题目内容
________ to the North Pole,people were interested in everything they saw over there.
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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 group of graduates, well established in their careers, were talking at a reunion and decided to visit their old university professor, now retired. During their visit, the conversation turned to complaints about stress in their work and lives.
Offering his guests hot chocolate, the professor went into the kitchen and returned with a large pot of hot chocolate and other things including cups-porcelain(瓷杯子), glass, crystal, some plain looking, some expensive, some elegant -- telling them to help themselves to the hot chocolate.
When they all had a cup of hot chocolate in hand, the professor said: "I notice that all the nice looking and expensive cups were taken, leaving behind the plain and cheap ones. While it is normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. The cup that you're drinking from adds nothing to the quality of the hot chocolate. In most cases it is just more expensive and in some cases even hides what we drink. What all of you really wanted was hot chocolate, not the cup; but you consciously went for the best cups... And then you began eyeing each others cups. Now consider this: Life is the hot chocolate; your job, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life. The cup you have does not define, nor change the quality of life you have. Sometimes, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the hot chocolate we have. The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just make the best of everything that they have. Live simply. Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Thank the Lord for your blessings in 2011. And enjoy your hot chocolate in 2012!”
1. When did they decide to go to see their professor?
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A.After the reunion. |
B.During the get-together. |
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C.Before they graduated. |
D.Just after the professor retired. |
2.Why did the professor offer them different cups?
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A.Because cups were not enough for everyone. |
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B.Because cups were beautiful. |
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C.Because the professor wanted to teach them something. |
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D.Because hot chocolate should be contained in different cups. |
3.What caused the professor to say those words?
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A.Their graduation. |
B.Their reunion. |
C.Their visit. |
D.Their complaints. |
4.What does the word “cup” in this passage refer to?
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A.Life |
B.happy things in life |
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C.hot chocolate |
D.tools to hold and contain life |
5.What is the purpose of the professor’s words?
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A.To tell them life is not easy, so try their best to be happy. |
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B.To educate them that the happiest people don't have the best of everything. |
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C.To wish them to be grateful to their life and make the best of everything that they have. |
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D.To use different cups to tell them they should try different things in life. |