The rise of oil prices made scientists search for new energy resources ______ oil.

A.replace          B.replacing           C.to replace         D.replaced

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YOUR mom might cook a bowl of noodle for you on birthday. But in the US, a mom makes a cupcake for her children on their birthday.

Cupcakes are small, round cakes topped with frosting. It has been an American tradition that moms bring cupcakes to celebrate their child’s birthday.

But recently some doctors have called for this to be banned. They believe cupcakes contribute to child obesity.

Despite their good intentions, however, some people believe that experts are interfering with American culture. The cupcakes is seen as American as apple pie only prettier.

According to Marion Nestle, a professor of nutrition at New York university, the cupcakes is the most democratic of desserts. As they are small enough for one person, you don’t have go share your cupcake with anyone –it’s all yours. They are also all the same size, so there can’t be any cries of “she got the bigger piece!”

Each bite can taste different depending on how much icing you have. It is a lesson in self determination. Some people eat only a little of the frosting every time, other have it all in just one bite.

In recent years, eating a cupcake has become as trendy as having a cup of Starbucks coffee.

Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton jokingly promised on a talk show that if she was elected president, a he would give everyone a cupcake on her birthday.

Ruth Reichl, editor---in----chief of gourmet magazine, explains that the rise of the cupcake is very much about going buck to American national identity in food, which is all about comfort. “People want to about when they and their country were innocent,” she said.

According to the passage, it has been an American tradition that_______.

A. a party for children is held on their birthday

B. A mom cooks a bowl of noodles for her children on their birthday

C. A mom makes a cupcake for her children on their birthday and brings it to the classroom

D. parents go traveling with their children on their birthday

Why do doctors ask people to ban cupcake on children’s birthday?

A. Because they themselves don’t like cupcake

B. Because they think cupcakes are not so delicious

C. Because they believe cupcakes will cause cries of “she got the bigger piece”.

D. Because they believe cupcakes are one of the causes to make children become fat.

The following are true according to Marion Nestle expect that ______

A. the cupcake is more democratic than any other deserts in the US

B. the cupcake is too small to share with others

C. the sizes of cupcakes are the same so it is equal to everyone

D. cupcakes will lead to child obesity so they should be banned

Why did the writer mention Hillary Clinton and Ruth Reichl?

A. To arouse the readers’ attention O

B. To show that cupcakes are becoming a popular to show kindness and comfort.

C. To make a comparison between them

D. To give readers a general idea of cupcakes

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The a  【小題1】  of scientists towards the rise is completely different. On the one hand, Dr Foster thinks that the trend which increases the temperature by 5 degrees would be a    【小題2】    (大災(zāi)難). On the other hand, George Hambley, who is o   【小題3】    to this view, predicts that any warming will be    【小題4】   (溫和的) with few bad environmental c   【小題5】  

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Attention! Our earth has been facing a serious threat—global warming.

According to some _____ (專家), thousands of people die of hot wave1.. ____________

a    (每年), and the ice in the poles has been becoming thinner and thinner2. ____ year by year, _____ leads to the rise of the sea level and is threatening3._____ many areas of the world, especially those coastal areas. On the 4.____________ hand, ______ (自然) disasters, like flooding, are more or less connected with5. ____________the global warming, and it’s o     that all these are the punishments 6._______from nature. To look back, in the past five _____, that’s half a century, 7.____________we’ve destroyed our environment _____ random to develop the economy8.____________by _____ (濫用) oil and by using private cars instead of public transport.9.___________These r     in the rise of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing10.____________the global warming.

 

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Attention! Our earth has been facing a serious threat—global warming.

According to some _____ (專家), thousands of people die of hot wave     1._______

a     , and the ice in the poles has been becoming thinner and thinner  2. _______

year by year, _____ leads to the rise of the sea level and is threatening   3._______

many areas of the world, especially those coastal areas. On the _____       4. _______

hand, ______ (自然) disasters, like flooding, are more or less connected with5._______

the global warming, and it’s o      that all these are the punishments 6. _______

from nature. To look back, in the past five _____, that’s half a century,   7._______

we’ve destroyed our environment _____ random to develop the economy 8. _______

by _____ (濫用) oil and by using private cars instead of public transport.  9. _______

These r      in the rise of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere, causing 10._______

the global warming.

 

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