The reason why science exists is to improve our lives. Sometimes science can ruin our small guilty pleasures we nature to be happier, though. These four little truths are just some of those.
Sleeping with pets is a good way to catch the plague(瘟疫), or some other bacterial infections, as is claimed in the study done in February 2011 in Emerging Infectious Diseases magazine. The study shares a case of a nine-year-old boy whose cat caught the plague and gave it to its owners while they were sharing a bed. A regular visit to the vet can greatly reduce the risk of your pet catching any disease that may infect the owner as well.
A recent study done on 200,000 people has shown that vitamin supplements do nothing to improve our lives, and what is worse—they actively increase our death risk. This conclusion from 2010 was so unbelievable that it made researchers do even more studies. Each study had the same result. People who choose vitamin supplements over fruit and vegetables are the same as people who choose to eat a burger over a healthy salad.
People who use the solarium(日光浴室)experience certain changes to their brains that are very similar to many caused by drug addiction. According to a study, our brain can in fact recognize the difference between the natural UV light and the solarium.
Long exposure to artificial light during the night is directly linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, obesity and depression. Exposure to artificial light before sleeping disturbs the natural biorhythms(生物節(jié)奏)of our bodies, which leads to restriction on the hormone(荷爾蒙)melatonin, which is the hormone that helps us fall asleep.
               Title: Four scientific小題1:_______
 
Passage outline
            
Supporting details
 
Sharing bed with your pet is a terrible idea
 
*You will probably be infected with小題2:______.
*To reduce such risk, you should take your pet to visit the vet小題3:______.
 
Be小題4:______about vitamin supplements
 
Vitamin supplements actively increase the risk of小題5:______.
 
You can become小題6:_____ to solariums
 
The solarium may bring about changes to the小題7:______just like drugs do.
 
小題8:_____long exposure to artificial lights
 
*You are likely to小題9:_____from breast cancer, obesity and depression after long exposure to artificial lights.
*The natural biorhythms of your bodies will be disturbed and you will find it not小題10:______to fall asleep.
 

小題1:facts/truths
小題2:bacteria
小題3:regularly
小題4:careful/cautious
小題5:death
小題6:addicted
小題7:brain
小題8:Avoid 
小題9:suffer
小題10:easy

試題分析:本文敘述了短文四個(gè)科學(xué)的事實(shí),一是和寵物在一起共眠是一件可怕的事情。二是對維生素的補(bǔ)充要慎重。三是要多進(jìn)行日光浴。四是避免進(jìn)行長期的人造光的暴曬。
小題1:根據(jù)These four little truths are just some of those.短文敘述了四個(gè)事實(shí),故用
facts/truths事實(shí)。
小題2:根據(jù)Sleeping with pets is a good way to catch the plague(瘟疫), or some other bacterial infections 你可能被感染上病菌,故用bacteria細(xì)菌。
小題3:根據(jù)A regular visit to the vet can greatly reduce the risk of your pet catching any disease that may infect the owner as well.應(yīng)該經(jīng)常帶著寵物區(qū)寵物醫(yī)院,故用regularly有規(guī)律地,經(jīng)常。
小題4:根據(jù)vitamin supplements do nothing to improve our lives, People who choose vitamin supplements over fruit and vegetables are the same as people who choose to eat a burger over a healthy salad.注意維生素添加劑,be careful/cautious about小心,注意。
小題5:根據(jù)they actively increase our death risk注意維生素添加劑增加了人們死亡的危險(xiǎn),故用death死亡。
小題6:根據(jù)People who use the solarium(日光浴室)experience certain changes to their brains that are very similar to many caused by drug addiction. 你可以沉溺于日光浴,故用addicted沉溺于,上癮的。
小題7:根據(jù)People who use the solarium(日光浴室)experience certain changes to their brains that are very similar to many caused by drug addiction.日光浴對大腦帶來一些變化,故用brain大腦。
小題8:根據(jù)Long exposure to artificial light during the night is directly linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, obesity and depression.長期在晚上暴露于人造光的人們?nèi)菀椎萌橄侔┓逝趾途趩实,所以人們?yīng)避免這種光,故用avoid 避免。
小題9:根據(jù)Long exposure to artificial light during the night is directly linked to a higher risk of breast cancer, obesity and depression.這里suffer from患上;長期在晚上暴露于人造光的人們?nèi)菀椎萌橄侔┓逝趾途趩实,故用suffer from患上。
小題10:根據(jù)Exposure to artificial light before sleeping disturbs the natural biorhythms(生物節(jié)奏)of our bodies, which leads to restriction on the hormone(荷爾蒙)melatonin, which is the hormone that helps us fall asleep. 你的身體的自然生物規(guī)律會被打擾,你會發(fā)現(xiàn)睡覺是不容易的,故用easy容易的。
考點(diǎn):任務(wù)型讀寫。
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