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A. Because it’s available here and there. B. It’s delicious from chips to candy.
C. It’s easily taken everywhere. D. It’s easily bought in fast food restaurants. 57.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. If people are watching a tragedy, they eat up to 29% more popcorn.
B. People are likely to eat more food when staying with friends.
C. Nutritionists have the same opinion about how much to eat in the morning. D. People prefer to snake from a large bucket.
58.What will he or she do if he or she wants to lose weight?
A. To eat nothing in the morning. B. To get up early and to go to bed late. C. To eat breakfast and exercise. D. To snack from a medium-size bucket. 59.What is the text mainly about the rule(s)?
A. how to make friends with dainty eaters. B. how much to eat in the morning. C. how to control overeating. D. how to eat properly and healthily.
B
After a year of record mortgage foreclosures（次贷危机）and falling house prices suddenly, Americans are more determined to improve finances in 2008 than their bodies, according to a study released by Countrywide Bank on Tuesday.
Some 67 percent of the 1,002 adults surveyed nationwide said that becoming financially fit is a top New Year's decision, while 57 percent are committed to becoming physically fit in 2008.
\health,\（性别), women are more insecure about their finances, with 37 percent saying they are financially fit, compared with 55 percent for men. Dads are more confident about finances than moms, and single people feel more secure than the married.
Geographically, U.S. Northeasterners felt better about their money, with 52 percent saying they are
financially fit. The Midwe Countrywide Bank is part of Countrywide Financial Corp, the largest mortgage lender in the United States with a big share in the troubled subprime mortgage market. It has been damaged by worsening loan defaults（拖欠贷款）.
60.How many people think of fit finance as their first choice in 2008? A. About 570. B. About 670. C. About 1002. C. About 1670. 61.What’s the probable meaning of the given word “insecure” in fifth paragraph? A. confident. B. particular. C. worried. C. casual. 62.Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage? A. 55 percent of the men say they are financially fit.
B. Dads and moms are equally concerned about finances. C. The married don’t feel more confident than the single.
D. U.S. Northeasterners felt better than the Midwest and South about their money. 63.What’s the best title of the report after your reading?
A. A study released by Countrywide Bank. B. American financial health in 2008.
C. American physical health in 2008. D. American fit finances before fit body.
C
Your child's ability to understand death—and your approach to discussing it—will vary according to your child's age. Each child is unique, but here are some rough guidelines to keep in mind.
Until kids are about 5 or 6 years old, their view of the world is very literal（字面意思的）. So it's a good idea to explain the death in terms that are basic and exact. If the person was ill or elderly, for example, you might explain that the person's body wasn't working any more and the doctors couldn't fix it. If the person dies suddenly,
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like in an accident, you might explain what happened ------that because of this very sad event, the person's body stopped working. You may have to explain that \
Kids often have a hard time understanding that all people and living things eventually die, and that once a person dies, it's final and that person isn't coming back. So even after you've gone through this explanation, your child may continue to ask where the person is or when the person is returning. Continue to calmly repeat, in concrete terms, that the person has died and can't come back, and that your child won't be seeing him or her again. Avoid using euphemisms(委婉语), like telling your child that the person who died just “went away” “or “went to sleep” or even that your family “lost” the person. Because young kids think so literally, such phrases might make your child afraid to go to sleep or fearful whenever someone goes away.
For the same reasons, remember that your child's questions may sound much deeper than they actually are. For example, a 5-year-old child who asks where a person who died is now probably isn't asking whether there's an afterlife. Rather, the child might be satisfied hearing that the person who died is now in the cemetery(墓地). 64.What’s the probable meaning of the given word “concrete” in the 3rd paragraph? A. complicated. B. exact. C. interesting. D. steady. 65.What can we know from the passage?
A. You’d better explain the death to the kids in simple and basic words.
B. Little children can have a better understanding of the phrases like “went away”. C. Children may understand the phrases “went to sleep” after explanation. D. Kids may probably be not fearful if your explanation is off the point. 66.What’s the main idea of the passage?
A. Some simple instructions of the understanding of death. B. The formation of children’s view of the world.
C. How to help kids understand “death” using euphemisms . D. The different terms about the word “death”. 67. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Children’s view of the world isn’t very literal until kids are about 5 or 6 years old. B. Children’s understanding of the death will be better when they are getting older. C. “went away”, “went to sleep” and “lost” are euphemisms referred to death.
D. A person who died is now in the cemetery because he or she has no afterlife.
D
On New Year's Eve, I was traveling from Sharm el-Sheikh, where I had been working as a crew, to Cairo on the night bus. The journey usually took about 10 hours. Just south of Ras Sudr, an hour or so before Suez, the bus drove head-on into the back of a parked truck.
Such an accident on this road is not uncommon. Trucks park for the night simply by stopping on the side of the road. The desert road is unlit and the trucks have no markers.
Anyway, our bus (fortunately, I was sitting near the back) dashed off the road and bounced down a 10-foot bank into a stone-lined pipe. Luckily, we didn't turn over. I was afraid we would burn, as about 15 of us were trapped in the back of the bus, unable to open the escape window. Of course we didn't burn.
We got out, eventually, and being first-aid trained and having a set of first-aid tools, I steeled myself（下决心应付）and went to the front of the bus to see if there was anything I could do. My companion had a briefcase with $1,000 in it, so he stayed with that.
There were only two seriously injured. One man lost an eye, and another had two broken legs. An Irish guy (who also had a first-aid kit) and I helped get them out. A lot of people were shocked, so along with other passengers, we shared our sleeping bags, wrapped people up and helped get a fire going. I don't know what happened to the driver of the truck who had been asleep.
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After about an hour, some heavy trucks carrying stones to Suez stopped and we all climbed up on top of the load. It was freezing, but I had my sleeping bag back, as its previous occupant（汽车等内的乘坐者）had gone in an ambulance.
The trucks dropped us at the Suez Canal at about 2 a.m., and some mini-buses sent by the Cairo bus company picked us up and took us to Cairo. We arrived at about 6 a.m.
Happy New Year! Breakfast rarely has tasted so good. 68.What’s the author’s career from the given passage? A. A bus driver. B. A truck driver. C. A sailor. D. A doctor. 69.The passage is probably taken from ________. A. a post. B. an advertisement. C. a fairy tale D. a personal blog. 70.In the fourth paragraph , “he ” probably refers to___________. A. the Irish guy B. his companion
C. the man lost an eye. D. the man lost two legs 71.What can we infer from the passage?
A. The writer was a man who was ready to help others. B. He together his companion was a rich man.
C. Both I and an Irish guy had a a set of first-aid tools.
D. We arrived at the Suez Canal at about 2 a.m.
E
Pregnant women can safely drink coffee as caffeine does not affect their unborn baby, according to a new study.
Researchers found no evidence of a link between prematurity (早产), birth weight and the amount of caffeine consumed by mothers-to-be. Previous studies suggested caffeine might harm unborn babies as it stays in the system longer in pregnant women, passing easily to a growing baby. Health officials have warned that a high caffeine intake could affect birth weight or the chance of having a miscarriage (流产).
Pregnant women are advised against drinking more than four cups of coffee a day or six cups of tea. The study, by the University of Aarhus in Denmark, recruited (招募) more than 1,000 women before they were 20 weeks' pregnant, who drank at least three cups of coffee a day. The group was split into two, with 568 women drinking ordinary instant coffee and 629 drinking decaffeinated (脱咖啡因的咖啡).
The authors then monitored the birth weight of 1,150 newborn babies and the length of pregnancy for the babies. The study, published by the British Medical Journal, found no significant differences between the two groups for birth weight or length of pregnancy. The researchers concluded that a moderate reduction in caffeine intake in the second half of pregnancy had no effect on the outcome. The women were not told what type of coffee they were drinking, and the research was adjusted to take into account factors such as age, weight and whether the women smoked.
When the adjustments were made, the average weight of babies born to women in the decaffeinated group was a mere 16g higher than those born to women in the caffeinated group, the study said.
The average difference in the length of pregnancy was less than two days. A spokesman for the British Coffee Association said, “This new study is very interesting and supports the consistent (一致的) advice given that pregnant women should stick to a safe upper limit - in line with guidance issued by the Food Standards Agency. This equals three cups of brewed, or four cups of instant coffee.” 72. From the passage we know that ________.
A. There is obvious connection between prematurity and the amount of caffeine intake by mothers-to-be B. Previous researchers held the belief that pregnant women’s caffeine intake could cause birth problems C. Pregnant women are advised to drink as much coffee and tea as possible
D. The study was conducted among over 1,000 women after they were 20 weeks’ pregnant 73. The result of the new study shows that ________.
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A. Pregnant women who drank caffeinated coffee bore heavier babies
B. The more coffee pregnant women drank, the taller their newborn babies were
C. A proper reduction in caffeine intake in the second half of pregnancy caused great differences on the outcome
D. There was merely slight difference in babies’ birth weight between the two groups of pregnant women
74.Which of the following factors concerning pregnant women is NOT mentioned when adjustments to the
research was made?
A. Age. B. Weight. C. Miscarriage times. D. Smoking habit. 75. According to the new study, we can draw the conclusion that ________.
A. Pregnant women should drink more decaffeinated coffee in order to bear healthier babies B. Pregnant women should drink at least three cups of brewed coffee a day to keep healthy
C. Pregnant women drinking four cups of instant coffee a day do no harm to their unborn babies
D. Drinking caffeinated coffee within the upper limit can affect the length of pregnancy greatly
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