题目内容
Directions: Complete the following passage by using the words in the box. Each word can only be used once. Note that there is one word more than you need.
A. maintained B. serious C. indications D. figures E. anxious F. concern G crisis H. decided I. available J. reversed |
Filmgoers should be told how many calories there are in the popcorn, ice cream and soft drinks that they buy in cinemas, according to the Food Standard Agency.
Smaller popcorn buckets and drink cups should also be made 1. , the nutrition inspector said.
Tim Smith, chief executive of the agency, told The Times that cinemas should help to deal with the country's overweight 2. .
"There is a misbelief that popcorn is calorie-free, but that is not the case. It is a 3. to us," he said. "Portion sizes are also a big issue, and there seems to be increasingly big packs on sale."
He spoke as a number of food chains such as Pret A Manger, Wimpey and The Real Greek 4. to put calorie counts on all their menus.
A trial scheme（试行方案） with 21 food companies took place last summer, and 5. are that consumers altered their buying habits when they realised the number of calories in a product.
A consultation(征询意见) on the trial ends next month but Mr Smith is already planning the second drive for American-style calorie counts and is 6. to win support from cinemas and other entertainment places, from football grounds to concert halls.
Government 7. suggest that two thirds of adults and a third of children are overweight. If trends are not 8. , this could rise to almost nine in ten adults and two thirds of children by 2050, putting them at 9. risk of heart disease, cancer and other diseases.
1.I
2.G
3.F
4.H
5.C
6.E
7.D
8.J
9.B
【解析】
1.available意为“可得到的,可买到的”。 还应该提供较小的爆米花桶和饮料杯。
【考点定位】考查形容词词义及语境理解。
2.crisis意为：危机。电影院应帮助处理国家“超重人”过多的危机。
【考点定位】考查名词词义。
3.concern意为：关心的事,重要的事。"There is a misbelief that popcorn is calorie-free, but that is not the case. It is a concern to us：有一个错误的观念，爆米花不含热量，但事实并非如此，这对我们来说是一件值得关心的事。
【考点定位】考查名词词义。
4.他谈到许多如Pret A Manger, Wimpey and The Real Greek食品连锁店决定在所有菜单上标明卡路里数量。
【考点定位】考查动词词义。
5.indication意为：迹象。有迹象表明，当他们意识到产品上面的卡路里数量时，消费者改变他们的购买习惯。
【考点定位】考查名词词义。
6.anxious意为“渴望的”。 渴望赢得电影院的支持。
【考点定位】考查形容词词义。
7.figure意为“数字”。政府数字表明2/3的青年和1/3的儿童超重。
【考点定位】考查名词词义。
8.reverse意为“彻底改变”。如果这种趋势不彻底改变，那么到2050年9/10的青年和2/3的儿童超重。
【考点定位】考查动词词义。
9.此处形容词修饰名词risk。使他们处于严重的心脏病，癌症和其他疾病风险当中。
【考点定位】考查形容词词义。
Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.
A. When a child should learn to read B. Why it is fun to teach a child reading C. What if a child has reading problems D. How you prepare a young child for reading E. What is the best way to teach a child reading F. Whether reading early promises later achievements |
1. ______________
Learning to read early has become one of those indicators — in parents' minds at least – that their child is smart. In fact, reading early has very little to do with whether a child is successful academically. Research has shown that difficulty with reading is often due not to inferior intelligence but to differences in the developmental wiring of each individual child. In some cases, there are neurological problems and developmental lags that can be overcome with proper training.
2.______________
Traditionally, American schools teach children at age six, but many schools begin teaching informally in kindergarten and pre-kindergarten. If parents start too early to encourage reading, and a child does not immediately succeed, the parent has a hard time relaxing and letting the child go at his or her own pace.
3.___________
Over the years, research has proved that the use of both the “whole language" method and the "phonic" method works best for a child to master reading. While the whole language approach, which includes reading to children and getting them interested in both the activity of reading and the story they are reading, is helpful, phonics must be taught. Children must be taught that one of the squiggles they see is a "p" and another a "b". Getting the print off the page requires a different ability than being able to understand the meaning of what is written.
4._______________
You can start developing the skills needed in reading at a very young age without putting any pressure on children. Besides reading to them, parents can start "ear training" their child by playing thyme games. This develops the child's ability to recognize different sounds. In reading to children, parents also can point to words as they go, teaching the child that the funny lines on the page are the words you are saying. All this should be a fun activity.
5._____________
Once a child is in school, the learning of reading is inevitably more serious. For children who have some kind of reading difficulty, you must get a professional diagnosis. While the teacher might say the child is merely disinterested but will get over it, disinterest or poor performance in reading can stem from a number of things, some being very specific learning disabilities that can be identified and worked on. But it is very tricky for parents to deal with their own child's learning disabilities.