【正文】 od, so the kids can control their weight， ” said John Hammond, a professor at the University of Illinois. “ There are also nutritional (營養(yǎng)的 ) benefits from that， ” said him. Regular family meals make it easy to ensure everyone is getting the nutrients they need, which is good for children39。s growth. For example, they cook fish once a week and red meat once or twice every two weeks and have a vegetable at every meal. As a result, the researchers encourage families to spend more time together around the dinner table. “ It doesn39。t have to be every day， ” said John Hammond. “We know that families are very busy.” 語篇解讀 父母同孩子一同吃飯，對孩子的飲食健康來說非常重要。 4． The underlined phrase “making a pig of oneself” in Paragraph 2 means ________. A. eating pork B. eating red meat C. eating vegetables D. eating too much 答案與解析 D 詞義猜測題。在本句中，作者談了兩類相對的飲食問題，一為 missing meals(不吃飯 )，故另一類 (making a pig of oneself)即為 “ 吃得太多 ” 。 5． Family meals can make kids less likely to be overweight because ________. A. family meals are all delicious B. parents can control their kids39。 food when eating together C. family meals are eaten in a happy mood D. kids can get any food they like during family meals 答案與解析 B 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章第四段的 “ We also know that families that sit down together are less likely to eat high calorie food, so the kids can control their weight” 可知，全家一塊兒吃飯時，很少吃卡路里較高的食物，因此孩子們不易得肥胖癥。故選 B 項。 6． Which of the following is the researchers39。 suggestion? A. To have dinners with kids as often as possible. B. To have dinners with kids every day. C. To have dinners with kids once a week. D. To have dinners with kids twice a week. 答案與解析 A 細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)文章最后一段中 “As a result, the researchers encourage families to spend more time together around the dinner table”可知，研究員建議父母盡可能多地和孩子們一起吃飯。 7． The text is mainly written for ________. A. scientists B. children C. parents D. teachers 答案與解析 C 推理判斷題。文章的主題是：孩子和父母一起吃飯有利于孩子們減少肥胖的可能，并使他們形成良好的飲食習慣，這對孩子的父母而言是非常重要的，因此這篇文章主要是寫給家長看的。 C Have you ever been ill? When you are ill, you must be unhappy because your body bees hot， and there are pains all over your body. You don39。t want to work, and you stay in bed, feeling very sad. What makes us ill? It is germs (細菌 ). Germs are everywhere. They are very small and you can39。t find them with your eyes, but you can see them with a microscope. They are very small and there could be hundreds of them on a very small thing. Germs are always found in dirty water. When we look at dirty water under the microscope， we shall see them in it. So your father and mother will not let you drink dirty water. Germs aren39。t found only in the water. They are found in the air and dust. If you cut your finger， if some of the dust from the floor goes into the cut (割開處 ), some of the germs would go into your finger. Your finger would bee big and red, and you will have much pain in it. Sometimes the germs would go into all of your body， and you would have pains everywhere. 8． Which of the following is TRUE? A. If things are very small, they are germs. B. If things can39。t be seen, they must be germs. C. Germs are only in dirty water. D. Germs are everywhere around us. 答案與解析 D 推理判斷題。根據(jù)第四段中 “Germs aren39。t found only in the water. They are found in the air and dust.”可以排除 C 項。 A、B 兩項明顯不符合題意，只有選 D 項，并且根據(jù)第二段 “It is germs. Germs are everywhere.”可以確定 D 項為正確答案。 9． What is a microscope used for? A. Making very small things look much bigger. B. Making very big things look much smaller. C. Helping you rea