American doctors have been trying to figure out the secrets behind Asians being healthier than Americans since the early 90s - The Japan has the lowest mortality rates in the world and Chinese medicine has been around for thousands of years, since around 2000 B.C. only meant that there's more to Asian health philosophy. In Asian medicine, there's an acknowledgment of the whole-body theory of medicine, instead of isolationism that's prevalent in many American doctor's offices.
The main reason behind a better health lies in the difference between Asian and American culture. Diet, exercise, and a holistic approach to medicine all contribute to Asians living longer and healthier than their American counterparts. In addition, the result of the Asian lifestyle has led to a stronger overall immune system and better detoxification（解毒） efficiency.
The more preferred drink in the American lifestyle is soda, beer or coffee. However, in Asian culture, the preferred drink is water or herbal tea. Consumption of water serves to immediately strengthen one's body detoxification program, since water dilutes toxins and helps flush the body. Americans savor red meat and pork, while most Asians prefer chicken, rice and fish. Also, the foods in Asia are mostly organic and lack the hormonal toxins that American food carries. Overall the Asian diet leads to less food-introduced toxins into the body, and allows the body to spend its energy on its immune system rather than toxin control. Also, the fish that Asians consume have very strong immunological effects, providing more antioxidants than the red meat preferred in America.
The average American family has more than one car. In Asia, on average there's 1 car per 4 families. In Asian cultures, people use bicycles more than four-wheeled transportation. The Asian lifestyle also involves more labor and physical work, such as agricultural labor and gardening. The American lifestyle praises white-collar jobs which lead to Americans sitting in front of computer screens for hours on end. Exercise helps detoxification in two ways: it speeds up metabolism, and induces sweat.
Medicine in Asia centers mostly on natural ingredients that have healing properties. Asian medicine also addresses the mind-body connection and the importance of mental balance. There are more traditional medicine doctors per person in Asia than in America. American medicine costs more and is symptom-focused, often ignoring the overall cause of the symptoms. In America, the prescriptions that are chemically derived are dangerous toxins that stress the body's detoxification system. Using Asian medicine means using only natural ingredients, which the body can easily detoxify while getting the same health benefit.
It is not very difficult to adopt the Asian lifestyle and improve your body's detoxification and immune system. You can change your lifestyle today by eating and drinking organic, exercising rigorously at least three times a week, and using organic health alternative therapies over dangerous prescription medicines.  
Emma Deangela is the author of detox and fasting site at eDetoxify.com. Combining both Asian and Western philosophy, Emma Deangela has helped many people by giving them health consultation to make their lives better and healthier through natural health philosophy. Visit eDetoxify.com to discover the health philosophy that leads many people to a healthy life.
小題1:According to the first paragraph, which theory is more popular among American doctors?
A．whole-body theoryB．isolationism
C．Combined Theory of East and WestD．Not clearly mentioned.
小題2: The differences between Asian and American culture are not discussed in _____
A．DietB．ExerciseC．MedicineD．Accidents
小題3:“contribute to” in the second paragraph means _____.
A．leads toB．pay money toC．a(chǎn)gree onD．result from
小題4: From the third and fourth paragraphs, the writer thinks Asians live longer than Americans because ______.
A．Asians don’t eat beef or mutton
B．Asians are good at catching fish
C．Asian lifestyle involves physical work more
D．Asians are not fond of office work
小題5: The writer’s advice is put forward in the ____ paragraph.
A．lastB．last but oneC．firstD．missing
小題6:The passage is overall a(n)______.
A．a(chǎn)dvertisement to a websiteB．lecture to college students
C．magazine introductionD．newspaper front-page

試題分析：文章講述了亞洲人和美國人的生活方式的差異，并且講到了形成這種差異的原因，即為什么亞洲人要比美國人要健康，最后作者提出了自己的建議。
小題1:細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章In Asian medicine, there's an acknowledgment of the whole-body theory of medicine, instead of isolationism that's prevalent in many American doctor's offices.
可知，在亞洲的藥理中全身的醫(yī)藥理論是被普遍認(rèn)同的，而美國醫(yī)生卻更多的認(rèn)為是孤立的，單獨(dú)的，B
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題。從文章Diet, exercise, and a holistic approach to medicine all contribute to Asians living longer and healthier than their American counterparts. 可知，只有事故沒有在文章中被討論到，故選D
小題3:推斷題。從文章Diet, exercise, and a holistic approach to medicine all contribute to Asians living longer and healthier than their American counterparts. 可知飲食、鍛煉、藥物都有助于幫助亞洲人比美國人活的更長時間，故選A
小題4:推斷題。從文章The Asian lifestyle also involves more labor and physical work, such as agricultural labor and gardening. 可知，亞洲人的生活方式中有很多的體力勞動，故選C
小題5:推斷題。從文章You can change your lifestyle today by eating and drinking organic, exercising rigorously at least three times a week, and using organic health alternative therapies over dangerous prescription medicines. 可知，作者在倒數(shù)第二自然段提出了自己的建議，故選B
小題6:推斷題。從最后一段，特別是Visit eDetoxify.com to discover the health philosophy that leads many people to a healthy life.可知，文章整個是在為一個網(wǎng)站來打廣告，讓人們?nèi)ピL問那個網(wǎng)站，故選A
點(diǎn)評：本文文脈清晰，最終是為了讓讀者去訪問某個網(wǎng)站，把握好這條主線，文章推斷題居多，答題中要注意理解作者所講細(xì)節(jié)的目的，是來闡述一種什么現(xiàn)象，把握好這幾點(diǎn)，再將題目和文章進(jìn)行對比即可得出正確的答案。
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