The public monly associates steroid use with big-time athletics. But the drugs may be even more of a menace to teenagers. The synthetic hormones can stunt a young person’s growth by prematurely closing the ends of the long bones in the skeleton. That means a 1.7 metre, 15-year-old high school student who uses steroids “might get bigger but won’t get any taller”, according to a US doctor.
Nearly seven percent of boys in the US try steroids before the end of high school, according to a 1988 study by professors Charles Yesalis and William Buckley, of Penn State University. The estimate es from a poll of 3,400 seniors in 46 public and private schools across the US.
“Abusers of Steroids did it to improve their appearance and to excel at sports,” Professor Yesalis said. “Parents, teachers and coaches make boys believe that to be an ideal male you need to have these. Then they say: ‘you can’t play games to have fun; you play games to win.’”
“Such attitudes put many high school athletes at high risk of being abusers of steroids,” said Mike Gimbel, director of Baltimore County Office of substance Abuse. “For these athletes, the pressure to perform is incredible,” he said. “It was inevitable that it would seep down to high school level.”
【小题1】The word “big-time” in Paragraph 1 most nearly means “ ”.A．long timeB．good timeC．top rankD．modern【小题2】Why are steroids even more of a threat to teenagers?A．Because they make teenagers grow too tall.B．Because they make teenagers get too big.C．Because they prevent teenagers from getting taller and taller.D．Because they give teenagers too much pressure.【小题3】Which of the following statements is implied but not mentioned?A．School athletes have too much pressure.B．Steroids can help people have lots of muscles.C．The pressure chiefly es from parents, teachers and coaches.D．Girls are not interested in steroids.【小题4】Which of the following is a good title for this passage?A．Drugs and SportsB．The Pressure to School Boys are Too MuchC．School Boys are Interested in DrugsD．School Athletes Risk Damage from DrugsC
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(答案→)C
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【小题1】C 词义猜测题。文章第 1 句话“人们通常把类固醇与高难度运动项目联系起来”便是答案。
【小题2】C 事实细节题。文章第 1 段最后两句较为详细地说明原由。
【小题3】D 推理判断题。文章第 2、4 段只谈到男生服用类固醇而没有提到女生。
【小题4】D 主旨大意题。文章最后一节点出主题。