Eating a diet high in processed food(加工食品)increases the risk of depression,research suggests.What's more,peopie who ate plenty of vegetables,fruit and fish actually had a lower risk of depression,the University College London team found.
Data on diet among 3,500 middle-aged civil servants(公務(wù)員)were compared with their emotional state five years later,a British journal reported.They split the participants into two types of diet--those who ate a diet largely based on whole food,which inc!udes lots of fruit, vegetables and fish,and those who ate a mainly processed food diet,such as sweetened desserts,fried food,processed meat,refined grains and high fat dairy products After accounting for factors such as gender,age,education,physical activity,smoking habits and chronic(慢性的) diseases,they found a significant difference in the future depression risk with the different diets.
Those who ate the most wholefood had a 26% lower risk of future depression than those who ate the least wholefood.By contrast,people with a diet high in processed food had a 58% higher risk of depression than those who ate a diet low in processed foods.
Study author Dr. Archana SinghManoux pointed out there was a chance the finding could be explained by fl lifestyle factor they had not accounted for.
There was a paper showing a Mediterranean diet was associated with a lower risk of depression,but the problem with that is if you live in Britain,the likelihood(可能性)of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high.
Dr.Andrew McCulloeh,chief executive of the Mental Health Foundation,said,this study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health.
He added people's diets were becoming increasingly unhealthy.The UK population is consuming less nutritious,fresh produce and more saturated(含飽和脂肪酸的)fats and sugars.
小題1:The text is mainly about         .
A.the increasingly unhealthy diet of the UK population
B.the link between processed food and depression
C.the relationship between physical and mental health
D.fl healthy diet largely based on wholefood
小題2:What do we know about the participants?
A.They are of different ages from young to old.
B.They have been eating fl less heal thy diet these years.
C.Most of them prefer wholefood to processed food.
D.Those who ate wholefood generally were happier in the long term.
小題3:What can we learn from what Dr.Archana Singh Manoux said?
A.It is difficult for most British people to have a Mediterranean diet.
B.The Mediterranean diet is the most healthy in the world.
C.Many studies have been done on the Mediterranean diet before.
D.The Mediterranean diet is not good for depression.
小題4:Dr.Andrew McCulloch agrees that         .
A.our diets are closely related to our mental health
B.the present study needs more facts and other information
C.the UK population will become ill in the near future
D.more saturated fats and sugars should be taken in
小題5:Why might the author have written this text?
A.To tell people what a healthy diet actually is.
B.To prove people’s diets are increasingly unhealthy.
C.To encourage people to cut down on proceased food.
D.To introduce some experts on the research team.

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:A
小題5:C
通過一項(xiàng)研究發(fā)現(xiàn)飲食與健康有很大的關(guān)系。
小題1:推理題。根據(jù)文章第一段可知文章是關(guān)于飲食與心情的關(guān)系。
小題2:推理題。根據(jù)第3段1,2行Those who ate the most wholefood had a 26% lower risk of future depression than those who ate the least wholefood.可知Those who ate wholefood長遠(yuǎn)來說更幸福。
小題3:細(xì)節(jié)題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段2,3行if you live in Britain,the likelihood(可能性)of you eating a Mediterranean diet is not very high.
小題4:推理題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第二段最后一句this study adds to an existing body of solid research that shows the strong links between what we eat and our mental health.可以推理出他認(rèn)為飲食與精神健康有緊密的聯(lián)系。
小題5:由文章可知不健康的飲食會導(dǎo)致精神不健康,接下來應(yīng)該是鼓勵(lì)人們減少處理好的食物的攝入量。
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A.musicB.a(chǎn)rtC.sportsD.literature
小題2:
A.presentlyB.relativelyC.eventuallyD.feasibly
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A.ActiveB.FairC.PassiveD.Rough
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A.graspB.outlineC.explainD.satisfy
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B.if it is a device
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D.if its distributors challenge FDA's authority
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D.heart problems and fatty food
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Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted (收養(yǎng)) by the chief of his tribe (部族) and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life.
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For his opposition (反對) to the system Mandela was arrested (被捕) and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and become the president of the country after the first elections were held in which everyone could vote.
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“ Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was interested in how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat (撤退),” he wrote in his autobiography.
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B.is taking a position in a music group
C.is taking on the world’s greatest fight against AIDS
D.is preparing for the next election of president
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Most of us feel upset if we miss just one meal, and if we try to go without food for 12 hours we would really be uncomfortable. But there are some people who seem able to “fast” for very long periods.
Various records are claimed for long fast, but in most cases there is no medical proof and so the records are doubtful. One South African woman claimed that she lived for 102 days on nothinig but water and soda water.
There are great differences among living things in the ability to survive without food. For example , a tick(扁虱), which lives on animals, may survive a whole year. Warm-blooded animals use up their stores of food in the body more quickly.
In fact, the smaller and more active the animal, the more quickly it uses up its reserves. A small bird starves to death in about five days, a dog in about twenty. In general, we can say that a warm-blooded creature will die when it has lost about half its normal weight.
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小題2:The word “fast” in Paragraph 1 can best be replaced by ________.
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The researchers also did an experiment that measured whether or not the threat of appearing un-American influenced respondents' food choices.After being questioned about their ability to speak English,75 percent of Asian-Americans identified a typical American food as their favorite. Only 25 percent of Asian-Americans who had not been asked if they spoke English did the same.
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Researchers from King’s College London studied 2,160 women aged between 18 and 79, looking at their telomeres--- a biological marker of ageing found in DNA. As people get older, their telomeres get shorter and they become more susceptible(易受傷害的) to certain illnesses.
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The study suggests vitamin D may help to slow down the ageing process of DNA, and therefore the ageing process as a whole.
Lead researcher Dr Brent Richards said, “These results are exciting because they show for the first time that people who have higher levels of vitamin D may age more slowly than people with lower levels of vitamin D.” This could help to explain how vitamin D has a protective effect on many ageing related diseases, such as heart disease and cancer.”
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Vitamin D made by the action of sunlight on the skin accounts for 90 percent of the body’s supply, but lower levels can also be got through food such as fish, eggs and breakfast cereals(粥).
Other studies have suggested the vitamin plays a key role in protecting against cancer and heart disease.
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B.sunshine protects people against heart disease
C.vitamin D makes one’s skin look young and healthy
D.vitamin D may help to slow the ageing process
小題2:From Brent Richards, we know that _____.
A.sunlight causes skin cancer to people with high level of vitamin D
B.the study generally has a healthy effect on the general ageing process
C.vitamin D can only be got from fish, eggs and breakfast cereals
D.the higher levels of vitamin D people have, the more slowly people may age
小題3:What can we infer from the passage?
A. Telomeres are important signs of ageing of the DNA.
B. Sunlight can be dangerous as it causes skin cancer.
C. Sunlight does a great deal of good to our health.
D. Vitamin D can also be gained from food.
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