The weather is getting hotter. You are thirsty(口渴的) playing basketball or riding home from school. A cold drink may be just the thing. But be careful what you are drinking. Something that looks cool may not be good for your health. There are plenty of “energy drinks” on the market. Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health. Sounds great!
But after a careful check you may find that most energy drinks have lots of caffeine(咖啡堿)in them. These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players. Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake. But be careful not to drink too much. Caffeine makes your heart beat fast. Because of this, the International Olympic Committee(IOC)(國(guó)際奧委會(huì)) has limited its use. Caffeine in most energy drinks is at least as strong as that in a cup of coffee or tea. Possible health dangers have something to do with energy drinks. Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.
小題1:Which of the following can be the best title of the passage? ______
A.What’s the Use of Energy Drinks?
B.Who Can Drink Energy Drinks?
C.What’s that in Energy Drinks?
D.Why Can’t We Buy Energy Drinks?
小題2:The underlined word “discouraged” can be replaced(替換) with ______.
A.dislikedB.helped C.stopped D.encouraged
小題3:From the passage we can know that ______.
A.energy drinks are especially aimed at teenagers
B.energy drinks are helpful to teenagers’ study
C.sports players need to drink a lot of energy drinks
D.a(chǎn)dvertisements are important in getting people to buy energy drinks
小題4:Many people like drinking energy drinks because of the following EXCEPT that ______.
A.they have beautiful colors and cool names
B.they have lots of caffeine
C.they can keep them awake and better at sports
D.they are said to be helpful to health

小題1:D
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:B

試題分析:文章大意:這篇文章講的是當(dāng)天氣變熱或者運(yùn)動(dòng)之后,人們往往喜歡喝一些能量飲料,但是這些飲料含有大量的咖啡因,對(duì)身體是很不健康的,所以作者建議大家要少喝這些飲料。
小題1:D主旨大意題。這篇文章主要是圍繞能量飲料展開的,講了能量飲料的成分,人們?yōu)槭裁磹酆饶芰匡嬃弦约澳芰匡嬃蠈?duì)身體的危害。故D正確。
小題2:C詞義推測(cè)題。第四段Just one box of energy drink can make you nervous, have difficulty sleeping and can even cause heart problems. Scientists say that teenagers should be discouraged from taking drinks with a lot of caffeine in them.一瓶能量飲料就能使你緊張,失眠。甚至導(dǎo)致心臟病。由此,可推斷出科學(xué)家說對(duì)青少年應(yīng)該是阻止他們喝含有大量咖啡因的飲料。故discouraged的意思應(yīng)是阻止,可替換成stopped。故C正確。
小題3:A推理判斷題。從文章中我們可以了解到廣告對(duì)于人們購(gòu)買飲料有著很重要的作用。能量飲料對(duì)于青少年的學(xué)習(xí)沒有幫助。運(yùn)動(dòng)員應(yīng)該少喝能量飲料。These drinks are especially aimed at young people, students, busy people and sports players.這些飲料的目標(biāo)人群是針對(duì)年輕人、學(xué)生、忙碌的人們和運(yùn)動(dòng)員?芍珺,C,D錯(cuò)誤。故A正確。
小題4:B細(xì)節(jié)理解題。由第二段Most of them have beautiful colors and cool names. The lists on them tell you they are helpful to your health.大多數(shù)的能量飲料有著誘人的顏色和酷酷的名字。從飲料的標(biāo)簽可由看出這些飲料有益健康。由第三段Makers sometimes say their drinks make you better at sports and can keep you awake.制造生說他們的飲料能夠使你更擅長(zhǎng)體育而且能使你保持清醒。可知,以上就是大多數(shù)人選擇能量飲料的原因。故B正確。
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C.helped to use computers better
D.supplied chance to develop their basic skills

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