It seems like every day there's some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us.  One day,  science says a glass of red wine a day will help us live longer. The next day, maybe not.  It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee.  Now there's been a lot of research into whether coffee's good for our health "the results have really been mixed",admits Neal Freedman who led the coffee study and published his findings in a medical journal recently.   "There's been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and there's also  been  maybe  more recent evidence that coffee  may protect against other diseases as well".
Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationship between coffee and health.  They analyzed data collected from  more than  400,000 Americans ages 50 to 70 participating in the study.  "We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than the non-drinkers, he said.  Here's what he means by "modestly": those who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study when the researchers looked at specific causes of death, coffee drinking appeared to cut the  risk  of  dying from  heart  disease, lung  disease injuries,  accidents  and infections.
Now, Freedman stressed that the study doesn't prove coffee can make people live longer .A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship.  All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation. And even if it turns out that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why.
【小题1】According to the first paragraph,reporters  would like to  know  the research findings of_______.

A. teaB. beerC. coffeeD. wine
【小题2】According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Freedman and his colleagues hired 400,000 Americans to collect date.
B. People who took part in Freedman's research are about 50 to 70 years old.
C. About 400, 000 Americans worked for Freedman's team for 13 years.
D. People who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink wffee.
【小题3】According to the author, scientists________.
A. have already proved that coffee is good for human health
B. have a long way to go before they find a way to study coffee
C. have avoided the cause-and-effect approach to study coffee
D. are still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us
【小题4】Which of the following can be the best title?
A. The Magical Effects of Coffee
B. Neal Freedman and His Research
C. Can Coffee Help You Live Longer?
D. A Cup of Coffee A Day Makes Diseases Away

 

       This award winning image shows the extraordinary moment when a lemon shark stared into a lens(镜头)with an obvious cheeky grin(露齿的笑). Showing a close-up of a lemon shark’s face on the surface at sunset, it was recently selected from more than 20,000 photos as winner of the Oceans division of the international Nature’s Best Photography 2008 Windland Smith Rice Awards.

       Amateur photographer Bruce Yates, snapped the named “Cheshire Cat Grin”(露齿笑的柠檬鲨) photograph in July last year in the Bahamas. 54-year-old Mr Yates, from Seattle, said, “My wife and I were on a boat trip to see and dive with sharks in the northwest part of the Bahamas, in an expansive area many miles from land with relatively shallow water.”

       “The shark was roughly eight feet long and only a few inches from my camera.” describes Bruce, “However, I was not actually in the water for that photo ― it was taken when I was sitting on the boat, holding my camera partly in water. Dozens of lemon sharks were around the boat competing for small bits of fish. The sunset is visible in the background.”

       “Although this particular photo makes it look like the shark is smiling, it is really just closing its mouth after trying to grab a bit of fish. It is an expression that I have never seen on a shark before, and I doubt whether I could get that shot again if I tried for the rest of my life.”

       The lemon shark inhabits inshore waters from around America, Brazil, the Caribbean, the Gulf of Mexico and other areas in the Atlantic. Despite their large teeth, they represent a small threat to humans with only 10 causeless attacks recorded and no deaths.

       Bruce, who owns an investment management firm, first got into photography 15 years ago when he undertook a scuba diving course, and his passion for nature photography has led him to many remote parts of the world, from the Arctic Circle to the coral reefs of Indonesia.

 

63.   According to the passage, ________.

A. the photo of “Cheshire Cat Grin” was taken in the morning

B. the photo was taken in water

C. the smiling shark in the photo is really just closing its mouth

D. Bruce is a professional photographer

64. We learn from the reading that ________.

A. lemon sharks are suitable for open water shark diving

B. lemon sharks live in deep water

C. there have only been 10 reported lemon shark attacks and deaths

D. lemon sharks have large teeth and are a great threat to humans

65. The underlined word “inshore” in the fifth paragraph can be replaced by ________.

    A. faraway                            B. coastal                            C. deep                        D. wide

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