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1、.ANAL YZE健康篇【专题介绍】21 世纪是一个大健康时代，人类将追求心理、生理、社会、环境的完全健康。健康已成为和谐世界的新潮流。在此背景下， 近年来的高考英语阅读理解的选材也越来越人性化，开始注重对人类问题的深层次思考和把握。 对健康问题的探讨理所当然成为高考英语阅读理解的一个热点题材。近年来，高考英语阅读理解中出现的有关健康的话题主要有：1. 健康知识的话题，如 2007 安徽卷的 A 篇讲的是儿童肥胖的原因； 2008 北京卷的 E 篇是关于减肥的话题； 2008 浙江卷的篇和 2008 湖北卷的 D 篇讲的是休息和睡眠对健康的益处；2. 预防心理疾病 ,增进心理健康的话题，如 2

2、007 四川卷的 B 篇讲的是态度对一个人身体健康的影响作用；3. 常见疾病介绍，如 2007 广东卷的 C 篇介绍了疟疾这种疾病The Diet Zone: A Dangerous PlaceDiet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet . We are surrounded by the word“ diet everywhere” we look and li sten. We have so easily been attracted by the promise andpotential of diet

3、products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us.We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身体上） .Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing ourbrains to admit that our weight problems lie not in

4、 actually losing the weight, but in controlling theconsumption offatty,high-calorie,unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over thethinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤） instead. All we have to do is to swallow orrecognize the word“ diet” in food labels.On anotherlevel,diet product

5、s have greater psychologicaleffects. Every timewe have azero-caloriedrink,wearetellingourselveswithoutourawarenessthat we don thaveto worktogetresults. Diet productsmake peoplebelieve that gaincomes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.The danger of diet products lies n

6、ot only in the psychological effects they have on us, but alsoin the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consumingthem instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients (营养成分 ). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero

7、calorie only because the diet industry has createdchemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, andthechemicals that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously thinkab

8、out buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Oncewe realize this, we will be much betterable to resist diet products, and therefore preventthepsychological and physical harm that comes from using them.1. From Paragraph 1, we learn that _.A. diet products

9、fail to bring out people s potentialB. people have difficulty in choosing diet products C. diet products are misleadingpeopleD. people are fed up with diet products2. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _.A. try out a variety of diet foods B. hesitate before they enjoy d

10、iet foodsC. pay attention to their own eating habits D. watch their weight rather than theirdiet3. In Paragraph 3,“ gain comes without pain” probably means _.A. losing weight is effortless B. it costs a lot to lose weightC. diet products bring no pain D. diet products are free from calories4. Diet p

11、roducts indirectly harm people physically because such products _. A. are over-consumed B. lack basic nutrientsC. are short of chemicals D. provide too much energy【阅读赏析】本文体裁是议论文，其结构路线图如下：开头部分（第一段）开门见山提出论点 论证部分：第一部分（第二、三段）讨论减肥产品对消费者的心理影响，论述方法也是花开两朵，各表一枝， 每段各谈心理影响的一个方面；第二部分 （第四段） 叙述减肥产品对消费者的生理危害 最后一段归

12、纳总结提出要消除错误认识 ,树立正确观念。本文一共五段，设题五道，设题布局均匀合理。根据上述结构图，我们不难得出最后一题文章结构分析题的答案为B。在考试中，建议大家先通读全文快速掌握文章大意，弄清文章的篇章结构，然后分析段落大意，掌握各个段落的主题句以及细节信息，这样，就能避免对文章的主旨大意和段意的理解偏差。这样的阅读方法尤其适用于本文。【答案解析】1. C 。段意归纳题。此段中作者首先谈到一种现象现在减肥产品铺天盖地，充斥着我们的生活， 然后指出有关减肥产品的宣传对消费者造成了误导，减肥产品对人们的心理和生.理都有危害。很明显，最后一句是本段的主题句。故选C。2. D 。细节理解题。从本段

13、中的Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stageand go straight for the scale（秤）instead我们可以得知：减肥产品使得人们只关注体重上的变化而不是饮食。故选D 。3. A 。此题表面上看是句意猜测题，实际上也是一个段意归纳题，因为理解了本段的主旨大意，这个题也就迎刃而解了。 本段告诉我们减肥产品对消费者的另一心理影响是使他们认为减肥可以“不劳而获”，即通过减肥产品减肥不需要耗费体力，忍受痛苦。4. B 。细节理解题。 第四段的第二句告诉我们服用减肥产品会导致人们基本营养成分的缺失，说明这些减肥产品

14、缺少营养成分。故选B。阅读下列短文，从每题所给出的四个选项（A 、B、 C 和 D ）中，选出最佳选项。One morning a few years ago, Harvard PresidentNeil Rudenstine overslept. Forthis busy man, it was a sort of alarm: after years of non-stop hard work, he mightwear himself out and die an early death.Only after a week s leaveduring which he read nove

15、ls, listened to music andwalked with his wife on a beach was Rudenstine able to return to work.In our modern life, we have lost the rhythm between action and rest. Amazingly,within this world there is a universal but silly saying:“ I am so busy.”We say this to one another as if our tireless efforts

16、were a talent by nature and anability to successfully deal with stress. The busier we are, the more important weseem to ourselves and, we imagine, to others. To be unavailable to our friends andfamily, and to be unable to find time to relax this has become the model of asuccessful life.Because we do

17、 not rest, we lose our way. We miss the guide telling us where to go,the food providing us with strength, the quiet giving us wisdom.How have we allowed this to happen? I believe it is this: we have forgotten theSabbath,the dayoftheweek forfollowersof somereligions forrestandpraying.Itis adaywhenwe

18、arenotsupposedtowork,a time when wedevoteourselves to enjoying and celebrating what is beautiful. It is a good time to blessour children and loved ones, give thanks, share meals, walk and sleep. It is a timefor us to take a rest, to put our work aside, trusting that there are larger forces atwork ta

19、king care of the world.Rest isaspiritualandbiologicalneed; however,in ourstrongambitiontobesuccessful and care for our many responsibilities, we may feel terribly guilty whenwetaketimetorest. TheSabbathgives uspermissionto stopwork.Infact,“ Remember the Sabbath” is more than simply permission to res

20、t; it isa rule toobey and a principle to follow.1. The“ alarm” in the first paragraph refers to“ _”.A. asignalofstressB. awarningof dangerC. asignof ageD. a spreadofdisease2. According to Paragraph 4, a successful person is one who is believed to _. A. be able to work without stress B. be more talen

21、ted than other peopleC. be more important than anyone else D. be busy working without time to rest3. Some people feel guilty when taking time to rest because they _.A. think that taking a rest means lacking ambitions.B. fail to realize that rest is an essential part of lifeC. fail to realize that re

22、ligions force them to rest D. think that taking a rest meansbeing lazy4. What is the main idea of this passage?A. We should balance work with rest. B. The Sabbath gives us permission to rest.C. It is silly for anyone to say“ I am so busy. D. We should”be available to ourfamily and friends.（湖北 2008）

23、BHow to eat healthfully can be especially complex for working women who oftenhave neither the desire nor the time to cook for themselves (or for anyone else).Registered dietitian (营养学家 ) Barbara Morrissey suggests that a few simple rulescan help.“ Go for nutrient-dense (营养丰富的) foods,” she suggests.“

24、 Foods that contain amultiple of nutrients. For example, select whole wheat bread as a breakfast food,rather thancoffeecake.Or drinkorangejuicerather thanorangedrink, whichcontains only a small percentage of real juice the rest is largely colored sugarwater. You just canmparetco the value of these f

25、oods, the nutrient-dense onesare so excellent,” she emphasizes.Morrissey believes that variety is not only the spice of life it s the foundation ofa healthful diet. Diets, which are based on one or two foods, are not only virtuallyimpossible to keep up the strength; they can be very harmful, she say

26、s, becausenutrients aren t supplied in sufficient amounts or balance.Accordingto Morrissey,tryingtofind adietthatwillcure yourillness,or makeyourselfa superwomanis afruitless search.Aswomen,manyof usare tooconcerned with staying thin, she says, and we believe that vitamins are some kindof magic cure

27、 to replace food.“ We need carbohydrates, protein and fatthey are likethe wood in the fireplace.The vitam ins and mineralsarethematch,thespark,for thefuel,”sheexplains.“ We need them all, but in a very different proportions (比例 ). And if the fuel isnthere, the spark is useless.”5 From the first para

28、graph we know that working women _.A. think cooking is especially complicatedB. do not share the same views with registered dietitiansC. are busy and not interested in cookingD. are likely to eat healthfully6 Orange juice is different from orange drink because _.A. it contains only a small percentag

29、e of real juiceB. it is natural, nutritious and prepared from real juiceC. it is largely orange-colored sugar water D. it contains nothing but calories7. In Paragraph 4“A. an effort with no resultsC. a research on fruitless dietsa fruitless search” means _.B. a search for a diet without fruitsD. a d

30、iet serving as medicine8. By saying “ if the fuel isn there, the spark is useless ”the, author means_.A. carbohydrates, protein and fat are enough to support a human life.B. vitamins and minerals are virtually of no valueC. carbohydrates, protein and fat, vitamins and minerals are of no useD. without carbohydrates, protein and fat, vitamins and minerals are of no useKey ：1-4 BDBA5-8 CBAD.