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A
Green tea diet has become very famous across the globe as it has many wonderful qualities which benefit our body. Green tea contains high amount of antioxidants (抗氧化剂) which help our body in many ways. If you are trying to lose your weight, it is a great
drink for you. The green tea diet is a great way to prevent many
diseases like cancer,
high
cholesterol(胆固醇)
level
in the
blood and diabetes(糖尿病).
Let's see the benefits of including green tea in your diet：
Lose Weight Faster
Weight
loss
is a health benefit of green tea that has made it popular worldwide. Green tea diet is known to have such qualities which help our body to burn fat faster than normal.
One or two cups of green tea everyday can do wonders for you.
Stay Away from Diabetes
Green tea helps regulate glucose(萄萄糖)
in the body which in turn helps to control blood sugar.
It is especially good for the people with type I diabetes. Also, it slows down the progression of diabetes once you have already developed it.
Lower Cholesterol
You avoid high cholesterol food to prevent heart
diseases but you cannot stop eating everything.
When you want to have high cholesterol food, simply have a cup of green tea with it. Including green tea diet is the best way to control and reduce cholesterol levels in your body.
Avoid Cancer
Green tea helps prevent cancer.
It is found in many researches that the polyphenols(多酚) present in green tea play an important role in prevention of cancer. If you are on a green tea diet, you can also lower the risk of cancer in your body.
Improve Immune System
Being on a green tea diet is a great way to improve your immune system. One of the health benefits of green tea
is that it is very rich in antioxidants, which help in strengthening the digestive system of your body. So, take green tea and enjoy a strong and healthy immunity.
Green tea can be also used in many homemade beauty products. Now it is up to you how you make the most of a green tea diet.
1. Which of the following is the best title for the passage?
A. Five Benefits of Having a Green Tea Diet
B. Green Tea Produces a Large Amount of Antioxidants
C. Green Tea Reduces Cholesterol Levels
D. Five Reasons to Understand Green Tea
2. The function of antioxidants is________.
A. to purify your digestive system effectively
B. to make your digestive system stronger
C. to extend your digestive system in a way
D. to form a special
immune system
3. According to the passage, green tea is useless in______.
A. controlling blood sugar
B. preventing kinds of cancer
C. making you look pretty
D. curing heart problems
[文章大意] 本文是一篇应用文，讲述了绿茶的功效。绿茶是一种未发酵过的茶，保留了比较多的天然抗氧化成分，对抗癌、预防糖尿病、减肥等都有作用。
1．A。考查标题判断。根据文章第一段的尾句“Let's see the benefits of including green tea in your diet”可知，A项表明了文章的主题。故选A项。
2．B。考查细节理解。根据Improve Immune System部分第二句中的“it is very rich in antioxidants, which help in strengthening the digestive system of your body”可知，抗氧化剂有助于增强身体的消化系统。故选B。
3．D。考查推理判断。根据文章内容可知，绿茶在控制血糖、抗癌、减肥、美容等方面都有作用，但对治疗心脏病未进行说明。故选D。
B
My name is Megan Grattan, a resident of Cedar Springs
for over fifteen years. From the beginning of my first high
school year at Cedar Springs High School, I wished for
something different. I met some foreign exchange students in
my school that year. Their stories were my inspiration to
pursue a crazy dream. I wanted to be an exchange student,
too. I wanted to experience something new every day and to learn a new language and a new way of life.
After a year and
a
half of paperwork and
emails，I am
now living in Aalborg, Denmark.
It is the fourth largest city in Denmark. Aalborg is nothing like Cedar Springs. Here, I have learned how to use a bus to get into town and how to walk
to a convenience store for things I need.
I even walk to school every day. While adjusting to a sixhour time difference from home, I have to get used to darkness setting in only around 4 p．m..
Christmas in Denmark has been absolutely incredible. Aalborg Downtown has endless shops along streets for foottraffic only, all decorated in lights and flowers throughout the season. The greatest thing about my Danish Christmas was the food. Christmas Eve and the three Christmas days were all filled with food! My host family and I had several dinners that consisted of pork, duck, potatoes, gravy and much more. The rice pudding, or, ris ala mande, is a unique dessert in Aalborg. One of my favorite Christmas treats was definitely
aebleskiver which are pancakelike balls that are dipped(浸)in sugars and jam.
I have lived here for only four weeks, but to my family and me, it feels like it has been much longer. At night, I
miss my family very much. The culture shock has been overwhelming(巨大的),
and I still need time to adapt myself to the life here. Yet I love every minute I spend here in Denmark. I cannot wait to see what the next month has in store for me, while I learn more about this amazing country and its people.
1. What can we learn about Megan Grattan?
A. She is a resident of Aalborg, Denmark.
B. She is a fresh student at Cedar Springs High School.
C. She is teaching at Cedar Springs High School.
D. She was brought up in Cedar Springs.
2. We can infer that ______.
A.
Megan Grattan gets into town by car in Aalborg
B. Megan Grattan doesn't get into town by bus in Cedar Springs
C. Megan Grattan goes to a convenience store on foot in Cedar Springs
D. Megan Grattan often goes to school on foot in Cedar Springs
3. In other Danish cities,
people have no chance of eating______.
A. aebleskiver B. ris ala mande
C. gravy
D. duck
[文章大意]
本文主要讲述了美国中学生Megan Grattan在丹麦做交流生的经历。
1．D。细节理解题。根据第一段的第一句“My
name is Megan
Grattan，a resident of Cedar Springs for over fifteen years.”可知，作者是在Cedar Springs长大的，故选D项。
2．B。推理判断题。根据第二段的第四句“Here，I have learned
how to use a bus to get into town”可知，Megan Grattan在Aalborg学会了坐公共汽车到镇上，由此可推知她在家乡的时候不是坐公共汽车到镇上去的，所以选B。
3.B。细节理解题。根据第三段的倒数第二句“The rice pudding,
or, ris ala mande, is a unique dessert in Aalborg.”可知，ris ala
mande是Aalborg独有的食品，在丹麦的其他城市是享受不到的。
C
Once upon a time, Birbal and Akbar walked alongside a beautiful lake.
A simple question occurred to Birbal: how far a man can go to have money? He expressed it to Akbar, who sat down and touched the water in the lake while listening
to Birbal. He at once took his hand out realizing the biting cold. He exclaimed that no one would ever spend a night in this cold water for any amount of money. Birbal believed that someone could. Akbar as determined on his belief as ever challenged Birbal to bring one such person, and he would grant that man one thousand gold coins.
Birbal kept
looking for such a man everywhere until he found one.
He happened to be a poor guy desperate enough to risk a cold night to have the gold coins.
Akbar, hearing the news, sent his trusty guards to make sure that the poor guy stayed in water for the whole night. Surprisingly, the next morning, the poor man came to Akbar after completing his challenge,
sound and healthy, and demanded his much awaited reward. Akbar couldn't believe it and asked how he managed to spend the whole night out there. The poor man talked about a light post that he saw around the lake which he kept in focus all night.
He believed that by keeping his attention focused on the lamp,
he managed to avoid thinking about the cold.
To his surprise,
Akbar refused to give him the gold coins as he used lamp's energy to keep himself warm.
The poor man,
disappointed and hurt,
informed Birbal. Birbal didn't make it to the court next day. When
Akbar inquired,
Birbal conveyed the message that
he
couldn't
make
it
unless
his khichdi(早餐) was ready. After waiting for
several
hours, Akbar along with his guards went to visit Birbal.
Birbal had a pot of khichdi hanging from the roof of the room several feet away from the fire. Akbar asked Birbal how he expected for a fire to cook khichdi from such a distance. Birbal very intelligently replied that he used the same way the poor man received warmth from a lamp post so far away from himself. Akbar once left speechless and had to pay the poor man in the end.
4. The poor man was used to test______.
A. whether he was determined or not
B. how loyal the guards were while they were on a mission
C. what role the light played while people were in danger
D. what possible action a man may take to get money
5. It can be inferred from the passage that Akbar and Birbal are______.
A. master and his servant
B. king and his official
C. father and son
D. general friends
6. Judging from the passage, Birbal can be described as______.
A. determined and brave
B.
intelligent and helpful
C. considerate and generous
D. clever and humorous
[文章大意] 为了测试一下为了挣钱人们会做什么，Birbal and Akbar想到了冰冷的湖水，看看有没有人愿意为钱在水中待一夜，结果一位穷人做到了，却没有得到应得的报酬。聪明的大臣想办法解决问题，使国王兑现了承诺。
4．D。考查细节理解。
根据第一段中的“A simple question occurred to
Birbal: how far a man can go to have money？”可得出答案，这样做的目的是测试人们为了挣钱会做什么。
5．B。考查推理判断。根据最后一段中的“Birbal didn't make it to the court
next day.” “Akbar along with his guards went to visit Birbal”可推知，
二人为君臣关系。
6．B。 考查推理判断。
根据文章末尾处可以看出Birbal非常聪明而且是乐于助人的。他用了“以其人之道还治其人之身”的方法让国王认同自己的想法——从电灯处获取温暖是不可能的，进而帮助穷人获得应有的报酬。
D
The light from the campfire brightened the darkness,
but it could not prevent the damp cold of Dennis's Swamp(沼泽地) creeping into their bones. It was a strange place. Martin and Tom wished that they had not accepted Jack's dare. They liked camping, but not near this swamp.
“So，” Martin asked
as
they sat
watching the
hot
coals. “How did this place get its name？”
“Are you sure you want to hear it?
It's a scary story，” warned Jack.
“Of course！” cried
out
Tom.
“If there
were
anything
to
be scared of，you wouldn't have chosen this place！”
“OK,
but don't say I didn't warn you，” said Jack,
and he began his tale.
“Way back in time，a man called Dennis tried to start a farm here. He built that cottage over there to live in. In those days，the area looked quite different—it was covered with tall trees and the swamp was a crystalclear
river. After three
hard years,
Dennis
had cleared several fields and planted crops. He was so proud of his success that he refused to listen to advice.”
“‘You are clearing too much land，’ warned one old man. ‘The land is a living thing. It will hit back at you if you abuse it. ’”
“‘Silly fool，’ said Dennis to himself. ‘If I clear more land, I can grow more crops. I'll become wealthier. He's just jealous! ’”
“Dennis continued to chop down trees. Small animals that relied on them for food and shelter were destroyed. He was so eager to expand his farm that he did not notice the river flowing slowly towards his door. He did not notice salt seeping to the surface of the land. He did not notice swamp plants choking all the native plants.”
“What happened？” Martin asked. It was growing colder. He trembled, twisting his body closer to the fire.
“The land hit back－just as the old man warned，” Jack shrugged. “Dennis disappeared. Old folks around here believe that swamp plants moved up from the river and dragged him underwater. His body was never found.”
“What a stupid story，”laughed Tom.
“Plants can't...” Before he had finished speaking, he screamed and fainted (晕倒).
The other two boys jumped up with fright,
staring at Tom. Suddenly,
they
burst out laughing. Some green
swamp ivy(常春藤) had
covered Tom's face. It was a while before Tom could appreciate the joke.
1. The underlined word “dare” in Paragraph 1
is closest in meaning to ________.
A. courage B. assistance
C. instruction
D. challenge
2. Why did Jack tell Tom and Martin the story?
A. To frighten them.
B. To satisfy their curiosity.
C. To warn them of the danger of the place.
D. To persuade them to camp in the swamp.
3. Why did Dennis ignore the warning of the old man?
A. The old man envied him.
B. The old man was foolish.
C. He was too busy to listen to others.
D. He was greedy for more crops.
4. Why did Tom scream and faint?
A. He saw Dennis's shadow.
B. He was scared by a plant.
C. His friends played a joke on him.
D. The weather became extremely cold.
5.
What lesson can we learn from the story of Dennis?
A. Grasp
all, lose
all.
B. No sweat,
no sweet.
C. It is no use crying over spilt milk.
D. He who makes no mistakes makes nothing.
[文章大意] 本文为记叙文，题材为文娱与体育。讲述了三个小男孩去Dennis's Swamp野营的事。文章围绕沼泽地名称的由来展开了一个骇人听闻的故事。
1．D。词义猜测题。根据文章第一段可知这个地方很诡异，Martin和Tom感到害怕，都希望没有接受Jack的大胆挑战。A：勇气；B：帮助；C：指导；D：挑战。
2．B。细节理解题。根据文章第三段和第四段中的“Are you sure you want to hear it？”和“Of course！”可得出答案。
3．D。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第五段中的“If I clear more land，I can grow more crops.I'll become wealthier.”可知他想种更多的农作物。
4．B。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段中的“Some green swamp ivy had covered Tom's face.”可知，Tom是因被常春藤的叶子盖到脸部而吓到了。
5．A。主旨大意题。文章讲到Dennis太贪婪，不断地开垦土地想把所有土地都种植农作物以获取更多金钱而受到大自然的报复，所以选A(贪多必失)。B：没有汗水，没有收获；C：覆水难收；D：不犯错的人是不会有收获的。