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People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term "health" has come to have a wider meaning than it used to. It no longer means just the absence of illness. Today health means the well-being of your body your mind and your relationship with other people. This new concept of health is closely related to another term-quality of life. Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.
　　Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a broader focus on the quality of a person's life? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect. Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer healthier lives. Imagine for a moment that you were born in the year 1900. You could have expected on average to live until about the age of 47. In contrast if you were born in the year 1999 you could expect to live to the age of 75.
【小题1】________ leads to people's deeper understanding of health.

A．Common knowledge	B．Better conditions of living
C．Progress in scientific research	D．Quality of life

【小题2】According to the passage to people of today health means ________.

A．absence of illness	B．overall satisfaction with life
C．good conditions of living	D．a long life

【小题3】The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because _________.

A．people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longer

B．people pay more attention to their physical health not their mental health

C．people have realized the importance of mental well-being

D．people are inspired by medical advances

【小题4】This passage is mainly about __________.

A．different understandings of the term "health"

B．improving the quality of life

C．the importance of quality living

D．people's expectations of a long and healthy life

Answer 1

【小题1】C
【小题2】B
【小题3】A
【小题4】A 解析试题分析:如今随着人们健康意识的增强，人们一直都在谈论健康，而且由于科学研究的进步，人们对健康的理解也更加深入了。以前只是认为不生病即为健康，而现在健康不仅包括身体的健康，也包括思想的健康和别人关系的融洽，在本文中作者对健康这一词语进行了深入解释。
【小题1】C细节理解题。根据第一段中People's understanding of health also becomes deeper with the progress in scientific research.可知人们对健康的深入理解是由于科学的进步，答案选C。
【小题2】B细节理解题。从第一段中Quality of life is the degree of overall satisfaction that a person gets from life.可知对于现代人们而言健康不仅仅意味着不生病，而是意味着一个人的生活质量、也就是对生活整体的满足程度，选B。
【小题3】A细节理解题。根据第二段中Why has the emphasis of health shifted from the absence of disease to a ……? One reason for this has to do with the length and conditions of life that people can now expect.可知人们对健康意识的转变是由于生活条件和寿命的延长，选A。
【小题4】A主旨大意题。文章开头介绍了人们对健康逐渐增强的意识，然后提出“健康”这一术语比以前有了更广泛的内容，然后讲述为什么会有这样的转变，由此判断A选项更能表述文章的中心，答案选A。
考点：
考查社会生活类短文阅读。