If you think American cooking means opening a package and throwing the contents into the microwave oven (微波爐), think again. On the one hand, it’s true that many Americans have cold cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and instant (方便的) dinners. From busy homemakers to working people, many Americans enjoy the convenience (方便) of fast food that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less. On the other hand, many Americans realize the importance of cooking skills. Parents — especially mothers — see the importance of training their children — especially daughters. Most Americans think that there’s nothing better than a good home-cooked meal. But with cooking, as with any other skill, good results don’t happen by accident.
Probably every cook has his or her own way of cooking. But there are some basic skills that most people follow. For example, baking is a main method (方法) of preparing food in America. For that reason, Americans would find it next to impossible to live without an oven. American cooks pay special attention to the balance of foods, too. In planning a big meal they try to include meat, a few vegetables, some bread and often a dessert. They also like to make sure the meal is colorful. Having several different colors of food on the plate usually makes for a healthy meal.
For those who need guidance in their cooking, or for those who have just run out of ideas, recipes are a great help. Recipes list all the ingredients for a dish (generally in the order used), the amount of each to use, and a description of how to put them together.
小題1:This passage mainly tells us that ______.
A．Americans like to have several different colors of food on the plate
B．without an oven, Americans find it impossible to live conveniently
C．Americans pay special attention to recipes and nutritious meals
D．Americans usually have fast food, but they pay special attention to cooking as well
小題2:Many Americans have cold cereal for breakfast, sandwiches for lunch and instant dinner because ______.
A．they like instant food very much
B．they don’t like cooking at all
C．most American working people are busy and don’t have time to cook
D．fast food is delicious and it usually contains a lot of vitamins
小題3:By saying “But with cooking, as with any other skill, good results don’t happen by accident”, the author means ______.
A．good cooking doesn’t come easily; it needs a lot of practice
B．just like any other skill, cooking may bring good results
C．cooking comes from one’s gift, not through practice
D．cooking can lead to accidents
小題4:From the passage, we know that ______.
A．Americans don’t care about food
B．Americans are not good at cooking because they like to use recipes
C．a(chǎn)n oven plays an important role in cooking for Americans
D．while cooking, Americans usually run out of ideas

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:C

試題分析：文章講的是雖然美國人喜歡快餐，但他們也特別注意烹飪。注意營養(yǎng)搭配，也注意食物的色香味。
小題1:主旨題：從第一段的句子：Most Americans think that there’s nothing better than a good home-cooked meal.可知文章講的是雖然美國人喜歡快餐，但他們也特別注意烹飪。選 D
小題2:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第一段的句子：From busy homemakers to working people, many Americans enjoy the convenience (方便) of fast food that can be ready to serve in 10 minutes or less.可知美國人喜歡吃快餐是因?yàn)楹苊Α＿xC
小題3:句意理解題：這句話的意思是：做飯和其他技能一樣都不是偶然就會的。說明需要多練習(xí)。選A
小題4:細(xì)節(jié)題：從第二段的句子：For that reason, Americans would find it next to impossible to live without an oven.可知在美國人的烹飪里面，烤箱是必不可少的。選C
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Good Housekeeping has discovered that even if a child wear a helmet when she bikes, or skates, it may not protect her from a serious head injury.
Every year, 390,000 children under age 15 go to hospital emergency rooms with bike-related injuries. Of that number, about one third children suffer head injuries and an estimated 200 die. By wearing a helmet, a child can reduce her risk of injury by as much as 85 percent. But remember —— a bicycle helmet must fit properly to be safe. Here are five steps to making sure your child's helmet fits properly.
1) If you haven't bought your child's helmet already, you might want to consider one with a rear stabilizer(穩(wěn)定桿). A rear stabilizer holds the back of the head gently and helps the helmet stay correctly positioned.
2) The helmet should fit closely and shouldn't slide from side to side or front to back. If your child can put two fingers on both temples inside the helmet, it's too big. Try a smaller size. But if the next size down is too small, use the fit pads(護(hù)墊). Fit pads come in different sizes and attach to the helmet with Velcro.
3) Tell your child to open her mouth widely and ask if she can feel the helmet push down onto the top of her head. If she can't, you need to readjust her helmet.
4) To prevent strap slippage, wind a rubber band around the strap where it meets the fastener.
5) Recheck the fit regularly.
You should replace the bicycle helmet:
If she has been in an accident with it.
If the buckle(金屬扣) breaks or if a piece breaks off.
If it doesn't have a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission, American Society for Testing and Materials, or Snell Memorial Foundation sticker.
If it doesn't fit correctly. Even if the helmet fit perfectly two years ago, it might be too small now.
小題1:Who is this passage mainly written for?
A．Children.B．Teachers.C．Parents.D．helmet producers.
小題2:What does the author mainly want to stress in the second paragraph?
A．The bike-related injury is a serious threat to the children.
B．The bicycle helmets must fit properly while the children are biking.
C．It’s necessary for the children to wear helmets while biking.
D．Many students suffer bike-related injuries every year.
小題3:If a girl finds a helmet a little bit big for her head, what should she do?
A．She must buy a smaller size.
B．She can use some fit pads.
C．She can put fingers on both temples inside the helmet.
D．She must make helmet slide from side to side.
小題4:Phil White, a father, found the buckle of his girl’s helmet broken, he can_______
A．buy a new bicycle helmet for her
B．mend the bicycle helmet himself
C．continue to use the bicycle helmet
D．throw away the broken buckle

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Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people thinner than spending hours doing some exercises, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends help increase levels of brown fat in the body which burns calories to produce heat.
Living in an exciting social environment was found to reduce fat in mice's belly by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social excitement aids weight loss by turning white fat into brown. White fat stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to produce heat. Turning white fat into brown is extremely difficult, normally requiring long- term stay in cold conditions or exciting part of the body's nervous system.
However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown. The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those, who lived alongside a greater number of mice, had more space and toys to excite themselves and then lost far more weight over the course of the study than their “couch potato" fellows.
Study author, Dr Matthew During, whose team's findings appear in the journal Cell Metabolism, said, "I'm still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs." Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added, "It's not just a sedentary(久坐的) lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social activities." Co-author Dr Lei Cao said，"Loneliness is a potential factor for cancer and death; it's equal to cigarette smoking to a certain extent. Social activities are very vital.
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A．Brown fat stores calories and makes us fatter
B．It doesn't take long to turn white fat into brown.
C．Social excitement helps gain more weight
D．Brown fat can burn energy to produce heat.
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A．Levels of brown fat can be increased by socializing.
B．The mice lacking social life lose more weight.
C．The research findings haven't been published so far.
D．Dr Matthew During wasn't convinced of the result.
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A．the fat in mice's belly was reduced because of the relaxing environment
B．a(chǎn) sedentary lifestyle and high calories foods influence people's social life
C．surfing the Internet may influence people's face-to-face communication
D．cancer and death are mainly caused for lack of social life
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A．Brown fat is beneficial to people's health.
B．Socializing is unnecessarily important in people's daily life.
C．White fat can be changed into brown fat.
D．Socializing contributes to people's losing weight.

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Below is a selection from a popular science book.
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Which works harder, you heart or your brain?
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Why do teeth fall out, and why don’t they grow back in grown-ups?
Baby (or “milk”) teeth do not last long; they fall out to make bigger room for bigger, stronger adult teeth later on. Adult teeth fall our when they become damaged, decayed and infected by bacteria. Once this second set of teeth has grown in, you’re done. When they’re gone, they are gone. This is because nature figures you’re set for life, and what controls regrowth of your teeth switches off.
Do old people shrink as they age?
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Where do feelings and emotions come from?
Mostly from an ancient part of the brain called the limbic system. All mammals have this brain area ----- from mice to dogs, cats, and humans. So all mammals feel basic emotions like fear, pain and pleasure. But since human feelings also involve other, newer bits of the brain, we feel more complex emotions than any other animal on this planet.
If exercise wears you out, how can it be good for you?
Because our bodies adapt to everything we do to them. And as far as your body is concerned, it’s “use it, or lose it”! It’s not that exercise makes you healthy, it’s more that a lack of exercise leaves your body weak and easily affected by disease
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A．BlueB．Light yellow
C．RedD．Dark reddish purple
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A．Because their spine is in active use.
B．Because they are more easily affected by gravity.
C．Because they keep growing backwards.
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B．When our brain senses the spinning, we will feel dizzy.
C．The brains of the other mammals are as complex as those of humans.
D．Our feelings and emotions come from the most developed area in our brain.
小題4:What is the main purpose of the selection?
A．To give advice on how to stay healthy.
B．To provide information about our body.
C．To challenge new findings in medical research.
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Scientists now  42 on the broader picture of the balance of food eaten  43  several days or a week  44 than on the number of milligrams of this or that  45  at each meal.
Fruits, vegetables and whole grains, for example, provide nutrients and plant-based compounds 46 to good health. “The more we learn, the more  47  we are by the wealth of essential substances they  48 ," Van Horn continues, "and how they  49  with each other to keep us healthy."
You'll automatically be  50  the right heart-healthy track if vegetables, fruits and whole grains make 51  three quarters of the food on your dinner plate. 52  in the remaining one quarter with lean meat or chicken, fish or eggs.
The foods you choose to eat as well as those you choose to  53  clearly contribute to your well-being. Without a  54 , each of the small decisions you make in this can make a big 55  on your health in the years to come.
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小題2:A serious          B splendid          C specific          D separate
小題3:A key              B point             C lead              D center
小題4:A strict           B different         C typical               D natural
小題5:A rescue           B prevent              C forbid                D offend
小題6:A in               B upon              C for               D by
小題7:A turn             B put               C focus             D carry
小題8:A over         B along             C with              D beyond
小題9:A other            B better                C rather                D sooner
小題10:A conveyed        B consumed          C entered               D exhausted
小題11:A vital          B initial               C valid             D efficient
小題12:A disturbed       B depressed         C amazed               D amused
小題13:A preserve            B contain              C attain                D maintain
小題14:A interfere           B interact            C occupy            D rest
小題15:A at              B of                    C on                   D within
小題16:A out             B into              C off              D up
小題17:A Engage          B Fill              C Involve               D Pack
小題18:A delete          B escape                C avoid             D spoil
小題19:A notion          B hesitation            C reason                D doubt
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Holding a cell phone against your ear or storing it in your pocket may be dangerous to your health. This explains a warning that cell phone manufacturers include in the small print that is often ignored when a new phone is purchased. Apple, for example, doesn’t want iPhones to come closer to you than 1.5 centimeters; Research In Motion, BlackBerry’s manufacturer, recommends 2.5 centimeters.
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Devra Davis, an expert who has worked for the University of Pittsburgh, has published a book about cell phone radiation, “Disconnect.” The book surveys scientific research and concludes the question is not settled.
Brain cancer is a concern that Ms. Davis examines. Over all, there has not been an increase in its incidence since cell phones arrived. But the average masks an increase in brain cancer in the 20-to-29 age group and a drop for the older population.
“Most cancers have multiple causes,” she says, but she points to laboratory research that suggests low-energy radiation could damage cells that could possibly lead to cancer.
Children are more vulnerable（易受傷的）to radiation than adults, Ms. Davis and other scientists point out. Radiation that penetrates only five centimeters into the brain of an adult will reach much deeper into the brains of children because their skulls are thinner and their brains contain more absorptive fluid（易吸收的液體）. No studies have yet been completed on cell phone radiation and children, she says.
Henry Lai, a research professor in the bioengineering department at the University of Washington, began laboratory radiation studies in 1980 and found that rats exposed to radiation had damaged DNA in their brains.
Ms. Davis recommends using wired headsets or the phone’s speaker. Children should text rather than call, she said, and pregnant women should keep phones away from the abdomen（腹部）.
小題1:According to Ms Davis, brain cancer increase ____.
A．a(chǎn)mong childrenB．a(chǎn)mong old people
C．in the twentiesD．a(chǎn)mong pregnant women
小題2:Why do children easily be affected by radiation?
A．Because they haven’t grown up.
B．Because they are too young to protect themselves.
C．Because they use cell phones more often than adults.
D．Because their skulls are thinner and their brains are easily hurt.
小題3:What can we conclude from the last paragraph?
A．Pregnant women should keep cell phones away.
B．People should use cell phones in the correct way.
C．If you are a child, you’d better text than make phone calls.
D．When you use a cell phone, use a wired headset or the phone’s speaker.
小題4:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A．Be careful when using cell phones.
B．Don’t hold your cell phone against your ear.
C．Rats exposed to radiation have damaged DNA in their brains.
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Weighed down by study? Pushed to the limit by the fast pace of life ? Frightened by the possible war ? Well, you’re not alone. Men and women in France are seeking relief using the world’s best medicine-----laughter.
In the past year, more than 15 laughter clubs have been set up across the country. People of all ages go to release their stress with an hour group laughs. “People telephoned me and said they have forgotten what it is to laugh. They want to find a place where they can escape all their problems for a while. So they come,” said 40—year—old Jocelyne Le Moan. She usually takes a class of around 60 people through a series of laughter techniques.
Her pupils range from teenagers to 70 years old, but most are middle---aged white collars seeking 60 minutes of relaxation at the end of a busy day. Le Moan takes them through the “Lion Laugh”and the “Laugh Contest”, where participants “speak”to each other in different ways. And instead of talking, they break into fits of laughter. At the end there are 15 minutes of “meditation”, when they lie on their backs and let the laughs burst out of their mouths.
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The average adult only a day seven to 15.
The physical benefits of laughter are already well—recognized. Doctors say the act of laughing releases good chemicals into the blood—stream, while the quick breathing that accompanies it helps massage（按摩）the digestive organs and strengthens the heart.
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A．It can make people rediscover their children’s laugh.
B．It can release good chemical into blood streams.
C．It can make you feel self—confident.
D．It can cure the illness of people.
小題2:The writer suggested that you should_____________.
A．take the world’s best medicine.
B．talk to each other about what troubles you.
C．learn series of laughter techniques.
D．have a good laugh after a busy day.
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A．Jocelyne Le Moan is a teacher of the club.
B．the members are mostly middle---aged white collars.
C．people always need some way to relax in life.
D．laugh freely and everything goes well.
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A．a(chǎn)boveB．OfC．a(chǎn)tD．over
小題22:
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小題23:
A．whichB．whatC．WhereD．it
小題24:
A．numbersB．a(chǎn)mountsC．plentyD．deal
小題25:
A．exerciseB．lessonC．sport D．games
小題26:
A．wakenB．runningC．workingD．a(chǎn)sleep
小題27:
A．runningB．a(chǎn)ddingC．burningD．wasting
小題28:
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小題30:
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小題31:
A．moreB．otherC．restD．others
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小題33:A so          B. very     C. much       D. such
小題34:
A．a(chǎn) number ofB．too muchC．masses of D．enough
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A．lose weightB．put onC．dieD．stay healthy
小題36:
A．keep upB．carry onC．keep onD．go on
小題37:
A．a(chǎn)sB．theseC．whichD．they
小題38:
A．badB．diseaseC．healthyD．junk
小題39:
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Teenagers who do not get enough of the nutrients commonly found in fruits and fish are easier to have bad lungs, coughing and wheezing （喘息）．Teens who eat the least of fruit and especially vitamin C have weaker lungs compared to the others．
Teens who take in less vitamin E, found in vegetable oil and nuts, are more likely to have asthma（哮喘）, Jane Bums at the Harvard School of Public Health found.
Based on these findings．Bums said that current recommended dose（一劑）of vitamin C, 85 mg a day, may not be enough for teens to have healthy lungs．Teens who eat less fruit and don't take in enough fatty acids （脂肪酸） are more likely to have asthma and the signs of breathing difficulty．
Proper amounts of fatty acids are protective, Bums said, though fish, the best source of fatty acids, is particularly unpopular with teenagers．Fatty acids are also found in some nuts as well as some green vegetables'．Smokers who avoid vitamin C will increase their chances of coughing, wheezing and developing phlegm（痰）．
More than 80 percent of teens are getting their recommended doses of vitamin C - mainly from fruit drinks．"I wouldn't approve of drinking them, but at least they're getting their vitamin C from somewhere," Burns said．
Burns added that there are several different ways to get the necessary nutrients．"I think vitamin supplements are fine．I think adding vitamin D to orange juice is fine．But I do think there are added benefits that we don't fully understand of eating whole foods like fruits and vegetables and fish," she said．The researchers did not account for poverty and other factors that often distinguish less-healthy eaters and may explain their findings．
小題1:According to the passage, what is the problem with teens who don't get enough nutrients?
A．They are becoming smokers．B．They don't take enough exercise．
C．They eat too much fruit and fish．D．They are likely to have weaker lungs．
小題2:According to Burns, how should teens get the necessary nutrients?
A．By drinking juice as much as possible．
B．By eating more whole foods．
C．By taking vitamin pills．
D．By giving up smoking．
小題3:Which of the following is NOT mentioned by the researchers in the passage?
A．The amount of nutrients teens should take in a day．
B．How teens can take in enough nutrients．
C．Whether poor teens can prove their findings．
D．The fact that teens don't like fish．
小題4:What is the best title for the passage?
A．Poor nutrition hurts teens' health．B．Teens lack proper nutrition．
C．Teens are easy to suffer from diseases．D．More fruit help keep teens healthy．

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