2019-2020学年名校高二上期中汇编——概要写作.docxVIP

PAGE 1 PAGE 1 2019-2020学年名校高二上期中汇编——概要写作 1、川沙中学 Directions: Read the following passage. Summarize the main idea and the main point(s) of the passage in no more than 60 words. Use your own words as far as possible. For the past sixty years, fluoride (氟化物) has been added to the public drinking water in the United States. This measure has greatly improved the health of Americans by enhancing their dental health and bone structure. Thanks to this chemical, the drinking water has been purified and made safer to drink as well. The primary reason that fluoride is added to drinking water is to prevent the beginning of tooth decay. Fluoride achieves this effect by combining with the enamel (釉质) on peoples teeth, which helps the teeth remain healthy. Studies conducted over several decades in numerous communities have shown that there has been an average of 12.5 percent less tooth decay and 2.25 fewer teeth lost from decay thanks to fluoride. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention also claims that fluoride water treatment can cause a reduction of tooth decay by almost 30 percent. Additionally, water treated with fluoride is much purer than untreated water. The reason is that fluoride acts as a cleansing agent. It attacks bacteria and other organisms, essentially removing them from the water. On the basis of this reason alone, the World Health Organization has called on many developing nations where clean drinking water is not always readily available, to increase the fluoride content in their water supplies. Some scientists have even pointed out that there is a great deal of evidence that fluoride helps improve the bone structure of people who drink water treated with it every day. Studies have proven that these peoples bone densities have increased, and older women have even shown a tendency to suffer from osteoporosis (骨质疏松症）in smaller numbers if they have drunk fluoride-treated water. And bone fractures from simple falls are less common than in populations o