胡小婕2011学年第二学期辅导材料(095114)

I. Reading ComprehensionText 1The most important holiday in spring，especially for Christians （基督徒），is Easter. This Christian holiday is not on the same date every year，but it‘s always on a Sunday. It can be any Sunday between March 22 and April 25. Many people celebrate Easter by buying new clothes. Children celebrate by hunting for colored eggs that their parents have hidden around the house. People also give Easter baskets filled with candy and other goodies to one another to celebrate the day.But the holiday is more than new clothes and good things to eat. On Easter，many people go to church to celebrate Jesus‘resurrection （复活）from the dead.Most people color them. Some people hide them. Others just eat them. But no matter what one does with Easter eggs，they are an important Easter tradition throughout the Western world.People from many different cultures celebrate Easter. In both America and Belgium，children look for Easter eggs hidden on lawns and in bushes. In America，children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunny （复活节兔子）。

But in Belgium，the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from church bells. In Bulgaria，red Easter eggs are lucky in churches；Bulgarian families also hit these Easter eggs together to see whose is the strongest. The winner looks forward to good fortune that year. Still dozens of other Easter traditions exist. In parts of Austria，for example，children sing from door to door and are rewarded with colorful eggs.1. Easter comes _______.A. on the same date every yearB. on Sunday on March 22C. on Sunday on April 25D. on a Sunday between March 22 and April 252. To celebrate Easter，people ___________.A. go shopping，hide colored eggs and children hunt for themB. give Easter baskets filled candy and goodies to one anotherC. buy new clothes，hide colored eggs and children look for them around the houseD. both B and C3. For Christians the more important thing to do on Easter is________.A. buying new clothesB. going to church to celebrate Jesus‗ resurrectionC. eating delicious food and paint color eggsD. exchange beautiful gifts each other4. People from different cultures have different ideas about Easter egg，_________.A. In both American and Belgium，children hunt for Easter eggs hidden in rooms and inbushesB. In American，children believe the eggs are hidden by the Easter bunnyC. In Belgium，the hidden eggs are thought to have fallen from doorbellsD. In America，the hidden eggs are supposed to have fallen from doorbells5. In some places of Austria，children sing from door to door for_______.A. blessesB. Easter eggsC. candy and goodiesD. Easter bunnyText 2There is a wonderful story about a young girl who had no family and no one to love her.One day，feeling very sad and lonely，she was walking through a grassland when she noticed a small butterfly caught in a thorn （荆棘）bush. The young girl carefully released the Butterfly. Instead of flying away，the little butterfly changed into a beautiful fairy. The young girl rubbed her eyes in disbelief.“For your wonderful kindness，”the good fairy said to the girl，“I will give you any wish you would like.”The little girl thought for a moment and then replied，“I want to be happy.”The fairy leaned toward her and whispered in her ear. Then the fairy disappeared.As the little girl grew up，there was no one in the land as happy as she. Everyone asked her secret of happiness .She would only smile and answer，“The secret of my happiness is that I listened to a good fairy when I was a little girl.”When she was very old and on her deathbed，the neighbors all gathered around her，that her unbelievable secret of happiness would die with her. “Tell us，please，”they begged，“Tell us what the good fairy said.”The lovely old woman simply smiled and said，“She told me that everyone，no matter how secure they seemed，no matter how old or young，how rich or poor，had need of me.”6. ______ the girl felt sad and lonely.A. There were many friends butB. There was nobody to love her soC. There was nothing to doD. Seeing the butterfly was caught7. Noticing the butterfly was caught by the thorn，the orphan girl ______.A. helped the butterfly escaped from the thornB. felt sorrow，but she didn‘t go up to help itC. fell down on it tooD. failed to help it release from the thorn8. The butterfly ______ after was saved by the little girl.A. flied awayB. still diedC. changed into a fairyD. was more beautiful than before9. The only thing that the little girl wanted was________.A. to be richB. to have her own parentsC. to have a lot of friendsD. happiness10. The neighbors all gathered around the old happy woman when she was dying，because ______.A. they loved this woman deeply and they didn‗t wanted her to dieB. the woman had lots of money to be shared as soon as she diedC. they wanted to know the secret of her lifetime happinessD. they wanted to pray for her after her deathText 3Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer，saying studies showed a clear link. "Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake，through diet or a vitamin supplement，" Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.Garland's research team reviewed 63 studies，including several large long-term ones，on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. "There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer，" he said，urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify foods with vitamin D.Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk，as well as in some fortified orange juice，yogurt and cheeses，usually at around 100 international units （IU）a serving. People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day，Garland said，adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.The authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas，which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.African Americans，who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour，could also benefit significantly from a higher intake，the authors said.11. According to the passage，people are advised to take more Vitamin D because_________.A. it is nutritiousB. it can‗t harm people‘s healthC. it can lower cancer riskD. it is not taken enough every day12. Which of the following can not help people get more Vitamin D？A. Have some sunshineB. Have more meatC. Have more fortified cheeseD. Have a vitamin supplement13.Who can Garland probably be？A. A health researcherB. A doctorC. A scientistD. A public health official14.Which of the following food can lower people‘s chance of getting cancer？A. MilkB. Fortified orange juiceC. Fortified yogurtD. All of the above15.People from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage？A. Asian peopleB. African peopleC. American peopleD. European peopleText 4To swim across the English Channel takes at least nine hours. It‘s hard work and it makes you short of breath. To fly over the channel takes only twenty minutes as long as you’re not held up at the airport，but it‘s an expensive way to travel. You can travel by hovercraft （气垫船）if you don’t mind the noise and that takes forty minutes. Otherwise，you can go by boat，if you remember your sea-sickness pills. All these means of transport have their problems，and the weary（厌烦的）traveler often dreams of being able to drive to France in his own car. “Not possible，you say. Well，wait a minute. People are once again considering the idea of a channel tunnel or bridge.”This time，the great London Council（议会）is looking into the possibility of building a channel link straight to London. A bridge would cost far more than a tunnel，but you would be able to by rail or by car on a bridge，yet a tunnel would provide a rail link only. Why is this idea being discussed again？Is Britain realizing the need for links with Europe as a result of joining EEC？Well，perhaps，the main reason，though，is that a tunnel or bridge would reachthe twenty square kilometers of London‘s discussed dockland（船坞）。