Lack of exercise is considered a risk factor for cancer. There is considerable evidence that inactivity is connected with increased risk for

● Colon Cancer.

● Lung Cancer.

● Breast Cancer.

● Prostate Cancer.

In the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study, more than 32,000 people （25,000+ men and 7,000+ women） were given a preventive medical examination that included a machine exercise test to measure physical fitness. They were given a physical fitness score, with one being the lowest and five being the highest fitness level.

Then these people were followed for an average of 8 years. During this time, 179 men and 44 women died of cancer. 

    Data from the Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study show lower rates of cancer with higher levels of physical fitness. 

Studies from the Cooper Institute for Aerobics Research in Dallas suggest that men with high fitness levels are less likely to die of cancer.

The Aerobics Center Longitudinal Study also found that fitness level was more important than weight in predicting longevity（長(zhǎng)壽） in a large group of men, some of whom were quite large. While results showed that fit and normal-weight is the ideal combination, researchers found that men who were fat but performed well on the machine performance had just a slightly increased all-cause death rate, including cancer, compared to the more slim men. The fat, but fit, men particularly lived longer than the slim, but flabby（肌肉松弛）, men. 

These statistics called for a warning for the overweight: The first health goal for the overweight should be to become as fit as possible at their current weight.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. Exercise and Reducing chances of Cancer

B. Fat and Physical Fitness

  C. Fitness and Cutting Down Weight

D. Fitness and Normal weight

2. People are more likely to die of cancer with ____________.

  A. the high fitness levels                   B. fit and normal-weight

  C. the low fitness levels                    D. constantly machine exercise

3. According to the research you can live longer if you _____________.

  A. lose weight         B. keep fit      C. do machine performance      D. control diet

4. The following statement is true EXCEPT_______________.

  A. fat men are easier to get cancer than slim men

  B. lack of exercise can run the risk of getting some cancer

  C. slim men may live longer than fat but fit ones.

  D. the fat men are required to get as fit as possible at first

5. From the passage we know the most healthy goal is ____________.

  A. fitness and normal-weight               B. fat, but fit figure

  C. slim, but flabby build                   D. large and strong body

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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：東北三省2011屆爾雅高考特快信息考試英語(yǔ)試題 題型：050

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　　The country of Chile is struggling to recover from one of the most powerful earthquakes in history．The quake struck the South American nation early Saturday morning．It registered 8．8 on the Richter scale．Ex-perts say the earthquake in Chile is among the five most powerful earthquakes ever recorded．

　　The epicenter of the earthquake is about 70 miles north of the city of Concepci6n．The area has been rocked by dozens of aftershocks since the big quake hit on Saturday morning．

　　On Sunday, Chilean President Michelle Bachelet updated reports on the toll the earthquake has taken．“It’s an enormous catastrophe,” she said．Countless buildings and roadways have been destroyed or badly damaged．Rescuers continued to work around the clock to find survivors who may be trapped under the rub-ble of fallen buildings．Government officials estimate more than 2 million people have lost their homes．

　　Bachelet assured people that food and medical aid were on the way．Ten thousand members of the Chil-ean military have been dispatched to help in the relief and recovery efforts．Many of the country’s major gro-cery stores have started giving away basic food and supplies to people in the affected areas．Secretary-Gener-al of the United Nations spoke to President Bachelet by telephone．He assured her that the United Nations“stands ready to assist the Chilean government’s rescue and recovery efforts ”．

　　The earthquake in Chile comes less than two months after the 7．0 magnitude earthquake that Haiti suf-fered in January．Although the earthquake in Chile was more powerful than the one in Haiti，the damage is unlikely to be as severe．Earthquakes are more common in Chile，and many buildings and homes there are constructed to withstand tremors better．Also，the area of Chile most affected by this earthquake is not asheavily populated as Port-au-Prince, where the epicenter of the Haitian quake was located．Furthermore, Chile is one of South America’s richest, best-organized countries．Its government has more supplies and people available to effectively respond to national emergencies．

　　The energy released by the quake caused shock waves to roll across the Pacific Ocean in the form of tsu-namis(海嘯)that have the potential to do great damage to coastal areas．Some of these waves struck the Chilean coast，causing major damage to seaside towns．Coastal communities in Russia，Japan，and the Unit-ed States were concerned，too，but there were no reports of severe damage from the waves that eventually reached the countries’shores．

(1)

Who is leading the earthquake relief efforts in Chile?

[　　]

A．

The Chilean government and military．

B．

Geologists and other scientists．

C．

The United Nations peacekeeping forces．

D．

Secretary-General of the United Nations．

(2)

The damage from Chile’s earthquake is not expected to be as severe as the damage from Haiti’s quake．Which could not be the reason for it?

[　　]

A．

Chile is one of the richest，best-organized countries in South America．

B．

Chile has constructed many buildings for the people．

C．

Chile knows how to respond to a national emergency．

D．

The epicenter area of the Chile earthquake is less heavily populated than that of the Haiti’s quake．

(3)

One result of the earthquake in Chile was ________．

[　　]

A．

severe storms in Russia and Japan

B．

massive waves in the pacific Ocean

C．

a lack of food supplies in coastal communities

D．

a social confusion across the globe

(4)

What’s the best title for this news report?

[　　]

A．

Major Earthquake Hits Chile

B．

The Most Powerful Earthquake in History

C．

Rescue and Recovery Efforts

D．

Face to Face with the Natural Disaster

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Importance of Education to Youths

????????????? Education serves as the means to develop oneself physically, mentally and socially．Here's how education makes a difference in youths' lives．

1.????????????? The importance of education proves itself in the need to educate youths to become mature individuals．Youth is the growing stage of their lives．It is during these years that they develop from kids to become mature and responsible individuals．It is during this phase that they make career decisions and begin pursuing their goals．

2.??? Education should consist of training and development in their field（s） of interest． It should help the youths define their career objectives, decide what they want from life and enable them to achieve what they wish to．Education to youths must aim at helping them build a skill set and work on the skills acquired to develop subject expertise．It should include courses that can help them develop a career．The education should open doors for new opportunities in different fields．It should help the youths find avenues to pursue their interests．Education must help them set reachable goals and realize them．

3.???? It is important that education to youths aims at developing social awareness in these adults-to-be．The training given to them should consist of environmental education and social values．They should be made aware of the current social and environmental issues．They should be explained the steps they can take in dealing with the issues． Education should ex-pose the youths even to the darker side of society． Youths should be encouraged to come up with ideas and ways to better the society that they are part of．

4.????????????? Overpopulation, diseases and teenage pregnancy are some areas of growing concern to day．The reason is lack of sex education．Incomplete knowledge in this regard or wrong notions about sex causes such problems in teenagers．This underlines the importance of sex education to youths．Education should make the youths self-aware．

5.????????????? While instilling(灌輸） the good in youths, education should also give them the ability to reject the bad． It should enable them to choose good against bad．Education should enable them to take decisions and make choices, each time preferring right to wrong．Education should give them the strength to accept the mistakes made, mend them and most importantly learn from them．Education should give them the courage to rise after every fall and turn every failure into a success．

 

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A 24-year-old Australian young man who sold his life, including baggage from a painful break-up, on eBay says he is still not quite sure why he did it.

Nicael Holt sold his name, phone number and all his possessions, including clothes, CDs, a surfboard, a laptop, a pushbike, childhood photos, friends, and a nice lamp given to him by an ex-girlfriend, on the internet auction site. The successful applicant bid（喊價(jià)）7,500 dollars last week to become Holt.

Holt, a philosophy student from the southern coastal city of Wollongong who has set up a website to explain his actions and ask for donations to charity, said he was unable to explain why he sold his life.

In his sales place Holt said the winner would have a four-week training course in how to be him---including lessons on how to surf, climb, skateboard, fire twirl and do handstands--as well as two months of on-call support afterward. He also promised to introduce the winner to all his friends and potential lovers, including eight girls he had been flirting（調(diào)情）with.

"Lifestyle is very social. It includes a lot of going out,” he noted on his eBay advertisement. "Friends will treat you exactly as they have treated me. This includes friends who take me surfing, running, climbing and cook for me. All of these features will be transferred over to the winning applicant.”

His legal identity, passport, qualifications and future inheritance（繼承權(quán)）were not for sale.

1．The passage is mainly about               .

       A．how to sell goods on the auction website eBay

B．how to make friends through the Internet

C．a(chǎn)n Australian who sold his own life on the internet

D．the reason why an Australian sold his possessions

2．The Australian young man sold all of the following possessions EXCEPT         

A．name, a laptop and a pushbike            

B．phone number, CDs and a surf board

C．clothes, friends and a nice lamp            

D．passport, qualifications and an ex-girlfriend

3．From the passage we know that         .

A．Holt set up a website to explain why he sold his life

B．Holt had been keeping love relationship with several girls

C．The auction winner bid for Holt at the price of 7,500 US dollars

D．The seller made a lot of advertisements to sell his possessions

4．It can be inferred from the passage that            .

A．Nicael Holt is a young man who is fond of sports 

B．Nicael Holt sold his possessions for lack of money

C．Nicael Holt sold his life in order to make money

       D．Nicael Hoh refused to give the winner two months of on-call support

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