The little boy entered the house, unhappy. His mother was_______cakes in the kitchen. She smiled as she turned round but_______when she saw his face. Tyler, _______happened? Is everything okay?

"Nothing is okay, Mom," said the boy, "Today, in our science lesson, Mrs. Green was_______ the environment.She said that the whole world is getting dirtier and that many animals and plants are dying. She wants us to think of something we can do to help. I thought all the way home, but there is_______ I can do to make a difference.""Let me tell you_______," the mother said after thinking for a while. One morning a man was walking down a beach. There he saw thousands of dying starfish(海星) covering the beach. They were pushed up by the waves,and it was too _______up for them to make their way back by _______. The man shook his head as he walked along. What a pity! So many starfish will die on the beach. The man felt very sorry _______ those starfish. He went on walking and just at that time he was________to find a boy throwing the starfish back into the sea as________as he could. 'How silly you are! My ________, the man said, ‘There are so many starfish. Can you throw all of them back?’ The boy didn’t stop but kept throwing. '________ 1 cant help them all, I can make a difference to this one,and this one, and this one. said the boy."

Thinking for a moment, the man________to help return the starfish to their home. He smiled and said to himself, 'Sometimes the biggest lesson in life comes from the________ person."

1.A. drinking B. making C. selling D. washing

2.A. stopped B. stopping C. stayed D. staying

3.A. what B. when C. where D. why

4.A. talking to B. talking with C. talking at D. talking about

5.A. something B. anything C. everything D. nothing

6.A. a lie B. a joke C. a story D. a truth

7.A. close B. high C. far D. hot

8.A. himself B. itself C. ourselves D. themselves

9.A. of B. for C. from D. forward

10.A. afraid B. surprised C. sad D. angry

11.A. slow B. fast C. soon D. high

12.A. father B. mother C. son D. daughter

13.A. Or B. So C. Because D. Though

14.A. started B. continued C. forgot D. waited

15.A. shortest B. tallest C. smallest D. biggest

Sorry, potato people! Although it’s probably no surprise that French fries are among the worst food you can eat, most of us still don’t believe it. After all, it doesn’t hurt to eat some every once in a while ... right? But some people feel guilty (内疚的) to eat French fries and they have a good reason for that.

According to a study published in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, people’s guilty feeling may be well-placed. The research, which researched potato eating in 4,400 older people between ages of 45 and 79 over the course of eight years, shows that eating fried potatoes at least twice a week highly increases our risk of death.

But hold up! Before you completely stop eating potatoes, you should know that it is found that eating potatoes overall (even a lot of them!) wouldn’t kill you. Instead, it’s the type of potato that makes all the difference between life and death.

Eating fried potatoes like French fries at least twice per week increased the risk of death in the study. On the other hand, potatoes that were not fried, such as boiled and baked potatoes, were less likely to cause death.

Why? Potatoes have healthy levels of fiber (纤维) and vitamins, so you can partake without feeling bad. But when it comes to the fried food, you might need to think again. French fries usually have lots of fat and added salt, leading to weight growth. Still, when all is said and done, connection isn’t totally equal to causation (因果关系). More research is needed before certainly concluding that eating French fries alone increases the risk of death.

Luckily, potatoes are still considered as one of your suggested three to five servings of vegetables per day. Just try not to eat the fatty ones, if you can.

1.What’s the passage mainly about?

A. People’s reasons for feeling guilty.

B. The worst food that should be avoided.

C. A study about potatoes’ effects on people’s health.

D. Research on the relation between French fries and death.

2.From the findings of the study, we learn that

A. potatoes aren't good for everyone

B. much food can mean life and death

C. we shouldn't eat one type of food too much

D. how food is cooked is important to our health

3.What does the underlined word “partake” in Paragraph 5 mean?

A. Share. B. Cook.

C. Eat. D. Buy.

4.What does the last paragraph mainly talk about?

A. People shouldn’t eat potatoes any more in daily life.

B. Although potatoes arc a kind of vegetables, we can't eat them.

C. People should eat potatoes which have less fat.

D. Potatoes aren’t allowed to eat by people who are in bad health.

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