B. Putting Healthy Food on Dinner Table. C. Making Profits from Shiny Produce. D. Giving Unused Produce a Purpose.
C
The Diet Zone: A Dangerous Place
Diet Coke, diet Pepsi, diet pills, no-fat diet, vegetable diet… We are surrounded by the word “diet” everywhere we look and listen. We have so easily been attracted by the promise and potential of diet products that we have stopped thinking about what diet products are doing to us. We are paying for products that harm us psychologically and physically（身体上）.
Diet products significantly weaken us psychologically. On one level, we are not allowing our brain to admit that our weight problems lie not in actually losing the weight, but in controlling the consumption of fatty, high-calorie, unhealthy foods. Diet products allow us to jump over the thinking stage and go straight for the scale（秤）instead. All we have to do is to swallow or recognize the word “diet” in food labels.
On another level, diet products have greater psychological effects. Every time we have a zero-calorie drink, we are telling ourselves without our awareness that we don’t have to work to get results. Diet products make people believe that gain comes without pain, and that life can be without resistance and struggle.
The danger of diet products lies not only in the psychological effects they have on us, but also in the physical harm that they cause. Diet foods can indirectly harm our bodies because consuming them instead of healthy foods means we are preventing our bodies from having basic nutrients(营养成分). Diet foods and diet pills contain zero calorie only because the diet industry has created chemicals to produce these wonder products. Diet products may not be nutritional, and the chemical that go into diet products are potentially dangerous.
Now that we are aware of the effects that diet products have on us, it is time to seriously think about buying them. Losing weight lies in the power of minds, not in the power of chemicals. Once we realize this, we will be much better able to resist diet products, and therefore prevent the psychological and physical harm that comes from using them. 28. From Paragraph 1, we learn that ________.
A. diet products fail to bring out people’s potential.
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B. people have difficulty in choosing diet products. C. diet products are misleading people. D. people are fed up with diet products.
29. One psychological effect of diet products is that people tend to _____.
A. try out a variety of diet foods. B. hesitate before they enjoy diet foods. C. pay attention to their own eating habits. D. watch their weight rather than their diet.
30. In Paragraph 3, “gain comes without pain” probably means ______.
A. losing weight is effortless. C. diet products bring no pain.
B. it costs a lot to lose weight. D. diet products are free from calories.
31. Diet products indirectly harm people physically because such products ______.
A. are over-consumed.
B. lack basic nutrients. D. provide too much energy. D
How Room Designs Affect Our Work and Feelings
Architects have long had the feeling that the places we live in can affect our thoughts, feelings and behaviors. But now scientists are giving this feeling an empirical（经验的，实证的）basis. They are discovering how to design spaces that promote creativity, keep people focused, and lead to relaxation.
Researches show that aspects of the physical environment can influence creativity. In 2007, Joan Meyers-Levy at the University of Minnesota, reported that the height of a room’s ceiling affects how people think. Her research indicates that higher ceilings encourage people to think more freely, which may lead them to make more abstract connections. Low ceilings, on the other hand, may inspire a more detailed outlook.
In addition to ceiling height, the view afforded by a building may influence an occupant’s ability to concentrate. Nancy Wells and her colleagues at Cornell University found in their study that kids who experienced the greatest increase in greenness as a result of a family move made the most gains on a standard test of attention.
Using nature to improve focus of attention ought to pay off academically, and it seems to,
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C. are short of chemicals.
according to a study led by C. Kenneth Tanner, head of the School Design Planning Laboratory at the University of Georgia. Tanner and his team found that students in classrooms with unblocked views of at least 50 feet outside the window had higher scores on tests of vocabulary, language arts and maths than did students whose classrooms primarily overlooked roads and parking lots.
Recent study on room lighting design suggests that dim（暗淡的）light helps people to loosen up. If that is true generally, keeping the light low during dinner or at parties could increase relaxation. Researchers of Harvard Medical School also discovered that furniture with rounded edges could help visitors relax.
So far scientists have focused mainly on public buildings. “We have a very limited number of studies, so we’re almost looking at the problem through a straw（吸管），” architect David Allison says. “How do you take answers to very specific questions and make broad, generalized use of them? That’s what we’re all struggling with.”
32. What does Joan Meyers-Levy focus on in her research?
A. Light.
B. Ceilings.
C. Window. D. Furniture.
33. The passage tells us that _____.
A. the shape of furniture may affect people’s feelings. B. lower ceilings may help improve students’ creativity. C. children in a dim classroom may improve their grades. D. students in rooms with unblocked views may feel relaxed.
34. The underlined sentence in the last paragraph probably means that _____.
A. the problem is not approached step by step. B. the researches so far have faults in themselves. C. the problem is too difficult for researchers to detect.
D. research in this area is not enough to make generalized patterns. 35. Which of the following shows the organization of the passage?
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A
B
C
D
CP: Central point P: Point Sp: Sub-point（次要点） C: Conclusion
第二节（共5小题; 每小题3分，共15分）
根据短文内容，从短文后的七个选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
Having success and being able to meet one’s goals requires many things: knowledge, a sense of direction, hard work, luck, connections and perhaps a strong belief in yourself. We accomplish our goals one step at a time, doing a little each day. 36
1. Get up an hour early.
People who get up early in the morning have a jump on the day. 37 And some studies show that the willpower and attention are strongest in the morning. In fact, the morning may be the most productive part of your day.
2. Drink a glass of water with lemon juice.
While your coffee is being prepared or waiting for the water to heat up, drink a glass of water with lemon juice. Why? Health experts say that drinking a combination of lemon juice and water first in the morning jump-starts the body’s metabolism(新陈代谢).
3. Exercise!
38 Exercising in the morning may not be for everyone. Some people like to exercise after work or at night. Physical fitness experts and trainers often suggest some form of exercise in the morning because the middle of the day is a busy time for most people. By the day’s end , you may not have the time or energy to exercise.
4. 39
Take time at the end of the day to think back on all the things that have happened. 40 And spend a little time thinking about tomorrow. It may help you to prepare if you take a few minutes to think about what you need to do the next day.
A. Make a plan for tomorrow. B. For starters, they are awake! C. Think about your day at night.
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D. Some people may disagree with this one. E. So using your day effectively is important. F. Give thanks to wonderful things, if you want.
G. Well, don’t, as it is a great way to forget about the day ahead. 第三部分 英语知识运用（共两节，满分55分）
第一节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给出的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
At my daughter's presentation ceremony, the principal reminded the kids of that now-familiar truth: they could have multiple careers in their lifetimes. As I lay in bed that evening, another truth 41 me that it is not just different careers that 42 each child. I 43 my own life and how much it has 44 . Five years ago, I was in an unhappy marriage, living in a house that I felt wasn't mine. I felt 45 most of the time and not 46 my own future. Now, I live in my own beautiful apartment. My family life is peaceful, filled with 47 . My life is barely 48 . I created a whole new reality. I have always 49 that great change is possible. I am the great-grandchild of the immigrants who left their countries with few 50 . From the shtetls(犹太人小村庄) of Russia and Poland，they created their own communities.
My parents moved to a 51 city with two small children and started a life different from that in their hometown. And my late grandmother lived two completely different lives. 52 she was a widow at 43 after my grandfather died suddenly, she 53 her daughters alone, cared for her elderly mother and 54 travelled out of her hometown. At 68, after being single for 26 years, she 55 us all by falling in love and remarrying. She and her husband, Harry, socialized 56 , and travelled around the country.
Life is full of 57 . We assume that our lives are linear(直线的), leading us from birth to death into a straight 58 . But they can change and have sharp 59 . They can double back and leap forward and begin another 60 altogether. 41. A. hit 42. A. hold back 43. A. sought for
B. promised C. attacked C. wait for C. took over
D. suggested D. call on D. reflected on
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B. appeal to B. tried out
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