She added:“We know that the best weapon to overcoming breast cancer is the ability to stop it occurring in the first place. The challenge now is how we turn these findings into action and identify other sustainable lifestyle changes that will help us prevent breast cancer.”
36. All of the following factors relating to cancer risk were mentioned in the EXCEPT________
A. breathing exercise
B. regular walking
C. recreational activity
D. lifestyle choices
答案:A
37. It can be inferred from Dr. Alpa Patel‘s study that____.
A. women have fewer chances of physical activity
B. daily walking could cut the chance of breast cancer
C. leisure-time activity is not associated with cancer risk
D. walking is not recommended for women with breast cancer
答案:B
38. Dr. Alpa Patel was_____.
A. chief editor of Cancer Epidemiology.
B. chair of the American Cancer Society.
C. head of the survey study.
D. chief executive of Breast Cancer Campaign.
答案:B
39. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. Most women take walking as their only recreational activity.
B. Walking was the only recreational activity for about half of the women.
C. The study aims to track the health conditions of its subjects.
D. Irregular walking increased the risk of breast cancer in post-menopausal women
答案:C
40. The word “sustainable” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to .
A. affordable
B. available
C. persistent
D. continuable
答案:D
第三篇 How We Form First Impression
We all have first impression of someone we just met. But why? Why do we form an opinion about someone without really knowing anything about him or her - aside perhaps from a few remarks or readily observable traits?
The answer is related to how your brain allows you to be aware of the world. Your brain is so sensitive in picking up facial traits. Even very minor difference in how a person‘s eyes, ears, nose, or mouth are placed in relation to each other makes you see him or her as different. In fact, your brain continuously processes incoming sensory information - the sights and sounds of your world. These incoming signals are compared against a host of “memories” stored in the brain areas called the cortex(皮质) system to determine what these new signals “mean”。
If you see someone you know and like at school, your brain says “familiar and safe”。 If you see someone new, it says, “new and potentially threatening”。 Then your brain starts to match features of this strangers with other “known” memories. The more unfamiliar the characteristics, the more your brain may say, “This is new, I don‘t like this person” Or else, “I’m intrigued(好奇的)”。 Or your brain may perceive a new face but familiar clothes, ethnicity, gestures - like your other friends; so your brain says: “I like this person”。 But these preliminary impressions can be dead wrong.
When we stereotype people, we use a less mature form of thinking (not unlike the immature thinking of a very young child) that makes simplistic and categorical impressions of others. Rather than learn about the depth and breadth of people - their history, interest, values, strengths, and true character - we categorize them as jocks(骗子), peeks(反常的人), or freaks(怪人)。
However, if we resist initial stereotypical impressions, we have a chance to be aware of what a person is truly like. If we spend time with a person, hear about his or her life, hopes, dreams, and become aware of our cortex, which allow us to be humane.
41.Our first impression of someone new is influenced by his or her.
A.past experience.
B.character.
C.facial features.
D.hobbies.
答案:C
42.If you meet a stranger with familiar gestures, your brain is most likely to say
A. “He is familiar and safe.”
B. “He is new and potentially threatening.”
C. “I like this person.”
D. “This is new, I don‘t like this person.”
答案:C
43.The word “preliminary” in Paragraph 3 is closet in meaning to
A.simplistic.
B.stereotypical.
C.initial
D.categorical
答案:C
44.Our thinking is not mature enough when we stereotype people because