【正文】 hose if only moments when it es to safety. It39。 My father is famous in our family for saying, Take the extra minute to do it right. I always try to live by the extra minute rule. When my children were young and likely to cause accidents, I always thought about what I could do to avoid an if only moment, whether it was something minor like moving a cup full of hot coffee away from the edge of a counter, or something that required a little more work such as taping padding (襯墊) onto the sharp corners of a glass coffee table. 2．閱讀理解 以及結合文章內(nèi)容主要介紹了微笑能夠讓我們放松進而有利于我們的健康，所以要健康那就要多微笑，所以選B。根據(jù)第二段中的“Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart.”哥倫比亞的心臟病專家Chockalingam博士建議他的病人保持微笑。故選A。而且它可能會為每個人的心臟健康提供一點額外的保護。根據(jù)最后一段中的“If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone39。故選C。根據(jù)第三段中的“If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you.”如果你真的有危險，這些荷爾蒙會幫助你。故選D。釋放出的化學物質更積極。 （1）考查細節(jié)理解。s opinion? has the same effects as laughter. can be used to take the place of medicine. is better than any healthy lifestyle to health. can make our body produce beneficial chemicals.（2）What can we know about the mentioned stress hormones? can lower our blood pressure. will surely lead to heart diseases. can benefit us when we are in danger. will make us live an unhealthy lifestyle.（3）Why does Dr. Chockalingam think smiling is helpful to our health? can make us relax. increases sugar levels. has little bad side effects. can happen for no reason.（4）What can be the best title for the text? Thorough Analysis of the Causes of Heart Diseases Thing You Can Do Right Now to Help Your Heart Thing That Is Closely Connected with Stress Hormones Clear Connection Between Unhealthy Lifestyles and Heart Diseases【答案】 （1）D（2）C（3）A（4）B 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇說明文，哥倫比亞的心臟病專家Chockalingam博士建議多保持微笑，他認為微笑可能是幫助心臟的一種方式。Once people smile, they are relaxing. This relaxation directly lowers blood pressure, improves sugar levels in the blood. If we are smiling, we are breaking that link between stress and health. And it just may provide a little extra protection to everyone39。 Researchers say the connection between stress and heart disease is still unclear. However, they claim that when people are stressed for long periods of time, they may have an unhealthy lifestyle, which can lead to health problems. s main stress hormone. It increases sugar in the bloodstream. If you are truly in danger, these hormones can help you. They are part of what we call our fightorflight response. Dr. Chockalingam, a heart disease specialist in Columbia, advises his patients to smile. He says a smile may be one way to help your heart. When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive. He says smiling is the first step in fighting physical and emotional stress and its sometimes harmful effects on human health. This is not just New Age advice. Several studies support his opinion. 【英語】閱讀理解(人生百味)練習含解析一、高中英語閱讀理解人生百味類1．閱讀理解 Experts note that an unhealthy lifestyle can put you at great risk of heart disease and stroke. So doctors urge us to eat healthy foods, get exercise, stop smoking and limit our alcohol intake. But there is something else you can do. And it is free and easy. Smile! When you feel stressed or under pressure, your body releases many natural hormones (荷爾蒙) including adrenaline and cortisol. Adrenaline increases your heart rate and blood pressure. Cortisol is the body39。However, when we are stressed for a long period, these stress hormones are everpresent in our bodies. And that, medical researchers warn, may lead to health problems. Dr. Chockalingam says a smile may be one way to help. He tells his patients to smile 20 times an hour. To some, that might seem like a lot of smiling. Or some might even feel foolish ... smiling for seemingly no reason. But a smile does not involve drugs. It is not invasive like a surgical operation. It is free and it has no bad side effects. s heart health.（1）Which of the following agrees with Dr. Chockalingam39。同時說明了微笑有利于健康的原因和人們感到壓力時的身體反應等情況。根據(jù)第二段中的“When we smile, the brain wiring changes. The chemicals that are released are more positive.”當我們微笑時，大腦的線路會發(fā)生變化。可知，Chockalingam博士認為微笑能使我們的身體產(chǎn)生有益的化學物質。 （2）考查細節(jié)理解。可知，當我們處于危險中時，壓力荷爾蒙可以幫助我們。 （3）考查細節(jié)理解。s heart health.”如果我們微笑，我們就打破了壓力和健康之間的聯(lián)系?？芍珻hockalingam博士認為微笑可以使我們放松，從而有利于我們的健康。 （4）考查主旨大意。他說，微笑可能是幫助心臟的一種方式。 【點評】本題考點涉及細節(jié)理解和主旨大意兩個題型的考查，是一篇科研類閱讀，考生需要準確掌握細節(jié)信息，并根據(jù)上下文的邏輯關系，進行概括和歸納，從而選出正確答案。Two of the saddest words in the English language are if only. I live my life with the goal of never having to say those words, because they convey regret, lost opportunities, mistakes, and disappointment. I don39。s equally important to avoid if only in our personal relationships. We all know people who lost a loved one and regretted that they had foregone an opportunity to say I love you or I forgive you. When my father announced he was going to the eye doctor across from my office on Good Friday, I told him that it was a holiday for my pany and I wouldn39。s 84 years old and I realized that I shouldn39。I know there will still be occasions when I have to say if only about something, but my life is definitely better because of my policy of doing everything possible to avoid that eventuality. And even though it takes an extra minute to do something right, or it occasionally takes an hour or two in my busy schedule to make a personal connection, I know that I39。m buying myself peace of mind and that39。父親在作者小的時候經(jīng)常讓她提前做一些能防止意外發(fā)生的事，因此她懂得珍惜現(xiàn)在所擁有的一切，而且知道自己正在做對的事。根據(jù)第一、二段可知，作者所說的“extra minute”rule是指在遇事時多思考一分鐘，從而可以避免以后遺憾、犯錯或失望，故選D。根據(jù)第三段中的“But then I thought