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Organizers hope Food Day will inspire Americans to hold thousands of events in schools, college campuses, houses of worship and even in private homes aimed at fixing America’s food system.A Food Day event could be as small as a parent organizing a vegetable identification contest at a kindergarten class-or as massive as a rally(集会)in a city park, with entertainment and healthy food.Health departments, city councils and other policy makers could use Food Day to launch campaigns, hold hearings, or otherwise address communities food problems.
The campaign will advocate progress toward five central goals:
·Reducing diet-related disease by promoting healthy foods.The American diet is too low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and too high in fatty meat, soft drinks and salty packaged and restaurant foods-contributing to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year.
·Supporting sustainable farms and stopping subsidies to agribusiness.Billions of federal dollars a year would be better spent helping environmentally conscious family farmers than hugeagribusiness operations.
·Expanding access to food and alleviating hunger.Far too many Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from, or have access to fresh produce in their neighborhood.
·Reforming factory farms to protect animals and the environment.Farming of animals can and should be done without cruelty, and without degrading the quality of life.
·Curbing junk-food marketing to kids.Food companies should not be targeting children with foods that promote tooth decay, obesity and other health problems.
小题1:What is the best title of the text?
A.Food Day Campaign | B.Eat Real and Keep fit |
C.How to Observe Food Day | D.Food Problems in the USA |
A.Food problems are not easy to deal with. |
B.Food Day events should be held in public places. |
C.Kindergarten kids are unable to identify vegetables. |
D.People are invited to create their own Food Day events. |
A.target children with junk food | B.operate more agribusiness |
C.increase access to food | D.cancel a series of events |
A.controlling | B.enlarging | C.evaluating | D.providing |
A.Food Day will not help preserve natural resources. |
B.Food Day can be an opportunity to solve food problems. |
C.Food Day has so far achieved all the central goals. |
D.there are different ideas and views about Food Day. |
答案
小题1:A
小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:A
小题1:B
解析
小题1:A主旨题:从文章第一段的句子:A growing number of health, hunger, and sustainable (可持续的)agriculture groups today announced plans for Food Day-a nationwide campaign to change the way Americans eat and think about food.可以看出文章主要讲述的是食品日活动。选A。
小题1:D细节题:从文章第二段的句子:Organizers hope Food Day will inspire Americans to hold thousands of events in schools, college campuses, houses of worship and even in private homes aimed at fixing America’s food system.看出是邀请人们举行食品日活动。
小题1:C·细节题:从文章倒数第二段的句子:Expanding access to food and alleviating hunger.看出一个目的是增加获得食物的机会。选C。
小题1:A·猜词题:从文章倒数第二段的句子:Curbing junk-food marketing to kids.可以推断出这是控制的意思。选A。
小题1:B推理题:从文章的第二段的句子:Health departments, city councils and other policy makers could use Food Day to launch campaigns, hold hearings, or otherwise address communities food problems.看出可以通过这个活动,来解决食品问题。选B。
核心考点
试题【A growing number of health, hunger, and sustainable (可持续的)agriculture groups tod】;主要考察你对题材分类等知识点的理解。[详细]
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Maybe your mum or dad has told you, "Turn that down before you go deaf!" Well, they are quite right. Loud noise might cause hearing loss for a short time or even forever. Think that earphones are a good way to escape from your parents’ eyes? Well. It may not be as good a way as you expect. American doctors have studied a group of 44,000 people who used earphones more than 15 hours per week. The doctors found that 37,000 of them were getting hearing problems.
If you use earphones for too long a time, your ears might feel painful. You could also lose your hearing for the rest of your life.
So don’t wear your earphones too long. Use them less than one hour a day.
Want sharp hearing? Don’t forget to do the following:
Try to stay away from places where there is too much noise, like a disco. If you have to go, wear earplugs.
When swimming, remember to put earplugs into your ears to stop water from getting in.
Never put anything sharp into your ears. If you think you have too much earwax, ask your mum or dad to help you clean it out.
Keep these things in mind! Then you won"t be saying "WHAT???" when you are older.
小题1:Which is the topic paragraph of the article?
A.Paragraph One. | B.Paragraph Two |
C.Paragraph Five. | D.The last Paragraph |
A.your parents know what you"re doing |
B.it can cause hearing problems |
C.it makes your parents angry |
D.most of you use them improperly |
A.have your ears specially trained |
B.often wear earplugs and clean out the earwax |
C.take good care of your ears |
D.choose what you listen to carefully |
A.has become impatient | B.speaks in a loud voice |
C.is slow in understanding | D.asks for a lot of repetition |
Scientists have given us a lot of health warnings. The advice from cancer experts for avoiding bowel(肠) cancer is "try to avoid processed(加工过的) meats such as bacon, ham, corned beef and some sausages", and women fearing breast cancer are told "there doesn"t seem to be a starting point at which alcohol consumption is safe",
But all these health warnings tend to have little influence on behavior, So who is being unreasonable —the scientists who give us health advice, or the public that just ignores it?
The curious fact is that both might be right. The reasoning behind these health warnings seems to be this: if you do more of something pleasurable (which we shall give the name “yum”) there is a higher risk of something bad (which we shall give the name “yuk”)occurring, so you should avoid yum.
But when presented with this argument you might ask two questions.
First, maybe the pleasure of yum makes the risk worth taking, especially if yuk might occur a long time in the future? Second, maybe there are other benefits of yum that could cancel out the risks of the particular yuk that has been identified (确认) ?
So suppose bacon sandwiches are your particular yum: research shows that 50g per day — that is a great greasy sandwich — increases your risk of bowel cancer by 20%.
But this means that out of every 100 people who stuffed down that big bacon sandwich every day of their lives, the number of bowel cancers would rise from five to six.
In addition, if a middle-aged woman gave up alcohol, it might reduce her risk of breast cancer, but could increase risk of some other cancers as well as heart disease.
So we need to look at the whole picture before trying to get people to change what they do, since everything has benefit and harms — just think of the joggers(慢跑者) who get knocked down by cars — and people need to be able to find their own balance.
Therefore, as you reach for your yum, perhaps sometimes pause a moment and realize that you are taking a gamble(赌博) on the yuk occurring, but that it may be a risk worth taking.
小题1:What is the advice given by scientists for avoiding breast cancer?
A.Try to avoid processed meat. | B.Try to avoid alcohol. |
C.Try to choose the yum. | D.Try to risk the yuk. |
A.If you choose the yum, you will risk the yuk. |
B.If you risk the yuk, you’ll choose the yum. |
C.The yum is worth taking, especially if yuk might occur in the future. |
D.Other benefits of yum could cancel out the risks of the yuk. |
A.Because giving up alcohol might reduce breast cancer. |
B.Because people are not able to find their own balance. |
C.Because all the things have both sides. |
D.Because the advice given by scientists is not true. |
A.People are often influenced by the health warnings. |
B.Both the scientists and the public are not reasonable. |
C.Alcohol consumption has both benefit and harms. |
D.People should avoid yum to reduce the risk of yuk. |
The new type of pineapple looked more yellowy-gold than green. It was slightly softer on the outside and had a lot of juice inside. But the most important thing about this new type of pineapple was that it was twice as sweet as the hit-and-miss pineapples we had known. In no time, the Del Monte Gold took the market by storm, rapidly becoming the world’s best-selling pineapple variety, and delivering natural levels of sweetness in the mouth, up until then only found in tinned pineapple.
In nutrition it was all good news too. This nice tasting pineapple contained four times more vitamin C than the old green variety. Nutritionists said that it was not only full of vitamins, but also good against some diseases. People were understandably eager to be able to buy this wonderful fruit. The new type of pineapple was selling fast, and the Del Monte Gold pineapple rapidly became a fixture in the shopping basket of the healthy eater.
Seeing the growing market for its winning pineapple, Del Monte tried to keep market to itself. But other fruit companies developed similar pineapples. Del Monte turned to law for help, but failed. Those companies argued successfully that Del Monte’s attempts to keep the golden pineapple for itself were just a way to knock them out of the market.
小题1:We learn from the text that the new type of pineapple is __________.
A.green outside and sweet inside | B. good-looking outside and soft inside |
C.yellowy-gold outside and hard inside | D.a little soft outside and sweet inside |
A.It was rich in nutrition and tasted nice. | B.It was less sweet and good for health. |
C.It was developed by Del Monte. | D.It was used as medicine. |
A.that people enjoy eating | B.that is always present |
C.that is difficult to get | D.that people use as a gift |
A.slowed other companies to develop pineapples |
B.succeeded in keeping the pineapple for itself |
C.tried hard to control the pineapple market |
D.planned to help the other companies |
The researchers analyzed the detailed accounts of more than 3,000 recent crying experiences and found that the benefits of crying depend entirely on the what, where and when of a particular crying episode (一段经历). The majority of persons reported improvements in their mood following a short period of crying. However, one third reported no improvement in mood and a tenth felt worse after crying. Criers who received social support during their crying episode were the most likely to report improvements in mood.
Research to date has not always produced a clear picture of the benefits of crying, in part because the results often seem to depend on how crying is studied. The researchers note several challenges in accurately studying crying behavior in a laboratory setting. Volunteers who cry in a laboratory setting often do not describe their experiences as making them feel better. Rather, crying in a laboratory setting often results in the study participants feeling worse; this may be due to the stressful conditions of the study itself, such as being videotaped or watched by researchers. This may produce negative emotions, which neutralize (使无效) the positive benefits usually connected with crying.
However, these laboratory studies have provided interesting findings about the physical effects of crying. Criers do show calming effects such as slower breathing, but they also experience a lot of unpleasant stress, including increased heart rate and sweating. What is interesting is that bodily calming usually lasts longer than the unpleasant. The calming effects may occur later and overcome the stress reaction, which would account for why people tend to remember mostly the pleasant side of crying.
Research has shown that the effects of crying also depend on who is shedding the tears. For example, individuals with anxiety or mood disorders are least likely to experience the positive effects of crying. In addition, the researchers report that people who lack insight into their emotional lives actually feel worse after crying.
小题1: We can infer from the passage that __________________.
A.people don"t like being seen crying |
B.crying in public makes people feel better |
C.a bad cry is as common as a good cry |
D.a good cry can sometimes help us face problems rightly |
A.your breath becomes slow | B.you sweat a lot. |
C.your face turns pale | D.you are being watched |
A.People who receive help in course of crying. |
B.People who fail to understand their emotions. |
C.People who are anxious and nervous. |
D.People whose mood is not in order. |
A.the types of crying | B.the way of crying |
C.the psychology of crying | D.the causes of crying |
A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology
Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered
most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as
Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel while the team zapped(照射) a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were
viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings
or the blank panel. Electrodes measuring the brain"s electrical activity also confirmed a reduced resoonse to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings.
While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients,Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part.
The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that
beaufiful surroundings could aid the healing process.
"Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist."Beauty boyiously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering."
Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero." These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso.
小题1:The underlined word "alleviate" in the fifth paragraph probably means"______".
A.cure | B.ease | C.improve | D.kill |
A.4. | B.5. | C.6. | D.7. |
A.Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely. |
B.Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first. |
C.Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse. |
D.Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients. |
A.some artists" paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpieces |
B.only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though ugly |
C.the artists mentioned above were not really art masters. |
D.some of them were art masters, while others were not. |
A.Beautiful surroundings can ease pain. |
B.Ugly paintings could be masterpieces. |
C.More research should be done in he field. |
D.Latest environmental research. |
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