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【题目】“An apple a day keeps the doctor away” is one of the most common sayings in the English languages. This is because apples were one of the first foods that medical professionals recognized as healthy—their benefits became obvious when, quite simply, doctors found that people who ate apples were sick less often than those who did not. Today we have a more specific understanding of why apples are so beneficial to overall health.

Apples can help keep your levels of bad cholesterol (胆固醇) down. The pectin (果胶) in apples helps you to maintain cardiovascular health and reduce LDL cholesterol(which is the “bad” kind). Apples themselves do not add cholesterol to your diet and are full of water and fiber to help prevent the cholesterol in other foods you might digest. According to Health Diaries, people who eat two apples per day may lower their cholesterol by as much as 16 percent.

Apples are naturally low in calories and high in water content. Eating an apple can satisfy your hunger and keep you from reaching for high-sugar, high-calories snacks. By eating apples, you will be more able to maintain a healthy weight because they fill you up, potentially stopping you from eating food that encourages a waistline increase.

Apples contain respectable levels of boron (硼), which helps build healthy bones, and can also prevent diseases like arthritis. Apples are rich in vitamin C, which is known to help build immunity.

Studies have shown that apples can decrease the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer. One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this, so be sure not to peel your apple before you eat them, as you could remove some of the health benefits.

【1】What’s the main idea of the passage?

A. An explanation of an English saying.

B. How to make full use of apples.

C. Apples are beneficial to our health.

D. How to keep healthy in our daily life.

【2】By eating apples we can get many benefits EXCEPT________.

A. lowering the cholesterol B. keeping a healthy weight

C. building immunity D. preventing heart disease

【3】Which of the following can most probably replace the underlined word “respectable”?

A. Admirable. B. Considerable.

C. Reliable. D. Valuable.

【4】Which plays an important role in reducing the risk of breast cancer?

A. The pectin. B. The apple skins.

C. The flesh of apples. D. The fiber of apples.

【5】What’s the author’s attitude towards the effect of eating apples?

A. Positive. B. Negative.

C. Doubtful. D. Uncertain.

Answer 1

【答案】One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this, B选项 The apple skins.

【解析】英语中有一句谚语：一天一苹果，医生远离我。因为苹果是医学上公认的健康食物之一，医生们发现吃苹果的人们比不吃苹果的人们更健康。而现在我们对食用苹果的优点有更明确的认识。

【1】C主旨大意题。根据全文内容可知，文章主要讲的是苹果各部分对人们身体的益处，苹果是公认的健康食物，故选C。

【2】D 推理判断题。根据文章第二、三、四段内容可知，吃苹果可以帮助降低你的胆固醇含量、使你保持健康的体重、增强免疫力，但是没有说到阻止心脏病发作，本题运用排除法，故选D。

【3】B 词义猜测题。根据文章第四段的句子Apples contain respectable levels of boron (硼), which helps build healthy bones.（苹果含有__________硼元素，它能帮助强健骨骼）可推知，划线词表示“大量的”，大量的才能强健骨骼，B项considerable意为“相当大的”与划线词意思相近，故选B。

【4】B 细节理解题。根据文章第五段的句子Studies have shown that apples can decrease the risk of breast cancer, colon cancer, and liver cancer. One theory is that the apple skins are responsible for this.（研究表明苹果皮可以帮助减少乳腺癌、结肠癌和肝癌的患病率）可知，吃苹果前不要削掉苹果皮，故选B。

【5】A 观点态度题。根据文章内容的讲述可知，作者肯定了食用苹果的诸多好处，故是正面的，选A。