pleasure. So despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of people who didn’t have breakfast increased by 33 percent---- from 8.8 million to 11.7 million----according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America.
For those who feel pain of guilt about not eating breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect performance,” said Arnold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve performance.” Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not adults. “The literature,” says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor.” 51. For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that ____. A) several studies have been done in the past few years B) the omission of breakfast does no harm to one’s health C) adults have especially made studies in this field D) eating little in the morning is good for health
52. “… nor does giving people breakfast improve performance” means _______.
A) anyone without breakfast does improve his performance B) not giving people breakfast improves performance C) having breakfast does not improve performance, either D) people having breakfast do improve their performances, too 53. The word “literature” in the last sentence refers to ______. A) stories, poems, plays, etc. B) written works on a particular subject
C) any printed material D) the modern literature of America 54. What is implied but NOT STATED by the author is that ______. A) breakfast does not affect performance
B) Dr. Pollitt is engaged in research work at an institution of higher learning
C) not eating breakfast might affect the health of children
D) Professor Bendor once taught college courses in nutrition in London Passage 2
On June 17, 1774, the officials from Maryland and Virginia held a talk with the Indians of the Six Nations. The Indians were invited to send boys to William and Mary College. In a letter the next day they refused the offer as follows:
We know that you have a high opinion of the kind of leaning taught in your colleges, and that the costs of living of our young men, while with you, would be very expensive to you. We are convinced that you mean
to do us good by your proposal; and we that you heartily. But you must know that different nations have different ways of looking at things, and you will therefore not be offended if our ideas of this kind of education happen not to be the same as yours. We have had some experience of it. Several of our young people were formerly brought up at the college of the Northern provinces: they were taught all your sciences; but when they came back to us, they were bad runners, ignorant of every means of living in the woods … they were totally good for nothing.
We are, however, not the less obliged by your kind offer, though we refuse to accept it; and, to show our grateful sense of it, if the gentlemen of Virginia will send us a dozen of their sons, we will take care of their education, teach them in all we know, and make men of them. 55. The passage is about _____.
A) the talk between the Indians and the officials B) the colleges of the northern provinces C) the educational values of the Indians
D) the problems of the Americans in the mid-eighteenth century 56. The Indians’ chief purpose in wring the letter seems to be to ______. A) politely refuse a friendly offer B) express their opinions on equal treatment
C) show their pride D) describe Indian customs 57. Different from the officials’ view of education, the Indians thought
______.
A) young women should also be educated B) they had different goals of education C) they taught different branches of science D) they should teach the sons of the officials first
58. The tone of the letter as a whole is best described as ____. A) angry B) pleasant C) polite D) inquiring Passage 3
As people continue to grow and age，our body systems continue to change．At a certain point in your body systems will begin to weaken．Your joints may become stiff．It may become more difficult for you to see and hear．The slow change of aging causes our bodies to lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury ．In order to live longer，we have always tried to slow or Stop this process that leads us toward the end of our lives. Many factors contribute to your health．A well－balanced diet plays an important role．
The amount and type of exercise you get is another factor．Your living environment and the
amount of stress you are under is yet another．But scientists studying senescence（衰老）want to know：Why do people grow old？They hope that by examining the aging process on a cellular level medical science may be able to extend the length of life.
59．When people become aging，they will lose some of their ability to bounce back from disease and injury, “bounce back” here means____． A．to improve in health after one’s disease and injury B．to recover from disease and injury C．to jump after recovering D．to run fast
60．In order to live longer，______. A．we have to try to be on a diet B．We Should keep in high spirits C．we should try to do more exercise D．we should postpone the process of aging
61．Which of the following is NOT mentioned as a factor contributing to one’s health？
A．The right food you eat. B．Lots of exercise you get. C．Your living conditions.
D．The amount of stress you are under. 62．This passage Is mainly concerned with_____． A．man’s aging process C．man’s health
B．man’s life span D．man’s medical care
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