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     Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant time in front of
the television have been devised (發(fā)明;想出) in the UK.
     The shoes- named Square Eyes- contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to
record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day. A wireless transmitter passes the information to
a receiver connected to a television, and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves, based on the day's efforts.
     The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British
teenagers, says Gillian Swan, who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel
University in London, UK. "We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out," she
says. "And I wanted to tackle that with my design."
     Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise, the television automatically
switches off. And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps.
     Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily
amounts of both. Health experts suggest that a child take 12,000 steps each day and watch no more than
two hours of television. So, every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals precisely(精確
地)one minute of TV time.
     Existing pedometers(計步器) normally clip onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps
by measuring sudden movement. Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through
shaking. But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat. "It is possible, but it would
be a lot of effort," she says. "That was one of my main design considerations."
1. According to Swan, the purpose of her design project is to _____. 
A. keep a record of the steps of the wearer.
B. deal with overweight among teenagers.
C. enable children to resist(抵制) the temptation of TV.
D. prevent children from being tricked by TV programs.
2. Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes?  
A. They regulate(調(diào)整)a child's evening TV viewing time.
B. They determine a child's daily pocket money.
C. They have raised the hot issue of overweight.
D. They contain information of the receiver.
3. What is stressed(強調(diào)) by health experts in their suggestion?
A. The exact number of steps to be taken.
B. The precise number of hours spent on TV.
C. The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time.
D. The way of changing steps into TV watching time.
4.  Compared with other similar products, the new design ___. 
A. make it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat.
B. counts the wearer's steps through shaking.
C. records the sudden movement of the wearer.
D. sends teenagers' health data to the receiver.
5. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? 
A. Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time
B. Smart Shoes Guarantee(保證)More Exercise
C. Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D. Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight
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It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club. It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand ever your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want. That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs.
Fundraising(自籌資金) is a great way to help children learn social skills. It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask them for their money. They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school. If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride(從容處理), and that is a learning lesson as well.
Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising. Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned in to the school. However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson. Dealing with money is important to know about when they are older.
Fundraising helps improve their schools. It is the child’s school. They have to learn there and grow there. Why not let them help in making it a better place? When one of our local schools lacked funding for sports, the students and parents joined hands to raise that money needed. When they succeeded, they felt they accomplished something important.
Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child. Most fundraising is done for individual classes and clubs. The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips. The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money. Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed.
In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways.
1. We can infer that the author is probably a       .
A. manager   B. student   C. parent    D. officer
2. What is the main idea of this passage?
A. Children should be allowed to fundraise.
B. Fundraising is good for both families and children.
C. Children should learn to deal with money.
D. Children should be taught how to fundraise.
3. Which of the following is not the benefits of fundraising by students?
A. It’s a good way to gain social skills for students.
B. Students can master the skills in financing through it.
C. It can help students get high mark at school.
D. It gives students many valuable life experiences.
4. The author thinks that fundraising         .
A. adds to the family’s burden        B. wastes the learning time
C. cultivates the children’s character   D. builds up the children’s bodies
5. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?
CP: Central point   P: Point    Sp: Sub-point(次要點)   C: Conclusion

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C
 
B
 
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Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-far diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically.
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On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients. Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet Industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
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56. From Paragraph 1, we learn that _________.
A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential
B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products
C. diet products are misleading people
D. people are fed up with diet products
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A. try out a variety of diet foods    B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods
C. pay attention to their own eating habits
D. watch their weight rather than their diet
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A. losing weight is effortless    B. it costs a lot to lose weight
C. diet products bring no pain    D. diet products are free from calories
59. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products _________.
A. are over-consumed          B. lack basic nutrients
C. are short of chemicals        D. provide too much energy
60. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?





       CP: Central Point   P: Point    SP: Sub-point(次要點)   C: Conclusion

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It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club. It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand ever your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want. That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs.

Fundraising(自籌資金) is a great way to help children learn social skills. It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask them for their money. They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school. If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride(從容處理), and that is a learning lesson as well.

Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising. Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned in to the school. However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson. Dealing with money is important to know about when they are older.

Fundraising helps improve their schools. It is the child’s school. They have to learn there and grow there. Why not let them help in making it a better place? When one of our local schools lacked funding for sports, the students and parents joined hands to raise that money needed. When they succeeded, they felt they accomplished something important.

Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child. Most fundraising is done for individual classes and clubs. The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips. The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money. Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed.

In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways.

 

1. We can infer that the author is probably a       .

  A. manager   B. student   C. parent    D. officer

2. What is the main idea of this passage?

  A. Children should be allowed to fundraise.

  B. Fundraising is good for both families and children.

  C. Children should learn to deal with money.

  D. Children should be taught how to fundraise.

3. Which of the following is not the benefits of fundraising by students?

  A. It’s a good way to gain social skills for students.

  B. Students can master the skills in financing through it.

  C. It can help students get high mark at school.

  D. It gives students many valuable life experiences.

4. The author thinks that fundraising         .

  A. adds to the family’s burden        B. wastes the learning time

  C. cultivates the children’s character   D. builds up the children’s bodies

5. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

       CP: Central point   P: Point    Sp: Sub-point(次要點)   C: Conclusion

 

 

D

 

C

 

B

 
A

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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It is time for students to sell such things as chocolate bars and greeting cards to raise money for their school, class or club. It is inevitable that they will knock on your door and you will easily hand ever your cash for overpriced items that you really do not want. That is okay, though, because there are many reasons why children should be allowed to raise money for their schools and clubs.

Fundraising(自籌資金) is a great way to help children learn social skills. It is not easy to go up to a complete stranger and ask them for their money. They have to nicely ask for help, show the interested buyer what they have to offer and explain how it will help them in school. If someone refuses to buy an item, that child has to take the failure in stride(從容處理), and that is a learning lesson as well.

Students can learn how to deal with money by fundraising. Of course, it might seem safer for us to take charge of our children’s earnings from their fundraising before it is turned in to the school. However, by making them keep track of it, count it, and make sure everyone pays the right amount, they are learning an important lesson. Dealing with money is important to know about when they are older.

Fundraising helps improve their schools. It is the child’s school. They have to learn there and grow there. Why not let them help in making it a better place? When one of our local schools lacked funding for sports, the students and parents joined hands to raise that money needed. When they succeeded, they felt they accomplished something important.

Fundraising allows for more life experiences for the child. Most fundraising is done for individual classes and clubs. The raised money is used towards things like parties, trips. The children receive the rewards for their hard work at raising the money. Without fundraising, these field trips and special school memories would be missed.

In a word, fundraising helps children a lot in many ways.

1. We can infer that the author is probably a       .

  A. manager   B. student   C. parent    D. officer

2. What is the main idea of this passage?

  A. Children should be allowed to fundraise.

  B. Fundraising is good for both families and children.

  C. Children should learn to deal with money.

  D. Children should be taught how to fundraise.

3. Which of the following is not the benefits of fundraising by students?

  A. It’s a good way to gain social skills for students.

  B. Students can master the skills in financing through it.

  C. It can help students get high mark at school.

  D. It gives students many valuable life experiences.

4. The author thinks that fundraising         .

  A. adds to the family’s burden        B. wastes the learning time

  C. cultivates the children’s character   D. builds up the children’s bodies

5. Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

       CP: Central point   P: Point    Sp: Sub-point(次要點)   C: Conclusion

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         Innocence is such a precious gift. It's explained as freedom from guilt or wrong doing. Just imagine
    never having to worry about anything and having a guilt-free mind. Some people wish to save this kind
    of innocence from being lost from childhood to adulthood.
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    by those who no longer live in a world of innocence, people would not have the desire to succeed, get a
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    alive, no one would be terribly angry at the lack of effort people put out in the workplace, resulting in a
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    was meant to be lost. It was god's will to make things the way they are, and there is a good purpose for
    everything. All that remains to be said about innocence is to enjoy it while it lasts.

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    A. avoided  
    B. criticized  
    C. accepted  
    D. encouraged

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    A. proper education would be provided
    B. there would be no racial discrimination
    C. there would be more happy families
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    A. motivational will
    B. mental ability
    C. adventurous ambitions
    D. needed goods

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