2020屆高考英語閱讀理解之主旨大意題復習

 dr. shen ziyin has been traine d in western medicine. at the same time he studied traditional chinese medicine. and, he has been working for the past fort y years to put together the best of both and find a cure for aging. he has taken a hint from the ancient chinese medicine system called “shen”.
according to shen, it is the kidney（腎臟）which adjusts the functioning of the body as well as its aging process. it is responsible for the level of activity that the human bodies go through. studies conducted by dr. shen show that herbal medicine based on the shen system slow the aging process, says a report in the telegraph newspaper.
 we notice that when people grow old, they have reduced strength, loss of hair, backache, weakness in general, and wrinkles, among others. this happens because when people grow old, their bodies produce t-cells. these t-cells contain a particular substance called fas. fas makes the cells in the body destruct themselves.
so the only way to slow down aging is to slow the production of t-cells in the body. this can happen if people eat low calorie food. then the body is not active enough to produce extra t-cells. but, is going hungry all the time a good price to pay for staying young?
this is where dr. shen’s herbal medicine comes in. but how effective it will be, only time can tell.
49. we can probably learn from the passage that _________.
   a. producing more low calorie food allows people to keep young
   b. the more chinese herbal medicine people drink, the better for health
   c. people should try to quicken the production of t-cells in the body
   d. it remains unknown how effective dr. shen’s herbal medicine is
6.【浙江省部分重點中學XX屆高三下學期3月聯考 d】
never-say-die attitude
in 1883, a creative engineer named john roebling was inspired by an idea to build a spectacular bridge connecting new york with the long island. however, bridge building experts throughtout the world thought that this was an impossible feat and told roebling to forget the idea.it just could not be done. it was not practical.it had never been done before.
roebling could not ignore the vision he had in his mind of this bridge. he thought about it all the time and he knew deep in his heart that it could be done. he just had to share the dream with someone else. after much discussion and persuasion he managed to convince his son washington，an up-and-coming engineer, tha t the bridge in fact could be built.
working together for the first time, the father and son developed concepts of how it could be accomplished and how the obstacles could be overcome. with great excitement and inspiration,  and headiness of a wild challenge before them, they hired their crew and began to build their dream bridge.