Whichpartoftheworldhasthemostnearsightedstudents?Justlookaroundyou-it'sEastAsia.Nineinten schoolleaversinmajorEastAsiancitiesarenearsighted,accordingtotheBBC.Expertssaybooksandvideogamesarenottoblame.EastAsianstudents,theysay,aren'tgettingenoughsunlight.
Peoplebecomenearsightedbecausetheireyeballsgrowoutofshapeandlightenteringtheireyescannotfocuscorrectly.Thebodycanproduceachemicalcalleddopamine (多巴胺) tostopeyeballsfromchangingshape.Andguesswhatscientistshavejustdiscovered?Sunlightcanhelpourbodiesproducemoredopamine,reportedAFP.
Accordingtothestudy,primaryschoolstudentsinSingaporespendonly30minutesoutdoorseveryday; inAustralia,bycontrast,kidsspendaboutthreehoursadayoutside.Asaresult,fewer children inAustralia are nearsighted-only10percent,comparedwith90percentinSingapore.
"ChildreninEastAsiabasicallygotoschool…gohomeandstayinside.Theystudyandtheywatchtelevision,"IanMorganoftheAustralianNationalUniversitytoldAFP.
Butbeingabookwormoracouchpotatodoesnotdirectlyharmtheeyes,addedMorgan."Aslongastheygetoutside,itdoesn'tseemtomatterhowmuchstudytheydo,"heexplained."Therearesomekidswhostudyhardandgetoutsideandplayhardandtheyaregenerallyfine.Theoneswhoareatmajorriskaretheoneswhostudyhardanddon'tgetoutside.Asaresult of massive (巨大的) educationalpressuresandtheconstruction (构成) ofachild'sday,theamountoftimetheyspendoutsideinbrightlightisminimized."
Expertssuggestchildrenshouldstayoutsidefortwotothreehourseveryday.Thiscanincludetimespentintheplaygroundandwalkingtoandfromschool.
41.Whichofthefollowingwordhasthesimilarmeaningastheunderlinedphrase"nineinten"?___
A.many
B.much
C.more
D.most
42.WhatisthemainreasonforthelargenumberofnearsightedstudentsinEastAsia,accordingtoscientists?___
A.Toomuchreadingorgaming.
B.Lackofsunlight.
C.Geneticreasons.
D.Lackofexercise.
43.WhatcanweconcludefromParagraph2