完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I am an apple. I'm a kind of sweet_______You can find me grow in many places of the world, but I can’t grow well in very hot places_______very cold places.

I am not like my cousins—_______and bananas. I am rounder than a pear and bananas are_______than me. I am delicious,_______people all over the world like to eat me. They can usually eat me_______washing me. They can also cook me to_______all kinds of food, sometimes they put me in cans to send me to other places of the world. Almost everyone can have_______to buy me because I’m so cheap.

I can also help people get_______There is a saying__________English: An apple a day keeps the doctor away. Don’t you think that I'm very great? I have many vitamins(维生素)inside, they are__________for you. I really wish to make you happy and healthy. so don’t forget to__________me as often as you can.

But I also need your__________, if you want to make me taste better,. you must__________me well. Thank you for your love. I'll try to grow well and__________sweeter. Then you will like to eat me a lot more.

1.A.vegetable B.fruit C.drink D.snack

2.A.but B.and C.or D.as

3.A.lemons B.tomatoes C.pears D.oranges

4.A.shorter B.longer C.fatter D.older

5.A.and B.so C.but D.or

6.A.after B.before C.for D.with

7.A.let B.have C.take D.make

8.A.time B.money C.energy D.food

9.A.happy B.smart C.comfortable D.healthy

10.A.in B.with C.for D.of

11.A.good B.bad C.ready D.different

12.A.eat B.drink C.find D.cook

13.A.energy B.vitamin C.love D.treat

14.A.look for B.look after C.look up D.look out

15.A.become B.feel C.sound D.Look

This week, our topic is pollution. What’s the answer to all of our pollution problems? We asked two experts to give their views.

Forest Smith is a member of Green First, an environmental group:

Our future on Earth looks terrible. We’re filling our country with waste. We can’t breathe the air and the sea is polluted too.

I visited some relatives recently in a small village. They grow their own food and cycle everywhere. They are not rich, but they are happy and healthy. We have too many possessions. Most of us have more things that we would ever need. It’s such a waste!

We must close down most of our factories that would reduce rubbish and the air pollution. We must recycle more, give up all cars and improve public transport. Another big problem is that we live in big cities that are crowded with people. It’s time for us to give up our big cities and factories and go back to a simple way of life.

John Green is a scientist at a university:

“Things are not as bad as Forest says. We all have a bright future. We don’t need to give up cars, but we do need to invent better, cleaner cars that do not pollute the environment. Traffic will still be bad, so we need better public transport. We should also recycle more. But some things are getting better. My sister returned last month after living abroad for five years. She said, “Our city looks different from before—it is cleaner and greener now.

Science has made life better in so many ways. A hundred years ago, most people died before the age of fifty because life was so hard. We can’t go back to a world like that.”

1.What’s Green First?

2.Why do Forest Smith’s relatives grow their own food?

3.who thinks we should invent cleaner cars?

4.Why does Forest Smith suggest closing down most of our factories?

5.What do both experts think we should do to deal with pollution problems?

If English means endless new words, difficult grammar and sometimes strange pronunciation, you are wrong. Haven’t you noticed that you have become smarter since you started to learn a language?

According to a new study by a British university, learning a second language can lead to an increase in your brain power. Researchers found that learning other languages changes grey matter (脑灰质). This is the area of the brain which processes (加工) information. It is similar to the way that exercise builds muscles (肌肉).

The study also found the effect is great when the younger people learn a second language. A team led by Dr. Andrea Mechelli, from University College London, took a group of Britons who only spoke English. They were compared with a group of “early bilinguals” who had learnt a second language before the age of five, as well as a number of later learners.

Scans showed that grey matter density (密度) in the brain was greater in bilinguals that in people without a second language. But the longer a person waited before mastering a new language, the smaller the difference.

“Our findings suggest that the structure (结构) of the brain is changed by the experience of learning a second language.” said the scientists.

It means that the change itself increases the ability to learn. Professor Dylan Vaughan Jones of the University of Wales, has researched the relationship between bilingualism and maths skills. “Having two languages gives you two windows on the world and makes the brain more flexible (灵活的).” he said. “You are actually going beyond language and have a better understanding of different ideas.”

The findings were matched in a study of native Italian speakers who had learned English as a second language between the ages of two and thirty-four. Reading, writing, and comprehension were all tested. The results showed that the younger they started to learn, the better. “Studying a language means you get an entrance to another world,” explained the scientists.

1.The main subject talked about in this passage is ________.

A.science on learning a second language B.man’s ability of learning a second language

C.that language can help brain power D.language learning and maths study

2.The underlined word “bilingual” probably means ________.

A.a researcher on language learning B.a second language learner

C.a person who can speak two languages D.an active language learner

3.In the second paragraph, the writer mentions “exercise” in order to ________.

A.say language is also a kind of physical (身体的) labor

B.show that one needs more practice when he (she) is learning a language

C.show the importance of using the language when you learn the language

D.make people believe language learning helps grey matter work well

4.We may know from the scientific findings that ________.

A.the earlier you start to learn a second language, the higher the grey matter density is

B.there is no difference between a later second language learner and one who doesn’t know a second language

C.the experience of learning a second language has bad influence on people’s brain

D.the ability of learning a second language is changing all the time

5.In the last two paragraphs, the author wants to tell us that ________.

A.learning a second language is the same as studying maths

B.early learning of a second language helps you a great deal in studying other subjects

C.Italian is the best choice for you as a second language

D.you’d better choose the ages between 2 and 34 to learn a second language

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