Unhealthy attitudes bout weight, body image and food may__________.
A.lead to an eating disorder
B.result from self-induced vomiting
C.make it easier to gain weight
D.bring about greater competition
A.lead to an eating disorder
B.result from self-induced vomiting
C.make it easier to gain weight
D.bring about greater competition
第1题
Many youngsters have heard words 【22】______ from their parents. And until recently this hostile attitude towards daydreaming was the most common one. Daydreaming was viewed as a waste of time. Or it was considered an unhealthy escape from real life and 【23】______ duties. But now some people are taking a fresh look at daydreaming. Some think it may be a very healthy thing to do.
Attitudes towards daydreaming are changing 【24】______ attitudes towards night dreaming have changed. Once it was thought that nighttime dreams 【25】______ our 【26】______ rest. But then researchers tried 【27】______ the dreams of sleepers. They learned that sleepers who are allowed to dream lose the benefits of rest. They have trouble concentrating. Their mental health is 【28】______damaged. 【29】______again, they must be allowed to dream.
Now researchers are finding that daydreaming may also be important to mental health. Daydreaming, they tell us, is a good means of relaxation. But its benefits go 【30】______ A number of psychologists have conducted experiments and have reached some surprising conclusions.
Dr. Joan T. Freyberg has concluded that daydreaming 【31】______ intellectual growth. It also improves concentration, attention span, and the 【32】______ to get along with others, she says. In an experiment 【33】______ schoolchildren, this same researcher found that daydreaming led the children to pay more attention to detail. They had 【34】______ feelings. They worked together better. Another researcher reported that daydreaming seemed to produce improved self-control and creative abilities.
But that's only part of the story. The most remarkable thing about daydreaming may be its 【35】______ in shaping our future lives as we want 【36】______. Industrialist Henry J. Kaiser believed that much of his success was 【37】______ the positive use of daydreaming. He 【38】______ that "you can imagine your future." Florence dreamed of becoming a nurse. 【39】______ pictured himself as an inventor. For these notable achievers, it appears that their daydreams came true.
Dr. Harry Emerson Fosdick believed that the way we picture ourselves is often the way we turn out. He offered this advice, "... Picture yourself vividly as defeated, 【40】______ alone will make victory impossible ..."
【21】
A.reach
B.amount to
C.arrive
D.gain
第2题
听力原文: A study published in September suggests there is a surprising way to get people to avoid unhealthy foods: change their memories. Scientist Elizabeth Loftus of the University of California at Irvine asked volunteers to answer some questions on their personalities and food experiences. "One week later," Loftus says, "we told those people we'd fed their answers into our smart computer and it came up with an account of their early childhood experiences." Some accounts included one key additional detail. "You got sick after eating strawberry ice-cream." The researchers then changed this detail into a manufactured memory through leading questions—Who were you with? How did you feel? By the end of the study, up to 41% of those given a false memory believed strawberry ice-cream once made them sick, and many said they'd avoid eating it.
When Loftus published her findings, she started getting calls from people begging her to make them remember hating chocolate or French fries. Unfortunately, it's not that easy. False memories appear to work only for foods you don't cat on a regular basis. But most important, it is likely that false memories can be implanted only in people who are unaware of the mental control. And lying to a patient is immoral, even if a doctor believes it's for the patient's benefit.
Loftus says there's nothing to stop parents from trying it with their overweight children. "I say, wake up—parents have been lying about Father Christmas for years, and nobody seems to mind. If they can prevent diseases caused by fatness and all the other problems that come with that, you might think that's a more moral lie. Decide that for yourself."
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A.To improve her computer program.
B.To find out their attitudes towards food.
C.To find out details she can make use of.
D.To predict what food they'll like in the future.
第3题
What do we know about diet soda sale?
A.It began to undergo a gradual drop starting from 2000.
B.It was on the decline since the 1990s but is on the rise now.
C.It reached its peak in the 2000s but began to drop since then.
D.It has been decreasing since the 1990s.
第4题
Family and Health Care
"Chronic diseases, such as heart disease and cancer, have replaced acute infectious illness as the leading causes of death in the United States," says Thomas L. Campbell, a physician specializing in family related medicine. Since most of these diseases cannot be cured, Campbell believes more emphasis must be placed on health promotion and disease prevention.
The way to do this is through the family, Campbell says in a report published by the National Council on Family Relations. "The family has a powerful influence on health beliefs and behaviors because it is the primary social agent in the promotion of health and well-being. Preventive health-care programs and policies must focus on the family and use it as an important resource in health promotion."
Campbell points to a number of observable connections between health and family:
The family is the primary setting in which attitudes and behaviors regarding diet, exercise, smoking, alcohol consumption, and drug use are learned and maintained.
Unhealthy behaviors and genetic risk factors for diseases are frequently found within families, as family members tend to share not only genes, but diets, physical activities, and alcohol and tobacco use.
Chronic marital (婚姻的) distress and conflict can lead to acute and chronic health changes, such as rising blood pressure and heart rate and lowering immunity (免疫力) of cells. These physiological (生理上的) changes result in a wide range of diseases, especially heart disease and cancer.
Campbell believes that a number of measures be made within the health-care system to accommodate the influence of the family. For example, health education and preventive care should be targeted toward families as well as individuals and communities. Also, when a risk factor for a disease or condition is identified in one family member, all other family members should be tested.
Campbell also recommends that mental-health care be included in wellness programs and suggests that family professionals (therapists, sociologists, and family-life educators) become more actively involved in health promotion.
Campbell believes people should pay more attention to health promotion and disease prevention because most of these diseases
A.can hardly be cured.
B.can be cured gradually.
C.can cause many deaths.
D.can be cured only by specialists.
第5题
A.Leading to an unhealthy and sedentary lifestyle
B.Staring at a computer for many hours causes eye strain or headaches.
C.The reduction of face-to-face interaction causes social isolation.
D.Wasting too much tim
第7题
A.An unhealthy diet.
B.Irregular periods of sleep.
C.Sitting too long surfing the Internet.
D.Using good monitors.
第8题
Trees become unhealthy if the gardener______.
A.allows too many branches to grow in the middle
B.doesn't protect them from the wind
C.forces them to grow quickly
D.damages some of the small branches
第9题
To knowingly allow oneself to pursue unhealthy habits is compared by Fries and Crapo to
A.improving the quality of one's life.
B.limiting one's personal health choice.
C.deliberately ending one's life.
D.breaking the rules of social behavior.
第10题
根据短文,回答1~20题此处正确答案是[A]humid[B]unhealthy[C]unbearable [D]crisp