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
"I smoke for my health," I proclaimed in a newspaper article published in 1979. Since I am a doctor, this advice attracted amuse
"I smoke for my health," I proclaimed in a newspaper article published in 1979. Since I am a doctor, this advice attracted amuse
admin
2013-05-29
81
问题
"I smoke for my health," I proclaimed in a newspaper article published in 1979. Since I am a doctor, this advice attracted amused attention. I reasoned that smoking made me cough and thus prevented pneumonia; smoking made my heart go faster and eliminated the need for special exercise; smoking restrained my appetite and kept me trim. And then, at 51, I had a heart attack.
I knew the risk factors for early heart disease, high blood-cholesterol levels and smoking. The first four were in my favor, but 1; chose to smoke.
Strange how the evidence that linked smoking to heart disease appeared unclear to me, and how the same data now appear overwhelmingly convincing. Why stop now? Smokers who stop after their first heart attack have an 80-percent chance of living ten more years—if they don’t, a 60-per cent chance.
As a smoker, I always resented the fact that we smokers received only scorn from nonsmokers. How could nonsmokers know that smoking was bad for the health if there were no smokers to prove it? Being a member of the experimental group, rather than the control group, deserves a certain measure of social appreciation. I’ve done my time. I’m now ready to be a control. No longer smoke for my health. My health can’t stand the help.
Will I miss the late-night trips to find a store that’s still open and selling cigarettes? Will I miss searching through ashtrays (烟灰缸) to find the longest butt that is still smokable? Only time will tell. Not smoking may give me the time to find out. Was it easy to stop? Sure. Here is all you have to do. First, experience a severe crushing pain under your breastbone as you finish a cigarette. Next, have yourself admitted to a coronary-care(心脏康复) unit and be stripped of your clothing and belongings. Finally, remain in the unit at ad-solute bed rest for four days while smoking is forbidden. This broke my had-it. See if it works for you.
Which of the following has the similar meaning to the sentence "The first four were in my favor"?
选项
A、The four factors supported me.
B、I wouldn’t be down with the four diseases.
C、I was not accompanied with the four factors.
D、The first four factors did me a favor.
答案
C
解析
该题为语义猜测题。首先需要明了“in my favor”是“对我有利”的意思,然而结合上下文可知作者不具备前四种引发心脏病的条件,故而选项C正确。
转载请注明原文地址:https://kaotiyun.com/show/xKTO777K
0
研究生英语学位课统考(GET)
相关试题推荐
Afteracarefulexamination,thedoctor______anewmedicalandatwo-dayrestforthepatient.
Hewantedverymuchtorunforasecondterm,butowingtopoorhealth,hewas______togiveitup.
Some23millionadditionalU.S.residentsareexpectedtobecomemoreregularusersoftheU.S.healthcaresysteminthenext
Some23millionadditionalU.S.residentsareexpectedtobecomemoreregularusersoftheU.S.healthcaresysteminthenext
Some23millionadditionalU.S.residentsareexpectedtobecomemoreregularusersoftheU.S.healthcaresysteminthenext
Atransplantoperationissuccessfulonlyifdoctorscanpreventthebodyfromrejectingthe______organ.
随机试题
蓝天机电公司蓝天机电公司是一家小型民营企业,主要从事机电产品的制造。该公司设有财务部、生产部、产品开发部、市场部和办公室五个部门,同时还设有两个生产车间和一个包装车间。总经理蓝天是一个办事果断、能力很强的人,公司的生产、运作都是他亲自指挥。他还任
若函数f(x)满足f(x)=x+1-f(x)dx,则f(x)=()
下列农村金融机构中,属于2007年批准新设立的机构是()。
()位于云南省西北部的滇、川、藏三大角区域,完美保留了自然生态和民族传统文化,素有“高山大花园”“动植物王国”“有色金属王国”的美称。
精力旺盛、热情、直率、好冲动、易怒等属于()气质类型的特点。
在《论十大关系》中,毛泽东提出要处理好若干关系,表明他实际上思考了如何开辟一条与苏联不同的中国工业化道路,这些关系主要有()
人类在太空活动中发展起来的技术可以为人类造福,但太空活动留下的大量航空器残骸等太空垃圾却可能给人类带来危害。这个反映的哲学原理是()
严肃与谨慎相结合政策的总精神是()。
SowhyisGooglesuddenlysointerestedinrobots?That’sthequestioneveryone’saskingafteritemergedthismonththatthein
AsachildIwastaughttowalkwithmyheadup,my【C1】______backandmyeyeslookingstraight【C2】______Iwastolditwasgood
最新回复
(
0
)