12．For a while，my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers（慢跑的人）．They were there all the time：early morning，noon，and evening．There were little old ladies in gray sweats，young couples in Adidas shoes，middle-aged men with red faces．"Come on!"My friend Alex encouraged me to join him as he jogged by my house every evening．"You'll feel great．"
Well，I had nothing against feeling great and if Alex could jog every day，anyone could．So I took up jogging seriously and gave it a good two months of my life，and not a day more．Based on my experience，jogging is the most overvalued form of exercise around，and judging from the number of the people who left our neighborhood jogging army．I'm not alone in my opinion．
First of all，jogging is very hard on the body．Your legs and feet a real pounding（沉重的腳步） ruining down a road for two or three miles．I developed foot，leg，and back problems．Then I read about a nationally famous jogger who died of a heart attack while jogging，and I had something else to worry about．Jogging doesn't kill hundreds of people，but if you have any physical weaknesses，jogging will surely bring them out，as they did with me．
Secondly，I got no enjoyment out of jogging．Putting one foot in front of the other for forty-five minutes isn't my idea of fun．Jogging is also a lonely pastime．Some joggers say，"I love being out there with just my thoughts"Well，my thoughts began to bore me，and most of them were on how much my legs hurt．
And how could I enjoy something that brought me pain？And that wasn't just the first week-it was practically every day for two months．I never got past the pain level，and pain isn't fun．What a cruel way to do it!So many other exercises，including walking，lead to almost the same results painlessly，so why jog？
I don't jog any more，and I don't think I ever will．I'm walking two miles three times a week at a fast pace，and that feels good．I bicycle to work when the weather is good．I'm getting exercise，and I'm enjoying it at the same time．I could never say the same for jogging，and I've found a lot of better ways to stay in shape．

56． From the first paragraph，we learn that in the writer's neighborhoodA．
A． jogging became very popular 
B． people jogged only during the daytime
C． Alex organized an army of joggers 
D． jogging provided a chance to get together
57． The underlined word"them"（Paragraph 3）most probably refers toD．
A． heart attacks  B． back problems  C． hundreds of people  D． physical weaknesses
58． From the writer's experience，we can conclude thatC．
A． jogging can help people keep fit
B． many physical problems result from jogging
C． not everyone enjoys jogging
D． jogging makes people feel greater．

分析 文章大意：本文通過(guò)作者親身經(jīng)歷引出了對(duì)慢跑的思考和議論．

解答 56．A 細(xì)節(jié)理解題．根據(jù)第一段前三句"For a while，my neighborhood was taken ever by an army of joggers（慢跑者）．They were there all the time：early morning，noon，and evening．There were little old ladies in gray sweats，young couples in Adidas shoes，middle-aged men with red faces．"
57．D 此題考查代詞的指代．做此類(lèi)題目的關(guān)鍵是讀前文或后幾句話(huà)．根據(jù)"but if you have any physical weaknesses，jogging will surely bring them out，as they did with me．"可知"them"指代前面的physical weaknesses． 
58．C 考查對(duì)文章的深層理解．作者首先是嘗試慢跑，然后由于實(shí)在忍受不了它對(duì)身體的傷害而最終放棄，覺(jué)得慢跑根本不適合自己．

點(diǎn)評(píng) 本題是健康環(huán)保類(lèi)的閱讀理解題．這類(lèi)題型是高考�？碱}型之一，要求考生先把文章內(nèi)容通讀一遍，在了解大意的基礎(chǔ)上再結(jié)合選項(xiàng)內(nèi)容以及上下文做出正確的選擇．

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B．Customers should be persuaded by advertisements．
C．It's impossible for customers to buy a product without advertisements．
D．Customers buy products according to their demands rather than the advertisements．

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2．Starting the day on an egg could keep your blood pressure（血壓） under control，research suggests．Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugs．
The research，from the University of Alberta in Canada，showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes（酶） they produce a protein that acts in the same way as Ace inhibitors，but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human body．
Earlier this month，British researchers declared that，contrary to popular beliefs，it is healthy to go to work on an egg．They concluded that the type of cholesterol（膽固醇） found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risks．
Researcher Professor Bruce Griffin，from the University of Surrey，said："The wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected．The amount of fat in our diet has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggs．The UK public do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat．They can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet as they are one of nature's most nutritious foods．"
The British Heart Foundation dropped its three-egg-a-week limit in 2005．However，almost half of Britons believe the limit still applies．

57．From the text we know that Ace inhibitors are．A
A．a(chǎn) kind of medicine                                 B．a(chǎn) kind of protein  
C．a(chǎn) kind of illness                                  D．a(chǎn) kind of food
58．According to what Professor Brcue said，eggs．C
A．a(chǎn)re the most nutritious food．
B．have no effect on blood cholesterol
C．can be included in a healthy diet  
D．a(chǎn)re forbidden to be eaten in the UK
59．We can infer from the text that．D
A．drugs to lower blood pressure will be replaced by eating eggs
B．stomach enzymes mixed with eggs can cure heart diseases
C．most Britons agree the three-egg-a-week limit should be dropped
D．a(chǎn)bout 50% of Britons think eating an egg a day is bad for their health
60．The text is meant．A
A．to introduce scientific findings about eggs
B．to introduce a medicine made from eggs
C．to tell people how to lower their blood pressure
D．to advise people to eat as many eggs as possible．

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