阅读理解 Pay Attention to Health
One of the best known proverbs must be " Early to bed and early to rise make a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. " The promise of health, wealth, and wisdom to those who join the ranks of the early retires and rises must be particularly appealing to many people in our contemporary society. There is no doubt that one of the greatest concerns of modern man is his health. It is estimated that in the United States $200 billion are spent on healthcare each year. The medical field has grown into such a big business that it employs 4. 8 million people.
Much more interest has been shown in preventive medicine in recent years. This is probably due to the increasing costs of medical treatment, but the writings of such people as Dr. Kenneth Cooper have also played an important role. In his book Aerobics, Dr. Cooper communicated his message of the benefits of exercise so effectively that many other authors have followed in his trail, and literally millions of readers have put on their sports shoes and taken to the highways and byways of America. A recent survey showed that over 17 million people are jogging. Many of these are so serious that they trained themselves to run the 26 miles and 385 yards of the hard and tiring marathons (马拉松) that are organized all over the country. The last time I was in Honolulu, I was amazed to see hundreds of people, young and old, running for their lives. And I discovered many of them have run in the Hawaiian Marathon. Exercise has also become a major part of conversation. At a dinner party recently, the president of a bank asked me, "You look like a runner; how far do you run each day?" A few days later when I appeared on a national television show, the host suddenly asked me if I was a regular runner. On both occasions the conversation turned to the subject of exercise and I found that this is a subject on many people' s minds.
单选题 11.The "early rises" mentioned in the first paragraph are______.
【正确答案】 C
【答案解析】该题考查考生根据上下文推测词义的能力。根据题目中的early rises可定位至开头第二句。通读该句及上下文，可根据第一句的“early to bed and early to rise(早睡早起)”猜出其意。因此该题正确答案为C。
单选题 12.The first paragraph suggests that medical workers______.
【正确答案】 A
【答案解析】根据题目可定位至第一段。该段最后一句提到：医药业已成为雇员达480万的庞大行业，因此医疗机构将会需要很多的工作者。该题正确答案为A。
单选题 13.According to the passage, in the United States, medical treatment is______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】该题考查考生对美国医疗情况的了解。第一段倒数第二句说了美国每年花在医疗上的钱是2千亿美元，第二段的前两句话又说了医疗费与日俱增。因此可知正确答案为D。
单选题 14.Aerobics is a book about______.
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据题目中的关键词Aerobics，可定位至第二段第三句。在他的《有氧运动》一书中，Cooper博士把锻炼的好处阐释得娓娓动听，以至很多作者效仿他。据此可推断出此书的内容是关于锻炼的，答案为D。
单选题 15.Why are the examples of conversation in the second paragraph used?
【正确答案】 D
【答案解析】根据题目，考生定位到该段所提到的谈话例子。文章最后一句话提到：在这两个场合中，谈话都转向了锻炼这个话题，于是我发现这是很多人心目中的热门话题。因此可知，作者引用例子的目的就在于说明人们对这一话题感兴趣。正确答案为D。