【题目】Cooking programs and classes for children seem to positively influence children's food preferences and behaviorsaccording to a recent reviewAndalthough the review didn't look at long-term effects of such programsthe findings suggest that such programs might help children develop long-lasting healthy habits

This research comes at a time when childhood obesity(肥胖) rates have been rising rapidlyMore than one-third of adolescents in the United States were obese in 2012according to the USCenters for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)This trend has been causedat least in partby a significant decrease in the amount of meals that people consume at home since the 1980saccording to background information in the study

Cooking education programssuch as Food Explorersteach children about new healthy foods and how to prepare themThey also stress the importance of eating five fruits and vegetables every dayA volunteer parent explains a new food to the groupand the kids make something based on the lessonsuch as fruit or vegetable saladDepending on the programkids may be sent home with information about healthy foods to bring to their parentsthe review explained

The study team reviewed eight other studies that tested different types of cooking education programsChildren in these classes were between 5 and 12 years oldaccording to the reviewThe goal of the study team was to learn more about developing an efficient program to encourage healthy food choices that last a lifetimeThe study found that it is particularly important to expose kids to healthy foods on a number of occasionsThis makes them feel comfortable with the new foodswhich helps them build healthy habits

The study stressed the importance of getting parents involved in(参与) their children's eating habitsParents who are unable to enroll their kids in a cooking class can achieve similar benefits by having their kids help them while they prepare meals at homeChildren are more comfortable at homewhich makes them more receptive to new foods because they will make the connection to a positive experience

1What can we infer from the second paragraph?

A. Eating out frequently causes obesity

B. Childhood obesity is totally caused by eating habit

C. Childhood obesity rates have been rising rapidly since 2012

D. Food consumption has decreased significantly since the 1980s

2On cooking education programs________

A. children learn how to prepare foods from their parents

B. children will learn how to cook in the company of their parents

C. children may learn information unknown to their parents

D. children focus more on cooking skills than on information about healthy foods

3Which of the following is true according to the study?

A. Parents should let their kids cook independently at home

B. A greater willingness to try new foods helps building healthy habits

C. Children who participate in cooking programs are less likely to become obese

D. Children who take cooking courses are more likely to choose fruits and vegetables as adults

4Which of the following categories does this passage belong to?

A. Education Systems

B. Science and Technology

C. Parent-child Relationship

D. Public Health Research

5The purpose of the passage is _________

A. to inform the reader

B. to entertain the reader

C. to discuss with the reader

D. to warn the reader

【题目】C

The choice between having a career or making time for love is an extremely personal and individual decision. There are many factors which can affect your choice.

Careers and love fulfill us in different but important ways. Having a solid career gives us a sense of accomplishment and self worth. Then there are those who measure their success in terms of having a pleasant and rewarding home life.

So what happens if you cannot or do not wish to make room in your life for both? Consider these factors when pondering which is more important for you.

1. Your Career May be More Important When You are Young

Many people these days focus on careers first and family later. The reasoning is that, while you are young and unencumbered(无负担的), you have the time and energy to fully devote yourself to a career. If you have lofty career ambitions while you are young, it may indeed be the time to start making progress towards those goals.

Once you get married and begin to build a family, much of your time and energy–by necessity–becomes devoted to your family. This is as it should be. You should not start a family unless you are willing to devote time and attention to your loved ones.

2. Falling in Love can be Better When You are Older

More and more people these days are choosing to wait when it comes to making decisions about family. It is not unusual for people to delay marriage until their late 30’s or even their early 40’s. Delaying family decisions allows you to be better prepared for those obligations, and creates a better likelihood that you are in touch with your most important goals and values. You have had the opportunity to completely grow up, greatly reducing the chances of feeling like you are “missing out.” You have had the chance to purge the foolishness of youth from your system and are now confident with the wisdom of maturity.

3. Choosing Both

If you can find a work life balance that allows you to experience the joys of love and maintain a successful career, you will have a truly happy and rewarding life. A loving family at home can help you celebrate all of your successes, and bolster your confidence through your failures. There are many people out there reaping the tremendous rewards that come with including love and work in their lives, and finding the balance that allows for both.

The truly healthy and well balanced person will recognize the benefits of having both. He or she will take steps to achieve the work life balance necessary to assure the continuation of career growth while nurturing and maintaining the health of personal relationships. It is only when we can maintain this delicate balance that we are living life to its greatest potential.

1What can we learn from the first two paragraphs________?

A. Choosing to have a career or start a family life is a personal business

B. Nothing can determine peoples choice

C. Careers and love fulfill people in the same way

D. Having a solid career gives us a pleasant home life

2Why is career more important when people are young_________?

A. Because family life is not important

B. Because they can devote time and energy to their careers

C. Because they dont want to devote time and attention to their loved ones

D. Because they have no time for building a family

3Which is NOT the reason why people choose to wait when it comes to building a family_________.

A. To be better prepared for obligations

B. To have the opportunity to completely grow up

C. To rid of the foolishness of youth

D. They dont want to build a family

4From the last paragraph, we can infer that_________.

A. People take steps to achieve the work life balance

B. the continuation of career growth has nothing to do with personal relationships

C. Balancing career and family is of great benefit

D. People can live life to its greatest potential without maintaining the balance

5Whats the main idea of the passage________?

A. How to achieve a balance between career and family

B. How to have a successful career

C. Career is more important than family

D. People cant balance their career and family

【题目】My family moved from Taiwan to a small town in central Georgiawhere my dad got a visa for his family and a jobI had just learned Englishand from what little I could gather from my classmatesSanta Claus would come down one’s chimney(烟囱) and put toys in one’s stocking on Christmas Eve! What a great countryI thoughtAfter I looked up “stocking” in my Chinese-English dictionaryI knew what I had to do

On that fateful nightafter everyone went to bedI took my longestcleanest knee sock and attached it to a nail already on the mantel(壁炉)Obviouslythe previous owners of this house were no strangers to this Santa character

I woke up before everyone else on Christmas Day and ran to the fireplaceTo make a sob story shortI was hit with the reality of an empty sock and the biggest lie ever toldI burst into tearsquickly took down the sockand stuffed it in the back of a drawerSanta was dead

Every December since thenthe topic of Christmas memories would unavoidably come upand I would amuse my friends with my poor-little-me storyI had to make it as funny as possibleor else I would cry

How could I know that Santa was just late? Nine years agoon Christmas Evean older man with a white beard and a red cap knocked on my front doorHe said“I’ve been looking for you for twenty-five years” He handed me a bulging red stockingwinkedand leftOn top of the stocking was a cardIt read: “For Becky—I may have missed you in the second gradebut you’ve always lived in my heartSanta

Through tear-blurred eyesI recognized the handwriting of Jilla friend I had met just two months beforeI later discovered that the older man was her fatherJill had seen the hurt little girl underneath the thirty-something woman and decided to do something about it

So now I believe that Santa is realI don’t mean the twinkle-eyed character of children’s mythology(神话) or the creation of American holiday marketersThose Santas annoy and sadden meI believe in the Santa Claus that live inside good and thoughtful peopleThis Santa does not return to the North Pole after a crazy delivery but lives each day purposefullyreally listens to friendsand then plans deliberate acts of kindness

1What does the underlined part “what I had to do” in Paragraph 1 refer to?

A. Waiting for Santa Claus

B. Putting a stocking on the mantel

C. Asking for gifts from her parents

D. Looking up “stocking” in the dictionary

2It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s parents ____

A. didn’t love their child at all

B. didn’t know the previous owners of the house

C. didn’t know much about Christmas tradition

D. didn’t have enough money to buy the author Christmas presents

3When the author told her friends about the storyshe felt ______in her heart

A. proud B. amusing C. hate D. regret

4By writing the passagethe author speaks highly of ________

A. friendship

B. parenting

C. religion

D. culture

5The author of the passage is probably ________

A. a teenager

B. a primary school student

C. a middle-aged woman

D. a native American

【题目】When Dekalb Walcott III was just 8 years oldhis fathera Chicago fire chieflet him tag along on a callDekalb says a lot of kids idolized basketball player Michael Jordan when he was growing up in Chicago in the 1990sNot him

“I wanted to be like Dekalb Walcott Jr.,”he says of his father

So when his dad asked if he wanted to go on that call with him when he was 8Dekalb was excited“I'm jumping up and downsaying”Momcan I go? Can I go?'

The experience changed Dekalb's lifehe tells his dad on a visit to StoryCorps“My eyes got big from the moment the alarm went off”the younger Dekalb says“This is the life that I want to live someday

Now 27the younger Dekalb is living that lifeHe became a firefighter at 21 and went to work alongside his dad at the Chicago Fire DepartmentBefore his father retiredthe pair even went out on a call together — father supervising(监督) son

“You knowit's everything for me to watch you grow”his father saysBut he also recalls worrying about one particular fire that his son faced

“I received a phone call that nightAnd they said'Wellyour son was at this fire' I said'OKwhich way is this conversation going to go?'”Dekalb Walcott Jrrecalls

“And they said'But he's OKAnd he put it out all by himselfEverybody here was proud of him'”

“And the word went around'Who was out there managing that fire? Ohthat's Walcott! That's Walcott up there!' Soyou knowmoments like thatit's heaven on Earth for a dad

Dekalb Walcott Jrretired in 2009The younger Dekalb says he's proud of being a second-generation firefighter“You knowit makes me look forward to fatherhood as wellbecause I'm definitely looking forward to passing that torch down to my son

1The underlined phrase tag along in Paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to ______

A. put out fire

B. watch basketball

C. follow his father

D. ask his mother’s permission

2Dekalb Walcott III determined to become a firefighter at the age of _________

A. 8 B. 21 C. 27 D. 35

3What did Dekalb Walcott Jr want to do before he was told that the fire was put out?

A. Go on with the conversation

B. Put it out all by himself

C. Supervise his son

D. Go to the fire scene

4What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A. Dekalb Walcott Jr is proud to be a second-generation firefighter

B. Dekalb Walcott III wants his son to become a firefighter too

C. Dekalb Walcott Jr wants to pass the torch to Dekalb Walcott III

D. Dekalb Walcott III is proud that his son has become an excellent firefighter

5Which of the following is the best title of the passage?

A. Passing The Torch: A Firefighter Dad's Legacy

B. Putting Out Fire: A Challenging Job for Father and son

C. Dekalb Walcott IIIA Second-generation Firefighter

D. Dekalb Walcott Jr.:A Chicago Fire Chief

【题目】Air travel makes some people very nervous. The crowds, the noise and flying itself can cause . But there are classes people can take to help them the fear of flying. And there is training for service dogs that suffer the same problem.

Service dogs almost never the side of the people they care for. You will see them working on buses, trains and other public systems. But the busy environment found at an airport can even the best trained working dog.

People with disabilities depend on their dogs. They want the animals to safely them through security areas. They also need the dogs to remain on duty on the airplane, even when the flying is not . This takes special . The Air Hollywood K9 Flight School is one place where such help can be found.

The school has a piece of equipment that provides the sights, sounds and even the feel of an airplane in flight. Dog trainers say training is based on a simple rule: preparation. Dogs need to be exposed gradually and to the environment, to loud noises, to sounds and other dogs so that when this experience happens to them on a daily basis, they're able to act in a way that they're used to acting and that they don't get .

Dog owners who the training at Air Hollywood K9 Flight School say they now feel much more at ease about future . Their dogs also seem ready for takeoff.

【1A. trouble B. unease C. accidents D. diseases

【2A. defeat B. describe C. sense D. record

【3A. professional B. varied C. free D. similar

【4A .approach B. bark C. leave D. take

【5A. association B. running C. transport D. society

【6A. trouble B. attract C. interrupt D. instruct

【7A. follow B. guide C. train D. land

【8A. nervously B. stressfully C. calmly D. enthusiastically

【9A. speedy B. relaxing C. dangerous D. smooth

【10A. interest B. attention C. training D. procedure

【11A. previous B. cooperative C. academic D. successful

【12A. repeatedly B. abruptly C. occasionally D. instantly

【13A. bored B. excitable C. energetic D. fragile

【14A. attended B. inquired C. overlooked D. recommended

【15A. career B. flights C. security D. generations

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