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1、Unit 20 B卷一、阅读理解AMany Americans take their summer vacations in August.President Obama and his family are among them.This August the first family visited the Florida Gulf Coast.The president wants to promote tourism in the area after the BP oil spill(漏油)The first family took a tenday vacation on Mart
2、has Vinejard，an island off the coast of Massachusetts.Marthas Vineyard is known for the sailing，sunsets and its tall cliffs overlooking the Atlantic Ocean.The island is about 13 kilometers off the coast and is less than 260 square kilometers.Homes designed like those of earlier times line the street
3、s of Edgartown，Oak Bluffs and Vineyard Haven.These are the major towns on Marthas Vineyard.For most of the year，the population of Marthas Vineyard is about 15,000.In summer，more than 100,000 people crowd the island.In addition to the Obamas，you might see some Hollywood stars and other rich and famou
4、s people.Many visitors return year after year.During warm weather the Vineyard is a good place for many different activities.People can play golf or catch fish.They can ride in sailboats or motor boats.They can waterski and swim.They can take quiet walks along sandy beaches and among the thick green
5、 trees.One of the popular places for families with children is the Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs.It is the oldest continually operated merrygoround ride in the United States.The colorful wood horses that turn in a circle were created in 1876.One of the best places for children to swim is the
6、Joseph ASylvia state beach.The water there is warmer and calmer.Families also enjoy the Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary where they can observe much of the island wildlife.Visitors watch the sunsets sitting on the beach and on rocks in the fishing village of Menemsha.As the sun goes down in the sky it
7、paints yellow，red，and other colors on the clouds.Fishing boats rise and fall with the waves.Bells sound to help guide the boats to land as darkness covers the water.Historians say British mapmaker Bartholomew Gosnold first made a map of the island for the rulers of England in 1602.Gosnold named the
8、island to honor his baby daughter，Martha.The Vineyard part of the name came from the many wild grape vines Gosnold found on the island.Later，King Charles of England gave the island to businessman Thomas Mayhew of the Massachusetts Bay Colony，whose son established the first European settlement on the
9、 island in 1642.By the middle of the nineteenth century，ships from the American mainland began bringing visitors to the island.Big hotels were built near the edge of the water.Marthas Vineyard was on its way to becoming the visitors center that it is today.1We can infer that _.Athe BP oil spill has
10、a negative effect on the tourism along the Florida Gulf CoastBthe BP oil spill has contributed to the tourism along the Florida Gulf CoastCPresident Obama went to the Florida Gulf Coast to deal with the BP oil spillDthis was the first time that President Obama and his family had taken the vacation o
11、n Marthas Vineyard2Which month is the peak time for tourism in Marthas Vineyard?AJanuary.BAugust.CDecember. DMarch.3If children want to see wild animals，the family should go to _.Athe Flying Horses CarouselBthe Sylvia state beachCthe fishing village of MenemshaDthe Felix Neck Wildlife Sanctuary4Bart
12、holomew Gosnold named the island Martha in honor of _.Ahis mother Bthe king of EnglandChis daughter Dhis fatherBWashington(Reuters)People who drink two or more sweetened soft drinks a week have a much higher risk of pancreatic cancer(胰腺癌)，an unusual but deadly cancer，researchers reported on Monday.P
13、eople who drank mostly fruit juice instead of sodas did not have the same risk，the study of 60,000 people in Singapore found.Sugar may be to blame but people who drink sweetened sodas regularly often have other poor health habits，said Mark Pereira of the University of Minnesota，who led the study.“Th
14、e high levels of sugar in soft drinks may be increasing the level of insulin(胰岛素)in the body，which we think contributes to pancreatic cancer cell growth，”Pereira said in a statement.Writing in the journal Cancer Epidemiology，Biomarkers & Prevention，Pereira and his colleagues said they followed 60,52
15、4 men and women in the Singapore Chinese Health Study for 14 years.Over that time,140 of the volunteers developed pancreatic cancer.Those who drank two or more sweetened soft drinks a week had an 87 percent higher risk of being among those who got pancreatic cancer.Pereira said he believed the findi
16、ngs would apply elsewhere.“Singapore is a wealthy country with excellent healthcare.Favorite pastimes(消遣)are eating and shopping，so the findings should apply to other Western countries，”he said.But Susan Mayne of the Yale Cancer Center at Yale University in Connecticut was cautious.“Although this study found a risk，the finding was based on a relatively small numbe
