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Why do Americans struggle with watching their weight, while the French, who consume rich food, continue to stay thin? Now a research by Cornell University suggests how life style and decisions about eating may affect weight. Researchers concluded that the French tend to stop eating when they feel full. However, Americans tend to stop when their plate is empty or their favorite TV show is over.
According to Dr. Joseph Mercola, a health expert, the French see eating as an important part of their life style. They enjoy food and therefore spend a fairly long time at the table, while Americans see eating as something to be squeezed between the other daily activities. Mercola believes Americans lose the ability to sense when they are actually full. So they keep eating long after the French would have stopped. In addition, he points out that Americans drive to huge supermarkets to buy canned and frozen foods for the week. The French, instead, tend to shop daily, walking to small shops and farmers’ markets where they have a choice of fresh fruits, vegetables, and eggs as well as high-quality meats for each meal.
After a visit to the United States, Mireille Guiliano, author of French Women Don’t Get Fat, decided to write about the importance of knowing when to stop rather than suggesting how to avoid food. Today she continues to stay slim and rarely goes to the gym.
In spite of all these differences, evidence shows that recent life style changes may be affecting French eating habits. Today the rate of obesity — or extreme overweight — among adults is only 6%. However, as American fast food gains acceptance and the young reject older traditions, the obesity rate among French children has reached 17% — and is growing.
In what way are the French different from Americans according to Dr. Joseph Mercola?

A．They go shopping at supermarkets more frequently.

B．They squeeze eating between the other daily activities.

C．They regard eating as a key part of their lifestyles.

D．They usually eat too much canned and frozen food.

This text is mainly the relationship between _________.

A．Americans and the French

B．life style and obesity

C．children and adults

D．fast food and overweight

The text is mainly developed __________.

A．by contrast

B．by space

C．by process

D．by classification

Where does this text probably come from?

A．A TV interview

B．A food advertisement

C．A health report

D．A book review

President Jiang Zemin’s state visits to Thailand，Australia and New Zealand have ushered China’s relations with these countries into a new stage of development，Chinese Deputy(代理人，代表） Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said yesterday.
During his visits from September 2 to 16，President Jiang had a in-depth exchange of views with leaders of the three countries on bilateral(双方的，双边的）ties and important international and regional issues and reached extensive common ground on the issues discussed，Yang told reporters aboard a special plane on their way home yesterday. Yang accompanied(陪伴） President Jiang during the visits.
All the leaders expressed their satisfaction over the recent development of bilateral relations and called for further progress in their relationship in the new century，Yang said.
China and Thailand have decided to establish and develop a good neighborly and closer relationship of all round co-operation oriented towards the 21st century，while China and Australia，and China and New Zealand have agreed to foster a 21st century-oriented relationship of long-term stability，health development and all round co-operation，he said.
Jiang and other APEC leaders have also decided to strengthen high-level dialogues and visits，create regular meeting mechanism and further develop traditional trade，Yang added，China and Australia signed five agreements on consulate matters，mining，energy，crackdown on crime and other areas.
Reports from China Daily on Oct，5，1999
Jiang Zemin visited these states this time except______.

A．the U.S.A

B．Thailand

C．Australia

D．New Zealand

Jiang and other APEC leaders ______.

A．satisfied with the recent development of bilateral relations

B．decided to strengthen high-level dialogues

C．reached extensive common ground on the issues discussed.

D．A，B and C are all correct

The main idea of this passage is ______.

A．Jiang Zemin has visited three countries

B．Australia signed five agreement of China

C．APEC leaders decided to visit China soon

D．Jiang’s visits strengthen foreign relations

“Foster” (in para 4) means ______.

A．decrease

B．develop

C．control

D．grow

When I told my father that I was moving to Des Moines, Iowa, he told me about the only time he had been there. It was in the 1930s, when he was an editor if the literary magazine of Southern Methodist University（SMU）in Dallas, Texas. He also worked as a professor at SMU, and there was a girl student in his class who suffered from a serious back disease. She couldn;t afford the operation because her family was poor.
Her mother ran a boardinghouse in Galveston, a seaside town near Houston, Texas. She was cleaning out the attic（阁楼）one day when she came across an old dusty manuscript（手稿）. On its top page were the words, “By O. Henry”. It was a nice story, and she sent it to her daughter at SMU, who showed it to my father. My father had never read the story before, but it sounded like O. Henry, and he knew that O. Henry had once lived in Houston. So it was possible that the famous author had gone to the beach and stayed in the Gainestown boardinghouse, and had written the story there and left the manuscript behind by accident. My father visited an O. Henry expert at Columbia University in New York, who authenticated the story as O. Henry’s.
My father then set out to sell it. Eventfully, he foud himself in Des Moines, meeting with Gardner Cowles, a top editor at the Des Moines Register. Cowles loves the story and bought it on the spot. My father took the money to the girl. It was just enough for her to have the operation she so desperately needed.
My father never told me what the O. Henry story was about. But I doubt that it could have been better than his own story.
Who found the O. Henry’s manuscript?

A．The girl’s mother.

B．The author’s father.

C．The girl.

D．The author.

Which of the following might explain the fact that the manuscript was found in the attic?

A．O. Henry once worked in Houston.

B．O. Henry once stayed in Galveston.

C．O. Henry once moved to Des Moines.

D．O. Henry once taught at SMU.

The underlined word “authenticated” in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A．named

B．treated

C．proved

D．described

According to the text, why did the author’s father go to Des Moines?

A．To sell the O. Henry story.

B．To meet the author himself.

C．To talk with the O. Henry expert.

D．To give money to the girl.

Samuel Osmond is a 19-year-old law student from Cornwall, England. He never studied the piano. However, he can play very difficult musical pieces by musicians such as Chopin and Beethoven just a few minutes after he hears them. He learns a piece of music by listening to it in parts. Then he thinks about the notes in his head. Two years ago, he played his first piece Moonlight Sonata（奏鸣曲）by Beethoven. He surprised everyone around him.
Amazed that he remembered this long and difficult piece of music and played it perfectly, his teachers say Samuel is unbelievable. They say his ability is very rare, but Samuel doesn’t even realize that what he can do is special. Samuel wanted to become a lawyer as it was the wish of his parents, but music teachers told him he should study music instead. Now, he studies law and music.
Samuel can’t understand why everyone is so surprised. “I grew up with music. My mother played the piano and my father played the guitar. About two years ago, I suddenly decided to start playing the piano, without being able to read music and without having any lessons. It comes easily to me ---I hear the notes and can bear them in mind---each and every note,” says Samuel.
Recently, Samuel performed a piece during a special event at his college. The piece had more than a thousand notes. The audience was impressed by his amazing performance. He is now learning a piece that is so difficult that many professional pianists can’t play it. Samuel says confidently, “It’s all about super memory---I guess I have that gift.”
However, Samuel’s ability to remember things doesn’t stop with music. His family says that even when he was a young boy, Samuel heard someone read a story, and then he could retell the story word for word.
Samuel is still only a teenager. He doesn’t know what he wants to do in the future. For now, he is just happy to play beautiful music and continue his studies.
What is special about Samuel Osmond?

A．He has a gift for writing music.

B．He can write down the note he hears.

C．He is a top student at the law school.

D．He can play the musical piece he hears.

What can we learn from Paragraph 2?

A．Samuel chose law against the wish of his parents.

B．Samuel planned to be a lawyer rather than a musician.

C．Samuel thinks of himself as a man of great musical ability.

D．Samuel studies law and music on the advice of his teachers.

What can we infer about Samuel in Paragraph 4?

A．He became famous during a special event at his college.

B．He is proud of his ability to remember things accurately.

C．He plays the piano better than many professional pianists.

D．He impressed the audience by playing all the musical pieces.

Some young engineers from the United States have brought the Internet to several areas of rural Kenya.

Their idea was to connect the communities to the Web by satellite. But there was a problem. The areas are not even connected to Kenya’s electric power supply. The answer: solar panels. Energy from the sun powers the satellite dishes (蝶形卫星天线) and computers that link the areas with the world outside.
Kelly Moran, Joan Ervin and Tricia Donajkowski spent ten days in Kenya in November. The women recently earned master’s degrees in space systems engineering from the University of Michigan.
Another engineer, Drew Heckathorn, did not go to Africa but worked on parts of the project.
Kelly Moran says there was excitement when the team would arrive to connect communities to the Internet. People would sometimes run alongside the car carrying the engineers to welcome them. And local residents would offer to help the team build the Internet stations.
People now have access to educational, medical and all kinds of other information. Farmers, for example, can easily find weather, crop and price information online.
The project began back at the college of engineering in Ann Arbor, Michigan, in 2007. That was when twenty-five students in a class taught by Thomas Zurbuchen first talked about the idea.
The goal was to test whether Internet stations could be set up, how much they would cost, and how long they could operate. But the engineers also had to consider other things — like social needs. Students from the public health and business schools offered advice.
The young engineers also had to design the equipment to survive the heat in Africa. Professor Zurbuchen praises his former students for “making something work in a different climate far away from home. ”
Google paid for the final design of the equipment. The company is also supporting the costs of the satellite bandwidth needed for the connections. Google has invested in a new company that wants to put up a system of satellites over Africa. The availability of more satellites would reduce the costs.
Just five percent of Africans have Internet connections. The International Telecommunication Union says one-third of Kenyans have mobile phones. But mobile phones may or may not work well with the Internet.
What is the main idea of the passage?

A．Solar energy has been used to operate the Internet.

B．Engineers from America help the communities in Kenya.

C．The Internet Stations are to be set up in some areas of rural Kenya.

D．The Internet plays an important part in people’s life in Kenya.

Why did Google give the project financial support?

A．Because it is willing to help to rid Kenya’s residents of poverty.

B．Because the use of satellites would benefit a lot its business in Kenya.

C．Because the project is one of its investments in Africa.

D．Because it wants to test whether its equipment is the best in the world.

The underlined part in the ninth paragraph suggests that_____ .

A．what Kelly and her partners to do will make a difference to the residents in Kenya

B．it is difficult for Kelly and her partners to build the Internet stations in Kenya

C．the climate in Kenya is so bad that Kelly and her partners will have difficulty in building the Internet stations

D．to help Kenya build the Internet stations, Kelly and her partners have to leave their homes

From the passage we can learn that______ .

A．the idea of building the Internet stations in Kenya was put forward by Professor Zurbuchen

B．the Internet stations are powered by solar energy

C．the project hasn’t got any support from Kenya’s government

D．Professor Zurbuchen is giving the project the technical direction