Donna Simpson weighs more than 600 pounds and aims to reach 1,000 pounds.The New Jersey woman is carrying a series of activities to become the world’s fattest living woman,admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.
Donna,who wears XXXXXXXL dresses, eats pounds of junk food and tries to move as little as possible.The 42-year-old woman is a model on a website,where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating food or walking to the car.She appeared in TV interviews and
said she welcomed media coverage.
Simpson has submitted a claim to the Guinness World Records for the title of the world’s heaviest woman to give birth.Among the heaviest women ever recorded was one who reportedly weighed 1,800 pounds and another who reportedly weighed 1,200 pounds at the time of their
deaths.
You might expect her husband to advise her to lose weight,but it is the other way round.To achieve her goal,Donna says she will need to eat up to 12,000 calories a day,compared to 2000 calories that a normal woman needs.
When she came across the website which made very fat women widely known,she came to know there were many women faced with the same problems.And after she admitted her real size,e-mails from people poured in.They sent her gifts through the post,expressing their care
for her.Donna was not feeling sorry for her goal,though she might risk her own life in the process.However, some have a different voice in Donna’s behavior.They hold that it is more important to do something useful than to become popular.After all,there are so many children faced with the shortage of food throughout the world.
1.. . One reason why Donna Simpson wants to be the heaviest woman is that________.
A. she is fond of challenging herself
B. she wants to advertise for food
C. she is crazy about public attention
D. she hopes to make fat women confident
2.. . We can learn from the passage that________.
A. Simpson is much fatter than any other woman
B. Simpson’s videos can be watched on the Internet
C. Simpson has broken the Guinness World Record
D. Simpson’s husband is strongly against her plan
3.. . What can we infer from the passage?
A. Simpson will go on a diet to keep fit
B. There’s no way for one to reach 1000 pounds
C. Most people take pity on Simpson
D. Simpson will take measures to achieve her goal
4.. . The author’s attitude towards Donna Simpson would be________.
A. negative B. uncertain C. encouraging D. annoying
5.. . What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Meet with the fattest person in the world
B. What’s the matter with Donna Simpson?
C. A US woman decided to be the world’s heaviest
D. The super-sized model planned to lose weight
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题
Donna Simpson weighs more than 600 pounds and aims to reach 1,000 pounds.The New Jersey woman is carrying a series of activities to become the world’s fattest living woman,admitting that she is as hungry for attention as she is for calorie-rich food.
Donna,who wears XXXXXXXL dresses, eats pounds of junk food and tries to move as little as possible.The 42-year-old woman is a model on a website,where admirers and the curious can pay to watch videos of her eating food or walking to the car.She appeared in TV interviews and
said she welcomed media coverage.
Simpson has submitted a claim to the Guinness World Records for the title of the world’s heaviest woman to give birth.Among the heaviest women ever recorded was one who reportedly weighed 1,800 pounds and another who reportedly weighed 1,200 pounds at the time of their
deaths.
You might expect her husband to advise her to lose weight,but it is the other way round.To achieve her goal,Donna says she will need to eat up to 12,000 calories a day,compared to 2000 calories that a normal woman needs.
When she came across the website which made very fat women widely known,she came to know there were many women faced with the same problems.And after she admitted her real size,e-mails from people poured in.They sent her gifts through the post,expressing their care
for her.Donna was not feeling sorry for her goal,though she might risk her own life in the process.However, some have a different voice in Donna’s behavior.They hold that it is more important to do something useful than to become popular.After all,there are so many children faced with the shortage of food throughout the world.
1.. . One reason why Donna Simpson wants to be the heaviest woman is that________.
A. she is fond of challenging herself
B. she wants to advertise for food
C. she is crazy about public attention
D. she hopes to make fat women confident
2.. . We can learn from the passage that________.
A. Simpson is much fatter than any other woman
B. Simpson’s videos can be watched on the Internet
C. Simpson has broken the Guinness World Record
D. Simpson’s husband is strongly against her plan
3.. . What can we infer from the passage?
A. Simpson will go on a diet to keep fit
B. There’s no way for one to reach 1000 pounds
C. Most people take pity on Simpson
D. Simpson will take measures to achieve her goal
4.. . The author’s attitude towards Donna Simpson would be________.
A. negative B. uncertain C. encouraging D. annoying
5.. . What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Meet with the fattest person in the world
B. What’s the matter with Donna Simpson?
C. A US woman decided to be the world’s heaviest
D. The super-sized model planned to lose weight
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完形填空。
She was only about five feet tall and probably never weighed more than 110 pounds. However, Miss Bessie was a(n) _________presence in the classroom. From 1938 to 1942,when I attended Saint Bernard's High School, she taught me a lot ________ I realized.
There was never a(n) ________ problem in Miss Bessie's classes. We didn't dare to trouble a woman who knew about the Battle of Hastings and could also play the piano and ________ Shakespeare and Milton.
Miss Bessie knew that my family couldn't afford to buy a newspaper. She knew we didn't ______ own a radio. Still, she ______ me to look out for my ______ and find some ways to _______ what's going on in the world. _______ I became a delivery boy who delivered newspapers. I _______ made a dollar a week, but I got to read a newspaper every day.
Miss Bessie noticed things that had nothing to do with schoolwork but were vital to a youngster's ________. Once a few classmates made fun of my _______ overcoat. As I was leaving school, Miss Bessie _______ me on the back of that old overcoat and said, “Carl, never worry about what you don't have. Just make the most of what you do have — a(n) _______”.
Among the things that I didn't have was_______ in the little wooden house. But because of her _________, I spent many hours beside a kerosene lamp (煤油灯) reading Shakespeare's works. Miss Bessie introduced me ________ a wonderful world of poems and stories. She led me to _______ that I could write poems as well as Shakespeare.
So I read __________ Miss Bessie told me to, and tried to remember the things she insisted that I store. Years later, her encouragement finally led to that lovely day when Miss Bessie dropped me a note ________ “I'm so proud to read your article in The Times.”
1.A.amusing B.towering C.interesting D.exciting
2.A.more than B.less than C.better than D.worse than
3.A.academy B.homework C.race D.discipline
4.A.make use of B.make fun of C.make sense of D.make lightof
5.A.even B.still C.ever D.yet
6.A.allowed B.forced C.turned D.encouraged
7.A.happiness B.future C.family D.mistake
8.A.catch up with B.come up with C.keep up with D.put up with
9.A.So B.And C.Because D.As
10.A.always B.merely C.sometimes D.almost
11.A.appearance B.health C.development D.performance
12.A.colourful B.modern C.informal D.used
13.A.patted B.hit C.struck D.pulled
14.A.house B.overcoat C.radio D.brain
15.A.money B.electricity C.water D.gas
16.A.inspiration B.anger C.curiosity D.sponsorship
17.A.to B.in C.of D.about
18.A.imagine B.believe C.dream D.insist
19.A.whenever B.wherever C.whichever D.whatever
20.A.writing B.printing C.saying D.speaking
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Teens and preteens who start the school day really early tend to weigh slightly more than those who start later. That’s the finding of a new study of nearly 30, 000 Canadians between the ages of 10 and 18. These data are the latest evidence that starting school too early can harm health.
“We know from earlier studies that when school starts too early, kids can’t get the sleep they need,” says Genevieve Gariepy. She works at Mcgill University in Montreal, Canada. Getting too little sleep can put kids at risk for a number of problems. Sleepy teens are more likely to be overweight, to have trouble concentrating and to struggle in school. They also are at higher risk of feeling depressed, using alcohol or drugs and getting in car accidents.
As an epidemiologist (流行病学家), Gariepy is interested in patterns of disease. She studies teen obesity,or extreme overweight. In this study,she wanted to know how earlier school start times might be linked to weight.
“Overweight and obesity in adolescents is a big problem in North America,” she says. The number of overweight kids has grown over the past 30 years. About one in three U. S. and Canadian teens are now overweight or obese. Kids who don’t sleep enough may be at higher risk. So Gariepy decided to find more about the impact of school start times.
Her team collected start times of 362 Canadian schools and found that among “6 to 10” graders, those who started school earlier tended to be slightly heavier for their height. Every 10-minute delay in school start time was linked, on average, to a slightly lower weight among students who were the same sex, age and height. But it’s not clear that changing school start time would help heavier kids lose weight. To know for sure, researchers would want to compare the same kids before and after changing to a later school start time.
1.What is the function of the first paragraph?
A.To introduce the main topic.
B.To show concern for teenagers
C.To show the importance of the study.
D.To offer advice on school starting time.
2.What does Gariepy want to find out in her research?
A.How to rid adolescents of being overweight.
B.The links between school start times and teen obesity.
C.Why more and more students are becoming obese.
D.The most suitable sleep time for school students.
3.What can we infer about the study of Gariepy and her team?
A.A 10-minute delay is enough. B.Schools may value its conclusion.
C.Its conclusion is reliable. D.More work remains to be done
4.What can be a suitable title of this text?
A.Experts Worry about the Health of Adolescents.
B.Overweight Becomes Common among teenagers.
C.Study Links Weight to School Starting Time.
D.Students Tend to Sleep Less Than Before.
高三英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
All of my childhood and early, adult life, my mom weighed over 220 pounds (one pound = 0.454 kilograms). I could feel the pain that my mom experienced with her fatness.
I was never uncomfortable about my mother, but I think she was uncomfortable about herself, and that feeling was painful for all of us. And she began to lose weight.
After more than twenty years of battling obesity(肥胖), my mother completed a forceful eighteen-month diet that left her ninety pounds lighter than before. A new woman was born! At age twenty-eight, I got a new mom! For the first time, I met the woman my mother truly was, the beautiful little lady under the fatness. It wasn’t so much her new body that was the surprise, but rather her new spirit.
To celebrate her new size and to devote herself to dancing again, my mother joined a “Mrs. Forty-Plus” competition, where she would have to model, give a speech and provide a dance performance. She told our family that she did not care if she won — she simply had always wanted to perform on stage.
She told each one of us, “I’m not doing it to win; I’m doing it to dance!”
The competition was exciting! I prayed that my mom would win, but while watching her on stage I was simply overjoyed just by her effort. To me, she had already won. She posed to perfection, her speech brought tears to everyone’s eyes, and her performance was wonderful.
That night, at age fifty-three, my mother was crowned (为......加冕) “Mrs. Forty-Plus”. She was the first person in our family to ever win such a title.
64. The first two paragraphs mainly show that the author’s mom was __________.
A. experienced B. painful C. comfortable D. fat
65. After the author’s mom completed a forceful eighteen-month diet, she was about __________.
A. 85 kilograms B. 41 kilograms C. 130 pounds D. 90 pounds
66. In order to join in the “Mrs. Forty-Plus” Competition, the author’s mom has to do the following EXCEPT __________.
A. providing a dance performance B. telling a funny story about herself
C. giving a speech to a large number of people D. wearing special clothes to show to people
67. The underlined part in Paragraph 6 means that __________.
A. the author’s mom succeeded in modeling and speaking
B. the author’s mom’s performance was very wonderful
C. the author’s mom was not successful in modeling
D. the author’s mom succeeded in making a speech
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
______ can be more exciting than the news that the Chinese national football team has reached the tournament knockout stage (淘汰赛阶段) at the Asian Cup.
A. Nothing B. Everything
C. Anything D. Something
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Upon reaching an ________ age, more often than not, children are encouraged, but not forced, “ to leave the nest.”
A.appropriate | B.adequate | C.automatic | D.accurate |
高三英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
B
What weighs 3500 pounds(1600kg)and lived 60 million years ago?Are you thinking of
dinosaurs?Guess again!You don,t have to go to a museum to see these creatures.They are alive
and swimming in the warm coastal waters of Florida.
Manatees(海牛)have lived a peaceful existence in the warm waters of Florida for 60
million years.However,they are now an endangered species.This means that if humans don,t do
something to save them,they will soon go the way of dinosaurs.
Humans have made life very difficult for manatees.One big danger that humans have
introduced is the speedboat.Because manatees are mammals.they need to come to the surface to breathe about every 5 to 6 minutes.This means that they are in constant danger of being caught in the propellers(螺旋桨)of speedboats.And boating aceidents are the greatest cause of death for them.
Manatees are in extra danger when they are in their sleeping or“torpor”state.They still
have to come to the surface for the air,but sometimes they are too sleepy to avoid the danger of approaching boats.
Another danger for manatees is the pollution that humans produce.Due to human pollution,
a deadly plant called red tide had increased greatly in the Gulf of Mexico.The plant,or algae,
t11riVes(繁茂)on pollution.It wiped out nearly 20 percent of the total manatee population on
earth.
Humans can help to save manatees。The government has established boating speed limits to
give the manatees.a chance to escape approaching speedlsoats.Everyone can help by cutting
down on waste and pollution to protect the waters for the manatees.
One famous singer,Jimmy Buffet,has helped save the manatees.He co-founded the Save the Manatee Club(SMC).SMC had begun an adoption(收养)program for the manatees.For a fee,sponsors(资助者)can name a manatee.Donations are used to help protect the manatees and their habitat.
45.The manatee is the kind of animal that___________.
A.1ikes living in the cold waters of Florida B.will die out if not protected in time
C.call dive in the deep sea for hours D.is the biggest living animal on earth
46.Why is it dangerous for manatees to be in a torpor state?
A.Because they come to the snlface to breathe,and that is when they are hunted.
B.Because they eat deadly algae,and this makes them too sick to avoid danger.
C.Because they live in groups and therefore they are easily hurt by passing boats.
D.Because they are sleepy when they surface,so they can,t avoid approaching boats.
47.The death of the manatees is largely due to__________.
A.human hunting B.human pollution
C.speedboat accidents D.deadly plants
48.To help protect manatees,people should_________.
A.never go speed boating in their living habitat
B.keep the waters of Florida free from pollution
C.have manatess named by sponsors without a fee
D.wake manatees up from their torpor state
高三英语阅读理解简单题查看答案及解析
At six feet, seven inches tall and weighing 253 pounds, Father was a quiet giant(巨人) who only roared when he was angry. He would work long days, often ________ when I was already in bed. My two younger sisters and I both loved and feared him. Hearing the words, “Just wait until your father comes home,” would guarantee the three of us would start ________immediately. I was seven years old the night the “giant” became a person, and my ________. All it took was the _____ of a tiny, dirty kitten.
I ________ to the sounds of my father coming home from work. I slipped out of bed and moved quietly towards the living room in hopes of spending a few precious minutes ________ with my parents without my annoying sisters around.
I heard mum say, “We cannot ________ it.” What was the “it”? The giant saw me and ________ I should sit down near him. I was at a loss, although ________ might be a better word, for I had never seen or heard of a giant crying before. Unshed(满眶) tears ________up in his eyes. His cheeks were ________ from the ones he had cried earlier.
The giant reached into a cardboard box and brought out a dirty young cat and ________ it on my lap. I was soon ________, as the giant shared a story with mum. As he spoke, with shaking shoulders caused by ________and at times sorrow, he transformed from a giant to a man who became my hero.
He ________ that he was on his way home when he heard two men laughing and talking. As he rounded the corner, he heard the most terrible scream of pain. He couldn’t ________ what he saw. The men had thrown a kitten into a furnace(火炉). He yelled and ran up to them but it was too _____. He couldn’t save the kitten. The men had run away and he was about to run after them when he saw another kitten at his feet.
“We have to ________ it; we have to keep it!” said the giant.
“It needs a ________,” said mum.
“I can help, Mommy!”
Reminded of my presence, mum and my hero sent me off to bed. As I fell asleep, I heard mum running some water.
We named the kitten Cinder and it joined our family. I never saw “the giant” again; I only saw my hero and a man whose heart was ________ than he was.
1.A.greeting B.chatting C.returning D.wandering
2.A.waiting B.escaping C.preparing D.behaving
3.A.model B.hero C.tutor D.friend
4.A.visit B.story C.arrival D.life
5.A.awoke B.listened C.rushed D.dreamed
6.A.straight B.alone C.indoors D.gradually
7.A.keep B.leave C.train D.clean
8.A.appealed B.urged C.indicated D.proposed
9.A.regretful B.hopeless C.unwilling D.terrified
10.A.built B.rolled C.blocked D.welled
11.A.wet B.red C.bright D.fresh
12.A.spread B.placed C.led D.dropped
13.A.discovered B.forgotten C.convinced D.relieved
14.A.fear B.surprise C.anxiety D.anger
15.A.argued B.emphasized C.explained D.summarized
16.A.believe B.prove C.guess D.judge
17.A.bad B.late C.fast D.far
18.A.help B.cure C.feed D.buy
19.A.meal B.rest C.bath D.lift
20.A.lighter B.purer C.warmer D.larger
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
At my heaviest I weighed 370 pounds. I had a very poor relationship with food: I used it to ________ bad feelings, to make myself feel better, and to celebrate. Worried about my health, I tried many different kinds of ________ but nothing worked. I came to believe that I could do nothing about my __________
When I was 50, my weight problem began to affect me ________ . I didn’t want to live the rest of my life with this ________ weight any more.
That year, I________ a seminar where we were asked to create a project that would touch the world. A seminar leader shared her ________ story —she had not only 125 pounds, but also raised $25,000 for homeless children._____ by her story, I created the As We Heal(痊愈), the World Heals _________. My goal was to lose 150 pounds in one year and raise $50,000________ a movement founded 30 years ago to end hunger. This combination of healing myself and healing the world ________ me as the perfect solution.______I began my own personal weight program, I was filled with the fear that I would ______ the same difficulties that beat me before. While the ________ hung over my head, there were also signs that I was headed down the right _________. I sent letters to everyone I knew, telling them about my project. It worked perfectly. Donations began __________in from hundreds of people.
Of course, I also took some practical steps to lose weight. I consulted with a physician(内科医生), I hired a fitness coach, and I began to eat small and __________ meals. My fund-raising focus also gave me new motivation to exercise _________.
A year later, I________ my goal: I lost 150 pounds and raised $50,000! I feel that I’ve been given a second life to devote to something that is __________ and enormous.
1.A.add B.mix C.kill D.share
2.A.diets B.drinks C.fruits D.dishes
3.A.height B.ability C.wisdom D.weight
4.A.temporarily B.recently C.seriously D.secretly
5.A.ideal B.extra C.normal D.low
6.A.attended B.organized C.recommended D.mentioned
7.A.folk B.success C.adventure D.science
8.A.Surprised B.Amused C.Influenced D.Disturbed
9.A.project B.business C.system D.custom
10.A.in search of B.in need of C.in place of D.in support of
11.A.scared B.considered C.confused D.struck
12.A.As B.Until C.If D.Unless
13.A.get over B.run into C.look for D.put aside
14.A.excitement B.joy C.anger D.fear
15.A.row B.hall C.path D.street
16.A.breaking B.flooding C.jumping D.stepping
17.A.heavy B.full C.expense D.healthy
18.A.regularly B.limitlessly C.suddenly D.randomly
19.A.set B.reached C.missed D.dropped
20.A.stressful B.painful C.meaningful D.peaceful
高三英语完形填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
Pets Comer is a company with dozens of pet stores and more than 600 employees around the UK.It is planning 1.(provide) the first-ever pet and human first aid course for its staff.
To develop the2.(special) designed course,training teams3.(organize) by now.The course will begin next month.The full-day course will cover two parts with the first part4.(deal) with humans and the second with dog and cat first aid.Topics covered will include different5.(situation) in our daily life which require first aid skills such as minor injuries,shock and unconsciousness.
Lucy Ross,Head of Training at Pets Comer,said, "At Pets Comer,we have always tried to apply an honest and moral approach to everything6.we do.This includes having the best trained staff in the industry.Every human customer as well as their pet animals7.(be) welcome in our stores.It s our duty to provide all of our staff8.the tools and knowledge they need to feel9.(confidence) in helping both pets and customers.Therefore,10.makes sense
that our staffs first aid knowledge is beyond all your expectations."
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