B
Those who claim bananas are fattening argue that bananas cause the body to make lots of insulin (胰岛素), and insulin causes fat growth.
How much insulin we produce is related to how fast food becomes sugar in our bloodstream. How can you know if food makes a lot of sugar quickly? The glycemic index(血糖指数), or GI rating tells us. Foods with GI scores above 75 are considered high-GI foods, leading to faster sugar development. Bananas have a GI of 62, which is considered low.
Weight loss can be a struggle for anyone, but it is especially hard for diabetics (糖尿病患者). A study looked at how the starch from unripe bananas affected the weight of a group of obese diabetics. After four weeks of a diet high in bananas, diabetics lost significantly more weight than on a control diet. They also saw improvements in insulin sensitivity from the banana diet.
What’s more, bananas have been shown to cut risks of strokes, diabetes and cancers (Bananas are the most powerful fruit for lowering the risk of kidney cancer.). Bananas are also a rich source of fiber, which has been shown to help weight loss. Bananas that still have some green on the skin are even higher in fiber.
Skins from green bananas can be taken and, after removing the stem and dark tip, cut into small pieces 2-3 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. These pieces can be made into a tea or added to a dish. When you eat the skins, be sure you are eating organic bananas. The flesh of regular bananas is low in pesticides, but the skins are not.
1. What conclusion can we draw from Paragraphs 1 & 2?
A. Bananas are likely to make people fat.
B. Insulin determines the amount of sugar.
C. Low-GI foods can turn into sugar more slowly.
D. The faster the food becomes sugar, the less insulin.
2.What does the author say about bananas?
A. Including bananas in diets is good for health.
B. Bananas can cure people suffering kidney cancer.
C. Eating organic bananas protect people from strokes.
D. Bananas’ abundant fiber improves insulin sensitivity.
3.What is discussed in the last paragraph?
A. The use of banana skins.
B. The benefits of banana skins.
C. The importance of banana skins.
D. The ways of choosing organic bananas.
4.In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage?
A. Education. B. Health. C. Culture. D. Science.
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B
Those who claim bananas are fattening argue that bananas cause the body to make lots of insulin (胰岛素), and insulin causes fat growth.
How much insulin we produce is related to how fast food becomes sugar in our bloodstream. How can you know if food makes a lot of sugar quickly? The glycemic index(血糖指数), or GI rating tells us. Foods with GI scores above 75 are considered high-GI foods, leading to faster sugar development. Bananas have a GI of 62, which is considered low.
Weight loss can be a struggle for anyone, but it is especially hard for diabetics (糖尿病患者). A study looked at how the starch from unripe bananas affected the weight of a group of obese diabetics. After four weeks of a diet high in bananas, diabetics lost significantly more weight than on a control diet. They also saw improvements in insulin sensitivity from the banana diet.
What’s more, bananas have been shown to cut risks of strokes, diabetes and cancers (Bananas are the most powerful fruit for lowering the risk of kidney cancer.). Bananas are also a rich source of fiber, which has been shown to help weight loss. Bananas that still have some green on the skin are even higher in fiber.
Skins from green bananas can be taken and, after removing the stem and dark tip, cut into small pieces 2-3 inches long and 1/2 inch wide. These pieces can be made into a tea or added to a dish. When you eat the skins, be sure you are eating organic bananas. The flesh of regular bananas is low in pesticides, but the skins are not.
1. What conclusion can we draw from Paragraphs 1 & 2?
A. Bananas are likely to make people fat.
B. Insulin determines the amount of sugar.
C. Low-GI foods can turn into sugar more slowly.
D. The faster the food becomes sugar, the less insulin.
2.What does the author say about bananas?
A. Including bananas in diets is good for health.
B. Bananas can cure people suffering kidney cancer.
C. Eating organic bananas protect people from strokes.
D. Bananas’ abundant fiber improves insulin sensitivity.
3.What is discussed in the last paragraph?
A. The use of banana skins.
B. The benefits of banana skins.
C. The importance of banana skins.
D. The ways of choosing organic bananas.
4.In which section of a newspaper can we read this passage?
A. Education. B. Health. C. Culture. D. Science.
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“Global warming could make humans shorter,” warn scientists who claim to have found evidence that it caused the world's first horses to shrink(收缩) nearly 50 million years ago. In fact, a team from the universities of Florida and Nebraska says it has found a link between the Earth heating up and the size of mammals – horses, in this case.
The scientists used fossils to follow the evolution of horses from their earliest appearance 56 million years ago. As temperature went up,their size went down, and vice versa(反之亦然);“ At one point they were as small as a house cat,” said Dr Jonathan Bloch, curator(博物馆长) of the Florida Museum of Natural History, which was quoted by the "Daily Mail" as saying.
The scientists say that the current warming could have the same effect on mammals and could even make humans smaller."Horses started out small, about the size of a small dog . What's surprising is that after they first appeared, they then became even smaller and then dramatically increased in size, and that exactly corresponds to the global warming event, followed by cooling”
"It had been known that mammals were small during that time and that it was warm, but we hadn't realized that temperature specifically was driving the evolution of body size," Dr Bloch said in the "Science" journal.
1.How did scientists find out the horses’ earliest appearance millions of years ago?
A. searching the data on the net
B. sorting through the pictures of ancient times
C. using fossils to follow the evolution
D. analyzing the related images
2.What can we infer form the passage?
A. As temperatures went up, horses dramatically increased in size
B. The temperature has no effect on mammals’ evolution
C. As temperatures went up, horses’ size went down
D. In history, it used to be warm at early times , followed by a certain period of sharply cooling down.
3.Which is the most closest meaning to the underlined words most probably mean _______.
A. react to B. be contradictory to
C. be consistent with D. differ from
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A. Global warming is to disappear
B. The temperature on earth is to decrease
C. Global warming makes human shorter
D. Mammals are dying out.
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An author who surveyed 600 millionaires has claimed that she found the secrets of getting rich. Sarah Stanley Fallaw, the author of The Next Millionaire Next Door: Enduring Strategies for Building Wealth, got her findings after she surveyed American millionaires in 2015 and 2016. The book is a follow-up to her father’s research in the 1998 bestseller The Millionaire Next Door, which Thomas J. Stanley wrote with William D. Danko.
Stanley Fallaw argues that resilience(抗逆力)in the face of refusal and strict goal setting are important to building wealth. “To build wealth, to build one’s own business, to ignore critics and media and neighbors, you must have the ambition to keep pursuing your goals past refusal and pain,” wrote Stanley Fallaw in the new book, according to Business Insider. She added, “Millionaires and other economically successful Americans who decide to climb the corporate ladder(企业晋升制度), or struggle to create a financial independence lifestyle early do so by pushing on without stop.”
Stanley Fallaw stresses the importance of setting goals and sticking to them, especially for budgeting. She says that living modestly even as your income grows will allow you to devote a greater percentage of your income towards savings and building wealth. “Most millionaires we interviewed stressed the great freedom that comes from spending below their means,” Stanley Fallaw writes.
The author says that the temptation(诱惑)to keep up with the spending habits of the people around can be highly harmful to building wealth. Particularly in the age of social media, when lavish(浪费的)vacations and new purchases are broadcast for the world to see, the perseverance(坚持)to live thriftily(节俭地)is important, Stanley Fallaw argues.
1.What was Sarah Stanley Fallaw’s book based on?
A.Her own life experiences.
B.Surveys on the American millionaires.
C.Her father’s book The Millionaire Next Door.
D.Her father’s partner William D. Danko’s advice.
2.Which is NOT the important quality for building wealth according to Stanley Fallaw?
A.Listening to others’ critics. B.Persevering through failure.
C.Sticking to your goals. D.Living a thrift life.
3.What is harmful for people to build wealth?
A.To live thriftily.
B.To follow others’ spending habits.
C.To avoid the temptation of new purchases.
D.To keep away from lavish vacations.
4.What is the best title of the passage?
A.What People Should Read B.Why We Need Strict Goals
C.How Millionaires Get Rich D.When People Will Become Millionaires
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Researchers claimed that waitresses who wear red get up to 26 percent extra in tips than they would wearing other colors. However, the team finds that the sexes tip very differently—with the bigger tips coming only from male customers.
No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time. Yet men, whether they realize it or not, add anything between 15 and 26 percent more to a waitress in red than they would if it was the same waitress wearing a different color.
The test was simple. Take 11 waitresses in five restaurants over a six-week period and ask them to wear the same kind of T-shirt every day but change the colors. Previous research has suggested waitresses could earn more if they acted charmingly or wore more make-up than their colleagues. But this study, by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, only changed the color of the T-shirt. Every other aspect from make-up to behavior remained the same.
When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.
A total of 272 restaurant customers were studied by researchers Nicolas Gueguen and Celine Jacob for the international journal of the tourism industry.
Even as a T-shirt, it shows just how much the color red is thought, by men, to increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of woman, said the researchers.
The researchers wrote: As red color has no negative effect on women customers, it could be in their interest to wear clothes at work.
1.The underlined word “identical” in Para. 4 probably means____________________.
A.different B.similar C.the same D.close
2. According to the passage, in the research by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research waitresses could earn more by _________________.
A.wearing red T-shirts B.putting on attractive make-up
C.changing the color of T-shirts D.behaving themselves
3.Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A.Bright color can increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of women.
B.Waitresses in red make no difference to female customers.
C.Make-up makes no difference to man customers.
D.Whether male customers tips more or not depends on service.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.People tip differently if waitresses wear different make-up.
B.Waitresses who wear red get more tips than they would wearing other colors.
C.Male customers are more interested in the red color.
D.Red color has no negative effect on female customers.
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Researchers claimed that waitresses who wear red get up to 26 percent extra in tips than they would wearing other colors. However, the team finds that the sexes tip very differently—with the bigger tips coming only from male customers.
No matter what color they wear, female diners will give the same kind of amounts for service every time. Yet men, whether they realize it or not, add anything between 15 and 26 percent more to a waitress in red than they would if it was the same waitress wearing a different color.
The test was simple. Take 11 waitresses in five restaurants over a six-week period and ask them to wear the same kind of T-shirt every day but change the colors. Previous research has suggested waitresses could earn more if they acted charmingly or wore more make-up than their colleagues. But this study, by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research, only changed the color of the T-shirt. Every other aspect from make-up to behavior remained the same.
When wearing either black, white, green, blue or yellow T-shirts, the size of the tips from both male and female customers was almost identical. But when they wore red, the size of the tips went up by between 15 and 26 percent from male customers, yet stayed the same from female ones.
A total of 272 restaurant customers were studied by researchers Nicolas Gueguen and Celine Jacob for the international journal of the tourism industry.
Even as a T-shirt, it shows just how much the color red is thought, by men, to increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of woman, said the researchers.
The researchers wrote: As red color has no negative effect on women customers, it could be in their interest to wear clothes at work.
1.The underlined word “identical” in Para. 4 probably means____________________.
A.different B.similar C.the same D.close
2.According to the passage, in the research by the Journal of Hospitality and Tourism Research waitresses could earn more by _________________.
A.wearing red T-shirts
B.putting on attractive make-up
C.changing the color of T-shirts
D.behaving themselves
3.Which of the following is right according to the passage?
A.Bright color can increase the physical and sexual attractiveness of women.
B.Waitresses in red make no difference to female customers.
C.Make-up makes no difference to man customers.
D.Whether male customers tips more or not depends on service.
4.What is the main idea of the passage?
A.People tip differently if waitresses wear different make-up.
B.Waitresses who wear red get more tips than they would wearing other colors.
C.Male customers are more interested in the red color.
D.Red color has no negative effect on female customers.
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He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father’s life who was the main 36 of support for the family. He had to _37__ the arms of his younger brother,and his younger brother became his ___38 _ ,never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes,he was completely unable to do _39_ in his life.
One late night,his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and went back to __40__ . But being so41___ ,his younger brother fell asleep,leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together,they had their share of problems and they would often __42__ . His younger brother wanted to live _43__ from him,living his own life,as many normal people do. So he was 44 __ and didn't know what to do.
A _45__ misfortune befell(降临) a girl. One night her mother,who suffered from mental illness ___46_ . So her father went out looking for her mother,leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a __47_ for her parents,only to overturn the stove,_48 __ in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister who was studying in another city,showed her _49__ to take care of her,she was determined to be completely _50__ . At school,she always studied hard.
One day,the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother’s arms are my arms;51_ the girl wrote: Broken wings,flying heart.
Disasters can 52_ at any time. If you choose only to complain and 53 from the ordeal(苦难的经历),it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be ___54 ,the hardship will turn out to be a(n) 55 on which new hopes will arise.
1.A. cause B. strength C. source D. course
2.A. live on B. take on C. turn on D. depend on
3.A. shadow B. volunteer C. bodyguard D. servant
4.A. something B. anything C. nothing D. everything
5.A. play B. work C. wait D. wash
6. A. tired B. angry C. impatient D. unfair
7.A. support B. separate C. quarrel D. avoid
8.A. lonely B. different C. separated D. divided
9. A. heartless B. heart-broken C. kind-hearted D. heart-warming
10.A. same B. similar C. simple D. strange
11.A. died B. disappeared C. dismissed D. failed
12.A. meal B. medicine C. heating D. plan
13.A. leading B. resulting C. taking D. bringing
14.A. willingness B. anxiety C. contribution D. respect
15.A. independent B. relaxed C. disabled D. energetic
16.A. since B. while C. as D. though
17.A. strike B. afford C. form D. return
18.A. hide B. remain C. survive D. escape
19.A. careful B. strong C. healthy D. polite
20.A. difficulty B. fortune C. occupation D. attitude
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He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father’s life who was the main 36 of support for the family. He had to _37__ the arms of his younger brother,and his younger brother became his ___38 _ ,never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes,he was completely unable to do _39_ in his life.
One late night,his younger brother accompanied him into the toilet and went back to __40__ . But being so 41___ ,his younger brother fell asleep,leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers grew up together,they had their share of problems and they would often __42__ . His younger brother wanted to live _43__ from him,living his own life,as many normal people do. So he was 44 __ and didn't know what to do.
A _45__ misfortune befell(降临) a girl. One night her mother,who suffered from mental illness ___46_ . So her father went out looking for her mother,leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a __47_ for her parents,only to overturn the stove, _48 __ in a fire which took her hands away.
Though her elder sister who was studying in another city,showed her _49__ to take care of her,she was determined to be completely _50__ . At school,she always studied hard.
One day,the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They were both asked to write something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother’s arms are my arms; 51_ the girl wrote: Broken wings,flying heart.
Disasters can 52_ at any time. If you choose only to complain and 53 from the ordeal(苦难的经历),it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be ___54 ,the hardship will turn out to be a(n) 55 on which new hopes will arise.
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He lost his arms in an accident that claimed his father’s life—who was the main resource of _______ for the family. He had to depend on the _______ of his younger brother. For the sake of taking care of him, his younger brother became his _______, never leaving him alone for years. Except for writing with his toes, he was completely unable to do _______in his life.
One late night, his younger brother _______ him into the toilet and then went back to the dorm to wait. But being so _______, his younger brother fell asleep, leaving him on the toilet for two hours. As the two brothers _______ up together, they had their share of problems and they would often _______. Then one day, his younger brother wanted to live _______ from him, living his own life, as many normal people do. So he was ________ and didn’t know what to do.
A similar misfortune happened to a girl, too. One night her mother, who suffered from mental illness, ________. So her father went out looking for her mother, leaving her alone at home. She tried to prepare a ________ for her parents, only to overturn die stove (炉子), resulting in a fire which look her hands away.
Though her elder sister who was ________ in another city, showed her willingness to take care of her, she was determined to be completely ________. And she made it.
One day, the boy and the girl were both invited to appear on a television interview program. They both were asked to ________ something on a piece of paper with their toes. The boy wrote: My younger brother’s arms are my arms; ________ the girl wrote: Broken wings, flying heart.
Disasters can ________ at any time. How you handle misfortune when confronted with it is the true test of your character. If you choose only to complain and ________ from the difficulties, it will always follow you wherever you go. But if you decide to be ________, the hardship will turn out to be a(n) ________ on which new hopes will arise.
1.A. reason B. strength C. support D. course
2.A. arms B. heart C. legs D. body
3.A. leader B. volunteer C. teacher D. shadow
4.A. anything B. nothing C. something D. everything
5.A. persuaded B. kept C. accompanied D. allowed
6.A. tired B. angry C. impatient D. unfair
7.A. grew B. woke C. brought D. picked
8.A. suggest B. discuss C. avoid D. quarrel
9.A. bravely B. differently C. separately D. thoughtfully
10.A. delighted B. hopeless C. kind-hearted D. heartbroken
11.A. injured B. disappeared C. disappointed D. lost
12.A. party B. meal C. paper D. work
13.A. travelling B. working C. studying D. teaching
14.A. energetic B. relaxed C. disabled D. independent
15.A. draw B. take C. picture D. write
16.A. while B. since C. as D. though
17.A. accept B. strike C. realize D. disappear
18.A. hide B. remain C. escape D. survive
19.A. careful B. polite C. healthy D. strong
20.A. fortune B. difficulty C. occupation D. power
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For those who are tired of doing the laundry, Samsung has found an answer: a washing machine that can tell you when your laundry is done via a smartphone app (application).
Strange though it may seem — "my wife already does that" was a common response among attendees viewing the device when it was introduced at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) this week — Samsung is just one of many appliance makers racing to install a large number of internet-connected features in machines in an effort to make them "smart".
Last year, it was a refrigerator that tweeted. This year, it's Wi-Fi-enabled laundry machines and fridges that can tell you when your groceries are going bad.
The washers and dryers, available starting in the spring, connect to any smartphone through a downloadable application. The phone can then be used as a remote control, so the machines can be turned on and off while their owner is at work or on the bus.
Samsung says it's not just something new — the app connection actually has some practical uses.
"If you started to dry clothes in the morning and forgot to take them out, you can go to your phone and restart your dryer for the time when come home, so your clothes are refreshed and ready to go." said spokesperson Amy Schmidt.
The company also says that with electricity rate (电价) varying depending on the time of day, more control over when the machines are used can help save money.
Perhaps, but what they will probably really accomplish is what all good technologies do — enable laziness. Rather than getting up to check on whether the laundry is done, users will instead monitor it on their phones while watching TV.
1. What can be inferred from the common response of the attendees at the CES?
A.The machine will be a big success.
B.their wives like doing the laundry.
C.The machine is unrelated to their life.
D.This kind of technology is familiar to them.
2.We can conclude from Samsung's statements that ________.
A.the app connection makes life easier
B.it is better to dry clothes in the morning
C.smartphone can shorten the drying time
D.we should refresh clothes back at home
3.What is the main idea of the last paragraph?
A.The laundry should be frequently checked
B.Lazy people like using such machines
C.Good technologies also cause problems
D.Television may help do the laundry
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Let’s be honest, kids are strange. And when you hear your three- year-old son arguing over who gets to be the mom while playing “house” alone in the other room, you might question if you’ve done something wrong as a parent. But don’t worry, it’s perfectly normal for your child to have an imaginary friend, and it even has some benefits. While your kids are benefiting from playing with their imaginary friend, try out these other ways to raise an intelligent child!
One of the biggest profits is that it promotes creativity. Just think about it-you have to be a special kind of creative to carry on a conversation with an imaginary figure that doesn’t respond. Developmental psychologist Marjorie Taylor told PureWow that your child’s creativity will remain with them as they get older, even when they stop hanging out with their “friend”.
Along with being more creative, they will also have a better developed and more different vocabulary as well as stronger social skills. Talking to “Sally” or “Bob” all day will allow them to practice their speech and conversation skills. Researchers at La Trobe University in Australia found that children who engage with their imaginary friends on a regular basis use more complex sentences and are more confident in everyday social situations.
There are also some benefits for the parents. If your child’s brothers or sisters aren’t around or they’re an only child, they have someone to entertain them while you spend the time on you never-ending to-do list. So even though it might get odd when your kids constantly ask you to set an extra plate at the table for their imaginary friends, they’ll benefit in the future from keeping them around. Having an extra member of the family can’t be that bad, the more the merrier, right?
1.Who is the three-year-old boy talking to while playing “house” alone?
A. His toy. B. His mother.
C. His brothers and sisters D. His imaginary friend.
2.How does Marjorie Taylor feel about children playing with heir “friend”?
A. It helps children develop better.
B. It relieves busy parents’ pressure.
C. It shows children’s loneliness.
D. It makes the family get closer.
3.What does the author suggest to parents?
A. Sparing time with children.
B. Taking children to play outside.
C. Adopting an extra member of family.
D. Letting children play with imaginary friends.
4.What is the best title for the text?
A. Ways to play creatively
B. Ways to raise an intelligent child
C. Benefits of children’s having imaginary friends
D. Benefits of letting your child play
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