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试题及答案

20xx下半年英语六级考试阅读精选试题及答案

20xx年12月高校英语四六级考试时间为12月16日，

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Questions61to65arebasedonthefollowing

passage.

Recentreportssuggestthatteacancausebrittle

bones-butyoullprobablybesafeifyoudrinklessthana

gallonaday.

Doyoufancyacupoftea?Wedrink,onaverage,

threemugsaday.Butyoumightwanttotryanother

strongalcoholafterhearingthecaseofa47-year-old

woman,publishedintheNewEnglandJournalof

Medicine（NEJM）,whodevelopedbrittlebonesandlost

allofherteethafterdrinkingtoomuchtea.

Teamaynotbesogreatforprostates（前歹U腺）

either.Lastyear,researchfromtheUniversityof

Glasgowfoundthatmenwhodrankmorethanseven

ormorecupsofteaadayhada50%higherriskof

prostatecancer.Andin20xxapaperintheBritish

MedicalJournalshowedthatdrinkingveryhottea（70oC

ormore）increasedthelikelihoodofesophageal（食管

的）cancer.

Stillgaspingforthatcupoftea?Thereissome

evidencethatteacanbegoodforyoutoo.with

antioxidantproperties,somaybeyourenotactually

drinkingenoughofthestuff.

ThepoorwomanintheNEJMstudyisnotalone.

Thereareafewothercasesofpeoplewhohave

damagedtheirbonesthroughtoomuchtea.Butshe

（likethoseinotherstudies）wasdrinkingexcessive

amounts:100-150teabagsadaytomake12cupsof

tea.Alitreofteacancontainupto9mgoffluoride（氟

化物）,whichinexcesscancauseskeletalfluorosis（氟

中毒），reducingbonequalityandcausingpainand

stiffeningoftheligaments（韧带）.Otherstudiesshow

yougenerallyneedtodrinkagallonadayforthree

decadestodevelopthiscondition.

YoualsoshouldntworryabouttheGlasgowstudy

asitwasntdesignedtoshowthatdrinkingteaactually

causedprostatecancer.Allitprovedwasan

associationandpeoplewereonlyaskedhowmuchtea

theydrankatthestartofthestudy,whichwentonfor

about28years.

TheNationalCancerInstituteintheU.S.concludes

thattheevidenceisntgoodenoughtosayteaeither

harmsorhelpsourhealth.Howeveritdoesseem

sensibleinthelightoftheBMJstudytowaitforyour

teatocooldownforafewminutes.

Blacktea,whichmakesup75%oftheworlds

consumption,mayhavehealthypropertiesfromits

plantchemicalscalledpolyphenols侈酚）,whichare

antioxidants.Greenteacontainsmorepolyphenolsbut

isntsonicetodunkdigestivesinto.

AreviewoftheevidenceintheEuropeanJournal

ofClinicalNutrition,sponsoredbythe

TeaCouncil-which,theauthorssay,hadnopartinthe

study-foundtheresearchshowedmorethanthree

cupsofblackteaadayreducedheartdisease.Itfound

noevidenceofharminamountstypicallyconsumed.So

aslongasyoudrinklessthanagallonofteaaday

youshouldbeabsolutelyfine.

61.Whatcanbeinferredaboutteafrom

Paragraph3?

A)Veryhotteamaycauseprostatecancer.

B)Theremaybealinkbetweenveryhotteaand

esophagealcancer.

C)Over-drinkingteaisthecauseofprostate

cancer.

D)Drinkingtoomuchteamayworsenesophageal

cancer.

62.Excessiveintakeoffluoridemay

A)increasethelikelihoodofheartattack

B)causethebonefracture

C)causefluorosisintheblood

D)weakenthebonequalityandhurtthe

ligaments

63.Whichofthefollowinginstructionsis

encouragedtopractice?

A)Drinkinglessteainthefuture.

B)Drinkingnoteaatall.

C)Drinkingteathatisnottoohot.

D)Drinkinggreenteainsteadofblacktea.

64.Blackteaisconsideredashealthydrink

because

A)itcontainsantioxidants

B)itismadefromplant

C)polyphenolsareaddedtoit

D)ithelpsonedigest

65.Whatcanbeinferredfromthelastparagraph?

A)Undernocircumstancecanyoudrinkmore

thanagallonofteaaday.

B)Blackteacanbeseenasacureforheartdisease.

C)Drinkingteadoesnoharmatall,regardlessof

howmuchyouconsume.

D)TeaCouncilsparticipationintotheresearch

maydecreaseitscredibility.

参考答案：

本题考查读者对该段意思的精确理解。定

61.B)O

位段指出“饮茶似乎对前列腺也没有好处。去年，格拉

斯哥高校探讨发觉每天饮用超过七杯茶的男性患前

列腺癌的风险会高出50%°20xx年，《英国医学期刊》

的一篇论文指出饮用过热的茶（70摄氏度或以上）会增

加患食道癌的可能性〃，故答案为

B）o

本题考查过量摄入氟化物的危害。定位句

62.D）O

提到“一升茶水含有9毫克的氟化物,假如氟化物摄入

过量，那么会造成人体骨骼氟中毒，骨质下降.韧带苦

痛僵硬”，故D）为答案。

63©。本题考查认为读者应接受的建议。定位句

指出“但是，鉴于《英国医学期刊》的探讨，等几分钟

让茶水放凉一些还是有意义的"，故C）为答案。

本题考查红茶保健的缘由。由定位句可知

64.A）O

“红茶，占世界茶类饮用量的75%,可能因其含有植物

化合物（即抗氧化的