摘要： not a little=much not a bit=not at all=not in the least ---Are you hungry? ---Not a little. I could eat a horse.

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     There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers, he used two
buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one, which had seen
many years of service, but was now past its best.
     Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the path,
one on each side, to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出)．The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes: before
it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path.
     Sometimes the new bucket would say, "See how capable I am! How good it is that the gardener has
me to water the flowers every day! I don't know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of space you are!"
     And all that the old bucket could say was, "I know I'm not very useful, but I can only do my best.I'm
happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least."
     One day, the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual, he said,
"You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look carefully along the path."
     Then the two buckets did so.All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was
carried, there was just bare (光秃秃的) earth; on the other side where the old bucket was carried, there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden.
1. What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean?            
A. Dirty.                                                                
B. Dark.                                                                  
C. Worn-out.                                                            
D. Plain-looking.                                                          
2. What was the old bucket ashamed of?                                    
A. His past.                                                            
B. His aging.                                                              
C. His manner.                                                          
D. His leaking.                                                            
3. The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to ________.  
A. laugh at the old one                                                    
B. take pity on the old one                                                
C. show off its beautiful looks                                            
D. praise the gardener's kindness                                          
4. Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?                      
A. Because it was used to keep a balance.                                  
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.                                
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.                                    
D. Because it had its own function.                                        
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     There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used
two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which
 had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.
     Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the
path,one on each side,to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a full
bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出)．The old bucket felt very ashamed because of
its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path.
     Sometimes the new bucket would say,"See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener
has me to water the flowers every day!I don't know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of
space you are!"
     And all that the old bucket could say was,"I know I'm not very useful,but I can only do my best.
I'm happy that the gardener still finds  a little bit of use in me,at least."
     One day,the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual,he said,
"You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look
carefully along the path."
     Then the two buckets did so.All along the path,they noticed,on the side where the new bucket was
carried,there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth；on the other side where the old bucket was carried,
there was a joyous row of wild flowers,leading all the way to the garden.

1．What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean?
A.   Dirty.  
B.   Dark.
C．Wornout.  
D．Plainlooking
2．What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A.   His past.  
B．His aging.
C.   His manner.  
D．His leaking.
3．The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to________.
A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener's kindness
4．Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A. Because it was used to keep a balance.
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.
D. Because it had its own function.
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     There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care.To water his flowers,he used
two buckets.One was a shiny and new bucket.The other was a very old and dilapidated one,which
had seen many years of service,but was now past its best.
     Every morning,the gardener would fill up the two buckets.Then he would carry them along the
path,one on each side,to the flowerbeds.The new bucket was very proud of itself.It could carry a
full bucket of water without a single drop spilled (溢出)．The old bucket felt very ashamed because
of its holes:before it reached the flowerbeds,much water had leaked along the path.
     Sometimes the new bucket would say,"See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener
has me to water the flowers every day!I don't know why he still bothers with you.What a waste of
space you are!"
     And all that the old bucket could say was,"I know I'm not very useful,but I can only do my best.
I'm happy that the gardener still finds  a little bit of use in me,at least."
     One day,the gardener heard that kind of conversation.After watering the flowers as usual,he said,
"You both have done your work very well.Now I am going to carry you back.I want you to look
carefully along the path."
     Then the two buckets did so.All along the path,they noticed,on the side where the new bucket
was carried,there was just bare(光秃秃的) earth；on the other side where the old bucket was
carried,there was a joyous row of wild flowers,leading all the way to the garden.

1．What does the underlined word "dilapidated" probably mean?
A. Dirty.  
B. Dark.
C．Wornout.  
D．Plainlooking.
2．What was the old bucket ashamed of?
A. His past.  
B．His aging.
C. His manner.  
D．His leaking.
3．The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to________.
A. laugh at the old one
B. take pity on the old one
C. show off its beautiful looks
D. praise the gardener's kindness
4．Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?
A. Because it was used to keep a balance.
B. Because it stayed in its best condition.
C. Because it was taken as a treasure.
D. Because it had its own function.
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　　There was a gardener who looked after his garden with great care．To water his flowers, he used two buckers．One was a shiny and new bucket．The other was a very old and dilapidated one．Which had seen many years of service, but was now past its best．

　　Every morning, the gardener would fill up the two buckets．Then he would carry them along the path, one on each side, to the flowerbeds．The new bucket was very proud of itself．It could carry a full bucket of water without a single drop spilled(溢出)．The old bucket felt very ashamed because of its holes：before it reached the flowerbeds, much water had leaked along the path．

　　Sometimes the new bucket would say, “ See how capable I am!How good it is that the gardener has me to water the flowers every day!I don't know why he still bothers with you．What a waste of apace you are!”

　　And all that the old bucket could say was．“ I know I am not very useful, but I can only do my best．I am happy that the gardener still finds a little bit of use in me, at least．”

　　One day, the gardener heard that kind or conversation．After was ring the flowers as usual．he said, ”You both have done your work very well．Now I am going to carry you back．I want you to look carefully along the path．”

　　Then the two buckets did so．All along the path, they noticed, on the side where the new bucket was carried．there was just bare(光秃秃的)earth; one the onther side where the old bucket was carried．there was a joyous row of wild flowers, leading all the way to the garden．

(1)

What does the underlined word “dilapidated” probably mean?

[　　]

A．

Dirty

B．

Dark

C．

Worn-out

D．

Plain-looking．

(2)

What was the old bucket ashamed of?

[　　]

A．

His past．

B．

His aging．

C．

His manner．

D．

His leaking．

(3)

The new bucket made conversations with the old one mainly to ________

[　　]

A．

laugth at the old one

B．

take pity on the old one

C．

show off its beautiful looks

D．

praise the gardener’s kindness

(4)

Why was the old bucket still kept by the gardener?

[　　]

A．

Because it was used to keep a balance

B．

Because it stayed in its besr condition

C．

Because it was taken as a treasure

D．

Because it had its own function

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New research shows that overweight or even mildly obese people have a lower risk of early death than people considered to be normal weight.

Researchers examined the results of 97 studies. Most of the studies were less than 10 years old. They included almost three million adults from around the world, including the United States, Canada, China, Taiwan, Brazil, India and Mexico.

The researchers at the National Center for Health Statistics found that people who are considered overweight or slightly obese were five to six percent less likely to die from all causes than people of normal weight. People with higher obesity ratings, however, had almost a 30 percent greater risk of death compared to normal-weight individuals.

Katherine Flegal was the lead author of the study. She says she was not surprised that overweight people would not have a higher risk of death.

“Because we’d actually already read a lot of this literature and realized it was likely that mortality rates (死亡率) for overweight would be at least not higher than normal weight. I guess I was a little bit surprised that it was definitely lower. And I was also surprised that the lower rates of obesity also didn’t seem to differ from normal weight.”

But she says the difference in death rates appears to be small between normal-weight people and those who are overweight or mildly obese.

The study has raised new questions about “body mass index,”（体重指数） or BMI. This is a measurement of body fat as a ratio（比率） of height to weight. In recent years, many public health experts have promoted body mass index as a way to predict the risk of health problems. Bu t a person's BMI can be misleading in some cases.

Steven Heymsfield ,the executive director of the Pennington Biomedical Research Center, says people can be physically fit and in good health, but might weigh more because they are more muscular.

Still, Dr. Heymsfield says people should not think gaining extra weight is OK just because of the new findings. He says being at a healthy weight lowers the risk for heart disease and diabetes（糖尿病）.

1.According to the new findings, the researchers found that __________ .

A.People with high obesity have a lower risk of early death than people with low obesity

B.People with overweight have a greater risk of early death than people of normal weight.

C.People with mild obesity are less likely to die than people of normal weight.

D.People with obesity live much longer than people of normal weight.

2.What does the underlined word “literature” in paragraph 6 mean ?

A.works like novels and poems

B.books and articles on a particular subject

C.printed material

D.magazines and newspapers

3.Which of the following statements is not true according to the passage?

A. BMI is commonly used to measure body fat as a ratio of height to weight.

B. Not all people with a little higher BMI are fat .

C. Many public health experts encourage more people to use BMI as a way to predict the risk of health problem

D. Because of the ne w findings, people should think about gaining extra weight.

 

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