高考英语题型训练 02:阅读七选五专题

A study has confirmed what scientists have long known—eating a lot of red meat may be bad for your heart.      1      That may improve your heart and blood health. 

    In the new study, researchers followed more than 40,000 men in the United States over a 30-year period. The investigators looked at how red meat consumption influenced their risk of heart disease.      2      The findings showed that eating one serving of either processed or unprocessed red meat per day was associated with a 12% higher risk of heart disease, while a daily serving of processed red meat—like hot dogs or bacon—led to a 15% higher risk.

     3      Many people know nothing about the health risks linked to red meat. In this study, the researchers decided to see if the risk of heart disease decreases when protein-rich, high-quality plant foods are eaten in place of red meat. They discovered that eating high-quality plant proteins like nuts, peas or soybeans lowered the risk of heart disease by 14%.

This study focuses on something that we need to remind everyone.      4      But is the problem just that? Further research is needed to evaluate the health effects of these meat substitutes. If you really miss that burger, but you don’t want it to be red meat, then you can use “fake meats” made from plants as an option. But whether there’s a benefit to them entirely is not known yet.

    The researchers can’t rule out the possibility that unmeasured factors influenced their results.      5      These could raise or lower one’s risk for heart disease, including age, tobacco and alcohol use, and physical activity.

A. It’s the leading cause of death among Americans. 

B. If you enjoy red meat, identify what you prefer to eat.

C. Compared to other unhealthy foods, red meat is often ignored. 

D. We need to limit our red meat intake because of its link to heart disease risk.

E. Still, they accounted for several important personal and lifestyle factors. 

F. This study points to an idea that is common across most nutritional studies.

G. So you are advised to choose plant-based proteins instead of ordering a steak.

词汇锦囊

·consumption  n. 消耗；消耗量；消费

·serving  n. （供一个人吃的）一份食物

·substitute  n. 代替物 vt. & vi. 代替；取代

·rule out 把……排除在外

长难句分析

The findings showed that eating one serving of either processed or unprocessed red meat per day was associated with a 12% higher risk of heart disease, while a daily serving of processed red meat—like hot dogs or bacon—led to a 15% higher risk. (Para. 2)

这是一个主从复合句。______引导的宾语从句作动词“showed”的宾语。while是_______连词，连接两个分句，表示对比。

答案与解析

【语篇解读】

本文是一篇说明文。研究发现吃大量的红肉对心脏不好，会增加患心脏病的风险，所以建议人们少吃红肉，多吃植物性蛋白质。

【答案解析】

1. G 设空前说到吃红肉对心脏不好，设空后讲到那会改善你的心脏和血液健康。显然设空前后语意发生了转折，所以本空应给出健康的饮食建议，起到承上启下的作用。故选G。

2. A 设空前的“heart disease”与A项“它是美国人的‘头号杀手’”衔接紧密，此项中的“It”指代“heart disease”。故选A。

3. C 根据设空后的关键信息“know nothing about the health risks linked to red meat”可知，许多人不知道红肉对健康的不利影响，说明人们之前关注更多的是其他的不健康食物，而忽视了红肉。故选C。

4. D 根据上文可知，研究已经发现红肉对心脏不好，而本段第一句中“we need to remind everyone”说明我们应该提醒人们少摄入红肉是有原因的，D项说明了这个原因。故选D。

5. E 上一句说到，研究人员还不能排除一些未知因素影响他们的研究结果的可能性，但是这些未知因素也是很重要的，E项中的“they”是解题线索，指代设空前的“The researchers”，同时，设空后的“These”指代E项中的“several important personal and lifestyle factors”。故选E。

【长难句分析答案】

that；并列