Children of America are getting fatter every ...

Children of America are getting fatter every time. 13% of the children at the age of 6 to 11 are overweight(too fat).

When we look at the children's lives today in the USA, we can see the root(origin)of the problem----sports and foods. Young children like sports but they don't have enough around the start of high school. That's especially true for girls. Meanwhile, to make matters worse, schools are becoming much more interested in sports teams. So children are not able to get enough exercise just when they need it the most. There is also the food problem. Children get most of their calories at restaurants or parties or somewhere else away from home. They often drink too many Cokes. Parents have a lot of fears about telling a child he needs to lose weight-- they are afraid it will push a child into an eating disorder. Some parents fear that pushing children to lose weight means their children will think they're not good enough, or not loved because of their weight. Parents need to come to terms with the fact that the family is very important to the children. The most useful program for children is called "family weight control". This is good news. Mom and Dad, even if they don't have weight problems, have to go through the same program as their children and learn how to get some exercise and how to eat healthily.

1.Why are American children getting fatter? The writer thinks

A. parents also have weight problem as their children

B. children drink too many Cokes

C. schools are more interested in sports teams

D. children have less exercise and eat unhealthily

2.The writer wants to tell parents that

A. overweight children are not loved by people

B. children are afraid to lose weight when they have to

C. family members can help overweight children a lot

D. girls don't like to exercise

3.The writer thinks if mother or father is on the same program as their children, _______.

A. "family weight control" will be successful

B. it will make the children eat much more

C. their children will not eat better

D. parents will feel sorry about themselves

4.Which of the following is NOT the root of overweight problem?

A. Higher-calorie　　　　 B. Less sports

C. Family weight control D. higher-fat foods.

5.What does “come to terms with” probably mean in the passage?

A. ignore 　　　　 　 B. give in to

C. get away with　　 D. do research into

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Children of America are getting fatter every time. 13% of the children at the age of 6 to 11 are overweight(too fat).

When we look at children's lives today in the USA, we can see the root(origin)of the problem--sports and foods. Young children like sports but they don't have enough around the start of high school. That's especially true for girls. Meanwhile, to make matters worse, schools are becoming much more interested in sports teams. So children are not able to get enough exercise just when they need it the most. There is also the food problem. Children get most of their calories(热量) at restaurants or parties or somewhere else away from home. They often drink too many Cokes. Parents have a lot of fears about telling a child he needs to lose weight-- they are afraid it will push a child into an eating disorder. Some parents fear that pushing children to lose weight means their children will think they're not good enough, or not loved because of their weight. Parents need to come to terms with the fact that the family is very important to the children. The most useful program for children is called "family weight control". This is good news. Mom and Dad, even if they don't have weight problems, have to go through the same program as their children and learn how to get some exercise and how to eat healthily.

1.Why are American children getting fatter? The writer thinks_______.

2.The writer wants to tell parents that_______.

3.The writer thinks if mother or father is on the same program as their children, _______.

4.Which of the following is NOT the root of overweight problem? _______.

5.What does “come to terms with” probably mean in the passage?

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Children of America are getting fatter every time. 13% of the children at the age of 6 to 11 are overweight (too fat).

When we look at the children's lives today in the USA, we can see the root of the problem----sports and foods. Young children like sports but they don't have enough around the start of high school. That's especially true for girls. Meanwhile, to make matters worse, schools are becoming much more interested in sports teams. So children are not able to get enough exercise just when they need it the most. There is also the food problem. Children get most of their calories at restaurants or parties or somewhere else away from home. They often drink too many Cokes. Parents have a lot of fears about telling a child he needs to lose weight-- they are afraid it will push a child into an eating disorder. Some parents fear that pushing children to lose weight means their children will think they're not good enough, or not loved because of their weight. Parents need to come to terms with(向…妥协) the fact that the family is very important to the children. The most useful program for children is called "family weight control". This is good news. Mom and Dad, even if they don't have weight problems, have to go through the same program as their children and learn how to get some exercise and how to eat healthily.

1.Why are American children getting fatter? The writer thinks ______________________.

A. parents also have weight problem as their children

B. children have less exercise and eat unhealthily

C. schools are more interested in sports teams

D. children drink too many Cokes

2.The writer wants to tell parents that _________________.

A. overweight children are not loved by people

B. family members can help overweight children a lot

C. children are afraid to lose weight when they have to

D. girls don't like to exercise

3.The writer thinks if mother or father is on the same program as their children, _______.

A. their children will not eat better

B. it will make the children eat much more

C. "family weight control" will be successful

D. parents will feel sorry about themselves

4.Which of the following is NOT the root of overweight problem?

A. Family weight control B. Less sports

C. Higher-calorie 　　　　 D. higher-fat foods.

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PALO AITO, California—“Switching off the television may help prevent children from getting fatter—even if they do not change their diet or increase the amount they exercise,” US researchers said last week.

A study of 192 third and fourth grades, generally aged eight and nine, found that children who cut the number of hours spent watching television gained nearly two pounds(0.91 kg) less over a one-year period than those who did not change their television diet.

“The findings are important because they show that weight loss can only be the result of a reduction in television viewing and not any other activity,” said Thomas Robinson, a pediatrician(儿科专家) at Stanford University.

“American children spend an average of more than four hours per day watching television and videos or playing games, and rates of childhood being very fat have doubled over the past 20 years,” Robinson said.

In the study, presented this week to the Pediatric Academic Societies’ annual meeting in San Francisco, the researchers persuaded about 100 of the students to reduce their television viewing by one-quarter to one-third.

Children watching fewer hours of television showed a significantly smaller increase in waist size and had less body fat than other students who continue their normal television viewing, even though neither group ate a special diet nor took part in any extra exercise.

“One explanation for the weight loss could be the children unstuck to the television may simply have been moving around and burning off calories,” Robinson said.

“Another reason might be due to eating fewer meals in front of the television. Some studies have suggested that eating in front of the TV encourages people to eat more,” Robinson added.

1.The purpose of the first two paragraphs is ______.

A. to report the time children spend watching TV

B. to show that more TV time leads to getting fatter

C. to tell us the best way to reduce weight

D. to introduce the background of the research

2.According to the passage, the time American children usually spend on watching TV ____.

A. is more than four hours a day       B. is less than four hours a day

C. doubled in the last twenty years      D. is more than on any other activities

3. The time the 100 children spend on TV every day is about _______ in the study.

A. a quarter of an hour    B. four hours             C. three hours          D. one hour

4.Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage ?

A. Weight increase owes to the result of a reduction in TV viewing.

B. The percentage of children getting fatter has doubled in the last 20 years.

C. Children usually eat less while watching TV.

D. Children usually eat nothing while watching TV.

5.The main idea of the passage would be ______.

A. less TV time helps reduce children’s weight

B. fewer meals is a must in reducing children’s weight

C. the less you eat, the thinner you will be

D. more exercise is of great benefit to reduce weight

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In every country there are times to celebrate, weddings, birthdays, religious festivals. Although the U.S.A is a multi-cultural society, where different groups celebrate their own traditional 21 , Christmas is the most popular holiday in the U.S.A. Some of the 22  of Christmas time are old and others are newer.

Already in the late 18^th and the 19^th centuries, people felt sentimental (眷恋的) about Christmases of the past. The American 23 , Washington Irving, wrote in 1819 about the old-fashioned Christmas he experienced in England. He was taken in a stagecoach (驿站马车) full of happy people, food and presents, to an old house in the 24 . There, he found a crowd of happy farmers, lots of food and drinks, snow, games and ghosts.

The first Christmas card, which was printed in England, showed people eating and drinking 25 . It was sent in 1846, but Christmas cards did not become really 26  until the 1860s, when color printing became possible.

By this time, stagecoaches had 27  running, replaced by the railroad. More and more families 28  the country and were living in towns and cities, but the dream of the 29  Christmas remained. The loaded stagecoach driving along the country road through the snow still 30  on many Christmas cards today.

1.A. festivals             B. weddings              C. parties                            D. birthdays

2.A. foods                  B. traditions              C. cards                      D. decorations

3.A. writer                 B. singer                     C. designer                D. farmer

4.A. city                      B. country                  C. town                       D. hill

5.A. dangerously      B. happily                   C. equally                   D. generously

6.A. usual                   B. famous                  C. popular                  D. regular

7.A. started               B. kept                        C. stopped                 D. continued

8.A. left                      B. preferred              C. admired                 D. reached

9.A. amazing             B. new                        C. merry                     D. old-fashioned

10.A. turns                          B. appears                 C. puts                        D. gets

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Although it’s at ____ dusk, the children don’t get tired of playing ____ football outside.

A.  the; the         B. /; /         C. /; the　　     D. the; /

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Children　 can get close to ________nature by taking part in ________series of outdoor activities.

A．the；/　　 B．the；a　　　　 C．/；the　　　　 D．/；a

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At _______ present we are going through a hard time, but I’m sure______ things will get better in the near future．

A．the ; the B．the ; / C．/ ; a D．/ ; /

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Language learning begins with listening.Children are greatly different in the amount of listening they do before they start speaking,and later starters are often long listeners. Most children will“obey”spoken instructions some time before they can speak,though the word“obey”is hardly accurate as a description of the eager and delighted cooperation usually shown by the child.Before they can speak,many children will also ask questions by gesture and by making questioning noises.

Any attempt to study the development from the noises babies make to their first spoken words leads to considerable difficulties.It is agreed that they enjoy making noises, and that during the first few months one or two noises sort themselves as particularly expressive as delight,pain,friendliness,and so on.But since these can’t be said to show the baby’s intention to communicate,they can hardly be regarded as early forms of language.It is agreed,too,that from about three months they play with sounds for enjoyment,and that by six months they are able to add new words to their store.This selfimitation(模仿) leads on to deliberate(有意的) imitation of sounds made or words spoken to them by other people.The problem then arises as to the point at which one can say that these imitations can be considered as speech.

It is a problem we need to get out teeth into.The meaning of a word depends on what a particular person means by it in a particular situation and it is clear that what a child means by a word will change as he gains more experience of the world.Thus the use at seven months of“mama”as a greeting for his mother cannot be dismissed as a meaningless sound simply because he also uses it at other times for his father,his dog,or anything else he likes.Playful and meaningless imitation of what other people say continues after the child has begun to speak for himself,I doubt,however whether anything is gained when parents take advantage of this ability in an attempt to teach new sounds.

1.Before children start speaking________.

2.Children who start speaking late________.

3.The problem of deciding at what point a baby’s imitations can be considered as speech________.

4.The speaker wants to tell us that________.

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Our headmaster insists that every student of our school 　　　　 full use of his time to get ready for the final exams.

A. made B. makes C. make D. would make

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