Question

【題目】All over the world people began their exciting day by drinking a cup or several cups of coffee. People have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day on the right foot. They need this cup of coffee to get going in the morning.

It is not the coffee but something in the coffee that activates(刺激)our bodies and brains. It is a material called caffeine. Caffeine may increase a person’s mental (精神的) and physical abilities. For example, two cups of coffee will augment blood flow, breathing, and body heat production by 10% to 20%. All of this make your heart beat faster and doctors warn (警告) that this may be somewhat dangerous.

Caffeine is found in tea, coffee, chocolate, and many other common foods. A little caffeine is probably helpful. But too much caffeine can result in nervousness and sleeplessness.

【1】“They need this cup of coffee to get going in the morning.” In this sentence “get going” means “__________”

A. go for a walk B. get along well

C. leave home early D. start their new day

【2】The underlined word “augment” in Paragraph 2 means “________”.

A. reduce B. increase C. stop D. develop

【3】A cup of coffee will make your blood move faster by______.

A. 5% to 10% B. 10% to 20%

C. about 15% D. about 20%

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】D

【2】B

【3】A

【解析】

試題解析：當(dāng)下，世界各地的人們都習(xí)慣以早晨一杯咖啡開始他們忙碌的一天，人們通常覺得咖啡能夠醒腦，從而更好地開始工作。然而真正刺激我們身體和大腦的是咖啡中的咖啡因，它能夠增加血液流動，促進(jìn)呼吸從而讓人覺得更有精神，少量的咖啡因?qū)θ梭w是有幫助的，太多的攝入則會導(dǎo)致精神緊張甚至失眠。

【1】D. 考查詞義辨析題。A 出門散步；B與……相處得好；C早早地離開家；D開始他們新的一天。根據(jù)第一段中“People have always said that a cup of coffee in the morning helps them begin their day on the right foot.”人們通常認(rèn)為早晨的一杯咖啡能夠幫助他們以正確的節(jié)奏開始他們的一天，可知人們需要咖啡來開始新的一天，故選D。

【2】B. 考查詞義辨析題。A減少；B增加；C停止；D發(fā)展。根據(jù)第二段中“two cups of coffee will augment blood flow, breathing, and body heat production by 10% to 20%.”可以推測，兩杯咖啡對血液流動，呼吸以及身體的熱量產(chǎn)生肯定是有促進(jìn)作用的，所以應(yīng)選擇increase等表示促進(jìn)，增強(qiáng)意義的詞匯。故選B。

【3】A. 考查細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段中“two cups of coffee will augment blood flow, breathing, and body heat production by 10% to 20%.”兩杯咖啡能夠?qū)⒀�液流動速率提�?0%到20%，那么一杯咖啡則減半，即將血流速度提高5%到10%。故選A。