Question

    Forget drinking countless glasses of water or getting your beauty sleep．The secret of looking young is simply to stay out of the sun．

A study of hundreds of women has revealed that those who avoided the sun’s rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are. However, other supposed rules for a youthful complexion, from drinking lots of water to sleeping well and exercising regularly, failed to hold back the hands of time.

Only keeping out of the sun, and wearing sunscreen when this wasn’t possible, made a difference, the American Academy of Dermatology’s annual conference will hear today.

The finding comes from a study of 231 women of all ages who were quizzed about their lives, including whether they were sun-loves. When researchers from Massachusetts General Hospital in the US guessed how old the women were, they found those who took care in the sun tended to have aged more slowly.

Four lucky women had so few wrinkles and age spots and such a glowing complexion，that they appeared to be twenty years younger than they really were．

Researcher Dr．Alexa Kimball said the popular belief that we drink lots of water to stay healthy is false and the body is “pretty good” at judging how much we need．Previous research by the British Nutrition Foundation reached a similar conclusion．

It isn’t clear why the women who slept well didn’t have younger-looking skin．But it may be that the question they were asked was too narrow and didn’t consider their long-term sleep patterns．

1.Which way can help women stay younger according to the study?

A. Having a good sleep． B. Drinking plenty of water．

C. Taking exercise regularly． D. Keeping out of the sun．

2.How did the researchers know the finding about women of all ages?

A. Through calls． B. Through games．

C. By quizzes． D. By interviewing face to face．

3.What’s the main purpose of the passage?

A. To introduce a good way to make women look younger．

B. To explain how scientists carried out the research．

C. To prove people’s previous ideas are true．

D. To persuade women to change their long-term sleep patterns．

4.This passage is most probably taken from______________．

A. a school textbook． B. a science fiction．

C. a reference book． D. a science paper．

Answer

1.D

2.C

3.A

4.D

【解析】

本文为说明文。本文主要叙述了青春常驻的秘诀。告诉要青春常驻的人别再热衷于疯狂饮水和睡美容觉了。一项对数百名女性的研究表明青春常驻的秘诀的方法其实只有一个：远离阳光。

1.细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“The secret of looking young is simply to stay out of the sun.”以及第二段第一句“A study of hundreds of women has revealed that those who avoided the sun’s rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are.”可知，青春常驻的秘诀其实只有一个：远离阳光。故选D。

2.细节理解题。根据第四段中的“The finding comes from a study of 231 women of all ages who were quizzed about their lives, including whether they were sun-loves.” “这一发现来自于一项对231名不同年龄段的女性进行的研究，这些女性都被问及自己的生活，包括他们是否喜欢晒阳光”。可知，这些发现是研究者通过测试不同年龄段的女性得到的，故选C。

3.主旨大意题。本文主要介绍年轻的秘诀就是远离太阳的照射。第一段提出了本文的主题句“The secret of looking young is simply to stay out of the sun”，第二段中的“study of hundreds of women has revealed that those who avoided the sun’s rays looked up to 20 years younger than they actually are”用研究测试来证明这个观点。第四段 “they found those who took care in the sun tended to have aged more slowly.” 以及下文来用事实证明：让女性看起来更年轻的好方法就是远离阳光的照射。分析选项可知A项（介绍一种让女性看起来更年轻的好方法）符合题意，故选A。

4.推理判断题。本文用大量事实来证明青春常驻的方法就是远离阳光，远离阳光让妇女更年轻。科学性比较强。因此可能出现在科学杂志或科学论文上。分析选项A. a school textbook学校教科书；B. a science fiction科幻小学；C. a reference book参考书；D. a science paper科学论文，可知D项符合题意，故选A。