高二英语专题阅读理解专项练习：WeekFive健康饮食含答案

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1、WeekFive健康饮食一、阅读理解（共24小题；共48.0分）AJusttwoapplesadaycouldhelpprotectwomenagainstheartdiseasebycuttingtheircholesterol（月旦固醇）levels,accordingtonewresearch.Scientistsfoundsnackingonthefruiteverydayforacertainperioddiminishedcholesterolbyalmostaquarter.Thefindi

2、ngs,byateamofresearchersatFloridaStateUniversityintheU.S,supporttheevidencethatapplescouldbegoodfortheheart.Butthelateststudysuggeststheycouldbenefitoneofthehighest-riskgroups-Around45percentofBritishwomenwillsufferfromheartdiseaseanditisthebiggestsinglec

3、auseamongtheoldwomen.Uptothemenopause（更年期），womenappeartohaveanaturalabilitytopreventthemselvesfromheartdiseaseandtherateofillnessisonlyathirdofthatseeninmen.Researcherswantedtoseeifeatingtheequaloftwoappleseverydaycouldhaveanimportanteffectonheartdiseaser

4、isk.Theyfound160womenwhohadbeenthroughthemenopauseandgothalftoeat75gramsadayofdriedapple,whichisequaltotwomedium-sizedfreshapples.Asacomparison,theotherhalfweretoldtoeatthesameamountofprunes（梅干）toseeiftheyhadasimilareffec匸Theresultsshowedthatafterthreemon

5、thstotalcholesterollevelsintheapple-eatinggrouphaddroppedby9percentandLDLcholesterol（低密度脂蛋白胆固醇）by16percen匸Aftersixmonths,levelswereevenlower,withtotalcholesteroldown13percentandLDLlevelsdroppingby24percent.Therewasnofurtherdecreaseintheremainingsixmonthso

6、ftheexperiment.Prunesloweredcholesterollevelsslightlybutnottothesamedegreeasapples.Inareportontheirfindingstheresearcherssaid,nEatingabouttwomedium-sizedapplescanlowercholesterollevelsasearlyasthreemonths/1Britishpeoplecaneatnearly500,000tonsofapplesayear

7、・In2009,aPolishstudyshowedtwoapplesadayalsoreducedtheriskofbowel（肠）cancerbyhalfinadults.AndresearchbyscientistsatStGeorge1sHospitalMedicalSchoolinLondonshowslungfunctionisimprovedinmiddle-agedmeniftheyeatatleastoneappleeveryday.1.Theunderlinedword^diminis

8、hed11inthefirstparagraphprobablymeansA.producedB.destroyedC.reducedD.increased2.Itcanbeinferredthataftermenopausewomenwillbe?A.aslikelytohaveheartdiseaseasmenB.morelikelytohaveheartdiseasethanmenC・morelikelytosuffer