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1、1 Module 1 Deep South Our Body and Healthy Habits (建议用时40分钟) . 阅读理解 AIn 1990, 22-year-old Christopher McCandless gave up his career plans, left behind everyone he knew, donated all his savings to charity, and went off on an adventure, hiking his way through America to Alaska. Of course, this is an u
2、nusual story. Most college graduates would not do so. However, studies show that in teenage years, people are more likely to try out new experiences. For example, instead of working his way up the same organisation like his grandfather did, a 15-year-old may dream about becoming a travelleronly to f
3、ind in his early 20s that this attraction of new places is fading and change is less attractive. The reason why people become less keen to change as they get older may be that people generally have similar life patterns and demands. Most people aim to find a job and a partner. As they get older, the
4、y may have young children and elderly family members to look after. These responsibilities cannot be achieved without some degree of steadiness, which means that new experiences and ideas may not have a place in the persons life. New experiences may bring excitement as well as insecurity, and so mos
5、t people prefer to stay with the familiar. However, not every individual is the same. A child may want to play a different game every day and get fed up if nothing changes at the kindergarten. Another may play with the same children and toys on every visit. Young children who avoid new experiences w
6、ill grow up to be more traditional than others. Psychologists(心理学家)argue that those who have more open personalities as children are more open than others might be when they are older and that young men have a greater interest in novelty than women, although as they age, this desire for new experien
7、ces fades more quickly than 2 it does in women. 【文章大意】通过Christopher McCandless的经历引出本文的话题: 青少年更容易接受冒 险的生活。进而分析了稍大一点的人不愿意冒险的原因。但这些也会因人、因性别而异。 1. The first paragraph serves as a(n)_. A. explanation B. introduction C. comment D. background 【解析】选B。推理判断题。根据文章的内容可知通过Christopher McCandless的经历引 出本文的话题: 青少年更容
8、易接受冒险的生活。 2. What does the author think is the key factor that prevents people trying out new experiences? A. Responsibility. B. Partnership. C. Age. D. Education. 【解析】选A。细节理解题。根据第三段As they get older, they may have young children and elderly family members to look after. These responsibilities canno
9、t be achieved without some degree of steadiness, which means that new. . . 可知随着年龄的增长人们有了养活孩子、孝敬老人的责任, 而这些需要稳定, 故选A项。 3. The underlined phrase“interest in novelty”(Para. 4)most probably means_. A. independence B. excitement C. security D. curiosity 【解析】选D。词义猜测题。根据本句中后面的从句although as they age, this de
10、sire for new experiences fades more quickly than it does in women. 可知是对新经历的 渴望, 即好奇心。 4. According to the passage, we can infer that_. A. as one gets older, he prefers the old patterns of life. B. a teenager is not interested in a new start before graduation. C. women are more likely to try new thin
11、gs than men of the same age. D. a child who likes different games may not like to change after growing up. 【解析】选A。推理判断题。根据第三段中的内容可知随着年龄的增长, 人们对外界的好 奇逐渐变淡, 他们更愿意选择传统的生活模式, 娶妻生子, 有稳定的工作。3 B (2017郑州模拟) Can eating a chocolate bar every day really prevent age-related memory loss? No. But a new research s
12、hows that large amounts of flavones, substances found in cocoa, tea and some kinds of vegetables, may improve age-related memory failure. Dr. Scott Small is a professor of neurology(神经病学)at Columbia University in New York City. He is the lead writer of a research paper describing the effects of coco
13、a flavones on brain activity. His study involved 37 volunteers aged between 50 and 69. Researchers gave them a high-level flavones drink made from cocoa beans or a low-level flavones drink. For a period of three months, some subjects got 900 milligrams of flavones a day. The others got 10 milligrams
14、 of flavones each day. Brain imaging and memory tests were given to each study subject before and after the study. Dr. Small says that the subjects who had the high-level flavones drink showed much improvement on memory tests. The researchers warn that more work is needed to be done because this stu
15、dy was performed only on a small group. Dr. Jo ann Manson is the lead researcher of a four-year study involving 18, 000 adults. This study will use flavones capsules(胶囊). The study subjects will be divided into two groups and will take two pills per day. The capsules used will all look the same. But
16、 one groups capsules will contain flavones, while the other group will take capsules made of an inactive substance, or placebo. Dr. Manson says its not necessary for people to start eating more chocolate, because 3 persons would have to eat a huge amount of chocolate to get the same level of flavones given to the rest subjects. He adds many manufacturers have planned to remove the flavones from
