【文章內(nèi)容簡介】 have not passed the test of time. Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration. Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic(蒜）is good for you ,too. It can kill the type of virus that causes colds. Unfortunately, not all of Mom39。s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don39。t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives39。 tales. After much of this knowledge has been accumulated (積累) from thousands of years of experience in family health care. We should respect this body of knowledge even as we search for clear scientific support to prove it true or false.（1）Which of the following is TRUE according to the text? A.Eating garlic is good for our eyes.B.Carrots prevent people from catching colds.C.Swimming after a meal is dangerous.D.Sticky sweets tend to damage our teeth.（2）According to the passage, what does the underlined phrase hold water mean? A.To be believable.B.To be valuable.C.To be admirable.D.To be suitable.（3）Why do we need to respect the body of knowledge in the old wives39。 tales? A.Because it is told by our ancestors.B.Because it is scientifically supported.C.Because it is based on many years39。 experience.D.Because it is related to family health care.（4）What is the author39。s attitude toward old wives39。 tales in the text? A.SubjectiveB.ObjectiveC.DissatisfiedD.Curious【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B 【解析】【分析】中國有句俗話：不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。本文客觀評價了保持身體健康的 老人言的正確性。 （1）細節(jié)理解題。由第三自然段的最后一句 Sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. 用谷物制成的粘性糖果比用單糖制成的糖果容易引起更多的問題。故選D。 （2）詞義猜測題。文章中本句意思是：即使科學能告訴我們那些 老人言是（能容水的）值得相信的，但 老人言中還有很多正確的東西，hold water在此處意思是：能裝水的；值得相信的，站得住腳的。故選A。 （3）細節(jié)理解題。根據(jù)最后一段 there is still a lot of truth in the old wives39。 tales. After much of this knowledge has been accumulated （積累)from thousands of years of experience in family health care. 老人言仍然有許多真理，這些知識是從幾千年的家庭保健經(jīng)驗中積累起來的。它是基于多年的經(jīng)驗。故選C。 （4）推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三、四自然段可知作者分析了他的可信性和不可信性，作者對于 老人言持客觀態(tài)度，故選B。 【點評】考查閱讀理解。通讀全文，把握文意；熟讀第一段，了解主題句；分清段落結(jié)構(gòu)，把握各段段意；了解題干，在原文依次找依據(jù)。5．閱讀理解 Give yourself a test. Which way is the wind blowing? How many kinds of wildflowers can be seen from your front door? If your awareness is as sharp as it could be, you39。ll have no trouble answering these questions. Most of us observed much more as children than we do as adults. A child39。s day is filled with fascination, newness and wonder. Curiosity gave us all a natural awareness. But distinctions that were sharp to us as children bee unclear。 we are numb(麻木的）to new stimulation(刺激), new ideas. Relearning the art of seeing the world around us is quite simple, although it takes practice and requires breaking some bad habits. The first step in awakening senses is to stop predicting what we are going to see and feel before it occurs. This blocks awareness. One chilly night when I was hiking in the Rocky Mountains with some students, I mentioned that we were going to cross a mountain stream. The students began plaining about how cold it would be. We reached the stream, and they unwillingly walked ahead. They were almost kneedeep when they realized it was a hot spring. Later they all admitted they39。d felt cold water at first. Another block to awareness is the obsession(癡迷) many of us have with naming things. I saw bird watchers who spotted a bird, immediately looked it up in field guides, and said, a rubycrowned kinglet and checked it off. They no longer paid attention to the bird and never learned what it was doing. The pressures of time and destination are further blocks to awareness. I encountered many hikers who were headed to a distant campground with just enough time to get there before dark. It seldom occurred to them to wander a bit, to take a moment to see what39。s around them. I asked them what they39。d seen. Oh, a few birds, they said. They seemed bent on their destinations. Nature seems to unfold to people who watch and wait. Next time you take a walk, no matter where it is, take in all the sights, sounds and sensations. Wander in this frame of mind and you will open a new dimension to your life.（1）According to Paragraph 2, pared with adults, children are more ____________. to do wonders to others39。 feelings to develop unpleasant habits to explore the world around them（2）What idea does the author convey in Paragraph 3? avoid jumping to conclusions. stop plaining all the time. follow the teacher39。s advice. admit mistakes honestly.（3）The bird watchers39。 behavior shows that they __________. very patient in their observation really fascinated by nature only about the names of birds the accuracy of the field guides（4）Why do the hikers take no notice of the surroundings during the journey? natural beauty isn39。t attractive to them. focus on arriving at the camp in time. forest in the dark is dangerous for them. are keen to see rare birds at the destination.（5）In the passage, the author intends to tell us we should __________. our senses to feel the wonders of the world rid of some bad habits in our daily life our mind to new things and ideas our best to protect nature【答案】 （1）D（2）A（3）C（4）B（5）A 【解析】【分析】本文是一篇散文。我們有多久沒有仔細觀察我們周圍的世界了