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2014高考英语阅读理解巩固练习精品题（43）及答案 阅读理解（共1 5小题；每小题2分，满分30分） “we are going to talk about extreme life extension,” he says. “I am talking in details about allowing us to go into our second century of life with the energy that you have when you are a young person.” Owing to advances in technology and research on how diet affects the aging process, Dr Oz says it might be possible for some people to live to see their 120th birthday. There’s one man in Oprah’s audience who Dr Oz says may become the first man in history to live to be 150 years old. Joe Cordell is one of thousands around the world who believe they have found the key to an extreme long life calorie restriction leads to a longer, healthier life. At 59 Joe weghs 130 pounds. He may not look like a person whos needs to count calories, but as part of his life extension progrm, he inspects every mouthful of food that passes through his system. Every day for the past seven years, Joe has limited himself to about 1950 calories. He believes that by eating less and restricting his calorie intake, he will trigger a genetic switch that slows the aging process. Joe does not remove food from his diet. Instead, the then 52-year-old father fills up on natural fruits, vegetables and lean proteins that are packed with necessary vitamins and nutrients. “ whenever you are thinking about calorie restriction, you should continually think about getting the most nutritional amout per carorie,”joe says. In keeping with this principle, Joe starts every morning with three apples… but he only eats the peels. “most of the fiber is in the peel, and more importantly, most of the nutrients are in the peel” he says. “it is important to eat some nuts with breakfast so that you do take in some fat, some healthy fats,I or fish and more vegetables” he says For lunch, Joe usually eats a large salad, loaded with vegetables. At dinnertime, he and his family enjoy lean meat or fish and more vegetables. When joe started practicing calorie restriction, he we