全国高考英语试题汇编（10月-上）O单元-湖南（含解析）.docVIP

O单元湖南 目录 O单元湖南 1 O1完形填空Ⅰ 1 O2完型填空II 1 O3阅读填空 1 O4阅读简答 4 O1完形填空Ⅰ O2完型填空II O3阅读填空 【英语卷（解析）·2015届湖南省岳阳一中高三10月第二次月考（201410）】Directions: Read the following passage. Fill in the numbered blanks by using the information from the passage. Write NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS for each answer. Every person needs energy to go about the day and continue to function correctly. To get this energy, you eat, and your body changes the food into the nutrients and energy you need to survive. Your metabolism (新陈代谢) is directly related to how quickly and efficiently your body creates this energy, and if it takes too long, the food gets stored as fat. A slow metabolism will leave you with less energy and more weight than you probably desire. Your basal metabolic rate (基础代谢率) is the amount of energy your body consumes while youre resting. When people say they have a slow metabolism, they mean they have a slow basal metabolic rate. Increasing this number is possible through exercise and muscle building. According to Metabolism-Advice. com, as your age, your basal metabolic rate will lower as your body begins to deteriorate (衰退). At the age of 30, your body will stop producing the high levels of growth hormone it previously produces. Your body senses that its done growing at 30, so it uses the resources elsewhere. Unfortunately, that means that your muscle will deteriorate more rapidly than before. While you can’t block ages effects or your metabolism, you can fight against it with regular exercise that builds muscle. Although muscle deteriorates quicker with age, a lack of exercise will hurt your metabolism at any age. The muscle developed during exercise is vital to maintaining a healthy body with a normal basal metabolic rate. Therefore, while cardiovascular(心血管的)exercise will burn fat during the work out, building muscle will wisely allow your body to use more calories to give you healthy energy instead of stored fat. Another large factor that determines your basal metabolic rate is your ea