Module6 Films and TV Programmes
Ⅰ.阅读理解
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。
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Let's face it.No one drinks diet soda for the taste.People drink diet soda in the hope that it will help them lose weight or at least keep them from gaining it.Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect，according to a new study.
Researchers from the University of Texas said those who drank two or more diet sodas a day had waist size increases that were six times greater than those who didn't drink diet soda.“What we saw was that the more diet sodas a person drank，the more weight they were likely to gain，”said Sharon Fowler.
The study was based on data from 474 participants in a large，ongoing research project，where the participants were followed for nearly 10 years.
While the findings are surprising，they also offer some explanations.
Nutrition expert，Melanie Rogers，who works with overweight patients in New York，has found that when patients are switched from regular to diet soda，they don't lose weight at all.“We weren't seeing weight loss necessarily，and that was confusing to us，”said Rogers.
So why would diet soda cause weight gain？No one knows for sure yet，but it could be that people think they can eat more if they drink diet soda，and so over－compensate for the missing calories.
A related study found some sweeteners (甜味剂) raised blood sugar levels in some mice.“Data from this and other potential studies suggest that the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky，”said Helen P．Hazuda，professor at the University of Texas' school of medicine.“They may be free of calories，but not of consequences.”
1．People drink diet soda to________.
A．enjoy its taste
B．stay in fashion
C．achieve weight loss
D．gain more energy
解析：选C。细节理解题。根据文章第一段第三句中的“will help them lose weight”可知，人们饮用苏打水的目的是减肥。故选C。
2．The new study suggests that drinking diet soda________.
A．causes people to become heavier
B．helps people to be healthier
C．makes people much thinner
D．offers people more calories
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句“Yet it seems to have exactly the opposite effect，according to a new study.”可知，饮用苏打水不但不能减肥，反而会导致体重增加。故选A。
3．We can learn from the passage that________.
A．regular soda makes people lose more weight
B．diet soda drinkers tend to eat more food
C．diet soda does help reduce calories
D．most blood diseases come from diet soda
解析：选B。细节理解题。根据文章倒数第二段中的“people think they can eat more if they drink diet soda”可知，人们认为饮用苏打水后可以吃得更多。故选B。
4．The underlined word “They” in the last paragraph probably refers to“________”．
A．sweeteners
B．diet sodas and artificial sweeteners
C．sodas
D．diet soda drinkers and sweetener takers
解析：选B。代词指代题。根据文章最后一段所讲述的内容，特别是“the promotion of diet sodas and artificial sweeteners may be risky”可知，They指代的是 “diet sodas and artificial sweeteners”。故选B。
B
(2017·高考重庆卷)There have always been a lot of commonly believed but false ideas about being fat and doing exercise.Some people believe that they can't help putting on weight as they get older，while others hold that if they stop exercising，their muscles will turn into fat.Here are some more myths：
I'll never lose weight—I come from a fat family
Wrong！While we can't change the body type we are born with，we can't blame our genes for making us fat.There's plenty of evidence that fatness runs in families，and the main reason is that they share the same habits of eating too much and exercising too little.
I am fat because I burn calories slowly
Wrong！Fatness is not caused by a slow metabolism(新陈代谢)．In fact，although fat people consume more energy than slim people，they also fail to realize how much they eat！Keeping a diary can help you work out your daily food intake more accurately.
Exercise is boring
Wrong！Anything will become boring if you do it repetitively.The key is to develop a balanced and varied program that's fun as well as progressive.If you enjoy a Sunday walk，take a different route.If you do yoga，try a tai chi class.If you like swimming，set yourself a distance or time challenge.
No pain，no gain
Wrong！Exercise is not meant to hurt.Indeed，pain is your body telling you something's wrong，and continuing to exercise could lead to serious injury.You may experience mild discomfort as you begin to exercise regularly，but this is your body adapting to the positive changes in your lifestyle and the aches should disappear relatively quickly.If they don't，rest and seek medical advice.
5．What does the author think about being fat?
A．It is the family genes that make people fat.
B．People are fat because they consume too little energy.
C．A diary of exercise can prevent people from becoming fat.
D．It is the consequence of people's unbalanced lifestyle.
解析：选D。推理判断题。根据第二段最后一句和第三段最后一句可推断出，作者认为肥胖的原因在于人们不均衡、不健康的生活方式。
6．According to the author，how can we make exercise more interesting?
A．By taking varied exercise.
B．By choosing simple exercise.
C．By doing regular exercise.
D．By sticking to outdoor exercise.
解析：选A。细节理解题。根据第四段第二、三句可知，使锻炼变得更加有趣的关键就是要让你的锻炼方式多样化，因为任何事情反复做都会令人感到厌倦。
7．What is the author's opinion about “No pain，no gain” in exercising?
A．Keeping fit is essentially a painful experience.
B．Exercise should be stopped if continuous pain is felt.
C．Pain in exercise is a precondition for reaching your goal.
D．Getting used to pain leads to positive changes in your body.
解析：选B。推理判断题。根据最后一段可推断出，在锻炼过程中如果感觉持续疼痛应该停止锻炼，休息一会儿，然后去看医生。
8．What is the purpose of the passage?
A．To declare the importance of keeping fit.
B．To clarify some misconceptions about fatness and exercise.
C．To confirm what has long been believed about keeping fit.
D．To explain some medical facts about being fat and doing exercise.
解析：选B。主旨大意题。通读全文内容可知，文章的主要目的是纠正一些关于肥胖和锻炼的错误观点，澄清一些事实。
Ⅱ.语法填空
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于1个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
Finishing their shopping at the supermarket，a middle－aged couple found their new car__1__(steal)．They filed a report at the police station and a detective drove them back to the parking__2__look for evidence.
To their__3__(amaze)，the car had been returned and there was__4__note in it that said：“I apologize for taking your car.My wife__5__having a baby and I had to send __6__to the hospital as soon as possible.Please forget the __7__(convenient)．There are two tickets for tonight's Rowan Atkinson concert.”
Their faith in humanity restored(恢复)．The couple attended the concert.But when they returned home，they __8__(immediate) found that their house__9__been ransacked (洗劫)．__10__the bathroom mirror was another note：“I have to put my kid through college somehow，don't I？”
1．________2.________3.________4.________
5．________6.________7.________8.________
9．________10.________
答案：1.stolen 2.to 3.amazement 4.a 5.was 6.her
7．inconvenience 8.immediately 9.had 10.On
Ⅲ.短文改错
假定英语课上老师要求同桌之间交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文。文中共有10处语言错误，每句中最多有两处。每处错误仅涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线()划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
2．只允许修改10处，多者(从第11处起)不计分。
With the rapid pace of modern life，we young people are working hardly，only to neglect our parents.In addition，lack of exercise make our health poorer and poorer.To change this situation，we had better take several measure.If we take some exercise， we can build up our bodies.What's worse，if we take exercise with parents，not only can we communicate with him but also this will help make them healthy.Then they can take good care themselves.
I know I must care about my parents in many aspects，included their health，or their mental world.As we all know it，respecting the elder was the traditional virtue of the Chinese.
答案：With the rapid pace of modern life，we young people are working ，only to neglect our parents.In addition，lack of exercise
our health poorer and poorer.To change this situation，we had better take several .If we take some exercise，we can build up our bodies.What's ，if we take exercise with parents，not only can we communicate with
but also this will help make them healthy.Then they can take good care
themselves.
I know I must care about my parents in many aspects， their health， their mental world.As we all know it，respecting the elder
the traditional virtue of the Chinese.
Ⅳ.微型写作
【写作素材】
1．Julie想减肥。
2．她知道她应该均衡饮食。
3．她没有咨询医生而是只吃生菜。(consult)
4．很快，她发现自己精力越来越差，容易疲劳。
5．她对减肥失去了信心。(at last)
【连句成篇】 (将以上句子连成一篇50词左右的英语短文)
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答案：Julie wanted to lose weight.She knew she ought to have a balanced diet but she didn’t consult a doctor and lived on raw vegetables.Soon she found she was not energetic and got tired easily.At last she lost heart.