Lengthy hike once a day will do you far more good than going to the shops every couple of hours—even if the short walks add up to the same amount of time, say exercise researchers in Britain. But walks of any length beat sitting at home with your feet up and watching television, they stress(强调).
Steve Bird at Canterbury Christ Church University reached these conclusions after putting 56 couch potatoes through an 18-week course of daily walks.
They found that longer walks produce the most beneficial changes to the composition(成分)of blood fats, but walks of any length improve the fitness of the heart. “It’s the sort of thing that can make the heart 10 years younger. ”says Bird.
To find out, Bird divided his normally inactive subjects(受实验者) into three roughly(大致) equal groups. The “long walkers”took a hike of between 20 and 40 minutes every day. “Intermediate walkers”had two hikes of 10 to 15 minutes, and “short walkers”did three hikes of 5 to 10 minutes. The controls sat at home, as usual.
At the start and end of the 18 weeks, Bird measured the health and fitness of each group. He found that the long walkers were healthiest.
1. Speaking of health, reading a book will be no better than______.
A. sitting at home
B. going shopping
C. a short walk
D. climbing a hill
2. “Couch potatoes”probably means______.
A. people who often take exercises
B. people who often watch TV
C. people who often go shopping
D. people who enjoy walking
3. What is a good way to keep your heart young according to the passage?
A. Only a long walk.
B. Only a short walk.
C. Walks of any length.
D. No walk.
4. Which is not true according to the passage?
A. The long walk is the best way to keep your health.
B. The short walkers took three 5-or-10-minute walks every day.
C. The subjects stayed at home as before during the experiment.
D. Walking can make you 10 years younger.
5. Which do you think can prove the conclusion is well worth believing?
A. Bird gave his subjects two physical examinations.
B. There were three roughly equal groups and 56 people in all.
C. The subjects had nearly the same amount of walking every day.
D. Bird spent 18 weeks carrying out this experiment.
科目：高中英语 来源：英语教研室 题型：050
Steve Bird at Canterbury Christ Church University reached these conclusions after putting 56 couch potatoes through an 18-week course of daily walks.
They found that longer walks produce the most beneficial changes to the composition(成分)of blood fats, but walks of any length improve the fitness of the heart. “It’s the sort of thing that can make the heart 10 years younger. ”says Bird.
To find out, Bird divided his normally inactive subjects(受实验者) into three roughly(大致) equal groups. The “long walkers”took a hike of between 20 and 40 minutes every day. “Intermediate walkers”had two hikes of 10 to 15 minutes, and “short walkers”did three hikes of 5 to 10 minutes. The controls sat at home, as usual.
At the start and end of the 18 weeks, Bird measured the health and fitness of each group. He found that the long walkers were healthiest.
1. Speaking of health, reading a book will be no better than______.
A. sitting at home
B. going shopping
C. a short walk
D. climbing a hill
2. “Couch potatoes”probably means______.
A. people who often take exercises
B. people who often watch TV
C. people who often go shopping
D. people who enjoy walking
3. What is a good way to keep your heart young according to the passage?
A. Only a long walk.
B. Only a short walk.
C. Walks of any length.
D. No walk.
4. Which is not true according to the passage?
A. The long walk is the best way to keep your health.
B. The short walkers took three 5-or-10-minute walks every day.
C. The subjects stayed at home as before during the experiment.
D. Walking can make you 10 years younger.
5. Which do you think can prove the conclusion is well worth believing?
A. Bird gave his subjects two physical examinations.
B. There were three roughly equal groups and 56 people in all.
C. The subjects had nearly the same amount of walking every day.
D. Bird spent 18 weeks carrying out this experiment.
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“There is an out – of – date idea that children grow up and leave home when they’re 18,and the truth is far from that,” says Mr．Larry Bumpass of the University of Wisconsin．Today unexpected numbers of young adults are living with their parents．“There is a great change in the middle class,” declares Allan Schnaiberg of Northwestern University, whose son, 19, moved back in after an absence of eight months．
Scientists show a number of reasons for this return to the nest．The marriage age is rising, a condition that makes home and its pleasantness particularly attractive to young people．A high divorce （离婚） rate and a low remarriage rate make some differences．For some, the expense of an away - from - home college education has become so great that many students now attend local schools．Even after graduation, young people find their wings tied by terrible housing costs．
Living at home, says Knighton, a school teacher, continues to give security （安全保卫） and moral（道义的） support．Her mother agreed．“Its strange for the kids to pay all that money for rent．It makes sense for kids to stay at home．” But sharing the family home requires changes for all．There are the hassles over bathrooms, telephones and privacy．Some families, however, manage the careful balancing act．But for others, it proves too difficult．Michelle Del Turco, 24, has been home three times and left three times．“What I considered a social drink, my dad considered an alcohol （酒精） problem,” she explains．“He never liked anyone I dated, so I either had to hide away or meet them at friends' houses．”
Just how long should adult children live with their parents before moving on? Most scientists feel lengthy homecomings are a mistake．Children, can end up with a sense of defeat and failure．And aging parents, who should be enjoying some freedom, find themselves stuck with too many things．Many agree that brief visits, however, can work well．
According to the author, there was once a trend in the U．S．________．
A．for young adults to leave their parents and live separately
B．for middle class young adults to stay with their parents
C．for married young adults to move back home after a lengthy absence
D．for young adults to get jobs nearby in order to live with their parents
Which of the following does not lead to young adults returning to the nest?
A．Young adults find housing costs too high．
B．Young adults are not old enough．
C．Young adults look for parental comfort and support．
D．Quite a number of young adults attend local schools．
The underlined word “hassles” in the passage probably means _________．
A．agreements B．worries
C．disadvantages D．quarrels
According to the passage what is the best for both parents and children?
A．They should share the family expenses．
B．Children should leave their parents when they are grown up．
C．Adult children should live away from their parents and visit their parents from time to time．
D．Parents should support their adult children when they are in trouble．
．One of the disadvantages of young adults returning to slay with their parents is that ______．
A．there will certainly be inconveniences in even-day life
B．most parents find it difficult to keep a bigger family going
C．the young adults try to be overprotected by their parents
D．public opinion is against young adults staying with their parents
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Ed Viesturs grew up in Rockford, Illinois, where the tallest thing on the horizon was the water tower. But on Thursday, Viesturs became the only American to climb to the top of the world's 14 highest mountains.
His last hike was up Mount Annapurna, in Asia's snowcapped Himalayas. At 26,545 feet, its peak is the 10th highest in the world. It is the mountain that inspired him to start climbing.
"It tends to be the trickiest, the most dangerous," said Viesturs. "There's no simple way to climb it. There are threatening avalanches (雪崩) and ice falls that protect the mountain."
In high school, Viesturs read French climber Maurice Herzog's tale of climbing the icy Annapurna. Herzog's story was of frostbite (冻伤) and difficulty and near-death experiences. Viesturs was hooked right away.
Viesturs got his start on Washington's Mount Rainier in 1977, guiding hikes in the summer. Fifteen years ago, he set out to walk up to the world's highest peaks. Finally, he's done.
The pioneering climber talks about mountains as if they were living creatures that should be treated with respect. "You have to use all of your senses, all of your abilities to see if the mountain will let you climb it," said Viesturs. "If we have the patience and the respect, and if we're here at the right time, under the right circumstances, they allow us to go up, and allow us to come down."
What's next for a man who can't stop climbing? "I'm going to hug my wife and kids and kind of kick back and enjoy the summer," says Viesturs. But for a man who's climbed the world's 14 tallest mountains, he will probably soon set off on yet another adventure.
What record has Ed Viesturs set?
A. He has succeeded in climbing to the world’s 14th highest mountain.
B. He has been to the top of the world’s 14 highest mountains.
C. He has become the first to climb to the height of 26,545feet.
D. He has become the first man to climb to the top of 14 highest mountains in the world.
The underlined word “hooked” in Paragraph 4 can be replaced by “______”.
A. frightened B. discouraged C. interested D. upset
The author used Viestures’ words in Paragraph 6 to support a view that ______.
A. mountain climbing is a dangerous sport
B. mountains should be regarded as living creatures
C. mountain climbing needs more skills than physical energy
D. those who like mountain climbing won’t stop climbing
What’s the next probably plan of Viestures?
A. Stopping climbing and staying with his family.
B. Climbing to the top of the world’s 14 tallest mountains again.
C. Climbing another one of the highest mountains.
D. Writing down the experiences about his adventure.
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科目：高中英语 来源：重庆第三十七中学校2009-2010学年度高二下学期期中考试（英语） 题型：阅读理解
Baekeland and Hartmann report that the “short sleepers” had been more or less average in their sleep needs until the men were in their teens. But at about age 15 or so, the men voluntarily began cutting down their nightly sleep time because of pressures from school, work, and other activities. These men tended to view their nightly periods of unconsciousness as bothersome interruptions in their daily routines.
In general, these “short sleeps” appeared ambitious, active, energetic, cheerful, conformist(不动摇) in their opinions, and very sure about their career choices. They often held several jobs at once, or workers full-or part-time while going to school. And many of them had a strong urge to appear “normal” or “acceptable” to their friends and associates.
When asked to recall their dreams, the “short sleepers” did poorly. More than this, they seemed to prefer not remembering. In similar fashion, their usual way of dealing with psychological problems was to deny that the problem existed, and then to keep busy in the hope that the trouble would go away.
The sleep patterns of the “short sleepers” were similar to, but less extreme than, sleep patterns shown by many mental patients categorized as manic(疯人).
The “long sleepers” were quite different indeed. Baekeland and Hartmann report that these young men had been lengthy sleeps since childhood. They seemed to enjoy their sleep, protected it, and were quite concerned when they were occasionally deprived of their desired 9 hours of nightly bed rest. They tended to recall their dreams much better than did the “short sleepers.”
Many of the “long sleepers” were shy, anxious, introverted (内向), inhibited (压抑), passive, mildly depressed, and unsure of themselves (particularly in social situations). Several openly state that sleep was an escape from their daily problems.
64. According to the report,______.
A) many short sleepers need less sleep by nature
B) many short sleepers are obliged to reduce their nightly sleep time because they are busy with their work
C) long sleepers sleep a longer period of time during the day
D) many long sleepers preserve their sleeping habit formed during their childhood
65. Many “short sleepers” are likely to hold the view that _____.
A) sleep is a withdrawal from the reality
B) sleep interferes with their sound judgement
C) sleep is the least expensive item on their routine program
D) sleep is the best way to deal with psychological troubles
66. When sometimes they cannot enjoy adequate sleep, the long sleepers might ____.
A) appear disturbed
B) become energetic
C) feel dissatisfied
D) be extremely depressed
67. Which of the following is Not included in the passage?
A) If one sleeps inadequately, his performance suffers and his memory is weakened
B) The sleep patterns of short sleepers are exactly the same as those shown by many mental patients
C) Long and short sleepers differ in their attitudes towards sleep
D) Short sleepers would be better off with more rest
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