People much more by their gestures than by their words. A. give in B. give out C. give up D. gave away 题目和参考答案——青夏教育精英家教网—

Let's face it．No one drinks diet soda for the taste．People drink diet soda in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it．Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect, according to a new study．
Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn't drink diet soda．"What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank, the more weight they were likely to gain," said Sharon Fowler．
The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large, ongoing research project, where the participants were followed for nearly l0 years．
While the findings are surprising, they also offer some explanations．
Nutrition expert, Melanie Rogers, who works with overweight patients in New York, has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet soda, they don't lose weight at all．"We weren't seeing weight loss necessarily, and that was confusing to us," said Rogers．
So why would diet soda cause weight gain? No one knows for sure yet, but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet soda, and so over-compensate for the missing calories．
A related study found some sweeteners （甜味剂） raised blood sugar levels in some mice．"Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky," said Helen P．Hazuda, professor at the University of Texas's school of medicine．"They may be free of calories, but not of consequences．"
【小题1】People drink diet soda to _____．

A．enjoy its taste	B．achieve weight loss
C．stay in fashion	D．gain more energy

【小题2】The new study suggests that drinking diet soda _____．

A．causes people to become heavier	B．helps people to be healthier
C．makes people much thinner	D．offers people more calories

【小题3】We can learn from the passage that _____．

A．regular soda makes people lose more weight

B．diet soda does help reduce calories

C．diet soda drinkers tend to eat more food

D．most blood diseases come from diet soda

【小题4】The underlined word "They" in the last paragraph probably refers to _____．

A．sweeteners

B．diet soda drinkers and sweetener takers

C．sodas

D．diet sodas and artificial sweeteners

Abby Subark is a mother of two from Boston. “For my kids, I’m nervous. I don’t know if they’ll be able to achieve their American dream.” She may be right. More than hard work or education, the best way to get rich in America is to be born rich.
It is the case that somebody who is in the upper third of income, poor scores, in the bottom on tests when they are in eighth grade, is more likely to go to college and finish college than a poor kid with the top scores. That’s what the working persons’ children are faced with.
The Economic Policy Institute finds it would take a poor couple with 2 children 9 or 10 generations to achieve middle class status. That’s about 200 years. The typical feature of American opportunity has always been the ability to do better than your parents. But compared with similar developed countries, the United States ranks fifth out of six for so-called intergenerational mobility (变动).
If you look at the mechanisms (机制) for upward mobility that were so readily available 50 years ago, they are becoming out of reach, like plentiful factory jobs with good wages and affordable education and health care.
White families are twice as likely as blacks to be upwardly mobile. For most people in America today, where you end up depends on where you start.
If you started in the middle-income class, about 40 to 45 percent of what you are making right now is due to the fact that your parents were in the middle-income class. The rest is up to you.
But for the millions of people who find themselves below the poverty line and the millions more who are the working poor, their starting point for the American dream leaves them painfully far away from the middle class.
71. The main idea of the passage is _______.
A. How the middle class comes about in the U.S.
B. It’s hard to realize the American dream for the poor.
C. Wealth and social status depend on family background.
D. Upward mobility in America is never easy.
Which of the statements is NOT TRUE according to the passage?
A. People used to have job opportunities and welfare for upward mobility.
B. A great many poor people can hardly realize their American dream.
C. You can make all your dreams come true in America if born rich.
D. Rich kids are more likely to go to college than poor kids.
73. The underlined sentence “where you end up depends on where you start” most probably means _______.
A. Your starting point cannot determine your destination.
B. Only a high goal can ensure success.
C. One’s birth has nothing to do with his fate.
D. One’s family lays solid foundation for his future achievements.
Why is Abby Subark nervous?
A. Her kids don’t want to compare with other rich kids in achievements.
B. Her kids don’t want to achieve success at all.
C. Her kids can achieve success through hard work and education.
D. Her kids can’t reach their goal without a rich family.
What can we infer after reading the passage?
A. Poverty causes people much pain.
B. People below the poverty line can never be in the middle class.
C. Lower starting point makes it hard for people to realize their dream.
D. Poor people’s starting point is too low.

B

When I was about 10 one day, I was walking down the street with my mother. She stopped to speak to Mr. Lee. I knew I could see Mr. Lee anytime around the neighborhood, so I just stood there. After we passed him, my mother stopped and said something unforgettable, “You let that be the last time you ever walk by somebody you know without opening your mouth to speak, because even a dog can wag its tail when it passes you on the street.” That sentence sounds simple but it made me become who I am.

At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the café and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no matter how humble(低微的) they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.

I’ve become vice-president, but that hasn’t changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.

The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.

1.What is the best title for this passage?

A．The Power of Being Talkative

B．My Mother’s Influence on Me

C．The Power of Saying hello

D．My Way to Become Vice-President

2. It is implied in the first paragraph that____.

A．the writer didn’t know Mr. Lee

B．the writer didn’t say hello to Mr. Lee on that occasion

C．the writer didn’t get along well with his mother

D．the writer’s mother stopped to say hello to everyone she met

3. What can we learn from the second paragraph?

A．The writer didn’t say hello to everyone in the company.

B．The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company.

C．The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him.

D．The president of the company actually didn’t like the writer at all.

4. For the writer, saying hello to others_______.

A．is a way to get what he wants

B．has become a habit and a way of life.

C．is a way to show respect for his mother

D．is important in making him remembered.

5. According to paragraph 3, in the writer’s opinion, speaking to others can______.

A．make our world much better

B．make people much happier every day.

C．help people understand each other better

D．help people work much better

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1. If you take away 3 from 8, 5 _____ (剩下). 1.

2. We’ve just bought a big house and need some new _____ (家具). 2.

3. It is no use _____ (后悔) what you have done. 3.

4. It was so cold that many wild animals were_____ (冻) to death. 4.

5. This is not the _____ (原创) picture, but just a copy of it. 5.

6. December is the _____ (第十二) month of the year. 6.

7. I’m _____ (好奇的) to know what she said. 7.

8. They are now living _____ (分开). 8.

9. She _____ (提醒) me that I hadn’t written to Mother. 9.

10. Taking morning exercise can make people much _____ (健康). 10.

11. He’s _____ (明显) a man of very high intelligence. 11.

12. Not all of the _____ (屋顶) of the houses in this area are flat. 12.

13. We apologize for the late_____ (到达) of the train. 13.

14. _____ (比较) to many women, she is indeed very fortunate. 14.

15. He is about five feet in _____ (高度). 15.

16. If you are all sitting _____ (舒服), then I’ll begin. 16.

17. She is making _____ (准备) for her marriage. 17.

18. John _____ (复习) his notes before going to bed. 18.

19. She is famous, both at home and _____ (国外). 19.

20. The thief spoke in a low voice, _____ (承认) he had stolen the money. 20.

People _____ much more by their gestures than by their words.

A．give in

B．give out

C．give up

D．gave away

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