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When I come across a good article in reading newspapers，I often want to cut and keep it. But just as I am about to do so I find the article on the___1___side is as much interesting. It may be a discussion of the way to___2___in good health，or a report about how to behave and conduct oneself in society. If I cut the front article，the opposite one is likely to___3___damage，leaving out half of it or keeping the text without the title. Therefore，the scissors would___4___before they start，or halfway done when I find out the___5___result.
Sometimes two things are to be done at the same time，both worth your___6___.You can only take up one of them，the other has to wait or be___7___up. But you know the future is unpredictable (不可预料的)—the changed situation may not allow you to do what is left___8___. Thus you are___9___in a difficult position and feel sad. How___10___that nice chances and brilliant ideas should gather around all at once? It may happen that your life___11___greatly on your preference of one choice to the other.
In fact that is what society is like: we are often___12___with the two opposite sides of a thing which are both desirable like a newspaper cutting. It often occurs that your attention is drawn to one thing only___13___we get into another. The___14___may be more important than the latter and give rise to divided mind. I still remember a philosopher's remarks: “When one door shuts，another opens in life.” So a casual (不经意) ___15___may not be a bad one.
1．A．front B．same C．either D．opposite 2．A．get B．keep C．lead D．bring 3．A．suffer B．reduce C．prevent D．cause 4．A．use B．handle C．prepare D．stay
5．A．satisfying B．regretful C．surprising D．impossible 6．A．courage B．strength C．attention D．patience 7．A．given B．held C．made D．picked 8．A．near B．alone C．about D．behind
9．A．filled B．attracted C．caught D．struck 10．A．dares B．comes C．deals D．does
11．A．improves B．changes C．progresses D．goes
12．A．faced B．supplied C．connected D．fixed
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13．A．before B．after C．until D．as 14．A．following B．next C．above D．former 15．A．treatment B．action
C．choice D．remark
答案：1～5.DBADB 6～10.BAACB 11～15.AABDC
If your preschoolers turn up their noses at carrots or celery，a small reward like a sticker for taking even a taste may help get them to eat previously disliked foods，a UK study said.
Though it might seem obvious that a reward could encourage young children to eat their vegetables，the idea is actually controversial，researchers wrote in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.That's because some studies have shown that rewards can backfire and cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked，said Jane Wardle，a researcher at University College London who worked on the study.Verbal praise，such as “Brilliant! You're a great vegetable taster，” did not work as well.
The study found that when parents gave their small children a sticker each time they took a “tiny taste” of a disliked vegetable，it gradually changed their attitudes.The children were also willing to eat more of the vegetableseither carrots，celery，cucumber，red pepper，cabbage or sugar snap peasin laboratory taste tests，the study said.
Researchers randomly assigned(分派)173 families to one of these groups.In one，parents used stickers to reward their children each time they took a tiny sample of a disliked vegetable.A second group of parents used verbal praise.The third group，where parents used no special vegetablepromoting methods，served as a “control”．
Parents in the reward groups offered their children a taste of the “target” vegetable every day of 12 days，Soon after，children in the sticker group were giving higher ratings to the vegetables and were willing to eat more in the research lab，going from an average of 5 grams at the start to about 10 grams after the 12 day experience.The turnaround also seemed to last，with preschoolers in the sticker group still willing to eat more of the once disliked vegetable three months later.
Why didn't the verbal praise work? Wardle said the parents' words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.
1．The purpose of writing the passage is________.
A．to introduce a practical method of making children eat vegetables B．to show the procedure of an experiment on children's diet C．to explain why children hate to eat vegetables
D．to present a proper way of vernal praise to parents
2．The underlined word “backfire” in paragraph 2 probably means ________. A．shoot from behind the back B．make a fire in the backyard C．produce an unexpected result D．achieve what was planned
3．According to the passage，which of the following statements is TRUE? A．Most children are born to dislike carrots or celery.
B．It remains a question whether rewarding is a good way to get children to eat
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vegetables.
C．Oral praise works quite well in encouraging children to eat vegetables. D．Children in the sticker group will never lose interest in eating vegetables. 4．How did the researchers get their conclusion from the experiment? A．By comparison.
B．By asking questions. C．By giving examples. D．By discussion.
5．What can we learn from the last paragraph? A．Children like rewards，not verbal praise.
B．Parents should praise their children in a sincere tone. C．Children are difficult to inspire. D．Parents should give up verbal praise.
答案：
1．A 写作意图题。纵观全文可知主要介绍了使孩子吃蔬菜的实际可用的方法，选A。 2．C 词义猜测题。根据cause children to lose interest in foods they already liked，可推知它是“产生意想不到的结果”，选C。
3．B 细节理解题。根据文章可知通过奖励使孩子吃蔬菜的方式是否有效仍然是一个有争议的问题。
4．A 细节理解题。根据倒数第二自然段可知研究人员通过比较的方式来得出结论，选A。
5．B 细节理解题。根据Wardle said the parents' words may have seemed “insincere” to their children.父母应该以真诚的口气表扬孩子，选B。
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