歷年高考真題匯編*高考英語聽力*昭通市民族中學校本教材 143
W: My father always told me that an education was one of the greatest advantages I could have, one that
would always stay with me. He used to tell me that readers were leaders, and encouraged me to read
all I could. As a result, I’ve always kept up with the newspapers, faithfully read magazines and
learned to really enjoy books, all of which have been a valuable help to me in radio and television
reporting. M: What about your mother?
W: Well, my mother helped me in a much different way. 28. colleague n. 29. influence v. 30. have a great influence on 31. instead of
32. advantage n. 33. keep up with
34. faithfully adv. 35. valuable adj. 36. chair a meeting 37. host a program
38. conduct an interview 39. guidance n. Text 9
M: We all know that exercise is good for us, but sometimes it seems too hard to leave the sofa. W: I can see that. You seldom do exercise. M: Plus, having the doctor tell us to get two and a half hours’ exercise a week doesn’t really help our
motivation much. W: Don’t be discouraged. Now a new study suggests getting benefits from exercise doesn’t have to be that
demanding. Jacob Sattelmair from Harvard University has done a study into how much exercise is
needed to lower the risk of heart attacks. M: Mmm…, interesting!
W: The study showed that people who put in 300 minutes a week of exercise had a 20% lower risk of
death due to heart disease. Still, the people who exercise 115 minutes a week did pretty well, too, lowering their death risk by 14 %. M: And what about the people who exercise half as much as that, like what I probably do? Does that help?
W: Of course, even 15 minutes would help. 40. seldom adv. 41. plus prep. 42. motivation n. 43. get benefits from
44. demanding adj. 45. lower the risk of
46. heart attacks 47. due to
48. heart disease 49. lack v. 50. an athlete 51. a researcher
52. a journalist 53. speak of
54. recommend v. 55. What do sb. do?
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Here is a piece of news for bird lovers. Scientists have painted a long road, red, yellow and white. They
help to discourage the sea birds from wandering onto the highway. The area is home to large crowds of
birds that come to stay for the season. Young birds are often attracted to the warm roads’ surface and
get killed by the traffic. Biology student, Hannah tells the broadcaster. The youngster’s feathers are
brown in color. The dark-colored road surface makes the youngster hard to be noticed. As the number of
tourists has grown, so has the amount of traffic on the roads. Biologist Christen says the plan is to see
how the birds respond to the multi-colored road this summer, and if it works, the idea could spread
to other parts of the country.
