在职申硕英语习题练习
| 在职申硕英语考试易错题（2019/7/13） |
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| 第2题： {{B}}{{I}}Directions{{/B}}: There are 5 passages in this part.Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them, there are 4 choices markedA,B, C、andD、Choose the best one and mark the corresponding letter with a single bar across the square brackets on your machine-scoring {{B}}ANSWER SHEET{{/B}}.{{/I}} {{B}}Passage One{{/B}} Today’s youngsters are already falling prey to potential killers such as diabetes because of their weight. Fatty fast-food diets combined with sedentary lifestyles dominated by televisions and computers could mean kids will die tragically young, says ProfessorAndrew Prentice, from the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine. At the same time, the shape of the human body is going through a huge evolutionary shift because adults are getting so fat. Here inBritain, latest research shows that the average waist size for a man is 36-38 in and may be 42-44 in by 2032. This compares with only 32.6 in in 1972. Women’s waists have grown from an average of 22 in in 1920 to 24 in in the Fifties and 30 in now. One of the major reasons why children now are at greater risk is that we are getting fatter younger. In the UK alone, more than one million under-16s are classed as overweight or obese—double the number in the mid-Eighties. One in ten four-year-olds are also medically classified as obese. The obesity pandemic—an extensive epidemic—which started in the US, has now spread toEurope,Australia,CentralAmerica and the MiddleEast. Many nations now record more than 20 percent of their population as clinically obese and well over half the population as overweight. Prof. Prentice said the change in our shape has been caused by a glut of easily available high-energy foods combined with a dramatic drop in the energy we use as a result of technology developments. He is not alone in his concern. Only last week one medical journal revealed how obesity was fuelling a rise in cancer cases. Obesity also increases the risk factor for strokes and heart disease.An averagely obese person’s lifespan is shortened by around nine years, while a severely obese person by many more. Prof Prentice said: "So will parents outlive their children, as claimed recently by anAmerican obesity specialist " The answer is yes—and no. Yes, when the offspring become grossly obese. This is now becoming an alarmingly common occurrence in the US. Such children and adolescents have a greatly reduced quality of life in terms of both their physical and psychosocial health. So say No to that doughnut and burger. |
E、A．The average waist size for a man is 36-38 in.
B．The average waist size for a woman is 30 in.
C、In the mid-Eighties, more than half million under-16s in the UK are classed as overweight.
D．The obesity pandemic has now spread to SouthAmericA、
| 第3题：{{B}}Passage Five{{/B}} In 1620, the settlers, or pilgrims, sailed toAmerica on the Mayflower seeking a place where they could have freedom of worship.After a tempestuous two-month voyage they landed at what is now Plymouth, Massachusetts on an icy November morning.During their first winter over half of the settlers died of starvation, cold or epidemics. The following spring, the pilgrims were befriended by some nativeAmerican Indians who taught them which of the wild vegetation was safe to eat. The Indians also showed them how to plant corn and other vegetables. All summer long the colony people waited for the harvests with great anxiety, knowing that their lives and the future existence of the colony depend on the coming harvest. Finally the fields produced a yield rich beyond expectations.And therefore it was decided that a day of thanksgiving be fixed, to thank the Lord as well as the NativeAmericans. The first national ThanksgivingDay was proclaimed by President George Washington and was celebrated on the 26th day of November in 1789. In 1863, PresidentAbraham Lincoln revived the custom and made Thanksgiving an annual (moveable) holiday to be celebrated on the fourth/last Thursday of November. For three years (1939-1941), under President FranklinD、Roosevelt, the day was celebrated on the third Thursday in November. In 1941,Congress returned Thanksgiving to its original day, and the celebration of it has been observed on that date until today. The pattern of the thanksgiving celebration has never changed through the years. The big family dinner is planned months aheaD、On the dinner table, people will find apples, oranges, chestnuts, walnuts and grapes. There will be plums, pudding, mince pie, cranberry juice, squash and other varieties of fooD、The best and most attractive among them are roast turkey and pumpkin pie.Everyone agrees the dinner must be built around roast turkey stuffed with a bread dressing to absorb the tasty juices as it roasts.But as cooking varies with families and with the regions where one lives, it is not easy to get a consensus on the precise kind of stuffing for the royal birD、 Thanksgiving today is in every sense a national holiday on whichAmericans of all faiths and backgrounds join in to express their thanks for the year’s bounty and reverently ask for continued blessings. |