2018高考英语一轮复习 Unit 2 Healthy eating单元检测卷 新人教版必修3.doc

Unit 2 Healthy eating Ⅰ. 阅读理解 Why do men live a shorter life than women? The latest research indicates that mens hearts going into a rapid decline when they reach middle age could be the cause. The research of ageing on the heart has shown that womens longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose much pumping power with age. “We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20 percent—25 percent between 20 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, Samantha of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK. 揥ithin the heart there are millions of cells which make it beat. Between the ages of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men, 攕aid Samantha. 揟his is part
woof the ageing process.?What amazes scientists is that the female heart suffers very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old womans heart could work almost as perfectly as a 20-year-old ones. “This gender(性别)difference might give the reason why men live shorter than women. ” said Samantha. They studied over 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 17 and 80, who are mainly healthy persons so as to reduce the influence of disease. “The team has yet to think about why ageing suffers a greater loss on the male heart. ”said Samantha. But there is also good news—men can enjoy the health of their hearts with regular exercise. Samantha stressed that women should also take regular exercise to stop their leg muscles getting weaker as they age. 1.The underlined word “longevity” in the second paragraph means “______”. A.health B.long life C.ageing D.effect 2.The text mainly talks about______. A.mens heart cells B.womens ageing process C.the gender difference D.hearts and long life 3.According to the text, the UK scientists have known that_____. A.men have fewer cells than women when they are born B.women can produce the cells that make the heart beat C.the female heart suffers less loss of the cells with