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2008年6月23日第88期阅读理解擂台赛：
Healthy knees aren't the main consideration in choosing high heels, but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos (细高跟鞋). "It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis (骨关节炎) — and once you do, it is too ]ate," said Dr. Casey Kerrigan, leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School's department of physical medicine. "I compare it to smoking — one cigarette is not painful, but over a lifetime it is. Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable, so women wear them all day long, "Kerrigan said. "They are better for your feet than stiletto heels, but just as had for your knees."
In the study, researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three-inch heels, one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one. The scientists compared how much pressure was put on the women's knees by both types of shoes. The women also walked barefoot to test normal pressure. The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees. Compared with walking barefoot, the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent. Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis, experts say.
The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn't new — scientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes, tendonitis, knee pain, sprained (扭伤) ankles and back problems. But in 1998,Kerdgan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage (软骨) surrounding the knee. The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing. "This study confirms what we all intuitively (直觉地) know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health," said Dr. Glenn Pfeifer, a San Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.
1. We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because_____.
A.they want to walk comfortably
B.chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairs
C.chunky heels do less harm to knees
D.chunky heels are not painful at all
2. The study mentioned in the second paragraph found that_____.
A.pressure on the knee is caused by high heels
B.the reading of pressure is abnormal while walking barefoot
C.arthritis is always caused by pressure on the knee
D.both types of shoe have the same harm to the knees
3. It can be inferred that_____.
A.people got to know the high heels are had for health recently
B.people have known the high heels are had for health for years
C.people haven't known the high heels are had for health yet
D.people will be warned that the high heels are had for health soon
4. Kerrigan's late study looked at the chunky high-heeled shoes because_____.
A.they feel more comfortable
B.they are related to knee osteoarthritis
C.they are worn by many women
D.they are different from stiletto heels
5. The best title for the passage may be_____.
A.Taking Healthy Knees into Consideration
B.High-heels Do Harm to Knees
C.Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels
D.When Wearing High Heels
Vocabulary:
(in order to improve your ability of guessing words, you'd better see this section after you answer the quenstions)
1.chunk n. 厚片，大块；相当大的部分(或数量)
*In the old days having meat and milk every day often meant a big chunk of the family income. 过去，每天吃肉、喝牛奶意味着要花费掉家庭收入的大部分。
chunky adj. 短而厚的；结实的；粗壮的；[美]矮胖的
2.rehabilitate vt. 使恢复原状，修复；恢复……的名誉；改造(罪犯等)，使恢复正常生活
*He has been rehabilitated in public esteem. 公众已恢复对他的敬重。
rehabilitation n. 复原
3.intuition n. 直觉
*She had an intuition that her friend was ill. 她有一种直觉，她的朋友生病了。
intuitive adj. 直觉的
4. surgeon n. 外科医生
*A surgeon is a doctor whose job is to practive surgery. 外科医生是从事外科手术的医生。
2008年6月24日第89期阅读理解擂台赛：
One of the most spectacular terrorist episodes in U.S. history was the bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City in 1993 by Islamic radicals. This incident aroused anxiety about the threat posed by foreign residents from nations hostile to the United States. Six people died in the blast, which caused an estimated $600 million in property and other economic damage. Trials that followed convicted six people of carrying out the attack.
In addition to foreign-sponsored terrorism, the United States has an ample history of domestic terrorism. Early in the 20th century, labor leaders such as William Dudley openly espoused a philosophy of revolutionary violence.
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, during the latter stages of the U.S. involvement in the Vietnam War, some terrorist groups bombed buildings on university campuses throughout the country and at corporation headquarters and government buildings in New York City.
Between 1978 and 1995, an anarchist and terrorist known as the Unabomber planted or mailed homemade bombs that killed 3 people and wounded 23 others in 16 separate incidents throughout the United States. The Unabomber, who claimed an allegiance with radical environmentalists and others opposed to the effects of industrialization and technology, targeted university professors, corporate executives, and computer merchants.
In April 1996 federal agents arrested Theodore Kaczynski, a suspect they thought to be the Unabomber. Kaczynski, a Harvard-educated former math professor who became a recluse, pled guilty to 13 federal charges in 1998 in exchange for agreement that prosecutors would not seek the death penalty during sentencing. The court sentenced Kaczynski to four life terms plus 30 years and ordered him to pay $15 million in restitution.
In April 1995 a truck bomb exploded in front of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, killing 168 people and injuring more than 500, making it one of the deadliest terrorist attacks in United States history. Federal agents arrested two men McVeigh and Nichols, who belonged to an extremist group advocating resistance to national laws and political institutions.
In June 1997 McVeigh was found guilty of murder in connection with the bombing and sentenced to death. Later in the year Nichols was convicted of the less severe charges of manslaughter and conspiracy, and he was sentenced to life in prison in June 1998. McVeigh was executed in 2001.
1. From the passage we know that the bombing of the World Trade Center in 1993 was_____.
A.the first terrorist attack in US history
B.paid attention to because of its great influence
C.the deadliest terrorist attacks in US history
D.sponsored by foreign terrorism
2. Early in the 20th century,labor leaders such as William Dudley were_____.
A.the foreign-sponsored terrorists
B.the domestic terrorists
C.the most violent revolutionaries
D.the most famous philosophers
3. It can be inferred from the passage that the radical environmentalists think that_____.
A.the Unabomber is their ally
B.it is legal to plant or mail homemade bombs
C.industrialization has bad effects on the world
D.university professors and computer merchants are their supporter
4. According to the fifth paragraph, Theodore Kaczynski wasn't sentenced to death because_____.
A.he was a Harvard-educated former math professor
B.he was not a radical environmentalist
C.he pled guilty to the federal charges
D.he paid $15 million in restitution
5. The best title for this passage may be_____.
A.A War Against Peace
B.Terrorists Radical Environmentalists
C.The Fate of Terrorists
D.Spectacular Terrorist Episodes
Vocabulary:
(in order to improve your ability of guessing words, you'd better see this section after you answer the quenstions)
1.ample n. 足够的；宽敞的，面积大的
*We have ample money for the journey. 我们有足够的钱去旅游。
2.prosecute [ 'prɔsikju:t ] vt. 检举，告发，对……提起公诉;继续从事
vi. 起诉，告发
*He was prosecuted for stealing. 他因偷窃而被起诉。
3.slaughter [ 'slɔ:tə ] n./vt. 屠杀，杀戮;屠宰
*The playwright was slaughtered by the press. 这位剧作家收到新闻界的无情批判。
2008年6月25日第90期阅读理解擂台赛：
" Your eyes are two pools that twinkle like stars in the sky." These sweet nothings are traditionally best sent in feather-inked script1 on fine, perfumed parchment. Nowadays, though, more and more lovers are using e-mail or cell phone short message services (SMS) to say a few nice words to each other. The result: a new culture of love-letter writing has evolved and is rewriting the rules in how we express our love.
Make no mistake: in many cases the love e-mail messages significantly resemble their aromatic predecessors. The verbal imagery has hardly changed. SMS messages, however, have necessitated9 the development of a new, shorter form of love talk. Experts believe, in fact, that far more people now carry out sweet talk in cyberspace than in the time before e-mail and short messaging came along.
When people communicate over e-mail or short messages, everything is much more relaxed, less serious, and this helps the sweet words flow. Nicola Doering, a media researcher at the Technical University of Ilmenau in Thueringen, Germany, emphasizes that for many people contact over e-mail or SMS is simpler: " The language is a different one here than in traditional letters; people tend to write more like they speak." This means that a message writer might not have to agonize over every word, as is often expected with traditional love letters. This is obviously encouraging for many people. For longer, particularly romantic love letters, e-mail writers also reach back into the language of poetry, " Your calf-blue eyes" is typical for the kind of phrasings found in e-mail love letters. At least one traditional symbol between lovers has made a striking comeback. Even in the love letters of the 19th century, one often found the letter X as a symbol of a kiss. Many paper love letters would have three Xs at the bottom as a closing. And this symbol is often used today between lovers in their e-mail messages.
In spite of all the technological advancement that e- mail represents, classic love letters on paper still have a special meaning, the experts say. Ink on paper simply affects many people more strongly than lines on a computer screen. It appears more serious, more binding, as if written for all eternity. Sometimes people want to have something to touch, a letter that you can really hold in your hand.
1. From this passage we learn that the love e-mail messages_____.
A.haven't changed the convention in how people express love
B.are still like traditional letters in many cases
C.are often sent on fine,perfumed parchment
D.represent a traditional culture of love-letter writing
2. Which of the following is not mentioned by the author as a characteristic of the new culture of love-letter writing?
A.It is more relaxed and less serious.
B.It makes contact simpler for many people.
C.It makes love letters more like poetry.
D.It helps people to say more sweet words.
3. Three Xs used in lovers'e-mail message symbolize_____.
A.a striking comeback
B.the language of poetry
C.closing of the letters
D.three kisses
4. It is implied that experts think classic love letters_____.
A.exclude the technological advancement
B.resemble lines on a computer screen
C.can not be touched by modern people
D.have stronger power to move the feelings
5. The author's tone in this passage is_____
A.mocking
B.complimentary
C.objective
D.approving
Vocabulary:
(in order to improve your ability of guessing words, you'd better see this section after you answer the quenstions)
1. perfume [ 'pə:fju:m ] vt.洒香水于；使充满芳香 n. 香水，香料，香气
*Flowers perfumed the air. 空气中弥漫着花香。
2. predecessor [ 'pri:disesə ] n. 前任，前辈；(被取代的)原有事物，前身
*Our new doctor is much younger than his predecessor. 我们的新一声比他的前任年轻多了。
3.agonize vi. 感到极度痛苦 vt. 使极度痛苦，创伤
*The wounded man was in agony. 受伤的人很痛苦。
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