科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
Motherhood may make women smarter and may help prevent dementia （痴呆） in old age by bathing the brain in protective hormones （荷尔蒙） , U.S. researchers reported on Thursday.
Tests on rats show that those who raise two or more litters of pups do considerably better in tests of memory and skills than rats who have no babies, and their brains show changes that suggest they may be protected against diseases such as Alzheimer’s （早老痴呆症）. University of Richmond psychology professor Craig Kinsley believes his findings will translate into humans.
“Our research shows that the hormones of pregnancy are protecting the brain, including estrogen （雌激素）, which we know has many neuroprotective （保护神经的） effects,” Kinsley said.
“It’s rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals,” he added in a telephone interview. “They go through pregnancy and hormonal changes.”
Kinsley said he hoped public health officials and researchers will look to see if having had children protects a woman from Alzheimer’s and other forms of age-related brain decline.
“When people think about pregnancy, they think about what happens to babies and the mother from the neck down,” said Kinsley, who presented his findings to the annual meeting of the Society of Neuroscience in Orlando, Florida.
“They do not realize that hormones are washing on the brain. If you look at female animals who have never gone through pregnancy, they act differently toward young. But if she goes through pregnancy, she will sacrifice her life for her infant—that is a great change in her behavior that showed in genetic alterations （改变） to the brain.”
How do scientists know “Motherhood may make women smarter”?
A. Some researchers have told them.
B. Many women say so.
C. They know it by experimenting on rats.
D. They know it through their own experience.
What does the phrase “litters of pups” mean in the second paragraph?
A. Baby rats. B. Animals. C. Old rats. D. Grown-up rats.
What can protect the brain of a woman according to the passage?
A. Estrogen. B. The hormones of pregnancy.
C. More exercise. D. Taking care of children.
“It’s rat data but humans are mammals just like these animals are mammals.” What does the sentence suggest?
A. The experiments on the rats have nothing to do with humans.
B. The experiments on the rats are very important for animals.
C. The experiments on the rats are much the same on humans.
D. The experiments on the rats are much the same on other animals.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届四川射洪射洪中学高二下学期期中考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写在第二卷对应的横线上（请注意问题后的词数要求）
【1】If you are worried about things and are under a lot of stress at work or school, then you are probably not sleeping well. Worry can keep you awake, tossing and turning in bed until the early hours of the morning when you eventually fail asleep. When you wake up, you don't feel refreshed, but tired and worn out and unable to face a new day.
【2】Dr Henry Winkle wrote an article in a recent newspaper, which indicates that . Dr Winkle says, “The more we worry, the less we sleep, the more we are unable to deal with stress. If we can find a way to get a good night's sleep,” he adds, “we can often find the energy to deal with what's worrying us.”
【3】So, what is a good night's sleep? Research shows that the amount of sleep which people need in order to keep healthy varies a lot. Seven hours in about the average amount, though strangely enough, sleeping longer often gives you a headache instead of making you feel more refreshed.
【4】Dr Winkle believes that preparing for sleeping is important. People who work late should try to give themselves a short break and do something restful before going to bed. This could be watching TV or listening to music. Doing some exercise earlier in the day should help you to feel physically as well as mentally tired. A bedtime drink can also help, but coffee or tea should be avoided as they contain caffeine and will keep you awake. “When you put the light out,” Dr Winkle says, “ concentrate on relaxing your muscles, working slowly up from your feet, and you'll be asleep before you know it.”
1.What is the best title of the text? (no more than 10 words)
2.Which sentence in the text can be replaced by the following one?
People shouldn't go to sleep immediately but should take a break after working late in the night.
3.Please fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words or phrase to complete the sentence. (no more than 10 words)
4.Someone says that the longer you sleep, the better you feel. Try to find some arguments from the text against the idea. (no more than 30 words)
5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 into Chinese.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届陕西省高二上学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：阅读理解
The most frightening words in the English language are “our computer is down.” You hear it more and more when you are on business. The other day I was at the airport waiting for a ticket to Washington and the girl in the ticket office said, “I’m sorry, I can’t sell you a ticket. Our computer is down.”
“If your computer is down, just write me out a ticket.”
“I can’t write you out a ticket. The computer is the only one allowed to do so.” I looked down at the counter and every passenger was just standing there drinking coffee and staring at the black screen. Then I asked her, “What do you do?”
“We give the computer the information about your trip, and then it tells us whether you can fly with us or not.”
“So when it goes down, you go down with it.”
“That’s right, sir.”
“How long will the computer be down?” I wanted to know.
“I have no idea. Sometimes it’s down for 10 minutes, sometimes for two hours. There is no way we can find out without asking the computer, and since it’s down, it won’t answer us.”
After the girl told me they had no backup computer, I said, “Let’s forget the computer. What about your planes? They are still flying, aren’t they?”
“I can’t tell without asking the computer.”
“Maybe I could just go to the gate and ask the pilot if he’s flying to Washington.” I suggested.
“I wouldn’t know what gate to send you to. Even if the pilot was going to Washington, he couldn’t take you if you didn’t have a ticket.”
“Is there any other airline flying to Washington within the next few hours?”
“I wouldn’t know,” she said, pointing at the desk screen. “Only IT knows. It can’t tell me.”
By this time there were quite a few people standing in line. The words soon spread to other travelers that the computer was down. Some people went, some people started to cry and still others kicked their luggage.
1.The word “down” in the sentence ‘Our computer is down.’ means _____________.
A．falling B．downcast C．drop D．dead
2.The best title of the article is _________.
A．Asking the Computer
B．The Computer of the Airport
C．The Most Frightening Words
D．When the Computer Is Down
3.What could the girl in the ticket office do for the passengers without asking the computer?
A．She could answer the passengers’ questions
B．She could do nothing.
C．She could sell a ticket.
D．She could write out a ticket.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2012-2013学年江西省上饶市高三第一次联考英语试卷（解析版） 题型：其他题
阅读下面短文并回答问题，然后将答案写到答题卡相应的位置上（请注意问题后的词数要求）。
[1] Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging, unless you learn how to deal with it．They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer．
[2] Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time, some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way．Others burst with anger, and scream and yell．But other people keep their anger inside．They can not or will not express it．This is called ______________．
[3] For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it．They said that when a person is angry, the brain release the same hormones．They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc．In general the person feels excited and ready to act.
[4] Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous．They believe that those who express anger violently may be likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure．
[5] Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger．They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about．If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry．Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably．”
[6] Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry．They said that laughter is much healthier than anger．
1.What is the best title of the passage? （no more than 8 words．）
__________________________________________________________________________________
2.What does the word “it ” ( Line 3 Para 2 ) refer to? ( no more than 2 words )
__________________________________________________________________________________
3.Please fill in the blank with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（no more than 3 words）
________________________________________________________________________________
4.List the three ways the author mentions people express their anger．（no more than 20 words）__________________________________________________________________________________
5.According to the doctors, what good way can you get to deal with anger? （no more than 5 words）
________________________________________________________________________________
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科目：高中英语 来源：2014届福建省高一下学期期末考试英语试卷（解析版） 题型：单词拼写
完成句子（共6小题；每小题1分，满分6分）
1.He ________ _________ ______ people who’ve never been to university. (瞧不起)
2.I __________ him ______ her honesty. (使….确信)
3.They need more troops to _________ the border _________ possible attack.
(保卫…以免受)
4.The police _________ _________ _______________ that he was the criminal of the murder. (得出结论)
5.Do remember to remind me of the meeting because I _______ ________ ________ forget it. (很可能)
6.The sentence just doesn’t ________ ________ no matter how you read it. (讲得通；有意义)
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