B. Reading comprehension: Read the text and choose the best answer. A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week. The researchers at Harvard Medical School in Bostonhave just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women. Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men. The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years. The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not.
Câu 1: The new study is about __________.
A. how to prepare for jogging
B. the effects of jogging on women’s heart
C. men and jogging
D. medicine in Harvard Medical School
Câu 2: _________ have done the research.
A. The journalists on the New England Journal of Medicine
B. The researchers at Harvard Medical School in Boston
C. Women between the ages of forty and sixty-five
D. Some joggers
Câu 3: Which statement is NOT true?
A. Women should jog at least forty hours a week.
B. Jogging helps to reduce women’s chances of developing heart disease.
C. The new study lasts 8 years.
D. The results of the new study have just been reported on the New England Journal of Medicine
Câu 4: Most of the earlier studies have been done on __________.
A. babies
B. children
C. women
D. men
Câu 5: The word suffering is closest in meaning to _________.
A. training
B. experiencing
C. resulting
D. receiving
Giải chi tiết:
Đáp án câu 2 là: BGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án câu 3 là: AGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án câu 4 là: DGiải chi tiết:
Đáp án câu 5 là: BGiải chi tiết:
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