学位英语

Exercise Cuts Cancer Deaths in Men

Men who exercise often are less likely to die from cancer than those who 1 , new research published in the British Journal of Cancer revealed yesterday.

A team of scientists from the Karolinska Institute in Sweden looked 2 the effect of physical activity and cancer risk in 40,708 men __ 3 _ between 45 and 79.

The seven-year study found that men 4 walked or cycled for at least 30 minutes a day had a 34 per cent lower risk of 5 from cancer than the men who did less exercise or nothing at all. 6 the period studied~, 3,714 men developed cancer and 1,153 died from the disease. The researchers suggest that half an hour's walking__7__cycling a day increased survival among these men by 33 per cent.

The researchers surveyed men from two counties in central Sweden about their lifestyle and the amount of 8 activity they were usually doing. They then scored these responses and compared the results__9 _data on cancer diagnosis and death officially recorded in a central cancer registry2over a seven-year period.

Lead author, Professor Alicja Wolk, said: "These results clearly show for the first time the effect that very simple and basic daily 10 such as walking or cycling has in reducing cancer death risk in middle-aged and elderly 11 "

Dr Lesley Walker, director of cancer information at Cancer Research UK, said: "This study gives us a clear indication that men who exercise are less 12 to die from cancer, and that they are more likely to 13__the disease if they get it. It's not entirely clear from this study

what role exercise plays in preventing 14 in men, but we do know that a healthy lifestyle can prevent up to half of all cancers3-and 15 exercise forms a key part of this. "

词汇：

Registry n.登记簿 lead 口巧.带头的

注释：

1.the period studied：所研究的时间段内

2.data on cancer diagnosis and death officially recorded in a central cancer registry：官方纪录在癌症中心登记簿上的癌症诊断与死亡数据

3.prevent up to half of all cancers：避免各类癌症不低于一半的数量

练习：

1.A don’t B didn’t C won’t D can’t

2.A on B for C at D by

3.A ranged B aged C ranked D listed

4.A which B who C whom D what

5.A recovering B turning C dying D surviving

6.A Dunng B Since C Despite D Between

7.A and B but C or D with

8.A mental B physical C psychological D artistic

9.A upon B towards C into D with

10.A exercise B life C work D style

11.A people B men C adults D couples

12.A possible B able C likely D apparent

13.A lose B miss C treat D survive

14.A disaster B cancer C mistakes D accidents

15.A random B rare C regular D rough

答案与题解：

1.A本句前面提到men who exercise omen，与他们相比较的显然应当是“不经常锻炼的男人们”，即men who don’t。

2.C look at表示“观察、研究”。[Page]

3.B between 45 and 79显然指的是这些男人的年龄，因此应选aged。

4.B修饰前面的men一词，因此应选限制性关系代词who。

5.C根据上下文可以得知，经常锻炼的男人“死”于癌症的危险要小。

6.A此处显然应选表示“在……期问”之意的during一词。

7.C本段的第一句出现了walked or cycled，因此此处应选or一词。

8.B短文的第二段曾出现过physical activity，因此此处应选physical一词。

9.D将一件事与另一件事进行比较，应是compare…with…。

10.A根据上下文意即本句接下来给出的such as walking or cycling，不难推断此处应选

exercise一词。

11.B短文的题目以及之前一直都在谈论男人运动与否与癌症的关系，此处显然应选men。

12.C前面多次提到，坚持经常性运动的男人死于癌症的可能性要小，possible和likely在汉语里都可译作“可能的”，但在英语中意思区别很大，前者侧重于“存在”的客观趋势，后者侧

重于对“存在”的预期，因而可以说It is possible for them to do，而不说they are possible to do，所以应选likely。

13.D既然坚持经常性运动的男人死于癌症的可能性要小，那么不难推断这种男人即使得了

癌症，存活下来的可能性也应更大些。

14.B短文全篇都在谈论男人运动与患癌症的关系，此外，接下来又出现了prevent up to half

of all cancers，因此此处应选cancer。

15.C前面提到每天运动带给男人的好处，因此此处应选regular，表示“经常性的”

Men Too May Suffer from Domestic Violence

Nearly three in 10 men have experienced violence at the hands of1 an intimate partner their lifetimes, according to one of the few studies to look 1 domestic violence and health among men.

"Many men actually do experience domestic violence, although we don't hear about it 2 ," Dr. Robert J. Reid of the University of Washington in Seattle, one of the authors, told Reuters Health. "They often don't tell 3 we don't ask. We want to message out2 to men who 4 experience domestic violence that they are not alone and there are resources available to 5 "

The researchers asked study participants about physical abuse and non-physical 6 such as threats that made them 7 for3 their safety, controlling behavior (for example, being told who they could associate with and where they could go), and constant name-calling.

Among men 18 to 54 years old, 14.2 percent said they had experienced intimate partner 8 in the past five years, while 6. 1 percent reported domestic violence in the previous year.

Rates were lower for men 55 and 9 ,with 5.3 percent reporting violence in the past five years and 2.4 percent having experienced it in the past 12 months.

Overall, 30.5 percent of men younger than 55 and 26.5 percent of older men said they had been victims of 10 violence at some point in their lives. About half of the violet men 11 was physical.

However, the physical violence men reported wasn't as harsh as 12 stuff, women in a previous study; 20 percent to 40 percent of the men rated it as severe, compare to 61 percent of__13__

Men who reported experiencing domestic violence had more emotional and mental problems 14 those who had not, especially older men, the 15 found.

词汇：

Intimate 口巧.亲密的 name-calling n.辱骂

Abuse 凡.伤害

注释：

1.at the hands of：出自某人之手，从某人那里

2.get the message out：传达这样一个信息

3.fear for：为……担忧[Page]

练习：

1. A by B at C on D for

2. A never B often C ever D now

3. A and B but 　C yet D unless

4. A to B no C do D go

5. A us B him C you D them

6. A strength B labor C abuse D exercise

7. A hope B fear C wait D look

8. A violence B attitude C friendship D stress

9. A younger B junior C senior D older

10. A normal B necessary C domestic D foreign

11. A enjoyed B experienced C performed D committed

12. A this B those C that D one

13. A women B people C adults D children

14. A from B than C except D despite

15. A victims B participants C researchers D partners

答案与题解：

1.B look at表示“观察、研究”。

2.B根据上下文可以推断，此处应选表示“经常”意思的often一词。

3.A这句话的意思是：“他们经常不说而我们也不问”。所以应用and一词连接两个并列成分。

4.C本段中的第一句已经出现过do experience的用法，表示“的确经历过”。

5.D前面出现的是men一词，与其对应的应是them.

 

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