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第九篇
Many Women Who Beat Cancer Don't Change Habits
Many women who battle breast cancer will tell you it's a life-changing experience. However, a new study shows that for many 1 , the changes aren't always positive or permanent1.
Beth Snoke has watched her mother and both grandmothers battle and survive breast 2 .So when she was diagnosed, there was no doubt in her mind 3 she had to do.
"I do exactly what the doctors say as far as the medicine that I'm on, as 4 as the vitamins, the diet, and the fitness. And I can't stress enough 5 important that is," says Beth Snoke. But a surprising new study shows that 6 every woman who beats breast cancer is getting that message. In fact, nearly 40% of them say even 7 surviving breast cancer, they haven't made significant changes in the 8 they eat or how much they exercise.
"Not all survivors are taking advantage of this teachable moment and making positive health changes in 9 life," says Electra Paskett, PhD, at Ohio State University's Comprehensive Cancer Center. Paskett says diet and exercise have been proven to not only help women feel better during and after treatment, they may 10 play a role in preventing some cancers from coming back. 11 growing evidence, some women just aren't listening.
"Colon cancer survivors 12 exercise have actually been shown to have improved survival rates. So, yes, it is true that perhaps by making some of these healthy choices we can actually increase their health," says Paskett.
As a breast cancer survivor 13 , Paskett knows first hand how much difference diet and exercise can 14 The challenge, she says, is to get more survivors to be more like Beth, during and after treatment.
Experts say exercising more and eating a healthier diet can also cut 15 on2 stress and help women overcome depression. There are more than 2 million breast cancer survivors living in the U.S. Of those, nearly a million have yet to change their diet or exercise routines.
詞匯：
Colon n．結(jié)腸
注釋?zhuān)?
1．the changes aren’t always positive or permanent：這些變化并非總是正面的或者是持久的。
2．cut down on：減少
練習(xí)：
1. A women B people C persons D men
2. A death B ache C cancer D feeding
3. A which B that C what D those
4. A far B soon C fast D early
5. A what B so C very D how
6. A not B no C neither D nor
7. A before B after C without D since
8. A place B kind C way D much
9. A their B his C her D our
10. A too B do C further D also
11. A Despite B Although C Accepting D Regardless
12. A who B whose C which D what
13. A myself B itself C herself D yourself
14. A take B make C offer D decide
15. A up B off C in D down
答案與題解：
1．A根據(jù)短文的題目和第一段的頭一句話(huà)可以得知，全篇談的主要是患癌婦女的生活、運(yùn)動(dòng)等習(xí)慣是否改變問(wèn)題。
2．C之前已經(jīng)兩次出現(xiàn)breast cancer。
3．C此處應(yīng)選關(guān)系代詞what作后面do的賓語(yǔ)。
4．A as far as表示程度、范圍，前面剛剛出現(xiàn)過(guò)。
5．D表示“多么重要”應(yīng)說(shuō)how important。
6．A從上下文可以得知，本句話(huà)的意思是：然而，一項(xiàng)令人吃驚的新研究顯示，并非每一位戰(zhàn)勝乳腺癌的婦女都知曉這一點(diǎn)。
7．B從上下文可以判斷，空格處應(yīng)選after，表示“即使在得了乳腺癌而幸存下來(lái)之后”。
8．C表示“她們的飲食方式”應(yīng)用the way they eat。
9．A對(duì)應(yīng)前面的survivors，應(yīng)用人稱(chēng)代詞的第三人稱(chēng)復(fù)數(shù)形式。
10．D前面出現(xiàn)了not only，因此這里應(yīng)用also。
11．A根據(jù)上下文可以得知，本句話(huà)的意思是：盡管有越來(lái)越多的證據(jù)，但有些婦女就是聽(tīng)不進(jìn)去。在意思上，despite和regardless均可，但despite是介詞，符合；regardless是形容詞，后無(wú)of，不符合。
12．A用表示人的關(guān)系代詞who指代前面的survivors。
13．C表示Paskett她本人，應(yīng)用herself。
14．B make difference是固定搭配，表示“起作甩；有影響”。
15．D cut down on是固定搭配，表示“減少”。
