1、The Healthy Habits Survey（调查）shows that only about one third of American seniors have correct habits. Here are some findings and expert advice.1.How many times did you brush your teeth yesterday?Finding：A full 33% of seniors brush their teeth only once a day.Step：Remove the 300 types of bacteria in
2、your mouth each morning with a battery-operated toothbrush. Brush gently for 2 minutes, at least twice a day.2.How many times did you wash your hands or bathe yesterday?Finding：Seniors, on average, bathe fewer than 3 days a week. And nearly 30%wash their hands only 4 times a day-half of the number d
3、octors recommend.Step：We touch our faces around 3,000 times a day-often inviting germs（病菌）to enter our mouth, nose, and eyes. Use toilet paper to avoid touching the door handle. And, most important, wash your hands often with hot running water and soap for 20 seconds.3. How often do you think about
4、fighting germs?Finding：Seniors are not fighting germs as well as they should.Step：Be aware of germs. Do you know it is not your toilet but your kitchen sponge（海绵）that can carry more germs than anything else? To kill these germs, keep your sponge in the microwave for 10 seconds.56. What is found out
5、about American seniors?A. Most of them have good habits.B. Nearly 30%of them bathe three days a week .C. All of them are fighting germs better than expected .D. About one third of them brush their teeth only once a day. 57. Doctors suggest that people should wash their hands .A. twice a day B. three
6、 times a day C. four times a day D. eight times a day 58. Which of the following is true according to the text ?A. We should keep from touching our faces .B. There are less than 300 types of bacteria in the mouth .CA kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet .D. We should wash our hands befo
7、re touching a door handle .59. The text probably comes from .A. a guide book B. a popular magazine C. a book review D .an official documentBUsing too much water or throwing rubbish into our rivers are clear ways that humans can put our water supply in danger ,but we also affect our water supply in l
8、ess obvious ways .You may wonder how paving(铺砌) a road can lead to less useable fresh water . A major part of the water we use every day is groundwater . Groundwater does not come from lakes or rivers .It comes from underground . The more roads and parking lots we pave , the less water can flow into
9、 the ground to become groundwater . Human activity is not responsible for all water shortages(短缺). Drier climates are of course more likely to have droughts(干旱) than areas with more rainfall, but in any case, good management can help to make sure there is enough water to meet our basic needs . Think
10、ing about the way we use water every day can make a big difference, too. In the United States , a family of four can use 1.5tons of water a day ! This shows how much we depend on water to live, but theres a lot we can do to lower the number.You can take steps to save water in your home .To start wit
11、h , use the same glass for your drinking water all day .Wash it only once a day .Run your dishwasher (洗碗机)only when it is full . Help your parents fix any leaks in your home. You can even help to keep our water supply clean by recycling batteries instead of throwing them away.60. Which of the follow
12、ing is most likely to lead to less groundwater ? A. Using river water . B .Throwing batteries away . C. Paving parking lots . D. Throwing rubbish into lakes .C When 19-year-old Sophia Giorgi said she was thinking of volunteering to help the Make-A-Wish Foundation (基金会), nobody understood what she wa
13、s talking about .But Sophia knew just how important Make A Wish could be because this special organization had helped to make a dream come true for one of her best friends .We were interested in finding out more ,so we went along to meet Sophia and listen to what she had to say .Sophia told us that
14、Make A Wish is a worldwide organization that started in the United States in 1980. “Its a charity(慈善机构)that helps children who have got very serious illnesses. Make A Wish helps children feel happy even though they are sick, by making their wishes and dreams come true ,” Sophia explained . We asked
15、Sophia how Make A Wish had first started .She said it had all begun with a very sick young boy called Chris ,who had been dreaming for a long time of becoming a policeman .Sophia said lots of people had wanted to find a way to make Chriss dream come true -so, with everybodys help , Chris, only seven
16、 years old at the time ,had been a “policeman” for a day . “ When people saw how delighted Chris was when his dream came true, they decided to try and help other sick children too ,and that was the beginning of Make A Wish,” explained SophiaSophiaalsotoldustheFoundationtriestogivechildrenandtheirfam
17、iliesaspecial,happytime.AMake-A-Wishvolunteervisitsthefamiliesandasksthechildrenwhattheywouldwishforiftheycouldhaveanythingintheworld.Sophiasaidthevolunteerswereimportantbecausetheyweretheoneswhohelpedtomakethewishescometrue.Theydothiseitherbyprovidingthingsthatarenecessary,orbyraisingmoneyorhelping
18、outinwhateverwaytheycan.64.SophiafoundoutaboutMake-A-Wishbecauseherbestfriendhad_. A.benefitedfromit B.volunteeredtohelpit C.dreamedaboutit D.toldtheauthoraboutit65.AccordingtoSophia,Make-A-Wish_. A.isaninternationalcharity B.wasunderstoodbynobodyatfirst C.raisesmoneyforverypoorfamilies D.startedbyd
19、rawingtheinterestofthepublic66. What is said about Chris in Paragraph3?A. He has been a policeman since he was seven.B. He gave people the idea of starting Make-A-WishC. He wanted people to help make his dream come true.D. He was the first child Make-A-Wish helped after it had been set up.67. Which
20、of the following is true about Make-A-Wish volunteers?A. They are important for making wishes come true.B. They try to help children get over their illnesses.C. They visit sick children to make them feel special.D. They provide what is necessary to make Make-A-Wish popular.D “People are ruder today
21、because they are rushed and more time poor than ever before,” says Patsy Rowe, “ Manners have fallen off the radar(雷达).” Due to our strong attraction to electronic equipment it is a wonder more people dont wake up each morning and greet the singing birds with a complaint（抱怨）about the noise. Here are
22、 some examples of rudeness. Some people prefer to do almost everything over the internet. To them, dealing with an actual human is like an evolutionary step backward. It feels very slow because humans dont work at 4G speeds. When you have dinner with friends, you will often notice someone paying mor
23、e attention to his mobile phone. We have programmed ourselves to think that every new message brings life-changing news, so taking calls and checking our texts are more important than talking to the people we are with. What is worse, some people even tend to send anonymous（匿名的） rude messages by emai
24、l. However, rudeness is never acceptable. Dont assume it is OK to be rude if the person youre in touch with wont recognize you. If you have something awful to say, have the courage to face the person and say it, write a letter or email and sign it, or forget it. Upsetting people with unsigned messag
25、es is cruel and disgusting.We shouldnt blame technology for our shortcomings. Technology is here to help us, but we should not allow it to take over our lives. An important step is acknowledging our shortcomings. People spend a lot of time pointing out bad manners but it would be even more help if w
26、ed publicly acknowledge good manners when we see them.68.What can be inferred from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1? A. People can tell good from bad behavior.B. Radar is able to observe human behavior.C. People care little about their behavior.D. Radar can be used to predict human behavior.69
27、.Some people are less willing to deal with humans because_ . A. they are becoming less patientB. they are growing too independentC. they have to handle many important messagesD. they have to follow an evolutionary step backward.70.The author thinks sending unsigned awful messages is _ .A. ridiculous
28、 B. disgusting C. acceptable D. reasonable71.What can we learn from the last paragraph?A. We should applaud good behavior.B. Technology can never be blamedC. We should keep pointing out mistakes.D. Technology will take over our lives one day. EArgentina in the late nineteenth century was an exciting
29、 place. Around 1870,it was experiencing an economic(经济的)boom, and the capital, Buenos Aires, attracted many people. Farmers, as well as a flood of foreigners from Spain and Italy, came to Buenos Aires seeking jobs. These jobs didnt pay well, and the people felt lonely and disappointed with their new
30、 life in the city. As the unhappy newcomers mixed together in the poor parts of the city, the dance known as the tango(探戈舞)came into being. At the beginning the tango was a dance of the lower classes. It was danced in the bars and streets. At that time there were many fewer women than men, so if a m
31、an didnt want to be left out, his only choice was to dance with another man so that he could attract the attention of the few available women. Gradually, the dance spread into the upper classes of Argentinean society and became more respectable. In Europe at this time, strong interest in dance from
32、around the world was beginning. This interest in international dance was especially evident in Paris. Every kind of dance from ballet(芭蕾舞)to belly dancing could be found on the stages of the Paris theaters. After tango dances from Argentina arrive in Europe, they began to draw the interest of the pu
33、blic as they performed their exiting dance in cafes, Though not everyone approved of the new dance, saying it was a little too shocking, the dance did find enough supporters to make it popular.The popularity（流行）of the tango continued to grow in many other parts of the world. Soldiers who returned to
34、 the United States from World War I brought the tango to North America. It reached Japan in 1926, and in 2003 the Argentinean embassy in Seoul hired a local tango dancer to act as a kind of dance ambassador, and promote tango dancing throughout South Korea.72. The origin of the tango is associated w
35、ith _ .A belly dances B .American soldiersC. a Spanish city D. the capital of Argentina73. Which of the following is true about the tango?A. It was created by foreigners from Spain and Italy.B. People of the upper classes loved the tango most.C. It was often danced by two males in the beginning.D.A
36、dancer in Seoul became the Argentinean ambassador.74. Before World War I, the tango spread to _ .A. America B. Japan C. France D. South Korea75 What can be the best title for the text?A. How to Dance the Tango B. The History of the TangoC. How to Promote the Tango D. The Modern Tango Boom2013年安徽高考-阅读理解训练（一）参考答案5659 DDCB6063 CBDD6467 AABA6871 CABA7275 DCCB
