5.What does the underlined part “piling on the pounds” in the first paragraph mean?

A.Putting pounds into a pile.

B.Filling in with pounds.

C.Making a lot of money.

D.Gaining body weight.

6.From the passage，we know that .

A.sleeping in the dark must help prevent obesity

B.lighting on the body at night makes people happy

C.night­time light may affect human beings and mice

D.it is easy for women to become fat and have cancer

7.The most possible cause of the interruption of body clock is .

A.the sleep hormone melatonin

B.unhappy feelings

C.man­made light at night

D.glucose intolerance

8.The passage is mainly about .

A.evolutionary past of man

B.obesity and breast cancer

C.different research and conclusions

D.negative effects of night­time light

Ⅱ . 七選五

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Safety in the highway is not totally out of our hands.Here are four ways we can protect ourselves when we travel.

10 People in small cars are injured more often and more severely than people traveling in large cars.Factories of small cars are strengthening their products’ safety，which helps.But the mix of large cars and small cars on the road is the main reason of the problem.

Being thrown into glass and metal car parts，or being thrown from the car can really hurt or even kill you. 11 The safety belt’s main purpose is to pull you back if your car has a sudden crash with another vehicle or object，or if it rolls over.A belt can reduce the chance of deadly injury by 45% and the chance of serious injury by 50%.

Air bags are important.More than half of all new cars sold have air bags.Air bags provide protection in frontal crashes—the type of crash that kills the most drivers—when they are also wearing safety belts.Most people are demanding air bags in the cars they buy. 12 Effective as they are，they can’t take the place of safety belts.

Drunk driving crashes are less likely to happen if you don’t drink. 13 Many people have realized that drunk driving can lead to death and injury，prison time and other results.There are movements to strengthen penalties (處罰) for drinking and driving.

A.How to Drive Safely

B.You are safer in a large car.

C.How to Protect Ourselves in the Highway

D.Air bags are not installed in all cars.

E.That’s why safety belts should be worn.

F.Drunk driving is the most serious problem.

G.But the protection provided by air bags is limited in side or rear crashes.

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Ⅰ . 1.B　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第二段最后一句“‘Usually，my biggest challenge is trying to keep them patient，’she says.‘They just have so many burning questions.’”可知學(xué)生們經(jīng)常問太多的問題，這對于Blackwell來說是個(gè)挑戰(zhàn)。]

2.C　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段最后兩句“When the participants’ curiosity was aroused，the parts of their brains that regulate pleasure and reward lit up.Curious minds also showed increased activity in the brain，which is involved in the creation of memories.”可知選C。]

3.D　[推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中的“Curious brains are better at learning not only about the subject at hand but also dull information.This is a phenomenon teachers can use in the classroom.”可推知，舉這個(gè)例子的目的是證明好奇心還可以幫助我們學(xué)習(xí)一些枯燥的知識(shí)。]

4.A　[代詞指代題。根據(jù)倒數(shù)第三段最后一句“If we could figure these things out，we could help those who may just seem bored”可知，that problem指代上文的seem bored，故選A。]

5.D　[詞義猜測題。根據(jù)第一段第一句“...they could also make you fat.”可知，piling on the pounds與make you fat意思相近，故選D。]

6.C　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。全文都在講述夜間光線可能對人類的影響，第五段講述老鼠也可能受到夜間光線的影響，故選C。]

7.C　[細(xì)節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)第三段中的“One possible explanation is that the light is interrupting the body clock”及最后一段第二句“Artificial light is known to interrupt the body clock...”可知，人體生物鐘被打亂的最可能的原因是人造光線，故選C。]

8.D　[主旨大意題。根據(jù)文章首段可知，本文主要介紹夜間光線給人體帶來的一些負(fù)面影響。故選D。]

Ⅱ . 9.C　10.B　11.E　12.G　13.F