7.Science can't explain the power of pets,but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血壓) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack,reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.
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A study reported last fall suggests that having a pet dog not only raises your spirits but may also have an effect on your eating habits.Researchers at Northwestern Memorial Hospital spent a year studying 36fat people and their equally fat dogs on diet-and-exercise programs; a separate group of 56people without pets were put on a diet program.On average,people lost about I1pounds,or 5% of their body weight.Their dogs did even better,losing an average of 12pounds,more than 15% of their body weight.Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but,say researchers,got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs-and found it worth doing.

32.What does the text mainly discuss?A
A.What pets bring to their owners.
B.How pets help people calm down.
C.People's opinions of keeping pets.
D.Pet's value in medical research.
33.We learn from the text that a person with heart disease has a better chance of getting well ifA
A.he has a pet companion
B.he has less stress of work
C.he often does mental arithmetic
D.he is taken care of by his family
34.According to Allen,why did the people do better with pets around when facing stressful tasks?C
A.They have lower blood pressure.
B.They become more patient.
C.They are less nervous.
D.They are in higher spirits.
35.The research mentioned in the last paragraph reports thatA
A.people with dogs did more exercise
B.dogs lost the same weight as people did
C.dogs liked exercise much more than people did
D.people without dogs found the program unhelpful.

分析 本文屬于說明文閱讀,作者主要向我們介紹了寵物對我們的影響,盡管科學(xué)不能解釋,比如有寵物的陪伴可以幫助降低血壓,提高心臟病恢復(fù)的機會,并且可以感到放松,擁有一只寵物狗也會改變你的飲食習(xí)慣,使你得到更多的鍛煉.

解答 32.A.主旨大意題,通讀全文,可知本文主要講述了寵物給它們的主人帶來的好處,故選A.
33.A  細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第一段but many studies have shown that the company of pets can help lower blood pressure (血壓) and raise chances of recovering from a heart attack,reduce loneliness and spread all-round good cheer.可知許多研究表明寵物的陪伴能幫助降低血壓,提高心臟病恢復(fù)的機會,減少孤獨和傳遞快樂,故選A.
34..C  細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)第二段It seems people feel more relaxed (放松)around pets,says Allen,who thinks it may be because pets don't judge.可知艾倫認為人們與寵物在一起時會更放松,不緊張,因此面對壓力時做的更好,故選C.
35.A  推理判斷題,根據(jù)最后一段Dog owners didn't lose any more weight than those without dogs but,say researchers,got more exercise overall-mostly with their dogs-and found it worth doing.可知養(yǎng)狗的人們會得到更多的鍛煉,故選A

點評 考察學(xué)生的細節(jié)理解和推理判斷能力,做細節(jié)理解題時一定要找到文章中的原句,和題干進行比較,再做出正確的選擇.在做推理判斷題不要以個人的主觀想象代替文章的事實,要根據(jù)文章事實進行合乎邏輯的推理判斷.

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16.Scientists from the University of East Anglia have identified four new man-made gases that are contributing to the damage to the ozone(臭氧) layer.Two of the gases are accumulating at a rate that is causing concern among researchers.
Worries over the growing ozone hole have seen the production of chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) gases restricted since the mid 1980s.But the precise origin of these new,similar substances remains a mystery.
Lying in the atmosphere,the ozone layer plays a critical role in blocking harmful UV rays,which cause cancers in humans and reproductive problems in animals.
Scientists from the British Antarctic Survey were the first to discover a huge"hole"in the ozone over Antarctica in 1985.The evidence quickly pointed to CFC gases,which were invented in the 1920s,and were widely used in refrigeration.Extraordinarily,global action was rapidly agreed to deal with CFCs and the Montreal Protocol to limit these substances came into being in 1987.A total global ban on production came into force in 2010.
Now,the newly discovered four new gases can destroy ozone and are getting into the atmosphere from as yet unidentified sources.Three of the gases are CFCs and one is a hydrochlorofluorocarbon (HCFC),which can also damage ozone.
The research has shown that four gases were not around in the atmosphere at all until the 1960s,which suggests they are man-made.The scientists discovered the gases by analyzing polar snow pack.Air from this snow is a natural archive of what was in the atmosphere up to 100years ago.The researchers also looked at modern air samples,collected at remote Cape Grim in Tasmania.
They estimate that about 74,000tonnes of these gases have been released into the atmosphere.Two of the gases are accumulating at significant rates.However,they don't know where the new gases are being released from and this should be investigated.Possible sources include chemicals  for insecticide(殺蟲劑) production and solvents(溶液)  for cleaning electronic ponents.The three CFCs are being destroyed very slowly in the atmosphere-so even if emissions(散發(fā)) were to stop immediately,they will still be around for many decades to come.
Of the four species identified,CFC-113a seems the most worrying as there is a very small but growing emission source somewhere,maybe from agricultural insecticides.We should find it and take it out of production.

63.What do we know about the newly discovered gases?B
A.Some are surely produced by the development of agriculture.
B.The CFCs will have a long impact once they are released.
C.They gather together in the atmosphere at a medium speed.
D.Their amounts are not large enough to cause damage to us.
64.The underlined word"archive"in Paragraph 6is closest to the meaning of"D"
A.state          B.resource          C.phenomenon        D.storeroom
65.What will the scientists probably attempt to do about the gases next?C
A.Find out what can replace things like insecticides and put them into use.
B.Find out how they destroy ozone and get rid of those in the atmosphere.
C.Find out where they are exactly from and stop them from being released.
D.Find out if HCFC is more harmful than CFCs and take proper measures.

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9.The World Health Organization says there has been a sharp increase in the number of over-weight children in developing countries.In African countries,the WHO says the number of over-weight or obese children is twice as high as it was 20 years ago.Around the world,about 43 million children under the age of five were overweight in 2013.
    Overweight and obese children are more likely to become overweight and obese adults.The
condition can generate serious health problems like heart diseases.
     Francesco Branca is the director of the WHO Department of Nutrition for Health and Development.He says urban lifestyle makes people eat processed food more often,which has a high sugar,fat and salt content.He also says people are gaining weight because of their lack of activities.They travel in cars or other vehicles more than on foot.
     The WHO experts say to lower obesity rates is especially complex in countries that also deal with high rates of infectious(感染性的) diseases.
     The WHO has some basic solutions for individuals and countries.The organization says you should lower your intake of fat,sugar,salt and processed food and eat more fruits,'vegetables and increase physical activity.The WHO says these actions are especially important for children.
     And WHO expert Branca says mothers should breastfeed their babies for at least the first six months of life,if possible.More importantly,governments should consider providing vitamins for children and educational campaigns about problems linked to obesity would also help.In his view,government policies should deal with how food is marketed to children and food producers must balance quality and taste with the dangers of sugar,fat and salt."Reducing the number of overweight children will not be easy.The goal is difficult to meet even in wealthy countries."he adds.
51.What is the main idea of Paragraph l?B
A.Children in developing countries generally weigh too much.
B.Overweight children in developing countries have increased greatly.
C.The number of overweight children in the world has doubled.
D.The World Health Organization has increased greatly.
52.According to Branca,people are becoming overweight because of their changes inA
A.lifestyles                     B.transportation
C.physical condition             D.school educational.
53.Which of the following word can best replace the underlined word in Paragraph 2?D
A.cure         B.prevent       C.worsen        D.cause
54.According to WHO,which of the following is true?C
A.Poor nutrition is often related to children obesity.
B.To lower infectious disease rates is more complex than to lower obesity rates.
C.Eating less sugar and more vegetables helps lower obesity rates.
D.Increasing  physical activity is most effective to lower obesity rates.
55.What can we learn from the last Paragraph?B
A.Babies breastfed aren't likely to become overweight.
B.Governments should play a necessary role in fighting obesity.
C.Food producers should be stopped from marketing,food to children.
D.The number of overweight children decreases easily in wealthy countries.

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