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Parents who smoke often open a window or turn on a fan to clear the air for their children, but experts now have identified a related threat to children's health that isn't as easy to get rid of: third-hand smoke。
That's the term being   1  to describe the invisible yet poisonous mixture of gases and particles(颗粒) clinging(依附) to smokers' hair and   2 , not to mention cushions and carpeting, that stays long after second-hand smoke has cleared from a room. The remaining   3 heavy metals, carcinogens(致癌物) and even radioactive materials that young children can get on their hands and take in,   4 if they're crawling or playing on the floor。
Doctors from MassGeneral Hospital for Children in Boston coined the term "third-hand smoke" to   5 these chemicals in a new study that   6 on the risks they pose to infants and children. The study was published in the  7 issue of the journal Pediatrics。
"Everyone knows that second-hand smoke is bad, 8 they don't know about this," said Dr. Jonathan P. Winickoff, the lead author of the study and an assistant professor of pediatrics at Harvard Medical School。
"When their kids are   9 the house, they might smoke. Or they smoke in the car. Or they strap(用带子捆扎) the kid in the car seat in the back and crack the window and   10 , and they think it's okay because the second-hand smoke isn't getting to their  11 . We needed a term to describe these tobacco toxins that aren't  12 ."
The study reported on  13 toward smoking in 1,500 households across the United States. It found that the vast majority of both smokers and nonsmokers were   14 that second-hand smoke is harmful to children. Some 95 percent of nonsmokers and 84 percent of smokers  15 with the statement that "inhaling smoke from a parent's cigarette can   16 the health of infants and children"。
But   17 fewer of those surveyed were aware of the  18 of third-hand smoke. Since the term is so new, the researchers asked people if they agreed with the statement that "breathing air in a room   19 where people smoked yesterday can harm the health of infants and children"。
Only 65 percent of nonsmokers and 43 percent of smokers agreed with that  20 , which researchers interpreted as acknowledgement of the risks of third-hand smoke。
(    ) 1. A. told                 B. discussed   C. used                 D. mentioned
(    ) 2. A. shoes                      B. clothing     C. body                D. mouth
(    ) 3. A. includes           B. covers       C. finds                D. improves
(    ) 4. A. especially         B. specially    C. immediately      D. regularly
(    ) 5. A. name                      B. call           C. explain             D. describe
(    ) 6. A. focused            B. tended       C. tried                 D. worked
(    ) 7. A. later                 B. latest         C. best                  D. previous
(    ) 8. A. but                  B. and           C. however           D. or
(    ) 9. A. alongside          B. out of        C. in                    D. beside
(    ) 10. A. cough             B. talk           C. observe            D. smoke
(    ) 11. A. cars                B. seats          C. kids                 D. windows
(    ) 12. A. visible            B. invisible    C. poisonous         D. concrete
(    ) 13. A. policies          B. attitudes    C. bans                 D. habits
(    ) 14. A. told                B. content      C. confident          D. aware
(    ) 15. A. opposed          B. agreed       C. fought              D. connected
(    ) 16. A. harm              B. destroy      C. improve           D. confuse
(    ) 17. A. quite              B. very          C. far                   D. too
(    ) 18. A. chances          B. risks          C. abilities            D. conditions
(    ) 19. A. tomorrow       B. today               C. yesterday          D. weekend
(    ) 20. A. statement               B. mark         C. discussion         D. prejudice
1-20 CBAAD ABABD CABDB ACBBA
本文通过一项研究说明了人们陌生而又熟悉的三手烟对儿童的影响。解此完形填空的时候要注意把作者的思路逻辑和生活常识紧密结合,并注重联系上下文的语境逻辑。
1. C 考查动词过去分词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境及日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:所谓“三手烟”是用来指房间内的“二手烟”清除许久之后,仍残留在坐垫、地毯甚或吸烟者头发和衣物上看不见的气体和颗粒的有毒混合物。我们不难看出此处应该填上表示被用来之意的动词过去分词,也即是C项,而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:讲述,讨论,提及,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相吻合,故我们选择C项为最佳答案。
2. B检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由上一题的分析和日常生活常识:香烟的残留往往存在于人的头发、衣服等等上面,我们不难看出此处应该填上表示衣服之意的名词,而ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:鞋子,身体,嘴,只有B项有这样的意思,故B项为准确答案。
3. A 检测动词的含义的准确记忆与理解辨析。由上一题的分析,联系上下文的语境,我们容易推理出这一句的语意是:残留物包含重金属、致癌物,甚至辐射物质,它们很容易沾在婴幼儿的手上并被吃到嘴里,尤其是当小孩子在地板上爬或玩耍时。不难看出此处应该填上表示包含包括之意的动词,而BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:覆盖,发现,改进,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,只有A项(includes:包括)有这样的意思,故A项为准确答案。
4. A 检测副词的含义的准确记忆与理解。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示尤其之意的副词BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:专门地,立即,规律地,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,只有A项有这样的意思,并且用在这儿语句通顺合理,故A项为准确答案。
5. D检测动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。经过分析,语意是:在一项针对这些化学物质对婴幼儿危害的新的研究中,波士顿大众婴幼儿专科医院的医生们创造了“三手烟”这个词来形容它们。不难看出此处应该填上表示形容之意的动词,这四个词中只有D项有这样的意思。而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:命名,称作,解释,其中,AB两项容易让人上当,但是根据意思和语言逻辑,这是对这种化学物质类进行描述,如果命名的话,其后还得有个名称的词来补充说明,故D项为准确答案。
6. A 检测动词的含义的准确记忆与理解辨析。由上一题的分析我们很容易看出此处应该填上表示针对(也就是以…….为中心)之意的动词,A项就是这样的意思。BCD三项依次分别所表达的意思是:倾向于(和动词不定式搭配),尽力(也和动词不定式搭配),工作,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,语意也通顺,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
7. B联系上下文的语境,经过分析,语意是:研究结果发表于最近一期的《小儿科》医学期刊上。这四个词中只有B项有最近之意。其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:迟到的,最后的,以前的,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故B项为准确答案。
8. A 检测连词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,经过分析,语意是:每个人都知道二手烟有害,但他们却不知道三手烟的存在,不难看出此处应该填上表示但是之意的连词,这四个词中只有A项(but:但是)有这样的意思,而BD量项依次分别所表达的意思是:和,或者,放在这儿都不能使句意通顺。C项的具有很大的迷惑性,但是它作然而之意讲的时候是个副词,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
9. B 检测介词的含义的准确记忆与理解。由日常生活中的常识,再联系上下文的语境,经过分析,语意是:只要孩子们在屋外,他们就可以吸烟。由语境我们不难看出此处应该填上表示在……的外面之意的介词,也即是B项,而其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:和……一起,在……的里面,在…….的旁边,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故B项为准确答案。
10. D 检测动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由语境:或者在车上时,把孩子放在后座上,打开车窗,也可以吸烟。联系全文的语境,我们知道此处应该填上表示吸烟之意的动词,ABC项依次分别所表达的意思是:咳嗽,谈话,饮料,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,故我们选择D项为最佳答案。
11. C 检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系上下文的语境,经过分析这一句的语意:他们认为这样就没有问题了,因为毕竟小孩子没吸到二手烟,我们不难看出此处应该填上表示孩子之意的名词,而ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:轿车,座位,窗户,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺流畅,这四个词中只有C项(kids:小孩子)有这样的意思,故我们选择C项为最佳答案。
12. A 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解。由上一题的分析,联系上下文的语境,我们不难看出此处语意是:而我们需要一个术语来描述这些看不见的香烟毒素。经过分析,此句是个否定句,应该填上表示看得见的之意的形容词,这四个词中只有A项(visible)有这样的意思,而其余BCD三项依次分别所表达的意思是:看不见,有毒的,具体的,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故A项为准确答案。
13. B 检测名词的含义辨析及语言逻辑的准确理解和应用。由语境:该研究报告了全美1500个家庭对待吸烟的态度,我们不难看出此处应该填上表示态度之意的名词,也即是B项,其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:策略,禁止,习惯,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故B项为准确答案。
14. D 检测形容词的含义的准确记忆与理解。联系上下文的语境,由上一题的分析,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:发现绝大多数受访者(烟民与非烟民)都明白二手烟损害儿童健康。很清楚,此处应该填上表示明白清楚之意的形容词,而其余ABC项依次分别所表达的意思是:被告诉,满意的,自信的,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,而D项的意思是:清楚,明了,有着清醒认识的,故我们选择D项为最佳答案。
15. B 考查动词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确理解和应用。联系上下文的语境,经过分析,语意是:大约95%的不吸烟者和84%的吸烟者都同意“婴幼儿吸入父母的二手烟可能致病”的论断。因此,此处应该填上表示同意之意的动词,而ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:反对,斗争,连接,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相适合,故我们选择B项(agreed:同意)为最佳答案。
16. A 检测动词的含义的准确记忆与理解。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示致病之意的动词,致病就是对健康有害,也就是A项和health搭配之后的意思,而其余BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:毁坏,改进,使……混乱,B项具有很大的迷惑性,但吸三手烟不至于把身体的健康给毁了,CD两项所表示的意思很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
17. C 检测副词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。联系全文的语境,及日常生活中的常识,我们容易推理出这一句的语境是:但受访者中却很少有人知道三手烟的危害。经过分析,我们不难看出此处应该填上表示很相、当之意的副词来修饰形容词的比较级fewer,这四个词中只有C项有这样的意思,并且用来修饰形容词的比较级,然后用来代指人,而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:相当,很,太,并且不用来修饰形容词的比较级,故C项为准确答案。
18. B 检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。由上一题的分析我们不难看出此处应该填上表示危害之意的名词,这四个词中只B项(risks:冒险,危害)有这样的意思,而其余ABD项依次分别所表达的意思是:几率,能力,条件,这些意思在这儿都不符合此处的上下文之间语言逻辑,故B项为准确答案。
19. B 检测名词的含义的准确记忆与理解。联系上下文的语境,经过分析,语意是:因为这个名称过于新颖,所以调查者换了种说法,提问人们是否同意“昨天有人抽过烟的屋子里的空气今天或现在会对婴幼儿产生危害”的论断。我们不难看出此处应该表示今天和昨天相比,所以填上B项(today:今天),其余ACD项依次分别所表达的意思是:明天,昨天,周末,很明显放在这儿都不能使句意通顺,故B项为准确答案。
20. A 检测名词的含义辨析及在语言逻辑方面的准确应用。经过分析,语意是:只有65%的非烟民和43%的烟民认同该说法。研究者以此作为公众承认三手烟危害的证据。我们容易推理出此处应该填上表示说法、论述之意的名词,这四个词中只有A项有这样的意思,而其余BCD项依次分别所表达的意思是:标记,讨论,偏见,这些词语所表示的意思都和这儿的语言逻辑不相契合,也不通顺,故我们选择A项为最佳答案。
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Researchers from the University of Otago in Dunedin studied 1000 children from age 3 to 26.They found that those who watched television more than two hours a day had higher levels of obesity(肥胖), blood cholesterol(胆固醇)and smoking — as well as lower levels of physical fitness — when they reached adulthood than kids who watched less than two hours a day.  
Why? Partly because while they are watching TV kids aren't getting out, exercising and playing with other kids, and burning off the calories. But more insidiously(不知不觉地), while watching TV, they're being shown a lot of ads for drinks and foods of uncertain nutritional value, most of which are full of sugar and fat.
Across the globe, about 155 million kids are obese, according to the International Obesity Task Force. The dangerous thing is not just the well-being of these kids as they grow up, but hundreds of billions of dollars of health costs spent on adults with heart disease, diabetes(糖尿病), and the disabilities these disease will cause.
In Australia, two thirds of children are overweight and one third are obese. Twenty years ago, only about ten per cent were obese. And Australia has the greatest amount of junk food ads per hour of television than any other country in the world, including the US and the UK. About 30 per cent of all ads in kids' viewing time are for food or drinks. Most of them are for junk food: burgers, chips, soft drinks and sweets —high in fat, salt or sugar.
Here in Australia, experts are also calling for a ban on TV advertising of junk food to kids. The Coalition on Food Advertising to Children (CFAC) wants to make changes to laws, hoping it can ban all food advertising on TV during the time of the day when children under 12 years old are watching. This includes early and afternoon time, and evening TV between 5 pm and 9 pm.
小题1:From the passage, we can infer that the underlined word “obsess” probably means ______.
A.very strongB.very weak
C.very confidentD.very fat
小题2:According to the passage, how many hours can kids watch TV a day if they want to be healthier in the future?
A.more than 120 minutes a dayB.less than 120 minutes a day
C.180 minutes or so a dayD.240 minutes or so a day
小题3:______ has the greatest amount of junk food ads per hour of TV?
A.AustraliaB.ChineseC.CanadaD.Germany
小题4:In the author’s opinion, the junk food ads on TV are bad for kids’ health because _______.
A.They are very expensive and harmfulB.They waste a lot of kids’ spare time
C.They persuade kids to eat junk foodD.They are more inviting and interesting


Bicycles are a great way to get around. They’re fun to ride, especially down hills. And, as you speed along the road, you might also think of ways in which you could improve your bike— make it safer, more efficient, or more comfortable. In fact, the two-wheeled machines make for some cool science projects.
This year's Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF), held last May in Cleveland, featured(had)three bicycle projects from three countries. Like many of the other experiments presented at ISEF, the bike projects showed that some of the most interesting scientific research often begins by taking a closer look at things you care about.
Renato Angulo Chu had even grander ambitions. The 12th-grader from Lima, Peru, wanted to address some of his country's economic troubles.
"I see a problem in my country," Renato said. "If you go to the forests in Peru, in some places you cannot find electricity. If you go with my bicycle, you can turn on the lights."
Renato, 16, spent 3 years designing his special Multibike. The device looks like a fixed exercise bike. It has wires fixed along the frame and a blender strapped(fastened) to the back. Turning the pedals operates the blender. The same principle can be used to sharpen knives or sweep city streets.
The Multibike can work either as a fixed bike or as a bicycle able to travel city streets and country roads. It's made from inexpensive materials, and the user gets exercise while pedaling to operate a machine.
"You pedal the bike, and you can mix any drink you want," Renato said. More importantly, he added, the same concept could be used to bring light to houses in remote regions of the rainforest.
19. What can we learn from the first paragraph?
A. Bicycles are the best way to go about
B. Bikes should be made more comfortable to ride.
C. You can improve your bicycle for science research.
D. Many inventions are connected with the bicycle.
20. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. ISEF is an exhibiton displaying bicycle experiments designed by students.
B. Looking closely at things you are concerned about can lead to scientific research.
C. Renato’s improvement of the bicycle has solved the country’s great problem.
D. Renato’s special bicycle will soon be put into use in remote areas.’
21. The underlined word “address” in the third paragraph probably has the same meaning as _______.
A. make address written        B. give up             C. work at             D. speak at
22. Renato’s special Multibike has all the following EXCEPT  ________.
A. making knives sharp                                     B. mixing any kind of drinks
C. producing electricity                                     D. operating a machine with its own electricity
23. It can be inferred that Renato’s special bicycle is mainly designed for ________.
A. distant areas in the rainforest without electricity.
B. the use of his own family to make life easier.
C. the competition of ISEF to win money to support remote rainforests
D. enough exercise by pedaling it
People diet to look more attractive. Fish diet to avoid being beaten up, thrown out of their social group, and getting eaten as a result. That is the fascinating conclusion of the latest research into fish behavior by a team of Australian scientists.
The research team have discovered that subordinate fish voluntarily diet to avoid challenging their larger competitors. “In studying gobies we noticed that only the largest two individuals, a male and female, had breeding (繁殖) rights within the group,” explains Marian Wong. “All other group members are nonbreeding females, each being 5-10% smaller than its next largest competitor. We wanted to find out how they maintain this precise size separation.”
The reason for the size difference was easy to see. Once a subordinate fish grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it causes a fight which usually ends in the smaller goby being driven away from the group. More often than not, the evicted fish is then eaten up.
It appeared that the smaller fish were keeping themselves small in order to avoid challenging the boss fish. Whether they did so voluntarily, by restraining how much they ate, was not clear. The research team decided to do an experiment. They tried to fatten up some of the subordinate gobies to see what happened. To their surprise, the gobies simply refused the extra food they were offered, clearly preferring to remain small and avoid fights, over having a feast.
The discovery challenges the traditional scientific view of how boss individuals keep their position in a group. Previously it was thought that large individuals simply used their weight and size to threaten their subordinates and take more of the food for themselves, so keeping their competitors small.
While the habits of gobies may seem a little mysterious, Dr. Wong explains that understanding the relationships between boss and subordinate animals is important to understanding how hierarchical (等级的) societies remain stable.
The research has proved the fact that voluntary dieting is a habit far from exclusive to humans. “As yet, we lack a complete understanding of how widespread the voluntary reduction of food intake is in nature,” the researchers comment. “Data on human dieting suggests that, while humans generally diet to improve health or increase attractiveness, rarely does it improve long-term health and males regularly prefer females that are fatter than the females’ own ideal.”
小题1:When a goby grows to within 5-10% of the size of its larger competitor, it        .
A.faces dangerB.has breeding rights
C.eats its competitorD.leaves the group itself
小题2:The underlined words “the evicted fish” in Paragraph 3 refer to        .
A.the fish beaten upB.the fish found out
C.the fish fattened upD.the fish driven away
小题3:The experiment showed that the smaller fish        .
A.fought over a feast B.went on diet willingly
C.preferred some extra foodD.challenged the boss fish
小题4:What is the text mainly about?
A.Fish dieting and human dieting.
B.Dieting and health.
C.Human dieting.
D.Fish dieting.
Drunken driving sometimes called American's socially accepted form of murder has become a national epidemic(流行病).Every hour of every day about three Americans on average are killed by drunken drivers, adding up to an incredible 250,000 over the past ten years.A drunken driver is usually referred to as one with 0.10-blood alcohol content or roughly three beers, glasses of wines or shots of whisky drunk within two hours.Heavy drinking used to be an acceptable part of the American manly image and judges were lenient in most courts, but the drunken killing has recently caused so many well-publicized tragedies, especially concerning young children, that public opinion is no longer tolerant.
Twenty states have raised the legal drinking age to 21, reversing a trend (逆转潮流) in the 1960s to reduce it to 18.After New Jersey lowered it to 18, the number of people killed by 18-20-year-old drivers more than doubled, so the state recently upped it back to 21.
Reformers, however, fear raising the drinking age will have little effect unless accompanied by educational programs to help young people to develop "responsible attitudes" about drinking and teach them to resist peer pressure to drink.
Some states are punishing bars for serving customers too many drinks.A bar in Massachusetts was fined for serving six or more double brandies to a customer who was "obviously drunk" and later drove off the land, killing a nine-year-old boy.
As the accidents continue to occur daily in every state, some Americans are even beginning to speak well of the 13 years national prohibition (禁令) of alcohol that began in 1919, which President Hoover called the "noble experiment".They forget that legal prohibition didn't stop drinking, but encouraged political corruption (腐败) and organized crime.As with the booming drug trade generally, there is no easy solution.
小题1:It can be inferred from the passage that drunken driving has become a major problem in the United States because___.
A.most Americans like drinking
B.heavy dinking is hard to avoid
C.Americans are not shocked by traffic accidents
D.many Americans are killed by traffic accidents
小题2:What can be inferred from the fact of the traffic accidents in New Jersey?
A.Drivers should not be allowed to drink.
B.Young drivers were usually bad.
C.The legal drinking age should be raised.
D.Some drivers didn't reach the legal drinking age.
小题3:The underlined word "lenient" in the first paragraph means___.
A.cruelB.seriousC.determinedD.merciful§
小题4:Which of the following best shows the writer's opinion of drunken driving?
A.It may cause organized crime.
B.The new laws can stop heavy drinking.
C.There should be no bars to serve drinks.
D.It is difficult to solve the problem.
A bowl of soup a day could keep the pounds at bay.
Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable soup to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight. Because you tend to feel full sooner, you eat less of your main course.
The soup method was tested by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, led by Dr Barbara Rolls. They found that when participants in the study ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup. But those who favour creamy soups should beware. Researchers stressed the soup must be low-calorie and based on stock, not cream.
All of the soups tested in the study were made from the same elements—chicken stock (原汁鸡汤), broccoli (菜花), potato, cauliflower (花椰菜) and carrots. They were mixed together to create four different textures and thickness from separate stock and vegetables through to pureed (蔬菜泥) soup.
Scientists thought that thick soups with thick pieces of vegetables which required chewing might be more filling, but to their surprise they found all forms had the same effect. The findings were presented to the Experimental Biology conference in Washington, DC, and the research was part funded by the National Institutes of Health. 
小题1:The passage mainly discusses _____.
A.how to lose weight in a simple wayB.what kind of soup to be served at a meal
C.how to form a healthy eating habitD.why eating soup could help lose weight
小题2: What does the sentence “A bowl of soup a day could keep the pounds at bay” imply?
A.Eating soup equals to swimming in a sea.
B.Eating a bowl of soup every meal is enough to keep fit.
C.Eating soup every day can help you to lose weight.
D.Making soup every day could cost you a lot of money.
小题3: Which of following is the possible result of eating soup before a meal?
A.Dropping the amount of calorie intake.B.Reducing your weight by 20%.
C.Doing good to your growing high.D.Helping you eat more.
小题4: Which of the following statements is correct in making the soup?
A.The materials for making soup must be limited to vegetables.
B.The soup must be made low- calorie.
C.The thickness of the soup makes a difference.
D.The soup must be mixed with some cream.
Lego, the inventor of those colorful bricks that have inspired kids’ imaginations world-wide, has celebrated its 50th anniversary.

On January 28, 1958, a man named Godtfred Kirk Christiansen created the plastic building bricks that can now be found in almost every child’s toy box. The simple building block has become one of the most well-known and popular toys around the world.
"The Lego brick continues to be very attractive, because it allows children, and others, to develop their creativity and imagination," said Charlotte Simonsen, a spokeswoman of the Danish Lego company.
The company’s building brick allows an infinite number of links. With just two bricks there are 24 different links, and with six, there are 915 million possibilities, according to Lego.
A half-century after its creation, more than 400 million children and adults spend five billion hours a year putting the bricks together and pulling them apart. Also, the bricks made today can still interlock with those made in 1958.
Lego bricks are not just child’s play: they also attract the interest of adults. South Korean adventurer, Heo Young-Ho, who climbed Mount Everest in 1987, left a Lego toy behind in the snow during his climb.
After its great success Lego experienced a severe crisis at the end of the 1990s, hit hard by fierce competition from electronic games. This so-called "Toy of the Century" then suffered a dark period that lasted several years.
With great efforts, the company began to prosper again, and in 2006 it earned about 1.5 billion dollars in 130 countries. Seven boxes of Lego are now sold every second around the world, and 19 billion bricks are produced each year: enough to encircle the Earth five times!
小题1:The Lego bricks have remained popular in the past 50 years as a result of _______.
A.attracting many children worldwideB.brought imagination to the children worldwide
C.making the children and even adults worldwide creative and imaginative
D.having infinite links that bring many imagination
小题2:The author gave the example of South Korean adventurer Heo Young-Ho in order to prove that ______.
A.Heo Youn-Ho also loved playing Lego bricks
B.the Lego bricks made him a mountain climber
C.the Lego bricks not only interest children but also adults
D.the Lego bricks are a must when on goes on an adventure
小题3:It can be inferred from the text that ______.
A.there are 915 different links with just 6 bricks
B.the Lego Bricks Company has made a lot of money from the people worldwide
C.the Lego Bricks can’t compare with computer games
D.the bricks made today don’t change much compared with those made in 1958
小题4:The underlined word “hit” in the seventh paragraph means _____.
A.defeated in a fight or a competition
B.have a crash in an accident or a fight
C.get known through a song
D.attack somebodyin a fight
小题5:The main idea of the story is that _____.
A.Lego bricks: brilliant past and struggling future
B.Lego bricks: an attraction of both children and adults
C.Lego bricks: making creativity and imagination
D.Lego bricks: making billions of money every year
The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives.
The most widespread mistake of all is that colds are caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒) passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one. If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated Arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.?
During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.?
In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds.?
At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.?
If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most pains—taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on.?
No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms(症状).?
小题1:The writer offered _______ examples to support his argument.?
A.4B.5 C.6D.3
小题2:Which of the following does not agree with the chosen passage??
A.The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.?
B.Colds are not caused by cold.?
C.People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.?
D.A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had one.
小题3:Arctic explorers may catch colds when ________.
A.they are working in the isolated Arctic regions?
B.they are writing reports in terribly cold weather?
C.they are free from work in the isolated Arctic regions?
D.they are coming into touch again with the outside world
小题4:The passage mainly discusses ________.
A.the experiments on the common cold
B.the fallacy about the common cold?
C.the reason and the way people catch colds
D.the continued spread of common colds
The faces of the elderly, happily-married people sometimes look like each other. Dr. Aiken studied a number of couples who had been married for at least twenty-five years. Each couple provided four photographs—one photo of each partner at the time of their marriage and another photo to remove any clues. The photos were then displayed in groups: a random(随意的)grouping of the persons at the time of their marriage and another random grouping of the same persons who took photographs later. Some judges were asked to pick out the partners. They failed totally with the first group. Their judgments were no better than chance. But with the photos taken twenty-five or more years after the marriage, the judges were quite successful at deciding who was married to whom. They were particularly successful with the most happily-married couples.
Dr. Aiken believes there are several reasons why couples grow alike. One reason has something to do with imitation. One person tends to copy or do the same as someone else without knowing it. He says human beings copy the expressions of the faces of their loved ones. Another possible reason, he says, is the common experience of the couples. There is a tendency for people who have the same life experience to change their faces in similar ways. For example, if a couple suffered a lot of sad experiences, their faces are likely to change in a similar way.
56. The main purpose of the passage is to         .
tell how couples look like each other
show the life experience of husband and wife
explain why couples grow alike
describe the study on a number of married people
57. The judges failed to           .
tell couples by looking at their photos taken when they got married
tell happily-married couples from sadly-married couples
discover the difference of each partner
understand Dr. Aiken’s study
58. The underlined sentence “Their judgments were         .
A.quite successfulB.based on factsC.only by luckD.totally wrong
59. From the passage we can draw a conclusion that         .
happily-married couples are often richer than other couples
couples who look alike can live longer
the influence between couples can be quite strong
all couples have been proved to grow alike

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