【正文】 shows. Greater exposure to light at night raised bout body mass index and waist size in more than 113,000 women taking part in the British study. The study followed the women for 40 years to identify root causes of breast cancer. Obesity is a known risk factor for the disease. “The associations we saw in our study between light exposure at night and obesity are very interesting. We cannot yet tell at this stage what the reason for the associations is, but the results open up an interesting direction for research.” Said Prof. Anthony Swerdlow, from the Institute of Cancer Research. “ One possible explanation is that the light is interrupting the body clock, which stems from our evolutionary past (進(jìn)化歷程 ). We were active when it was light in the day and restful when it was dark at night. ” Other research has found the effect of nighttime lightning on the body may contribute to unhappy feelings. But it’s too early to suggest that sleeping in the dark will help prevent obesity, a known risk factor for breast cancer. The findings are reported in the American Journal of epidemiology. Previous research has drawn similar conclusions. A team at Ohio State University examined how nighttime light affects weight, body fat and glucose icose intolerance (葡萄糖過敏 ) in mice. They found that continuing exposure to even a little nighttime light caused increases in all three aspects. Light changes mood, physical strength and even the way we process food in a 24hour cycle. Artificial light is known to interrupt the body clock by delaying the production of the sleep hormone melatonin(睡眠荷爾蒙退黑激素 ). So there is no harm in trying to make bedrooms darker. 32. What does the underlined part “piling on the pounds” in the first paragraph mean? A. Putting pounds into a pile. B. Filling in with pounds. C. Making a lot of money. D. Gaining body weight. 33. From the passage, we know that ________. A. Sleeping in the dark must help prevent obesity B. Lighting at night makes people happy C. Nighttime light may affect human beings and mice D. it is easy for women to bee fat and have cancer 34. The most possible cause of the interruption of the body clock is ________. A. The sleep hormone melatonin B. Unhappy feelings C. Manmade light at night D. Glucose intolerance 35. The passage is mainly about_________. A. The evolutionary past of man B. Obesity and breast cancer research and conclusions D. Negative effects of nighttime light 第二節(jié) (共 5小題，每小題 2分，滿分 10 分 ) 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，選項中有兩項為多余選項。 增加 : 在缺詞處加一個漏字符號 (∧) ，并在其下面寫出該加的詞。 口才好的 eloquent. It goes without saying that eloquence plays an increasingly important part in modern society. 南昌市八一中學(xué) 20212021學(xué)年度高三 12月月考試卷 參考答案 聽力理解 15 CACBA 610 CBBAB 1115 CAACB 1620 CCABA 閱讀理解 2123 ACB 2427 B C D A 2831 CDAC 3235 DCCD 七選五 3640 AGCFD 完形填空 4145 CABDC 4650 DBAAC 5155 DBCDA 5660 CBCAD 語法填空 61. when \as 62. have missed 63. it 64. For 65. particularly 66. a 67. and 68. that 69. of 70. fixed 短文改錯 Smile is a magic language that everyone can easily understand whenever he or she es from. wherever Smile is as the golden sunshine that brings warmth to people and makes him happy. Smile is /\ like them the shortest distance between people and it is a good way to show off friendliness to others. More important, smile conveyed a kind of positive energy to people. When you are happy, smile brightens importantly conveys your face. When you feel frustrating, you should also smile to cheer yourself up. Smile can give you frustrated confidences and make you strong. Smiling at the world and the world will smile back! confidence Smile 書面表達(dá) One Possible Version It goes without saying that eloquence plays an increasingly important part in modern society. Since wherever we go, we have to municate with other people, expressing ourselves and exchanging views. Here are some tips to help us to bee more eloquent. First of all, read more books. By reading we can accumulate knowledge and information in our mind and then we’ ll have much to say. Secondly, listen to more speeches. Speeches offer us not only interesting contents but also speaking skills. Thirdly , catch every chance to express yourself. As the saying goes, practice makes perfect. The more we practice speaking, the more eloquent we’ ll bee. So just open your mouth and speak your mind. You’ ll bee an eloquent speaker sooner or later.