Does eating a good breakfast improve school study? A study of more than 1,000 pu
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Does eating a good breakfast improve school study? A study of more than 1,000 pupils in the city of Lawrence suggests it does.
Youngsters who took part in the breakfast program improved their scores in the tests much more than those who didn’t. Among those who attended the program, fewer were found late for school than those who didn’t. And much fewer were found absent from their classes.
“Starting the day with a meal appears to be quite helpful,” says Amy Sampson, a research professor, who carried out the experiment on the students for a year.
Students who miss breakfast may be losing out on important nourishment in fruit, milk, bread and so on. If you are in a hurry in the morning, get you some pieces of bread with some fruit or yogurt. In that case, you won’t have to go to the selling machines for some chips or candy bars.
小题1:How many students in primary school are interviewed in Lawrence. | A．1000 | B．over 1000 | C．less than 1000 | D．almost 1000 |
小题2:According to the passage, pupils who took part in the breakfast program ______.| A．are clever than those who didn’t | | B．are healthier than those who didn’t | | C．were often late for school | | D．made greater progress in the study than those who didn’t |
小题3:The breakfast program was carried out by _____.| A．the Lawrence City government | B．teachers in a middle school | | C．a professor | D．1,000 pupils |
小题4:According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?| A．Over 1,000 pupils took part in the experiment. | | B．The experiment lasted a year. | | C．A good breakfast can improve school study. | | D．A good breakfast means eating a lot . |
小题5:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?| A．Breakfast or not? | B．1,000 clever pupils. | | C．How to keep fit? | D．How to become clever? |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:D
小题3:C
小题4:D
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析: 吃一顿营养全面的早餐与提高学习成绩有关系吗？答案是肯定的。最近一位教授对1000多名学生进行了一项调查，调查表明每天吃丰盛的早餐对学生各方面都是有好处的，丰盛的早餐不仅能够提供全面的营养，而且也能够提高学生的学习成绩。
小题1:B。细节理解题。根据文章第一段中 A study of more than 1,000 pupils in the city of Lawrence suggests it does.可知有一千多学生参与了调查，故答案选B。
小题2:D。细节理解题。根据第二段Youngsters who took part in the breakfast program improved their scores in the tests much more than those who didn’t.可知参与活动的学生表现要比没参与的学生学习成绩有所提高，故答案选D。
小题3:C。细节理解题。由文章第三段a research professor, who carried out the experiment on the students for a year.可知此项调查是一位教授开展的，故答案选C。
小题4:D。细节理解题。根据文章末段可知一顿好的早餐是指营养全面，而不是量多，故D选项内容错误。
小题5:A。主旨大意题。文章主要介绍了一份对吃早餐和不吃早餐的调查结果，由此判断A选项内容能概括文章中心，故答案选A。 |
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Londoners are great readers. They buy vast numbers of newspapers and magazines and of books --- especially paperbacks, which are still comparatively cheap in spite of ever-increasing rises in the costs of printing. They still continue to buy “proper” books, too, printed on good paper and bound (装订) between hard covers.
There are many streets in London containing shops which specialize in book-selling. Perhaps the best known of these is Charring Cross Road in the very heart of London. Here bookshops of all sorts and sizes are to be found, from the celebrated one which boasts of being “the biggest bookshop in the world” to the tiny, dusty little places which seem to have been left over from Dickens’ time. Some of these shops stock, or will obtain, any kind of book, but many of them specialize in second-hand books, in art books, in foreign books, in books on philosophy, politics or any other of the countless subjects about which books may be written. One shop in this area specializes only in books about ballet!
Although it may be the most convenient place for Londoners to buy books, Charring Cross Road is not the cheapest. For the really cheap second-hand books, the collector must venture off the beaten track, to Farringdon Road, for example, in the East Central district of London. Here there is nothing so impressive as bookshops. The booksellers come along each morning and pour out their sacks of books onto small hand carts. And the collectors, some professionals and some amateurs, have been waiting for them. In places like this they can still, occasionally, pick up for a few pence an old one that may be worth many pounds.
小题1:”Londoners are great readers” means that ___________.| A．Londoners are great because they read a lot. | | B．There are a great number of readers in London. | | C．Londoners read a lot. | | D．Londoners are readers who read only great books. |
小题2:According to this passage, Charring Cross Road __________.| A．is in the suburbs of London | B．is the busiest street in London | | C．contains various kinds of shops | D．is famous for its bookshops |
小题3:In this passage, what does the underlined part “venture off the beaten track” mean?| A．move away from a busy street | | B．buy books in a most busy street | | C．waste time looking for books | | D．take a risk of losing one’s life |
小题4:On Farringdon Road, _______________.| A．you can find fine bookshops for the latest books | | B．there are only small bookshops for the second-hand books | | C．you can see book sellers selling books on hand-carts | | D．the same books as the ones in the bookshops of Charring Cross Road are sold |
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Who is your role model? Normally the answer to this question would be anyone around you who you find truly inspiring. It could also be someone like J. K. Rowling or Martin Luther King. Jr. , who have proven to be strong and intelligent people.
However, in today’s world, stars are regarded as role models along with the heroes listed above, despite their intentions or actions. Teens attempt to imitate their actions for two major reasons. Firstly, to be fashionable and accepted by popular culture, and secondly because stars’ actions are so well documented by the media that it seems to grab our attention and turns it to following stars’ lives. Much of the reports about stars is shocking and exhibits bad morals or lifestyles that aren’t right for teenagers. In addition, almost everything stars do is described beyond truth to make a shocking story by taking it to the next level.
However, teens must take responsibility for their actions. We can’t always blame stars for influencing us. Only you have control over yourself and only you choose to do something. Our bodies and actions are in the hands of no one else.
Now, who ever said stars are role models? Whether they choose to be or not, stars set examples as soon as they step into the spotlight. With reporters following and recording every move they make, it is impossible not to be watched and then be imitated. These people influence teens whether or not they want to. Why should someone who doesn’t want to be setting an example set one? So，should we look up to them or to people who are true and good role models? It’s our responsibility as teens to know right from wrong, and it’s time for us to take responsibility for our actions. In doing so，we will lean toward those inspiring people that want to be setting an example, and follow in their steps to be like them.
小题1:According to the first paragraph, _______ can usually be role models. | A．political leaders | | B．wealthy writers | | C．people inspiring others | | D．people with great intelligence |
小题2:What are the major reasons for the teens to imitate stars? | A．Interest in stars’ life and expectation of getting rich. | | B．Motivation for being fashionable and inspiration from popular examples. | | C．Intentions to gain acceptance and encouragement from stars’ lifestyle. | | D．Desires to be stylish and great influence from the mass media. |
小题3:The author writes the passage mainly to advise the teenagers to _______. | A．have a control over their own bodies and actions | | B．be responsible for their own choices and behaviors | | C．follow fashionable stars’ steps to be more popular | | D．choose right role models according to different reports |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that _______. | A．stars have the responsibility for teenagers’ actions | | B．not all famous stars choose to influence teenagers | | C．teenagers choose those inspiring people as their role models | | D．stars set examples immediately they stepped into the spotlight |
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The greatest recent social changes have been in the lives of women. During the twentieth century there has been a remarkable shortening of the proportion of a woman"s life spent in caring for the children. A woman marrying at the end of the nineteenth century would probably have been in her middle twenties ,and would be likely to have seven or eight children, four or five of whom lived till they were five years old. By the time the youngest was fifteen, the mother would have been in her early fifties and would expect to live a further twenty years, during which health made it unusual for her to get paid work.. Today women marry younger and have fewer children. Usually a woman"s youngest child will be fifteen when she is forty-five years and can be expected to live another thirty-five years and is likely to take paid work until retirement at sixty. Even while she has to take care of children, her work is lightened by moder living conditions.
This important change in women"s life-patterns has only recently begun to have its full effect on women"s economic position. Even a few years ago most girls took a full-time job after they left school.. However, when they married, they usually left work at once and never returned to it. Today the school- leaving age is sixteen, many girls stay at school after that age, and though women usually marry older, more married women stay at work at least until shortly before their first child is born. Many more afterwards return to full-or-part-time work. Such changes have led to a new relationship in marriage, with the husband accepting a greater share of the duties and satisfactions of family life, and with both husband and wife sharing more equally in providing the money, and running the home, according to the abilities and interests of each of them.
小题1:At what age did most women marry around the 1890 according to the passage?| A．At about twenty-five | B．In their earl fifties | | C．At the age of fifteen | D．At any age from fifteen to forty-five |
小题2:What happened to an ordinary family in about 1900?| A．The youngest child could live to fifteen. | | B．Four of five children died after they were five. | | C．Seven or eight children lived to be more than five. | | D．Some children died when the were very young. |
小题3:When she was over fifty , a late nineteenth-century mother ______.| A．was usaully expected to die fiarely soon | | B．would expect to work until she died | | C．would be healthy enough to take up paid jobs | | D．was less like to find a job even if she wanted to |
小题4:What do we know from the passage?| A．Husbands and wives share equal responsibilities at home. | | B．More and more women are looked down upon by husbands. | | C．Today women prefer to get married rather than get jobs. | | D．A husband plays a greater part in looking after the children. |
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Does Being Famous Drive You Crazy?
Although being famous might sound like a dream come true, today’s star, feeling like zoo animals, face pressures that few of us can imagine. They are at the center of much of the world’s attention. Paparazzi (狗仔队) camp outside their homes, cameras ready. Tabloids (小报) publish thrilling stories about their privacy. Just imagine not being able to do anything without being photographed or interrupted for a signature!
According to psychologist Christina Villarreal, celebrities — famous people — worry constantly about their public appearance. In the end, they start to lose track of who they really are, seeing themselves the way their fans imagine them, not as the people they were before everyone knew their names. “Over time,” Villarreal says, “they feel separated and alone.”
The phenomenon of following celebrities has been around for ages. In the 4th century B.C., painters followed Alexander the Great into battle, hoping to picture his victories for his admirers. When Charles Dickens visited America in the 19th century, his sold-out readings attracted thousands of fans, leading him to complain about his lack of privacy. Tabloids of the 1920s and 1930s ran articles about film-stars in much the same way that modern tabloids and websites do.
Being a public figure today, however, is a lot more difficult than it used to be. Superstars cannot move about without worrying about photographers with modern cameras. When they say something silly or do something ridiculous, there is always the Internet to spread the news in minutes and keep their “story” alive forever.
If fame is so troublesome, why aren’t all celebrities running away from it? The answer is there are still ways to deal with it. Some stars stay calm by surrounding themselves with trusted friends and family or by escaping to remote places away from big cities. They focus not on how famous they are but on what they love to do or whatever made them famous in the first place.
Sometimes a few celebrities can get a little justice（正义）. Still, even stars who enjoy full justice often complain about how hard their lives are. They are tired of being famous already.
小题1:It can be learned from the passage that stars today _________.| A．spend too much on their public appearance | | B．are often misunderstood by the public | | C．can no longer have their privacy protected | | D．care little about how they have become famous |
小题2:What is the main idea of Paragraph 3?| A．The problem faced by celebrities has a long history. | | B．Great heroes of the past were generally admired. | | C．Works of popular writers often have a lot of readers. | | D．Well-known actors are usually targets of tabloids. |
小题3:What makes it much harder to be a celebrity today?| A．There are huge population of fans. | | B．They get little support from society. | | C．They get few good opportunities. | | D．Many modern ways of getting news are being used. |
小题4:What is the author’s attitude toward modern celebrity?| A．Sincere. | B．Doubting | C．Supporting. | D．Disagreeing. |
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Stop Spam!
When I first got an e-mail account ten years ago, I received communications only from family, friends, and colleagues. Now it seems that every time I check my e-mail, I have an endless series of advertisements and other correspondence that do not interest me at all. If we want e-mail to continue to be useful, we need specific laws that make spamming (发送垃圾邮件) a crime.
If lawmakers do not do something soon to prohibit spam, the problem will certainly get much worse. Computer programs allow spammers to send hundreds of millions of e-mails almost instantly. As more and more advertisers turn to spam to sell their products, individual (个人的) e-mail boxes are often flooded with spam e-mails. Would people continue to use e-mail if they had to deal with an annoying amount of spam each time?
This problem is troubling for individuals and companies as well. Many spam e-mails contain computer viruses that can shut down the entire network of a company. Companies rely on e-mail for their employees to communicate with each other. Spam frequently causes failures in their local communications networks, and their employees are thus unable to communicate effectively. Such a situation results in a loss of productivity and requires companies to repeatedly repair their networks. These computer problems raise production costs of companies, which are, in the end, passes on to the consumer.
For these reasons, I believe that lawmakers need to legislate (立法) against spam. Spammers should be fined, and perhaps sent to prison if they continue to disturb people. E-mail is a tool which helps people all over the world to communicate conveniently, but spam is destroying this convenience.
小题1:What does the underlined word “correspondence” in the Paragraph 1 probably mean? | A．messages | B．ideas | C．connections | D．programs |
小题2:According to the text, what is the major cause of the flooding spam? | A．Companies rely on e-mail for communications. | | B．More people in the world communicate by e-mails. | | C．Many computer viruses contain spam e-mail. | | D．More advertisers begin to promote sales through spam. |
小题3:According to Paragraph 3, who is the final victim of spam? | A．The business | B．The advertiser. | | C．The employee | D．The consumer. |
小题4:What is the purpose of the text?| A．To inform. | B．To educate. | C．To persuade. | D．To instruct. |
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