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28. The Norman invasion of England had great influences ______ the English language.
A. to B. of C. on D. For
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When Percy Spencer invented the microwave, it changed the world greatly. People would no longer have to wait endless hours while cooking their food in an old-fashioned oven. Instead, using the microwave has allowed them to cook food in just seconds.
According to the medical website mercola.com, just about “ninety percent of Americans have microwaves in their homes”. However, is this convenient invention as perfect as it seems?
There are many reports of microwaves changing the original qualities of the food, which can cause cancer as well as changes in the body.
“Electro-magnetic (电磁的) radiation harms food, and changes substances cooked in it to dangerous products,” Dr. Lita Lee – chemist, nutritionist, author and lecturer – wrote in her book, Health Effects of Microwave Radiation – Microwave Ovens (1991).
However, the microwave is not only for food; microwaves are used in medicine as well. For example, it warms heating pads and used to warm blood used in transfusions (输血).
Norma Levitt, a hip surgery patient in an Oklahoma hospital (1991), died after blood being heated for her transfusion was altered in the microwave. A lawsuit followed and because of this incident, blood is no longer heated in the microwave.
Regardless of what has happened, big companies still claim that microwaves are great machines that have caused trouble to “few people” and have had “few consequences”. However, people should decide if saving a few minutes is more important than preventing cancerous cells from entering the body.
Dr. Jonathan Wright, Medical Director of Tahoma Clinic in Renton, Washington, considers the microwave unhealthy and recommends some alternatives.
“Try eating a lot of your food, like vegetables, uncooked. Ideally, at least one-third of the food in your diet should be uncooked, since this is the form that will give you the maximum amount of nutrients. If you do want to cook some food or heat up leftovers, use your stove (火炉),” he said.
These alternative cooking styles may take a little time from your day, but can help you lead a healthier and more stable lifestyle. These methods will allow you to get the most nutrients from your food, as well.
Health is not valued till sickness comes. In today’s fast-paced modern world, we should have more consideration towards peoples’ health.
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Microwave: not necessarily safe |
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Brief (71)________ |
(72)________ of the microwave: Percy Spencer Advantage of the microwave: saving (73)________ Percentage of Americans having microwaves: about 90% |
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Disadvantages of the microwave |
Fact: Electro-magnetic radiation is (74)_______ to food and can change substances to dangerous products. Result: The microwave can (75)_______ the qualities of food, which may cause cancer. |
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Fact: The blood was (76)_______ in the microwave before being transfused. Results: A blood transfusion caused the (77)_______ of a patient. A lawsuit was brought and the microwave has never been (78)________ in medicine ever since. |
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Dr. Wright’s opinion |
To avoid harm from the microwave, people should eat more food without being (79)_______ and use stoves instead of the microwave if necessary. |
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Author’s attitude |
We should (80)_______ more about health than convenience. |
Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle （航天飞机）Challenger , in June, 1993．The achievement of Sally Ride, America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space, made this flight especially memorable．Students from two high schools in Camden, New Jersey, however, are likely to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight．
Norma didn’t travel alone．She brought about 100 companions along with her．Norma was an ant, a queen ant who, with her subjects, made up the first ant colony （群体） to travel into space．The ants were part of a science experiment designed by the students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects．
The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip．The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened．The problem did not occur in space, but on the ground after Challenger had landed．The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was removed．The hot, dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture （水分）．
The project was termed a success because it did provide useful information．Students will continue their efforts to find out exactly what went wrong．They will try to prevent the same difficulties from recurring （再发生） on future missions ．They don’t want to be discouraged either by the death of the ants or by the $10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space．
1.The story is mainly about ．
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A．Sally Ride’s first ride |
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B．space equipment for insects |
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C．a space experiment with ants |
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D．going to school in New Jersey |
2.The project wasn’t a failure because ．
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A．some important things were learned |
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B．dead ants are better |
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C．everything went as expected |
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D．students wrote about it |
3.The ants died because ．
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A．weightlessness harmed them |
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B．space caused too much pain |
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C．no one fed them in space |
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D．they dried out in the desert |
4.On the next space trip , ants ．
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A．will be sent without people |
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B．should not be left in the desert too long |
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C．will have to pay double fare |
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D．will escape the trip completely |