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名校版高考英语阅读理解精2023读含答案7The benefitsof regularexercise arewell documentedbut theresa newbonus toadd tothe ever-growing listNew researchersfoundthat middle-aged womenwho werephysically fitcould benearly90percent lesslikely todevelop dementiain laterlife,and astheydid,it cameon adecade laterthan lesssporty women.Lead researcherDr.Helena Horder,of theUniversity ofGothenburgin Sweden,said:These findingsare excitingbecause(心血管)its possiblethat improvingpeoples cardiovascularfitnessin middleage coulddelay oreven preventthem fromdevelopingdementia.For thestudy,191women withan averageage of50took abicycleexercise testuntil theywere exhaustedto measuretheir(最大值的)peak cardiovascularcapacity.The averagepeakworkload wasmeasured at103watts.A totalof40women metthe criteriafor a high fitness level,or120watts orhigher.A totalof92women werein themediumfitness category;and59women werein thelow fitnesscategory,defined asa peakworkload of80watts orless,or havingtheirexercise testsstopped becauseof highblood pressure,chest painorother cardiovascularproblems.These women were thentested for dementia sixtimes overthefollowing fourdecades.During thattime,44of the womendeveloped dementia.Five percent of thehighly fitwomendeveloped dementia,compared to25percent of the womenwithmedium fitnessand32percentof thewomenwith lowfitness.HHowever,this studydoes notshow causeand effectbetweencardiovascular fitnessand dementia,it onlyshows anassociation.More researchis neededto see if improvedfitness couldhave apositiveeffect on the riskof dementiaand alsoto lookat whenHduringa lifetimeahighfitnesslevelis mostimportant.She alsoadmittedthat arelatively smallnumber ofwomenwerestudied,allof whomwere formSweden,so the results mightnot beapplicableto othergroups.
7.What isontheever-growing listmentioned in the firstparagraphA.Positive effectsof doingexercises.B.Exercises suitablefor themiddle-aged.C.Experimental studieson diseases.D.Advantages ofsporty womanover man
8.Why didthe researchersask thewoman todo bicycleexerciseA.To predicttheir maximumheart rate.B.To assesstheir cardiovascularcapacityC.To changetheir habitsof workingoutD.To detecttheir potentialhealth problems
9.What dowe knowabout DrHorders studyA.It aimedto finda curefordementia.B.Data collectionwas alengthy process.C.Some participantswithdrew fromit.D.The resultswere farfrom satisfactory.
10.Which of the followingis thebest titlefor thetextA.More WomenAre Exercisingto PreventDementiaB.Middle-Aged WomenNeed toDo MoreExerciseC.Fit WomenAre LessUkely toDevelop DementiaD.Biking ImprovesWomens CardiovascularFitnessA BB cResearcherssay they have translatedthe meaningof gestures(黑猩猩)that wildchimpanzees useto communicate.They saywildchimps communicate19specific messagesto oneanother witha“vocabulary of66gestures.The scientistsdiscovered thisbyfollowing andfilming groupsof chimpsin Uganda,and examiningmorethan5,000incidents ofthese meaningfulexchanges.Dr CatherineHobaiter,who ledthe research,said thatthis wasthe only formof intentionalcommunication tobe recordedin theanimalkingdom.Only humansand chimps,she said,had asystemof communicationwhere theydeliberately senta messagetoanother groupmember.7z,Thats whats soamazing aboutchimp gestures,she said.“They retheonlything thatlooks likehuman languagein that7respect/Although previousresearch hasshown thatapes andmonkeyscan understandcomplex informationfrom anotheranimaT scall,the animalsdo notappear touse theirvoices intentionallytocommunicate messages.This wasa significantdifference betweencallsand gestures,Dr Hobaitersaid.Chimps willcheck toseeiftheyhavethe attentionofthe animalwith whichthey wishto communicate.In onecase,a motherpresentsher footto hercrying baby,signalling:Climb onme.The7youngster immediatelyjumps onto itsmother sback andtheytravel offtogether.The bigmessage fromthis studyis thatthere is(物种)another speciesout therethat ismeaningful initscommunication,so thats notunique tohumans,“said DrHobaiter.Dr SusanneShultz,an evolutionarybiologist fromthe UniversityofManchester,said thestudy waspraiseworthy inseeking toenrichour knowledgeoftheevolution ofhuman7/7language.But,she added,theresultswere alittle disappointing.“The vaguenessofthegesture meaningssuggests eitherthatthe chimpshave littleto communicate,or weare stillmissing alotof theinformation containedin theirgestures andactions,“shesaid.Moreover,the meaningsseem tonot gobeyond whatotheranimals conveywith non-verbal communication.So,it seemsthegulf remains//
27.What dochimps andhumans havein commonaccording toDrHobaiterA.Memorizing specificwords.B.Understanding complexinformation.C.Using voicesto communicate.D.Communicating messageson purpose.
28.What didDr Shultzthink ofthe studyA.It waswell designedbut poorlyconducted.B.It wasa goodtry but the findingswere limited.C.It wasinspiring butthe evidencewas unreliable.D.It wasa failurebutthemethods deservedpraise.
29.What doesthe underlinedword gulfinthelast paragraphmeanA.Difference.B.Conflict.C.BalanceD.Connection.
30.Which ofthe followingis thebest titlefor thetextA.Chimpanzee behaviourstudy achieveda breakthroughB.Chimpanzees developedspecific communicationskillsC.Chimpanzees:the smartestspecies intheanimalkingdomD.Chimpanzee language:communication gesturestranslatedD BA D。