人教版必修三Unit 2 healthy eating reading课时作业 (1).doc

unit 2healthy eating reading课时作业阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(a、b、c和d)中，选出最佳选项。a/info/articles/body-shape/weightmisconcept.htm more australians are overweight or obese than ever before, and the number is steadily increasing. around 64 percent of men and 47 percent of women are carrying too much body fat. this means that the chance of obesity-related disorders, such as coronary heart disease (冠心病) and diabetes (糖尿病), is also on the rise. the popularity of crash dieting has caused many misunderstandings about weight loss. most of these misunderstandings cause unhealthy weight loss behaviours.a recent research of deaths in the united states from their national health and nutrition examination survey suggests that being overweight may not increase your risk of dying. this finding is contrary to the past research that they thought the numbers of premature deaths (早死) linked to weight in the year 2000. the findings were that underweight and seriously obese people have an increased chance of dying compared to normal weight people. interestingly, however, being overweight is related to a slightly lower chance of dying for your age. the effect of obesity on death rate may have reduced over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care. the authors say that body weight may not be such an important risk factor for premature death and that fitness, while smoking and too much fat in your diet may be more important. 1. if a person carries much fat, he or she _.a. knows how to keep healthy better than those who dontb. should lose weight as soon as possible to keep healthc. will suffer from both coronary heart disease and diabetesd. might suffer from some diseases related to obesity 2. the underlined phrase “is contrary to ” in the second paragraph probably means “_”.a. agrees with b. disagrees with c. proves d. combines 3. according to the recent research of deaths in america, _.a. underweight people will live longer than those overweight peopleb. dying at an early age is connected with overweightc. being overweight doesnt necessarily lead to premature deaths d. being overweight is healthier than the normal people4. we can infer from the text that _.a. the writer wants to persuade people not to lose weightb. misunderstandings about weight loss are more serious than everc. much progress has been made in public medical conditiond. the cause of premature deaths is heavy smokingbthere are a large number of different types of celebrations in turkey. some of them are from religion. for example, ramadan and kurban are two festivals of great importance which are organized by the islamic (伊斯兰的) calendar. according to the christian era (公元), both of them are celebrated 11 days earlier than the last years annual religious festival. the ramadan festival is celebrated after the fasting (禁食) days for 30 days. ramadan means to share emotions that the poor people feel and live because they cant earn enough money to buy food and to spend easily. at the same time, ramadan means to support poor people with money because the religion of islam orders us to give poor people some money or gifts that are 1/40 of our wealth, like a tax. the money and gifts are given to poor people in a polite way when they are visited by their relatives and other rich people.the ramadan festival continues for three days. old sick people are visited by their young relatives. all people make preparations for the festival. they do the cleaning in their homes and yards before the festival date comes, and they wear the cleanest or the newest clothes. all of the children are given some gifts by their parents and relatives.the other religious festival, the kurban festival, is celebrated almost the same as the ramadan festival. this time, most of the gifts are food. 5. according to the passage, ramadan and kurban are _.a. celebrated by the christian erab. well accepted in turkey c. celebrated in the same wayd. celebrated at the same time6. during ramadan, as a rich person in turkey, he or she _. a. should give 1/40 of the money earned in this month to the poor b. should pay some tax to the government to support the poorc. can lose weight effectively in a public wayd. can sense the hard life the poor people live7. during ramadan people will do the following except _.a. cleaning the house and yardsb. being visited or visiting other people c. dress up to frighten other peopled. wearing the cleanest or newest clothes8. which of the following statements is true according to the passage?a. the kurban festival is celebrated after the fasting days.b. the kurban festival is celebrated every 365 days.c. the ramadan festival is good for the poor people. d. the ramadan festival is celebrated for 30 days. cat the present time, many kinds of animals are endangered as a result of many different reasons. for example, although tigers are recognized throughout the world for their cruelty and unmistakable beauty, they face an uncertain future. because of increases in both natural and human threats, the wild tiger population suffered major losses during the 20th century and has become one of our most endangered species. by the 1950s, tigers living around the caspian sea were extinct (灭绝的); between 1937 and 1972 the population of tigers that once lived on the islands of bali and java disappeared; the south china tiger, with at best 20 to 30 individuals, is nearly extinct in the wild. india today has the largest number of tigers, numbering somewhere between 3,030 and 4,735 and it is estimated that only 5,100 to 7,500 individual tigers now remain in the entire world. these remaining tigers are threatened by many factors, including growing human populations, loss of living environment, hunting of tigers against the law and the species they hunt, and expanded trade in tiger parts used for traditional medicines. now, the serious program has attracted the attention of the world wild fund (wwf). it is an international organization, and its conservation partners are working to combat these threats and save the tiger. together, we can make sure that we leave our children a planet where tigers still roam (徜徉) wild.9. how many places mentioned in the passage are there no tigers nowadays?a. one. b. two. c. three. d. four. 10. from the second paragraph, we can see that _.a. india is the origin of tigers in the whole worldb. the loss of living environment is the main problemc. the law for protecting the tigers are not perfectd. human activities most partly result in the loss of tigers11. according to the passage, wwf is an organization aiming at _.a. protecting those animals that are endangered b. controlling the number of the dangerous animals c. protecting the children in future from animals attack d. fighting against international trade breaking the law 12. the underlined word “ combat” in the last paragraph probably means “_”.a. avoid b. fight c. ignore d. controldgenerally, grandparents love for their grandkids is much more in a way than the love for their own children when they were young. they even wouldnt like to say any serious words to their grandkids. thats perhaps because they are becoming old and value life much more. but a new survey shows that they spend totally as much as 7 billion at christmas on presents and entertaining. the average grandparent spends nearly 600 during the festive season, with 6.5 million grandparents also hosting christmas dinner, according to insurer norwich union. unsurprisingly, grandchildren are the main beneficiaries (受益者) of this festive spending. grandparents spend an average of 58 on presents for each grandchild, rising to 650 among those with eight grandchildren. four out of ten grandparents say they treat their lucky grandkids all year round, spending an average of 200 per grandchild during the year, while 41% admit they spend more on their grandchildren than they do on their children. daren carter from norwich union personal finance, said, “they say that christmas is a time for giving and our grandparents seem to have enjoyed it. however, all this generosity does come at a cost. a third of grandparents admit that they would buy things for their grandchildren even when they cant afford to do so. considering that the average weekly income of almost a third of grandparents is less than 300 per household, it may be that this kindness isnt acceptable.” 13. this passage may be taken from _.a. a complaining letter b. a research reportc. the introduction to christmas d. a magazine14. how much do grandparents spend for each grandkid at christmas every year?a. 7 billion. b. 600. c. 650. d. 58. 15. from this passage, we can know that _.a. grandparents have been complaining about massive costb. grandparents have been used to giving presents on festivalsc. the majority of grandparents admit not paying so much moneyd. the majority of grandparents are generous for some purposes16. whats the best title for this passage?a. grandparents spend a lot at christmasb. grandparents complaintc. generous or selfishd. custom of giving presents at christmase students who work during term time to support themselves at university are far more likely to graduate with a poor degree, according to a government-funded study published yesterday. undergraduates with part-time jobs are less likely to get a first or upper second-class degree than other students, harming their career chances. students from the poorest backgrounds were most likely to take jobs during term because they could not depend on help from their parents. the report, commissioned (委托) by the department for education and skills, also found a clear relation between fear of debt and employment in non-graduate jobs. students from poorer backgrounds are known to be more unwilling to be in debt than those from middle-class families. the study of 8,600 people who graduated in 1999 was made by peter elias, of warwick university, and kate purcell, from bristol business school. they found that twice as many first-class degrees were awarded to students who did not work during term compared with those who did. between 35 and 38 percent who worked during term achieved a lower second, compared with about 28 percent of those who did not. professor elias said that the increase in school fees next year to 3,000 would have to be monitored (监控) carefully for its effect on poorer students. “higher education is going to be a harder struggle for those who do not come with all the advantages,” he said. he suggested that universities could get in touch with employers to provide work experience on good salaries to choose students du