题目内容
The sunlight goes_____the window.| A.through | B.at | C.along | D.across. |
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For hundreds Of years, scientists have been trying to answer what things have an effect on people’s emotions (情感). How you feel is controlled by many things. Your emotions can be affected by your personality, by the actions of others and by events around you. Perhaps you don’t know your emotions can be influenced by the weather as well.
People often say they feel good when the sun is shining and sad when it is cloudy. In fact, sunlight makes us feel good. When sunlight hits our skins, our bodies produce a vitamin. Vitamins are natural chemicals (化学物质) which we all need to stay healthy. Sunlight helps our bodies produce vitamin D. Vitamin D helps our bodies make a special chemical. This special chemical affects our brains (大脑) and makes us feel happy. For example, there are long, dark winters of little sunlight in Sweden and Norway, so many people in these countries often feel sad. Without much sunlight, their bodies produce less vitamin D. Without enough vitamin D, their bodies make less of this special chemical which makes them feel good. To help the people in these countries feel better, special “sunrooms” with artificial (人造的) lights have been built. People can go there and get “sunlight” for an hour or two!
The weather can also affect people’s emotions in other ways. Hot weather can make people angry because people feel uncomfortable when they are hot. In the same way, rain can make people angry because being wet can be unpleasant. As you can see, the weather can have an effect on the chemicals which control our brains. Through these ways, the weather can influence our emotions. Sadly, while the weather can change us, we can hardly change the weather.
【小题1】 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor (因素) that can affect one’s emotions?
| A.Weather. | B.Actions of others. |
| C.Personality. | D.Age. |
| A.It is a kind of artificial chemical. |
| B.It makes us worried by affecting our brains. |
| C.It is needed by us all to keep fit. |
| D.It is in the sunlight. |
| A.We feel good when we are in the bright cool weather. |
| B.We will be happy when we are caught in the rain. |
| C.All people in Norway and Sweden feel sad in winter. |
| D.The more vitamin D you have, the happier you’ll be. |
| A.Why Do We Feel Sad? |
| B.The Weather Influences People’s Emotions |
| C.People Need More Vitamin D |
| D.We Can Hardly Change the Weather |
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There was a lovely vegetable patch (菜园). A large tree grew there. Both the patch and the tree gave the place a wonderful look, and they were the pride of the gardener. But no one knew that the vegetables and the tree couldn’t stand (忍受) each other. The vegetables hated the tree’s shadow (阴影), because it left them only just enough light to live. The tree, on the other hand, hated the vegetables because they drank nearly all the water, leaving him just enough to live.
The situation became so serious that the vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground so that the tree would die. The tree answered back by not protecting the vegetables from the hot sun, so they began to dry up. Soon the vegetables were really weak, and the tree was drying up.
The gardener wondered why and stopped watering them. When he did that, both the tree and the vegetables realized that it was better to help each other. They learned how to live in harmony with those around them. So they decided to work together, using both the shade and the water to grow well. After seeing how well they were doing, the gardener gave the best care to his vegetable patch, watering and fertilizing (施肥) it better than any other patch for miles around.
【小题1】Why didn’t the vegetables and the tree get on well with each other?
| A.Because the vegetables wanted more light. |
| B.Because the tree drank almost all the water. |
| C.Because the vegetables weren’t the pride of the gardener. |
| D.Because the vegetables didn’t look as wonderful as the tree. |
| A.the vegetables were sorry to see the tree drying up |
| B.the gardener was very angry with the vegetables and the tree |
| C.the gardener didn’t know what was happening in the patch at first |
| D.the tree didn’t know how important the sun was to the vegetables |
| A.长久地 | B.小心地 | C.有效地 | D.和谐地 |
① The gardener worked on the patch even harder than before.
② The gardener stopped watering the vegetables and the tree.
③ The vegetables decided to use up all the water in the ground.
④ The tree and the vegetables realized the importance of helping each other.
| A.③②④① | B.④②③① | C.②①④③ | D.①③④② |
| A.why the sunlight and water were very important |
| B.how the gardener took care of his vegetable patch |
| C.why the gardener was proud of his vegetable patch |
| D.what happened between the vegetables and the tree |