Passage 24（2019 •山东省烟台市）
阅读下面的短文,完成短文后的问题。
Some bad habits are making you grow old fast. Cut down the following habits today for a more beautiful, healthier tomorrow.
◆ Waiting for you sadness to go away
Sadness isn’t just uncomfortable; it also makes you become older fast. Take your mental(精神的)health as seriously as your physical health .If you’ve been fighting with your sadness for more than two weeks, be sure to find professional help. Paying no attention to your sadness or just waiting without doing anything can do harm to your mental health and make you older.
Having a cigarette or two on weekends
If you smoke only when you are with your friends on weekends, can you keep away from the harmful effects of smoking? The answer is"". Smoking can break down your skin’s elasticity(弹性). Your smoking habit may even make your hair become gray. Changing your smoking habit is changing your life.
Having a long to do list day after day
It's natural to have a to-do list in our “go, go, go” daily life. But if you're always running from one thing to the next, and caught in too much business, you are turning older fast, because your too long to-do list makes you tired and under lots of stress. Stress can cause heart disease high blood pressure and other physical diseases. It can also cause mental health problems or make the problems worse and worse.
51. 请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
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52. If you can’t get out of your sadness, what should you do?
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53. What are the harmful effects of smoking?
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54. List two kinds of physical diseases that can be caused by stress.
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55. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
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【答案与解析】
【文章大意】这篇短文主要讲述了如何改掉坏习惯，让自己未来更美好。
51. 要像关注你的身体健康一样认真对待你的精神健康。
【解析】as …. as同级比较，和……一样；take seriously表示严肃对待……；mental(精神的)health精神健康；your physical health你的身体健康。根据题意，故填要像关注你的身体健康一样认真对待你的精神健康。
52. We should find professional help.
【解析】根据文中.If you’ve been fighting with your sadness for more than two weeks, be sure to find professional help可知，我们应该寻求专业帮助。故填We should find professional help.
53. Smoking can break down skin’s elasticity and make hair become gray.
【解析】根据文中Smoking can break down your skin’s elasticity(弹性). Your smoking habit may even make your hair become gray.可知，吸烟会破坏皮肤弹性，使头发变白。故填Smoking can break down skin’s elasticity and make hair become gray.
54. Heart disease and high blood pressure.
【解析】根据文中Stress can cause heart disease high blood pressure and other physical diseases.可知，压力能造成心脏病和高血压。故填Heart disease and high blood pressure.
55. To advise readers to cut down the three habits(to have a more beautiful and healthier tomorrow).
【解析】通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要讲述了建议读者减少这三个习惯（拥有一个更美好、更健康的明天）。故填To advise readers to cut down the three habits(to have a more beautiful and healthier tomorrow).
阅读下面的短文,完成短文后的问题。
Some bad habits are making you grow old fast. Cut down the following habits today for a more beautiful, healthier tomorrow.
◆ Waiting for you sadness to go away
Sadness isn’t just uncomfortable; it also makes you become older fast. Take your mental(精神的)health as seriously as your physical health .If you’ve been fighting with your sadness for more than two weeks, be sure to find professional help. Paying no attention to your sadness or just waiting without doing anything can do harm to your mental health and make you older.
Having a cigarette or two on weekends
If you smoke only when you are with your friends on weekends, can you keep away from the harmful effects of smoking? The answer is"". Smoking can break down your skin’s elasticity(弹性). Your smoking habit may even make your hair become gray. Changing your smoking habit is changing your life.
Having a long to do list day after day
It's natural to have a to-do list in our “go, go, go” daily life. But if you're always running from one thing to the next, and caught in too much business, you are turning older fast, because your too long to-do list makes you tired and under lots of stress. Stress can cause heart disease high blood pressure and other physical diseases. It can also cause mental health problems or make the problems worse and worse.
51. 请将文中划线句子翻译成汉语。
_____________________________________________________________
52. If you can’t get out of your sadness, what should you do?
__________________________________________________________
53. What are the harmful effects of smoking?
___________________________________________________________
54. List two kinds of physical diseases that can be caused by stress.
__________________________________________________________
55. What’s the author’s purpose in writing the passage?
___________________________________________________________
【答案与解析】
【文章大意】这篇短文主要讲述了如何改掉坏习惯，让自己未来更美好。
51. 要像关注你的身体健康一样认真对待你的精神健康。
【解析】as …. as同级比较，和……一样；take seriously表示严肃对待……；mental(精神的)health精神健康；your physical health你的身体健康。根据题意，故填要像关注你的身体健康一样认真对待你的精神健康。
52. We should find professional help.
【解析】根据文中.If you’ve been fighting with your sadness for more than two weeks, be sure to find professional help可知，我们应该寻求专业帮助。故填We should find professional help.
53. Smoking can break down skin’s elasticity and make hair become gray.
【解析】根据文中Smoking can break down your skin’s elasticity(弹性). Your smoking habit may even make your hair become gray.可知，吸烟会破坏皮肤弹性，使头发变白。故填Smoking can break down skin’s elasticity and make hair become gray.
54. Heart disease and high blood pressure.
【解析】根据文中Stress can cause heart disease high blood pressure and other physical diseases.可知，压力能造成心脏病和高血压。故填Heart disease and high blood pressure.
55. To advise readers to cut down the three habits(to have a more beautiful and healthier tomorrow).
【解析】通读整篇短文可知，这篇短文主要讲述了建议读者减少这三个习惯（拥有一个更美好、更健康的明天）。故填To advise readers to cut down the three habits(to have a more beautiful and healthier tomorrow).
