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aking good choices about your own health requires reasonable evaluation. A key first step in bettering your evaluation ability is to look carefully at your sources of health information. Reasonable evaluation includes knowing where and how to find relevant information, how to separate fact from opinion, how to recognize poor reasoning, and how to analyze information and the reliability of sources. Go to the original source. Media reports often simplify the results of medical research. Find out for yourself what a study really reported, and determine whether it was based on good science. Think about the type of Watch for misleading language. Some studies will find that a behaviour “contributes to” or is “associated with” an oute。 this does not mean that a certain course must lead to a certain result. read or listen to information in order to fully understand it. Use your mon sense. If a report seems too good to be true, probably it is. Be especially careful of information contained in “scientific” statements carefully, and be aware of quackery(江湖騙術(shù) ). and family members can be a great source of ideas and inspiration, but each of us needs to find a healthy lifestyle that works for us. Developing the ability to evaluate reasonably and independently about health problems will serve you well throughout your life. A. Make choices that are right for you. B. The goal of an ad is to sell you something. C. Be sure to work through the critical questions. D. And examine the findings of the original research. E. Distinguish between research reports and public health advice. F. Be aware that information may also be incorrectly explained by an author39。s point of view. G. The following suggestions can help you sort through the health information you receive from mon sources. 文章大意: 本文為說明文。作者針對如何識別正確的健康信息提供了一些建議。 解析: 1. 根據(jù)文章第二段、第三段、第四段的首句可以看出作者提供了一些建議,因此本空引出了下文的多個建議,故 選擇 G項。 2. 根據(jù)第二段的第一句 “Go to the original source.”可以看出 D選項 “And examine the findings of the original research.”與第二段內(nèi)容匹配。 3. 根據(jù)第三段第一句 “Watch for misleading language.”可以看出 F 項 “Be aware that information may also be incorrectly explained...”與本段內(nèi)容匹配。 4. 空格處前一句中出現(xiàn)的 advertisements與 B項中的 ad 對應(yīng),因此選擇 B項。 5.空格后的 “...that works for us.”與 A項 “Make choices that are right for you.”對應(yīng),故選擇 A項。