题目内容
People who are hit by lightning and survive often have long-term effects. These may include memory loss, sleep disorders, muscle pain and depression.
Experts tell people to seek the safety of a building or a hard-top vehicle any time they hear thunder, even if it is not raining. They say lightning can strike as far as sixteen kilometers from any rainfall. Lightning can travel sideways. And at least ten percent of lightning happens without any clouds overhead that you can see.
People who are outdoors should make sure they are not the tallest thing around. Bend low to the ground, but do not lie down. And do not stand near tall object. Get away from water and anything made of metal. A car is safe, but don’t touch any metal inside.
Safety experts say people in buildings should stay away from anything with wires or pipes that lead to the outside. The National Weather Service says if you plan to disconnect any electronic equipment, do so before the storm arrives. Do not use a wired telephone. Do not use water. All these can carry electricity.
Some people think a person struck by lightning carries an electrical charge afterward. Experts say this is not true. It is safe to begin emergency treatment
Each year about four hundred people in the United States are struck by lightning. Last year forty four people died. The average is close to seventy. The National Weather Service says that is more than the number of people killed by severe storms.
【小题1】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A.Lightning can happen even if there is no cloud. |
B.Lightning can’t strike very far. |
C.Lightning can’t travel sideways. |
D.Don’t stay in a car when lightning happen. |
A.it’s better to turn off any electronic equipment before the storm arrives. |
B.a wired telephone is not safe to use in rainy days. |
C.a person struck by lightning is said to carry an electrical charge afterward. |
D.severe storms kill more people than lightning does. |
A.excitement | B.a state of being forgettable |
C.silence | D.a feeling of being sad |
A.where people should stay in case of lightning |
B.some common knowledge about lightning safety |
C.how lightning travels |
D.a report written by the National Weather Service |
【小题1】A
【小题2】A
【小题3】D
【小题4】B
解析试题分析:本文主要讲述的是和雷击有关的信息以及作者给人们的一些避免雷击的建议。
【小题1】A 细节题。根据文章第二段最后一句And at least ten percent of lightning happens without any clouds overhead that you can see.可知在没有乌云的时候,也可能有被电击。故A正确。
【小题2】A 细节题。根据第四段2,3行The National Weather Service says if you plan to disconnect any electronic equipment, do so before the storm arrives.可知作者建议我们之前就切断电源。故A正确。
【小题3】D 推理题。根据本句These may include memory loss, sleep disorders, muscle pain and depression.可知这些都是雷击以后的后遗症,都是一个不好的情况,depression是指压抑,悲哀的感觉。故D正确。
【小题4】B 主旨大意题。本文主要讲述的是和雷击有关的信息以及作者给人们的一些避免雷击的建议。故B正确。
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Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.
Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.
In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United states census. These counts of people occur every 10 years. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.
“We looked at life expectancy(预测寿命) at age 25,” Meara says.
“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”
Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25-year-old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.
In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact.
Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people have made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.
Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.
“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that’s something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”
Meara points out that education can often determine income---people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.
Meara says education is key. People need to be educated in order to take advantage of opportunities for better health.
Title | The Amount of Contributes to People’s Health | ||||
The less educated people | The ______ educated people | ||||
Comparisons | In 1990 | They could live for 75 years | They could live to the age of 80 | ||
In 2000 | Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990. | They could live to the age of 81.6 ____ | |||
___ of the research | In the past ten years | Their life expectancy remained _____. | They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly due to their __ smoking. | ||
People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the ____. | |||||
Education____income. | People with more education make more money | ||||
Getting more money helps to increase their___ of health care, which can keep them healthier. | |||||
____ | Education is the key to better health. | ||||