Read the following pasage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions
As heart disease continues to be the number-one killer in the United States, researchers have become increasingly interested in identifying the potential risk factors that trigger heart attacks. High-fat diets and "life in the fast lane" have long been known to contribute to the high incidence of heart failure. But according to new studies, the list of risk factors may be significantly longer and quite surprising.
Heart failure, for example, appears to have seasonal and temporal patterns. A higher percentage of heart attacks occur in cold weather, and more people experience heart failure on Monday than on any other day of the week. In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking. Cardiologists first observed this morning phenomenon in the mid-1980, and have since discovered a number of possible causes. An early-morning rise in blood pressure, heart rate, and concentration of heart stimulating hormones, plus a reduction of blood flow to the heart, may all contribute to the higher incidence of heart attacks between the hours of 8:00 A.M. and 10:00 A.M.
In other studies, both birthdays and bachelorhood have been implicated as risk factors. Statistics reveal that heart attack rates increase significantly for both females and males in the few days immediately preceding and following their birthdays. And unmarried men are more at risk for heart attacks than their married counterparts. Though stress is thought to be linked in some way to all of the aforementioned risk factors, intense research continues in the hope of further comprehending why and how heart failure is triggered .
The phrase “susceptible to” in the second paragraph could best be replaced by
A. aware of
B. affected by
C. accustomed to
D. prone to
D
Giải thích:
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Cụm từ “susceptible to” ở đoạn thứ hai có thể được thay thế bằng
A. nhận thức, biết B. bị ảnh hưởng bởi
C. quen với D. dễ bị
“susceptible to” = prone to
In addition, people are more susceptible to heart attacks in the first few hours after waking. (Ngoài ra, người ta dễ bị đau tim hơn trong vài giờ đầu sau khi thức dậy.)
Đáp án:D
If it had not rained last night, the roads in the city ______ so slippery now.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
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caught (3)________. and sold as pets. For many animals and birds the problem is that their habitat - the place
where they live - is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them to grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (4)________. wildlife. The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (5)________., unless we can solve this problem.
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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best first each of the numbered blanks from 1 to 5.
Nowadays people are more aware that wildlife all over the world is in (1)________. Many species of animals are threatened, and could easily become (2)________. if we do not make an effort to protect them. In some cases, animals are hunted for their fur or for other valuable parts of their bodies. Some birds, such as parrots, are
caught (3)________. and sold as pets. For many animals and birds the problem is that their habitat - the place
where they live - is disappearing. More land is used for farms, for houses or industry, and there are fewer open spaces than there once were. Farmers use powerful chemicals to help them to grow better crops, but these chemicals pollute the environment and (4)________. wildlife. The most successful animals on earth - human beings - will soon be the only ones (5)________., unless we can solve this problem.
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