题目内容
Don't take the medicine. It can't help ________ rid of your cold.
- A.getting
- B.to get
- C.to getting
- D.gets
can't help后的搭配不同,意思也不一样.can't help doing意为“禁不住”,can't help to do意为“对于做……没有帮助”,can't help but do意为“不得不”.本题意为“不要吃这药,这药对于消除感冒没有帮助”.故选B.
Have you thanked your grandma today? You might want to consider it. A recent study found that kids live longer when a grandmother takes part in their daily lives.
Most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over. Women, however, often live for many years after they stop having kids.
To try to understand why, researchers from Finland looked at birth and death records of two communities from the 18th and 19th centuries, one in Finland and one in Canada. In these communities, 537 Finnish women and 3,290 Canadian women were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50.
For every decade they lived beyond 50, the researchers found that the women ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. It didn’t matter what the differences in health or living conditions were between the two communities or from family to family.
Grandchildren were also more likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers were alive when they were born. If their grandmothers were younger than 60 at the time, that was even better. The study also found that women had children 2 to 3 years earlier if their own mothers were still alive at that time than those whose mothers had died.
The researchers suggested that grandmothers have provided important assistance in raising their grandchildren for at least the past 200,000 years. As a result, they helped extend everyone’s lifespan.
So, don’t take your grandma for granted!
【小题1】How many women in the survey in the two communities were grandmothers who had lived past the age of 50?
A.537. | B.3,290. | C.3,827. | D.2,753. |
A.She was also more likely to live into adulthood. |
B.She had children 2 to 3 years earlier. |
C.She ended up with an average of two extra grandkids. |
D.It had no influence on her. |
A.They provided them with better living conditions. |
B.They provided assistance in raising their grandchildren. |
C.They helped with housework. |
D.They made everyone happy. |
A.kids live longer when grandmothers take part in their daily lives |
B.most animals die soon after their childbearing years are over |
C.women often live for many years after they stop having kids |
D.grandchildren are less likely to live into adulthood if their grandmothers are alive |