2024-2025学年高二英语选择性必修第二册（配译林版）UNIT 3单元提能强化练.docx

单元提能强化练

Ⅰ.阅读理解

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Anewreportconnectseatingeggstoanincreasedriskofheartdisease.Theresultsfollowseveralearlierstudiesthatfoundeatingeggswasgenerallyhealthy.Thestudycollectsdatafromsixotherearlierstudies.Itshowsa6percentincreasedriskofheartdiseasewhenthenumberofeggsapersonateeachdayincreasedbyhalfanegg.

NorrinaAllen,anassociateprofessoratNorthwesternUniversitysaidthat,intheUnitedStates,eggsaregenerallyoneofthetopsourcesofcholesterol(胆固醇)inaperson’sdailyfood.Peoplewithhigherlevelsofcholesterolintheirfoodareatincreasedriskofthedevelopmentofheartdiseaselaterinlife.However,Allenaddedthatshewouldnotsaythateggsarecompletelyunhealthy.“I’mnotsayingthatpeopleshouldtakethemcompletelyoutoftheirfood,”shesaid.“I’mjustsuggestingthatpeopleeattheminaproperamount.”

Someexpertsbelievethenewstudydoesnotprovethateggsarecausingheartdisease.“Cholesterol’sroleinthedevelopmentofheartdiseasehasbeendiscussedformorethan30years,”saidBruemmer,anassociateprofessorofmedicineattheUniversityofPittsburghMedicalCenter.“Thisstudydoeshaveclearshortcomings,includingself-reportingatasingletimepoint,”headded.

Bruemmersaid,“Eggsinmoderation(适度)areprobablyacceptablefromanutritionalstandpoint.”“Moderation,”headded,“islessthanoneeggaday,includingeggsinfoodssuchasbread.”

HollyAndersen,adoctorattheNewYork-Presbyterian/WeillCornellMedicalCenter,agreesthatthestudyhas“realshortcomings”.OneproblemAndersenhaswiththestudyisthatalotoftheegg-eatingpeopleinthestudyalsoappearedtobeeatingmuchmeatandprocessedmeat.“Ifyou’retakingalotofprocessedmeat,itdoesn’tmatterhowmanyeggsyou’reeating,”Andersensaid.

Also,Andersensaid,“Thestudycanonlyshowthereisarelationbetweeneatingeggsandheartdisease.Butitcannotproveeggsarethecauseofthedisease.Itm