For many years, I had a belief that my suffering was due to my size. I believed
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For many years, I had a belief that my suffering was due to my size. I believed that when the weight disappeared, it would take old wounds, hurts, and rejections with it.
Many weight－conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything. Perhaps our worst mistake is believing that being thin equals being loved，being special, and being cherished. We fantasize（幻想） about what it will be like when we reach the long－awaited goal. We work very hard to realize this dream. Then, at last, we find ourselves there.
But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self－worth, and, of course, love.
It took me a long while to realize that there was something more for me to learn about beauty. Beauty standards vary with culture. In Samoa a woman is not considered attractive unless she weighs more than 200 pounds. More importantly, if it’s happiness that we want, why not put our energy there rather than on the size of our body? Why not look inside? Many of us strive hard to change our body, but in vain. We have to find a way to live comfortably inside our body and make friends with and cherish ourselves. When we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.
小题1:The passage tries to highlight the importance of ________.| A．body size | | B．attitudes toward life | | C．culture difference | | D．different beauty standards |
小题2:What does the word “everything” in paragraph 2 mean?| A．All the problems. | B．All the properties. | | C．The whole world. | D．The absolute truth. |
小题3:What can be inferred about the author?| A．The author is a Samoan. | | B．The author succeeded in losing weight. | | C．The author has been troubled by her/ his weight. | | D．The author probably got wounded in wars or accidents. |
小题4:According to the author, what is the common view of those who have lost some weight first and gained it back later?| A．They feel angry about the regained weight. | | B．They are indifferent to the regained weight. | | C．They feel optimistic(乐观的) about future plans on weight control. | | D．They think they should give up their future plans on weight control. |
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答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:C
小题4:C |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:B 推理题。根据文章最后一句When we change our attitudes toward ourselves, the whole world changes.说明最重要的是态度，故B正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据本句Many weight－conscious people also mistakenly believe that changing our bodies will fix everything.说明很多认为如果我们的体型改变就能解决第一段中的因为肥胖而出现的所有问题。故A正确。
小题3:C 推理题。根据文章全文说明我是一个很胖的人，虽然多次减肥，但是一直有反复。根据文章第三段But we often gain back what we have lost. Even so, we continue to believe that next time it will be different.说明我一直受肥胖问题的困扰。故C正确。
小题4:.C 推理题。根据第三段we continue to believe that next time it will be different. Next time, we will keep it off. Next time, being thin will finally fulfill its promise of everlasting happiness, self－worth, and, of course, love.他们都认为下次会有不同的情况，说明他们对于未来的减肥计划很乐观，故C正确。
点评：文章介绍了受到肥胖困扰的人的想法和态度。本文集中考查了推理类短文阅读，要把握文章每一段的中心思想，进行合理推测，准确定位。 |
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I fell in love with Yosemite National Park the first time I saw it, when I was 13. My parents took us there for camping. On the way out, I asked them to wait while I ran up to E1 Capitan, a 16 rock of 3,300 feet straight up. I touched that giant rock and knew 17 I wanted to climb it. That has been my life’s passion (钟爱) ever since 18 the rocks and mountains of Yosemite. I’ve long made Yosemite my 19 .
About 15 years ago I started seeing a lot of 20 , like toilet paper, beer cans, and empty boxes, around the area. It’s 21 me why visitors started respecting the place 22 and treated such a beautiful home-like place this way.
I tried 23 trash(垃圾)myself, but the job was too big. I would 24 an hour or two on the job, only to find the area trashed all over again weeks later. Finally, I got so 25 it that I decided something had to change.
As a rock-climbing guide, I knew 26 about organizing any big event. But in 2004, together with some climbers, I set a date for a 27 . On that day, more than 300 people 28 . Over three days we collected about 6,000 pounds of trash. It was amazing how much we were able to 29 . I couldn’t believe the 30 we made—the park looked clean!
Each year volunteers come for the cleanup from everywhere. In 2007 alone, 2,945 people 31 42,330 pounds of trash.
I often hear people 32 about their surroundings. If you are one of them, I would say the only way to change things is by 33 rather than complaining. We need to teach by 34 . You can’t blame others 35 you start with yourself.
| 小题1: | | A．distant | B．huge | C．narrow | D．loose |
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| 小题2: | | A．immediately | B．finally | C．gradually | D．recently |
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| 小题3: | | A．imagining | B．painting | C．describing | D．climbing |
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| 小题4: | | A．garden | B．home | C．lab | D．palace |
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| 小题5: | | A．source | B．resources | C．waste | D．goods |
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| 小题6: | | A．beyond | B．against | C．over | D．within |
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| 小题7: | | A．more | B．most | C．less | D．least |
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| 小题8: | | A．throwing away | B．picking up | | C．breaking down | D．digging out |
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| 小题9: | | A．kill | B．save | C．wait | D．spend |
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| 小题10: | | A．satisfied with | B．delighted in | | C．tired of | D．used to |
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| 小题11: | | A．something | B．anything | C．everything | D．nothing |
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| 小题12: | | A．cleanup | B．party | C．picnic | D．concert |
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| 小题13: | | A．dropped out | B．showed up | | C．looked around | D．called back |
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| 小题14: | | A．demand | B．receive | C．accomplish | D．overcome |
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| 小题15: | | A．plan | B．visit | C．contact | D．difference |
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| 小题16: | | A．picked up | B．set up | C．handed | D．set down |
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小题17:.| A．talk | B．complain | C．argue | D．quarrel |
| 小题18: | | A．doing | B．thinking | C．questioning | D．watching |
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| 小题19: | | A．method | B．explanation | C．example | D．research |
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| 小题20: | | A．although | B．if | C．when | D．unless |
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Is there anything more important than health? I don’t think so. “Health is the greatest wealth(财富),” wise people say. You can’t be good at your studies or work well when you are ill.
Speaking about health, I can’t help telling you a funny story.
An old gentleman came to see the doctor. The man was very ill. He told the doctor about his weakness, memory loss and serious problems with his heart and lungs. The doctor examined him and said there was no medicine for his disease.
He told his patient to go to a quiet place for a month and have a good rest. He also advised him to eat a lot of meat, drink two glasses of red wine every day and take long walks. In other words, the doctor advised him to follow the rule: “Eat at pleasure, drink with measure and enjoy life as it is.” The doctor also said that if the man wanted to be well again, he shouldn’t smoke more than one cigarette a day.
A month later the gentleman came into the doctor’s office. He looked cheerful and happy. He thanked the doctor and said that he had never felt a healthier man.
“But you know, doctor,” he said, “it’s not easy to begin smoking at my age.”
小题1:The writer thinks that . | A．health is more important than wealth | | B．work is as important as studies | | C．medicine is more important than pleasure | | D．nothing is more important than money |
小题2:. The doctor usually tells his patient what to do . | A．without examining the patient | | B．after he has examined the patient | | C．if the patient doesn’t take medicine | | D．unless the patient feels pain |
小题3: The underlined part means “ ”. | A．he will be well again | B．he wasn’t a healthy man | | C．he was feeling worse than before | D．he was feeling better than ever |
小题4: From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man before the doctor told him not to smoke more than one cigarette a day.| A．didn’t smoke | B．has smoked so much | | C．was a heavy smoker | D．began to learn to smoke |
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What happens inside the skull of a soccer player who repeatedly heads a soccer ball? That question motivate a challenging new study of the brains of experienced players that has caused discussion and debate among soccer players, and some anxiety among those of us with soccer-playing children.
For the study, researchers at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York selected 34 adults，men and women. All of the volunteers had played soccer since childhood and now competed year-round in adult soccer leagues. Each filled out a detailed questionnaire developed especially for this study to determine how many times they had headed a soccer ball in the previous year, as well as whether they had experienced any known concussions（脑震荡）in the past.
Then the players completed computerized tests of their memory and other learning skills and had their brains scanned, using a complicated new MRI technique which can find structural changes in the brain that can’t be seen during most scans.
According to the data they presented at a Radiological Society of North America meeting last month，the researchers found that the players who had headed the ball more than about 1,100 times in the previous 12 months showed significant loss of white matter in parts of their brains involved with memory，attention and the processing of visual information, compared with players who had headed the ball fewer times.
This pattern of white matter loss is “similar to those seen in traumatic（外伤的）brain injury” , like that after a serious concussion, the researchers reported，even though only one of these players was reported to have ever experienced a conc ussion.
The players who had headed the ball about 1,100 times or more in the past year were also generally worse at recalling lists of words read to them, forgetting or fumbling the words far more often than players who had headed the ball less.
小题1:The passage is most probably a _________________.| A．news report | B．research report | | C．story for soccer players | D．text for doctors |
小题2:From the passage we can conclude that frequent heading may have _________________.| A．significant effect on one’s brain | | B．little effect on one’s brain | | C．nothing to do with the brain injury | | D．one’s memory improved |
小题3:What is likely to be the cause of memory loss?| A．Playing soccer frequently. | B．Tests of their memory. | | C．White matter loss. | D．Information processing. |
小题4:The underlined word "fumbling" is closest in meaning to ________________.| A．remembering | B．misunderstanding | C．recalling | D．missing |
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“Oh please God, no, no!” Stephen Eldredge cried out when he saw his wife, Shelli, badly wounded on the side of the road. She had broken actually every long bone in her body, along with her pelvis, jaw, and cheekbones. He was terrified his bride would bleed to death.
Stephen and Shelli had married just six months before near their home in South Jordan, Utah. They were in Hawaii on a family vacation with two of their sons. The family had rented electric motors and headed towards a nature preserve near Waikiki. But Shelli had fallen behind and the family turned back to make sure she was okay.
Shelli lost so much blood that her heart couldn’t function properly and she went into shock at the hospital. Physicians were able to make her come to herself. On the first and second days there, she lived through half a dozen operations. On day three, the worst of Stephen’s fears came true. Shelli didn’t wake. She had shown heart failure and lung failure. “I thought every heartbeat would be her last,” Stephen says.
As days passed with no change, one doctor gently asked if it was time to let Shelli go. An MRI（核磁共振）showed her brain didn’t have much chance of supporting life. Stephen couldn’t bear the thought of trapping his wife’s beautiful spirit in a body that would never work. If he kept her alive, what kind of life would she have ? He called family, religious leaders, and physician friends in Utah for guidance.
And he decided there still was a chance.
The family moved Shelli to a Utah hospital closer to home. In the next few weeks she started opening her eyes, but it wasn’t entirely clear how conscious she was. Nearly seven weeks after the accident, Stephen was joking with his sister in the hospital room when he saw Shelli smile, a big toothy grin. “Did you understand that?” he asked. She smiled again. Stephen fell to his knees in thanks.
Shelli’s recovery has been slow but steady. Initially, she couldn’t remember much of the previous months, including her own wedding. Shelli has endured 17 operations so far and may require more surgery. She will definitely need more months of recovery. But she is able to walk. “She’s got her life back. She’s able to love and be loved, and be the person she was.” Elovie says.
When Shelli hears about each step in her recovery, she calls it “miracle after miracle”. As for his experience, Stephen says, “This is a story of fear that was slowly replaced by faith.”
小题1: We learn from the first two paragraphs that .| A．Stephen and Shelli left home to hold the wedding ceremony. | | B．Shelli was mainly wounded in the back | | C．the couple were in Hawaii when the accident happened | | D．the accident happened on their way to Waikiki |
小题2: In the hospital room Shelli smiled for the first time after the accident because .| A．she liked people telling jokes. | | B．she had remembered all that had happened | | C．she was excited that she got her life back | | D．she understood the joke being talked about |
小题3: By saying “miracle after miracle”, Shelli means that .| A．she suffered what a terrible accident | | B．she appreciated the care of her husband so much | | C．the love for her family got her life back | | D．it really surprised her that she survived so many operations |
小题4:. After reading the passage, what impresses us most may be that.| A．Stephen’s not giving up | B．the doctor’s skill and hard work | | C．Shelli’s bravery and persistence | D．the couple’s faith |
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Children brought up on healthy diets are more intelligent compared with their junk food eating partners, a new research suggests.
Kids fed a diet packed high in fats, sugars, and processed(加工) foods had lower IQs than those fed pasta(意大利面食), salads and fruit, it was found.
The effect is so great that researchers from the University of Bristol said those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement.
Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early as the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life.
This indicated head growth at this time is linked to intellectual ability and “it is possible that good nutrition(营养)during this period may encourage excellent brain growth”
Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of around 14,000 children born in 1991 and 1992 as part of the West Country’s Avon Longitudinal(纵向的)Study of Parents and Children(ALSPAC).
Parents were questioned about the types and frequency of the food and drink their children consumed when they were three, four, seven and eight and a half years old. According to their different changing form, these children were marked and given grades which ranged from minus two for the most healthy to 10 for the most unhealthy.
In the research, IQ was measured of 4,000 children when they were eight and half years old, using a validated(经过认证的)test-the Wechsler Intelligence Scale(韦氏儿童智力量表)for Children.
The results found after taking account of some influential factors, a leading processed food diet at the age of three was associated with a lower IQ at the age of eight and a half, whether the diet was improved after that age.
Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ.
小题1: Scientists stressed good diet was essential in a child’s early life because .| A．the brain grows at its fastest rate during the first three years of life. | | B．those children with a “healthier” diet must get an IQ improvement. | | C．children brought up on healthy diets are less intelligent. | | D．these children were given good grades. |
小题2: Which of the following in NOT true?| A．Those children with a “healthier” diet may get an IQ improvement. | | B．Good nutrition at any stage may encourage excellent brain growth. | | C．Scientists tracked the long term health and happiness of about 14,000 children. | | D．Every 1 point increase in dietary pattern score was associated with a 1.67 fall in IQ. |
小题3: The recults found if a child ate a leading processed food diet when he was 3, he would .| A．have a higher IQ | | B．have a higher IQ as long as he improved his diet | | C．have one IQ when he was 8 | | D．have a lower IQ whether he improved his diet |
小题4: Parents were questioned except when their children were years old.小题5: What is the best title of the passage?| A．Food for thought | | B．What is healthy food? | | C．Healthy diet improves children’s intelligence | | D．How to become clever? |
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