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62. The concept of personal choice concerning health is important because ________.
A) personal health choices help cure most illness
B) it helps raise the level of our medical knowledge
C) it is essential to personal freedom in American society
D) wrong decisions could lead to poor health
63. To “live a completely sedentary life-style” (Line 7, Para. 1) in the passage means ________.
A) to “live an inactive life”
B) to “live a decent life”
C) to “live a life with complete freedom”
D) to “live a life of vice”
64. Sound personal health choice is often difficult to make because ________.
A) current medical knowledge is still insufficient
B) there are many factors influencing our decisions
C) few people are willing to trade the quality of life
D) people are usually influenced by the behavior of their friends.
65. To knowingly allow oneself to purse unhealthy habits is compared by Fried and Crapo to ________.
A) improving the quality of one’s life
B) limiting one’s personal health choice
C) deliberately ending one’s life
D) breaking the rules of social behavior.
66. According to Fries and Crapo sound health choices should be based on ________.
A) personal decisions
B) society’s laws
C) statistical evidence
D) friends’ opinions
Part V Cloze
Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A), B), C), and D) on the right side of the paper. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the center.
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What’s the weather today? Would you 67 it as extreme? Extreme weather includes conditions that endanger people’s lives or 68 property. That might 69 intense winds or 70 rains. It could mean bitter cold, pounding hail, or a blinding snowstorm.
Extreme weather can have some surprising and tragic consequences. For example, in July 1995, high temperatures and lots of moisture 71 the air, or humidity, created a heat wave in the Midwest. About a thousand people died 72 a result. Most of the victims were elderly people ___73__ couldn’t __74 ___the __75___ from the heat.
Just in 2003, __76_ winter temperatures throughout much of the United States were the lowest in more than a century. In Minnesota about a hundred people died from _77__ to the cold, heart _78__ from shoveling snow, or __79_ accidents caused by the weather.
Extreme weather takes its toll _80 _human life. But it can have other __81__, too. A blizzard can bring a bustling city to a halt for days. An ice storm can damage power _82__, cutting off electricity to homes and businesses. During a _83___, drinking water _84___ can dry up. Dried-out vegetation becomes fuel for wildfires. __85__ the drought of 1988, U.S. farmers lost billions of dollars in crops. More than five million acres burned, __86__ large sections of Yellowstone National Park. |
