Directions: Read the following two texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on your ANSWER SHEET.

Text 1

Five-year-old Elia arrived at school with a big box of colored pencils. Her friend, Anna, offeted to exchange her set of markers for the brand-new pencils. Elia agreed, but soon discovered that the markers were dried up. "That's not fair!" cried Elia to her teacher. “I want my new pencils back.” After some tears and negotiation, the teacher helped the girls set things right by returning the items to their original owners.

Later that day, at story time, the teacher shared the picture book classic A Bargain for Frances. Though the conflict in the story is just over a broken tea set, the message about fair play was not lost on the children. The book was helpful in exploring a small, yet significant, life lesson. Stories are vital to the way we process and experience life events and the feelings that surround us. The ability to create, share, and respond to stories is one of the vital characteristics of being human. In fact, the human brain is programmed to see patterns and become fascinated in the plot development of stories, finally storing them in long-term memory. As a result, the brain is a remarkably effective processor of stories, both real and fictional.

High-quality picture books are a good blend of art and literature that attracts kids' imagination and communicates an idea in an effective way. These books me perfect teaching tools, as they deal with the powerful emotions that kids feel, model effective coping strategies, and present complex concepts in appropriate ways. In addition, according to brain research, the picture book complements words with what leaves the most permanent impression: images. The pictures in books are distinctive from the fleeting images kids see on television in that they remain on the page, ready to be revisited, touched, and commented upon.

Whether we share stories about families, historical events, or emotions, stories are a way to sum up life's memorable moments and lasting lessons. We can control the power of literature and use it to develop positive character in young kids by reading often, choosing suitable books, and enjoying stories together.

26. Elia cried “That' s not fair!" as she thought that she was

A. cheated by her friend

B. defeated by her friend

C. ignored by her teacher

D. scolded by her teacher

27. A Bargain for Frances is intended to teach kids how to

A. Play fair in life

B. organize things

C. win in conflicts

D. write a message

28. According to the text, stories can help kids

A. realize their potential

B. improve their memory

C. concentrate on reading

D. understand the human world

29. In comparison with pictures in books, television images

A. are frequently commented on

B. stay temporarily with children

C. blend art and literature vividly

D. communicate ideas effectively

30. The power of literature can help kids develop their

A. positive character

B. interest in history

C. passion for stories

D. learning strategies

Text 2

We have heard a lot about the health benefits of tea, especially green tea. It is high in poly-phenols, compounds with strong antioxidant activity that in test-tube and animal models show anti- cancer and heart-protective effects. Good clinical studies are few, however, and although physicians tell their patients to drink green tea, there hasn't been any definite proof of the value of that advice.

A team of Japanese researchers was able to link green tea consumption with decreased mortality from many causes-including heart disease. The researchers tracked 40,530 healthy adults ages40 to 79 in a region of northeastern Japan where most people drink green tea, following them for up to 11 years. Those who drank five or more cups of green tea a day had significantly lower mortality rates than those who drank less than one cup a day. There were also fewer deaths from cardiovascular disease.

But no such association was seen with deaths from cancer. Nor was consumption of oolong or black tea connected with any decrease in mortality. Those teas are easier to be combined with oxy- gen in processing, which not only darkens the color of the leaves and changes their flavor but also reduces their polyphenol content.

Coffee is more complicated. It has received both gold stars and black marks in medical literature. It, too, contains antioxidants, although they are less well studied than tea polyphenols. Evidence for the health benefits of coffee is growing, however. A group of investigators from Finland, Italy and the Netherlands reports that coffee seems to protect against age-related decline in mental capacity. The scientists studied 676 healthy men born from 1900 to 1920 and followed them for 10 years, using standardized measures of brain function. Their conclusion: the men who consumed coffee had significantly less decline in mental capacity than those who didn't. Three cups a day seemed to provide the most protection.

Population studies like those help us form assumptions about relationships between dietary habits and long-term health. We still have to test our suppositions in controlled conditions, and measure the effects of coffee and tea on various systems of the body.

31. Physicians often tell their patients to drink green tea because

A. its medical value has been proved

B. it is believed to be good for one's health

C. it has long since been used clinically

D. its effectiveness has been shown in animals

32. The Japanese study seems to have confirmed the positive effect of green tea on

A. young adults

B. Asian people

C. patients with cancer

D. patients with heart disease

33. The text indicates that black tea differs from green tea in that

A. it can retain the color of its leaves

B. it can reduce cancer-related deaths

C. it contains less polyphenol content

D. it is stronger in flavor than the latter

34.Coffee is beneficial to one' s health because

A.it has more antioxidants than green tea

B. it slows down the rate of brain aging

C. it lowers the rate of natural mortality

D. it keeps systems of the body active

35. The text indicates that the relationships between dietary habits and long-term health

A. are a falsely perceived supposition

B. are a conflicting issue among people

C. deserve further scientific research

D. deserve to be tested on a larger population

答案：26. A 27.A 28.D 29.B 30.A 31.B 32.D 33.C 34.B 35

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