题目内容
On not having breakfast Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to one’s life． Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip． But for many people, the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure． So in spite of all the efforts, they still take no breakfast． Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures could be obtained（可获得的）, the number of people who didn’t have breakfast increased by 33%—from 8．8 million to 11．7 million—according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America． For those who dislike eating breakfast, however, there is some good news． Several studies in the last few years have shown that, for grown-ups especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting（省略） breakfast． “Going without breakfast does not affect work,” said Arnold E． Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve work．” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate（不适当）, and most of the recent work involves（涉及） children, not grown-ups． “The literature,” says one researcher, Dr Earnest Polite at the University of Texas, “is poor．”
1．The main idea of the passage is _______．
A．breakfast has nothing to do with people’s health
B．a good breakfast used to be important to us
C．breakfast is not as important to us as gasoline to a car
D．breakfast is not as important as we thought before
2．For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _______．
A．several studies have been done in the past few years
B．the omission of breakfast does no harm to one’s health
C．grown-ups have especially made studies in this field
D．eating little in the morning is good for health
3．The underlined part “nor does giving people breakfast improve work” means _______．
A．people without breakfast can improve their work
B．not giving people breakfast improves work
C．having breakfast does not improve work, either
D．people having breakfast do improve their work, too
4．The word "literature" in the last sentence refers to _______．
A．stories, poems, play, etc
B．written works on a particular subject
C．any printed material
D．the modern literature of America
5．What is implied but not stated by the author is that _______．
A．breakfast does not affect work
B．Dr Polite works at an institution of higher learning
C．not eating breakfast might affect the health of children
D．Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London
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Different people use different languages. We Chinese speak Chinese, and, most of us are learning a foreign language. But there is another kind of language we need to know --- the language of the body.
All over the world, people “talk with their hand, with their heads and with their eyes.” When Japanese people meet, they bow. When Indians meet, they put their hands together. What do American and British do? Americans are more imformal(不拘小节的) than the British. They like to be friendly. They use first names, they ask questions and they talk easily about themselves. When they sit down, they like to relax in their chairs and make themselves comfortable. British people are more reserved(保守的). They take more time to make friends. They like to know you before they ask your name.
When British or American people meet someone for the first time, they shake hands. They do not usually shake hands with people they know well. Women sometimes kiss their women friends, and men kiss women friends (on one cheek only). When a man meets a man, he just smiles, and says, “Hello.” Men do not kiss each other, or hold hands. Even fathers and sons do not often kiss each other.
【小题1】In the passsage, the writer thinks that body language is ______________.
| A．uselss | B．difficult | C．quite easy | D．important |
| A．different countries hav the same body language. |
| B．different countries have different body anguages. |
| C．people in Asia share the same body language. |
| D．many people only use their body language. |
| A．sit straight | B．never sits down | C．makes fun of you | D．sits freely |
| A．imopssible | B．too easy | C．too difficult | D．slow |
| A．men | B．women | C．British | D．Americans |
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| After 21 years of marriage, my wife wanted me to take another woman out to __1__. She said, "I love you, but I know this woman loves you too, and she would love to spend some time with you. " The other woman that my wife wanted me to visit was my mother, who has been a widow for 19 years, but my work had made __2__ impossible to visit her often. That night I called to __3__ her to go out for dinner. "What's wrong?Are you __4__?" she asked. "I thought that it would be __5__ to spend some time with you, just the two of us, " I answered. She thought about it __6__, and then agreed. That Friday after work, __7__ I drove to pick her up I was a bit nervous. When I arrived at her house, I __8__ that she, too, seemed to be __9__ about our date. She had curled her hair and was wearing the dress that she had worn to 10 her last wedding anniversary. We went to a restaurant that, 11 not the best, was very nice and comfortable. When I read the menu, I lifted my eyes and saw Mom sitting there 12 at me. A nostalgic smile was 13 her lips. During the dinner, we had a 14 conversation-nothing special but catching up on recent events of each other's life. A few days 15 , my mother died of a sudden heart attack. It happened so suddenly that I didn't hav e a chance to do 16 for her. Some time later, I received an envelope with a note 17 : "You will never know what that night meant for me. I'm looking forward to the 18 dinner. I love you, son. " At the moment, I understood the importance of saying in time: "I LOVE YOU". Nothing in life is more important than your 19 . Give them the time they deserve, because these things cannot be 20 till "some other time". | ||||
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