Question

【题目】According to scientists’ research, the month in which babies are born could affect them in some ways.

Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn. Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure to sunlight in pregnancy (怀孕). Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack (缺乏) of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.

Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin”. It has a good effect on health. A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December. Similar studies in the US showed that people born in autumn lived about 160 days longer than those born in spring.

Professor Russell Foster said the conclusions were surprising and interesting. He added, “These are small effects but they are very, very clear. I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun. But it is true that we are affected by our season of birth.”

【1】A child’s season of birth can affect all the following things EXCEPT ________ according to the first two paragraphs.

A. his health B. his height

C. his length of life D. his quality of being clever

【2】What does the underlined word “exposure” mean in Chinese?

A. 偏爱 B. 抗拒 C. 过敏 D. 暴露

【3】What can we know about vitamin D according to the passage?

A. It comes from sunlight. B. It helps people live longer.

C. Sunlight prevents its production. D. It does harm to people’s health.

【4】Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. Women should get enough sunlight in pregnancy.

B. Children born under Aquarius are cleverer than those born in autumn.

C. People born in May will live longer than those born in October.

D. Professor Russell Foster is interested in star signs and believes in them.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】B

【4】A

【解析】你是几月出生的？你知道出生月份会对孩子有很多的影响吗？这篇短文给我们讲述了春季出生的孩子在健康、寿命以及聪明品质等方面都不如其他季节出生的孩子，并分析了原因。

【1】细节理解题。根据短文第二段中Babies born in spring get sick easily. Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons. They may also have shorter lives than those born in autumn.的这几句话我们可以知道，婴儿出生的月份可能会影响他的健康、聪明品质以及寿命。由此可知文章中没有提到的是B身高，故选B。

【2】词义猜测题。根据划线单词所在的上下文意Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure to sunlight in pregnancy (怀孕). Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack (缺乏) of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.可知，这几句话介绍了阳光的重要性，它有助于我们的身体产生维生素D，而缺乏维生素D会影响健康。所以怀孕的妈妈应该多晒太阳，即“暴露在阳光下”，因此我们可以猜测exposure的意思是“暴露”，故选D。

【3】细节理解题。根据短文第三段中Vitamin D is called the “sunshine vitamin”. It has a good effect on health. A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December可知，维生素D影响人的寿命，故B是对的。根据短文第二段中Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. 可知A和C是错误的；D选项与文意相反。

【4】推理判断题。根据短文第二段中Scientists believe many of the differences can be explained by the mother’s exposure to sunlight in pregnancy (怀孕). Sunlight helps lead to the production of vitamin D in the body. The lack (缺乏) of vitamin D in the first months of life may have a bad effect on health.可知，阳光有助于人体产生维生素D，而维生素D对人的健康是有很大影响的。由于怀孕的妈妈晒太阳少，从而会对婴儿的健康、寿命、聪明品质等有很大的影响，因此怀孕的妈妈应该多晒太阳，故A正确。根据Children born under Aquarius (Jan. 21st—Feb. 19th) may be less clever than those born in other seasons、A study showed that people born from April to June had slightly shorter lives than those born in October, November or December.、I am not giving voice to star signs and they are just for fun.可知其他三个选项都不符合文意。