安徽省蚌埠市2012届高考英语专题总复习精选阅读理解强化集（15）阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项.AChildren'sBooks:Hawking'sfactandfictionGeorgeF．R．Ellis&RubyBOOKREVIEWED-George'sSecretKeytotheUniversebyLucy&StephenHawkingStephenHawking'sbookABriefHistoryofTimewasahugecommercialsuccess．Itsachievementsinbringingdifficultscientificideastoawideaudiencearenotsoclear．NowthedistinguishedphysicisthasteamedupwithhisdaughterLucytoproduceachildren'sbookdesignedtocommunicatecontemporaryphysics．Willitcapturetheattentionofyoungmindsandteachthemsomerealscience?Orwillitbeboringandovertheheadsoftheprospectivereaders?George'sSecretKeytotheUniverseisanadventurestorycompletewithvillainsandheroandisillustratedwithenjoyableline-drawings．Itinvolvesalostpig,ahumorouslyportrayedintelligentcomputer,schoolbulliesandatripthroughtheSolarSystem．Didacticdiscussionsonaspectsofmodernphysics,suchassupernovaexplosionsandblack-holephysicsarehungonthisset-up．Therearealsofactboxesonphysicsandastronomy,andsomephotographsofastronomicalphenomena:planets,comets,galaxiesandsoon．Overall,thebookisaseriousefforttoconveyfactsandideasinpresentdayastronomyandastrophysics,withinascience-fictionadventurestory．Themixtureisgreat．Childrenlovefactsandadventurestories．Thecombinationwillcatchtheirinterestandkeepthemoccupiedforhours．Aftertenminutesofleafingthroughthebook,mygranddaughterRubywasdeeplyabsorbedandIhadtopromisetobringitbackforhertoreadafterIhadcompletedmyreview．Likeanyeducationaltool,itwillsucceedforsomeandnotforothers．Isupposethereshouldbemoreoftheformer．1．Wheredoyouthinkthispassageistaken?A．Fromanewsstory．B．Fromatextbook．用心爱心专心1C．Fromabookreview．D．Fromanadvertisment．2．Whichofthefollowingbooksismainlyreviewedinthispassage?A．George'sSecretKeytotheUniverseB．ABriefHistoryofTimeC．TheNatureofSpaceandTimeD．Hawking'sfactandfiction3．Whatistheauthor’sattitudetowardsthebookbeingreviewed?A．Itwillbelesssuccessful．B．Itwillbemoresuccessful．C．Itwillbeacompletefailure．D．ItalldependsonRuby4．Theunderlinedword“leafing”（inthelastparagrph）probablymeans______．A．addingleavestoabookB．throwingawayabookC．tearingupabookD．turningpagesofabookBExercise,suchaswalking,canreducetheriskofdiabetes（糖尿病）inpeoplewhosebloodsugarisstartingtorise．Thatoutcomewasshowninalargestudy．Despitetryinghard,thosewhodietedandworkedoutlostverylittleweight．Buttheydidmanagetomaintainaregularwalkingprogram,andfewerofthemwentontodevelopdiabetes．Exercisealsomayreducetheriskofheartdisease．Thereseemstobesomeeffect:Mostoftheheartprotectionappearstoberealizedbywalkingregularly．Moreintenseexercisehasbeenshowntoprovideonlyslightlygreaterbenefits．Activepeoplearemuchlesslikelytosmoke;they’rethinnerandtheyeatdifferentlythanpeoplewhoarelessactive．Theyalsotendtobemoreeducated,andeducationisoneofthestrongestpredictorsofgoodhealthingeneralandalongerlife．Asaresult,itisimpossibletoknowwithconfidencewhetherexercisepreventsheartdiseaseorwhetherpeoplewhoarelesslikelytogetheartdiseasearealsomorelikelytobeexercising．Still,inrigorousstudiesinwhichelderlypeoplewereassignedeithertoexerciseormaintaintheirnormalroutine,theexerciserswerelesslikelytofall,perhapsbecausetheygotstrongerordevelopedbetterbalance．Exercisemaypreventbrokenbones—butonlyindirectly．Andwhataboutweightloss?Liftingweightsbuildsmu...
