C.O.P.D(慢性障礙性肺病) blocks air flow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause of C.O.P.D. is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say there is no cure to the damage to the lungs.
Dawn Demeo is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She said, “By 2020, C.O.P.D. may be the third leading cause of death across the world.”
C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema(肺氣腫) and chronic bronchitis(慢性支氣管炎). These are the two most common forms of the disease. Many people with C.O.P.D. have both of them. And Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.
She is the lead author of a study by a team from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway. The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.
The team examined results from a Norwegian study of 954 people with C.O.P.D. Inga-Cecilie Soerheim co-wrote the team’s findings. Doctor Soerheim says they show that women suffered the same level of C.O.P.D.as men. But the female smokers were younger and had smoked a lot less.
The team also looked at two groups among the people in the study. These were people under the age of 60 and those who had smoked for less than 20 years. In both cases, women had more serious C.O.P.D. and a greater loss of lung function (功能)than men.
小題1:Which of the following statements about C.O.P.D is NOT true ______.
A. Cigarette smoking is likely to cause C.O.P.D.
B. C.O.P.D. makes it hard for a person to breathe
C. C.O.P.D will be one of the most life-threatening diseases.
D. Many people with C.O.P.D. have either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.
小題2:It can be known from the study that_____.
A. female smokers die faster than male ones.  
B. women are more likely to suffer from the damaging effects of smoking than men.
C. women who suffer the same level of C.O.P.D as men were older and weaker.
D. in the group of people under the age of 60, men suffered more from C.O.P.D than women.
小題3:Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A .Smoking Kills
B. Smoking Triggers Diseases
C. The Leading Causes of C.O.P.D.
D. Women Suffers More from C.O.P.D. than Men  
小題4:In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?
A.ScienceB.Health reportC.EducationD.Business report

小題1:D
小題2:B
小題3:D
小題4:B

試題分析:本文主要介紹了世界第三號殺手———慢性障礙性肺病對婦女健康的嚴重影響。這種病的兩種最常見形式是肺氣腫和慢性支氣管炎,而造成這種病的主要原因是吸煙,作者指出通過研究表明婦女受吸煙的危害要遠遠大于男士,而且死于這種疾病的婦女人數(shù)也要大于男士。
小題1:D細節(jié)理解題。從文章第三段C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema and chronic bronchitis. These are the two most common forms of the disease.可知肺氣腫和慢性支氣管炎是慢性障礙性肺病的兩種最常見的形式,故D選項內(nèi)容錯誤。
小題2:B細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.可知相對于男人而言婦女受吸煙的危害要嚴重,答案選B。
小題3:D主旨大意題。文章首先介紹了世界第三大殺手— C.O.P.D(慢性障礙性肺病),然后提出了專家的看法Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.,在接下來的段落中主要講述了這種病對婦女的嚴重影響,由此判斷D選項內(nèi)容能夠反映文章中心,故答案選D。
小題4:B推理判斷題。本文屬于科普性文章,介紹了慢性障礙性肺病的一些情況,由此推斷文章應(yīng)該屬于健康方面,故答案選B。
練習冊系列答案
相關(guān)習題

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:閱讀理解

Among various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime television. And anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in style. But no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry Springer and Oprah Winfrey shows.
Jerry Springer could easily be considered the king of "rubbish talk". The topics on his show are as surprising as can be. For example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different level. Clearly, the Jerry Springer show is about the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other people's lives.
Like Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its top. But Oprah goes in the opposite direction. The show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of life. Contents are from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighbors.
Compared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into society. Jerry ends every show with a "final word". He makes a small speech about the entire idea of the show. Hopefully, this is the part where most people will learn something very valuable.
Clean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyone. The show's main audience are middle-class Americans. Most of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with life's tough problems. Jerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a connection with the young adults of society. These are 18-to 21year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drug. They are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the show's exploitation.
46. Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer and the Oprah Winfrey shows are ______.
A. more interesting          B. unusually poplar       C. more detailed           D. more formal
47. Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows ______.
A. show disbelief in them                                         B. are ready to face up to them
C. remain cold to them                                     D. are willing to get away from them
48. Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?
A. A new type of robot.                                    B. National hatred.
C. Family income planning.                              D. Street accident.
49. We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows ____.
A. have become the only ones of its kind                   B. exploit the weaknesses in human nature
C. appear at different times of the day                    D. attract different people
50. What is the advantage of the Jerry Springer show?
A. The show exposes the dark sides of society.
B. The show pours poisonous waste into society.
C. Jerry sums up the whole idea of the show.
D. Jerry talks abou the improvement of society.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:完形填空

Jogging became popular some twenty years ago and has remained a favorite way of keeping fit.It is        running at a steady speed over short or long distances.Teenagers can jog and        ,with caution , can people in their seventies .
One of the main        jogging has over many other sports is that it can be done anywhere . People jog around campuses , in parks and even in urban areas . Special fields and running tracks are not        .
Similarly , no special        is required—no costly hats , gloves , or balls . Good quality running shoes are        , but otherwise the jogger can simply wear loose , comfortable clothing .
Having bended and        as basic warm-up , you are ready to begin jogging now .
小題1:
A.originallyB.basicallyC.necessarilyD.especially
小題2:
A.soB.yetC.suchD.thus
小題3:
A.drawbacksB.usagesC.a(chǎn)dvantagesD.points
小題4:
A.essentialB.satisfactoryC.sensible D.convenient
小題5:
A.decorationB.instrumentC.clothing D.equipment
小題6:
A.primaryB.a(chǎn)dvisableC.unnecessaryD.a(chǎn)cceptable
小題7:
A.expandedB.marchedC.wanderedD.stretched

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:閱讀理解

Imagine you are doing this reading in this text on the computer; what else are you doing? Maybe you’re eating a sandwich or drinking a cup of Starbucks. Should you eat while reading?
There aren’t many believable numbers, but we do know the number of people who eat while sitting in front of some type of screen is growing. A recent study found that 33 percent of families always have the TV on during meal times and another 27 percent people have it on at least half the time. Another 10 percent may be texting, emailing or talking on a cell phone while eating.
Any type of these behaviors is bad, considering the following evidence:
A Canadian study found that children who watch more than three hours of cartoons a day are 50 percent more likely to be fat than children who watch fewer than two hours. The researchers concluded that more than 60 percent of overweight incidents can be connected with screen watching too much.
A three-week study found that adults who usually play with smartphones less burned 119 more calories per day.
One Chicago researcher found that people eat more potato chips while reading online than when they have the laptop turned off.
There has been very little investigation(調(diào)查) into eating with your eyes staring at a screen or reading a book, but it is likely that his mindless eating is related to weight gain. Simply speaking, your brain has no idea what is going on with your mouth because it is occupied by other things. You don’t notice how full your stomach is, and you often don’t even notice the taste or the act of chewing and swallowing, as a result of which, developing an adapted dietary habit is a must.
小題1:The author answers the question raised in the first paragraph with ________.
A.stories and explanationsB.examples and investigations
C.a(chǎn)n argument and evidenceD.facts and descriptions
小題2:Which of the following statement is true?
A.Being focused while eating is a good way to have a good figure.
B.Adults’ weight is not affected by their eating habits.
C.There exist many investigations into eating while reading.
D.This text must be found on a website.
小題3:What can be the best title of this passage? 
A.How Should You Lose Weight?
B.Should You Do Other Things While Eating?
C.Healthy and Unhealthy Eating Habits
D.TV and Eating
小題4:What will the author probably continue to write?
A.Express healthy eating ways.
B.Give more useful investigations into eating.
C.Describe the study about the old who watch less TV while eating.
D.Tell the proper ways to watch TV.

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:閱讀理解

“If music is the medicine of the soul(靈魂), let it play on,” said a famous person. I think he said so because probably he got some help from music. Music has some strange abilities. Medical scientists have found that a person that feels stressed can actually listen to some kind of music and become well.
The researchers said that since stress comes as a result of life events such as starting a new family, starting a new business, and starting a new job, one can actually listen to good music and feel good because good music touches the human mind in a positive way. Music helps you to forget the life events that make you worried and remember the important events that once happened in your life.
Depression(抑郁) is a disease cause by stress, smoking, social problems and so on. Depression is also caused by problems such as failure in business. Depression may bring us weakness, headache, and loss of concentration. Good music makes one remember happy moments or good days. If you play music about love, it makes you feel like falling in love again though you may have had several upset experiences. And such good feeling make you healthy.
Anxiety(焦慮) is another health problem that can be controlled by music. Anxiety is a side effect of some major health problems such as cancer of the liver and cancer of the breast. Good music makes you feel relaxed and removes the pains from these diseases and you feel all right.
Good music can send you to sleep. And you need to know that sleep puts your body in a healthy condition. Sleep takes away the effects of stress, depression and anxiety from a person.
小題1:According to the famous person in Paragraph 1, music can___________.
A.treat many kinds of diseases
B.help you keep healthy in your mind
C.take the place of medicine in treating illness
D.make you remember things happened in the past
小題2:Good music helps people remove stress mainly by _________.
A.letting people have a good sleep
B.making people think positively
C.showing something new to people
D.making people focus only on important things
小題3:Which of the following is NOT a reason for depression mentioned in the passage?
A.StressB.SmokingC.Failure in businessD.Loss of concentration
小題4:According to the passage, one who has cancer will most probably experience __________.
A.stress B.depressionC.a(chǎn)nxietyD.upset
小題5:Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?
A.The health benefits of listening to music
B.Stress can bring us many kinds of diseases
C.Some diseases have something to do with music
D.Tips for us to live a healthy and comfortable life

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:閱讀理解

How often do you go on holiday? Going on holiday makes you feel good while you're there-you gain the health benefits for months, new research shows.
Jetting off to exotic destinations such as the Maldives cuts your blood pressure, helps you sleep better and bounce back from stress, it found. The benefits last at least a fortnight longer than the vacation and can be felt for months in some cases where it is claimed. Experts say workers should always take their full holiday entitlement each year-as many as one in three don't-to get the benefits.
The study compared key health markers in holidaymakers visiting Thailand, Peru or the Maldives, with people who stayed at home and continued working. The average blood pressure of those on holiday dropped by 6% while the workers saw their blood pressure rise by 2% over the same period. The sleep quality of holiday-makers improved by 17% while that of the non-holidaymakers deteriorated by 14%.
The study also found the ability of vacationers to recover from stress—known as the stress-resilience test-improved by 29%. There was a 71% fall in stress resilience scores among workers. Test showed a fall in blood glucose levels, reducing the risk of diabetes, trimmer waistlines and enhanced mood and energy levels, with the effects sustained for at least 2 weeks after returning home.
The Holiday Health Experiment was conducted by tour operator Kuoni and Nuffield Health, the UK's largest healthcare charity.
小題1: The author intends to tell us that _____.
A.it is best to go to foreign countries like Maldives.
B.we had better go on holiday for the benefits of health
C.we have to go on holiday as much as possible
D.you'll certainly get depressed if you don't go on holiday
小題2:According to the article, how many people go on holiday?
A.Two thirdsB.17%C.One thirdD.A quarter
小題3:The underlined word "deteriorated" in Paragraph 3 probably means "______".
A.remainedB.roseC.improvedD.worsened
小題4:Which of the following can we infer from the passage?
A.Holiday makers are more adaptable than non-holidaymakers.
B.The result of the study is mostly based on the description from the people involved.
C.The further you go, the better you benefit.
D.Most people like to stay at home during the holiday.
小題5:The best title of the passage is ______.
A.A Holiday Health ExperimentB.Key Health Markers in Holidaymakers
C.Health Benefits from HolidayD.Health Problems of Having Holiday

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:完形填空

We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream, that’s life. It’s a journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy! 
       positive through the cold season could be your best         against getting ill, new study findings suggest.
In an experiment that         healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a         sunny characteristic were less likely to         ill. The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence that a “positive emotional style” can help         the common cold and other illnesses.
Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness increasing immune(免疫的) function and subjective as in happy people being less         by a scratchy throat or runny nose. “People with a positive emotional style may have different immune         to the virus,” explained the lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may         their illness as being less severe.”
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a         study that happier people seemed less likely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional tendency itself had the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with complete standard measures of personality tendency, health-consciousness and emotional “style”. Those who         be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style,         those who were often unhappy, tense and unfriendly had a negative style. The researchers gave them drops through their noses         either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the         reported on any aches, pains, sneezing they had, while the researchers collected         data, like daily mucus(黏液) production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes(鼻部的不適), happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
小題1:
A.LivingB.StayingC.PullingD.Surviving
小題2:
A.safeguardB.opportunityC.cautionD.defense
小題3:
A.excludedB.exploredC.exposedD.escaped
小題4:
A.generallyB.commonlyC.frequentlyD.perfectly
小題5:
A.changeB.fallC.turnD.remain
小題6:
A.keepB.a(chǎn)voidC.denyD.remove
小題7:
A.sufferedB.troubledC.disturbedD.hinted
小題8:
A.functionB.a(chǎn)bilityC.responseD.a(chǎn)ction
小題9:
A.thinkB.relateC.interpretD.translate
小題10:
A.formalB.currentC.previousD.precious
小題11:
A.tended toB.opposed toC.used toD.stuck to
小題12:
A.whileB.howeverC.what’s moreD.therefore
小題13:
A.implyingB.matchingC.containingD.occupying
小題14:
A.patientsB.a(chǎn)dultsC.volunteersD.researchers
小題15:
A.objectiveB.impressive C.positiveD.effective

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:閱讀理解

Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can’t find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you.
  Then , consider this: you might be in a state of sub - health (亞健康).
  Sub - health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline state between health and disease.
  According to the survey by the National Health Organization, Over 45 percent of sub - healthy people are middle-aged or elderly. The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam week.
  Symptoms (征兆)include a shortage of energy, depression, slow reactions, insomnia (失眠)and poor memory , Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs.
  The key to preventing and recovering from sub - health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, ale mate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities.
  As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar . They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements - vitamins and trace elements - that are important to the body.
  Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract (消化道). They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub - health.
小題1:When you are in a state of sub - health, you should________.
A.stay home and keep silent
B.go to a doctor and buy some medicine
C.not consider it very serious
D.find out the reasons and relax yourself
小題2:Middle - aged people may be easy to get sub - healthy because________.
A.they have used up their energy
B.they have lost their living hopes
C.they have more pressure in life and work.
D.they have changed their way of life
小題3:The key to preventing you from falling into a state of sub health is to________.
A.keep on working regularlyB.go to sleep a bit earlier
C.form good living habitsD.take medicine if necessary
小題4:As for food, experts suggested that________.
A.we should never eat meat
B.we should have variety of food
C.we should eat less than usual
D.we should have meals without sugar
小題5:The underlined word “alternate” in this passage is closest in meaning to________
A.a(chǎn)rrange by turnsB.cause to take place
C.make up forD.keep away from

查看答案和解析>>

科目:高中英語 來源:不詳 題型:閱讀理解

Having one of those days – or weeks – when everything seems to annoy you? Even if you do nothing about it, your bad mood will probably go away after some time. But with a little effort, you can forget it much faster – often within a day or two.
◇Walk it off
Exercise is the most popular bad-mood buster. A person who’s in a bad mood has low energy and high tension. Taking a fast ten-minute walk, or doing some quick exercises can do wonders towards changing that bad mood.
◇Tune it out
Listening to your favorite music for a while can also make tension go away quickly, because music starts associations with past positive experiences we’ve had.
◇Give yourself a pep talk
Stop and listen to what’s on your mind. Bad moods are often started by too many negative thoughts. Write them all down on paper, the pessimistic messages you’ve been giving yourself and then give optimistic answers. ( “I still don’t have a job.” Vs “I have two interviews next week.”)
◇Reduce your stress
Relaxation techniques are wonderful mood-lifters. These include deep breathing, stretching and visualizing, all of which sound complicated but aren’t. One easy way to visualize: close your eyes and picture a favorite place, such as the beach. Another simple way to be against distress is to make a to-do list. One reason for being in a bad mood is feeling you have no options. By taking control over certain areas, you realize you’re not helpless. You can make changes in your mood and life.
◇Avoid things that won’t improve your mood.
TV may not help much: You need to increase your energy level and stimulate(刺激) your mind – something that the TV show “Neighbors” won’t do. And before you reach for that piece of cake and coffee, think about how mood and food are linked. Sugar and caffeine contribute to depressed moods. A better choice? Research shows that carbohydrates, such as potatoes and pasta(面食),produce a calming effect in people who have a desire for them.
小題1:Which of the following may help us stop a bad mood?
A.Doing nothing about it.B.Exercising and enjoying music.
C.Writing down negative thoughts.D.Talking about it with neighbors.
小題2:Why is it suggested that you close your eyes and picture the beach?
A.It helps remove bad mood.B.It brings us a new technique.
C.It is not complicated to do so.D.It is an area to be easily controlled.
小題3:TV may not improve your mood because it    .
A.shows what happens around youB.does not energize you
C.reminds you of eating and drinkingD.produces a calming effect
小題4:Which would be the best title for this passage?
A.Energy Level and StressB.How to Beat a Bad Mood
C.Bad Mood and Our LifeD.How to Control Your Feeling.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案