1、课时跟踪练(一) Welcome to the unit & Reading.阅读理解ANew research on vegetables and aging gives mothers another reason to say “I told you so”. It found that eating vegetables appears to help keep the brain young and may slow the mental decline sometimes associated with growing old.On measures of mental sharp
2、ness, older people who ate more than two servings (份) of vegetables daily appeared about five years younger at the end of the sixyear study than those who ate few or no vegetables.The research in almost 2,000 Chicagoarea men and women doesnt prove that vegetables reduce mental decline, but it adds t
3、o evidence pointing in that direction. The findings also echo previous research in women only.Green leafy vegetables appeared to be the most beneficial. The researchers said that it may be because they contain amounts of healthy vitamin E, which is believed to help fight chemicals produced by the bo
4、dy that can damage cells. Vegetables generally contain more vitamin E than fruits, which was not linked with slowed mental decline in the study. “Vegetables also are often eaten with healthy fats such as salad oils, which help the body absorb vitamin E，” said the lead author Martha Clare Morris, a r
5、esearcher at the Rush Institute for Healthy Aging at Chicagos Rush University Medical Center.“This is a sound paper and contributes to our understanding of cognitive (认知的) decline，” said Dr Meir Stampfer of Harvards School of Public Health.“The findings specific for vegetables and not fruit add furt
6、her credibility (可信性) that this is not simply a marker of a more healthful lifestyle，” said Stampfer, who was not involved in the research.The research involved 1,946 people aged 65 and older who filled out questionnaires about their eating habits. A vegetable serving equaled about a halfcup chopped
7、 or one cup if the vegetable was a raw leafy green like spinach.语篇解读：本文主要告诉我们多吃蔬菜能减缓大脑衰老的速度。多吃蔬菜的老年人比那些不吃蔬菜的老年人健康年轻。1By saying “I told you so”， the writer probably means _.Amothers often tell their children to eat more vegetablesBmore research should have been done earlierCaging can be avoided by ea
8、ting vegetablesDwe should slow down while eating解析：选A细节理解题。根据下文谈到吃蔬菜的好处：“It found that eating vegetables . associated with growing old.”可以得知，答案为A。2From this passage we can infer that _.Athe latest research has proved vegetables reduce mental declineBa research on vegetables and aging had ever been d
9、one beforeCgreen leafy vegetables contain less vitamin E than fruitsDthere were 1,946 people aged 65 who took part in the research解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段最后一句话“The findings also echo previous research in women only.”可知答案。3Stampfers attitude towards the findings is _.AnegativeBunconcernedCsupportive Duncerta
10、in解析：选C细节理解题。根据倒数第二段他的话“The findings specific for vegetables and not fruit add further credibility (可信性) that this is not simply a marker of a more healthful lifestyle”可知答案。4The best title of this passage would be _.ANew Ways to Become HealthyBVegetables May Keep Brains YoungCVegetables Are Better t
11、han FruitsDDifferent Benefits of Vegetables解析：选B标题归纳题。本文主要告诉我们多吃蔬菜能减缓大脑衰老的速度，因此B符合文章主题。BI know what youre thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last nights leftovers in the morning if you want to.I know lots of women who skip breakfast, and they have a ton of different e
12、xcuses for doing it. Some say they dont have time, others think theyre “saving” calories (卡路里), and still others just dont like breakfast food.But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when youre trying to lose weight.“Eating just about anything from 300 to 1,000 calories w
13、ould be better than nothing at all，” says Katherine Brooking, RD., who developed the supereasy eating plan for this years “SELFCHALLENGE”. And even pizza can be healthy if its loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weig
14、ht loss success stories. Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.So eat something in the mor
15、ning, anything. I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try healing tip last nights leftovers it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself，“You can always eat it tomorrow，” I put away the leftover
16、s instead of eating more that night. Try it . you may save yourself some prebedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fatburning effects.语篇解读：正在减肥的人们到底应不应该吃早餐？本文说明了早餐的重要性。吃早餐对健康有益，同时有助于减肥。5The word “leftovers” in Paragraph 1 probably means _.Aremaining food after a mealBthings left undoneCmeals
17、 made of vegetablesDpizza topped with fruit解析：选A词义猜测题。结合最后一段倒数第三句中的“instead of eating more that night”及画线词的构词(leftover)可推知，该词意为“剩饭菜”。6What can we infer from the text?AWorking women usually have breakfast in a hurry.BMany people have wrong ideas about breakfast.CThere are some easy ways of cooking a
18、meal.DEating vegetables helps save energy.解析：选B推理判断题。根据第二段及文章中强调的早餐的重要性及不应该不吃早餐可推知，现在很多人对早餐有错误的认识。7According to the last paragraph, it is important to _.Aeat something for breakfastBbe careful about what you eatCheat up food before eating itDeat caloriecontrolled food解析：选A细节理解题。根据最后一段最后两句可知，吃早餐很重要。8
19、The text is written mainly for those _.Awho go to work earlyBwho want to lose weightCwho stay up lateDwho eat before sleep解析：选B推理判断题。根据第三段第一句、第四段第一句及最后一段最后两句可推知，本文的主要阅读对象是想要减肥的人们。CWe arrived at the hospital to find Dad was very weak, but his smile was as sure as ever. It was another attack of pneumo
20、nia (肺炎). My husband and I stayed with him for the weekend but had to return to our jobs on Monday. Local relatives would help Dad get home from the hospital and look after him. But I longed to be able to let him know that we cared too, even when we werent with him.Then I remembered a family traditi
21、on when our children were small. When leaving their grandparents home after a visit, each child would write a love note to their grandparents. They hid notes in the cereal (麦片) box, under a hairbrush, next to the phone or even in the microwave oven (微波炉). For days, their grandparents would smile as
22、they discovered these signs of our love.So as I tidied Dads kitchen and made up a bed for him downstairs in the living room, I wrote some notes. Some were practical, “Dad, I put the food in the fridge so it wouldnt spoil.” Some expressed my love，“Dad, I hope you will sleep well in your new bed.” Mos
23、t notes were downstairs where he would stay for several weeks until he recovered strength, but one note I hid upstairs under his pillow, “Dad, if you have found this note, you must be feeling better. We are so glad！”Just like his medicines strengthened him physically, these “emotional vitamins” woul
24、d improve his spiritual (精神上的) health. Several weeks later, in one of our regular phone calls, I asked Dad how he was doing. He said，“Pretty good. I just found your note under my pillow upstairs！”语篇解读：本文是一篇记叙文，作者通过留言条表达对父亲的爱。9We can infer from the text that the authors father _.Agot home from hospit
25、al aloneBlived with his relativesCasked her to return to workDhad suffered from the same illness before解析：选D推理判断题。从第一段第二句“It was another attack of pneumonia (肺炎)”可推知，作者的父亲肺炎又发作了，因此D项正确。10The children hid notes in their grandparents home in order to _.Afollow a family traditionBplay tricks on their g
26、randparentsCshow their gifts to their grandparentsDgive their grandparents a pleasant surprise解析：选D细节理解题。根据第二段最后一句“For days, their grandparents would smile as they discovered these signs of our love.”可知，孩子们给爷爷奶奶留字条是为了给他们惊喜。11Following the family tradition, the author _.Aoften called her fatherBwrote
27、 some notes to her fatherClonged to visit her fatherDworried about her fathers health解析：选B细节理解题。从第三段第一句“I wrote some notes.”可知，作者想起家庭传统做法，仿效自己孩子的做法给父亲写了一些留言条。12Having heard what her father said, the author would feel _.Asurprised BluckyCpleased Dsad解析：选C推理判断题。根据文末父亲所说的话：“Pretty good. I just found yo
28、ur note under my pillow upstairs！”可推知，父亲的病情已经大有好转，此时她应该感到很高兴。.阅读七选五根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。Have you ever wondered why birds sing? _1_ After all, you probably sing or whistle (吹口哨) when you are happy.Some scientists believe that birds do sing some of the time just because they are ha
29、ppy. However, they sing most of the time for a very different reason. _2_Do you know what a “territory” is? A territory is an area that an animal, usually the male, claims (声称) as its own. _3_ No other families of the same species are welcome. Your yard and house are your territory where only your f
30、amily and friends are welcome. If a stranger enters your territory and threatens (威胁) you, you might scream. Probably this would be enough to frighten him away.If so, you have actually frightened the stranger away without having to fight with him. A bird does the same thing. But he expects an outsid
31、er almost any time, especially at nesting (筑巢) season. So he is screaming all the time whether he can see an outsider or not. _4_Birds sing loudest in the spring when they are trying to attract a partner and warn others not to enter the territory of theirs. You can see that birds have a language of
32、their own. _5_AThe language is widely used.BIt is their own way of communicating.COnly he and his family are welcome there.DMaybe you thought that they were just happy.ETheir singing is actually a warning to other birds to stay out of their territory.FMost of it has something to do with attracting partners and setting up territories.GThis screaming is what we call a birds song, and it is usually enough to keep an outsider away.答案：15DECGF