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1、英语冲刺复习英语精练（9） AAmong various programs, TV talk shows have covered every inch of space on daytime televisionAnd anyone who watches them regularly knows that each one is different in styleBut no two shows are more opposite in content, while at the same time standing out above the rest, than the Jerry
2、Springer and Oprah Winfrey showsJerry Springer could easily be considered the king of rubbish talkThe topics on his show are as surprising as can beFor example, the show takes the ever-common talk show titles of love, sex, cheating, and hate, to a different levelClearly, the Jerry Springer show is a
3、bout the dark side of society, yet people are willing to eat up the troubles of other peoples livesLike Jerry Springer, Oprah Winfrey takes the TV talk show to its topBut Oprah goes in the opposite directionThe show is mainly about the improvement of society and different quality of lifeContents are
4、 from teaching your children lessons, managing your work week, to getting to know your neighborsCompared to Oprah, the Jerry Springer show looks like poisonous waste being poured into societyJerry ends every show with a final wordHe makes a small speech about the entire idea of the showHopefully, th
5、is is the part where most people will learn something very valuableClean as it is, the Oprah show is not for everyoneThe shows main audience are middle-class AmericansMost of the people have the time, money and ability to deal with lifes tough problemsJerry Springer, on the other hand, has more of a
6、 connection with the young adults of societyThese are 18-to 21year-olds whose main troubles in life include love, relationship, sex, money and drugThey are the ones who see some value and lessons to be learned through the shows exploitation41Compared with other TV talk shows, both the Jerry Springer
7、 and the Oprah Winfrey shows are_Amore interesting Bunusually poplar Cmore detailed Dmore formal42Though the social problems Jerry Springer talks about appear unpleasant, people who watch the shows _Aremain interested in themBare ready to face up to themCremain cold to themDare willing to get away f
8、rom them43Which of the following is likely to be a topic of the Oprah Winfrey show?AA new type of robotBNational hatredCFamily income planningDStreet accident44We can learn from the passage that the two talk shows _Ahave become the only ones of its kindBexploit the weaknesses in human natureCappear
9、at different times of the dayDattract different peopleBOur bodies are wonderfully skillful at keeping balanceWhen the temperature jumps, we sweat to cool downWhen our blood pressure falls, our hearts can do somethingAs it turns out, though, our natural state is always changingResearchers are finding
10、 that everything from blood pressure to brain function changes regularly with the cycles of sun, moon and seasonsAnd their insights （洞察力） are getting new ways for keeping away such common killers as heart disease and cancerOnly one doctor in 20 has a good knowledge of the scientific use of time in m
11、edicineBut according to a new American Medical Association, three out of four are eager to change that“The field is exploding,” says Michael Smolensky“Doctors used to look at us like, What spaceship did you get off ? Now theyre thirsty to know more”In medical school, most doctors learn that people w
12、ith chronic conditions should take their medicine regularly“Its a terrible way to treat disease,” says Dr Richard MartinFor example, asthmatics （气喘患者） are most likely to suffer during the nightYet most patients try to keep a constant level of medicine in their blood day and night, whether by breathi
13、ng in on an inhaler （吸入器） four times a day or taking a pill each morning and eveningIn recent studies, researchers have found that a large mid afternoon dose of a bronchodilator （支气管扩张剂） can be as safe as several small doses, and better for preventing nighttime attacksIf the night belongs to asthma,
14、 the dawn belongs to high blood pressure and heart diseaseHeart attacks are twice as common at 9 amas at 11 pmPart of the reason is that our blood pressure falls at night, then rises as we start to work for the day“Doctors know that,” says DrHenry Black of Chicagos Medical Center, “but until now, we
15、 havent been able to do anything about it” Most blood - pressure drugs provide 18 to 20 hours of relief （减缓）But because theyre taken in the morning, theyre least effective when most needed“You take your pill at 7 and its working by 9,” says DrWilliam White of the University of Connecticut Health Center “But by that time youve gone through the worst four hours of the day with no protection” Bedtime medicine would prevent high blood pressure, but it would also push blood pressure to dangerously low levels during the night45Researchers are finding that _ Aheart disease and cancer are the
