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Why do Americans struggle with watching their weight, while the French, who consume rich food, continue to stay thin? Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full. However, Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over.
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating as an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table, while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week. The French, instead, tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers’ markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.
After a visit to the United States, Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don’t Get Fat, decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food. Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.
In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style changes may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity — or  extreme overweight — among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17% — and is growing.
小题1:In what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr. Joseph Mercola?
A．They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently.
B．They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.
C．They regard eating as a key part of their lifestyles.
D．They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.
小题2:This text is mainly the relationship between _________.
A．Americans and the French
B．life style and obesity
C．children and adults
D．fast food and overweight
小题3:The text is mainly developed __________.
A．by contrastB．by spaceC．by processD．by classification
小题4:Where does this text probably come from?
A．A TV interviewB．A food advertisement
C．A health reportD．A book review

答案

小题1:C
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析

试题分析：文章大意：主要介绍了美国和法国的生活方式的不同，以及他们的生活方式与肥胖之间的关系。作者以为什么美国人在与肥胖作斗争而法国人享受着美食且保持身材苗条引出话题，并展开讨论。
小题1:C 考查细节理解。根据第二段的第一句话中的……the French see eating as an important part of their life style可知法国人将饮食当作生活的一部分，故选C。
小题2:B考查主旨要义。通读全文主要介绍了美国和法国的生活方式的不同，而且美国的饮食宜造成肥胖，而法国的饮食可保持身体苗条，也就是主要介绍的生活方式与肥胖之间的关系，故选B。
小题3:A考查判断推理。通读全文。作者在第一段以为什么美国人在与肥胖作斗争而法国人享受着美食且保持身材苗条引出话题，故选A。A相比较。
小题4:C 考查判断推理。本文主要介绍了美国和法国生活方式的不同以及带来的体型变化等，故应是来源于健康报告。故选C。
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 “Here is the Eight O’ Clock News.”
“Chinese people spent about 120 billion yuan during the first three days of the May Golden Week last year. This year it has increased to 140 billion yuan.”
“The children of Beijing No.2 Middle School sang with students from Toronto in Canada to celebrate the 20thanniversary. They had been sister schools since 1986. They spent about two weeks together in Beijing. They visited the Great Wall and the Summer Palace. They took a lot of photos in Beihai Park.”
“Have you ever got tired of heavy shopping bags? A new shopping assistant robot which was invented by Japanese company could be the answer. The helpful robot can follow you around and carry several bags. The robot was tested at a shopping center in February 2006. ”
“About 500 people from different countries were in the 2006 “Rock Paper Scissors(剪刀)” World Match in Canada. This event was founded in 1842. It is said playing this game is fun, and also a good way to solve problems among people.”
“And now it’s time for Morning Music.”
小题1:The students from Canada and Beijing No. 2 Middle School didn’t ________.
A．take photosB．visit places of interest
C．sing songsD．have a football match
小题2: This year during the first three days of the May Golden Week, it cost Chinese people ___________ yuan more than that of last year.
A．260,000,000,000B．120,000,000,000
C．140,000,000,000D．20,000,000,000
小题3:Which of the following is not talked about in the news?
A．The robot can help with shopping bags.
B．A Japanese company invented the robot.
C．The robot was tested at a shopping centre.
D．There are such robots in people’s homes now.
小题4:The underlined word “anniversary” means           .
A．birthdayB．yearly return of the date of an event
C．universityD．the new beginning of something important
小题5: Which of the following is a game?
A．Rock Paper ScissorsB．May Golden Week
C．Shopping assistant robotD．A visit to the school

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More than a hundred reporters from around the world thronged and bustled in the Stock Exchange Building in Stockholm"s Old Town for about an hour before the doors to the Swedish Academy swung open. Notably, there were many Japanese reporters present, hoping to break the news that Haruki Murakami had won the prize. Finally, the Swedish Academy"s Permanent Secretary Peter Englund stepped out from the doors and said Canadian short story writer Alice Munro has won the 2013 Nobel Prize in Literature.
The following is a truncated Q&A with reporters and Englund. (The questions have been simplified and clarified.)
Why did Alice Munro win?
We gave her the Nobel Prize in Literature because she is a master of the contemporary short story.
Which book to begin with?
One of the amazing things about her is that she has no weak works in her writing. She has always worked to the best of her ability; she has always cultivated the short story to perfection. And she has never really written a weak or bad book. So you can take your pick. "The Moons of Jupiter" was the first book I read by her and you can see both her different themes in that book and also her very special narrative mode, you can find it there. She tells her stories a bit like nobody else. She has a very economical language and sparse style. You can find that in "The Moons of Jupiter." You can take your pick. The latest one is obviously very interesting, "Dear Life," which contains a number of autobiographical sketches at the end that gives a key to the entire authorship of Alice Munro.
How was she informed?
Well, I left a message on her answering machine. I couldn"t reach her and it was of course pretty early in the morning. But she will be notified by courier, by email to her both agents, by standard mail and so on.
What kind of message did you leave?
Basically, congratulations! You"ve won the Nobel Prize in literature.
What"s the Importance of a woman winning?
Don"t ask me. We picked her for excellence, nothing else. Of course it matters when you start doing the headcount. But she is no representative. She has received this prize just because of what she has done. Nothing else.
So the sexual balance doesn"t count?
We don"t have these kinds of quotas; thank god ... We don"t have any quotas. We could, if we wanted to, award this prize four times in a row to a children"s book writer working in the United States. If we wanted to. We can do as we please. We don"t have to fill any quotes in any direction. We just give it to authors who show an extraordinary literary quality. One of these is Mrs. Alice Munro.
小题1:Why were there so many Japanese reporters in the Stock Exchange Building in Stockholm"s Old Town?
A．They were waiting there to report who would win the 2013 Nobel Prize in 2013.
B．They had expected that Haruki Murakami would win the prize.
C．They just wanted to be the first to report the 2013 Noble Prize winner.
D．They were waiting in the stock market to give the world a big surprise.
小题2:Alice Munro would most probably be informed of her winning by ________?
A．picking up her answering machineB．email from both of her agents
C．standard mailD．The passage doesn’t clarify it.
小题3:According to the passage, Alice Munro was awarded the 2013 Noble Prize in Literature mainly for ________.
A．she has an obvious advantage over Haruki Murakami
B．it is rare for a woman to have written so many perfect stories
C．she is a master of the contemporary short story
D．she deserves a prize for her hard work for so many years
小题4:Alice Munro is best known for her work ________.
A．“Dear Life”, which contains a number of autobiographical sketches that gives a key to her entire authorship
B．“The Moons of Jupiter”, which represented both her different themes and also her very special narrative mode
C．“DanceoftheHappyShades”, which helped her win the first Governor General’s Award
D．no specific work, but the uniqueness and perfection reflected in all her works

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That the Leaning Tower of Pisa no longer leans quite so much after a ￡20 million project to save it has proved to be a great success.The tower, which was on the edge of collapse, has been straightened by 18 inches, returning it to its 1838 position.

“It has straightened a little bit more than we expected, but very little helps, ”said Prof.John Burland, the only British member of the rescue committee.“The tower is still very slightly moving towards being upright. ”
The tower, which has been leaning almost since building work first began in 1173, was closed to the public in 1990 because of safety fears.The 183foot tower was nearly 15 feet off vertical and its structure was found to have been weakened by centuries of strain(作用力).
Prof.Burland said it could have collapsed “at any moment”．However, it took nine years of quarreling before any work was done.The last attempt at straightening the tower was carried out. Concrete was poured into the foundations, but the result was that the tower sank further into the soil.
The straightening work involved digging out around 70 tonnes of earth from the northern side of the tower, causing it to sink on that side.Before the digging started, the tower was fixed with steel ropes and 600 tonnes of lead weights.
However, halfway through the project, concerns at the ugliness of the weights led to their removal and the tower leaned greatly.The weights were hurriedly reattached. In one night, the tower moved more than it had averaged in an entire year.The tower"s stonework has also been restored.
The Italian government stepped in after a tower collapsed in Pavia in 1989, killing four people.Experts suddenly realized that the tower at Pisa, which was similarly built and on the same sort of earth, could do the same.
小题1:What would be the best title for the passage?
A．The Building of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
B．Saving the Leaning Tower of Pisa
C．The Collapse of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
D．The History of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
小题2:According to the passage, the Leaning Tower of Pisa_________________.
A．closed for the straightening work in 1990
B．began to lean more than 800 years ago
C．has a history of more than 1, 000 years
D．has become vertical
小题3:What drove the Italian government to save the Leaning Tower of Pisa?
A．The development of new technology.
B．The advice of Prof. John Burland.
C．The expectation of the rescue committee.
D．The collapse of a tower in Pavia.
小题4:What most probably played the most important part in straightening the tower?
A．The lead weights fixed to the tower.
B．Restoring the stonework.
C．Pouring concrete into the foundations.
D．Digging earth from the southern side of the tower.

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Big Ben, the landmark of London, a clock famous for its accuracy and chimes(和谐的钟声), stopped working for 90 minutes, an engineer said Saturday.
People do not know why the 147-year-old clock on the banks of the River Thames stopped at 10:07 p.m. Friday. It continued keeping time, but stopped again at 10:20 p.m. and remained silent for about 90 minutes before starting up again, a spokeswoman for the House of Commons said.
There has been speculation(推测) that a recent period of hot weather may have been to blame(责备). Temperatures in London reached 90 ℉on Saturday, and forecasters called it England’s hottest day in May since 1953.
The clock has experienced occasional problems. In 1962, snow caused the clock to stop before the New Year. In 1976, the clock stopped when a piece of its machinery broke. Big Ben also stopped on April 30, 1997, and once more three weeks later.
小题1:How many times has Big Ben stopped up to now?
A．ThreeB．FiveC．SixD．Eight
小题2:The probable reason for Big Ben stopping working this time is ________.
A．high temperatureB．low temperature
C．broken machineD．heavy snow
小题3:The passage mainly talks about ________.
A．Big Ben’s history
B．the solution to Big Ben’s problem.
C．the landmark of London
D．Big Ben’s silence

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阅读理解。    Playworld is a large theme park just outside New York. We employ hundreds of people and are still
growing. We provide entertainment of many kinds: shows, parades, rollercoasters, carrousels, and of
course our latest addition: The Landslider. Our guests can stay in the Playworld Hotel and dine in one
of our fine restaurants.
    If you are looking for a growing fun, and innovative environment, consider joining the Playworld
Community.
    At present, we are looking for Waiters / Actors.
    Your main task will be serving food in the Western Grill in the evenings. During 3 afternoons per week
you will also play a minor part in the play: Let"s Go West.
    Qualifications: Education at college level is required. Some work experience in a restaurant is preferred.
Acting experience would be an advantage, a working knowledge of German and French is desirable. Spanish
is a plus. We can offer you the opportunity to develop a personal career plus an attractive salary and extra
benefit package.
     Playworld is an equal opportunity employer.
     If you want to join our team, send your letter of application and resume:
     PLAYWORLD
     P.O Box 6514
     New York, NY 76156 1. " Playworld" is a place mainly for ______. [     ]
A. watching plays
B. enjoying food
C. having fun
D. training actors 2. "Carousel" is most probably a kind of ______. [     ]
A. sport
B. entertainment
C. food
D. park 3. If you get the job, you will ______. [     ]
A. play the hero in the play "Let"s Go West"
B. work 3 afternoons per week
C. have to study Spanish
D. be free in the mornings 4. Which of the following applicants is likely to be accepted? [     ]
A. Name                              Liu Gang
     Sex                                Male
     Age                                26
     Education                       College 
     Work Experience             No
     Foreign Languages           French
B. Name                               Mary Smith
    Sex                                  Female
    Age                                  18 
    Education                          Middle School 
    Work Experience               3 weeks in restaurants
     Foreign Languages            French & Spanish
C. Name                               Jim White
     Sex                                  Male
     Age                                  23
     Education                         High School
     Work Experience               3 years as an active member of the school troupe (剧团) 
     Foreign Languages             French
D. Name                                Hillary Bush
     Sex                                   Female 
     Age                                   17
     Education                           High School
     Work Experience                2 weeks as a waitress in a restaurant: performed in 3 plays 
      Foreign Languages             German, French & Spanish
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