You are what you eat and fats are a main food for Asia's fast-food generation. Dr. Chwang, director of the Department of Food Nutrition,says children are consuming more meat and soft drinks. This is a thorough departure from the traditional diet of vegetables and rice and little meat. "They like big pieces of fried meat with a soft drink. So although they may eat the same volume of food,their calorie intake(卡路里摄入量) has increased. Now about 40 to 45 percent of their calories come from fat”,says Chwang.

 Although on the whole Asians tend towards thinness,culture―namely Asians' hospitality (好客) 一is the reason for the fatness of today's generation, according to Chwang. " Asian people love food," she says. "Eating and drinking are important social and family functions.” In the past,however, big meals were only hosted on special occasions as people were more careful with money. In today's climate of wealth and remarkable consumption, 10-course meals are no longer reserved for significant occasions.

 More than anyone else,Children are on the receiving end of their parents' improved cir?cumstances. "In the past,people had four or more children―now,they have one or two,so they tend to spoil them," says Chwang. "The easiest way is to give them quality food. Parents think feeding them well is showing their love. They feel bad when their children look thin.”

 When describing the physical condition of most overweight Asian children, Chwang says, "There is a clear relationship between fatness and indoor play. Children get fat because they don't move,and eventually, they don't want to move because they are fat.”

 Thanks to technology, a growing army of children prefer video games to old outdoor sports. " What do children do when watching TV or sitting in front of the computer playing video games? They eat chocolate and drink Coke," says Chwang. 

(   ) 1. Which of the following is the closest in meaning to the word "consuming"? 

   A. taking in   B. wasting

   C.  choosing   D. eating

(   ) 2. According to this passage, the " quality food" fed by some parents is actually

   A. healthful food   B. qualified food   C. agreeable food   D. high-calorie food 

(   ) 3. Some parents feel bad when their children look thin,because        .

   A.their children don't love eating and drinking

   B.their children don't have a good physical condition

   C.they feel that they don't take good care of their children

   D.they feel that they are no healthy enough to afford " qualified food" 

(   ) 4. The purpose of writing this article is to        .

   A.compare the traditional diet with today's diet of Asian children

   B.find reasons for increased food consumption of Asian people

   C.explain why many Asian children are overweight nowadays

   D.prove the relationship between fatness and indoor play

  Narrator(解说) :(Scene shows an old woman, washing her supper dishes. ) For several years,a widow (寡妇) has lived in her own pleasant two-room and kitchenette apartment in a re?built brownstone near East River. Her late husband, Mr. H. T. Miller, had left a fair amount of insurance money before he passed away. Mrs. Miller is,in fact,not an average sixty-one-year-old woman;she has little interest outside her apartment, has no friends to speak of,and she only ventures out as far as a nearby grocery store. No one who lives near her has taken note of her existence,with her old-fashioned dress and old-fashioned hairstyle,and she never uses any cosmetics(化妆品) .Her daily activities are monotonous,smoking an occasional cigarette, preparing her own meals,feeding her canary (a kind of bird) named "Tommy",and keeping her two-room apartment as clean as possible. (Mrs. Miller sits down on her couch, reading through the afternoon newspaper.)

  Narrator: (Camera changes scene to Rod Serling, a glowing cigarette held in her hand.) One would think that her life would be as normal as anyone else's. She doesn't mind the wall of isolation(隔离) she has created around herself all these years. But all of this is going to change. Mrs. Miller is going to meet a person, a small child, who,like her,has no friends, goes through life unnoticed, and ventures only as far as Mrs. Miller. Would it be a dream of happi?ness come true? Or perhaps the worst nightmare(垂梦) Mrs. Miller has ever experienced ...In the Twilight Zone!

   Title shows: " Miriam"

   Act I:At the Theater

(Scene 1,at Mrs. Miller's apartment) 

(   ) 1. Where is the passage from?

   A. It is from a science book.   B. It is from a TV show script.

   C.  It is from a news report.   D. It is from a textbook of history.

(   ) 2. What does the underlined word "monotonous" probably mean in the passage?

   A. various   B. not changing   C. special   D. interesting

(   ) 3. Which of the following statements about Mrs. Miller is true?

   A.She lives a happy and calm life although she is lack of money.

   B.She is not a sixty-one-year-old woman.

   C.She spends most of her time doing her own things at home.

   D.She is not fashionable but likes to decorate her own house.

(   ) 4. Which of the following things is the thing that Mrs. Miller would NOT do?

   A.She doesn't want to disturb her neighbours.

   B.She always tries to keep her house clean.

   C.She is not interested in fashion show.

   D.She cares more about her neighbour's opinions.

 It was well-known that Einstein was the father of the famous Theory of Relativity. But do you know it owes a great deal to Marits,Einstein's former wife?

In 1896,17-year-old Einstein went to Zurich to study physics. There he met a girl fromHungary. They studied in the same class. The same interest brought the two together and the young man fell in love with Marits. In 1903, when Einstein was 24 years old,he married Marits,who was 4 years older than he.-

After their marriage, Einstein devoted himself to the research of the great theory. To give her husband more help,Marits gave up her own work,and became a good wife and assistant. She tried her best to encourage him whenever possible and she was sure that her husband would succeed. They often discussed the theory while walking outside or sitting together in the room. They even discussed it in their letters when one of them was away from home.

In 1914,the Einstein moved to Berlin and settled there. At that time,Einstein's theory proved to be correct and he had become famous all over the world. Marits was very proud of him and his success. But it was not long before the First World War broke out. Marits as well as her two sons,who were all on holidays in Switzerland, couldn't come back to Berlin. The war not only stopped Einstein's work but broke up the warm,happy family. In 1919, Einstein and Marits had to get divorced(离婚) .

Einstein himself,however, later said that Marits was really an outstanding woman. 

(   ) 1. What's the main idea of this passage?

   A.Einstein devoted himself to the scientific research.

   B.Einstein is a wonderful husband as well as a scientist.

   C.The World War I stopped Einstein's marriage.

   D.Marits,Einstein's former wife is really an outstanding woman. 

(   ) 2. Einstein fell in love with Marits mainly because they        .

   A.were in the same school

   B.had the same interest

   C.appreciated each other

   D.came from different countries

(   ) 3. If the First World War hadn't broken out,what would have happened to Albert Ein?stein?

   A.He would have lived to the end of his life with Marits.

   B.He wouldn't have lost his two sons.

   C.He would't be staying in Berlin.

   D.We don't know.

(   ) 4. Arrange Einstein's experiences in a right order according to the passage.

     a. moved to Berlin b. went to Zurich c. became world-famous d. got divorced 

   A. b-d-a-c   B. a-c-b-d   C. b-a-c-d   D. d-b-a-c

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