题目内容
Baths and bathing have been considered of an important medical therapy to man. In Greece there are the ruins of a bath tub and water system built over 3 000 years ago. The Romans had warm public baths. In some public baths as many 3 000 persons could bathe at the same time.
Treating diseases by bathing has been popular for centuries. Modern medical bathing, or hydrotherapy, first became popular in Europe and by the late 1 700’s also became popular in the United States.
For many years frequent bathing was believed to be bad for one’s health. Ordinary bathing just to be clean was avoided, and perfume(香水) was used to cover up body and smell.
By the 1 700’s doctors began to say that soap and water were good for health. They believed that it was good for people to be clean. Slowly, people began to bathe more frequently.
In the United States ordinary bathing was slow to become popular. During the 18th and early 19th centuries, many Americans were known as “the great unwashed”. In one American city, for example, a person could only take a bath every 30 days! That was a law.
Frequency of bathing today is partly a matter of habit. People know that bathing for cleanliness is important to health. Doctors know that dirty bodies increase that chance of disease.
Therefore in the United States people generally bathe often.
1.What does the word “hydrotherapy” underlined in the second paragraph refer to?
A.A bathing tub. |
B.Medical bathing. |
C.Ordinary bathing. |
D.Warm public baths. |
2.Where did the ordinary bathing first become popular according to the passage?
A.In Africa. B.In Europe.
C.In the USA. D.The passage doesn’t tell us.
3.Which of the following statements is not true?
A.Bathing was important to Greeks and Romans. |
B.The Greek built water systems. |
C.The Greek had warm public baths. |
D.The Greek used bath tubs. |
4.The passage is mainly about ______.
A.bathing in the USA |
B.the good points and bad points of bathing |
C.the history of bathing |
D.the modern medical bathing |
1.B
2.B
3.C
4.C
【解析】 略
Many people catch a cold in the springtime or fall. It makes us wonder… if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can't they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy. There are actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn't a cure for each one.
When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. Blood rushes to your nose and cause a block in it. You feel terrible because you can't breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature goes up and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a runny nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells. You may feel miserable, but actually your wonderful body is doing every- thing it can to kill the cold.
Different people have different cures for Colds. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to make themselves" feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids (流汁). Other people take medicine to stop Various symptoms (症状) of colds.
There is one interesting thing to note" some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn't have a way to fight it and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing job on their own. There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:
It takes about one week to get over a cold if you don't take medicine, but it takes only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine.
Title |
How Much You Know About the Common (76) ______ |
Introduction |
◆ People catch a cold (77) ______ in spring or fall. ◆ A (78) ______ of cold viruses exist everywhere. ◆ It is hard to find a cure for each cold. |
The symptoms of the common cold |
◆ The body's blood as well as its temperature (79) ____, causing a fever. ◆ You will find that you have some difficulty (80) ____ ◆ You have a runny nose, which makes you feel miserable. |
The ways of (81)__ with the common cold |
◆ Drinking chicken soup to help you (82)____ ◆ Taking a hot bath and drinking warm liquids. ◆ Taking some medicine. |
(83) ____ by scientists |
◆ Taking medicine when having a cold will do (84) ____ to the body. ◆ Taking medicine or not will take you one week to (85) ____ the common cold. |