新高中英语热点话题阅读训练试题附答案

高考英语热点话题阅读训练AThere isgrowing concernabout foodinsecurity in the developingworld.Rising food prices,weather emergenciesand politicalproblems aredeepening thestruggle forfamilies inmanycountries.Three UNagencies havepublished areport recently,saying highprices arelikely tocontinue.Gregory Barrow,who iswith the World Food Program inRome,says,“If youlook atthe placeswhere theWorld FoodProgramworks,particularly indeveloping countries,you seepeople whomightbe spendingmore than60percent of their salaryin purchasingfood fbrtheir families.”East Africais sufferingits worstdrought inyears.In Kenya,at leastthree anda halfmillionpeople aregoing hungry,mostly inthe north.Yet foodis goingto wastein centralKenya.Now,farmers therewant the government tobuy theirfood andgive it to thosein need.Farmers saybadroads andlack oftransportation makeit difficultfor themto gettheir produceto themarket.Mr.Barrow says,It needsthe governmentto makesome arrangementssuch asprovidingtransport.They canbuy itat a good price,then giveittothose peopleinstead of asking forfoodfrom overseas,which isvery bad.When weare throwingaway food,they areasking fbrfood fromoverseas.（生产效率）Economists saythat importsreduce localfoodprices,decrease productivityandincrease thedependency onother countries.Farmers inKenya hopethegovernmentcan payhigherprices for their cropsso that they canfeed moreKenyans.

1.What is the best title for this passageA.Kenya ImportsFood fromAbroad.B.WorldFoodProgram inRome.C.The PoorSuffer fromHigh FoodPrices.D.A ReportPublished byThree UNAgencies.

2.What dowe knowabout Kenyafrom the passageA.The peoplein centralKenya are suffering fromhunger.B・At leastthree anda halfmillion Kenyanslack food.C.The Kenyan government wantsto improveroad conditions.D.People innorthern Kenyarefuse toask forfood fromoverseas.

3.What doesthey inthe fourthparagraph refertoA.The peopleof northern Kenya.B.Government officials.C.The farmersof centralKenya.D.Kenyan economists.

4.Which ofthe followingstatements isTRUE,according tothis passageA.Gregory Barrowsuggests thatKenya makegood useof overseasfood.B.People innorthernKenyaaresufferingthe droughtless thanthe central.C.Economists believeimporting foodfrom abroadmay causeproblems.D.Kenyangovernmenthopes tobuy thenative cropsat higherprices.BBeing ableto countat leastten peopleas friendsmakes us happy,but those with fiveor fewerarelikely to be miserable,researchers say.Their studyof hundredsof menand womenalso foundthatpeople whofeel satisfied with their lives alwayshave lotsof closefriends andregularly makenewones.While itis notclear whetherour friendsmake ushappy orwe make friends becauseweare happy,the researcherssay itis clearthat weshould maintainour friendships.PsychologistRichard Tunney said,Whatever thereason is,actively workingon friendshipsinthe same wayas（必备条件）to maintaina marriageis aprerequisite tohappiness.Dr.Tunney,of NottinghamUniversity,quizzed morethan1,700people about their satisfactionwith theirlives andthe stateoftheir friendships.Those withfive friendsor fewerhad justa40percent chanceof beinghappy.Inother wordsthey weremore likelyto beunhappy thanhappy.Ten wasthe firstnumber atwhichpeople weremore likelyto behappy thanunhappy.The happiestpeople werethosewithdozens of（彩票）.friends,according to the study,which wascarried outfor theNational LotteryForwomen,this meanthaving33friends；for men,the numberwas

49.Dr.Tunneysaid,“People whowere extremelysatisfiedwiththeirliveshad twicethe numberof friendsof peoplewhowere extremelydissatisfied.Women tendedto havefewer friendsthan menbut formedtighterrelationships.Interestingly,the studyfound thatchildhood friendsare nomore likelytomake ushappy thanpeople webecome closeto laterin life.Lottery winners,however,have adifferentopinion onlife.They arealways happier than othersdespite spendingtheir timewith asmallcircle ofold friends.This could be becausethey trustpeople theyveknown fora longtime.

6.Whats thebest titleforthispassageA.The Secretto HappinessIs to Make NewFriends叩B.Having atLeast10Good FriendsMakes PeopleH pyC.Why MostPeople LiketoMakeFriends RegularlyD.Mens andWomens FriendsAre Different

7.Which ofthe followingopinions mayRichard TunneyNOT agreewithA.People withfew friendsare sureto beunhappy.B・Our friendscan makeushappy.C.Happiness maycome fromagoodmarriage life.D.We maybecome happierif wehave morefriends.

8..According tothe passage,lottery winners.A.enjoy makingnew friendsB.make newfriends easilyC.like stayingwith oldfriends D.have notime tomakefriends

9.We canconclude from the passagethat.A.its enoughfor oneperson tohave tenfriendsB・unhappy peoplemust havefew friendsC・childhood friendsmake peoplehappierthanadulthood onesD.friendships playa majorrole inpeoples lifeCCaneating achocolate barevery dayreally preventage-related memoryloss No.But anewresearch showsthat largeamounts offlavones,substances foundin cocoa,tea and somekinds ofvegetables,may improveage-related memoryfailure.（神经病学）Dr.Scott Smallis aprofessor ofneurology atColumbia Universityin newYorkCity.He is the leadwriter ofa researchpaper describingthe effectsof cocoaflavones onbrainactivity.His studyinvolved37volunteers agedbetween50and

69.Researchers gavethem ahigh-level flavonesdrink madefrom cocoabeans ora low-level flavonesdrink.For aperiod ofthreemonths,some subjectsgot900milligrams offlavones aday.The othersgot10milligramsof flavoneseach day.Brain imaging and memory tests weregiven toeach studysubject beforeandafter thestudy.Dr.Small says that the subjects whohad thehigh-level flavonesdrink showedmuchimprovement onmemory tests.The researcherswarn thatmore workis neededto bedone becausethis studywas performedonlyon asmall group.Dr.Joann Mansonisthelead researcherofafour-year studyinvolving（胶囊）.18,000adults.This studywill useflavones capsulesThe studysubjects will be dividedinto two groupsand will take twopills per day.The capsulesused willall lookthe same.But onegroupscapsules willcontain flavones,while theother groupwilltakecapsules madeof aninactivesubstance,or placebo.Dr.Manson saysits notnecessary for people tostart eatingmore chocolate,because3persons wouldhave to eat ahuge amountof chocolateto getthe samelevel offlavones giventothe restsubjects.He addsmany manufacturershave plannedto removethe flavonesfrom their（提取）chocolate products.Similarly,Dr.Manson saysa cocoa-based flavonesextract maybedeveloped inthe future.But hesaysthatmore studiesare neededto seehow muchflavones isgoodfor our health.

10.What wasdone tothesubjectsafter Dr.SmalFs studyA.They wereasked totake ahigh-level flavonesdrink.B.They weregiven capsulescontaining flavones.C.They wereasked totake twopills offlavones capsulesperday.D.They weregiven brainimagingandmemorytests.

11.Whats thesimilarity ofthe twoexperimentsA.Both usehigh-level flavonescapsules.B.The subjectsare dividedintotwogroups inboth experiments.C.Drinks andplacebos areused inboth experiments.D.The numberofthesubjects isthe same.

12.Why willDr.Manson carryout thefour-year studyA.To provethe firstexperiment iswrong.B・To testhow muchflavones canimprove ourmemory.C・To carryouttheexperiment further.D.To showeating chocolateis betterto improvememory.

13.What canwe learn fromthelast paragraphA.In thefuture wecan getflavones withouteating chocolate.B・The morewe eatflavones,the betterourhealthwillbe.C.Its notnecessary forus toeat chocolate.D.Its easyforpeopleto getthesamelevel offlavones giventothetest subjects.D（饮食）（苏打）Lets faceit.No onedrinks diet soda forthe taste.People drink diet sodainthe hopethat itwill helpthem loseweight orat leastkeep themfrom gainingit.Yet itseems tohaveexactly theopposite effect,according toa newstudy.Researchers fromthe Universityof Texassaid thosewho dranktwo ormore diet sodas aday（腰）had waistsize increasesthat weresix timesgreater thanthose ofpeople whodidnt drinkdietsoda.“What wesaw wasthat the more diet sodas aperson drank,themoreweight theywerelikely togain,“said SharonFowler.The studywas basedon datafrom474participants ina large,ongoing researchproject,wheretheparticipants werefollowed fornearly10years.While thefindings aresurprising,they alsooffer someexplanations.（营养）Nutrition expert,Melanie Rogers,who workswith overweightpatients inNew York,（改变）has foundthat whenpatients areswitched fromregular todiet soda,they dontlose weightatall.We werentseeing weightloss necessarily,and thatwas confusingto us,said Rogers.So whywould diet soda causeweight gainNo oneknows forsure yet,but itcouldbethat（补偿）people thinkthey caneat moreif theydrinkdietsoda,andsoover-compensate forthe（卡路里热量单位）.missing caloriesArelated studyfound somesweeteners（甜味齐1J）raised bloodsugar levelsin somemice.Data fromthis andother potentialstudies suggestthatthepromotion ofdietsodasand artificial（人造的）sweeteners maybe risky,“said studyresearcher HelenP Hazuda,professor attheUniversity ofTexass schoolof medicine.They maybe freeof calories,but notof consequences.

14.People drinkdietsodato.A.stay infashion B.enjoy itstaste C.gain moreenergy D.achieve weightloss

15.The newstudysuggests thatdrinking dietsoda.A.helps peopletobehealthier B.causes peopleto becomeheavierC・offers peoplemore caloriesD.makes peoplemuch thinner

16.We canlearnfromthepassagethat.A.dietsodadrinkers tendtoeatmore foodB・regular sodamakes peoplelose moreweightC.most blooddiseases comefrom dietsodaD.dietsodadoes helpreduce calories

17.Which ofthe followingisthebesttitleforthepassageA.Diet sodais goodfor yourhealth B.Diet sodamay causeoverweightC.Sweeteners canraise bloodsugar levelsD・A researchabout nutrition参考答案1-5CABBC6-9BDCD10-13DBCA14-17DB AB。