The food we eat seems to have profound effects on our health. Although science has made big steps in making food more fit to eat, it has, at the same time, made many foods unfit to eat. Some research has shown that perhaps eighty percent of human illness is related to food and forty percent of cancer is related to food as well. That food is related to illness is not a new discovery. In 1945, some researchers realized that things commonly used to keep color in meats and other food additives(添加剂) caused cancer.

Yet , these additives remain in our food, and it is difficult to know which things on the wrappings(包装) of foods are helpful or harmful. The additives we eat are not all so direct. Farmers often give penicillin(青霉素) to their animals, and because of this, penicillin had been found in the milk of cows. Sometimes similar things are supplied to animals not for their health, but just to make a profit(利润).

The farmers are simply trying to fatten the animals in order to get higher price on the market. Although some countries have tried to control such things, the practice continues.

1.What is the main topic of the passage?

A.Cancer and Health.        B.Food and Illness.

C.Food and Culture.          D.Food and Health.

2.Acording to this passage, we can know _________.      .

A. perhaps most of human illness is caused by what we eat

B. perhaps most kinds of cancer are related to what people eat

C. cancer was discovered in 1945

D. science has made food unfit to eat

3. Things that are used to keep colors in meats are _________.       .

A. harmful       B. Useless   C. helpless   D. dangerous

4. The word “ this” in the second sentence of paragraph 2 most probably refers to __________.

A farmer

B penicillin

C beef and poultry

D the fact that farmers often give penicillin to an animal

5. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. Some wrappings of food are harmful.

B. Farmers try to make more money on the market by fattening their animals.

C. “The practice continues” means “things are still going on like that”.

D. We needn’t take care of what we eat.

 

Jane Austen,a famous English writer,was born at Steventon,Hampshire,on ?December? 16,1775,and died on July 18,1817.She began writing early in life,although the prejudices(偏见)of her times forced her to have her books published anonymously(匿名).?

But Jane Austen is perhaps the best known and best loved of Bath’s many famous local people and visitors.She paid two long visits here during the last five years of the eighteenth century and from 1801 to 1806,Bath was her home.Her deep knowledge of the city is fully seen in two of her novels,Northanger Abbey and Persuasion,which are largely set in Bath.The city is still very much as Jane Austen knew it,keeping in its streets and public buildings the well-ordered world that she described so well in her novels.Now the pleasure of learning Jane Austen’s Bath can be enhanced(增强)by visiting the Jane Austen Centre in Gay Street.Here,in a Georgian town house in the heart of the city,you can find out more about Bath in Jane Austen’s time and the importance of Bath in her life and work.?

The Center has been set up with the help and guidance of members of the Jane Austen Society.After your visit to the Center,you can look round the attractive shop,which offers a huge collection of Jane Austen related books,cards and many specially designed gifts.Jane Austen quizzes are offered to keep the children busy.

You can also have walking tours of Jane Austen’s Bath,which is a great way to find out more about Jane Austen and discover the wonderful Georgian city of Bath.The tour lasts about one and a half hours.The experienced guides will take you to the places where Jane lived,walked and shopped.

1.Jane Austen paid two long visits to Bath __________.?

A.in her early twenties    B.in her early teens?

C.in her late twenties    D.in her late teens?

2.What can we learn about Bath from the passage??

A.Bath has greatly changed since Jane Austen’s death.?

B.The city has changed as much as Jane Austen knew it.?

C.Bath remains almost the same as in Jane Austen’s time.?

D.No changes have taken place in Bath since Jane Austen’s time.?

3.The author(作者)writes this passage in order to __________.?

A.attract readers to visit the city of Bath?

B.ask readers to buy Austen’s books?

C.tell readers about Jane Austen’s experience?

D.give a brief introduction to the Jane Austen Society?

4.It takes you about one and a half hours __________.?

A.to get to the Jane Austen Center in Gay Street?

B.to buy Jane Austen related books,cards and gifts?

C.to find a guide to take you to the Center?

D.to look around the city of Bath on foot

 

There is a saying in France that states, "The government could fall, the Louvre (卢浮宫)could be broken into or creatures from other planets could land on earth, but if any of these things happened during the Tour de France, no one would notice." The Tour de France is the most famous cycling race in the world.It begins in July and runs for three weeks.Cyclists who race in the Tour de France ride in six legs or stages of the race, and they have between one to four days of rest between each leg of the race.The rider who completes all six legs of the race in the shortest overall time wins.

  The Tour de France began as a publicity stunt(惊人的表演) for the French sports newspaper, L’Auto.Hcnri Desgranges, who worked for L’Auto, came up with the idea for "the greatest bike race in the world, "and on July 1,1903, the first Tour de France began.Sixty cyclists began that first leg of the race which started in front of the Alarm Clock Cafe just outside of Paris.This first leg took them 467 kilometers to Lyon.The first Tour de France received an astonishing 2,000 francs.Maurice Garin, the most popular cyclist in France at that time, won the first Tour de France.It took him 94 hours and 33 minutes to ride all 2,428 kilometers of the race.This time was three hours faster than the second -place rider.Over the weeks during which the race was run, the idea of the Tour de France slowly caught the imagination of the people of France.The race has been run every year since that time, except during the years of World War I and World War Ⅱ.

  The Tour de France has developed several special honors for which racers compete.Above all, the highest honor is the " yellow jersey".Mr.Desgranges introduced the yellow jersey in 1919 to show the leading racer each rider's total time in order to find the racer with the lowest time.That racer wears the yellow jersey during the day's race.Other honors include the "green jersey " which is given to the rider who sprints the best by riding the fastest over short distances, and the "polka dot jersey" for the best rider in the mountains along the route.

1. Who wins the Tour de France?

A. The first cyclist to finish the race.

B. The cyclist with the most points.

C. The cyclist with the polka dot jersey.

D. The cyclist with the shortest overall time.

2. Henri Desgranges was      .

A. a photographer       B. a famous cyclist

C. the man who first won the Tour de France

D. the man who first thought of the Tour de France

3. How many stages make up the Tour de France?

A. One.  B. Four.    C. Six.      D. Ten

4. The yellow jersey is worn by____.

A. the fastest daily cyclist  B. the fastest overall cyclist

C. the youngest cyclist    D. the champion from the previous year

 

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