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专题三 阅读理解(五)

【山东省实验中学2012届高三第四次诊断考试】

阅读下列短文，从每小题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

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Jeanette Rankin was born on a ranch in Montana，USA in 1882. In those days，Montana was still a frontier state，and life there was hard. Men and women shared the difficult outdoor work. But young Jeanette noticed men and women were not equal in many ways. For instance， at election time， women were not allowed to vote. Jeanette thought this was not fair， and several years later， after graduating from college， she realized how to help change the situation.

First， she joined with other women. and gave speeches through the state. Thanks to their years of efforts， Montana women were finally allowed to vote. This experience changed Jeanette’s life. She wanted do work for the welfare of women and children everywhere. She was now well-known throughout Montana， so she decided to run for the US Congress. In 1916，she became the first woman in the Congress of the United Staters.

Just six days after Rankin first attended Congress in 1917，American President Wilson called for a vote to go to war against Germany， as German submarines（潜水艇）attacked American ships during World War I. When Jeanette was called upon to vote，she said，“I want to stand by my country， buy I cannot vote for war.I vote no.”Forty-nine other congress members also voted no，but she was the person who was criticized most. Newspapers said her decision came from weakness and she was anti-American.

In the Second World War， Japanese warplanes attacked the American base at Pearl Harbor in 1941. The time came again for the US Congress members to vote for or against going to war. Everyone was waiting for Jeanette Rankin to vote， who rose and said，“As a woman， I can’t go to war， so I refuse to send anyone else”.Out of 471 members，she was the only member who voted against war. After that，she received thousands of letters. Most people criticized her， but some praised her for her courage.

Shortly before she died in 1973, she was asked if she regretted voting “no”to the two wars.“Never，”she answered.“If you are against war，you’re against war regard less of what happens.”

Today， in the US Congress Building，there is a statue of Jeanette Rankin. On the base of the statue are her words：“I cannot vote for war.” 56. When Jeanette Rankin was young， .

A. women were not allowed to work with men B. women had no right to vote C. women could not go to college

D. women could not deliver speeches in public

57. She decided to run for the US Congress because .

A. She wanted to become famous throughout the USA B. She hated was

C. She wanted to help more women and children D. She was a born politician

58. Which is true according to the passage?

A. Jeannette was the only member to vote no to the two wars. B. Jeannette voted no to the wars because she was weak.

C. Everyone in the USA hated her when she voted no to the war against Japan. D. Jeanette believed that no war was right.

59. From the passage we can tell that Jeanette Rankin was . A. full of courage C. Very intelligent

B. Very fair D. very stubborn.

60. The American people remember Jeanette Rankin mainly for .

A. her fighting for women’s rights

B. her being the first American woman Congress member C. her fighting against war

D. her efforts to help women get the voting right

B

Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The result：10％ fewer heart attacks. 8％ fewer storkes. 4％ fewer deaths. 11％ fewer new

cases of heart disease. And 240 billion dollars in health care savings.

Researchers found it could prevent 100，000 heart attacks and 92，000 deaths every year. The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams， or one-half teaspoon，less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia University.

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium（钠），which is how foods may list their salt content.

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies， while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Critics call it government interference.

Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas， like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute shows that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children. 6l. According to the passage， what disease is not related to salt in diet?

A. cancer

B. stroke

C. blood pressure

D. heart attack

62. We can tell from the passage that now heart attacks occur in the US every year.

A. 240，000 B. 900，000 C. 100，000

D.92，000

63. It can be inferred from the passage that . A. all the heart diseases result from eating too much salt

B. the American Heart Association suggests less than 3 grams of salt a day for everyone C. Americans ate no more than 5 grams of salt per day in the 1970s D. the less salt one eats， the healthier he will be 64. The National Salt Reduction Initiative aims to . A. attract the public attention to the problem B. require fast food places to list salt information