首页
外语
计算机
考研
公务员
职业资格
财经
工程
司法
医学
专升本
自考
实用职业技能
登录
外语
Why Do People Shrink? Did you ever see the movie Honey, l shrunk the kids? It’s about a wacky dad (who’s also a scientist) who a
Why Do People Shrink? Did you ever see the movie Honey, l shrunk the kids? It’s about a wacky dad (who’s also a scientist) who a
admin
2009-06-15
58
问题
Why Do People Shrink?
Did you ever see the movie Honey, l shrunk the kids? It’s about a wacky dad (who’s also a scientist) who accidentally shrinks his kids with his homemade miniaturizing invention. Oops!(1)
For older people, shrinking isn’t that dramatic or sudden at all. It takes place over years and may add up to only one inch or so off of their adult height (maybe a little more, maybe less), and this kind of shrinking can’t be magically reversed, although there are things that can be done to stop it or slow it down.(2)
There are a few reasons. As people get older, they generally lose some muscle and fat from their bodies as part of the natural aging process. Gravity (the force that keeps your feet on the ground) take hold, and the bones in the spine, called vertebrae, may break down or degenerate, and start to collapse into one another.(3). But perhaps the most common reason why some older people shrink is because of osteoporosis.
Osteoporosis occurs when too much spongy bone tissue (which is found inside of most bones) is broken down and not enough new bone material is made.(4). Bones become smaller and weaker and can easily break if someone with oste6porosis is injured. Older people — especially women, who generally have smaller and lighter bones to begin with — are more likely to develop osteoporosis. As years go by, a person with osteoporosis shrinks a little bit.
Did you know that every day you do a shrinking act? You aren’t as tall at the end of the day as you are at the beginning. That’s because as the day goes on, water in the disks of the spine gets compressed (squeezed) due to gravity, making you just a tiny bit shorter. Don’t worry, though.(5)
A.They end up pressing closer together, which makes a person lose a little height and become shorter.
B.Once you get a good night’s rest, your body recovers, and the next morning, you’re standing tall again.
C.Over time, bone is said to be lost because it’s not being replaced.
D.Luckily, there are things that people can do to prevent shrinking.
E.The kids spend the rest of the movie as tiny people who are barely visible while trying to get back to their normal size.
F.But why does shrinking happen at all?
选项
答案
A
解析
空格前面具体讲述“地球引力对人体骨架的影响”,接着在空格处继续谈到“这种影响最终的结果”是很自然的。在用词上one another(彼此)与A中的they呼应。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/HPFd777K
本试题收录于:
职称英语综合类B级题库职称英语分类
0
职称英语综合类B级
职称英语
相关试题推荐
TheScienceofConferringHumanCapabilitiesonMachinesSincethedawnofhumaningenuity,peoplehavedevisedevermorecu
LongerLivesforWildElephantsMostpeoplethinkofzoosassafeplacesforanimals,wherestragglessuchasdifficultyfin
Accordingtothepassage,whichofthefollowingisincreasinglydangeroustoseacreatures?Accordingtothepassage,whatwil
Whatdoes"clear-airturbulence"probablymean?(Paragraph1)Wecaninferfromthefifthparagraphthat
Whatdoes"clear-airturbulence"probablymean?(Paragraph1)Theturbulencedetectorcantelltheseverityoftheturbulenceb
PeopleknewlongagohowanearthquakestartsIfyouareinthestreetwhenanearthquakeoccurs,stayinalargeopenspace
Mergethefollowingtwoshortsentencesintoonenewsentence.
LocalNewspapersinBritain1Britainhasalargecirculation(发行量)ofthenationalnewspapers.TheDailyMirrorandTheDailyExp
TheauthorhadtroubleoperatinghisVCRbecauseAccordingtothepassage,beforegVCRissoldonthemarket,itsoriginalmod
Accordingtotheauthor,informationtechnologyhasnothingpositivetosay.Bytheterm"computerization"theauthormeanstha
随机试题
循序渐进原则是指教学要按照_______和学生的认知发展的顺序进行,使学生掌握系统的知识与技能,形成严密的逻辑思维能力。
下列选项中不属于生物群落组成成分的是()
描述肿瘤标志物诊断价值的主要指标是
患者,男,25岁。近3年有反复咳嗽、咳脓痰史,2天来症状加重,咯血伴发热入院,抗炎治疗后病情可暂时短期缓解。胸部X线片示支气管呈轨道征,最可能的诊断是
成本逼近法一般适用于()的估价。
根据《中华人民共和国食品安全法》,企业生产的食品没有可依据的食品安全国家标准或者地方标准的,应当制定企业标准,适用范围是()。
人民警察的(),是指人民警察应具有的政治觉悟、理想信念、道德品质和革命人生观的综合体现。
Instudyingboththerecurrenceofspecialhabitsorideasinseveraldistricts,andtheirprevalencewithineachdistrict,ther
在窗体上画一个名称为Command1的命令按钮和一个名称为Label1的标签,然后编写如下程序代码:OptionBase0PrivateSubCommand1_Click()Dima(5)AsInteger,nAsInte
请在“爷题”菜单下选择“汉字录入”命令,启动汉字录入测试程序,按照题目上的内容输入汉字:银河系内已发现有英仙臂、猎户臂、人马臂等,还有一条离银心4千秒差距的旋臂叫做三千秒差距臂,正以约53公里/秒速度向外膨胀。太阳在银河系离银心10千秒差距,在银道面北8秒
最新回复
(
0
)