题目
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As our country is trying to reduce the obesity numbers, eating disorder statistics continue to increase due to the push for thinner people. While obesity is a serious medical condition that can lead to many health problems, many of us try to lose weight for appearance purposes. Children as young as elementary school age have begun to worry about the numbers that appear on the scale. In my opinion, it seems that “fat” has become the new“ugly”.
Two weeks ago, 37-year-old Wisconsin television reporter Livingston, who is 235 pounds, received an email from a man named Krause. In the email Krause attacked her, writing,“Your physical condition hasn’t improved for many years. Surely you don’t consider yourself a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular.”
Today, it seems that a vast majority of people care more about how they look and appear to their peers rather than what is inside. The truth is that every person is built differently; we all come in different shapes and sizes. Just because someone is heavier, that doesn’t mean they eat large amounts of junk food around the day. Likewise, even though a person is thin, that doesn’t mean they are necessarily healthy and fit.
If you are reading this and you struggle with your weight or your appearance, please recognize that you are beautiful and special in your own way. You are worth so much more than you realize, and even if I don’t know you, understand that I respect and support you. Beauty is not defined by size; it is defined by how we treat others and respect ourselves. In the words of the talented film actress Kirstie Alley, “There’s a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.”
小题1:With so many people losing weight, it will end in .
A.models’ and actors’ appearance in ads |
B.the fall of media and entertainment industries |
C.more and more people becoming obesity |
D.more people’s suffering from eating disorder |
A.intelligence | B.weight | C.patience | D.strength |
A.people think “fat” looks ugly |
B.fat people are becoming cleverer |
C.physical condition is good |
D.young people never follow example |
A.people should pay attention to the appearance |
B.there is no need for any people to go on diet |
C.people are beautiful when they concern others |
D.there’s always someone who understands and supports you |
答案
小题1:D
小题2:B
小题3:A
小题4:C
解析
试题分析:这篇文章讲了减肥会造成一些不好的影响,并且诠释了美的真谛。人们关心其他人时,就是美丽的。
小题1:细节题:根据As our country is trying to reduce the obesity numbers, eating disorder statistics continue to increase due to the push for thinner people.可知越来越多的人减肥,会导致更多的人饮食混乱,故选D。
小题2:猜词题:根据While obesity is a serious medical condition that can lead to many health problems, many of us try to lose weight for appearance purposes. Children as young as elementary school age have begun to worry about the numbers that appear on the scale.可猜出“the numbers that appear on the scale”意思是体重,故选B。
小题3:推测题:根据Two weeks ago, 37-year-old Wisconsin television reporter Livingston, who is 235 pounds, received an email from a man named Krause. In the email Krause attacked her, writing,“Your physical condition hasn’t improved for many years. Surely you don’t consider yourself a suitable example for this community’s young people, girls in particular.”
可推测作者用Jennifer Livingston的例子说明人们认为“胖”看起来很丑,故选A。
小题4:推测题:根据Beauty is not defined by size; it is defined by how we treat others and respect ourselves. In the words of the talented film actress Kirstie Alley, “There’s a lot more to life than how fat or thin you are.” 可知Kirstie Alley说的话意思是人们关心其他人时,就是美丽的,故选C。
核心考点
试题【In our world today, the media and entertainment industries are constantly focusi】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Meanwhile, the state’s investment(投资) in public higher education has dropped over the past three decades, and now ranks 22nd in the country.That’s despite having the country’s largest public higher education system, the report said.
“It"s a collapse(衰退),” said Thomas Mortenson, author of the report, who is an independent analyst living in Iowa and a senior scholar at the Pell Institute for the Study of Opportunity in Higher Education in Washington, D. C. “Ranking 49th out of 50 states is an indication that shows the quality of the state’s educational has become much worse in recent decades.” Mortenson said in the report.As of 2007, California ranked 14th in the United States in terms of college educated members of the workforce over 25 years of age, a drop from eighth place in 1981, the report showed.
Mortenson said that California has never been the state of high status in education and economy while other states have made greater gains in building a college-educated workforce.
The California Faculty Association is using the report’s findings to criticize Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger’s proposed funding cuts for education.
Struggling with a 14.8-billion-dollar state budget deficit(赤字), Schwarzenegger has proposed a combination of sales tax increases, borrowing and major budget cuts, including cutting billions of dollars from the state’s education budget.
小题1:The passage is mainly about __________.
A.California’s worse situation in higher education |
B.the dangerous situation in California |
C.California’s research on education and economy |
D.funding cuts for high education in California |
A.investment in higher education has dropped in all states |
B.Thomas Mortenson works at California Faculty Association |
C.governor in California agreed to spend more money on education |
D.California had higher quality in higher education in the past |
A.the number of adults has decreased recently |
B.the result of report has been published late |
C.the money to invest in education has been cut |
D.the progress in other states has been made |
A.Arnold Schwarzenegger | B.Thomas Mortenson |
C.the Pell Institute | D.California Faculty Association |
Those who want beauty and something unique can go to the Seychells" La Digue Island.Large granite(花岗岩)rock formations overlook beautiful,whitesand beaches.The pinkishgrey rocks look like sculptures that have been forgotten on the beach.Tourists traveling to La Digue Island to see the unique rocks will also discover one of the world"s most beautiful islands.
Hawaii"s Big Island has one of the rarest beaches of all—a beach made up entirely of green sand.The sand,which is formed by dark green crystals called olivine(橄榄石),is deposited(堆积)by volcanic activity.Green Sand Beach lies on the slopes of the world"s largest active volcano,Mauna Loa.
One of the world"s most unusual beaches lies on the island of Santorini,Greece.The sand on Red Beach gets its reddish color from the red volcanic rocks that make up the cliffs(悬崖)around the beach.Tourists flock(蜂拥)to see the red sand,making Red Beach one of Santorini"s most popular beach destinations.
Black sand makes up the huge beach of Karakare.Through the years,volcanic sand mixed with iron ash to form this black beach on New Zealand"s wild,west coast.Many have seen Karekare in the movie The Piano and the TV show Xena:Warrior Princess.
With all the beautiful beaches in the world,beach lovers have lots of choices.But for those ready for something different,a unique beach vacation might be just the ticket!
小题1:What would be the best title of the passage?
A.One of the world"s most unusual beaches. |
B.Beach lovers having more choices. |
C.A unique beach vacation. |
D.Unique beaches around the world. |
A.swaying palm trees,turquoiseblue water,sugarwhite sand |
B.rocks,white sand,pinkishgrey,sculptures |
C.green sand,slopes of an active volcano |
D.black sand,iron ash,wild coast |
A.the cliffs around the beach |
B.the large granite rocks |
C.the red volcanic rocks |
D.crystals called olivine |
A.Santorini,Greece | B.Seychells" La Digue Island |
C.Hawaii"s Big Island | D.New Zealand |
A.Different beaches have different colors. |
B.Different places have different beaches. |
C.White sand and the blue water is the main characteristics of beaches. |
D.People have many choices for beach vacations. |
Expect a lot from your child,just not everything.Except for health and safety problems,such as drug use or careless driving,consider everything else open to discussion.If your child is unwilling to discuss something,don’t insist he tell you what’s on his mind.The more you insist, the more likely that he’ll clam up.Instead,let him try to solve things by himself. At the same time,remind him that you’re always there for him if he seeks advice or help.Show respect for your teenager’s privacy(隐私).Never read his mail or listen in on personal conversations.
Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family’s telephone for too long,tell him he can talk for l5 minutes,but then he must stay off the phone for at least all equal period of time.This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls,but teaches your teenager moderation(节制).Or if you are open to the idea,allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part-time job.
小题1:The main purpose of the text is to tell parents .
A.how to get along with a teenager |
B.how to respect a teenager |
C.how to help a teenager grow up |
D.how to understand a teenager |
A.become excited | B.show respect |
C.refuse to talk | D.seek help |
A.to use the phone in a proper way |
B.to pay for his own telephone |
C.to share the phone with friends |
D.to answer the phone quickly |
A.Not allow him to learn driving or take drugs. |
B.Give him advice only when necessary. |
C.Let him have his own telephone. |
D.Not talk about personal things with him. |
A good modern newspaper offers a variety to attract many different readers, but far more than any one reader is interested in. What brings this variety together in one place is its topicality, that is, its immediate relation to what is happening in your world and your locality now. But this immediacy and the speed of production that goes with it also mean that much of what appears in a newspaper has no more than temporary value. For all these reasons, no two people really read the same paper: what each person does is to put together, out of the pages of that day’s paper, his own selection and order, his own newspaper. For all these reasons, reading newspapers efficiently which means getting what you want from them without missing things you need but without wasting time, demands skill and self-awareness(意识) as you change and apply the techniques of reading.
小题1:What does the underlined word in the second paragraph mean ?
A.wide coverage | B.speed in reporting news |
C.various style | D.popularity among readers |
A.people are interested in the same kind of news |
B.different people prefer different newspapers |
C.people scan for the news they are interested in |
D.people have different views about what a good newspaper is |
A.readers like to read different newspapers |
B.it has to cover things that happen in a certain locality |
C.readers are difficult to please |
D.it tries to serve different readers |
A.The Characteristics of a Good Newspaper |
B.The Importance of a good Newspaper |
C.Good Newspapers and Bad Newspapers |
D.Some Advice on How to Read a Newspaper |
The authors also found that the death rates for teenage drivers increased sharply after 10 p.m., and especially after midnight. With passengers in the car, the driver was even more likely to die in a late-night accident.
Robert Foss, a scientist at the University of North Carolina Highway Safety Research Center, says the higher death rates for teenage drivers have less to do with “really stupid behavior” than with just a lack of driving experience. “The basic issue,” he says, “is that adults who are responsible for issuing licenses fail to recognize how complex and skilled a task driving is.”
Both he and the author of the study believe that the way to mitigate (使……缓解)the problem is to have states set up so-called graduated licensing systems, in which getting a license is a multistage process. A graduated license requires that a teenager first prove himself capable of driving in the presence of an adult, followed by a period of driving with night or passenger limits, before graduating to full driving licenses.
Graduated licensing systems have reduced teenage driver crashes, according to recent studies. About half of the states now have some sort of graduated licensing system in place, but only 10 of those states have limits on passengers. California is the strictest, with a new driver under 20 forbidden to carry any passenger (without the presence of an adult over 25) for the first six months.
小题1:Which of the following situations can we infer is most dangerous according to the passage?
A.A teenager driving after midnight with passengers in the car. |
B.Adults giving a lift to teenagers on the highway after 10 p.m. |
C.Adults driving with three or more teenage passengers late at night. |
D.A teenager getting a lift from a stranger on the highway at midnight. |
A.their frequent driving at night |
B.their improper ways of driving |
C.their driving with passengers |
D.their lack of driving experience |
A.The licensing departments are partly responsible for teenagers" driving accidents. |
B.Driving is too complex a skill for teenagers to learn. |
C.Teenagers should be forbidden to apply to take driving lessons. |
D.Teenagers should spend more time learning to drive. |
A.driving in the presence of an adult should be made a rule |
B.the licensing system should be improved |
C.they should not be allowed to drive after 10 p.m. |
D.they should be forbidden to take on passengers |
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