In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New

In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New

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In a great many cities, hundreds of people ride bikes to work every day. In New York, some bike riders have even formed a group called Bike for a Better City. They declare that if more people rode bikes to work, there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown part of the city and so less dirty air from car engines.
For several years, this group had been trying to get the city government to help bike riders. For example, they want the city to draw special lanes(车道) for bikes on some of the main streets, because when bike riders must use the same lanes as cars there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes.
But no bike lanes have been drawn. Not everyone thinks it is a good idea—they say it will slow traffic. Some store owners on the main streets don’t like the idea—they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business.
The city government has not yet decided what to do. It wants to keep everyone happy. On weekends, Central Park—the largest place open ground in New York— is closed to cars, and the roads may be used by bikes only.
小题1:In New York, a group of bike riders__________.
A.are keeping practicing for health
B.have no cars of their own
C.are complaining there are not enough buses
D.are trying to settle the problem of air pollution
小题2:The bike riders suggest that __________.
A.bikes should be used instead of cars
B.bike lanes should be drawn
C.fewer buses or cars should be used
D.the number of special lanes should be decreased
小题3:The advantage of the special lanes is that__________.
A.they will make cars and buses run slowly
B.they will make it easier for bike riders to go to parks
C.they will make the city more beautiful
D.they will prevent accidents

答案

小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:D   
解析
 
小题1:D细节理解题。结合第一段的there would be fewer automobiles in the downtown part of the city and so less dirty air from car engines 可知答案。
小题2:B细节理解题。结合For example, they want the city to draw special lanes(车道) for bikes on some of the main streets可知答案。
小题3:D推理判断题。结合when bike riders must use the same lanes as cars there are accidents. Bike for a Better City feels that if there were special lanes, more people would use bikes和they say that if there is less traffic, they will have less business可知答案。
举一反三
One is not born able to speak a language. One is born able to make a noise. I have heard babies cry in America and in China. I can’t tell any difference. But when I hear someone from America speak English and hear someone speak Chinese, I can tell you there are a lot of differences.
I believe a common(普遍的) problem with Chinese students’ learning English is that they were not taught to think in English. They have an idea spoken in English and want to translate the idea into Chinese, then they think in Chinese of the proper reply and translate it into English. After a long period of speaking the language, one begins to think in the foreign language naturally. You will learn faster if you begin to think in English at the very beginning of your study. Many students ask me: What can I do to improve my spoken English?
My reply is: The more English you speak, the better English you will speak. There are many things you can do to improve your spoken English. Of course, the best way is to live where English is spoken as a language of the country.
小题1:The cries of American and Chinese babies are _______.
A.differentB.the same
C.not like each otherD.like each other
小题2:The underlined sentence (in Paragraph 2) means that______.
A.some teachers didn’t teach students to think in English
B.teachers never gave the students the way of learning English
C.students didn’t remember the way teachers taught them
D.teachers didn’t want their students to think in English
小题3:The underlined word “they” (in Paragraph 2) refers to “_____”.
A.Chinese studentsB.English students
C.Chinese teachersD.English teachers
小题4:According to the article, which of the following is TRUE?
A.You must think in English all the time.
B.You should always translate English into Chinese.
C.After speaking English for a long time, you may probably think in English naturally(自然地).
D.The best way of learning English is to live in America.

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Have you ever thought of such questions as “Why do I have to study math?”or “I am not interested in history at all. My dream is to be an actor. Should I give history up?”
Maybe you are right. After you leave school, it’s not necessary for you to understand everything. But please remember that at school,besides getting knowledge, you should pay attention to some other important things.
First, try to find what you are most interested in. At school, you study many subjects. Try to find what you like and what you don’t like. This may be helpful to you in the future.
Second, maybe you don’t like math and you want to drop it. But the logical thinking ability from math can help you solve some problems.At school, you should practice your brain by thinking.
Third, you should believe in yourself. Maybe you learn French at school, but you don’t need to speak French at all.But learning French can prove that you have the ability of learning languages. Suppose you go to France one day and find a good job well. At school I learned French well, and now I must be able to learn German. But if you have no confidence, what will happen?
Try to challenge yourself as often as possible. I think many of us like playing computer games. When we fail in a game, we always want to try it again. Why? Because it is hard for us to get the highest mark. If we want to challenge ourselves, we must face more difficult things and make greater progress.
小题1:At school you should             .
A.stop learning the subjects you don’t like
B.both get knowledge and improve your ability
C.pay more attention to math and French
D.learn French instead of English
小题2:Math can improve one’s           .
A.logical thinking ability
B.skills in computer
C.interest in other subjects
D.ability of finding a job
小题3:Which of the following is TRUE?       
A.You will use everything you learn at school in your future job.
B.It’s not necessary to know what you like at school.
C.Everything you learn at school has an influence on you.
D.Logical thinking ability is the most important ability.
小题4:Learning French can help us            .
A.have confidence in learning languages
B.go to France
C.get a good result in the exam
D.make greater progress
小题5:The last paragraph tells us that             .
A.everyone loves to play computer games
B.it is not easy to get high marks in computer games
C.we should do some very different things
D.we should challenge

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Eat more, Play more—Weight Less
In the United States, 20 to 40 percent of the adult population have a “weight problem”. To many people, the cause seems obvious: we eat too much. But scientific evidence does little to support this idea.
Several modern studies have shown that fatter people do not eat more on average than thinner people and that slim people are more active than fat people.
I believe that this shows overweight people can become relatively slim gradually via a progressive program of regular exercise. The key is regular, enjoyable activity.
Use of energy(calories) by the body falls into two categories. The first is energy used for essential bodily functions—digestion, heart beat, breathing—and BMR(新陈代谢). In an average-sized adult, BMR requires about 1400 calories per day.
The second category is energy used for physical activity—standing, walking and all other movements. Together with the BMR, it makes up total calorie use, which should be balanced by food intake for weight to remain stable.
For years now, we have known that dieting—especially severe dieting(400 calories per day, for instance)—decreases BMR. This is the body"s defense system to keep energy when food supply is reduced. Unfortunately, it tends to weaken the diet"s effects by enabling the body to “get by” on fewer calories. For this reason, I believe that severe dieting is not a good way to lose weight, and all dieting should be seen as a temporary measure.
In addition to helping weight loss and continued weight control, regular exercise has many other features to recommend it. While weight loss by dieting alone results in some loss of muscle as well as fat, weight loss by exercise and moderate dieting leads to an increased proportion(均衡)of muscle mass. The regular exerciser has good heart function too.
Regular exercise helps to raise blood levels of high-density lipoprotein(HDL) and increased exercise leads to increased food intake and thus to increased intake of critical nutrients (营养).
The benefits of eating more because of an increase in physical activity are not widely appreciated. Many people in this country, by actual measurement, have remarkably low calorie intake. Often the amount is so low (1 200 to 1 800 calories a day) that nutritionists worry about the adequacy(足够的)of their vitamin and mineral intake. And too little food, with inadequate fiber content, leads in the old population to chronic constipation(长期便秘).
To sum up, most Americans still get too little regular exercise, and it is within this group that almost all obesity is found. Severe dieting should not be used as it is unpleasant and tends to be self-defeating. Moderate dieting combined with regular exercise is much more effective and enjoyable. The choice is yours: life on the sofa, nibbling celery or the active, healthy-eating, healthful way.
Title
Eat more, Play more—Weight Less
Causes of weight problems
●It"s commonly believed that adults" weight problems are due to (1)______ too much, but little scientific evidence (2)______ this idea.
●Studies show that fat people eat less and are (3)______ active than slim people.
(4)______of eating enough
●Energy used for essential bodily functions, BMR, and (5)______ activity should be balanced by food intake for weight to remain stable
●Food intake offers (6)______ vitamin and mineral intake and prevents the old from chronic constipation.
Ways of weight loss
●Dieting alone—a temporary measure
●Tending to weaken the diet"s effects
●(7)______in some loss of muscle as well as fat
●Exercising (8)______ — a recommended way
●Having good heart function
●Helping to raise blood levels of HDL
●Attaining critical nutrients
(9)______
●Doing little exercise has much to do with obesity.
●Severe dieting should be (10)______.
●Moderate dieting as well as regular exercise is much more effective and enjoyable.

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Many parents watch the news or other shows as children play nearby. But new research shows that even when the television is just background noise,it may be disruptive to a child’s normal development.
It’s estimated that 75 percent of very young children in the United States live in homes where the television is on most of the time,even though the kids often aren’t watching it. The University of Massachusetts researchers recently studied how TV background noise might affect young children. The study looked at 50 1­,2­and 3­year­olds. Each child came to a lab with a parent and was allowed to play for an hour with various toys. For half the time,a television was on in the room,showing the adult game show as well as advertisements. During the other half hour,the TV was turned off.
As expected,the children paid little attention to the adult television show,glancing at it for less than a few seconds at a time,and less than once a minute. Even so,the distraction (分心) of the background noise had a significant effect on how children at every age played. When the television was on,the children played with each toy for far shorter periods of time,and focused attention during play was also shorter compared to how they played when the TV was off.
Researchers said that even though the children aren’t interested in the show,background TV affects their ability to do various types of play. The finding is important because many well­meaning parents who wouldn’t let their young children watch television may not realize that even adult programs that don’t interest children still can have an effect.
“Background TV is potentially a chronic (长期的) environmental risk factor affecting most American children,” said the lead author of the study. “Parents should limit their young children’s exposure (接触).”
小题1:We know from the passage that________.
A.background TV noise has little effect on adults
B.most young children in America live in homes exposed to TV noise
C.the effect of background TV noise on children is immediate
D.most parents in America wouldn’t let their children watch TV
小题2:The underlined word “disruptive” in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to________.
A.harmfulB.importantC.similar D.related
小题3:In the study,the children________.
A.were all 3­year­oldsB.were asked to watch adult TV shows
C.played for an hour while the TV was onD.played with more than one toy
小题4:What does the study show?
A.Children pay much attention to adult TV shows.
B.Children should be allowed to watch TV for kids only.
C.The background TV noise affects children’s ability to focus.
D.The more toys a child has,the shorter time he plays with each one.

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High Speed Book Scanner
Simply turning pages of a book quickly may not seem like the best way to scan it. A Japanese research group at Tokyo University has created new software that allows hundreds of pages to be scanned within minutes. Scanning text is normally a boring process with each page having to be inserted into a scanner, but the team led by Professor Masatoshi Ishikawa uses a high speed camera that takes 500 pictures a second to scan pages as they are turned by workers.
Normal scanners can only scan the information that is actually before them on the page. This high speed book scanner uses a camera that captures pages at 1000fps as they are turned. A system built in allows it to automatically correct any changes to the text due to the page bending as well as light differences due to shadows. “It takes a shot of the shape, then it calculates the shape and uses those calculations to film the scanning,” Ishikawa said, explaining the system used to reconstruct the original page.
The current system is able to scan an average 250-page book in a little over 60 seconds using basic computer hardware. While it now requires extra time to process the scanned images (影像), the researchers hope to eventually make the technology both faster and much smaller. “In the more distant future, once it becomes possible to put all of this processing on one chip (芯片) and then put that in an iPad or iPod, one could scan just using that chip. At that point, it becomes possible to scan something quickly to save for later reading,” Ishikawa said.
Being able to scan books with an iPhone may be further off, but Ishikawa says that a commercial version of the large-scale computer based scanning system could be available in two or three years. While the technology has the potential to take paper books into the digital age, it remains to be how publishers will react to people scanning their books while just turning pages quickly.
小题1:According to the passage, the advantage of the new scanning software is that ______.
A.there is no need to scan every page
B.it can work much more effectively
C.no manpower is needed in operating the scanner
D.it can make the scanning process more interesting
小题2:According to Ishikawa, the scanner works by_____.
A.changing the shape of the images
B.reducing the size of the images
C.reconstructing the original page
D.scanning several pages at the same time
小题3:What is Ishikawa’s attitude towards the development of the scanning system?
A.Optimistic.B.Uncertain.C.Disapproving.D.Cautious.
小题4:What does the underlined sentence mean?
A.People will get any book they like more easily.
B.Publishers will refuse to comment on the new software.
C.Publishers will probably not welcome the new software.
D.People won’t need to buy books any more with an iPhone.

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