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A man walked into a restaurant and asked for a glass of water. Then the girl in the restaurant pulled out a gun and shot him dead. Why? People asked to give reasonable explanation for the strange happening. All kinds of suggestions were made.
She was able to recognize him as a dangerous prisoner who ran away from the prison; she thought he was to rob her; she misheard what he said; asking for a glass of water had a special meaning for her and so on. All these explanations showed that the gun was used on purpose(有目的) to harm the man. The idea was easily accepted.
In fact, the explanation was that the man had an attack of hiccups(严重打嗝). It so happened that the girl in the restaurant knew that a great and sudden fear could get rid of hiccups. But she didn’t know the gun happened to be loaded(上子弹) that day.
1.The man asked for a glass of water because ______.
A. he was having an attack of hiccups
B. he was walked into a restaurant
C. he wanted to kill himself
D. he was too thirsty
2.The girl used a gun to the man because _______.
A. she wanted to kill him
B. she hated him
C. what the man said had a special meaning
D. she wanted to give him a sudden and great fear
3.Why did the man have an attack of hiccups?
A. Because he ate too much.
B. Because he was too old.
C. Because he ate too fast.
D. The passage didn’t tell us.
4.Which is TRUE to the passage?
A. The man just ran away from a prison.
B. The man wanted to rob the girl.
C. The girl misheard what the man said.
D. It is the girl’s kind help that happened to kill the man.
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In the United States, 30 percent of the people have a “weight problem”. To many people, the cause is obvious: they eat too much. But scientific evidence (证据) does little to support this idea. Going back to America of 1910, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically, walked more, used machines much less, and didn’t watch television.
Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people don’t eat more on average than thinner people. A 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers showed that fat people eat less than slim (苗条的) people.
Studies also show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University found the following interesting facts:
The more the man ran, the greater loss of the body fat.
The more they ran, the greater increase in food intake.
Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.
1.Nowadays many Americans have the problem that ______.
A．they lose too much body fat B．they work too hard
C．they are too fat D．they are too slim
2.According to the passage, how many people in 900 Americans have a “weight problem”?
A．150. B．300. C．600. D． 270.
3.Is there any scientific evidence to support the idea that eating too much is the cause of a “weight problem”?
A．We are not sure.
B．Of course, there is some evidence to support this.
C．There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this.
D．Yes, there is plenty of evidence.
4.The Americans in 1910 ________.
A．had more problems
B．ate less food but had more physical activities
C．ate less food and had less physical activities
D．ate more food and had more physical activies
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When I was about 12, I had an enemy, a girl who liked to point out my shortcomings(缺点). Sometimes she said I was thin. Sometimes she said I was lazy. Sometimes she said I wasn’t a good student. Sometimes she said I talked too much, and so on. I tried to put up with(忍受) her as long as I could. At last, I became very angry. I ran to my father with tears in my eyes.
He listened to me quietly, and then he asked, “Are the things she said true or not? Mary, didn’t you ever wonder what you’re really like? Go and make a list of everything she said and mark the points that are true. Pay no attention to the other things she said.”
I did as he told me and to my surprise, I discovered that about half the things were true.
I brought the list back to my dad. He refused to take it. “That’s just for you,” he said. “You know better than anyone else the truth about yourself. When something said about you is true, you’ll find it will be helpful to you. Don’t shut your ears. Listen to them all, but hear the truth and do what you think is right.”
Many years have passed. The situation often appears in my mind. In our life we often meet with some trouble and we often go to someone and ask for advice. For some advice you will treasure(珍惜) all your life!
1.What did the writer’s father do after he heard her complaints(抱怨)?
A．He told her not to pay attention to what her “enemy” had said.
B．he let her continue to put up with her “enemy”.
C．He told her to write down all her “enemy” had said about her.
D．He agreed with her “enemy”.
2.The writer felt ______ when she did the things as her father had told her.
A．sad B．angry
C．disappointed D．surprised
3.Which of the following can we know from the passage?
A．The writer is grateful to her father.
B．The “enemy” thought the writer studied hard.
C．The writer and her “enemy” became best friends at last.
D．The “enemy” thought the writer was pretty.
4.Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A．The Best Advice I Ever Had
B．A Serious Criticism(批评)
C．What People Say About You Is Always Right
D．My Parents
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Are you carrying too much on your back at school? You’re not alone. Back experts in the USA were worried that young students are having back and neck problems because they are carrying too much in their backpacks (schoolbags).
“It hurts my back when I run,” said Eglin Reyes, a student in Virginia. “It’s hard to get up the stairs with my backpack because it’s too heavy.”
Students have to carry heavy backpacks on their backs for a whole week’s study. Beeline is one of them. They have regular backpacks with two straps(带子) to carry them, but a number of students with heavy loads have switched to rolling backpacks. The backpacks have wheels and can roll on the ground.
Shirley Park’s backpack weighs 10 kilos, and she said, “I’ll change to a rolling backpack because I am starting to have back pain.”
How much is too much? Experts say that students should carry no more than 10 to 15 percent of their own body weight. A few students have had a good idea to lighten the load: Less homework.
Doctor’s suggestions:
●Lighten the load. Take home only the books the students need that night.
●Wide straps are better. They can send out weight over your shoulders and be sure to wear backpacks with two straps.
●The heaviest things should be packed closest to the back.
●Bend(弯曲) both knees when you pick up the pack, don’t just bend the waist(腰).
1.The main idea of the passage is about _______.
A. the problems made by rolling backpacks
B. the advantage of backpacks
C. the best backpacks for students
D. how to lighten students’ backpacks
2.If a child carries a heavy school bag ,__________
A. his back and neck will be hurt
B. his head and arms will be hurt
C. his hands will be hurt
D. his feet will be hurt
3.By the words of the experts, it’s better for a student of 40 kilos to carry a backpack of at most _______.
A. 7 kilos B. 8 kilos
C. 6 kilos D. 10 kilos
4.If students follow the doctor’s suggesting, they _______.
A. will know how to use backpacks
B. may feel their backpacks are lighter
C. can learn how to enjoy them
D. may do less homework
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Our surrounding(周围) is being polluted faster than nature and man’s present efforts can’t prevent it. Time is bringing us more people, an more people will bring us more industry, more cars, larger cities, and the growing use of man-made materials.
What can explain and solve this problem? The fact is that pollution is caused by man—by his desire for a modern way of life. We make “increasing industrialization” our chief aim. So we are always ready to offer everything: clean air, pure water, good food, our health and the future of our children. There is a constant flow of people from countryside to cities, eager for the benefit of our modern society. But as our technological achievements have grown in the last twenty years, pollution has become a serious problem.
Isn’t it time we stopped to ask ourselves where we are going—and why? It makes one think of the story about the airline pilot who told his passengers over the loudspeaker, “I’ve some good news and some bad news. The good news is that we’re making rapid progress at 530 miles per hour. The bad news is that we’re lost and don’t know where we’re going.” The sad fact is that this becomes a true story when spoken of our modern society.
1.Man can’t prevent the world from being polluted mainly because .
A. many man-made materials
B．more cars, trucks and buses
C. more people and more industry
D．more cities
2.People crowd into the cities because_________.
A．they want very much to find well-paid jobs
B．they eager for the achievement of our modern society
C．they have become tired of their homeland
D．they have a strong wish to become industrial workers
3.The story about the airline pilot tells us that_________.
A．man knows where the society is going
B．people do not welcome the rapid development of modern society
C．man can do little about the problem of pollution
D．the writer is worried about the future of our society
4.What does the writer really want to say in this passage?
A．With the development of technology, pollution has become a serious problem.
B．Lower the speed of development to stop pollution.
C．It’s time we did something to reduce pollution.
D．As industry is growing fast, pollution is the natural result.
