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阅读理解(共两节，满分40分)
第一节(共15小题;每小题2分，满分30分)
孕妇能吃香瓜吗网络连接不可用阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
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The malls were filled with people eking gifts for their loved ones. Some of the malls remained open around the clock, partly to satisfy our needs to buy gifts.
Behind the materialistic aspect of shopping for gifts lies the idea of caring, being attentive to the desires of special people in our lives. However, to u a well-worn play on words: it is our prence, not our prents, that truly counts. Many of us, unfortunately, can be so inattentive, even in the prence of our loved ones, that we might as well not be there at all.
Attention is one of the greatest gifts we can give each other. Companies around the globe spend billions every year on advertising to catch our attention for just a short moment at a time. Whole industries-media, entertainment, education-rely on the precious gift of our attention for their continued existence. A baby lacking attention for a long time is likely to be psychologically unhealthy.
In earlier times, both diet and attention could be left unregulated(没人管的)without major cau for concern. There were natural checks and balances: limited availability of food meant few got fat, for example. Similarly, in bygone times we might have spent a few hours communicating with the village storyteller, today，watching an entire TV ries, whi
le speaking to nobody, is common. In traditional societies, with smaller population, everyone would get a fair deal of attention. On many issues we might go to e Grandma or Grandpa; now we have Google and Wikipedia.
“She just wants attention.” people tend to think little of tho doing things simply for attention. But the truth is that human beings need attention, and giving attention to each other is, to a large extent, what human civilization is bad upon. This perhaps explains the runaway success(一举成功)of social networking sites such as Twitter and Facebook. While we u such sites for “micro blogging”， “idea voicing” and “status updates” -the reality is that we are often doing no more or less than fulfilling our basic human drive for attention exchange. which we can now get and give attention is why many people appear overly attached to their smartphones. It is also a vicious(恶性)circle. As ever more people are busy exchanging attention online, there is increasingly less attention to be paid in the real world, which forces more people to ek their attention exchange online, or el risk attention-starvation.
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The very nature of attention exchange is being rapidly transformed, and there is a danger that some of us will develop unhealthy practices. Just as eating red meat every day is a bad idea, so it is with too much attention exchange. The biological conquences of our technological advancement in food production are highly visible; heart dia, diabetes and obesity. The conquences of our transformed attention exchanges will be psychological and social, and so may take longer to identify, but they will be equally damaging.
Face-to-face attention is becoming rarer, and therefore more valuable. In a n it is priceless. And it is a gift that can be given all-year-round.
36.In the first two paragraphs the author________.
A.offers advice to attention givers B.analys the prent problems胜的反义词
C.states the necessity of prents D.puts forward his point of view
37.Attention exchange was not a major concern in traditional societies becau of______
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A.limited availability of food B.natural checks and balances
C.a much smaller population D.the guidance from old people
38.What can we infer from Paragraph 6～7?
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家庭美德A.More people will risk attention-starvation in future.
B.The nature of attention exchange is rarely changed.
C.Technological advancement contributes to all dias.
D.Transformed attention exchanges do harm to society.
39.The writer’s purpo for writing the passage is to________.
A.advocate more focus on real life attention
B.analyze the necessity of attention giving
C.give practical tips on attention exchange
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D.recommend some social networking sites
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The movies just wouldn't be the same without the warm buttery taste of popcorn. Amazingly, this delicious treat started its life as a corn kernel (玉米粒) , not just from any corn. Popcorn is a type of sweet corn that was originally grown in Mexico and spread to China, India and elwhere. It is the only kind of corn that will pop. Today, most of the world's popcorn is grown in the United States.
Every popcorn kernel contains a tiny drop of water，surrounded by soft starch (淀粉). When the popcorn is heated, the water turns into steam. This puts pressure on the surrounding hard kernel, forcing it to explode. The soft starch increas about 40 times in size as the corn kernel turns itlf inside out.
In the 1500s popcorn was an important food source for the Aztec Indians of central and s
outhern Mexico. But it wasn't only food. It was also ud in ceremonies or on red dress and in necklaces. By the time the Europeans arrived in America，popcorn had spread through most of the American Indians.
Some early American ttlers ate popcorn with cream and sugar for breakfast.But it wasn't until the late 1800s that popcorn became popular. The demand for popcorn incread and farmers began farming popcorn. The first mobile popping machine was invented in 1885, and popcorn was sold by street llers' much like hot dogs that are sold today.
