4．Some people don't drink coffee．Are you fond of drinking coffee？Here is something you can use as an argument every time someone warns you against drinking your third cup of coffee for the day：Coffee may actually add some years to your life．
A paper published recently in the New England Journal of Medicine details a study that began in 1995．A total of 402，260people tested （none of whom had heart disease or cancer） between the ages 50and 71were asked about their coffee drinking habits．Only 42，000of all the test subjects were non-coffee drinkers，while most of them admitted to drinking two or three cups a day．
By the year 2008，52，000of the people tested had already died．Based on the data gathered by the researchers，men who drank two or three cups of coffee daily were 10% less likely to die，while it went up to 13% for women．
Researchers haven't been able to tell what it is in coffee that benefits your health----it could be any one of coffee's many components．It's clear that more research is needed to establish the connection between drinking coffee and having a longer life，but Dr．Frank Hu of Harvard School of Public Health believes it's"the best evidence we have"．
Before you get up from your seat to get another cup of coffee---don't forget to check the tips on making great coffee---Dr．Hu has two pieces of advice for you．First，avoid cream and sugar and anything that could affect the health nature of coffee．Second，filter（过滤）your coffee beans instead of boiling them，because filtering removes the components that can raise your cholesterol （胆固醇） level．
33．What does the author mainly want to tell us by writing this passage？B
A．People should not drink their third cup of coffee．
B．Drinking coffee every day may help people live longer．
C．People who live longer generally like drinking coffee．
D．Drinking coffee can reduce people's cholesterol level．
34．We learn from Paragraph 3thatC．
A．women live longer than men in general
B．coffee has greater influence on men than women
C．women benefit more from drinking coffee than men
D．men usually drink more coffee than women every day．
35．For what purpose is the last paragraph written？C
A．To tell us how to reduce our cholesterol level．
B．To warn us about the harm of cream and sugar．
C．To tell us how to drink coffee in a healthy way．
D．To tell us the latest achievement of Dr．Hu's research．
分析 文章讲述了每天喝两三杯咖啡有助于人们健康，使寿命更长，且女性尤为受益．
解答 33．B．主旨归纳题．由全文内容可知，文章讲述了每天喝两三杯咖啡有助于人们健康，使寿命更长，故选B．
34．C．理解推断题．由第三段men who drank two or three cups of coffee daily were 10% less likely to die，while it went up to 13% for women．可知，男性喝咖啡死亡率会减少百分之十，而女性减少百分之十三，可知女性受益更多，故选C．
35．C．理解推断题．由最后一段don't forget to check the tips on making great coffee---Dr．Hu has two pieces of advice for you可知此段讲述了喝咖啡时效果更好的两点建议，故选C．
点评 本篇文章难点在推理判断题上．推理判断题要以表面文字为前提，以具体事实为依据进行推理，做出判断．这种推理方式比较直接，考生只要弄清事实，即可结合上下文推断出合理的结论．
