People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also bees deeper with the progress in scientific research. Recently the term health has e 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 knowledgeB．Progress in scientific researchC．Better conditions of livingD．Quality of life【小题2】The emphasis of health has shifted nowadays because .A．people enjoy better conditions of living and they can live longerB．people pay more attention to their physical health, not their mental healthC．people have realized the importance of mental well-beingD．people are inspired by medical advances【小题3】We can infer from the passage .A．nowadays the emphasis of health has a broader focus because of improvements in the quality of foodB．the overall quality of people's lives improved greatly in the 20th centuryC．those who never fall ill are the truly healthy peopleD．those who were born before 1900 could not have lived until now【小题4】This passage is mainly about .A．different understandings of the term healthB．improving the quality of lifeC．the importance of quality livingD．people's expectations of a long and healthy lifeB
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(答案→)B
解析：本文讲述的是随着时间的流逝，人们对health也有了很多不同的理解。
【小题1】B 推理题。根据第二段2,3行Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives.可知科学技术的进步让人们对健康又了更多的理解。故B正确。
【小题2】A 推理题。根据第二段Medical advances have made it possible for people today to live longer, healthier lives.可知正是因为医学技术的进步让人们有更好的生活条件，能够活得更久。故A正确。
【小题3】B 推理题。根据文章最后2行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.可知在20世纪，人类的生活有了很大的提高。故B正确。
【小题4】A 主旨大意题。根据文章第一段第一句和最后一句People have been talking about health for a long time because people know the importance of it. People's understanding of health also bees deeper with the progress in scientific research.
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.可知本文讲述的是人们对health的不同的理解。故A正确。