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【题目】根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

Tired of your quiet routine? 16 and taking up an extreme sport?

You can ride a bicycle, right? In that case youre half way to becoming a mountain biker. All you have to do is take your bike off the road and try some rough areas. 17 and became an Olympic sport in 1996. In the London 2012 Olympic Games athletes had to navigate a 4.7-kilometre track in less than two hours.

Not challenging enough? Skydivers(花样跳伞运动员) jump from aircraft at an altitude of 1,000 to 4,000 metres. 18 . Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump at the age of 54. The minute she came down she wanted to go up again. "I was hooked, "said Dilys.

It seems that theres no lack of imagination when it comes to risking life to look cool and get the heart pounding. Surfing, diving, rock climbing… How about turning one of your chores into a daredevil(冒失鬼) pursuit? 19 ! Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be dangerous, depending on the mountain. Extreme ironing is said to have been created in the 1990s in the English town of Leicester by a man who saw a pile of wrinkled clothes and felt bored. That was Phil Shaw who also won the only Extreme Ironing World Championships ever held, in Germany in 2002. 20 . Shaw says, "Sometimes they look confused; sometimes they laugh. Its fun to see how people respond to it."

A. Extreme ironing isnt for timid people

B. Some peple have invented base jumping

C. You can see people and cars, which is amazing

D. How about leaving your computer games behind

E. You have to be fit but theres no age limit with this sport

F. Mountain biking was developed in California in the 1970s

G. For him, the thrill of this sport comes from looking at the audiences faces

【答案

【1】D

【2】F

【3】E

【4】A

【5】G

【解析

【语篇解读】如果你对平淡的生活厌倦了,可以尝试一下文章中介绍的极限运动。

小题1根据上文的"Tired of your quiet routine?"和下文的"and taking up an extreme sport? "可知,D项"放下电脑游戏怎么样"符合语境。

小题2根据下文的"became an Olympic sport in 1996"可知,F项"山地自行车运动是在20世纪70年代在加利福尼亚发展起来的"符合语境。

小题3根据下文的"Dilys Price from Cardiff went on her first jump at the age of 54."可知,E项符合语境。

小题4根据下文的"Pressing your shirt on top of a mountain could be dangerous"可知,这个运动不适合胆小的人。故答案为A。

小题5根据下文的"Shaw says,Sometimes they look confused, sometimes they laugh. It’s fun to see how people respond to it.’ "可知,对Shaw来说,看观众的脸(上的表情)是这项运动刺激的地方。故答案为G。

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Restaurant chefs, home cooks, and foodies people who love good food often say that we eat with all of our senses.

First, we use our sense of sight to appreciate how a meal is presented, either on a dinner plate or a dining table. 1 Additionally, with our sense of smell, we breathe in the mouth-watering smell rising up from the meal. Finally, we enjoy the food with our sense of taste.

But does sound also affect our dining experience? A new report from researchers at Brigham Young University said yes. Hearing is often called "the forgotten food sense." says Ryan Elder, and assistant professor of marketing at Brigham Young University. 2 On the other hand, watching loud television or listening to loud music while eating can hide such noises. And this could lead to overeating.

During the experiments, the test subjects wore headphones and listened to noise at either a high or low audio level. 3 The study found that subjects who listened to the higher volume noise ate more pretzels than those with the low audio levels.

Elder says that when hiding the sounds of eating, like when you watch television or listen to loud music while eating, we take away the sense of hearing. 4 The researchers are calling this the "crunch effect", which they admit may not seem like much at one meal. But over a week, a month, or a year, all that food can really add up. So hearing the sound of eating /span>does reduce the amount of food you consume.

5 Hearing the noises of your meal as you eat could also help you to be more mindful of the experience and perhaps help you to enjoy it more.

A. In fact, beautiful food is healthier than food that doesn’t look appealing.

B. But besides not overeating, there is another benefit.

C. And this may cause you to eat more than you would normally.

D. Then researchers gave them a hard snack: pretzels.

E. Our sense of touch can also be important when preparing or sharing food.

F. He notes that soft and sweet sound is thought to enhance the taste of food.

G. He says that if people notice the sound the food makes as they eat it, they might eat less.

【题目】D

Four years ago, Chris Nagele did what many other technology CEOs have done before he moved his team into an open concept office.

His staff had been working from home, but he wanted everyone to be together, to bond and communicate more easily. It quickly became clear, though, that Nagele had made a huge mistake. Everyone was distracted, productivity suffered and the nine employees were unhappy, not to mention Nagele himself. In April 2015, about three years after moving into the open office, Nagele moved the company into a 10,000-square foot office where everyone now has their own space complete with closing doors.

Numerous companies have embraced the open office about 70% of US offices are open concept and by most accounts, very few have moved back into traditional spaces with offices and doors. But research that we’re 15% less productive, we have great trouble concentrating and we’re twice as likely to get sick in open working spaces, has contributed to a growing backlash(反对) against open offices.

Since moving, Nagele himself has heard from others in technology who say they long for the closed office lifestyle. It’s unlikely that the open office concept will go away anytime soon, but some companies are following Nagele’s example and making a return to private spaces.

There’s one big reason we’d all love a space with four walls and a door that shuts: concentration. The truth is, we cant multitask and small distractions can cause us to lose concentration for more than 20 minutes. Beside the cheaper cost, one main argument for the open workspace is that it increases teamwork. However, it’s well documented that we rarely brainstorm brilliant ideas when we just talk casually in a crowd.

【1】 How did Nagele feel three years after moving into the open office?

A. He felt satisfied with it.

B. He felt doubtful about it.

C. He regretted his decision.

D. He was confused about it.

【2】 What made Nagele move the company in April 2015 again?

A. The suggestions from his friends.

B. The cheaper cost of the new office.

C. The complaints from his employees.

D. The negative results of the open office.

【3】What do we know about offices from the text?

A. The minority of US companies choose open offices.

B. Nagele influenced some companies to move offices.

C. Many US companies are moving into private offices.

D. Open offices will soon be replaced by traditional ones.

【4】 What is the best title for the text?

A. Open workspace matters a lot

B. Why open offices are bad for us

C. Productivity suffers in private space

D. New trends of offices excite companies

【题目】B

His first successful fight was for the equal rights of black people in South Africa. Then, as the first black president, he fought to unite the country and organize the government. Now Nelson Mandela has set his sights on a new enemy, AIDS.

On March 19 the former president, hosted his second AIDSawareness concert. He warned that 25 million people in Africa were already infected with the fatal disease.

Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa in 1918. He was adopted by the chief of his tribe and could have been a chief himself and lived a happy country life.

But he refused to be a chief when his people lived under racial discrimination(歧视). He decided to fight for equal rights for all the people in South Africa. Before 1990, under the country’s Racial Segregation Law, coloured people and white people lived separately. Black people were treated unfairly even when taking a bus. Blacks had to stand at the back of the bus to make room for white people even when there were only a few of them on board.

For his opposition to the system, Mandela was arrested and spent 27 years in prison. He was freed in 1990 and became the president of the country after the first election was held in which everyone could vote.

Mandela was not only a political fighter who attacked with speeches. He was also a trained boxer and fought in the ring when he was young.

"Although I did not enjoy the violence of boxing, I was inteested in how one moved one’s body to protect oneself, how one used a strategy both to attack and retreat, "he wrote in his autobiography.

As a skillful fighter, he chose music as his weapon against AIDS. He hopes to win another victory against AIDS.

【1】 When was Mandela arrested?

A. In 1963. B. In 1990.

C. When he refused to be a chief. D. When he became the president.

【2】If Nelson Mandela hadn’t fought against racial discrimination, he ___________.

A. could have been the president of South Africa B. could still have lived a happy life

C. could have been in a difficult situation D. would have been an excellent boxer

【3】Which of the following statements can best describe the life of Nelson Mandela?

A. Struggle is his life. B. Sports make his fame.

C. Fight for equal rights. D. A great fighter against the government.

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