2024年四月高三英语每周好题精选(第1周)含答案.docx
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1、2024年四月高三英语每周好题精选(第1周)含答案一、Using fatty foods to comfort eat during times of stress can harm the bodys recovery from the pressure, research suggests.Although many people turn to unhealthy foods such as chocolate, crisps or pastries when they are feeling the strain, researchers have found this can red
2、uce blood flow to the brain and cause poorer vascular(血管的) function, which in turn can have a negative effect on mental health and increase the risk of heart disease. The researchers suggest people resist the attraction of convenient treats by eating fruits and vegetables instead.Prof Jet Veldhuijze
3、n van Zanten said, We looked at healthy 18-to 30-year-olds for this study, and to see such a clear difference in how their bodies recover from stress when they eat fatty foods is staggering. For people who already have an increased risk of cardiovascular(心血管) disease, the impacts could be even more
4、serious. We all deal with stress all the time, but especially for those of us in high-stress jobs and at risk of cardiovascular disease, these findings should be taken seriously. This research can help us make decisions that reduce risks rather than make them worse.The study involved a group of youn
5、g healthy adults who were given two butter bread as breakfast. The participants were then asked to do mental maths, increasing in speed for eight minutes, and alerted when they got an answer wrong. They could also see themselves on a screen.The researchers found that consuming fatty foods when menta
6、lly stressed reduced vascular function by 1.74%. Previous studies have shown that a 1% reduction in vascular function leads to a 13% increase in cardiovascular disease risk.We also know that the elasticity(弹性) of our blood tubes, which is a measure of vascular function, declines following mental str
7、ess, said the studys first author, Rosalind Baynham from the University of Birmingham.1. Whats the finding of the research?A. Why people like fatty foods.B. How people recover from stress.C. What people should eat to keep fit.D. Eating fatty foods when stressed is bad for health.2. What suggestion i
8、s given to decrease the risk of heart disease?A. Seeking low-stress jobs.B. Dining out in clean restaurants.C. Examining your body regularly.D. Eating more fruits and vegetables.3. What does the underlined word staggering in Paragraph 3 probably mean?A. Disappointing.B. Shocking. C. Confusing.D. Exc
9、iting.4. Where is the text probably taken from?A. A magazine.B. A textbook. C. A science fiction.D. A recipe book.二、Its a typical day at school. Youre playing soccer with your friends. One of them kicks you the ball and you run for it. You trip. You fly through the air. You landhard, right on your f
10、ace! The next moment, youre in the nurses office. Your bleeding nose is being checked by laser sensors(激光传感器) that coming out of a.robot? Has the nurses office been taken over by sci-fi aliens(外星人) from outer space?No. Youve just been pushed forward 15 years into the future. And its a future that Su
11、san Epstein, a computer science professor who teaches artificial intelligence, is really excited to think about. I am crazy about this kind of thing! You could go up to the robot, put your nose in, and the machine would decide whether you needed to be treated, and how.Aside from being cool, an AI nu
12、rse has other advantages. It doesnt need to take vacations. It doesnt need to get paid a salary. And it might figure out whats wrong with your nose faster than a human would. There are all kinds of ways that AI could be used to help make us healthier and researchers are studying how to use AI to dia
13、gnose(诊断) lung disease, cancer, and more.Our robot nurse isnt meant to completely take the place of humans, though. It would work with real, live nurses and doctors, says Epstein, there are things humans are good at, like building trust among members of our own species or comforting someone whos hur
14、t or sick. A big part of medicine is the relationship between a doctor and a patient.Epstein points out that AI programs will never be perfectno matter how much we might want them to be. But if AI can diagnose a deadly disease more precisely even 10 percent of the time, think of how many lives it co
15、uld save. Besides, says Epstein, I think there are probably patients who might prefer to have a machine for a doctor! Would you?1. Whats the function of para 1?A. To introduce a scientific study.B. To lead to the topic of the text.C. To describe an experience of the writer.D. To give an example to s
16、upport an argument.2. What can be inferred from Epsteins words in para 4?A. Humans are better at treating patients than AI doctors.B. AI doctors alone can cure patients of most of the diseases.C. Patients trust in doctors may affect their treatments positively.D. Patients may receive as much comfort
17、 from AI doctors as from humans.3. What is true about AI doctors and nurses according to the text?A. They are better at trust-building.B. They will take over humans.C. Their biggest strength is being cool.D. They are life-saving if properly used.4. Whats Epsteins attitude towards AI doctors and nurs
18、es?A. Negative.B. Favorable.C. Doubtful.D. Unclear.三、Located among the forests where eagles fly overhead, Jabal Sawda has long been one of Saudi Arabias best places for mountaineers. At 2,999m, Jabal Sawda had been considered the kingdoms highest peak until twin mountaineers, Matthew and Eric Gilber
19、tson, climbed it in 2018, finding it to be about three metres shy of Jabal Ferwa.For more than a decade, the twins have traveled to one country after another around the world, rewriting the mountain record books about places across the Middle East and West Africa. So far they have reached the peaks
20、of more than 100 countries and newly identified the highest points in Togo, Guinea-Bissau and Ivory Coast.Matthew, a research scientist at Lockheed Martin in Palo Alto, California, and Eric, an instructor in mechanical engineering at Seattle University, said their work was motivated by a need for ac
21、curacy and love for mountaineering. If were going to go through all the effort to visit a country and visit the highest mountain, we want to be sure that we have indeed visited the highest mountain, Matthew said. We consider it assistance to future mountaineers to have an accurate survey done so tha
22、t they can focus their efforts on getting to whichever peak they want to get to.The twins love of mountaineering began when they were children with family trips to the Great Smoky Mountains in the southeastern United States. When they were students at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT),
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