Question

D

Eating too much fatty food, exercising too little and smoking can raise your future risk of heart disease．But there is another factor that can cause your heart problems more immediately: the air you breathe.

Previous studies have linked high exposure (暴露）to environmental pollution to an increased risk of heart problem, but two analyses(分析) now show that poor air quality can lead to heart attack or stroke (中风）within as little as a few hours after exposure．In one review of the research, scientists found that people exposed to high levels of pollutants (污染物）were up to 5% more likely（可能的） to suffer a heart attack within days of exposure than those with lower exposure．A separate study of stroke patients showed that even air that the U．S．Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) considers to be of “moderate” (良好）quality and relatively safe for our health can raise the risk of stroke as much as 34% within 12 to 14 hours of exposure.

The authors of both studies stress（强调）that these risks are relatively（相对的）small for healthy people and certainly modest compared with other risk factors such as smoking and high blood pressure．However, it is important to be aware of these dangers because everyone is exposed to air pollution regardless of lifestyle choices．So stricter regulation（规章制度）by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health.

1.The text mainly discusses the relationship between _______.

A．heart problems and air quality

B．heart problems and exercising

C．heart problems and smoking

D．heart problems and fatty food

2.The underlined word “modest” in Paragraph 3 most probably means_________ .

A．relatively high

B．extremely（极大地）low

C．relatively low

D．extremely high

3.What can we learn from the text?

A．Eating fatty food has immediate effects on your heart

B．The EPA conducted many studies on air quality

C．Moderate air quality is more harmful than smoking

D．Stricter regulations on pollutants should be made.

4.The author's purpose of writing the text is most likely to________

A．inform

B．persuade（说服）

C．describe

D．entertain（娱乐）

Answer

1.A

2.C

3.D

4.A

【解析】

试题解析：

1.】主旨大意。分析文章的内容，、可知本文主要讲述了吸入了受污染的空气对人类的心脏造成了极大的影响，结合各个选项的意思，可知应选A。

2.】词义猜测，根据modest前的relatively small，可知它的意思与之相近，应选C。

3.】细节理解，根据文章中第三段的So stricter regulation by the EPA of pollutants may not only improve environmental air quality but could also become necessary to protect public health，可知D选项的意思与之相符，故选D。

4.】细节理解，根据文章的内容，可知本文主要介绍了吸入了受污染的空气对人类的心脏造成了极大的影响，因此，本文的作用主要是客观地给读者讲述了这个问题，应选A正确。

考点：健康保健