2015广东五校联考英语试题及答案(3)
2015-03-24 10:16:57
C. mothers like to follow their children’s advice
D. boys are actually better advisors than girls
- 32. Which of the following may Langcaster - James agree with?
B. It’s hard for boys to get along well with their mothers.
C. Mothers without daughters show less interest in style.
D. Girls are more independent than boys in some ways.
- 33. It can be inferred from the passage that girls ________.
B. care more about what their mothers wear
C. can help a lot to solve family problems
D. are good at encouraging other people
- 34. By saying “their confidence isn’t reciprocated”, the author means that ______.
B. some women aren’t sure what to wear when attending a party
C. some women don’t like to choose clothes for their mothers
D. some women often show no confidence in themselves
- 35. What does the author mainly tell us in the passage?
B. Daughters prefer to talk with their mums instead of dads.
C. It is important for parents to respect their children’s choice.
D. Mothers of girls are more fashionable than those of boys.
C
Don’t we all know a “Happy Meal” when we see one - the famous boxed meal that includes a hamburger, a kid - sized portion of fries, a side of fruits and milk, served with a toy that’s extremely popular with children who love to collect them?
But collectors of these little toys will soon be in for a surprise. For the book lovers though, there is some good news. McDonalds will replace the plastic toys with books. However, each of these books will mainly pass on nutritional messages.
Do you know that McDonalds has been marketing the boxed kid’s meal since 1979? Happy Meals are extremely popular with kids, especially for its collectible toys, when you consider that over 1.3 billion of these packages are sold each year! These packages have been very controversial. Health supporters believe that drawing kids to these meals with toys is a clever way of promoting unhealthy food choices. They see it as an advertising strategy of “catching its customers young” - a move that has paid off very well for the fast food company.
Child development experts say that food habits get formed in children by age six and continue through to their adult life. Fatty and sugary foods such as those served in McDonalds’ Happy Meals are believed to play a big role in growing health problems such as obesity and diabetes. Public healthcare costs have gone up and untold amounts of money have been spent in caring for obesity and other health problems. In 2010, the State of California tried to ban toys in Happy Meals. But it was strongly opposed by some as being heavy - handed, and the ban was thrown out by the government.
While some people believe that McDonalds, with its large following of children, can create a powerful message through the books, others believe its actions are contradictory. Anyway, the company is trying to spread the message of nutrition while it is serving food that it is anything but healthy.
- 36. Books will be added into Happy Meals to _______.
B.introduce the history of McDonalds
C. have kids learn more about nutrition
D. help young kids learn to read and write
- 37. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that Happy Meals ______.
B. cannot be seen in the State of California
C. have just appeared in America
D.are not harmful to adults
- 38. In the author’s opinion, Happy Meals _________.
B. are no good to children’s health
C. are popular with young and old
D.teach children a lot about nutrition
- 39. How is the passage organized?
B. Opinion - Discussion - Description
C. Main idea - Comparison - Supporting examples
D. Introduction - Supporting examples - Conclusion
- 40. The author’s purpose of writing the passage is most likely to _______.
DHow frustrating is it when a pipe bursts, and you have to wait hours for a worker to come and replace or repair it? How about standing helplessly on the side of the road with a flat tire (爆胎)? Or when your little kid’s plastic train breaks apart?
Researchers at the CIDETEC Centre for Electrochemical Technologies in San Sebastian, Spain, may have just created a quick fix for all of these headaches. They created a polymer (聚合物) called “Terminator”, which can bind itself back together even after being sliced (切成薄片).
Natural polymers are everywhere. They make up the shells that protect small sea creatures such as lobsters and shrimps. They’re in the silk blouse your grandmother so loves and the DNA that makes you, well, you. In nature, many polymers heal themselves when broken or sliced. Think of your skin when you have a small cut - as the two sides of the cut bind back together, you can see a self - healing polymer in action.
Synthetic (合成的), or man - made, polymers are just as common. Scientists started creating nylon and synthetic rubber to make up for the shortage of silk and rubber during World War Ⅱ. PVC, polyester and many forms of plastic soon followed. As much as synthetic polymers imitate natural polymers, they’ve always lacked one important feature, the ability to heal themselves - until now.
