The book includes eight novels and two short stories.
A. contains B. adds C. is about
Perhaps it’s going to rain tomorrow.
A. Sometimes B. Maybe C. Often
书面表达 （共15分）
随着科技的发展, 电视机越来越便宜, 在人们生活中也越来越普及。电视在给人们提供方便的同时也带来了一些不利的方面, 请以The Advantages and Disadvantages (缺点) of Watching TV为题, 写一篇作文, 发表你的看法。
要点提示: 1. 电视给人们生活带来便利;
2. 电视也带来不好的影响;
3. 你对电视所持的态度。
要求: 1. 表达清楚, 语句通顺, 意思连贯, 书写规范;
2. 词数80左右 (开头已给出, 不计入总词数)。
The Advantages and Disadvantages of Watching TV
Nowadays, TVs are becoming cheaper and cheaper and almost every family has at least one TV.
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Running has become popular in China, especially in cities. It's become a habit with my friends to share their experiences and photographs of 1._ (run) on social networking sites. This year's Shanghai Marathon and Beijing Marathon were spectacular with 2._____ (thousand) of people registering to take part in them.
There are many reasons why an increasing number of people, 3.____ (include) some celebrities, are taking to running. Some people run to build their bodies 4.______ others run to challenge5._____ (they) to do something they haven't done before. But the majority of the people run to keep 6.____ (health) and avoid diseases such as high blood pressure, obesity and heart attacks.
I started running because of what my PE teacher in primary school said: If you want to be smart, run; if you want to be strong, run; if you want to be healthy, run.
I love running not because I am a good runner, but because I want to become a 7.____ (good) runner. I go for a run on the playground of my campus whenever I get some spare time. Once I came second in the 1,500-meter race at my school sports meet. Last year, I took part in the 2013 Zhengkai International Marathon, which was a really rewarding experience because I met a senior citizen who also participated in the event. His spirit touched me and 8._ (inspire) me to overcome fear and setbacks.
Life is like running: it is essentially your own business. During this process, you have neither partners 9.__ competitors. It's yourself that you are going to surpass. 10._, just run. It will help you de-stress and unburden your worries. Running reinvigorates us, and makes us more optimistic, diligent and energetic. Hope you enjoy your run.
If you really want to see that number on weight loss, what you put in your mouth matters most. People who simply cut calories to lose weight lose about 2 pounds a week, says a study in the International Journal of Obesity and Related Metabolic Disorders. At the same time, people who exercise but don't cut calories drop less than half a pound each week.
Why doesn't the physical activity produce the same pound-dropping results as calories cut? One thought is that though exercise burns calories, it doesn't increase your metabolism (新陈代谢), says a study in Obesity Reviews. It doesn't prevent your metabolism from slowing as you lose pounds. As you slim down - through any method - your metabolism slows with your weight loss and exercising doesn't keep that from happening. As you lose weight, you burn fewer calories through exercise. For example, a 150-pound person who exercises for 30 minutes burns about 306 calories. After losing 10 pounds, that person will burn about 286 calories doing the same exercise. So to burn 306 calories, you need to extend (扩大) your exercise.
A research shows people who diet and exercise for weight loss drop the same amount of weight as people who have a balanced diet. They are, however, more successful keeping the weight off than their counterparts (相当的人) who simply eat less.
1.What does the underlined sentence mean?
A. If you want to put on weight, you should eat more.
B. If you want to lose weight, you should eat more.
C. If you want to lose weight, you should have a balance diet.
D. If you want to lose weight, you should exercise more.
2. Why can't the physical activity help people lose the same weight as calories cut?
A. Because it doesn't increase metabolism.
B. Because it doesn't burn calories.
C. Because it bums less calories than calories cut.
D. Because calories cut slows metabolism.
3. What does the underlined word "it" refer to in this passage?
A. Diet. B. Exercise.
C. The calorie. D. Metabolism.
4. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. The physical activity is the most useful to lose weight.
B. As you lose weight, you bum more calories through exercise.
C. Doing exercises has the same effect with diet.
D. People who exercise but don't cut calories will lose less weight.
5.What's the main idea of this passage?
A. How to lose weight.
B. How to diet.
C. People who like sports can easily lose weight.
D. People who have a balanced diet can lose weight easily.
Popular breakfast foods in the United States, as in many other countries around the world, include coffee, milk, juice, eggs and bread. Some other breakfast items served in the United States are thought by many to be traditionally American. However, they actually come from other countries.
A very popular breakfast food in America is the pancake---a thin, flat cake made out of flour and often served with maple syrup. The idea of the pancake is very old. In fact, pancakes were made long ago in ancient China.
Bagels, a round thick bread with a hole in the middle, are also popular for breakfast in America. Polish people in the late 1600s came up with the idea for the first bagels and this new kind of bread soon took off across Eastern Europe.
In the late 1800s, thousands of Jews from Eastern Europe traveled to the United States and brought the recipe for bagels with them. Today, New York bagels are said to be the best in the world. Many people have them with cream cheese for breakfast on the go.
Doughnuts (usually spelled “donut” in the United States) came from France. They were served to American soldiers in France during World War Ⅰ(第一次世界大战). After the war, American soldiers asked cooks in the United States to make doughnuts for them. Now, served with coffee, they are a very popular breakfast food across the United States.
1. This reading is mainly about _______.
A. famous places in the United States to eat breakfast
B. popular American breakfast foods coming from China
C. the most popular types of pancakes in the United States
D. the history of popular breakfast foods in the United States
2. Which of the following is TRUE for both bagels and donuts?
A. They both came from Europe.
B. They are both easy to make.
C. They are both sweet.
D. People in New York make them best.
3.Who brought bagels to America?
A. Polish people. B. Jewish people.
C. Chinese people D. American soldiers.
4. Which of the following is true about doughnuts?
A. It was first made by the French.
B. The soldiers invented them in World War I.
C. Only soldiers eat them in the Untied States.
D. It is round with a hole in the middle.
5.This passage tells us that ________.
A. the Americans like to eat sweet foods for breakfast
B. all American foods come from other countries
C. not all American foods are really American
D. very few Americans have breakfast every day
