题目内容
Almost seven tons of amber__________ the Amber Room.
A. was used to make B. was used to making
C. were used to make D. were used to making
C
【解析】略
阅读快车系列答案Life became hard when I was 14. My mother and I moved to New York to 36 my father, who’d moved there to find 37 work when I was three years old. He had a job at a restaurant and only visited us 38 every couple of years.
Before I moved, I knew that people in the US spoke English. But honestly, I didn’t stop to analyze the 39 when I was 40 to leave. Just like I assumed I could easily become a doctor or a lawyer. I assumed that I had the skills to learn English in a few weeks.
When I 41 in the US and started 8th grade at Ditmas Middle School in Brooklyn, everyone was speaking a(n) 42 language I couldn’t understand. I 43 that life had subtitles, like in foreign movies. School was such a serious place here. Sometimes I felt like I was in a geek（呆子） class. The teachers were always 44 my moves so I couldn’t even throw a paper ball at a classmate’s head. And the worst thing was having to read 45
46 after almost seven months of complaining about everything, I realized that complaining didn’t change things. 47 just made my life worse. If I was going to 48 in this new concrete jungle, I had to 49 . I began to learn English by reading newspapers on my own 50 school. After about four months, I started enjoying reading the crime and sports stories. After six months of studying, my teachers 51 my improvement and moved me into a more 52 English class. I could go to the store and ask for things that I wanted to buy without 53 frustration. For the first time I felt like I was living on earth again 54 I didn’t hear foreign talk. I 55 understand people.
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2010 was a good year for American farmers. They earned about eighty-two billion dollars. That is almost one-third more than that they earned last year. And it is twenty-six percent higher than the ten-year average. Values for grain and oilseed crops are up about three percent from last year. The value of animal production is up by almost seven percent.
In 2011, farm exports are expected to break the all-time high set in 2008.The Agriculture Department says exports in 2011 could top one hundred and twenty-six billion dollars. The largest buyer of agricultural products is expected to be Canada. But farm exports to China are predicted to come within five hundred million dollars of Canadian purchases. Secretary Vilsack says countries in Southeast Asia and the Middle East are also buying more from American farmers.
Poor growing conditions overseas played an important part in higher prices for American crops in 2010.Charlotte Hebe brand is chief executive of the International Food and Agricultural Trade Policy Council in Washington. She said drought(干旱)conditions had a big effect over the summer. She said,“There were horrible weather problems, not just in Russia but also in some of the other former Soviet Union countries.”
Wheat prices rose after Russia stopped wheat exports,although Russia later eased the ban(禁令).“Wheat used to be America’s top crop. What’s interesting,though,is that wheat production has actually become less over the past few years because corn has become the most popular crop,”said economist Charlotte Hebebrand.
Corn is mostly fed to animals. But Miss Hebebrand said with the recent increase in wheat prices, American farmers might plant more wheat again. Corn and wheat are the two largest crops supported by the government.
1.We know that compared to 2009,in 2010 American farmers——.
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A．planted less corn |
B．planted morn crops |
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C．planted morn wheat |
D．earned more money |
2.What does the Agriculture Department expect in 2011?
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A． Agriculture exports will continue to increase. |
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B． China will be the largest buyer of agriculture products |
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C． America will export food to every country around the world |
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D． Southeast Asian countries will start buying food from America |
3.What is implied in Paragraph 3?
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A． America farming also was greatly affected in 2010 |
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B． Russia was not the country most affected by drought in 2010 |
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C． Weather problems helped raise prices for American crops in 2010 |
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D． American crops were the most expensive around the world in 2010 |
4.We can infer that in the past few years American farmers——
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A． reduced crop exports |
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B． increased corn production |
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C． increased wheat production |
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D． increased investment in farming |
5.According to what Miss Hebebrand said, we know American farmers will ——
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A．stop feeding corn to animals |
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B．export most of their corn |
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C．try to increased wheat production |
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D．try to get more support from the governmet |
You'd be forgiven for thinking that running after children each day would leave parents in the best shape of their lives.But a study has found that the mothers and fathers of young children are more unhealthy than their childless peers(同龄人）.
Mothers with young children are heavier and eat more calories and fatty foods,and consume more sugary dinks than chidless women,scientists said.And both sexes are less active than those in their age group without children.
Parents often choose quick,easily preparesd foods that are high in fat and calories,and by choosing these foods they may in turn serve them to their children,forming a cycle of unhealthy diet.
Dr.Berge,one of the study authors,said:“This isn't a study about blame,this is about spotting a very high-risk time period for parents that doctors should be aware of ,so they can offer solutions(解决办法）.”
According to the study ,mothers ate more fatty foods and drank about seven sugary drinks weekly,equal to about four chidless women.They also had an average of 2,360 calories daily,368 calories more than women without children,With that many calorise,women that age would need to be active to avoid to avoid gaining weight.
Fathers ate about the same amount of daily calories childless men and both had an average boby-mass index(指数）,but fathersgot less physical activity—about five hours weekly ,compared to almost seven hours among chidless men.
The study has several limitations－there's no data on how many women reccently had babies.Ther's also no information on the number of single parents,who likely face diet and exercise challenges.Sarah Kriger,an American dietician who works with new mothers said some of the mothers may have had postpartum(产后）depression,which might affect their eating and exercise habits.
1.What does the author mainly aim to tell us in the passage?
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A．Childless couples live a much happier life than those with children. |
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B．Mothers will be unhealthy because of the postpartum deprdession |
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C．Couples of young children eat more fatty foods and lead unhealthier lives. |
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D．Fathers tend to eat high calorie foods because they should run after thrie children. |
2.The underlined part“in the best shape”in the first paragraph means that a person .
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A．is busy and tires |
B．has a most harmonious family |
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C．enjoys the most happiness |
D．is in the most healthy condition |
3.Which of the following is NOT mentioned about mothers with children?
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A．They are less active |
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B．They eat unhealthy foods |
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C．They may feel unhappy aftre having babies |
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D．They may lose their jobs aftre having babies |
4.What Dr.Berge says in Paragraph 4 suggests that .
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A．Parents should pay more attention to their chidren |
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B．doctors should do something with parents'high-risk time period |
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C．the study has drawn attention of doctors and young parents |
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D．parents should not be blamde for having an unhealthy lifestyle |
5.We can learn from the last paragraph that .
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A．the result of the study result in aan unscientific way |
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B．the study was carried out in an unscientific way |
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C．single mothers are surely facing quyite different situation |
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D．postpartum depression will help mothers to lead a healthier lirf |