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高考英语热门考点强化专练：阅读理解（三十八）
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（一）
Does a drink a day keep heart attacks away? Over the past 20 years, numerous
studies
have
found
that
moderate
alcohol
consumption,
say,
one
or
two
beers,
glasses
of
wine
or
cocktails
daily
helps
to
prevent
coronary
heart
disease.
Last
week
a
report
in the New England Journal of Medicine added strong new evidence in suport of that
theory. More important, the work provided the first solid indiction of how alcohol
works to protect the heart.
In
the
study,
researchers
from
Bo
ston’s
Brigham
and
Women’s
Hospital
and
Harvard
Medical School compared the drinking habits of 340 men and women who had suffered
recent
heart
attack
with
those
of
healthy
people
of
the
same
age
and
sex.
The
scientists
found
that
people
who
sip
one
to
three
drinks
a
day
are
about
half
as
likely
to
suffer
heart attacks as nondrinkers are. The apparent source of the protection: those who
drank
alcohol
had
higher
blood
levels
of
high
density
lipoproteins,
the
so
called
good cholesterol, which is known to prevent heart disease.
As evidence has mounted, some doctors have begun recommending a daily drink for
patients of heart diseases. But most physicians are not ready to reommend a regular
happy hour for everyone. The risks of teetotalling(
绝对戒酒
) are nothing compared
with
the
dangers
of
too
much
alcohol,
including
high
blood
pressure,
strokes
and
liver
troubles
—
not to mention violent behaviour and traffic accidents. Moreover, some
studies suggest that even moderate drinking may increase the incidence of breast
and
colon
cancer.
Until
there
is
evidence
that
the
benefits
of
a
daily
dose
of
alcohol
outweigh the risks, most people won’t be able to take a doctor’s prescription to
the neighbourhood bar or liquor store.
medical article quoted in the first paragraph indicates .
A.
the way in which alcohol can help the heart
B.
how a couple of cocktails daily can stop heart problems
C.
why alcoholic drinks are dangerous to one’s health
D.
that reports on the advantages of alcohol were misled
ments showed that nondrinkers had .
amounts of good cholesterol
r amounts of good cholesterol
blood pressure
blood pressure
ing to the passage, moderate drinking .
A.
is recommended by most doctors for heart patients
B.
should be allowed on prescription
C.
is still not medically advisable
D.
is not related to liver problems
main theme of this passage is .
A.
the change in recent drinking habits
B.
the connection between cancer and alcohol
C.
whether moderate drinkers outlive nondrinkers
D.
whether alcohol may be good for one’s health
（二）
Across
the
globe,
single
parent
homes
are
on
the
rise.
In
the
US,
the
2000
census
(
人口普查) showed 24.8 million, or nearly 24 percent of the nation’s 105.5 million
households,
were
traditional
two-parent
homes.
By
comparison,
9.8
million
households,
or 9 percent of all US households were headed by an adult raising a child alone. The
1990 census showed 26 percent of homes were led by a married mother and father, and
8 percent of homes were led by a single parent.
Similar increases occurred in other countries. In the UK, lone-parent homes
increased from 3.3 percent in 1990 to 5.5 percent in 1999. Single parent households
in Australia rose from 5.8 percent in 1990 to 7.6 percent in 1999. Belgium saw the
increase from 1.8 percent to 2.7 percent during the same
period of time. These
countries
tend
to
have
greater
acceptance
of
the
single
parent
because
there
are
fewer
nearby family members to disapprove, Riche, a Census Bureau director, said.
Just
as
in
the
US,
those
changes
raised
new
questions
about
how
involved
govenment
should be in helping single parent families. Some research suggests children raised
in two-parent families are better off than those who depend on one.
“The position of one
-parent families in any country is very much a gender (
性
别
) issue-
women’s opportunities, especially working
-
class women on low income,”
said
Sue
Cohen,
coordinator
(
协调员
)
of
the
Single
Action
Parents
Network
in
England.
considering the exact number of the single-parent families, which country saw
the fastest rise rate in 1999, compared with 1990?
. lia. a. m.
is the cause of the rise of single parent families across the globe?
nearby family members have a favourable opinion.
B.A lone parent is well off enough to support his /her children.
C.A lot of problems have arisen in two-parent families.
cannot get enough proving information from the text.
of
the
following
is
TRUE
about
the
increase
of
single
parent
families
according
to the passage?
will somewhat limit the growing population of younger generation.
ments should take actions about the social problems brought about by it.
parent families are not looked down upon in any country mentioned here.
D
.Generally
speaking,
the
single
parents
needn’t
worry
since
they
are
highly
paid.
of
the
following
diagrams
correctly
shows
the
rise
of
single
parent
families
in the US from
1990 to 2000?
（三）
In some urban centers, workaholism is so common that people do not consider it
unusual:
They accept the lifestyle as normal. Government workers in Washington D.C, for
example, frequently work sixty to seventy hours a week. They don’t do this because
they have to; they do it because they want to.
Workaholism
can
be
a
serious
problem.
Because
true
workaholics
would
rather
work
than do anything else, they probably don’t know how to relax.
Is workaholism always dangerous? Perhaps not. There are, certainly, people who
work well under stress. Some studies show that many workaholies have great energy
and
interest
in
life.
Their
work
is
so
pleasurable
that
they
are
actually
very
happy.
For most workaholics, work and entertainment keep them busy and creative.
Why
do
workaholics
enjoy
their
jobs
so
much?
There
are
several
advantages
to
work.
Of course, it provides people with paychecks, and this is important. But it offers
more than financial security. It provides people with self
confidence; they have
a feeling of
satisfaction when they’re
produced a challenging piece of
work
and
are
able to say,“I made that.” Psychologists claim that work gives people an identity
through
participation
in
work,
they
get
a
sense
of
self
and
individualism.
In
addition,
most
jobs provide people with a
socially acceptable way to meet
others.
Perhaps some
people are compulsive about their work, but their addiction seems to be a safe-even
an advantageous-one.
passage indicates that workaholics .
know work but nothing else
willing to work hard for long hours without pay
their work provide them more satisfaction and self
much they are paid
the work with more responsibility than others
of the reasons that some people are not willing to quit their jobs even in
their eighties and nineties is that
are in the need of financial security
would rather work than be disturbed by domestic affairs
long for a sense of identity and being accomplished
may have health problems from sheer boredom
confidence than how
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