高三英语阅读理解限时训练（35）AEatnutseveryday,andyouwillkeepheartdiseaseaway．Thisistheconclusionsomemedicalresearchershaverecentlyreachedafterasix-yearstudyon34,000peopleinCaliforniawithfocusontheirdietaryhabitsandheartdiseases．Comparedwithsomeonewhonevercaresfornuts,theonewhoeatsnutssuchaspeanutsandwalnuts（胡桃）atleastonceadayhasonly47percentchanceofhavinghearttrouble,accordingtooneoftheresearchers．Anotherreportstatesthat60percentofallthosewhoeatnutsregularlyliketochewpeanuteitherduringorbetweenmeals．Thisledtheresearcherstobelievethatthemoreregularlyonestickstothehabitofeatingnuts,thelesswillbehischanceofgettingheartdisease．41．Scientistsbegantostudytherelationofpeople'sdietaryhabitsandheartdiseasesatleast____yearsago．A．threeB．fourC．fiveD．six42．Peanutsandwalnutsaretwokindsof____．A．plasticsB．fruitsC．animalsD．flowers43．The34,000peopleare____people．A．ChineseB．JapaneseC．ItalianD．AmericanBTheTouchstoneWhenthegreatlibraryofAlexandriaburned,thestorygoes,onebookwassaved．Butitwasnotavaluablebook,andsoapoorman,whocouldreadalittle,boughtitforverylittlemoney．Thebookwasn'tveryinteresting,butbetweenitspagestherewassomethingveryinterestingindeed．Itwasathinstripofvellum（上等皮纸）onwhichwaswrittenthesecretofthe"Touchstone"!Thetouchstonewasasmallpebble（卵石）thatcouldturnanycommonmetalintopuregold．Thewritingexplainedthatitwaslyingamongthousandsandthousandsofotherpebblesthatlookedexactlylikeit．Butthesecretwasthis:Therealpebblewouldfeelwarm,whileordinarypebblesarecold．Sothemansoldhisfewbelongings,boughtsomesimplesupplies,campedontheseashore,andbegantestingpebbles．Heknewthatifhepickedupordinarypebblesandthrewthemdownagainbecausetheywerecold,hemightpickupthesamepebblehundredsoftimes．So,whenhefeltonethatwascold,hethrewitintothesea．Hespentawholedaydoingthisbutnoneofthemwasthetouchstone．Yethewentonandonthisway．Pickupapebble．Cold—throwitintothesea．Pickupanother．Throwitintothesea．Pickupanother．Throwitintothesea．Thedaysstretchedintoweeksandtheweeksintomonths．Oneday,however,aboutmid-afternoon,hepickedupapebbleanditwaswarm．Hethrewitintotheseabeforeherealizedwhathehaddone．Hehadformedsuchastronghabitofthrowingeachpebbleintotheseathatwhentheonehewantedcamealonghestillthrewitaway．Soitiswithopportunity．Unlesswearecareful,it'seasytofailtorecognizeanopportunitywhenitisinhand,andit'sjustaseasytothrowitaway．44．Themanboughtthebookbecause____．A．hewantedtoreaditB．itwasveryinterestingC．therewasasecretinthebookD．hewantedtofindthetouchstone45．Wecanlearnfromthepassagethatthetouchstoneis____．A．pureB．coldC．magicD．big46．Whydidthemanthrowthepebblesintothesea?A．Becausehedidn'twanttogetthesamepebbles．B．Becausehedidn'twantotherstopickthemup．C．Becausehedidn'tliketheirordinarylooks．D．Becausehedidn'tlikethecoldfeelings．47．Whatdoestheauthorwanttotellusinthepassage?A．Weshouldofferopportunitiesinourlife．B．Weshouldseekforopportunitiesintheworld．C．Wemayseizeopportunitieswhenwearewatchful．D．Wemaydiscoveropportunitieswhenforminghabits．CCatherineDestivelleisarockstar．Shelovesrock,butshecan'tsingorplaytheguitartSheisarockclimberandabigstarinFranceandItaly．Sheisthemostfamouswomanclimberintheworldbecausesheoftenclimbswithoutropes．SheclimbsinmanycountriesbutmostoftenintheFrenchAlpsnearChamonix,whereshelives．ShestartedclimbingnearherhomeinPariswhenshew...
