In the United States, 30% of the adult population has a “weight problem”. To many people, the cause is obvious（明显的）: they eat too much. But scientific evidence does little to support this idea. Going back to the America of the 1910s, we find that people were thinner than today, yet they ate more food. In those days people worked harder physically（体力上）, walked more, used machines much less and didn’t watch television.

Several modern studies, moreover, have shown that fatter people do not eat more on the average than thinner people. In fact, some investigations（调查）, such as the 1979 study of 3,545 London office workers, report that, on balance, fat people eat less than slimmer people.

    Studies show that slim people are more active than fat people. A study by a research group at Stanford University School of Medicine found the following interesting facts:

The more the men ran, the more body fat they lost

    The more they ran, the greater amount of food they ate.

    Thus, those who ran the most ate the most, yet lost the greatest amount of body fat.

1.The physical problem that many adult Americans have is that ______.

   A. they are too slim                  B. they work too hard

   C. they are too fat                   D. they lose too much body fat

2. According to the article, given 500 adult Americans, ______ people will have a “weight problem”.

   A. 30        B.50       C. 100        D. 150

3. Is there any scientific evidence to support that eating too much is the cause of a “weight problem”?

   A. Yes, there is plenty of evidence.

   B. Of course, there is some evidence to show this is true.

   C. There is hardly any scientific evidence to support this.

   D. We don’t know because the information is not given.

4.In comparison with the adult American population today, the Americans of the 1910s ______.

   A. ate more food and had more physical activities

   B. ate less food but had more activities

   C. ate less food and had less physical exercise

   D. had more weight problems

5.Modern scientific researches have reported to us that ______.

   A. fat people eat less food and are less active

   B. fat people eat more food than slim people and are more active

   C. fat people eat more food than slim people but are less active

   D. thin people run less, but have greater increase in food intake

At two o’clock a bank robber stole in. “This is a holdup（持枪拦劫）,” the man said rudely. He took a gun from under his jacket, pointing to George. “Hand it over!” George reached into his money-box and took all the bills from the top part – close to six thousand dollars. The robber snatched them and turned to leave.

Then, while everyone watched the robber, George calmly lifted the top part of the money-box, took bills from the bottom part and put them into his own pocket secretly.

The door was shut and the bank robber was gone. George fainted (晕倒).

As soon as he was safely behind his bedroom door, George counted the money. He had eight thousand dollars. He was very happy.

The next morning, while the others were examining the bank’s records, George was called into Mr. Burrow’s office and was introduced to Mr. Carruthers, who used to be president of the bank.

“Good morning, George, I was sorry to give you a hard time yesterday, but with all the banks being robbed these days I thought it would be a good idea to prove that our little bank can be robbed too. I have retired (退休), but I’m always thinking of our bank. That’s why I played my little game yesterday, just to keep everyone on his toes (保持警觉). Now, I have put the money back in your money-box— all six thousand.”

1. George was happy because ______.

A. he didn’t lose his money box         B. he wasn’t killed by the robber

C. he got eight thousand dollars         D. he was introduced to Mr. Carruthers

2.What did George do when he was taken to the bedroom?

A. He counted money.                 B. He examined the bank’s record.

C. He put some money into his pocket.        D. He lifted the top part of the money box.

3.Who might be the robber?

A. George.     B. Mr. Burrow.   C. A retired lady.     D. Mr. Carruthers.

完形填空题(共20小题;每小题1分，满分20分)        

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I found out one time that day a favor(帮助) for someone could get you into a lot of trouble.

  I was in the eighth grade at the time, and we were having a final test. During the test, the girl sitting next to me  36  something, but I didn’t understand. So I leaned(斜靠) over her way and  37  that she was trying to ask me if I had an extra pen. She showed me that hers was out of  38  and would not write. I happened to have an extra one,   39  I took it out of my pocket and put it on the desk.

  Later, after the test papers had been  40  , the teacher asked me to stay in the room when all the other students were dismissed（离开）. As soon as we were  41  , she began to talk to me about what it meant to grow up; she mentioned how  42  it was to stand on your own two feet and be  43  for your own acts. For a long time, she talked about  44  and emphasized(强调) the fact that when people do something dishonest, they are really  45  themselves. She made me promise that I would think  46  about all the things she had said, and then she told me I could  47  . I walked out of the room  48  why she had chosen to talk to me about all those things.

  Later on, I found out that she thought I had cheated on the test. When she saw me lean over to  49  to the girl next to me, it looked as though I was  50  answers from the girl’s test paper. I tried to  51  about the pen, but all she could say was that it seemed  52  to her that I hadn’t mentioned anything about the pen the day she talked to me right after the test.  53  I tried to explain that was just doing the girl a  54  by letting her use my pen, I’m sure she continued to  55  that I had cheated on the test.

______ snacks and drinks, but they also brought cards for entertainment when they had a picnic in the forest.

A. Not only they brought                 B. Not only did they bring   

C. Not only brought they                 D. Not only they did bring

Come and see me, whenever ________.

   A. you are convenient                    B. you will be convenient

   C. it is convenient to you                   C. it will be convenient to you

That it keeps raining cats and dogs ________ the tourists.

   A. worry         B. worried          C. worries          D. worrying

I have the same opinion as yours about ________ the privacy of one’s life should be kept secret.

   A. whether           B. what             C. which                D. when

________ enthusiastic about drawing.

   A. It seems to be    B. He seems that        C. It seems that        D. He seems to be

Next month various methods __________ to help the patient’s hand get strong.

   A. will be applied   B. will apply           C. apply                D. will be applyed

Christmas is a holiday usually celebrated on Dec. 25 ________ the birth of Jesus Christ.

   A. in charge of      B. in terms of          C. in favour of         D. in memory of