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     What could be simpler than shaking fruit from a tree? Well, the job is a lot more difficult than you
might think. There is a right way and a wrong way to shake a fruit tree. And a person who is a good
apple tree shaker may not be a good cherry tree shaker. Different fruits take different shakes .
     As a rule, a slow hard shake is best. This makes the fruit fall much faster than a light; quick jiggle.
Most fruits have a set number of shakes per minute that will do the best job of getting them out of the
tree and onto the ground. To shake down plums, try shaking the tree four hundred times per minute,
moving the tree two inches at each shake. Experts say you"ll get three times more fruit from the tree than
you will if you shake eleven hundred times per minute at one inch per shake. Cherries, because they are
smaller, need more shaking. A good rate of shaking seems to be about twelve hundred shakes per minute. Apples, like plums, need four hundred shakes.
     Of course, some people may choose to take no notice of all these expert directions for shaking fruit.
Keeping track of all the numbers can be enough to drive some people up a tree. 1. This passage is about ______.A. eating plums
B. how to shake fruit from a tree
C. the value of fruits and vegetables
D. ways in which people shake2. A smaller fruit tree normally requires ______.A. more people
B. less shaking
C. two people per tree
D. more shaking3. The writer ends this story with ______.A. a serious thought
B. a suggestion for other ways to get fruit from trees
C. a joke
D. a warning

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阅读理解     Do you always forget where you placed your keys or your purse? What was the name of the movie
you saw last week? The major cause of your forgetfulness may be linked to what you store in your body,
not in your short-term memory bank.
     Tests continue to show that people with enough Vitamin B-2 do well in memory exams. The "B"
could stand for "brain", if you"re one of many with limited instant recall. And the number one source of
that vitamin is sunflower seeds.
     Even when you"re sleeping or relaxing, your brain is still at work. Although it makes up just two
percent of your total body weight, it uses up to 30 % of the calories you take in each day. For it to work
properly, it must be fed. Even if you"re not a breakfast eater, that meal is the best way to prepare your
brain for the day. A quick and easy English muffin with peanut and butter in it, a glass of milk, and an
orange, might be what your brain may be asking you the first thing in the morning when you feel your
head is in a fog. Having sunflower seeds and fruit between meals adds more muscle to that hungry,
demanding organ. Vitamin B-1 also helps the memory, and that is found in eggs, meats and nuts. In
Chinese culture, walnuts (核桃) are known as the fruit for a long life because it is believed that they feed
both the kidneys and the brain. And according to Chinese culture, if you keep those two important organs
in good working order, you"ll live longer.
     However forgetful you are, just keep in mind the letter "B", which will help you to "bear in mind
almost everything" even on those days when life"s challenges are sending you in a billion directions.

1. The underlined word "muffin" in the third paragraph probably means_________.

A. menu
B. dinner
C. calorie
D. cookie

2. In the passage, Chinese culture is mentioned to____________.

A. support the idea of long life
B. show the importance of vitamin B-1
C. warn the readers of two organs
D. remind us of walnuts and sunflower seeds

3. What can we conclude from the passage?

A. What we eat seems more important than what we learn in terms of memory.
B. Two percent of our brain is still active when we are sleeping or relaxing.
C. It doesn"t make much difference to our brain whether we have breakfast or not.
D. Life"s challenges have no effect on our memory, if dealt with in a proper way.

4. The best title for the passage could be_______________.

A. Human of Memory Loss
B. Vitamin B-2 and Memory
C. Forgetful? But not Brain
D. Chinese Culture of Long Life

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