考研They argue that government action is necessary to curb Britain's addiction to unhealthy food and help halt spiraling rates of obesity, diabetes and heart disease.

他们认为，政府的行动是必要的，以遏制英国对不健康食品的上瘾，并帮助阻止肥胖、糖尿病和心脏病不断上升的发病率。

2011年考研真题（英语二）阅读理解 Section Ⅱ

六级One recent study attempted to calculate the extent of this ecological overshoot of the human economy, and found that we are using 1.2 Earth's-worth of environmental goods and services—the implication being that at some point the debt will be called in, and all those services—the things which the planet does for us for free—will grind to a halt.

最近的一项研究试图计算人类经济生态过度的程度，发现我们正在使用价值1.2地球的环境商品和服务，这意味着在某个时候债务将被收回，所有这些服务——地球为我们免费提供的服务——都将嘎然而止。

2016年6月阅读原文

六级A global campaign has been launched to create a network of ocean sanctuaries to protect the seas in the region and Greenpeace is calling for an immediate halt to fishing in areas being considered for sanctuary status.

已经发起了一项全球运动，建立一个海洋保护区网络，以保护该地区的海洋。绿色和平组织呼吁立即停止在被视为保护区的地区捕鱼。

2019年12月六级真题（第二套）阅读 Section C

四级Then, I left my native country of New Zealand to start my career as an English teacher, which eventually brought my dancing life to a halt.

然后，我离开了我的祖国新西兰，开始了我的英语教师生涯，这最终使我的舞蹈生活陷入停顿。

2019年6月四级真题（第二套）听力 Section C

四级The eyes of a very good reader move quickly, taking long jumps and making very short halts (停顿); the eyes of a poor reader move more slowly, taking only short jumps and stopping longer at each halt.

一个优秀读者的眼睛动作很快，跳得很长，停顿得很短(停顿); 一个可怜的读者的眼睛移动得更慢，只跳得很短，每次停顿的时间更长。

1991年1月英语四级真题