Researchers conducting a study of hospital stays for over two hundred and eighty six thousand older folks found something interesting in their data.
The number of hospitalizations for heart disease and stroke went down significantly among a certain group of people at a certain time of year. What folks, and what time of year, you ask? Flu season and the lucky people were the ones who got flu shots(流感疫苗).
It’s generally recommended that people over fifty get their flu shots every year. Influenza(流行性感冒) is no small thing. it’s responsible for around thirty six thousand deaths a year in the U. S. alone. Getting the shots also cuts down on the chances of getting pneumonia(肺炎), which is especially dangerous in seniors.
But what wasn’t known was that there seems to be an added benefit to getting a flu shots in terms of warding off heart problems. The data,in fact, are quite strong in suggesting this is the case.
In this study, flu shots cut clown the number of hospitalizations for heart disease by nineteen percent. Stroke went down sixteen percent one season and a whopping twenty-three percent a second season.These are big results.
So what's the connection between getting a flu shot and having a stronger heart? It isn’t yet known.
Researchers speculate that the flu virus itself may do damage to blood vessels(血管), possibly making clots(血块)more likely. Blood clots in the heart can cause heart attacks, and blood clots in the brain can cause strokes.
Whatever the specific details are, there's one more good reason to follow your doctor’ s advice and get that annual flu shot.
1.According to the study, the number of hospitalizations for heart disease and stroke went down significanntly among the ones who _____.
A. got flu shots after they were ill
B. got flu shots before they were ill
C. got flu shots at the flu season
D. got flu shots whenever convenient
2.The benefits of getting flu shots can be listed except that_____.
A. it can cut down on the chances of getting pneumonia
B. it can cut down the number of hospitalizations for heart disease
C. it can kill the flu virus
D. if can make blood clots
3.The underlined phrase "warding off" probably means_______.
A. keeping away B. dealing with C. setting off D. picking up
4.According to the passage, we'd better ______.
A. work out to fight against influenza B. get flu shot every year
C. follow our doctor's all advice D. protect our blood vessels
It's time to remind myself what I love about life here in California,USA, to remember what I desperately miss when I go home.
Real radio
In the USA there are so many radio stations that those iPod tuner things don’t work at all. There is, simply, no dead air. It took me a while to discover the USA's many public radio stations, which don't broadcast any advertisements. KCRW is my favorites station, for its blend of indie music and current affairs. But I also listen to KJAZZ and KPCC. But before you feel jealous — it’s all online. My favorites: American life Snap Judgement and Henry Rollins live every Saturday night. Take listen online for free News? Well, there's not a lot of news from South Africa, and when it is, it's bad and full of fear, so I ignore it. But I care about any place I live in, and that includes the USA. And on public radio, the USA is covered in depth, from the perspective of individual stories rather than statistics.
The festivals
I’m jealously watching tweets and Facebook boasts and reviews from SXSW — seems like half the people I used to work with in South Africa are there,meeting Grumpy Cat and watching bands they’ve always wanted to see live. It’s great to know that these 1000s of festivals are so close, and that one day,if film school schedule ever allows me to leave campus for more than a few days, I can go to one or two of them. I have already exchanged my much loved Ford Mustang for a bigger, less sexy car — a car spacious enough to sleep in — so that next year I can be there, not just dream of it.
The famous people
When I go back to SA, I'm often asked if I’ve spotted any famous people. It's awkward for me. I feel the the same way about it as I feel when an American asks me if there are lions in the streets. Except yes, I have. No,not lions. I have met some famous people. I chatted to RJ Mitte from Breaking Bad outside a dub in West Hollywood. Many of my professors are famous directors. The problem is, once you meet these famous people, they're just people, FFS. This feels disappointing at first, like you're missing a Jesus moment of some sort. But if you think about it, it's inspiring. What it means, is that I, litlle me (right now, also "just a person") could be a famous just-a-person person one day, and get to make all the films I just dream of now.
1.The underlined sentence "There is,simply, no dead air." probably means____.
A. there is no useless radio programmes in the USA
B. there is no useful radio programmes in the USA
C. there is no polluted air in the USA
D. there is no advertisements from the radio programmes in the USA
2.There are so many festivals that_____.
A. I often leave campus for more than few days
B. I often attend some of them in person
C. I bought a bigger Ford? Mustang
D. I can share many reviews and performances online with my friends in South Africa
3.The author thinks the famous people in the USA _____.
A. are just Like lions B. are well-known but ordinary
C. are disappointing D. are inspiring
4.The author is most likely to be _____.
A. a director in America B. a professor in South Africa
C. a student in America D. an actor in South Africa
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
The other night as I was leaving my son's room. I noticed a hockey puck(冰球)sitting on his desk. It me not only of an exciting hockey game he and I had several years ago. but of a life lesson he had learned .
During spring vacation from school,a friend gave us two to a New York Rangers hockey game at Madison Square Garden. My son was very because he is an avid Rangers fan,so we attended it.
The roar of the crowd was right from the moment the puck was dropped. When the Rangers first, the crowd cheered. My son got caught up in the moment and joined in the crowd. When the Rangers scored a second time, it seemed as if the building would from the noise. Three young men in the row in front of us, probably in their early 20s, caught my as my son sang along with the crowd. They smiled at us. We were all one happy and excited hockey .
For my son, the victory was exciting. But that is not what he remembers about that night, that's not his primary recollection. After the winning goal had been scored,the losing team's goalkeeper the hockey puck out of the net behind him, and it into the crowd. One of the three young men before us caught the puck and, in one motion after catching it, threw it back to my son.
My son looked at the puck as if he had been given a golden . "Why did that man give me the puck?" I explained to my son that the man had given him the puck because he knew how it would make him to have a souvenir from the game, and not just any souvenir, but the puck that had been the goal in a shootout. It was obvious that he knew it would more to my son than it would to him.
1.A. warned B. informed C. cheated D. reminded
2.A. missed B. played C. attended D. undertaken
3.A. as usual B. as well C. as a rule D. as a consequence
4.A. fans B. nets C. tickets D. pucks
5.A. excited B. surprised C. disappointed D. inspired
6.A. visibly B. incredibly C. reliably D. availably
7.A. scored B. won C. defeated D. ranked
8.A. unfortunately B. blindly C. amazingly D.enthusiastically
9.A. explore B. pour C. fill D. explode
10.A. sitting B. looking C. taking D. lying
11.A. hand B. shoulder C. eye D. head
12.A. team B. crowd C. coach D. family
13.A. at times B. at most C. at least D. at last
14.A. picked B. chose C. got D. kept
15.A. divided B. threw C. turned D. changed
16.A. even if B. as if C. until D. unless
17.A. goal B. medal C. treasure D. target
18.A. happy B. curious C. sorrowful D. horrible
19.A. losing B. winning C. catching D. remembering
20.A. strike B. touch C. direct D. mean
It is necessary to explain your theory _____, otherwise the audience won't make sense of what you are trying to get across.
A. on purpose B. at length C. at random D. on average
In the bubble years, lending standards slipped ______,allowing many people to put far too much of their income into paying for their housing.
A. delicately B. dynamically C. deliberately D. dramatically
Life is stressful, and complaining may be considered by many as an extension of being________normal.
A. urgently B. absolutely C. casually D. clumsily
