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                             Five reasons your scale might be wrong

   1. You weigh yourself on different days each week.

   In a Cornell University study published last year,researchers analyzed the food and weight diaries that 80 people kept for up to a year. They found that people's weight changed considerably throughout the week. 36 Keep weigh-in days consistent for a more accurate assessment.

   2. 37  

   File this one under “Yes,scientists have actually studied this/' When University of North Dakota researchers weighed people with and without clothes at various times of the year,they found that men can reduce 2. 5 pounds for their clothing and women can reduce around two pounds,on average.

   3. You don't take muscle gain into consideration. You’ve heard that muscle is denser (密度大的) than fat. 38 If you start a strength-training routine,the number on the scale (秤) might not change,but you could still lose inches and drop a clothing size or two.

   4. You just drank a lot of water.

   It's called water weight for a reason: Drinking one pound of water can translate to about one pound of weight. So if you stand on the scale soon after drinkiag an entire water bottle's worth,you might not like what you see. 39

   5. You weigh yourself after hard exercise. 

   Compared with water weight,if you weigh in after a tiring cycling class,you may lose weight temporarily because you work up a good sweat. 40

   A. You miscalculate your clothing.

   B. But don't worry,it's just a temporary gain.

   C. Salty foods cause your body to save extra water.

   D. In fact,it takes up only about a third as much space.

   E. Jump on the scale if you need to improve confidence.

   F. You should be aware of how much water you have drunk.

   G. Many people were heaviest on Mondays and lightest on Fridays.

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本文是说明文。文章介绍了秤上显示的体重与实际体重不符的五个原因.

36. G。G项“很多人周一最重、周五最 轻”与本空上一句“人们的体重在一 周内变化很大”相符。

37. A.根据下文的 men can reduce   2. 5 pounds for their clothing and women can reduce around two pounds …可 知,称体重时穿不穿衣服会影响结 果,因此造成秤上显示的体重与实际 体重不符的一个原因就是“你对衣服 (的重量) 计算有误'

38. D.根据本空上一句内容可知,肌肉 的密度比脂肪的大,因此同等重量的 肌肉“体积只有脂肪的三分之一”。D项中的it指代muscle。

39. B.根据下一段中的Compared with water weight,if you weigh in after a tiring cycling class,you may lose weight temporarily 可 A. 因为水增 加的重量只是“暂时的”。

40. E。根据本段内容可知,刚锻炼完,由 于出汗较多,体重会暂时减轻,因此 “如果你需要增加自信”,这个时候称 体重无疑是最佳时机。

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   B. after his parents went broke

   C. when he was bom in England

   D. when he moved to the United States

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   C. Hard-working and determined.

   D. Single-minded and responsible.

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   B. was afraid of discrimination

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   D. was worried they wouldn’ t believe him

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   B. How the author deejays.

   C. The advanced way of deejaying.

   D. What the author needs when deejaying.

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   At the time,Supreme Court Justices usually wore red robes. But Chief Justice John Marshall changed the dress rules by putting on a black robe.

He started a new fashion and judges in the United States have been wearing black ever since.

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   The origins of wearing the black robe in England are debated among historians. Most historians say that the black robe tradition started with the mourning of the death of Queen Mary II in 1694.

   However,in the United States,the tradition of black robes Was not always followed. Former Idaho Supreme Court Justice,Byron Johnson,chose to wear a royal blue robe stating in a letter to his friend that he sat in the “black and blue” court.

   Wearing black robes will most likely continue in the United States for a long time to come. However,everyone,especially judges,should take a moment to thank Thomas Jefferson for convincing John Adams to give up those ridiculous wigs.

6. The Founding Fathers disagreed about whether.

   A. judges should debate like English judges

   B. judges should dress in the English way

   C. they should obey English common law

   D. they should set up a new government

7. What was Jefferson's attitude towards the English tradition?

    A. He doubted it. B. He tolerated it.

   C. He was against it. D. He was uncertain of it.

8. Black robes became a tradition of American courts because of .

   A. John Adams’ argument

   B. John Marshall's example

   C. the dress rules in English courts

   D. the Founding Fathers’ compromises

9. The black robe in English courts may go back to.

   A. the 15th century   B. the 18th century   C. the year of 1635   D. the year of 1694

10. How does the author sound when telling the stories in the text?

   A. Humorous. B. Anxious.

   C. Cautious. D. Serious.

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   One of the earliest known uses of the term is found in an 1827 letter that states, “There is a trick for you — done up by a Hoosier." 37 Around this time,John Finley of Richmond wrote a poem called The Hoosier's which was widely read.

He wrote the word as “hoosher” and did not explain its meaning,which leads historians to believe that Finley felt his readers would already know and understand the word. Finley wrote, “With men of every hue and fashion,Flock to this rising ‘Hoosher’nation."

   38 In 1848,Bartlett* s Dictionary of Americanisms defined “Hoosier” as “A nickname given at the west,to natives of Indiana." In John Finley's poem,the word “Hoosher” seems to refer less to the pioneers of Indiana and more to the qualities he thought they possessed,like self-reliance and bravery.

   39 Some people think it was created to laugh at Indian訌 as a rough and backward (落后的) place.

Others think that early settlers used the term with pride to describe themselves as a courageous group. One historian,. Jacob Piatt Dunn,even suggested that the word “Hoosier” originally referred to boatmen who lived on the Indiana shore. We may never know for sure. 40

   A. So,what does the word mean?

   B. The word “Hoosier” was widely used by the 1830s.

   C. No one seems to know how the word “Hoosier” came to be.

   D. And how did people from Indiana come to be called “Hoosiers”?

   E. Other early uses provide some ideas about the meaning of the word.

   F. However,research and debate are likely to continue about this mysterious word.

   G. Some theories and stories about the origin of the word “Hoosier” are known to be false.

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