New research brings some good news for lovers of spicy(辛辣的) foods, after finding that eating hot red chili peppers might help to extend lifespan（壽命）.

Consuming hot red chili peppers might reduce death risk, say Chopan and Littenberg from the research team. In hot peppers, such as Mexico peppers, the strong flavor comes from a compound(復合物), which does not exist in sweet peppers or onions. Studies have suggested that this compound can offer a welth of health benefits.

A study of more than 16,000 people in the United States revealed that individuals who consumed red chili peppers had a lower risk of death from all causes over an average of 18 years than those who did not eat the spicy food. Compared with participants who did not consume hot red chili peppers, those who did were found to be at 13 percent reduced risk of all-cause death.

For example, a recent study reported by Medical News Today, found that the compound might have the potential to stop breast cancer, while an earlier study linked the compound to a reduced risk of digest system cancers. Still, the available data suggested that hot red chili pepper consumption was most strongly associated with a reduced risk of death from heart disease.

While the researchers are unable to identify the concrete compound by which red chili peppers might extend lifepan, the team says that it is likely due to the compound that is effectively against obesity(肥胖癥).

Overall, the team says that these latest findings support those of the 2015 study, linking spicy food intake to reduced risk of death by showing “a significant decrease in death associated with hot red chili pepper consumption.” However, Chopan and Littenberg note that the earlier study was only conducted in Chinese adults, so the now research makes these findings more credible.

1.What can be inferred from the passage?

A. The study only goes for American people.

B. Red chili pepper can all-cause disease.

C. The compound protects people against obesity.

D. Onion consuming can reduce death risk.

2.What is the finding of the new research mainly about?

A. Hot red chili pepper lovers develop no cancers.

B. Hot red chili peppers help control breast illness.

C. Hot red chili peppers decrease heart disease.

D. Hot red chili pepper intake may increase lifespan.

3.Which of the following has the closest meaning to the underlined word “credible”?

A. Convincing. B. Practical. C. Encouraging. D. Attractive.

練習冊系列答案
相關習題

科目：高中英語 來源：江西省2017屆高三第三次模擬考試英語試卷 題型：書面表達

假如你是在美國一所高中就讀的中國交換生李華，不慎遺失校圖書館的書籍 Adventurers in對此深表歉意。請根據(jù)以下要點給校圖書館寫一封電子郵件。

1.表示歉意。2.給予解釋。3.你的打算。

注意：

1、詞數(shù) 100 左右； 2、適當增加細節(jié)，以使行文連貫； 3、格式已給出，不計入總詞數(shù)。

Dear Sir/Madam,

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：內(nèi)蒙古2016-2017學年高一下學期期中考試英語試卷 題型：書面表達

假設你叫李華，是一家英文雜志社的心理咨詢師。某中學生小王給你寫信，提到自己偏胖，想節(jié)食減肥，征求你的意見。請你給她回一封信，談談你對該問題的見解。內(nèi)容要點如下：

1．健康比漂亮 (beauty)更重要；

2．學生以學習為主，不要過于注重外貌(appearance)和別人的看法；

3．可通過多鍛煉身體保持健康，要改變不良的飲食習慣；

4．健康的心態(tài)也很重要。

注意：1．短文必須包括所有內(nèi)容要點，可適當發(fā)揮；

2．詞數(shù)：100左右。

3．參考詞匯：state of mind 心態(tài)

Dear Xiao Wang,,

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________________________________

____________________________________________________________________

Yours,

Li Hua

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：內(nèi)蒙古2016-2017學年高一下學期期中考試英語試卷 題型：單項填空

Don’t eat too much fat, or you will _______.

A. put on weight B. lose weight

C. watch your weight D. improve weight

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：河北省唐山市2017屆高三下學期第一次模擬考試理科英語試卷 題型：短文改錯

假定英語課上老師要求同桌之間交換修改作文，請你修改你同桌寫的以下作文。文中共有10處語言錯誤，每句中最多有兩處。每處錯誤僅涉及一個單詞的增加、刪除或修改。

增加：在缺詞處加一個漏字符號（∧），并在其下面寫出該加的詞。

刪除：把多余的詞用斜線（＼）劃掉。

修改：在錯的詞下劃一橫線，并在該詞下面寫出修改后的詞。

注意：1.每處錯誤及其修改均限一詞;

2.只允許修改10處，多者（從第11處起）不計分。

Being a teacher is always believed to be one of greatest occupations, because teachers make great contributions for the world. Last week, I got a chance to experience teaching students. Our school asked us to teach some kids live in the countryside. The kids was so happy that they gave me a warm welcome. I teach them English and after class, we played games happily. We had a lot of funs together. When I returned back to school, I missed the students so much. They like me but some of them have kept in touch with me ever since. I felt so proudly of being a teacher.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：河南省新鄉(xiāng)市2016-2017學年高一下學期期末考試英語試卷 題型：短文填空

It’s not uncommon to see someone who is homeless or down on their luck asking people who are walking by for spare change. I had seen1.same woman in need several times, I recently approached her and introduced2.(I) to her and asked her if I could get her anything3.(eat). She said she was okay, but was trying to save up for dinner.

I don’t feel comfortable when giving money to 4. (stranger). People fear that when you give money to someone in need, they will use it for drugs or alcohol or something else5.we may not think right. I didn’t give anything to the woman that time.

I felt bad after6.(meet)with her because I didn’t help her that time. Yesterday, I saw her again. I decided to go to the nearby grocery store and got her a grocery gift card and dropped by to give it to her, along with a bundle of fresh yellow tulips(郁金香). I chatted7.(brief)with her and she 8.(move)by the gesture.

We may not be able to help every person in need9.our own, but if we can help one person from time to time, we can really make a 10.(different) in our world.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：山東省德州市2016-2017學年高二下學期期末考試英語試卷 題型：書面表達

假設你是紅星中學李津，你的美國筆友John發(fā)來郵件，他對天津流行的一種共享單 車"mobike"很感興趣，并希望你能簡單介紹．請你根據(jù)以下提示，給John寫一封回信． 要點包括：

1．使用方便（APP査看車輛，掃二維碼開鎖）

2．容易找到 便于存車

3．其它優(yōu)點（該部分內(nèi)容自擬至少兩點）

注意：短文字數(shù)不少于100詞

參考詞匯： 智能手機 smart phone 掃二維碼 scan the QR Code

Dear John,

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________________________

__________________________________________________________________________

Yours sincerely

Li Jin

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：吉林省梅河口市2016-2017學年高一下學期期末考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解

Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus (馬戲表演）. One family between us and the ticket counter made a big impression(印象) on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. Their clothes were clean. The children were well-behaved, all of them standing in line, two-by-two behind their parents, holding hands.

The ticket lady asked the father how many tickets he wanted. He proudly said, “Please let me buy eight children’s tickets and two adult tickets so I can take my family to the circus.”The ticket lady told him the price. The wife’s head dropped, and the man’s lip began to quiver (抖動). The father asked, “How much did you say?”

The ticket lady told him the price again.

The man didn’t have enough money.

Seeing what was going on, my dad put his hand into his pocket, pulled out a $20 bill and dropped it on the ground (We were not wealthy either). My father reached down, picked up the bill, tapped the man on the shoulder and said, “Excuse me, sir, this fell out of your pocket.”

The man knew what was going on. He wasn’t begging for money but certainly thanked the help in a difficult, embarrassing situation. He looked straight into my dad’s eyes, took my dad’s hand in both of his, and with a tear streaming down his cheek, he replied, “Thank you, sir. This really means a lot to me and my family.”

My father and I went back to our car and drove home. We didn’t go to the circus that night, but we didn’t go without.

1.Why was the writer impressed by(留下深刻印象) the family?

A. Because the family was very poor.

B. Because the family was very happy.

C. Because the family was very noisy.

D. Because the family was very large.

2.When the ticket lady told them the price, the wife .

A. hardly heard B. hardly understood

C. felt disappointed D. felt confused

3.Which of the following words can be best used to describe the writer’s father?

A. Honest. B. Kind. C. Patient. D. Careful.

查看答案和解析>>

科目：高中英語 來源：河北省2017屆高三下學期二調(diào)考試英語試卷 題型：閱讀理解

Imagine that you’re looking at your company-issued smartphone and you notice an e-mail from Linkedln: “These companies are looking for candidates like you!” You aren’t necessarily searching for a job, but you’re always open to opportunities, so out of curiosity, you click on the link. A few minutes later your boss appears at your desk. “We’ve noticed that you’re spending more time on Linkedln lately, so I wanted to talk with you about your career and whether you’re happy here,” she says. Uh-oh.

It’s an awkward scene. Attrition (損耗）has always been expensive for companies, but in many industries the cost of losing good workers is rising, owing to tight labor markets. Thus companies are intensifying(增強）their efforts to predict which workers are at high risk of leaving so that managers can try to stop them. Tactics (策略）range from electronic monitor to sophisticated(復雜的）analyses of employees’ social media lives.

Some of this work may be a reason to let employees to quit. In general, people leave their jobs because they don’t like their boss, don’t see opportunities for promotion or growth, or are offered a higher pay; these reasons have held steady for years.

New research conducted by CEB, a Washington-based technology company, looks not just at why workers quit but also at when. “We’ve learned that what really affects people is their sense of how they’re doing compared with other people in their peer group, or with where they thought they would be at a certain point in life, says Brian Kropp, who heads CEB’s HR practice. “We’ve learned to focus on moments that allow people to make these comparisons.”

Technology also provides clues about which star employees might be eyeing the exit. Companies can tell whether employees using work computers or phones are spending time on (or even just opening e-mails from) career websites, and research shows that more firms are paying attention to these things. Large companies have also begun tracking badge swipes(瀏覽痕跡)---- employees’ use of an ID to enter and exit the building or the parking garage---to identify patterns that suggest a worker may be interviewing for a job.

1.From the first paragraph, we can infer Linkedln is___________.

A. an e-mail B. a job from the Internet

C. a professional social network D. a world-famous company

2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. The cost of losing good workers is rising.

B. Companies are stricter with workers than before.

C. Measures have been taken to find the potential workers who want to quit.

D. Finding new jobs has been a trend for most workers.

3.According to the research by CEB, which of the following might be the most probable reason for workers to quit their jobs?

A. They don’t like their bosses. B. Workers are always doing comparisons.

C. Not seeing opportunities for promotion. D. To find a higher-paid job.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To make a review on a phenomenon. B. To tell us the leader’s concerns.

C. To show a new trend in the job market. D. To stress the role of new technologies.

查看答案和解析>>

同步練習冊答案