BEIJING - A research team led by Chinese scientists have discovered dietary modulation of gut microbiota（膳食干预肠道菌群）can alleviate both genetic and simple obesity in children.
The findings of the team, led by Zhao Liping with Shanghai Jiaotong University, Yin Aihua with the Guangdong province children's hospital, and Tang Huiru with Chinese Academy of Sciences, have been published on EBioMedicine, a renowned medical journal co-sponsored by Cell and The Lancet in July.
The team identified bacterial genomes specifically for producing obesity-related metabolites（代谢物）, and said an improved gut microbiota can significantly help to treat genetic obesity such as Prader-Willi Syndrome (PWS).
Beginning in childhood, PWS affected kids develop an insatiable appetite, leading to chronic overeating and obesity.
The scientists used a diet therapy with beneficial gut bacteria on trial patients and found considerable diminished appetite, weight loss and improved health conditions on the patients.
The paper concluded dysbiosis（失调）of gut microbiota is highly related with both genetic and simple obesity in children, implicating dietary modulation of gut microbiota a potentially effective treatment method.
1.Which of the following factors contributes to child obesity ?
A. dietary modulation of gut microbiota
B. beneficial gut bacteria
C. an improved gut microbiota
D. dysbiosis of gut microbiota
2.Which can replace the underlined word “diminished”？
A. unsatisfied B. increased
C. decreased D. good
3.Where is the passage extracted?
A. Medicine book B. Science book
C. Doctor’s instructions D. News report
4.Which might be the best title for the passage?
A. Chinese scientists discover treatment to child obesity.
B.The reasons for genetic obesity in children has been found.
C. Obesity-related research has been done by Chinese scientists.
D. An effective treatment to obesity has been found.
Visitors worry that London is an expensive city but there really are so many free things to do here. The following ideas should get you started.
All of London's major museums are free, but most offer some special exhibitions for a fee. My favorite is the Museum of London where you can learn the history of London from Roman times to today. And I love the Geffrye Museum which shows English domestic interiors and helps bring to life what it was really like to live in London.
I regularly hear people tell me the Queen Mary's Rose Gardens in Regent's Park is their favorite spot in London, and who am I to argue? I would also recommend St. James's Park as it offers one of the best views of Buckingham Palace. Hyde Park is enormous and Kensington Gardens nearby includes the ever popular Diana Memorial Playground and the Peter Pan Statue.
No visit to London is complete without seeing this military tradition. The Queen's Guard in London changes in the Forecourt inside the gates of Buckingham Palace at 11.30am every day in the summer and every other day in the winter. Get there early and view the spectacle from outside the front gates.
Trafalgar Square is one of Britain's greatest visitor attractions and was designed by John Nash in the 1820s and constructed in the 1830s. This iconic square has many sights to see including Nelson's Column and the National Gallery. It is both a tourist attraction and the main focus for political demonstrations. Every December, Norway donates a marvelous Christmas tree, to thank Britain for liberation from the Nazis.
1.Where can visitors find the Peter Pan Statue?
A. in Regent's Park. B. in St. James's Park.
C. in Hyde Park. D. in Kensington Gardens.
2.Which of the following desrciptions is True ?
A. In the Geffrye Museum visitors can learn the history of London from Roman times to today.
B. The Queen Mary's Rose Gardens is in Buckingham Palace.
C. There is the Queen's Guard change inside the gates of Buckingham Palace at 11.30 am every day all year around.
D. Trafalgar Square is both a tourist attraction and a place for political demonstrations.
3.The writer wrote the passage to ________.
A.compare some free places in London.
B. advertise some free places in London.
C. recommend some free places in London.
D. expose some free places in London.
假设你是李华，你的美国笔友David最近在学汉语,他给你发来一封电子邮件讲述他对学习汉
语兴趣浓厚，但是他在学习汉语的过程中常常因为犯错误而懊恼。请你用英语给他回一封邮件。
内容包括：
1. 鼓励他继续努力，正确看待错误；
2. 给David提出一些学好汉语的建议(至少两条)；
3. 邀请他来中国玩。
注意：
1.词数 120左右；开头已经给出，不计入总次数。
2.不能使
用真实姓名和学校名称。
Dear David,
I’m glad to receive your e-mail and happy to know that you are interested in learning Chinese.
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Yours，Li Hua
短文改错（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）
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处错误，每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏词符号（^），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：在错的词下画一横线，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。
At present. I am extreme happy because I am doing what I like. As a 
senior three student, I study hard every day and live it at the full. It feels like good to study hard with my determining classmates to fulfill our dreams. When I recalled the happy things happened to me, the experience of my receiving the scholarship in middle school topped it all. It was a time when my family is going through financial difficulties. So I made up my mind to win the scholarship, hoped to lighten up my parents’ financial burdens. After making tons of painstaking effort, I succeeded. At the ceremony, my mom was the most poorly-dressed woman, and with the brightest smile on her face.
阅读下面材料，在空白处填入适当的内容（1个单词）或括号内单词的正确形式。
Brighton is the 1. (health) city in Britain with the highest level of
personal trainers, yoga clubs and health food stores, according to a survey released on Friday.
The survey, 2. looks at 19 statistics covering health, 3. （fit）and environment, says Brighton has the highest number of residents 4. (eat) at least five kinds of fruit and vegetables a day.
The survey, 5. (conduct) for the Sky Travel channel, has compared 15 cities across the UK. It says Brighton residents live 6. an average age of 78 years old. They are twice as likely 7. (walk) or cycle to work as the people living in other parts of Britain.
In 8. （compare）with the national average, Brighton has nearly a third more health food stores and personal trainers than 9. in any other city in Britain. It has twice many yoga clubs, and the level of fat residents is below the national average.
Meanwhile, 10. survey also finds that Brighton residents have the best levels of cholesterol (胆固醇) and blood pressure in Britain.
“Kevin, we are getting a divorce,” said my mother. My heart plunged (急降). I was 9 years old and I thought that my life was going to _____. My brother and I were going to move with my mother to southern California. My dad was to ____ in New Jersey because of work. My family was splitting apart.
Now that my mom is a single parent, I do my own _____, make dinner and do extra chores around the house. ____ it was hard at first, I now recognize the positive ____ that this responsibility had on me. My mother gave me these ____ and duties so that I would learn to become self-disciplined (自律的) and trustworthy.
I strive to display these ___ in all aspects of my life, and have seen the benefits. When I was only 11 years old, my ____ told me that he was selecting me as soccer team captain because of my determination and ability to get my teammates to ____ themselves. We ____the championship, but I won the fair play award for keeping my team together.
I am always determined to be an individual and not participate in anything that I feel is _____. I am, for example, extremely _____ of my decision not to drink alcohol. Personally, I don’t feel the need to drink to have fun, and I stand by my decision even when others try to _____ me.
My mom and dad both found new ____ and happily remarried. I am _____ close to my father, even though he lives 4,800 km away. I thought my parents’ divorce was going to be the worst thing that _____ happened to me. Ironically (讽刺的是), it turned out to be the ____. I wasn’t willing to let it _____ my life without putting up a fight, and neither was my family.
At age 9, I struggled with the confusion and ____ of divorce. Today, at age 16, I understand that _____ can bring opportunity and success, and that hard work, determination and self-discipline can turn your worst time into your best time.:
1. A. fall apart B. stand out C. carry on D. come true
2.A. abandon B. remain C. accompany D. practice
3.A. homework B. exercise C. decision D. laundry
4.A. Although B. Because C. If D. Since
5.A. attitude B. experience C. effect D. situation
6.A. achievements B. abilities C. chores D. disadvantages
7.A. chores B. difficulties C. emotions D. qualities
8.A. father B. headmaster C. brother D. coach
9.A. enjoy B. teach C. help D. push
10.A. won B. lost C. had D. achieved
11.A. wrong B. abnormal C. dynamic D. violent
12.A. afraid B. tired C. proud D. fond
13.A. cheat B. pressure C. please D. enlighten
14.A. families B. jobs C. kids D. partners
15.A. still B. not C. rarely D. less
16.A. never B. even C. ever D. almost
17.A. best B. worst C. busiest D. first
18.A. challenge B. protect C. beat D. ruin
19.A. pain B. memory C. significance D. emergency
20.A. obstacles B. families C. parents D. Routines
