日期：2008-01-26 Eating potatoes gives your immune system a boost Eating potatoes is not only good for bowel health, but also for the whole immune system, especially when they come in the form of a potato salad or eaten cold. In a study on an animal model, researche... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 注释： 1. warm people likely to keep cold at bay：情绪乐观的人不易患感冒。warm people原意是热心肠的人，情绪高昂的人，keep/hold at bay是使走投无路，不使接近的意思，因此本题目如果直译则是情绪高昂的人可能让感冒不能得逞或情绪高昂的人可能远离感冒或情绪高... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 Warm people likely to keep cold at bay1 Staying positive2 through the cold season could be your best defense against getting ill, new study findings suggest. In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus,3 researchers found... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 注释： 1. World Health Organization (WHO)：世界卫生组织 2. along with：与一起 3. New England Journal of Medicine：新英格兰医药杂志。New England 是美国东北六州( Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island 和 Connecticut )的总称。 4. Ha... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 Multivitamins urged for all pregnant women A recent study in Tanzania found that when pregnant women took vitamins every day, fewer babies were born too small. Babies that weigh less than two and one-half kilograms at birth have a greater risk of dy... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 注释： 1. beauty product：美容产品 2. quantum dot (QD)：量子点。可取代传统染色法，成为细胞内的荧光标记物，可进行长时间、多分子、同时检测。 3. give off：放出；发出（蒸汽、光线、烟雾、气味等） 4. Researchers are studying ways to program them to identi... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 第四部分 阅读理解 （六篇） Bringing nanotechnology to health care for the poor Nanotechnology uses matter at the level of molecules and atoms. Researchers are finding different uses for particles with a length of one nanometer, or one-billionth of a... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 练习： 1. Paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 3 3. Paragraph 4 4. Paragraph 5 A Effects of ACE and ACE inhibitors B Wide use of ACE inhibitors C How to deal with high blood pressure in pregnant women D Damage to pregnant women's future babies E Suggestions on... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 Pregnant women warned about ACE1 inhibitor Some of the most commonly used medicines for high blood pressure are drugs called ACE inhibitors. Doctors have given these drugs to patients for twenty-five years. A government study in the United States fo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 练习： 1. Paragraph 2 2. Paragraph 3 3. Paragraph 5 4. Paragraph 6 A Effects of napping in females still uncertain B Older males have higher levels of NT-proBNP C Development of a simple but important test D Evidence of positive relationship between... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 第三部分 概括大意与完成句子 （两篇） Napping to a Healthier Heart? 1 Researchers say they have developed a simple test that can tell if a person with heart disease is likely to suffer a heart attack.2 The test measures levels of a protein in the blo... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 注释： 1. breast cancer：乳腺癌 2. replacement therapy：补充疗法，补偿疗法（应用机体天然产物或合成代用品补充机体的形成或缺陷） 3. hormone-receptor positive：激素受体阳性 4. treadmill test：单调乏味的实验 5. Institute of Genetics and Molecular and Ce... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 Red meat links to higher risk of breast cancer1 Exercise and keeping a healthy weight are two things that doctors say might help women lower their risk of breast cancer. Mothers may reduce their risk if they breastfeed for at least four months. For... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 注释： 1. United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA)：美国食品及药品管理局 2. United States Congress：美国国会 3. Rhode Island：罗得岛（美国州名） 4. New York Times：纽约时报 5. But, he also said there are probably more cases than are reported... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 第二部分 阅读判断 （两篇） Some sleep drugs do more than make you sleep The United States Food and Drug Administration1 has ordered companies to place strong new warnings on thirteen drugs that treat sleep disorders. It also ordered the makers of th... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 练习： 1. A) figures B) amounts C) numbers D) digits 2. A) small B) huge C) little D) vast 3. A) at B) over C) for D) against 4. A) expand B) minimize C) enlarge D) decrease 5. A) same B) similar C) alike D) identical 6. A) region B) site C) area D)... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 第十三篇 Debate over the use of Renewable energy Ausubel of Rockefeller University in New York, US. says the key renewable energy sources, including sun, wind and biofuels, would all require vast 1 of land if developed up to large scale production1... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 练习： 1. A) checks B) stores C) revises D) modifies 2. A) nearly B) approximately C) roughly D) accurately 3. A) without B) with C) for D) in 4. A) identical B) similar C) unique D) sole 5. A) hear B) understand C) distinguish D) record 6. A) serie... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 第六部分 完形填空 （两篇） 第二篇 Biological Identification Technologies When a person walks, the movement of his head, trunk, hipbones and limbs are all reflected in changes in his body. A computer 1 these changes into a database. Later, the comput... 阅读全文>>

日期：2008-01-26 第十五篇 The Arctic Ice is Thawing Father Christmas may have to move his workshop1 from the North Pole because global warming is thawing the ice beneath his feet and his reindeers' feet as well. His workshop is in dire straits. The platform for the... 阅读全文>>