题目内容
Girls who get enough dairy(牛奶的) products in their diets may weigh less than other teens with the same age.
Girls who consumed more dairy products were found to have slimmer(苗条的) middles than girls of the same age and race who ate the same number of calories and got the same amount of exercise. Girls who drank more soda, but also ate the same total calories, tended to be heavier.
The newly reported study included 323 white and Asian girls between the ages of 9 and 14.
A number of studies, mostly in adults, have shown that calcium(钙)may be key in maintaining normal body weight and fat stores. One reason may be the nutrient’s effects on hormones that help store calories as fat. In the new study, reported in the Journal of Nutrition, calcium from dairy sources, but not non-dairy foods, was related to lower weight and less abdominal(腹部的)fat―the link was particularly strong among girls of Asian decent(血统), who made up 47 percent of the study group. This suggests that “the dairy ingredient of the calcium intake is the key factor,” write the study authors, led by Dr. Rachel Novotny of the University of Hawaii in
For reasons that are unclear, the effect on body fat was stronger for Asian girls than for white girls, according to Novotny and her colleagues. They speculate that ethnic(种族的)differences in which dairy products are usually consumed, or in eating habits-having small amounts of dairy throughout the day, for instance, rather than a single large serving―may help explain the finding.
According to the researchers, soda may increase pounds by adding calories to kid’s diets, or by replacing milk. Milk, they note, has a range of nutrients, including protein and fat, which means it is metabolized(使新陈代谢)relatively slowly. Soda contains only sugar, which is quickly metabolized, easily causing hunger.
72. What would be the best title for this passage?
A. Dairy Products Build Slimmer Bodies in Girls
B. Different Ways Help Girls Keep Weight Balance
C. Dairy Products Gain Popularity with Girls
D. Study Suggests Girls Say No to Soda
73. According to this passage, dairy products .
A. always prevent girls from becoming fat
B. can lower body fat in girls
C. are most favored by girls of Asian descent
D. contain more calcium than non-dairy foods
74. Which of the following does Paragraph 4 mainly focus on?
A. Different studies on calcium.
C. The role of calcium in dairy foods in weight balance.
D. The link between nutrients in milk and body weight.
75. In the second last paragraph, the underlined word “speculate” probably means .
A. prove B. suggest C. believe D. guess
Warning: reading too much Cinderella to your daughter may damage her emotional health in later life. A paper to be developed at the international congress of cognitive psychotherapy(认知心理疗法) in Gothenburg suggests a link between the attitudes of women abused by their parents and early exposure to the wrong sort of fairy tales. It says girls who identified with Cinderella, Rapunzel and Beauty in Beauty and the Beast were more likely to say in destructive relationships as adults.
The theory was developed by Susan Darker Smith, a psychotherapist at the University of Derby. She interviewed 67 female abuse survivors and found that 61 put up with severe abuse because they believed they could change their partners with patience, composition and love. The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. Hardly any of the women in a control group, who had not experienced abuse, thought they could change their partners in this way.
The same view was taken by male survivors who had been abused as children. These women and men said they would leave a relationship rather than put up with abuse from a partner. Ms Darker Smith found the abused women were much more likely to identify with Cinderella and other submissive female characters in fairytales, who were later rescued by a stranger prince or hero.
Although most girls heard the stories, damage appeared to be done to those who adopted the characters as role models. “They believe if their love is strong enough they can change their parents’ behaviors,” she said.” Overexposure in children to stories that emphasize the transformational qualities of love may make women believe they can change their partners.” For example, they might never have understood the obvious flaw in the story of Rapunzel, who remained locked in a high tower until rescued by a knight on a white horse, who broke the door down. “The question,” said Ms Darker Smith, “is why she did not break the door down herself.”
【小题1】The passage is especially intended for _________.
A.parents with young daughters |
B.girls who like reading fairy stories |
C.girls who think they can change their partners |
D.parents with grown-up daughters |
A.They all married some princes |
B.They all changed their partners with love |
C.They were all abused by their partners |
D.They all put up with abuse |
A.They don’t believe in fairy tales. |
B.They don’t believe in the transformational qualities of love. |
C.They have also experienced abuse. |
D.They survived abuse. |
A.kind-hearted | B.passive | C.gentle | D.easy-going |
Some people have very good memory(记忆力) and they can easily remember quite long texts. There are other people who can only remember things when they have said them again and again. The famous English writer Charles Dickens said that he could walk down any long street in London and then tell you the name of every shop he had passed. Many great men of the world have a wonderful memory.
A good memory is greatly helpful in learning a language. Everybody learns his own language by remembering what he hears when he is a small child, and some children, like the boys and girls who live abroad(国外) with their parents, seem to learn two languages almost as easily as one. In school it is not so easy to learn a second language because the students have so little time for it, and they are very busy with other subjects too.
A man’s mind is like a camera, but it takes photos not only of what we see but also of what we feel, hear, smell and taste. When we take a real photo with a camera, Some people have very good memory(记忆力) and they can easily remember quite long texts.In the same way, there is much work to be done before we can keep a picture forever(永远) in our minds.
Memory is a diary, and we all carry it about us. We keep things we have experienced (经历)in this diary.
【小题1】Which of the following is true?
A.Charles Dickens had a good memory because he was a famous writer. |
B.People without a good memory cannot be great men of the world. |
C.People became great because they have a good memory. |
D.Many people may never become great though they have a good memory. |
A.live abroad | B.write it every day |
C.often hear it | D.go to school |
A.what we see |
B.what we feel and hear |
C.what we smell and taste |
D.what we see, feel, hear, smell and taste |
A.you can learn a second language easily |
B.you can remember things for ever easily |
C.you can learn your own language easily |
D.you can remember things better |
A.We all keep a diary in our mind. |
B.One has to do a lot of work before he can keep a picture in his mind forever. |
C.A person with a good memory can remember things forever. |
D.A good memory helps to remember everything forever. |
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is one of the most loved children’s books of all time, and many adults enjoy it as well. It tells the story of a young girl named Alice, who follows a rabbit entering a magical world called Wonderland. She has many experiences which seem to change the rules of reasoning or common sense. The popularity of the book comes from its imagination, interesting story, and art work.
The writer of the book is Lewis Carroll. In fact, Lewis Carroll was not the writer’s real name. His real name was Charles Dodgson. One day, he took a boat ride down the Thames River to have a picnic with three little girls who were friends of the family. To keep them entertained on the ride, he told them a story in which Alice, the middle child, was the main character. They enjoyed the story very much.
Charles later wrote the story down under the name Alice’s Adventures Under Ground and gave it to Alice as a Christmas present. Later, he gave a copy to his friend George MacDonald. George read it to his children and they loved it. George suggested to Charles that he make a book from his story. Charles then wrote more parts to the story until it was around 35,000 words. It was first printed in 1866, with art work by John Tenniel, under the name Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland. The book was an immediate success. One of its first fans was Queen Victoria. She immediately requested a collection of all of Lewis Carroll’s works. She was surprised to find that they included many works on math. In fact, Charles Dodgson was a highly respected mathematician. This can be seen in many puzzles and plays on reasoning that appear in his books and poems.
Since the story was first printed, it has kept selling up to the present day. It has been translated into over fifty languages and has had several movies based on it.
【小题1】The passage is mainly about _________.
A.Charles’ family life |
B.the birth of a book and its lasting influences |
C.a magical world called Wonderland |
D.a girl’s adventurous experiences |
A.Alice | B.Charles | C.George | D.John |
a. Charles gave his story to Alice as a Christmas present.
b. Charles had a picnic with three little girls on the Thames.
c. Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was first printed in 1866.
d. More parts were added to the story by Charles.
e. The book won a large number of fans.
A.c-b-a-d-e | B.c-a-b-e-d | C.b-a-d-c-e | D.b-a-c-e-d |
She is one of the few girls who _____ in the kindergarten.
A.is well paid |
B.are well paid |
C.is paying well |
D.are paying well |