2007年12月英語六級(jí)考試閱讀沖刺模擬訓(xùn)練(11)

　　Healthy knees aren't the main consideration in choosing high heels, but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos (細(xì)高跟鞋). "It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis (骨關(guān)節(jié)炎) — and once you do, it is too ]ate," said Dr. Casey Kerrigan, leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School's department of physical medicine. "I compare it to smoking — one cigarette is not painful, but over a lifetime it is. Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable, so women wear them all day long, "Kerrigan said. "They are better for your feet than stiletto heels, but just as had for your knees."

　　In the study, researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three-inch heels, one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one. The scientists compared how much pressure was put on the women's knees by both types of shoes. The women also walked barefoot to test normal pressure. The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees. Compared with walking barefoot, the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent. Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis, experts say.

　　The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn't new — scientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes, tendonitis, knee pain, sprained (扭傷) ankles and back problems. But in 1998,Kerdgan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage (軟骨) surrounding the knee. The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing. "This study confirms what we all intuitively (直覺地) know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health," said Dr. Glenn Pfeifer, a San Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.

　　Questions 1 to 5 are based on the passage above.

　　1.We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because_____.
　　A.they want to walk comfortably
　　B.chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairs
　　C.chunky heels do less harm to knees
　　D.chunky heels are not painful at all

　　2.The study mentioned in the second paragraph found that_____.
　　A.pressure on the knee is caused by high heels
　　B.the reading of pressure is abnormal while walking barefoot
　　C.arthritis is always caused by pressure on the knee
　　D.both types of shoe have the same harm to the knees

　　3.It can be inferred that_____.
　　A.people got to know the high heels are had for health recently
　　B.people have known the high heels are had for health for years
　　C.people haven't known the high heels are had for health yet
　　D.people will be warned that the high heels are had for health soon

　　4.Kerrigan's late study looked at the chunky high-heeled shoes because_____.
　　A.they feel more comfortable
　　B.they are related to knee osteoarthritis
　　C.they are worn by many women
　　D.they are different from stiletto heels

　　5.The best title for the passage may be_____.
　　A.Taking Healthy Knees into Consideration
　　B.High-heels Do Harm to Knees
　　C.Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels
　　D.When Wearing High Heels

　　文章精要

　　議論文。本文主要論述了鞋跟粗厚的高跟鞋和鞋跟細(xì)高的高跟鞋一樣，都對(duì)膝關(guān)節(jié)有損害。

　　斟詞酌句

　　1.chunk n. 厚片，大塊;相當(dāng)大的部分(或數(shù)量)
　　*In the old days having meat and milk every day often meant a big chunk of the family income. 過去，每天吃肉、喝牛奶意味著要花費(fèi)掉家庭收入的大部分。
　　chunky adj. 短而厚的;結(jié)實(shí)的;粗壯的;[美]矮胖的

　　2.rehabilitate vt. 使恢復(fù)原狀，修復(fù);恢復(fù)……的名譽(yù);改造(罪犯等)，使恢復(fù)正常生活
　　*He has been rehabilitated in public esteem. 公眾已恢復(fù)對(duì)他的敬重。
　　rehabilitation n. 復(fù)原

　　3.intuition n. 直覺
　　*She had an intuition that her friend was ill. 她有一種直覺，她的朋友生病了。
　　intuitive adj. 直覺的

　　4. surgeon n. 外科醫(yī)生
　　*A surgeon is a doctor whose job is to practive surgery. 外科醫(yī)生是從事外科手術(shù)的醫(yī)生。

　　試題精析

　　1.選A。本題為主要細(xì)節(jié)正誤題。第一段中說“Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable, so women wear them all day long”，由此可知，婦女選擇粗高跟鞋是因?yàn)榇指吒�鞋穿著舒服，A選項(xiàng)與其意思一致。

　　2.選D。本題為主要細(xì)節(jié)正誤題。從第二段中的“The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees.”可知，兩種高跟鞋給膝關(guān)節(jié)帶來的壓力是等量的，所以它們對(duì)膝關(guān)節(jié)的傷害是一樣的。

　　3.選B。本題為主要細(xì)節(jié)正誤題。第三段開頭說“The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn't new — scientists have warned women for years that ……”，B選項(xiàng)與其意思一致。

　　4.選C。本題為細(xì)節(jié)推斷題。第三段中說“The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing.”可見，起初的研究對(duì)象只是細(xì)高跟，柯里根后來對(duì)粗高跟鞋進(jìn)行調(diào)查研究是因?yàn)樗�注意到許多婦女穿著粗高跟鞋。

　　5.選B。本題為主旨?xì)w納題。本文主要論述了鞋跟粗厚的高跟鞋和鞋跟細(xì)高的高跟鞋一樣，都對(duì)膝關(guān)節(jié)有損害。所以B選項(xiàng)“高跟鞋傷害膝關(guān)節(jié)”是最佳答案。

　　全文翻譯

　　人們?cè)谶x擇高跟鞋時(shí)，膝關(guān)節(jié)的健康不是考慮的重點(diǎn)，但新的研究表明，鞋跟粗厚的高跟鞋對(duì)膝關(guān)節(jié)的損害程度與鞋跟細(xì)高的高跟鞋一樣。該項(xiàng)研究的領(lǐng)頭人、哈佛醫(yī)學(xué)院物理醫(yī)學(xué)與康復(fù)系副教授凱西·柯里根博士說：“你需要很長(zhǎng)一段時(shí)間才能感到膝部關(guān)節(jié)炎的影響——而一旦感覺到了，就為時(shí)已晚了。”“我把高跟鞋比作抽煙，抽一支煙沒什么痛苦，但抽一輩子可就苦了。粗高跟鞋穿著舒服，所以婦女們整天穿，”柯里根說，“與細(xì)高跟鞋相比，穿粗跟鞋感覺好一些，但對(duì)膝關(guān)節(jié)同樣有害。”

　　在該項(xiàng)研究中，研究人員讓20位婦女穿兩雙跟高3英寸的鞋，一雙是細(xì)跟的，一雙是粗根的�？茖W(xué)家們對(duì)穿這兩種高跟鞋時(shí)婦女膝關(guān)節(jié)所承受的壓力進(jìn)行了比較。她們也赤腳行走，以提供正常壓力下的數(shù)據(jù)�？茖W(xué)家們發(fā)現(xiàn)，兩種高跟鞋給膝關(guān)節(jié)帶來的壓力是等量的。與赤腳行走相比，高跟鞋給膝關(guān)節(jié)內(nèi)部增加26%的壓力。專家們說，給膝關(guān)節(jié)增加壓力最終會(huì)導(dǎo)致關(guān)節(jié)炎。

　　穿高跟鞋有損健康并不是什么新概念——科學(xué)家們多年來一直警告婦女們高跟鞋會(huì)引起各種病痛，雞眼、錘狀趾、肌腱炎、膝關(guān)節(jié)炎、踝骨扭傷以后背部不適等。但1998年，柯里根和哈佛的一組研究人員首次將高跟鞋與膝部骨關(guān)節(jié)炎聯(lián)系在一起。這是一種痛苦的變性關(guān)節(jié)病，它損壞膝部周圍的軟骨。起初的研究對(duì)象只是細(xì)高跟，而柯里根說她注意到許多婦女穿著粗高跟鞋，所以也要對(duì)她們進(jìn)行調(diào)查研究。舊金山矯形外科醫(yī)生、美國(guó)矯形外科醫(yī)師學(xué)會(huì)會(huì)員格倫·普費(fèi)弗醫(yī)生說：“這篇文章證實(shí)了我們大家直覺上都知道的——無論哪種高跟鞋，都無益健康�！逼召M(fèi)弗沒有參與這項(xiàng)研究。

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