题目内容
C
If you have to miss a meal a day, which meal will cause you fewest health problems if you don’t eat it? If you have to make a decision of this type, most people (especially very busy people) will choose to skip breakfast.
However, many experts in the field of health consider breakfast ( the meal which “break” you “fast” ) to be the most important meal of the day. If we eat a good breakfast, they say, we will have the energy and nutrients (营养) we need to begin our working day with vigor(活力) and stay hopeful with good honor. However, many people skip breakfast or substitute a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal. What happens if we ignore the importance of breakfast?
One recent study conducted in the United States tested a large number of people. Participants(参加者) included both males and females who ranged in age from 12 to 83. The results showed that if a person eats an adequate(丰富的) breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently(效率高地) and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves mental(脑力的) activities. The study showed that if school-children eat fruit, eggs, bread and milk before going to school, they will learn more quickly and will be able to concentrate on their lessons for a longer period of time than if their breakfast is inadequate(不丰富).
The study also showed that contrary to what people believe, if you skip breakfast, you will not lose weight. This is because people become so hungry if they skip breakfast that they eat too much for lunch and end up gaining weight instead of losing. So remember, if you want to lose weight, skipping breakfast will not help you. You will likely lose more weight if you decrease your other meals.
1. According to experts, breakfast is the most important meal of the day because _____.
A．a good breakfast breaks you down fast
B．you’ll lose weight quickly if you skip breakfast
C．breakfast provides what a person needs to work
D．after a long night, you’ll feel very hungry
2.The underlined part “substitute a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal”(Para. 2) probably means _______.
A．to exchange a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal.
B．To drink a cup of coffee instead of a well balanced meal.
C．To change a cup of coffee into a well balanced meal.
D．To regard a cup of coffee as a well balanced meal.
3.The example of school-children in para.3 shows that _______.
A．school-children will be quick and attentive all day if they eat breakfast
B．a proper breakfast will make mental workers more efficient
C．fruit, eggs, bread and milk are the best breakfast for mental workers
D．school-children who have breakfast are much brighter than those who don’t
4.Which of the following is NOT true according to Para. 4?
A．Some people skip breakfast because they want to be slimmer.
B．Most people who skip breakfast actually eat more for lunch.
C．People put on weight because they eat too much breakfast.
D．Skipping breakfast won’t help people who want to lose weight.
5.The best title of the passage is _______.
A．How to Lose Weight B．What’s a Healthy Diet
C．Surprising Results of a Study D．Breakfast – A Meal That Breaks You Fast
1.C
2.B
3.B
4.C
5.D
【解析】
试题分析：这篇文章主要讲了吃早餐的重要性，如果不吃早餐，人的身体最容易垮掉。
1.根据If we eat a good breakfast, they say, we will have the energy and nutrients (营养) we need to begin our working day with vigor(活力) and stay hopeful with good honor.故选C。
2.根据What happens if we ignore the importance of breakfast?可知“substitute a cup of coffee for a well balanced meal”意思是用一杯咖啡代替均衡的饮食，故选B。
3.根据The results showed that if a person eats an adequate(丰富的) breakfast, he or she will work more efficiently(效率高地) and more productively than if he or she skips breakfast or eats a very poor breakfast. This fact appears to be especially true if a person’s work involves mental(脑力的) activities. 所以答案为B。
4.文中第四自然段并没有提到早餐吃得太多，会让人发胖，因此选C。
5.这篇文章主要讲了吃早餐的重要性，如果不吃早餐，人的身体最容易垮掉，因此选D。
考点：健康保健类短文阅读理解
点评：要想答好题目，重在理解全文意思。这篇文章比较难，先看问题，再带着问题读短文，找出各段落的主旨句，理解全文内容，总结全文中心，然后再回到问题上来，很容易选出正确答案。多了解一些常识性知识有利于阅读理解。如果对文章的相关背景有所了解，读起文章一定既省时又省力。因此，在学习过程中，了解各方面的背景知识是十分重要的。
John H. Johnson was born in a black family in Arkansas City in 1918. His father died in an accident when John was six. He was reaching the high school age, but his hometown offered no high school for blacks.
Luckily he had a strong-willed caring mother. John remembered that his mother told him many times, “Son，you can be anything you want really to be if you just believe.” She told him not to depend on others，including his mother. “You have to earn success,” she said. “All the people who work hard don’t succeed, but the only people who do succeed are those who work hard.”
These words came from a woman with less than a third grade education. She also knew that believing and hard work don’t mean everything. So she worked hard as a cook for two years to save enough to take her son, who was then 15，to Chicago.
Chicago in 1933 was not the promised land that black southerners were looking for. John’s mother and stepfather could not find work. But here John could go to school, and here he learned the power of words — as an editor of the newspaper and yearbook at Du Sable High School. His wish was to publish a magazine for blacks.
While others discouraged (使气馁) him, John’s mother offered him more words to live by: “Nothing beats a failure but a try.” She also let him pawn（典当）her furniture to get the ＄500 he needed to start the Negro magazine.
It is natural that difficulties and failures followed John closely until he became very successful. He always keeps his mother’s words in mind: “Son, failure is not in your vocabulary!”
Now John H. Johnson is one of the 400 richest people in America — worth $150 million.
1.John’s father died in ________.
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A．1922 |
B．1933 |
C．1924 |
D．1923 |
2.John’s mother decided to move to Chicago because _______.
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A．his father died when John was very young |
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B．life was too hard for them to stay on in their hometown |
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C．there were no schools for black people in their hometown |
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D．John needed more education badly |
3.John’s mother ________．
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A．didn’t believe in or depend on others |
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B．thought no one could succeed without working hard |
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C．believed one would succeed without working hard |
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D．thought one could be whatever one wanted to be |
4.The story mainly tells us ________ .
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A．about the spiritual support John’s mother gave him |
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B．how John H. Johnson became successful |
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C．about the importance of a good education |
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D．about the key to success for blacks |
Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
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A. comments B. impression C. drawn D. fashionable E. influence F. light up G. right H. occupy I. truly J. variety |
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The West’s 3. on Shanghai is very obvious on the Bund. European countries and America established concessions here between the early 1840s and 1943. Visiting the Bund takes one back to that era. Fifty-two buildings, all built in 4. European styles, line this famous section of East Zhongshan First Road.
The HSBC Tower, which now houses the Shanghai Pudong Development Bank, dominates the Bund. Inside, visitors gazes are 5. to colorful mosaics (马赛克) on the dome ceiling.
Just south of the Bund, the traditional buildings and tiny lanes of the old Chinese city take visitors back in time. Here, the Yuyuan Gardens are the main attraction. Built in 1577 by a government official for his parents, the Yuyuan Gardens 6. an area of two hectares（亩）.
Shanghai’s premier shopping destination, Nanjing Road boasts 5.5 km of shops, malls, restaurants and excitement. Colorful neon（霓虹灯）signs 7. the street at night when thousands of people flood the area.
Restored shikumen exteriors open into restaurants, shops and art galleries. Photographer Guo Changyao
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