8.I left the hospital the day after Christmas.With a headache,I could hear my mother whispering to her friends on the telephone,"What if she's disabled and not able to take care of the boys?"
Disabled?That was a possibility I'd never considered.Overweight and tired at forty-six,I was the single mother of teenaged twin sons.They took most of my time and energy.My career took the rest.
Additional tests the next day proved the symptoms were from too much stress.Though I only had problems with high blood pressure and blood sugar,the message was clear:change my life now.
Exercise to me was as fun as bathing the cat.When I had physical education in high school,I thought of push-ups and running laps(俯臥撐和跑圈) as punishment.I could never imagine exercising could be fun or a routine part of life.
Over my summer break,I met a friend who worked out regularly.Danica cooked healthy meals from basic fresh foods.She helped me learn to eat smaller portions(份) and eat fewer desserts.Danica and I worked out with fitness programs four times a week.I began losing about two pounds a week.I dusted my two-wheeler off and unsteadily rode it down the block.Then I started riding the bike to work about a mile and a half away.The tall fourteen-year-olds laughed at their wobbly(搖搖晃晃的) bike-riding mom.
Depressed one day,I went over to Danica's,not wanting to work out.
She asked,"What's wrong?"
"Everything,"I told her."Today,I went to Virginia's to give her a birthday present,and she was labeling everything in her house so the kids know who gets what after she dies.She's having surgery in a week.What an attitude!Then I found out I am overdrawn(透支) in both of my checking accounts."
"Well,"she said with a cheerful smile,"We're going to exercise and you'll feel better!"
Exercise had not just become a habit,and it was a way to lift my mood,combat stress,stay flexible and slow down aging.
31.What mainly caused the author to go to hospital?C
A.She suffered from serious high blood pressure.
B.She became too overweight at forty-six.
C.She had too much pressure.
D.She got a serious headache.
32.According to the text in high school,the author used toA.
A.take very little exercise
B.be punished by teachers
C.consider exercise to be fun
D.regard bathing the cat as exercise
33.The author's son laughed atB.
A.her habit of eating smaller portions
B.her way of riding a bike to work
C.her measuring herself every day
D.her attitude towards eating sweets
34.The author felt depressed one day becauseB.
A.she didn't want to work out.
B.she couldn't make ends meet
C.she would have her surgery soon
D.she couldn't buy Danica a birthday gift
35.From the last two paragraphs,we can learn that the authorA.
A.develop the habit of exercising
B.still didn't feel like exercising
C.didn't find ways to change her life
D.got rid of all her diseases.

分析 短文主要講了作者在46歲經(jīng)歷了高血壓和高血糖后,決定運動的事情,從而改變了自己的生活習慣.

解答 31.C,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子Additional tests the next day proved the symptoms were from too much stress可知,是壓力太大導致作者去了醫(yī)院,故答案為C.
32.A,推理判斷題,根據(jù)句子When I had physical education in high school,I thought of push-ups and running laps(俯臥撐和跑圈) as punishment可知,作者高中時期幾乎沒做運動,故答案為A.
33.B,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子The tall fourteen-year-olds laughed at their wobbly(搖搖晃晃的) bike-riding mom可知,作者的兒子嘲笑作者騎自行車的方式,故答案為B.
34.B,細節(jié)理解題,根據(jù)句子Then I found out I am overdrawn(透支) in both of my checking accounts可知,作者感到壓抑是因為收支不平衡,故答案為B.
35.A,推理判斷題,根據(jù)句子Exercise had not just become a habit,and it was a way to lift my mood,combat stress,stay flexible and slow down aging.可以推測,作者養(yǎng)成了運動的習慣,故答案為A.

點評 解答任務型閱讀理解題,首先對原文材料迅速瀏覽,掌握全文的主旨大意.因為閱讀理解題一般沒有標題,所以,速讀全文,抓住中心主旨很有必要,在速讀的過程中,應盡可能多地捕獲信息材料.其次,細讀題材,各個擊破.掌握全文的大意之后,細細閱讀每篇材料后的問題,弄清每題要求后,帶著問題,再回到原文中去尋找、捕獲有關(guān)信息.最后,要善于抓住每段的主題句,閱讀時,要有較強的針對性.對于捕獲到的信息,要做認真分析,仔細推敲,理解透徹,只有這樣,針對題目要求,才能做到穩(wěn)、準.

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B.The Chinese government has made efforts to ease academic burden on students.
C.Only students'academic Performance and enrollment rate can evaluate their teachers.
D.Chinese students spend more time on their homework than after-school sessions.
60.What can't sleep deprivation lead to?C
A.weakened immunity           
B.short memory  
C.mental illness                    
D.holding back physical growth.

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