If you don’t want people to know too much about you, then you had better keep your fridge contents secret, according to a British market research document released last week.
Researchers peered (凝视) into the fridges of 400 people in Britain and compared the contents with the owners’ lifestyles. They claim to be able to classify the nation’s people by fridge contents.
They say those people can be separated into five categories:nutrition nerds (no social sense), food faddiest (whatever’s in style), martyr mums, fast food fanatics and restaurant regulars.
Nutrition nerds care much about what they put into their bodies. Their fridges are stocked with fruit, vegetables and healthy meat.
People in this category tend to be highly organized and usually work in law or accountancy. The vast majority is single, but if they have a partner, that person will be similar.
A fridge full of vitamins — enriched juices implies its owner works in media or fashion. They tend not to eat the foods they buy. Known as the food faddiest, they just want to be seen as purchasing the latest important things.
A fridge filled with everything from steak to frozen fish suggests the martyr mum. Her fridge tends to be stocked with every kind of product, except what she herself would want. This fridge hints at difficulty balancing family and work life.
Fast food fanatics always buy mineral water or soda pop. The nearest they will get to fresh fruit is tomato sauce. Their fridges hint at someone who works hard and plays hard, also, someone who is not into long term planning.
Finally, a fridge filled with nothing more than a bottle of white wine and some sparkling mineral water implies an owner who is single, lives in a big city and enjoys the finer things in life. The fridge is empty because this person regularly eats in restaurants.What can we know from the first two paragraphs?
| A.Some researchers are fond of staring at other people’s fridges. |
| B.People don’t want others to know about their secrets. |
| C.The food you put in the fridge has something to do with your personality. |
| D.There are mainly five kinds of lifestyles among British people. |
According to the passage, people who belong to food faddiest_________.
| A.don’t care much about money when buying things |
| B.will try their best to stay healthy |
| C.often stay up late to finish their job |
| D.prefer to ask others about what to do next |
Which of the following is true according to the passage?
| A.“Nutrition nerds” are always organized and successful in their jobs. |
| B.“Food faddists” like to stock their fridges with all kinds of vitamins. |
| C.“Martyr mums” care themselves more than others. |
| D.“Fast food fanatics” usually do not stock their fridges with fresh fruit. |
What will those who often dine out put in the fridge?
| A.All kinds of food they like. |
| B.Only something to drink. |
| C.Fruit, vegetables and meat. |
| D.Food rich in vitamins. |
What is this passage mainly about?
| A.What people store in their fridges. |
| B.Fridge contents and its owner’s secret. |
| C.What we should store in our fridges. |
| D.How to keep our fridge contents secret. |
EVENTS
Long March exhibition
The Shanghai History Museum is putting on an exhibition to mark the 60th anniversary of the Long March.On show are more than 220 photos and 40 items that explain with pictures how the communist Red Army drew back from its besieged(被围困的) bases in Jiangxi Province and fought its way to northern Shanxi Province in the mid-1930s.Explanations are all in Chinese.The show will end on November 20.
Time: 10:00 am-4:00 pm
Address: 1286 Hongqiao Road
Admission: 8 yuan for Chinese /15 yuan for foreigners
Thai elephants
Eight elephants from Thailand are entertaining visitors at Changfeng Park by riding bikes, playing basketball, balancing on a pole, dancing and blowing a mouthorgan(口琴).People are encouraged to have a tug-of-war(拔河比赛)with the animals or lie on the ground and have the elephants walk over them.The elephants give three shows a day at 9:30 am, 3:30 pm and 8:00 pm and there is an additional show at l:30 pm at weekends.The show will end on November 15.
Address: 189 Daduhe Road
Admission: 30-40 yuan
Dancing dolphins
Dolphins jumping from the water to touch a ball, swaying their bodies to music, kissing people and doing math by tapping their tails have made the dolphinarium(海豚馆) in Peace Park an attraction for children.Seals and sea lions also perform.
Hours: 10:30 am, 4:00 pm, and 7:30 pm
Admission: 20 yuan for adults and 10 yuan for children.(252 words)If you go to visit the Long March exhibition with an Australian, how much will you pay altogether for the admission?
| A.16 yuan. | B.30 yuan. | C.23 yuan. | D.20 yuan. |
Which of the following is NOT done by the Thai elephants?
| A.Riding bicycles. |
| B.Blowing a mouth-organ. |
| C.Having a tug-of-war with people. |
| D.Doing math. |
The dolphinarium in Peace Park is a hall where you can see ______.
| A.only seals and sea lions perform |
| B.only dolphins perform |
| C.not only dolphins but also seals and sea lions perform |
| D.only seals perform |
Eyesight problems are common among all ages and if they are left untreated, they can cause serious headaches or other problems. The good news is that most eyesight problems can easily be sorted out by wearing glasses.
Regular eye tests are important for everyone. Children and teenagers, under the age of 16 and up to the age of 19 for those full-time education, have the right to have eye tests for free in Britain. As the eye test is free, there’s no excuse for not having a regular eye test. Doctors suggest that it’s better to have an eye test about once a year.
Wearing glasses isnt always regarded as all that cool and teens who suddenly need to wear glasses may find it difficult to accept. If theyve grown up wearing glasses, then they may be more used to it. However, if your eyes are in poor health, not wearing glasses can put even more pressure on your eyes and could make them even worse.
Thankfully, the days of little choice of glasses frames (框架) for teenagers are gone and there’s now a wide selection of frames. If a teen does need to wear glasses, then it’s good to let him or her choose the type, as he or she will be able to choose something he or she feels comfortable. Dont forget to be guided by the experts on glasses too.According to the text, teens in the UK ______.
| A.have few eyesight problems |
| B.can design their own glasses |
| C.change their glasses very often |
| D.can check their eyes without paying |
How often do doctors suggest teens to have an eye test?
| A.Once a month. |
| B.Once every six months. |
| C.Once a year. |
| D.Twice a year. |
It can be learned from the text that teens ______.
| A.find it difficult to buy comfortable glasses |
| B.prefer to wear cool glasses at an early age |
| C.are advised to wear glasses if their eyesight is poor |
| D.think they are much cooler when wearing glasses |
In the past, teens who wanted to buy glasses ______.
| A.were unable to find the right glasses |
| B.only had a few styles to choose from |
| C.could not find an expert to ask for advice |
| D.were worried about the quality of glasses |
When Xia Min started drinking alcohol(酒精,乙醇) with her classmates at a friend’s birthday, she didn’t realize what would happen to her. She drank a lot and fell into a coma (昏迷). The 15year-old girl from Chongqing never recovered.
Xia’s death is warning to other students. A new rule went into effect on January 1, 2006. Teens are not allowed to buy or drink alcohol. Shops are not allowed to sell it to them.
A 1999 Chinese law forbade (禁止) shops to sell alcohol to youths under 18. But it is not taken seriously by shopkeepers because it doesn’t have specific rules. People hope the new rule will work.
“I tasted alcohol when having the dinner of the last New Year’s Eve,” said Lian Yuqi, a 16-year-old girl in Xiamen. She believes that the new rule will stop teens from drinking and help them grow in a healthy way.
“Although it may be a little disappointing not to have beer at parties, I think we can have soft drinks instead,” she said.Xia Min died from alcohol at the age of ______.
| A.15 | B.16 | C.17 | D.18 |
The underlined word it means ________.
| A.a warning sing | B.a shopkeeper |
| C.the new rule | D.a 1999 Chinese law |
We can know that ________.
| A.it is against the new rule for youths under 18 to drink alcohol |
| B.shops can sell alcohol to a 16 years old youth. |
| C.without an ID card, young people cant buy alcohol |
| D.it seems that the young girl, Liang Yuqi, likes to drink alcohol |
According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
| A.The new rule has worked very well. |
| B.Shopkeepers can sell alcohol to teens above 18. |
| C.Chinas legal drinking age is clearly under18. |
| D.Many teens drink alcohol to show theyve grown up. |
If your mother wants to tell you something , she uses words . Birds can not talk as we do . But some birds can make sounds to warn their young of danger . They have their own ways to make the young birds do certain thing .
The jackdaw is a kind of blackbirds that lives in Europe . Jackdaws live together in flocks. (群) Yong jackdaws do not know their enemies . When an older jackdaw sees a dog , it makes a loud tattling (格格响的)sound. The young birds know this sound means an enemy is nearby. The sounds warns them to know their enemy .
If a young jackdaw is in a dangerous place, a jackdaw parent flies over him from behind .The parent bird flies low over the young birds back, the parents’ tail feathers move quickly from side to side, It is trying to say , “ Follow me .”
At the same time , the parent calls out , “ Key-aw ,Key-aw .” The parent means , “ Fly home with me .” The young bird then follows the older one home .
Young jackdaws do not have to learn what certain sounds mean. They know the meaning of these sounds from the time they hatch (孵化,小鸡等出壳).The jackdaw lives in _____ .
| A.Europe | B.Australia |
| C.America | D.Africa |
When an old jackdaw sees a dog , it _____ .
| A.calls out “Follow me .” |
| B.makes a loud sound |
| C.flies away |
| D.fights the dog . |
Parent jackdaw can use their tail feathers to ______ .
| A.ask their young to follow them |
| B.play a game with the young |
| C.tell the meal time |
| D.give a warning of a fire |
Which of the following does this story lead you to believe ?
| A.All animal parents can talk to their young. |
| B.Dogs are the most dangerous enemies for jackdaws. |
| C.Young jackdaws know the meaning of their parents sound when they grow older. |
| D.Some birds can give certain information to one another. |
New research shows that the healthy brain may hold memories which we don’t even remember. In The Journal of Neuroscience, experts report that the brain might hold more memories than people realize, but that restoring those memories can be tricky.
Memory Check
First, participants saw a list of 120 real words mixed with 80 nonsense words. Next, they saw another word list and tried to remember which words had been on the first list. Meanwhile, their brains were scanned with functional magnetic resonance(核磁共振) imaging.
While participants reviewed the second word list, their brain scans showed more activity in a certain brain area -- the posterior(后部的) median temporal lobe(脑叶) -- when they saw words that had been on the first word list.
But participants didn’t always remember that they’d seen those words before. Sometimes, they goofed and said they hadn’t seen those words before. In other words, the posterior median temporal lobe was more sensitive to memory than participants’ consciousness, the researchers note.
“Album”of Memories
Another part of the median temporal lobe also attracted the scientists’ attention. The anterior(前面的)median temporal lobe showed more activity when participants thought they were seeing a new word, the study shows.
So, why did participants sometimes mess up their memory recall? It might be that two parts of their brain -- the posterior and anterior median temporal lobes -- might be dueling(决斗) for the upper hand in deciding what actually happened in the past, the study notes.
In other words, memories might have a photo album in the brain, but sometimes we forget what’s on all of the photo album’s pages.A person sometimes has difficulty recalling because.
| A.he is unconscious when he gets his memories |
| B.he forgets what is on the pages of the photo album |
| C.there are two parts in his brain dueling for the upper advantage |
| D.the anterior median temporal lobe is more active than the posterior |
According to the passage the researchers are.
| A.studying how a person remembers things |
| B.studying a magazine The Journal of Neuroscience |
| C.examining posterior and anterior median temporal lobes |
| D.doing experiments to find out what disturbs a person’s memory |
What did the experts discover when the participants saw the words on the first word list appear on the second word list?
| A.The instrument worked faster. |
| B.The participants were more conscious. |
| C.The posterior median temporal lobe was more active. |
| D.The anterior median temporal lobe was more active. |
The underlined wordgoofedin the fourth paragraph means.
| A.made a mess of | B.made an answer for |
| C.made out of | D.made the best of |