Question

Elderly adults who regularly drink green tea may stay more agile (敏捷的)and independent than their peers over time,according to a Japanese study that covered thousands of people.

Green tea contains antioxidant chemicals(抗氧化物)that may help stop the cell damage that can lead to disease. Researchers have been studying green tea's effect on everything from cholesterol (膽固醇)to the risk of certain cancers，with mixed results so far.

They found those who drank the most green tea were the least likely to develop "functional disability"，or problems with daily activities or basic needs, such as dressing or bathing.

Specifically,almost 13 percent of adults who drank less than a cup of green tea per day became functionally disabled, compared with just over 7 percent of people who drank at least five cups a day.

The study did not prove that green tea alone kept people agile as they grew older. Green tea lovers generally had healthier diets, including more fish,vegetables and fruit, as well as more education, lower smoking rates，fewer heart attacks and strokes，and greater mental sharpness. They also tended to be more socially active and have more friends and family to rely on. But even with those factors accounted for,green tea itself was tied to a lower disability risk,the researchers said.

People who drank at least five cups a day were one-third less likely to develop disabilities than those who had less than a cup per day. Those people who averaged three or four cups a day had a 25 percent lower risk.

Although it's not clear how green tea might offer a buffer(緩沖)against disability,Tomata's team did note that one recent study found green tea extracts (提取物)seem to increase leg muscle strength in older women.

While green tea and its extracts are considered safe in small amounts, they do contain caffeine and small amounts of vitamin K，which means it could affect drugs that prevent blood clotting(凝固).

(   ) 8. What does the underlined word "peer" mean in the first paragraph?
A. Father. B. Brother.

C. A person of the same age. D. A person living in the same neighborhood.

(   ) 9. What can be learned from the passage?

A.   Antioxidant chemicals can lead to disease.

B.   Those who often drink green tea can't develop "functional disability'.

C.   "Functional disability" is related to problems with daily activities or basic needs.

D.   People who drink at least five cups of green tea a day are not likely to become functionally disabled.

(   ) 10. What does the fifth paragraph mainly tell us?

A.   How the study was proved.

B.   Why green tea lovers can keep agile.

C.   What healthier diets include.

D.   How to lower disability risk.

(   ) 11. What have the researchers discovered?

A.   Those who drank green tea can't develop "functional disability".

B.   Green tea alone kept people agile as they grew older.

C.   How green tea might offer a buffer against disability.

D.   Green tea extracts seem to increase leg muscle strength in older women.
(   ) 12. From the passage we can infer that        .

A.   vitamin K is contained in caffeine

B.   vitamin K is good for our blood

C.   vitamin K is bad for our health

D.   vitamin K has influence on some drugs

Answer 1

8. C詞義猜測題，根據than—詞的用法可知，比較對象應是同類。習慣喝綠茶的上了年紀的人肯定是跟不喜歡喝綠茶的上了年紀的同齡人比較。所以，peer應表"同齡人"之意。

9. C邏輯推理題。第三段中第一個or此處表"或者"或"即"之意,因此，其后"problems with daily activities or basic needs, such as dressing or bathing" 即是對functional disability的解釋。C正確。

10. B主旨大意題.，本段通過講述喝綠茶者的健康優(yōu)勢和社交優(yōu)勢，從側面強調了喝綠茶的好處.，A項強調了證明的方式，但文中無從體現；C項過于片面；D項文不對題。

11. D細節(jié)理解題。D項內容見第七段表述。A項與文中"People who drank at least five cups a day were one-third less likely to develop disabilities than those who had less than a cup per day."表述相悻；B項與 "The study did not prove that green tea alone kept people agile as they grew older."表述相悖；C項與 "it's not clear how green tea might offer a buffer against disability"表述相悖

12. D邏輯推理題。從文中最后一句話可推斷出： 既然維生素K可能影響阻止血液凝固的藥物， "影響某些藥物"就符合邏輯。維生素K與咖啡因并存于綠茶及其提取物中；維生素E既然 影響阻止血液凝固的藥物，那就說明使用某些 藥物時它對血液沒有好處；根據常識，維生素E是促進血液正常凝固及骨貉生長的重要維生 素，小劑量的使用對人體是有益而無害的 所以，A、B、C三項均應舍棄。