play different games in winter and summer．
Games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities． The Arabs use horses or camels in much of their everyday life; they use them in their sports, too．
Some sports are so interesting that people everywhere go in for them． Football, for example, has spread around the world． Swimming is popular in all countries near the sea or in those with many rivers．
Some sports or games go back to thousands of years, like running or jumping． Chinese boxing, for example, has a very long history． But basketball and volleyball are rather new． Neither one is a hundred years old yet． People are inventing new sports or games all the time．
People from different countries may not be able to understand each other, but after a game they often become good friends． Sports help to train a person’s character(性格)． One learns to fight hard but fight fair, to win without pride and to lose with grace(体面)
小题1:According to this passage we know that _____．| A．people began to play about one hundred years ago | | B．about 100 years ago people ran or jumped when they played | | C．basketball has a longer history than volleyball | | D．not all the games have a long history |
小题2:The writer didn’t tell us in this passage that _____．| A．basketball was invented in America | | B．sports change with the season | | C．games and sports often grow out of people’s work and everyday activities | | D．football is played all over the world |
小题3:People all over the world enjoy sports because _____．| A．sports are interesting | | B．sports help to keep people healthy , happy and to live longer | | C．sports help to train one’s character | | D．all of the above |
小题4:From this passage we can see that_____．| A．sports and games are unimportant things that people do | | B．sports and games should be treated(对待)only as amusement(娱乐活动) | | C．sports and games are only useful to the old | | D．sports and games can help people understand each other. |
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I met Ryan, a young man with cerebral palsy (脑瘫), in my biology class. My simple "Hello!" and his cheerful reply were the 36 to our friendship from the first day of school. There was a time when Ryan was not able to come to school. He was in a great deal of 37 after having a surgery on his legs, but he 38 his sufferings from everyone.
In our junior year, we found that we didn"t 39 a single class. This was not a problem, though. We just talked a little more in the hallway 40 passing periods. That year seemed to fly by. One day, Ryan asked me to hold the torch (火炬) runner"s flag that would 41 the spot where Ryan would 42 his Olympic torch run. He gently explained that he would be honored 43 I would accept this position for him. The Olympic committee sent a letter saying that the person that holds the flag for him must be someone 44 to him. He said I was the only true friend he had 45 made that talked to HIM and not to his wheel chair. How could I 46 such a request?
On the morning of June 5th, as I walked down the sidewalk, my heart 47 and my mind became a factory of questions. I kept wondering how everything was going to happen and how Ryan would 48 the huge crowd of thousands of people.
After the van arrived, the other runners got out and lined up outside the van, chanting his name, "Ryan! Ryan!" Then all of the people 49 in, “Ryan! Ryan!” The lift then lowered Ryan to the ground. There he was, in all his 50 .
It all became slow motion at the sight of the arriving torch. The runner lit Ryan"s torch and then Ryan began his 51 . As he took off down the street, the chanting became louder and louder. The 52 filled the air and even I felt like I was on cloud number nine. I could not have been any prouder of Ryan！ He 53 this moment in time --a historic moment--a moment that he was a part of and 54 me to be a part of, too.
Mr. Weinheimer, the next torch runner, bent over and gave Ryan a hug. That moment will last in time forever. It symbolized the whole 55 of the flame: love, excitement, enthusiasm, brotherhood, and life of any man. The flame united us all and showed that love is really what makes this small world go around after all.
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| There are times when people are so tired that they fall asleep almost anywhere. We can see a lot of people sleeping on the bus or train on their way home __小题1:__ work in the evening. A man will be reading the newspaper, and seconds later it appears as if he is trying to eat it. Or he will fall asleep on the shoulder of the stranger sitting next to him. Another place where __小题2:__ (plan) short sleep goes on is in the lecture hall __小题3:__ a student will start snoring so loudly that the professor has to ask __小题4:__ student to shake the sleeper awake. A more _小题5:__ (embarrass) situation occurs when a student starts falling into sleep and __小题6:__ weight of the head pushes the arm off the desk, and the movement carries the rest of the body along. The student wakes up on the floor with no memory of getting there. The __小题7:_ (bad) time to fall asleep is when driving. Police reports are full of accidents that occur when people fall into sleep and go off the road. __小题8:__ the drivers are lucky, they are not seriously hurt. One woman’s car, for example, went into the river. She woke up in four feet of water and thought that it __小题9:__ (rain). When people are really tired, __小题10:__ will stop them from falling asleep — no matter where they are. |
LEEDS, England—A Leeds University psychology professor is teaching a course to help dozens of Britons forgive their enemies.
"The hate we hold within us is a cancer, " Professor Ken Hart said, adding that holding in anger can lead to problems such as high blood pressure and heart disease.
More than 70 people have become members in Hart"s first 20-week workshop in London—a course he says is the first of its kind in the world.
These are people who are sick and tired of living with a memory. They realize their bitterness is a poison they think they can pour out, but they end up drinking it themselves, said Canadian- born Hart.
The students meet in groups of eight to ten for a two-hour workshop with an adviser every fortnight.
The course, ending in July, is expected to get rid of the cancer of hate in these people. "People have lots of negative attitudes towards forgiveness," he said, "People confuse forgiveness with forgetting. Forgiveness means changing from a negative attitude to a positive one."
Hart and his team have created instructions to provide the training needed.
"The main idea is to give you guidelines on how to look at various kinds of angers and how they affect you, and how to change your attitudes towards the person you are angry with," said Norman Claringbull, a senior expert on the forgiveness project.
Hart said he believes forgiveness is a skill that can be taught, as these people "want to get free of the past".
小题1:From this passage we know that________.| A．high blood pressure and heart disease are caused by hate | | B．high blood pressure can only be cured by psychology professors | | C．without hate, people will have less trouble connected with blood and heart | | D．people who suffer from blood pressure and heart disease must have many enemies |
小题2:If you are angry with somebody, you should________.| A．attend Hart’s course | | B．never meet him or her any longer | | C．persuade him or her to have a positive talk with you | | D．treat him or her positively instead of negatively |
小题3:In Hart"s first 20- week workshop, people there can ________.| A．meet their enemies | B．change their attitudes | | C．enjoy the professor"s teaching | D．learn how to quarrel with others |
小题4:If you are a member in Hart"s workshop, you"ll________.| A．meet in eight or ten groups | | B．get rid of the illness of cancer | | C．attend a gathering twice a month | | D．pour out everything stored in your mind |
小题5:The author wrote this passage in order to________.| A．persuade Britons to go to Hart"s workshop | | B．tell us the news about Hart"s workshop | | C．tell us how to run a workshop like Hart"s | | D．help us to look at various kinds of angers |
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We all know that everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older, but men’s minds decline more than women’s, according to the results of a worldwide survey.
General differences seem to be natural in male and female brains: Men are better at maintaining and dealing with mental images (useful in mathematical reasoning and spatial skills), while women tend to excel be good at recalling information from their brain’s files. Many studies have looked for a connection between sex and the amount of mental decline people experience as they age, but the results have been mixed.
Some studies found more age-related decline in men than in women, while others saw the opposite or even no relationship at all between sex and mental decline.
Those results could be improper because the studies involved older people, and women live longer than men: The men tested are the survivors, “so they’re the ones that may not have shown such cognitive(认知的) decline,” said study team leader Elizabeth of the University of Warwick in England.
Scientists surveyed completed four tasks that tested sex-related cognitive skills: matching an object to its rotated form, matching lines shown from the same angle, typing as many words in a particular category as possible in the given time, e.g. “object usually colored gray”, and recalling the location of objects in a line drawing. The first two were tasks at which men are usually good; the latter are typically dominated by women. Within each age group studied, men and women performed better in their separate categories on average. And though performance declined with age for both genders, women showed obviously less decline than men overall.
小题1:According to the passage, which of the following can NOT be typed into the same category?| A．cloud | B．sheep | C．trees | D．goose |
小题2:Which of the following statements is true according the article? _______| A．Men do better than women when it comes to learning English. | | B．Women stand out at remembering people’s names. | | C．Women do well in dealing mathematic problems. | | D．Men excel at typing as many words as possible in the given time. |
小题3:One important factor that affects the correctness of the results is that ________.| A．women live longer than men | | B．people surveyed are all old | | C．the old men tested may not have shown such cognitive decline | | D．people taking part in this test came from all over the world |
小题4:The author aims to tell us that _________.| A．women’s minds perform better than men’s | | B．men’s minds decline more with age | | C．everyone becomes a little more forgetful as they get older | | D．a survey on human’s mind decline was done recently |
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