A.His hands. | B.His back. | C.His knee. |
2 . Back pain can make it difficult for many people to function in everyday life.
Our bodies need adequate movement throughout the day to avoid the stiffness that contributes to aches and pains. If the weather is good, don't hunt for the nearest parking spot; don't take the elevator when you have the option of one or two flights of stairs. When you need to sit for long periods, set a timer to get up every hour and be active for just a few minutes.
When we overuse our dominant side, we create muscle patterns of weakness and tension that increase pain, especially in our backs. Consider the actions you take repeatedly throughout the day that shift your weight to one side.
Psychological stress is a noted risk factor for back pain, according to research. Most mental stress is caused by focusing on the past or future.
A.Switch sides when you carry things. |
B.It affects how you move, feel and think. |
C.You should learn more about the cause of your pain. |
D.Approach the health of your back as a responsibility. |
E.So actively being mindful of the present reduces stress. |
F.You'd better take a quick break to check in with your breathing. |
G.More minutes of movement add up to big health benefits over time. |
3 . What is the best sleep position for your health?
It’s difficult to control what sleeping position we naturally fall into, as our body will subconsciously all into the most comfortable position for us. However, some positions are better for you than others and come could hold back your health and wellbeing.
If you sleep on your side
More than 60 per cent of people sleep on their side. Often our body naturally moves to this position, which is linked to when we were in the womb in the foetal(胎儿的) position.
If you sleep on your back
Lying on your back is the second most popular sleeping position and offers just as many benefits as side sleeping. When you’re sleeping on your back, it’s easy to keep alignment and to also evenly distribute your weight.
If you sleep on your stomach
Sleeping on your stomach is the least common sleeping position.
A.This also helps to prevent any neck and back pain. |
B.Sleeping on your side is probably the best position |
C.Side sleeping would be particularly beneficial for older people. |
D.There are more negatives to this position compared to positives. |
E.Determining the sleeping position for you is personal preference. |
F.Here, this article reveals exactly how your sleep position is affecting your health. |
G.This is mostly likely because it is one of the most comfortable sleeping positions. |
1. How did the woman’s eye get hurt?
A.Her daughter hurt it. | B.Her fingernails hurt it. | C.She took the wrong medicine. |
A.The eye will go blind. |
B.The eyesight may be affected. |
C.The eye has to be operated on. |
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1. What does the woman do?
A.A policewoman. | B.A doctor. | C.A driver. |
A.Happy. | B.Disappointed. | C.Worried. |
7 . Much information can be conveyed, purely through our eyes, so the expression “eyes also talk” is often heard.
Can you recall any experience that further proves this statement? On a bus you may quickly glance at a stranger, but not make eye contact. If he senses that he is being stared at, he may feel uncomfortable.
It is the same in daily life. If you are stared at for more than necessary, you will look at yourself up and down to see if there is anything wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry about other's staring at you that way. Eyes do convey information, right?
Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and aggressive. But things are different when it comes to staring at the opposite sex. If a man looks at a woman for more than 10 seconds and refuses to turn away his gaze, his intentions are obvious. That is, he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is showing affection for her.
However, the normal eye contact for two people engaged in conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener from time to time, in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking, to tell him that he is attentive.
If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, as if he tries to control you, you will feel uneasy. A poor liar usually exposes himself by looking too long at the victim, since he believes the false idea that to look straight in the eye is a sign of honest communication.
In fact, continuous eye contact happens between lovers only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show love that words cannot express.
Evidently, eye contact should be done according to the relationship between two people and the specific situation.
1. What may a person usually do on a bus?A.Glance at a stranger with eye contact. | B.Use eyes to talk to a stranger politely. |
C.Glance at a stranger without eye contact. | D.Talk to a stranger politely after a quick glance. |
A.He thinks that he is honest. | B.He wants to control the victim. |
C.He feels uneasy about others’ eye contact. | D.He looks straight at the victim for too long a time. |
A.He likes her eyes. | B.He admires her. |
C.He knows her well. | D.He makes contact with her. |
A.Eyes Can Also “Talk” | B.How to Make Eye Contact |
C.Different Ways of Expressing Thoughts | D.The Importance of Body Language |
8 . Crossing your legs is an extremely common habit; most people don't even notice that they're doing it when they sit down. While you may find it comfortable to sit with one knee crossed over the other, it might be causing health problems that you are not aware of.
A study published in Blood Pressure Monitoring stated that sitting with your legs crossed can increase your blood pressure. The reason for this is that the blood in your legs has to work against gravity to be pumped back to your heart and that crossing one leg over the other increases resistance, making it even harder for the blood to circulate. This causes your body to increase your blood pressure to push the blood back to the heart. You won't feel any immediate effects, but repeated, drawn-out increases in blood pressure can cause long-term health issues. So, planning to sit for a long period of time? Don't keep your legs crossed.
Crossing your legs at the knee can also cause pressure on the major nerve in your leg that passes just below your knee and along the outside of your leg, explains Richard Graves, a medical expert. This pressure can cause numbness and temporary paralysis (麻痹) of some of the muscles in your foot and leg, preventing you from being able to raise your ankle—what we know as that “pins and needles” sensation. While the feeling of discomfort may only last a minute or two, repeatedly crossing your legs until they feel numb can cause permanent nerve damage.
So next time you sit down, try to get yourself in the habit of sitting with both of your feet on the floor. Not only will it help your posture and stability, but it will also save your health in the long run.
1. What can we learn about crossing one's legs?A.It is a very bad social habit. |
B.It can do harm to people's health. |
C.It is usually practiced deliberately. |
D.It can make others feel uncomfortable. |
A.affect your blood pressure | B.resist gravity effectively |
C.lead to heart attacks easily | D.improve the function of legs |
A.being highly flexible | B.being a little tired |
C.serious muscle injuries | D.slight sharp pains |
A.To compare common habits. | B.To evaluate effects of an experiment. |
C.To give readers some advice. | D.To introduce research methods. |
9 . Mark Bertram, 46, lost the tips of two fingers at work in 2018 when his hand became trapped in a fan belt. “It's life-changing but it's not life-ending,” he says. “Doing work is harder now. Everything is just a little different.”
After two surgeries and occupational therapy, Bertram decided to make light of his condition by asking Eric Catalano, a tattoo (纹身) artist, to create fingernail tattoos. The idea made everyone in the studio laugh—until they saw the final result. “The mood changed,” Catalano recalls from his Eternal Ink Tattoo Studio. “Everything turned from funny to wow.”
When Catalano posted a photo of the tattoos, a pair of fingernails that looked so real that no one could believe their eyes, he had no idea the image would eventually be viewed by millions of people around the world.
The viral photo pushed Catalano, 40, further into the world of paramedical (辅助医疗的) tattooing. Now people with life-altering scars come from as far away as Ireland to visit his shop. They enter Eternal Ink looking for the artistic healing they saw online. Using flesh-toned (肉色的) inks and a needle, Catalano transforms his clients' view of themselves.
Leslie Pollan, 32, a dog breeder in Oxford, was bitten on the face by a puppy in 2014. She underwent countless surgeries to correct a scar on her lip.
“Plastic surgery gave me no hope,” she says. “So I looked for other options.” She ultimately traveled six hours to meet with Catalano. He hid Pollan's lip scar, giving her back a piece of her confidence.“ You don't understand until you've been through it,” Pollan says. “It made me have a different look on life.”
Catalano performs up to eight reconstructive tattoos. While he charges $100 per regular tattoo, he doesn't charge for paramedical tattoos. “Financially, it doesn't make sense,” Catalano says. “But every time I see that emotion from my customers, I'm 100 percent sure this is something that I can't stop doing.”
1. What best describes people's attitude when first hearing of fingernail tattoos?A.Indifferent. | B.Ridiculous. |
C.Confident. | D.Surprised. |
A.He drew an artistic puppy. |
B.He inked scars on her face. |
C.He created a lip tattoo. |
D.He performed plastic surgeries on her. |
A.Cosmetic surgery is of no use. |
B.Tattoos earn Mark Bertram a good fame. |
C.Catalano is a kind and generous person. |
D.Fingernail tattoos are popular around the world. |
A.A Life-changing Event | B.Miracle Tattoos |
C.An Amazing Artist | D.A Promising Business |
10 . When we see well, we do not think about our eyes very often. It is only when we cannot see perfectly that we realize how important our eyes are.
People who are near-sighted can only see things that are very close to their eyes. Everything else seems blurry(=unclear). Many people who do a lot of work, such as writing, reading and sewing become near—sighted.
People who are far-sighted suffer from just the opposite problem. They can see things that are far away, but they have difficulty in reading a book unless they hold it at arm’s length. If they want to do much reading ,they must get glasses, too.
Other people do not see clearly because their eyes are not exactly the right shape. They have what is called astigmatism (散光). This, too, can be corrected by glasses. Some people’s eyes become cloudy because of cataracts (白内障). Long ago these people often became blind. Now, however, it is possible to operate on the cataracts and remove them.
Having two good eyes is important for judging distances. Each eye sees things from a slightly different angle. To prove this to yourself, look at an object our of one eye; then look at the same object out of your other eye. You will find the object’s relation to the background and other things around it has changed. The difference between these two different eye views helps us to judge how far away an object is. People who have only one eye cannot judge distance as people with two eyes.
1. We should take good care of our eyes ________.A.only when we can see well |
B.only when we cannot see perfectly |
C.even if we can see well |
D.only when we realize how important our eyes are |
A.near-sighted | B.far-sighted |
C.astigmatic | D.suffering from cataracts |
A.seeing at night | B.seeing objects far away |
C.looking over a wide area | D.judging distances |
A.one eye bigger than the other |
B.eyes that are not exactly the right shape |
C.a difficulty that can be corrected by an operation |
D.an eye difficulty that cannot be corrected by glasses |