14．Asian children are becoming increasingly undernourished or obese.a new report says．The United Nat——青夏教育精英家教网——

14．Asian children are becoming increasingly undernourished or obese，a new report says．The United Nations Children's Fund （UNICEF） and the World Health Organization （WHO） joint report was released on Monday．The two agencies call for better regulation of junk food and a limit on sugary drinks for children．They also call for action against malnourishment，because a lack of food has prevented children who live in poverty growing normally and healthily-or rather，hurt their development．
Dorothy Foote is a UNICEF regional nutritional specialist．She said the lack of food affects children's height and development inside their bodies．But at the same time，the area is facing"skyrocketing"levels of overweight children．
The main reason for the food problems，the report says，is that there is more"junk food available，food that does not provide nutrition．Another problem is drinks with high sugar or high trans-fat，but low nutritional value．Lack of physical activity is also part of the problem，the report says．
Foote said this is seen in nutrition across the area．She said people lack knowledge about what is needed and normal for healthy child development．
The economic growth in the area has brought"unhealthy products"to rural areas．Poor and middle-class families buy them and do not make"the right choices to use healthier foods instead．"Poor feeding practices，especially for children younger than two，mean ongoing high levels of undernourishment．
The report says governments need to regulate the marketing of junk food and sugary drinks to children．It also calls for better feeding practices for infants and young children，and treatment for severely malnourished children．And it says countries should work to reduce poverty and make sure that children stay in school．

32．The underlined word"malnourishment"in the first paragraph can be replaced byB．
A．bad education
B．poor nutrition
C．poor family
D．expensive food
33．The causes of Asian children's being hungry and overweight are the following exceptD．
A．more junk food available
B．lack of physical activity
C．drinks with high sugar or high trans-fat
D．bad food provided in the school dinning hall
34．Which group are influenced worst by poor feeding practices according to the text？B
A．Primary school students．
B．Children under two years old．
C．Children in rural areas．
D．Children in poor families
35．What's the best title for the text？C
A．The reasons for children's being hungry．
B．Why do children in Asia become overweight？
C．Asian children are facing hunger or obesity．
D．How to stop children from being overweight．

13．Not long ago，few little girls imagined they could grow up to become astronauts．For years in United States，only men had that opportunity．In 1983，that changed．Sally Ride made history by becoming the first American woman to travel to space．
On Monday，Ride died at the age of 61，"Sally was national hero and a powerful role model，"President Barack Obama said in a statement．"She inspired generations of young girls to reach for the stars．"
Ride became interested in space when she was a kid．"If you asked me when I was 12whether I wanted to be an astronaut，I'm sure I would have said yes，"she said in a 2010interview．"But I didn't even think about that as a possible career．"
After studying physics in college，Ride got her change．She was accepted into NASA's astronaut training program in 1978，and then chosen to be the first American female in space．In 1983，she blasted into space aboard the Challenger shutter．
Ride returned to space on the Challenger a second time in 1984．Between the two missions，she spent a total of 343hours in orbit．After that，she remained involved with the space program and also worked to share her passion for science with kids．She co-authored six science books for children，and started her own science and education company．
Ride knew that she held a unique place in history．"I realized how important it was for a woman to break that barrier and open the door for other women to be able to do the same exciting things that the men had been doing，"she said．
Since Ride's historic trip，more than 40other American women have traveled to space．They all had Ride to thank for opening the door to the final frontier．

25．Obama called Ride a national hero because sheB．
A．was the first American to travel to space
B．became the first American female in space
C．was the first to travel on the Challenger shuttle
D．opened a door for women to find suitable jobs
26．What other contributions did Ride make？C
A．Taking many pictures of the space program．
B．Starting a company to teach more astronauts．
C．Teaching kids through sharing her thirst for science．
D．Teaching woman how to become a successful astronaut．
27．What key characters does Ride have according to the text？A
A．Brave and creative．
B．Curious and strict．
C．Kind and elegant．
D．Generous and easy-going．
28．What can we learn from the text？C
A．Ride studied astronomy when she was in university．
B．Americans think Ride was the greatest woman in history．
C．There are many women who have become astronauts after Ride．
D．Ride wanted to find a job as an astronaut when she was very young．

12．-Mr Li is the most excellent engineer in our company despite his poor education background．
-________．His technical capacity comes from his devotion and rich experience．（　　）

	A．	Four eyes see more than two		B．	The end justifies the means
	C．	Work makes the workman		D．	Better late than never

11．--I didn't expect that John would be absent from my last Sunday's birthday party．
-As far as I know，he ________ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays．（　　）

10．Quite a few people used to believe that disaster________ if a mirror was broken．（　　）

	A．	was sure of striking		B．	was sure of having struck
	C．	was sure to be struck		D．	was sure to strike

9．Men are more suited to occupational environments ________ require decisive action while
women are better at jobs ________ a considered approach is most important．（　　）

It's hard to walk into a store these days without seeing the lovely and forgetful star of Disney/Pixar's film Finding Dory smiling back at you．Toys，games，books，T-shirts，lunch boxes-Dory is everywhere．Many kids will put these items on their holiday wish list．But one thing that should be left off that list is a real live Dory．
It's happened many times in the past．A box-office hit or clever commercial turns an animal into a star and suddenly everyone wants one．It becomes a"fad．"But the definition of a fad is：something that is only popular for a short time．
Animal shelters have taken in thousands of animals who became instantly popular，and then just as suddenly were unwanted．They include certain dog breds（品种），rabbits，and wilife like turtes，snakes，lizards and fishes．
When Finding Nemo was released in 2003，clown fish became a must-have pet，and millions of people rushed out to buy them．But like other fad animals（including turtles after Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles hit the big screen），people soon realized that they weren't prepared to care for them properly．As a result，many of the fish died．
That has scientists like Jonathan Balcombe worried．Dory is a kind of fish called a royal blue tang，explains Balcombe．Blue tangs live around coral reefs．And unlike clown fish，they can't be bred in tanks．That means they are captured from the wild，usually using methods that harm them as well as other marine animals（海洋动物）and their ocean habitats．
Blue tangs can easily become ill if not cared for properly．So before you add a Dory look-alike to your wish list，remember this．Movies last only an hour or two，but pets are for life．If you want a great pet，visit an animal shelter．Let fishes like Dory continue to swim in the ocean where they belong．

28．What do we know about Dory in the film Finding Dory？B
A．It made a long dream list．
B．It is a well-loved character．
C．It has an excellent memory．
DIt helped kids get their wishes．
29．Which of the following is TRUE about fad pets？B
A．They soon die of disease or hunger．
B．They usually end in animal shelters．
C．They are mistreated by their owners．
D．They are popular with people for a long time．
30．Why did many of the fad fish die？C
A．They got poisoned．
B．They were overhunted．
C．They lacked proper care．
D．They couldn't find enough food．
31．What would be the best title？．D
A．A new movie will hit the big screen
B．Rise of fad pets leads to neglect of animals
C．Finding Dory makes the blue tang fish popular
D．Find Dory on the big screen，not in your fish tank．

7．Despite being used by 1.34 billion people each year，traveling on the Tube in London can actually be quite lonely．
One citizen，however，is trying to change this．"You get on the Tube and it's completely silent and it's weird（怪异的），"says Jonathan Dunne，who has started a worldwide dialogue after giving out badges （徽章） with the words"Tube chat？"last month，encouraging passengers in London to get talking to one another．"I handed out 500 badges during rush hour in a city of 8million，expecting most of them to be thrown away，but after about 24 hours it completely snowballed，"he says．Dunne and his"Tube chat"campaign have since been reported by media across the world，seeing TV interviews in Sweden，Brazil and the UK，as well as countless website，newspaper and magazine appearances．
Although Dunne says he's received mostly positive feedback，not everyone agrees with his idea．Londoner Brian Wilson responded with a campaign of his own，handing out 500 badges with the words"Don't even think about it"on them．Michael Robinson，24，a student from London，agrees．"Being on the Tube is the only peace and quiet some people get on their journeys to and from work．It doesn't need to be spoiled by people coming up and chatting to you，"he says．
"People assume that I just walk up and talk to strangers，which I don't，but it's been a great way to meet people you would never have normally spoken to，"Dunne says．
So if you ever end up using public transport in the West，why not say hello to the person next to you？Just make sure to check for a badge first．

32．In what way did Dunne encourage London passengers to talk with each other？B
A．By putting up posters on the tube．
B．By offering passengers special badges．
C．By advocating his idea on the media．
D．By starting a dialogue with passengers．
33．How is Dunne's campaign getting along？C
A．Most passengers have refused to accept it．
B．It has become a worldwide campaign．
C．It has caught international attention．
D．Wilson has made great efforts to promote it．
34．According to Michael Robinson，what should tube passengers do？D
A．Hand in their feedback in time．
B．Walk up and talk to strangers．
C．Stop using public transport．
D．Enjoy the peace quietly．
35．What can be the best title for the text？A
A．Tube Chat or Not
B．Lonely Travel in the London Tube
C．Silence on the Tube
D．Tube Passengers Wearing Badges．

6．The eyeliner makes the dark circles less visible．The lip gloss hides the trembling．The ponytail hides missing patches of hair．The Abercrombie sweater covers bruises．I might look at bit thinner，but everyone will ask about my new diet．My hair might not shine the way it used to，but the pink ribbon will distract curious eyes．One hour of preparation and I look like myself．One hour of preparation and no one will know．One hour out of 24．Sometimes I woner if it's worth it-wasting a twenty-fourth of my day on a lie．But then I see my wispy hair and baggy eyes，and I have to do it．
Checking my makeup one last time，I push my sleeves up，though not past my elbows．I slip on a cute pair of flat shoes-heels are too dangerous with shaky legs-and grab my Hollister bag．Padding downstairs，I breathe in the scent of waffles and syrup．
"Morning，Mom，"I call．
"Morning，baby，"she chirps．"Did you sleep well？"
"Better than I have been．"
She sighs，and her eyes look a hundred years old for a minute．"Any improvement is good，"she says half-heartedly．
"Of course．"
"I made waffles．"Her offering．
"Thanks，Mom．Smells delicious．"My offering．
I sit at the table and she hands me a plate．The thought of all that food turns my stomach，but I force a smile and thank my mother again．She busies herself at the sink and fills the silence with chatter．When she turns around，she takes in the waffles still on my plate，only missing a few bites．I smile apologetically．
"I'm not very hungry this morning．"
"You'll need your strength for this afternoon．"She bites her lip．She doesn't like to bring it up over breakfast．I eat another bite．
"I packed your lunch．"
"I'm 18，Mom．I can pack my own lunch．You have more important things to do．"
She reaches for the paper sack．"But now I know you'll have something to eat．And you need to eat，okay？You have to keep your strength up．"
Sighing，I take the bag．I know this peanut butter and jelly sandwich won't be eaten，not any more than the one yesterday or the day before．Anything consumed after 11ends up in a plastic basin at 4：07．It'sjust the way it works．
"Hon，have you thought about what I said the other day？"she asks．
I shrug noncommittally．
"Sweetheart，you can't hide this forever．Eventually you're going to miss school and people will start asking questions．"
"Mom，I have two months left of high school．I can make it till then．I'm class president and probably will make a graduation speech．I was voted‘Most popular，'‘Most fun to be around，'‘Best smile，'and‘Most likely to succeed．'I'm the girl who's got it all together．People don't want to know that the girl who's got it all together，doesn't have it all toether．People don't want to know that girl is dying!"
"Honey，don't say that．You're not dying．"
"Yes，I am．You heard Dr．Morrison．I have maybe a year left．Mom，listen to me．I don't want to be the girl everyone looks at and whispers，‘Look at her．Poor thing!I can't handle that．I want to be normal．Just for these last two months．"
"Okay，"she whispers．"Okay．Just remember，it's okay if you don't have it all together．Sometimes things just fall apart and there's nothing we can do．"
"Thanks，Mom．"I grab my bag and lunch and kiss her on the cheek．"I love you．""I love you too，"my mom replies．This exchange，once taken for granted，is now a vital part of every morning，every afternoon，every night．Three little words，followed by four more，have come to mean more than an entire conversation．They bridge all gaps and disagreements，because we both know there is now a finite number left．
Keys in hand，I open the door and blink in the early morning sun．My silver car waits in the driveway and as I walk toward it，I check my reflection in the tinted window．Perfect．

65．Why does the author think her make up time is spent on a lie？D
A．Because she is going on a new diet．
B．Because she has to deal with her wispy hair and baggy eyes．
C．Because she tries to look prettier than she actually is．
D．Because she is pretending to look normal．
66．The author doesn't eat much breakfast becauseA．
A．she is in terrible health condition B．she doesn't like waffles
C．she is not hungry in the morning
D．she just likes a few bites
67．What will happen if she forces herself to eat some food for lunch？C
A．She will eventually miss school．
B．It will build up her strength．
C．She will throw it up later．
D．It will make her work better．
68．The underlined sentence"I shrug noncommittally"most probably meansD．
A．the author is bored with her mom
B．the author is indifferent about the issue
C．the author has already considered it
D．the author gives no clear answer
69．The exchange of greetings have become vital for the author and her mom becauseB．
A．she wants to be normal
B．she is running out of time
C．they disagree with each other
D．there is a generation gap between them
70．What adjectives can we use to describe the author？C
A．Polite but stupid．
B．Hardworking and successful．
C．Understanding and considerate．
D．Popular but stubborn．

5．A common sight in malls，in pizza parlors，in Starbucks，and wherever else American teens hang out：three or four kids，hooded，gathered around a table，leaning over like monks or druids，their eyes fastened to the smartphones held in front of them．Looking at them，you can envy their happiness．You can also find yourself wishing them immersed in a different kind of happiness-in a superb book or a series of books，in the reading obsession itself!You should probably keep on wishing．
It's very likely that teenagers，attached to screens of one sort or another，read more words than they ever have in the past．But they often read scraps，excerpts，articles，parts of articles，messages，pieces of information from everywhere and from nowhere．It's likely that they are reading fewer books．Yes，millions of kids have read Harry Potter，"The Lord of the Rings，""The Hunger Games，"and other fantasy and dystopian fictions； also vampire romance，graphic novels （some very good），and young-adult novels．Yet what happens as they move toward adolescence？When they become twelve or thirteen，kids often stop reading seriously．The boys veer off into sports or computer games，the girls into friendship in all its wrenching mysteries and satisfactions of favor and exclusion．Much of their social life，for boys as well as girls，is now conducted on smartphones，where teen-agers don't have to confront one another．The terror of eye contact!
If kids are avoiding eye contact，they are avoiding books even more．Work by the Pew Research Center and other outfits have confirmed that few late teen-agers are reading many books．A recent summary of studies cited by ommon Sense Media indicates that American teen-agers are less likely to read"for fun"at seventeen than at thirteen．The category of reading"for fun"is itself a little depressing，since it divides reading into duty （for school） and gratification （sitting on a beach towel），as if the two were necessarily opposed．My own observation，after spending a lot of time talking to teen-agers i recent years：reading anything serious has become a chore，like doing the laundry or prepping a meal for a kid brother．Or，if it's not a chore，it's just an activity，like swimming or shopping，an activity like any other．It's not something that runs through the rest of their lives．In sum，reading has lost its privileged status．Often，they look at you blankly when you ask them what they are reading on their own．
Of course，these kids are very busy．School，homework，sports，jobs，clothes，parents，brothers，sisters，half brothers，half sisters，friendships，love affairs，hanging out，music，and，most of all，screens-compared with all of that，reading a book is a weak，petulant claimant on their time．Reading frustrates their smartphone sense of being everywhere at once．Being unconnected makes them anxious and even angry．"Books smell like old people，"I heard a student say in New Haven．
I know that reading literature，history，science，and the rest of the liberal-arts canon helps produce three-dimensional human beings．But how is a taste for such reading created in the first place？Infants held in their parents'arms，told stories，and read to will not remember the images or the words，but they will likely remember the warmth and comfort associated with books and conversation，especially when the experience is repeated hundreds of times．The luckiest of the children fall out of parents'arms into preschool．In the good ones，books are read aloud，valued，expounded，held up for kids to enjoy．The rest of American children arrive at school in kindergarten and are then，for thirteen years，either nurtured or betrayed by teachers．

61．Why does the author mention Harry Potter in the second paragraph？C
A．To prove that Harry Potter series are popular among teenagers．
B．To show smartphones are more attractive to teenagers．
C．To show that teenagers don't read seriously．
D．To prove that sports，computer games and friendship are more valuable．
62．In what way does serious reading resemble a chore to teenagers？A
A．Serious reading is no longer teenagers'life-long hobby．
B．Reading books will teach teenagers to be polite．
C．Reading can be divided into duty and gratification．
D．Swimming and shopping are similar activities．
63．According to the author，teachers should encourage students to read seriously byD．
A．assigning students less homework
B．associating books with warmth and comfort
C．taking reading as a privileged status
D．developing their love for reading
64．The best title for this passage isB
A．Books smell like old people．
B．Do teens read seriously any more？
C．Smartphones VS serious reading．
D．Educating 3dimensional human beings．

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