I used to be the most determined resolution-m...

I used to be the most determined resolution-maker. Even as a child, I was always goal-centered and loved the feeling of accomplishing things, and every January 1st, I would sit down and write out my resolutions (目标) for the upcoming year. And what resolutions they were! I always picked big goals, like: In the New Year, I will lose 50 pounds! And run a marathon! And study scripture (圣经) every day!

The problem? I’d start out strong, but by February or March, I’d be out of willpower and I’d slide quietly back into my old habits. Every winter, I’d feel guilty and ashamed, looking back at all of the amazing things... I think one of my biggest problems with New Years resolutions was wanting to “dream big” but not having the skills and ability to do those things.

Now I take the opposite approach I’m all about the little goals. First, little goals are easy to set. Instead of saying I’m going to run a marathon, I’ve decided I’m going to run 20 minutes three days a week. Second, little goals are easier to accomplish. Every time I check one of my mini goals off my list, I feel a burst of pride and accomplishment. It’s a great feeling, and I don’t have to wait until the end of the year to enjoy it!

The other great thing about making small goals instead of resolutions is that you can build small goals on top of each other, adding the achievements together. For instance, recently I decided to make sure I ate five servings of fruits and vegetables a day. After a few months, this became a solid habit.

1.Why did the author feel guilty and ashamed?

A.Because she picked big goals as her resolutions.

B.Because she failed to accomplish her resolutions.

C.Because she was looking back at the amazing things.

D.Because she loved the feeling of accomplishing things.

2.How did she change her new year’s resolutions?

A.She put all of her goals together.

B.She checked mini goals off her list.

C.She set small goals instead of big ones.

D.She didn’t make resolutions any more.

3.What did the author want to say in the last paragraph?

A.Small goals are easy to set.

B.Making resolutions is not reasonable.

C.Eating fruits and vegetable is a good habit.

D.Small goal can contribute to big achievements.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Setting Small Goals Not Big Ones B.Combining Big and Small Goals

C.Making New Year’s Resolutions D.Setting and Achieving My Goals

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The captain determined to be with the ship forever and never _____ to disappointment even when the ship sank.

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The effect of bullying(欺凌) can be serious and even lead to tragedy. Unfortunately，it is still a mostly researched area.

1.That year，two students with shotguns，both of whom had been considered gifted and who had been bullied for years，killed 13 people，wounded 24 and then committed suicide.A year later，an analysis by the US government found that bullying played a major role in more than two-thirds of the campus violence.

2.Numerous invaders throughout history have tried to defend their bullying behavior by claiming that they themselves were bullied. 3. Although there is no justification for bullying，many of the worst humans in history have indeed bullies and victims of bullying.

Since bullying is often ignored,it may provide an important clue in crowd behavior and passer-by behavior.4.Many of them have suggested bullying as one of the reasons of this becoming less sensitive to violence.5.in this sense，bullying affects not only the bullied but his friends and classmates and the whole society.

A.Research indicates that the victim often becomes the bully.

B.Psychologists have been puzzled by the inactivity of crowds and bystanders when crimes occur in crowded places.

C.More attention should be paid　 to people's reaction to bullying when it happens.

D.Hitler,for example,is claimed to have been a victim of bullying in his childhood.

E.Campus bullying is becoming a serious problem in some high schools in big cities.

F.The friends and classmates of the bully and the victim also accept the violence as normal.

G.The link between bullying and school violence has attracted increasing attention since 1999.

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---Which book do you think is the most useful to my studies?

---________, as long as you read it. In fact, they are out of date.

A. None                 B. Neither                  C. Any                                D. Either

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

Most children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens(过敏原), prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?

A study finds that, contrary to many parents’ fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child’s risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study’s lead author, Dr. Dennis Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, said that even he was “very surprised” by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first years of life to those who were not.

By using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.

Even more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps “exercise” their immune（免疫的） systems early in life so that they’re better able to resist allergic diseases later.

“There’s something very important in the first years of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain it away from an allergic response,” said Dr. William Davis.

And while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child’s allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there’s no need to get rid of them.

56．Why do the researchers feel “very surprised” by the results of the study?

A. Because the results are contrary to what they have expected.

B. Because so many families are going to get rid of their cats and dogs.

C. Because parents are so much worried about their children.

D. Because children with animals may develop allergies easily.

57．Compared with children who have pets, those who haven’t ________.

A. will lose the chance to develop immune system

B. may suffer allergic diseases more often

C. will reduce the harm from bacteria

D. are more likely to resist allergic diseases

58.．It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. pets are ill-treated by their owners

B. fewer families would like to own cats and dogs

C. keeping pets is a good way to keep children healthy

D. the results of the study can make families with pets feel at ease

59．The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph refers to ________.

A. the early life                       B. an allergic disease

C. immune system                     D. something important

60．What may be the best title of the passage?

A. How to protect your kids from allergies.  B. Your pets may be helping your kids.

C. Bacteria do good to your kids.          D. Advantages of owning pets.

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第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）

Most children, even the youngest of children, are delighted to be around cats and dogs. But these pets carry plenty of germs and allergens(过敏原), prompting researchers to ask: Are cats and dogs really safe for children?

A study finds that, contrary to many parents’ fears, owning cats or dogs does not increase a child’s risk of developing allergies, and in fact, may actually protect them. The study’s lead author, Dr. Dennis Ownby of the Medical College of Georgia, said that even he was “very surprised” by the results. Ownby and colleagues followed more than 470 children from birth to age 6 or 7, comparing those exposed to cats and dogs during their first years of life to those who were not.

By using skin-prick tests for detecting common allergies, the researchers found that, contrary to what many doctors had been taught for years, children who had lived with a pet were not at greater risk.

Even more remarkable, children who had two or more dogs or cats had an even greater reduction, up to 77 percent, in risk of allergies. Researchers suggest this protective effect may be the result of early exposure to lots of bacteria that are carried by dogs and cats. Exposing young children to these bacteria helps “exercise” their immune（免疫的） systems early in life so that they’re better able to resist allergic diseases later.

“There’s something very important in the first years of life when the immune system is developing that we can retrain it away from an allergic response,” said Dr. William Davis.

And while researchers are not encouraging parents to buy dogs or cats just to reduce a child’s allergy risk, they say if a family already has one or more animals, there’s no need to get rid of them.

56. Why do the researchers feel “very surprised” by the results of the study?

A. Because the results are contrary to what they have expected.

B. Because so many families are going to get rid of their cats and dogs.

C. Because parents are so much worried about their children.

D. Because children with animals may develop allergies easily.

57. Compared with children who have pets, those who haven’t ________.

A. will lose the chance to develop immune system

B. may suffer allergic diseases more often

C. will reduce the harm from bacteria

D. are more likely to resist allergic diseases

58. It can be inferred from the passage that ________.

A. pets are ill-treated by their owners

B. fewer families would like to own cats and dogs

C. keeping pets is a good way to keep children healthy

D. the results of the study can make families with pets feel at ease

59.The underlined word “it” in the fifth paragraph refers to ________.

A. the early life                       B. an allergic disease

C. immune system                    D. something important

60. What may be the best title of the passage?

A. How to protect your kids from allergies. B. Your pets may be helping your kids.

C. Bacteria do good to your kids.         D. Advantages of owning pets.

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Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The result: 10% fewer heart attacks, 8% fewer strokes, 4% fewer deaths, 11% fewer new cases of heart disease, and 240 billion dollars in health care savings.

Researchers found it could prevent 100,000 heart attacks and 92,000 deaths every year.

The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California, San Francisco was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one half teaspoon, less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia University.

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium（钠）, which is how foods may list their salt content.

The government says the average American man ears ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies, while blood pressures have also rise. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Critics call it government interference.

Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas, like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute show that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children.

1.According to the passage, what disease is not related to salt in diet?

A.Cancer.                    B. Stroke.                C. Blood pressure.                D. Heart attack.

2.It can be inferred from the passage that________.

A. all the heart diseases result from eating too much salt

B. the American Heart association suggest less than 3 grams of salt a day for everyone

C. how much salt is contained in certain food is measured by the amount of sodium

D. the less salt one eats, the healthier he will be

3.The National Salt Reduction Initiative aims to________.

A. attract the public attention to the problem

B. require fast food places to list salt information

C. inform people of the harm that salt does to health

D. put pressure on food companies and restaurants

4.The last paragraph mainly tells us________.

A. Bloomberg has made some other efforts to improve people’s health

B. Bloomberg is very successful in his career

C. parents must pay great attention to calorie information

D. a new study is being done about calorie information

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Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The result: thirteen percent fewer heart attacks. Eight percent fewer strokes. Four percent fewer deaths. Eleven percent fewer new cases of heart disease. And two hundred forty billion dollars in health care savings.

Researchers found it could prevent one hundred thousand heart attacks and ninety-two thousand deaths every year.

The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten, at the University of California, was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams, or one-half teaspoon, less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia University.

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium, which is how foods may list their salt content.

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies, while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants.

Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas, like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children's Research Institute shows how that idea can influence what parents order for their children.

Ninety-nine parents of three to six year olds took part. Half had McDonald's menus clearly showing how many calories were in each food. The other half got menus without the calorie information.

1. How many heart attacks will occur in the US every year？

A. nearly 800,000.                           B. 24,000.

C. 100,000.                                  D. 92,000.

2. We can learn from the passage that ________.

A. Americans ate no more than 5 grams of salt per day in the 1970s

B. the American Heart Association suggest less than 3 grams of salt every day

C. a reduction in salt in the diet helps lower blood pressure

D. all the heart diseases result from eating more salt

3.The National Salt Reduction Initiative aims to ________.

A. advise Americans to eat less salt

B. put pressure on food companies and restaurants

C. require fast food places to list calorie information

D. attract the public attention to the problem

4.All the following are related to the salt in diet except ________.

A. strokes                                   B. heart attacks

C. blood pressures                           D. stomach diseases

5.The best title of the passage of the passage is ________.

A. Less salt can mean more life

B. Prevent heart attacks and deaths

C. The National Salt Reduction Initiative

D. Americans should eat less salt

高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析

Even a small reduction in salt in the diet can be a big help to the heart. A new study used a computer model to predict how just three grams less a day would affect heart disease in the United States.

The result：10％ fewer heart attacks. 8％ fewer strokes. 4％ fewer deaths. 11％ fewer new cases of heart disease. And 240 billion dollars in health care savings.

Researchers found it could prevent 10，000 heart attacks and 9。200 deaths every year.

The study is in the New England Journal of Medicine. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo at the University of California San Francisco was the lead author. She says people would not even notice a difference in taste with three grams， or one-half teaspoon，less salt per day. The team also included researchers at Stanford and Columbia Uni versity.

Each gram of salt contains four hundred milligrams of sodium（钠），which is how foods may list their salt content.

The government says the average American man eats ten grams of salt a day. The American Heart Association advises no more than three grams for healthy people. It says salt in the American diet has increased fifty percent since the nineteen seventies， while blood pressures have also risen. Less salt can mean a lower blood pressure.

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg is leading an effort called the National Salt Reduction Initiative. The idea is to put pressure on food companies and restaurants. Critics call it government interference.

Mayor Bloomberg has already succeeded in other areas， like requiring fast food places in the city to list calorie information. Now a study by the Seattle Children’s Research Institute shows that the calorie information on the menu can influence what parents order for their children.

1.We can tell from the passage that now        heart attacks occur in the US every year.

2.It can be inferred from the passage that           .

3.The last paragraph mainly tells us            .

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In the near future，we may be using our eyes to operate our smart-phones and tablets，even when it comes to playing popular games like Fruit Ninja．

The Gaze Group has been developing eye-controlled computer technology for nearly 20 years．But those devices have been firstly designed to help those with disabilities，and are very expensive．

“After a while，we figured out that probably the best way is to go for a mass-market way，” says Gaze’s Sune Alstrup Johansen．“where everybody would have this available．"

Johansen and some of his colleagues have formed a new company，the Eye Tribe，which is hoping to develop the technology on a mass commercial level．

The technology works with the help of the computing device toward the user’s face． After making sure of the user’s eye movements，the technology is then able to easily find where a person’s eyes are moving，and then allow the eyes to control a cursor（光标）．

“Our software can then determine the location of the eyes and know where you’re looking on the screen to make sure what you’re looking at，“reads an explanation on the Eye Tribe site．

There has been a gradual change toward hands-free technology in recent years， particularly in the gaming world．Recently Xbox released the Kinect device，which lets users control their Xbox and play certain games using only their hands，legs and voices． But still，most of these devices have been more of a gimmick than a practical way to use one’s hands to control a mobile device．Johansen said a replaceable filter（滤光器）would be a cheap，convenient way for most consumers．

And even as companies like The Eye Tribe work to create such a product for the average user, making the eye-controlled technology more accessible and less expensive will have similar benefits for physically disabled users.

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1.Which of the following is the main idea of the passage?

A．An introduction of a new device．

B．An introduction of smart-phones．

C．An introduction of eye-controlling technology．

D．An introduction of a new technology for the disabled．

2.The underlined word“gimmick” probably means________.

A．a trick      B．a way  C．a lie     D．a dream

3.According to the passage，we can learn that________.

A．the eye-controlling technology was first developed for the blind

B．the present developing 0f the technology will bring no good

C．there is no such a phone as we can use only with our eyes at present

D．the eye-controlling technology is only intended for the disabled people

4.This passage is probably taken from________.

A．an experiment report         B．a science fiction

C．a school textbook                  D．a science website

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