Question

    Height is important and almost everyone wishes he or she were taller, but do you know how to grow tall?

Height is just one of the features your genes(基因) decide.In fact, because you have two parents, your genes provide you with a height that usually lands somewhere between the height of each parent.If both your parents are tall, the most probably you will be tall, too.But genes don't decide everything.For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力). Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.

It's natural that you're wondering how fast you should grow.There's no perfect or right answer. Generally_speaking,_kids_grow_about_6_cm_a_year_between_age_3_and_the_beginning_of_puberty(青春期).

Your doctor will know how your growth has been going over the years. 2 cm here and 3 cm there make a little difference to the height you're at now.How have you been growing up to this height?What other changes may your body be going through?

Don't be ________ if you seem to have grown a lot in a very short time.Everyone has a growth spurt(高峰) during puberty.The age for starting puberty is about 10 for girls and about 11 for boys.But it can be earlier or later—between 7 and 13 for girls and 9 and 15 for boys.

1.完成句子 If both your parents are short, the most probably you______.

2.简略回答问题What can help you grow tall?

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3.将文中横线处空缺的一个单词填写在下面的答题线上。________________________________________________________________________

4.找出并写下全文的主题句。________________________________________________________________________

5.将文中画线句子译成汉语。________________________________________________________________________

Answer

1.will be short

2.Eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise.

3.amazed/surprised

4.Height is important and almost everyone wishes he or she were taller, but do you know how to grow tall?

5.一般来说,孩子们在3岁到青春期开始这段时间内,每年能长大约六厘米。

【解析】

【主旨大意】这篇短文主要讲述了人的身高问题,每个人的身高与父母的身高紧密相关。但是通过健康饮食和体育锻炼,也能使人长到一个理想的高度。每个人都有生长发育的高峰时期,因此不必对某一时期自己身高的快速增加而感到惊奇。

1.根据“If both your parents are tall, the most probably you will be tall, too.”描述,可知如果你的父母都高,那么你长高的可能性就大,据此可以推断如果你的父母都矮,那么你长得矮的可能性就大。

2.根据第二段“For example, eating an unhealthy diet can keep you from growing to your full potential(潜力).Getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise will help you grow to the expected height.”描述,可知健康饮食,充足的睡眠和锻炼能有助于你长到一个理想高度。故答：Eating a healthy diet and getting plenty of sleep and enough exercise (can help you grow tall).

3.根据下文“...to have grown a lot in a very short time.”在短时间长得很高,可知此处指的是你不要对此感到惊讶,本句中be是系动词,故填形容词amazed/surprised惊奇的。

4.阅读短文可知,这篇短文主要就是围绕着如何长高的问题进行描述的,故答：Height is important and almost everyone wishes he or she were taller, but do you know how to grow tall?

5. Generally speaking一般来说；between...and...在……之间。