题目内容
This field of scientific research remains________
- A.to be untouching
- B.being touched
- C.to be untouched
- D.untouched
试题分析:考查remain的用法:remain是“保持, 逗留, 剩余, 残存”是个不及物动词,所以可以不接宾语,也可以做连系动词后面接表语,这里是接不定式表示“仍然要做…”,因为scientific research和touch表示被动,用不定式的被动,选D。
考点:考查remian的用法
Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essential to one's life. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have been told, and told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip.
But for many people, the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure. So in spite of all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures could be obtained, the number of people who didn’t have breakfast increased by 33%—from 8.8 million to 11.7 million—according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America.
For those who dislike eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years have shown that, for grown-ups especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect work,” said Arnold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve work.”
Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not grown-ups. “The literature,” says one researcher, Dr Earnest Polite at the University of Texas, “is poor.”
1.The main idea of the passage is that _______.
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A.breakfast has nothing to do with people's health |
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B.a good breakfast used to be important to us |
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C.breakfast is not as important to us as gasoline to a car |
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D.breakfast is not as important as we thought before |
2.For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that _______.
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A.several studies have been done in the past few years |
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B.the omission of breakfast has little effect on one’s work |
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C.grown-ups have especially made studies in this field |
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D.eating little in the morning is good for health |
3.The underlined part “nor does giving people breakfast improve work” means _______.
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A.people without breakfast can improve their work |
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B.not giving people breakfast improves work |
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C.having breakfast does not improve work, either |
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D.people having breakfast do improve their work, too |
4.The word "literature" in the last sentence refers to _______.
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A.stories, poems, play, etc |
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B.written works on a particular subject |
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C.newspaper articles |
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D.the modern literature of America |
5.What is implied but not stated by the author is that _______.
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A.breakfast does not affect work |
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B.Dr Polite works at an institution of higher learning |
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C.not eating breakfast might affect the health of children |
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D.Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London |
A woman renewing her driver’s license at the County Clerk’s office was asked to state her occupation.She hesitated, uncertain how to classify herself.
“What I mean is,” explained the recorder, “do you have a job, or are you just a …”
“Of course I have a job,” said Emily.“I’m a mother.”
“We don’t list ‘mother’ as an occupation… ‘housewife’ covers it,” said the recorder.
One day I found myself in the same situation.The clerk was obviously a career woman, confident and possessed of a high sounding title.“What is your occupation?” she asked.
The words simply popped out.“I’m a Research Associate in the field of Child Development and Human Relations.”
The clerk paused, ballpoint pen frozen in midair.
I repeated the title slowly, and then I stared with wonder as my statement was written in bold, black ink on the official questionnaire.
“Might I ask,” said the clerk with new interest, “Just what you do in this field?”
Coolly, without any trace of panic in my voice, I heard myself reply, “I have a continuing program of research (what mother doesn’t), in the lab and in the field (normally I would have said indoors and out).Of course, the job is one of the most demanding in the humanities (any mother care to disagree?), and I often work 14 hours a day (24 is more like it).But the job is more challenging than most careers and rewards are more of a satisfaction rather than just money.”
There was an increasing note of respect in the clerk’s voice as she completed the form, stood up, and showed me out.
As I drove into our driveway, buoyed up (依托) by my glamorous new career, I was greeted by my lab assistants---ages 13, 7, and 3.
Upstairs I could hear our new experimental model (a 6 month old baby), in the child-development program, testing out a new vocal pattern.
I felt proud! I had gone on the official records as someone more distinguished and indispensable (不可缺少的) to mankind than “just another mother.”
Motherhood…What a great career! Especially when there’s a title on the door.
1.What can we infer from the conversation between the woman and the recorder at the beginning of the passage?
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A.The woman felt ashamed to admit what her job was. |
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B.The recorder was impatient and rude. |
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C.The author was upset about the situation that mothers faced. |
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D.Motherhood was not recognized and respected as a job by society. |
2.How did the female clerk feel at first when the author told her occupation?
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A.curious |
B.indifferent |
C.puzzled |
D.interested |
3.Why did the woman clerk show more respect for the author?
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A.Because the author cared little about rewards. |
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B.Because she admired the author’s research work in the lab. |
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C.Because she thought the author did admirable work. |
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D.Because the writer did something she had little knowledge of. |
4.What is the author’s purpose of writing the passage?
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A.To show how you describe your job affects your feelings toward it. |
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B.To argue that motherhood is a worthy career and deserves respect. |
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C.To show that the author had a grander job than Emily. |
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D.To show that being a mother is hard and boring work. |