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Modern Sun Worshippers
People travel for a lot of reasons. Some tourists go to see battlefields or religious shrines 1. Others are looking for culture, or simply want to have their pictures taken 2 in front of famous places. But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on 3.
Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it 4. Residents of cities like London,Copenhagen, andAmsterdamspend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain 5. This is the reason theMediterranean 6 has always attracted them. Every summer, more than 25 million people travel to Mediterranean resorts 7 and beaches for their vacation. They all come for the same reason: sun!
The huge crowds mean lots of money for the economies of Mediterranean countries.Italy"s 30,000 hotels are booked solid 8 every summer. And 13 million people camp out on French beaches, parks, and roadsides.Spain"s long sandy coastline attracts more people than anywhere else. 37 million tourists visit yearly, or one tourist for every person living inSpain 9.
But there are signs that the area is getting more tourism than it can handle. TheMediterraneanis already one of the most polluted seas on earth. And with increased tourism ,it"s getting worse. The French can"t figure out 10 what to do with all the garbage left by campers around St. Tropez. And in many places, swimming is dangerous because of pollution.
None of this, however, is spoiling 11 anyone"s fun. TheMediterraneangets more popular every year with tourists. Obviously, they don"t go there for clean water and solitude 12. They tolerate traffic jams 13 and seem to like crowded beaches. They don"t even mind the pollution. No matter how dirty the water is, the coastline still looks beautiful. And as long as 14 the sun shines, it"s still better thanin the cold rain inBerlin,London, orOslo.
词汇：
battlefield / "bætlfi:ld/n．战场，疆场
inconvenience /inkən"vi:njəns/n．带来麻烦的事情，不便
resident /"rezidənt/n．居住者，居民
Copenhagen /,kəupən"heigən/n．哥本哈根（丹麦首都）
Amsterdam /,æmstə"dæm/n．阿姆斯特丹（荷兰首都）
vacation /və"keiʃən/n．假期，休假
coastline /"kəustlain/n．海岸线
tourism / "tuərizm/n．旅游，观光
pollute /pə"lu:t/vt．弄脏，污染
garbage /"ga:bidʒ/n．废物，垃圾
camper /"kæmpə/n．宿营者
Berlin /bə:"lin/n．柏林（德国首都）
Oslo /"ɔzləu/n．奥斯陆（挪威首都）
economy /i"kɔnəmi/n．经济状况，经济；节省，节约
注释：
1.religious shrine：zōng jiāo 圣殿
2.have their pictures taken：请别人为他们照相
3.But most European tourists are looking for a sunny beach to lie on．但大多数欧洲游客愿意寻找阳光充足的海滩晒日光浴。注意look for和fmd的区别。look for是“找”的过程，常解释为“寻找”,find是“找”的结果，所以常解释为“找到”。不妨体会一下它们的差别：I"ve been looking for my lost watch and haven"t found it yet.
4.Northern Europeans are willing to pay a lot of money and put up with a lot of inconveniences for the sun because they have so little of it．北欧人心甘情愿花大笔金钱，容忍诸多不便去获得阳光，因为阳光对他们来说太难得了。
5.Residents of cities like London, Copenhagen, and Amsterdam spend a lot of their winter in the dark because the days are so short, and much of the rest of the year in the rain．由于白天很短，像伦敦、哥本哈根和阿姆斯特丹的居民在冬季的大部分时间里，都是在昏暗中度过的，而其余的季节又都是阴雨连绵。这句点出了北欧阴冷潮湿，日短夜长的气候特征，也就解释了欧洲游客执著追求温暖明媚阳光的原因。
6.the Mediterranean：地中海地区
7.resorts：指常去的地方，胜地
8.be booked solid：全部客满
9.37 million tourists visit yearly ,or one tourist for every person living in Spain．每年有3 700多万游客，换句话说，旅游者与西班牙居民人数相当，即为1:1。
10.figure out：此处指“想出”，它还有“算出；明白；断定”等意。
11.spoil：原意为“损坏；宠坏”，此处指“破坏兴致”。
12.solitude：意为“独居，独处”，文中指清静自在。
13.traffic jams：交通堵塞
14.as long as：意为“只要；在……情况下”，引导条件状语从句。又如：I"m happy as long as you are happy.
The latter half of the last sentence in paragraph 3, i. e.,"or one tourist for every person living in Spain" means________.
A:all the 37 million people living in Spainare tourists B:every year almost as many tourists visit Spainas there are people living in that country C:every person living in Spainhas to take care of a tourist D:every Spanish is visited by a tourist every year
A:Making a rule to go to bed at a specific time every day. B:Going to bed when sleepy, not always at the same time. C:Trying not to drink any caffeine and alcohol in the evening. D:Changing bad sleep habits and following doctors’ advice.
A:Make a rule to go to bed at a specific time every day. B:Go to bed when sleepy, not always at the same time. C:Try not to drink any caffeine and alcohol in the evening. D:Change bad sleep habits and follow doctors’ advice.
A:Make a rule to go to bed at a specific time every day. B:Go to bed when sleepy, not always at the same time. C:Try not to drink any caffeine and alcohol in the evening. D:Change bad sleep habits and follow doctors’ advic
下面每篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题选定1个最佳选项。
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Sleeplessness ? ?Insomnia or sleeplessness is a common complaint of women as they enter into menopause. Insomnia means having trouble falling asleep for staying asleep or the feeling that your sleep was no! adequate for you. For women who are having night sweats, their sleep is broken by frequent awakening and therefore not refreshing. Generally once the night sweats are controlled a normal sleep pattern returns. If it doesn’t, it may be, or have become chronic insomnia. How do you know? ? ?If you suffer from insomnia every night or most nights for a period of one month then you have chronic insomnia. If you’re not having night sweats then it’s time to look for other causes of sleeplessness. Depression and anxiety disorders are the most common causes of chronic insomnia. If you feel depressed you need to be checked by a qualified health care provider. Movement disorders such as restless leg syndrome are second on the list of insomnia for them; there are new medicines that may help. Other common causes are shift working and pain. ? ?In up to 30% of people with chronic insomnia no cause can be identified. Medical treatment of these people has generally been with sleeping pills. It is estimated that 25% of the adult population in America took some type of medicines for sleep last year. It is generally agreed that sleeping pills should only be in the lowest dose and for the shortest possible time. ? ?Sleep hygiene is directed at changing bad sleep habits. The recommendations are: ? ?-Go to bed only when sleepy. ? ?-Do not wait up to a specified time. ? ?-Avoid caffeine and alcohol in the evening, etc. |
A:Making a rule to go to bed at a specific time every day. B:Going to bed when sleepy, not always at the same time. C:Trying not to drink any caffeine and alcohol in the evening. D:Changing bad sleep habits and following doctors’ advice.
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? ? ? ?{{B}}Sleeplessness{{/B}} ? ?Insomnia or sleeplessness is a common complaint of women as they enter into menopause. Insomnia means having trouble falling asleep or staying asleep or the feeling that your sleep was not adequate for you. For women who are having night sweats, their sleep is broken by frequent awakening and therefore not refreshing. Generally once the night sweats are controlled a normal sleep pattern returns. If it doesn’t it may be, or have become chronic insomnia. How do you know? ? ?If you suffer from insomnia every night or most nights for a period of one month then you have chronic insomnia. If you’re not having night sweats then it’s time to look for other causes of sleeplessness. Depression and anxiety disorders are the most common causes of chronic insomnia. If you feel depressed you need to be checked by a qualified health care provider. Movement disorders such as restless leg syndrome are second on the list of insomnia for them; there are new medicines that may help. Other common causes are shift working, and pain. ? ?In up to 30% of people with chronic insomnia no cause can be identified. Medical treatment of these people has generally been with sleeping pills. It is estimated that 25% of the adult population in America took some type of medicines for sleep last year. It is generally agreed that sleeping pills should only be in the lowest dose and for the shortest possible time. ? ?Sleep hygiene is directed at changing bad sleep habits. The recommendations are: —Go to bed only when sleepy. —Do not wait up to a specified time. —Avoid caffeine and alcohol in the evening, etc. |
A:Making a rule to go to bed at a specific time every day. B:Going to bed when sleepy, not always at the same time. C:Trying not to drink any caffeine and alcohol in the evening. D:Changing bad sleep habits and following doctors’ advice.
第三篇Wayne Beno Wayne Beno was a true outdoorsman.Fishing,boating,hunting,walking through the woods with his three dogs,Wayne loved and did it all.Then life changed dramatically.Wayne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease(帕金森氏病). “For the next thirteen years I took 28 pills a day,had horrible side effects,and even with all those pills I still had lots of shaking and tremors(颤抖).I only went out during peak times,when I was looking and feeling my best.But that wasn’t often and I really couldn’t do much of anything.I felt like the life I loved was over,”said Wayne. Then Wayne’s doctor in Green Bay suggested he consider a breakthrough surgical option being offered at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin called Deep Brain Stimulation(刺激)(DBS).DBS is a surgical option used to treat disabling movement disorders related to Parkinson’s disease,essential tremor and more.It is not a cure,but significant improvement is seen in most movement disorder cases,with relatively low risk to the patient. In addition to his doctor’s recommendation,Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who had the DBS procedure at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin.His friend’s experience convinced Wayne that the 180-mile trip from his home in Crivitz,Wisconsin could be well worth the effort. And was it ever. “It was the best thing I ever did.I’m down to zero pills a day and I don’t shake at all,”reports Wayne.“Before the surgery,I felt bad every single day.Now I feel like my old self.I’m back to business as usual,which for me means fishing,fishing,and more fishing,every day of the year.Things just couldn’t be any better!” After the surgery,Wayne felt
A:completely recovered. B:bad every single day. C:pain every now and then. D:worse than before the surgery.
第三篇
Wayne Beno
"Wayne Beno was a true outdoorsman. Fishing, boating, hunting, walking through the woods with his three dogs, Wayne loved and did it all. Then life changed dramatically. Wayne was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease (帕金森氏病).
"For the next thirteen years I took 28 pills a day, had horrible side effects, and even with all those pills I still had lots of shaking and tremors(颤抖). I only went out during peak times, when I was looking and feeling my best. But that wasn’t often and I really couldn’t do much of anything. I felt like the fife I loved was over," said Wayne.
Then Wayne’s doctor in Green Bay suggested he consider a breakthrough surgical option being offered at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin called Deep Brain Stimulation (刺激) (DBS). DBS is a surgical option used to treat disabling movement disorders related to Parkinson’s disease, essential tremor and more. It is not a cure, but significant improvement is seen in most movement disorder cases, with relatively low risk to the patient.
In addition to his doctor’s recommendation, Wayne had a neighbor and fishing friend who had the DBS procedure at Froedtert & the Medical College of Wisconsin. His friend’s experience convinced Wayne that the 180-mile trip from his home in Crivitz, Wisconsin could be well worth the effort.
And was it ever.
"It was the best thing I ever did. I’m down to zero pills a day and I don’t shake at all," reports Wayne. "Before the surgery, I felt bad every single day. Now I feel like my old self. I’m back to business as usual, which for me means fishing, fishing, and more fishing, every day of the year. Things just couldn’t be any better!"
A:completely recovered B:bad every single day C:pain every now and then D:worse than before the surgery
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