并购收购高考英语二轮复习阅读理解寒假训练(17)

2021年1月17日发(作者：小学班会记录)
阅读理解训练（17）
A
Taking exams in a large group setting can be stressful for students and for the staff
members who are watching over them. When classrooms are crowded and desks are close
together, cheating might be university in Thailand came up with an
anti-cheating hat that makes it almost impossible for students to see other students’
papers. A photo of the students wearing the anti-cheating hats made its way to the
internet, and the university was criticized for making students wear those ridiculous
looking homemade hats. The hats were made by stapling two pieces of paper onto a
headband, one to each side of the head.
After being criticized, senior academic staff at Kasetsart University in Bangkok,
Thailand, released a statement saying that the hats idea came from students. They
said that in a bid to prevent cheating they asked the students for ideas on how to
prevent cheating in the upcoming exam, which was being taken by almost one hundred
students. Students came up with different ideas, then the paper hat idea was selected
by them as the most fit. The university claims that no-one was forced to use the hat,
but they all chose to do so. “When wearing the hat during the exam, students felt
more relaxed,” Nattadon Rungruangkitkrai, a lecturer at the university said.“It
was not meant to indicate that Kasetsart students often cheat on exams. I apologize
if the photo makes other people look at my students in a negative way,’
Rungruangkitkrai added.
1. Why was the university criticized on the Internet?
A．The homemade anti-cheating hat looked too simple.
B．Wearing the anti-cheating hat made students look ridiculous.
C．Wearing the anti-cheating hats couldn’t prevent students from cheating in the
exam.
D．The university forced students to wear the anti-cheating hat.
2. What’s most of the Kasetsart University students’ attitude towards the cheating
hat?

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A. skeptical B. supportive C. objective D. negative
3. It can be inferred from the passage that_______.
A. It’s useless wearing the anti-cheating hat in the exam.
B. Kasetsart students are often caught cheating in the exam.
C. Wearing the anti- cheating hat is effective in some degree.
D. Some students are forced to wear the anti-cheating hat.
参考答案1-3 BBC



B
We know that sugary sodas aren’t good for our bodies. Now it turns out that they
may not be good for our minds, either. A new study of more than 260,000 people has
found a link between sweetened soft-drinks and depression, and diet sodas may be making
matters worse.
Americans drink far more sodas than people in other countries— as much as 170 liters
per person per year. But the impact of this study isn’t limited to the United States.
“Sweetened drinks, coffee and tea are commonly consumed worldwide and have important
physical consequences. And they may have important mental- health consequences as
well,” study author Dr Honglei Chen said in a statement.
The study studied 263,925 people between the ages of 50 and 71. Researchers followed
their consumption of drinks like soda, tea coffee, and other soft drinks from 1995
to 1996 and then. 10 years later, asked them if they had been diagnosed with depression
since the year 2000. More than 11,3000 of them had.
Participants who drank more than four servings of sodas per day were 30 percent more
likely to develop depression than participants who did not drink sodas at all. People
who stuck with fruit punch(鸡尾酒), had a 38 percent higher risk than people who didn’
t drink sweetened drinks. And all that extra sugar isn’t the actual problem.
Researchers say that the artificial sweetener aspartame may be to blame.

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The study found a link but could not surely determine whether sodas and other sweet
soft drinks cause depression. Still, the results “are consistent with a small but
growing body of evidence suggesting that artificially sweetened beverages may be
linked to poor health outcomes.”
But there’s a bright side for those who can’t live without their daily sodas. Adults
who drank coffee had a 10 percent lower risk of depression compared to people who
didn’t drink any coffee, according to the study. “Our research suggests that cutting
out or down on sweetened diet drinks or replacing them with unsweetened coffee may
naturally help lower your depression risk,” said Chen.
4．What has the new study of more than 260,000 people found?
A. Sugary sodas aren’t good for the physical health of old people.
B. Americans have a special tooth for sweet foods.
C. Sweetened soft-drinks may increase the risk of depression.
D. Sweetened soft- drinks have important physical consequences.
5．What do we know about the process of the study?
A. About twenty-six thousand people participated in it.
B. The oldest participants were below 80 when the study was over.
C. Most of the participants had depression when the study was over.
D. The study lasted more than ten years from the beginning to the end.
6．It is implied in the passage that ______.
A. more research is needed to confirm the new findings
B. the new findings aren’t consistent with any previous findings
C. cutting one’s sodas intake will surely reduce one’s depression
D. the new findings won’t have an impact on people’s drinking habits
7．What should you drink in order to reduce the risk of depression?
. tened coffee.
coffee. punch.
参考答案4-7 CDAB



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