B ★★★★☆
Americans gone super!Super-sized,that is. New Yorker Morgan Spurlock tells the truth about what is really in food and how much fat Americans gain in the new documentary,iSwperszze Me!In America around 75 million people are overweight.
Morgan Spurlock put the issue of obesity to a test: eating nothing but McDonald's for an entire month. He faced many effects. For example,after the first week,his body fat increased by 5%. After the entire month,he gained 24. 5 pounds. His cholesterol (膽固醇) increased 65 points. He got frequent chest pain,nausea (惡心)depression,headaches,etc. He nearly doubled his risk of heart disease.
During his experiment,he traveled the country to find out what we,re really eating. He met a man who had eaten 19 ,000 big hamburgers from McDonald,s. He discovered that children knew more about Ronald McDonald than George Washington or Jesus. He tried over ten times to schedule an interview with the head of McDonald's,but didn’t get a reply.
In the end,I found myself disappointed with the documentary. It wasn 51 the lack of information. In fact,if this was based on information,I’d give it 5 stars. Spurlock didn't let the information speak for itself. If he had,this documentary would have been brilliant. His points were overstated.
He ended the documentary by saying, “Who do you want to see go first? You? Or them?” I believ? the point he’s trying to make is that eating fast foods will endanger US. But it’ 11 take a lot more than a :hamburger once a month to kill US. Yes,if you eat McDonald's every day,you need to change your :eating habits. But scaring the rest of US into eating i vegan pies every day? No,thank you. r II take my coke super-sized.
5. To make Supersize Me,Spurlock .
A. traveled around the world
B. risked his health to do a test
C. turned to professional advice
D. seldom cared about his heart disease
6. The underlined part in Paragraph 3 means that children
A. often eat junk food
B. have no religious beliefs
C. know little about George Washington
D. show more interest in business than history
7. Why was the author unsatisfied with Supersize Mel
A. It lasted too long.
B. It gave unclear points,
C. It failed to convince him.
D. It provided limited information.
8. Which of the following will the author probably agree with?
A. Hamburgers help people remain healthy.
B. It is okay to eat fast food sometimes.
C. It is hard to develop good eating habits.
D. We should eat more fruit and vegetables.
B篇本文是對紀(jì)錄片Supersize Me的評論。
5.B. 細節(jié)理解題。由第二段中的he gained 24.5 pounds. His cholesterol increased 65 points. He got frequent chest pain …h(huán)eart disease 可知,為了 完成紀(jì)錄片,Spurlock冒著自己的健康受到威脅的風(fēng)險,整整一個月只吃麥當(dāng)勞進行實驗。
6.A. 推理判斷題。由第三段中的He meets a man who has had 19. 000 big hamburgers from McDonald's推斷,很多人,;£其是孩吃了很 多垃圾食品。
7.C. 推理判斷題。由第四段中的Spurlock didn't let the information speak for itself 以及 His points were overstated 可知,作者認為 Spuriock的觀點有些夸張,不能讓他信服。
8.B. 細節(jié)理解題。由最后一段中的No,thank you. I’11 take my coke super-sized 可知,作者并不是完全反對吃一些快餐.
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The kitchen is one of the most important parts of the house. You may think that,since it's only used for cooking,there's no need to pay much attention to its color. 1 Color influences people's mood and creates an atmosphere,and surely you want to be in a good mood when you're cooking.
To decorate a kitchen,first look for a theme which will influence the color scheme (方案) .The most common colors in kitchens are white,yellow and other light colors. Kitchens are usually painted in one color to create a clean and neat look. 2 Also,since kitchens tend to have smaller windows,the light colors help make it brighter. Neutral colors such as gray and cream can also be used to create some contrast.
3 Start with your favorite color,or two light colors that balance each other. Make sure that you test them thoroughly first so that you can be sure they'll actually work. For more adventurous kitchen owners,three colors next to each other can also work. But these need to be carefully chosen,because one wrong color can ruin the whole look of the kitchen. When the kitchen color scheme has been chosen,other elements must be considered. Some important things,such as cupboards,in the kitchen can affect its look. Tiles (免磚) and the floor must be chosen to fit the look. 4 Last but not least,no matter what color scheme you use,make sure that it really is the one you want.5
A. Many people want to decorate their kitchens with bright colors.
B. Different colors have different effects on people's mood.
C. Otherwise,get advice from other members of the family.
D. The light colors make the room seem bigger than it is.
E. There are different ways to create a color scheme.
F. In a word,kitchen decoration must go together with the color scheme.
G. But in fact,the color scheme of kitchen is as important as those of any other rooms.
1. 2. 3. 4. 5.
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Downtown Artisan ’ s Club Art Exhibit
Please mark Saturday,October 21,on your calendars so that you can attend the Downtown Artisan's Club Art Exhibit!
There will be beautiful works of art and pottery (陶器) ,created by the Downtown Artisan's Club,available for showing as well as for sale. The highly talented young artists have worked all summer to prepare for this event. Visitors will have an opportunity to meet these talented artists. All income from this event will be used for the continued operations of the Downtown Artisan's Club,which provides amazing classes and support for young artists.
Tickets are on sale now and are available for $10 (adults) and $5 (students) . Children under the age of 12 will be admitted for free.
The Downtown Artisan,s Club looks forward to seeing you there!Please get in touch with coordinator (協(xié)調(diào)員) Jim Hamilton at (905) 412-8980 for more information.
Deadline is coming closer!
To all our talented young artists 一 get ready for our coming Art Exhibit on October 21 !As you all know — our Downtown Artisan,s Club Art Exhibit is coming up exactly one month from today.
Paintings,drawings,sculptures and writings will be needed — for both the show and the sale!
Don’t forget to have them completed and handed in by next Friday.
Remember,there will also be cash awards,judged by our group of art reviewers,and the winning pieces will be shown in our Art Book. The artists of the winning pieces will also be invited to attend the two-week summer art c?mp in Paris next summer.
Have flm — and please submit (提交) your artwork on time!
13. For whom is the first announcement intended?
A. Young artists. B. Art reviewers.
C. Club members. D. General visitors.
14. How much should a couple with two kids under 12 pay for the exhibit?
A. 20 dollars. B. 25 dollars,
C. 30 dollars. D. 35 dollars.
15. When was “Deadline is coming closer!” posted?
A. On August 21. B. On September 21
C. On October 21. D. On November 21
16. What are the young artists asked to do by next Friday?
A. Come to the club.
B. Pay the service fee.
C. Submit their artwork.
D. Speak to the coordinator.
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B ★★★★☆
American restaurants have been talking about abolishing tipping for years. Now a major New York City restaurant group has announced a no-tip policy. The debate is starting to boil.
When Danny Meyer,the boss of the restaurant group,talks,people listen. He's been right before. When he (禁止) smoking at Union Square Cafe,he was told he’d go out of business. However,his business improved. Ten years later,smoking in restaurants was against the law. Starting in November 2015,tipping began to be abolished at his 13 restaurants,the first major restaurant group to do this. It's been all over the news and everyone has an opinion. “Why not earlier?” some say. “Americans will not,” others insist.It’s clear that tipping is just the tip of the iceberg (冰山) .Beneath the surface are questions of pay fairness,labor law and rising costs. Tipping was borrowed from Europe more than a century ago and has been abolished there. But here,it's a deep-rooted American cultural practice.
Usually,servers know there’s a higher chance that they’11 get a bigger tip on a bigger check,so they may push for more expensive items on the menu. Or they may rush customers out quickly to make room for new diners (and more tips!) . Basically,they may adjust accordingly to serve only the people they think will be the best tippers. Therefore,it is bad for customers.
Besides,many servers puKtips together,so your reward is shared. Tips provide large part of their income. But that money can't be shared legally with the un-tipped,low-paid kitchen workers. No wonder there's a growing labor shortage in restaurant kitchens. Meyer tried to abolish tipping 20 years ago,but the waiters disagreed. Is the time right now? The dining world will listen and watch.
5. We can learn from Danny Meyer’s story that
A. people suggested he run more restaurants
B. his ban on smoking succeeded beyond expectations
C. his business failed because of his ban on smoking
D. he was threaten to shut his business
6. According to Paragraph 3 ,tipping .
A. is quite popular in Europe
B. is against labor law in America
C. spreads from Europe to America
D. is disliked by most people in America
7. What is Paragraph 4 mainly about?
A. How customers tip.
B. What servers do to get tips,
C. How tipping came about.
D. What customers think of tips.
8. Why are kitchen workers in short supply?
A. They can't get tips.
. B. Their income isn’t fixed,
C.They can't see customers.
D. Their work is very boring.
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C ★★★★☆
Food can be a great cause. And just like people,animals often get quite creative when they’ re in the mood for a meal or treat. Now a video shows Asian elephants cleverly blow air to move food.
Kaori Mizuno and colleagues worked with two female Asian elephants,Mineko and Suzuko. The two elephants lived in an area surrounded by a U-shaped ditch(壕溝) .The ditch was just shallow enough that an elephant could reach an object on the bottom with its trunk(象鼻) .But it couldn’t reach an object on the far side of this ditch. This let Mizuno’s team set up a difficulty for the animals. They xegularly set out tasty treats,apples,bamboo,potatoes or fallen leaves on the far side of the ditch. Both elephants were caught on film blowing their trunks to draw the food. Each would reach out her trunk,aim backwards a bit and then blow out a few puffs of air. That drove the food so that it was close enough to catch. Mineko used fewer puffs,blew longer and aimed better than Suzuko.
Scientists once believed that only humans used tools. It's worth looking at the elephants’ behavior again. Is trunk-blowing considered tool use? The classic definition of a tool is “the external (外部的) employment of an unattached environmental object.w Air is not an “object ,” So it may not qualify. But what may be more important to consider is the thinking processes that drive the behavior.
The researchers are unsure how the elephants picked up this trunk-blowing behavior. They might have done it by accident. But the fact that two females living together are both showing the same behavior suggests that one elephant may have copied it. And let’s hope so. After all,elephant trunk-blowing might be entertaining.
9. What has Kaori Mizuno5 s team found out?
A. Elephants eat too much.
B. Elephants can bring food closer.
C. Elephants are popular with people.
D. Elephants are brave to do dangerous things.
10. What was the function of the ditch in the experiment?
A. Toserveasachallenge.
B. To protect the elephants.
C. To make the elephants excited.
D. To make the elephants’ habitat larger.
11. According to Paragraph 3 ,the research .
A. gives the definition of a tool
B. proves elephants use tools too
C. shows elephants are important animals
D. suggests attention be paid to the drive of trunk-blowing
12. The underlined word “so” in the last paragraph refers to.
A. elephants are good at playing tricks
B. elephants can learn from each other
C. elephants pick up the food by chance
D. elephants are cleverer than other animals
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Lucy Li s playful giggle (傻笑) might make people think she’s just a silly schoolgirl. 21, those who ve seen her play 22 she’s all business on the golf course. But how did this 14-year-old talented girl become one of the most-talked-about 23 players in golf today?
In 2002.Lucy was bom to a Chinese immigrant (移民) family in California. Lucy's mother tried to interest her in other 24. like ballet. But Lucy 25 to be like her elder brother,who played 26 . One day while waiting for him to finish agolf match,7-year-old Lucy 27 a club(高爾夫球棒) ,hit the ball and sent it flying straight down the course. Her mother said,We28 something special that day.
The family 29 famous golf coach Jmi McLean and asked him to teach Lucy. That was the 30 of her golf career. According to McLean, “Lucy has a 31 for golf. She can play better than any other kid r ve ever seen.”
Lucy was the youngest 32 ever to qualify for the US Women's Open golf tournament in 2014. At the US Women's Open,Lucy was 33 against the world's best players in North Carolina. She was also playing on one of the world's most 34 courses in 90-degree heat. 35 the first round ended,she had a (n) —36 score of 78. But her score of.78 again the next day wasn,t enough for her to advance.
Lucy is still a 37 girl,and often (單腳跳) and skips as she 38 along the golf course. When asked what she 39. Lucy answered ,“I want to have fun and 40 . I want to learn a lot from these great players."
21. A. Therefore B. Howevbr C. Otherwise D. Besides
22. A. doubt B. deny dope C.hope D. know
23. A. lazy B. silly C. disabled D. young
24. A. activities B. stories C. topics D. memories
25. A. feared B. refused C. expected D. regretted
26. A. tennis B. golf C. baseball D. football
27. A. kissed B. lost C. broke D. grasped
28. A. realized B. ignored C. forgot D. created
29. A. forgave . B. helped C. contacted D. comforted
30. A. aim B. start C. success D. end
31. A. chance B. prize C. gift D. performance
32. A. reporter B. player c. coach D. audience
33. A. debating B. protecting C. guarding D. competing
34. A. difficult B. relaxing C. romantic D. funny
35. A. If B. Though C. After D. Because
36. A. poor B. good C. wrong D. old
37. A. shy B. foolish C. beautiful D. little
38. A. moves B. dances C. paints D. drives
39. A. wants B. guesses C. sings D. understands
40. A. travel B. dream C. learn D. smile
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B
It’s October,and what better way to kick off Anti-bullying(反欺負) Month than with a great read ? FJLAWD: How to StoP Hating Yourself,Others,and the Things That Make You Who You Are — a book by Emily-Anne Rigal and co-author Jeanne DemerS - is all about encouraging teens to face and accept their (弱點) .The book is a must-read for every teenager,but it can even teach adults about self-acceptance.
Emily-Anne Rigal,21, is the founder of an online community called WeStopHate. The organiza-tion began as a YouTube channel and grew to include other platforms like Facebook,Twitter,Instagram and more. "WeStopHate is all about raising self-esteem in Jeens as a way to fight against bullying”r Rigal says. If you feel good about yourself,you re not going to hate yourself,and you,re not going to hate others. People who are hurt are likely to hurt other people.? And she knows this firsthand.
Growing up,Rigal was bullied a lot and she had to change schools. Then at her new middle school she changed roles and became a bully,but she didn' t feel great about it. She often found herself annoyed on the bus ride home,wondering why she behaved so meanly. It wasn't until she began to accept herself that she treated others with that same level of respect.
With the help of her co-author Demers Rigal watched more than 100 WeStopHate videos from teens and chose the best pieces of advice and included them in her book. Because so many teens talked about flaws holding them back,Rigal decided to make it the focus of the book.
“We live in a culture that makes us believe that :we’ re not good enough. If only we had X or Y or Z,we’d be happier and better. The key message in the book is that just as we are — flawed and powerful we are good enough ,” says Rigal.
5. The book written by Rigal and Demers .
A. is a best seller in October
B. helps teens make new friends
C. celebrates Anti-Bullying Month
D. is good for both teens and adults
6. What makes Rigal understand people's bullying behavior after they are bullied?
A. Books on bullying.
B. Videos on bullying,
C. Her own experience.
D. Her interview with teens.
7. What does the underlined word “it” in Paragraph 3 refer to?
A. Being a bully. B. Hating herself,
C. Getting bullied. D. Changing schools.
8. In the last paragraph,Rigal mainly encourages teens to .
A. change the world
B. accept who they are
C. fight against bullying
D. try to show their better self
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There may be no more movies based on the “Lord of the Rings” and “The (《指環(huán)王》中的穴居矮人) ” to hit theaters,but fans can still enjoy the fantasy world in real life through these “hobbit holes,” created by Green Magic Homes.
Green Magic Homes,a company based in : Florida,creates homes covered in' grass and soil,; which allows homeowners to grow their own fruit and vegetables on the roofs of the tiny houses.
It is said that the 妳í/ 膨辦/?,(預(yù),]模:
塊) “hobbit holes” come with wooden doors and windows. The smallest size home can be 400 square feet. But Green Magic Homes founder,Gustavo Santander,said that more things can be fixed to the home. The company says that the houses can be built in extreme climates,including conditions in the desert or in the snow.
These real-life “hob?ùt homes” can be designed :
to fit personal needs and interests,but the' company;also offers a list of suggested designs of different ^ shapes and sizes. The homes can be shipped anywhere in the world,from the company plant in Cancún,Mexico,to wherever you are in the world. The one-bedroom home can take about three days to build with the help of three people and a three-bedroom home takes about five or six days. Though the company makes other (環(huán)保的) products,the homes are the most popular.
"It won’ t have any electricity. So the only bills people will have to pay will be for the Internet and water usage,"said Sawn Linsey,the city s Public Works Director. Once it's done,they're going to lay about two feet of dirt on the top to keep it cool in the summertime,and warm in the winter.
9. The homes created by Green Magic Homes are linked with uThe Hobbit, because.
A. they were designed for the Hobbit
B. they are mainly used to make moyies
C. they are used to grow fruit and vegetables
D. they are similar to the holes Hobbits live in
10. What do we know about the “hobbit homes”?
A. They have a fixed size.
B. They are quite expensive.
C. They are environmentally friendly.
D. They are built for special climates.
11. Sawn Linsey’ s attitude towards the “hobbit homes”
can be described as..
A. doubtful . B. supportive
C. cautious D. unfavorable
12. What is the text mainly about?
A. The origins of Green Magic Homes.
B. The development of “hobbit holes”.
C. Comments on the movie “Lord of the
D. A new type of home — the “hobbit holes”:
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