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16、Weatherhasagreatinfluenceonpeople.Itinfluencespeople'shealth,intelligence（智力）andfeelings.
InAugust,itisveryhotinthesouthernpartoftheUnitedStates.Peopletherehaveheartdisease（疾病）andotherkindofhealthproblemsduringthemonth.IntheNortheastandMiddleWest,itisveryhotatsometimesandverycoldatothertimes.PeopleintheseplacesmayhaveheartdiseaseaftertheweatherchangesinFebruaryorMarch.
Theweathercanalsoinfluenceintelligence.Forexample,ina1982studybyscientists,theIQscoresofagroupofstudentswereveryhighduringastorm,butafterthestormtheirIQscoreswerelowerthanusuallevel.Sostormscanincreaseintelligence.However,veryhotweathercanlowerit.StudentsintheUnitedStatesoftendobadlyonexamsinthehotmonthsoftheyear.
Weatheralsohasastronginfluenceonpeople'sfeelings.Wintermaybeabadtimeforthinpeople.Theyusuallyfeelcoldduringthesemonthsandtheymayfeelunhappyduringcoldweather.Inhotsummerweather,ontheotherhand,fatpeoplemayfeelunhappy.Thesummerheatmaymakethemtiredandtheyareeasytogetangry.
Areyoufeelingsick,sad,tiredorveryintelligenttoday?
Theweathermaybethecause.
（1）、Ifthinpeoplefeelunhappy,theweathermaybeverycold.
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F
答案：
A
（2）、StudentsintheU.S.usuallydobadlyonexamsinDecember.
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T
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F
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B
（3）、PeopleintheNortheastofAmericausuallyhaveheartdiseaseinMarch.
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T
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F
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A
（4）、Stormscanincreasestudent'sIQ.Thisdiscoverywasmadeby1982students.
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T
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F
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B
（5）、Thebesttitleforthispassageis"WeatherandHealth."
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A
17、Computerscaninjureyou.Mostotherinjurieshappensuddenly.Forexample，ifyoufalloffabikeandbreakyourarms，ithappensveryquickly.Butcomputerinjurieshappenslowly.
Youprobablyknowhowtorideabikesafely.Nowlearntouseacomputersafely.
Youreyes
Toomuchlightcaninjureyoureyes，soneversittooclosetoacomputerscreen.Youreyesshouldbeatleast50cmfromthescreen.Remembertolookawayfromitsometimes.Thisgivesyoureyesarest.
Whenyouuseacomputer,thewindowshouldbeonyourleftoryourright.Ifitisbehindyou,thelightwillreflecton（反射）thescreen.Ifthewindowisinfrontofyou,thesunandthescreenwillbothshineintoyoureyes.
Yourhandsandwrists
Handandwristinjuriescanhappenbecausethehandsandwristsaremovedinthesamewayhundredsoftimes.Ifyouuseakeyboardforalongtime，followthesethreerules:
1）Restyourwristsonsomething.2）Keepyourelbows（肘）atthesameheightasthekeyboard.3）Stopsometimesandexerciseyourhands，wristsandfingersinadifferentway.
Yourback
Somepeoplesitformanyhoursinfrontofacomputer.Ifyousitinthewrongway，youcaninjureyourbackoryourneck.Soyoushouldsitwithyourbackstraight.Thetoppartofthescreenshouldbeinfrontofyoureyes.Yourforearms，wrists，handsandtheupperpartofyourlegsshouldallbeparallel（平行）tothefloor.Ifyouaresittingforalongtime，getupevery30minutesandexerciseyourarms，legsandneck.
Enjoyyourcomputer，butuseitsafely.
（1）、Acomputerscreenmayinjureyoureyesifyoureyesaretooclosetoit.
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T
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F
答案：
A
（2）、Handandwristinjuriesarecausedwhenyougetplentyofexercise.
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T
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F
答案：
B
（3）、Youreyesandhandswillbesafeifyouoftentakerestsfromworking.
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T
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F
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A
（4）、Itisgoodforyourbackandneckifyousitintherightway.
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T
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F
答案：
A
（5）、Thebesttitleforthetextis"HowtoProtectYourEyes."
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T
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F
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B
18、FoulshamHouseisafine，largehouseofthel790s.ItstandsbytheRiverByre，intwenty-fivehectares（公顷）ofthebestfarmlandinthesouthwest.
ThehousewasbuiltbySmithson，andthestorygoesbacktoGeorge，thesonofKingofWhales，whofellinlovewiththebeautifulLadyKitty，atoneofthefirstFoulsham'swildwoods（野外）parties.ManyyearsagomanygreatmenrodeonthehillsaboutFoulshamHouse,andmanyfinegirlstookteaintheGreenRoom.
Thehousehaseightbedrooms，threebathrooms，twoliving-rooms，andadining-roomwitharealAdamfire-place.Itslibraryhasagoodviewovertheparkandtheriver.Allroomsarelightandairy，withgood，highwindows，andwoodfloors.
Atthebackofthehousethereisroomforfourcars.ThethirdFoulshamoncekepthorsesthere.Inmanyotherways，thishouseofthel790smeetstheneedsofthe1990s.
IfyouwishtoknowmoreaboutFoulshamHouse，writeto:
Harvey.Platt，Longford&Sons6，CastleGreen，Gilham，Byreside.
（1）、FoulshamHouseisahousewithahistoryofmorethantwohundredyears.
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T
B：
F
答案：
A
（2）、WelearnfromthereadingthatSmithsonbuiltthehouseforwildwoodsparties.
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T
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F
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B
（3）、Thesentence"Itslibraryhasagoodviewovertheparkandtheriver"means"Theparkandtherivercanbeseenclearlyfromthelibrary".
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T
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F
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A
（4）、ThethirdFoulshamoftenrodehishorsesatthebackofthehouse.
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T
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F
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B
（5）、Wecaninfer（推断）thatHarveywantstosellthehouse.
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T
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F
答案：
A
19、Doyouwanttoknowsomethingaboutthehistoryofweather?
Don'tlookatthesky.Don'tlookforoldweatherreports.Lookingatthetreeringsismoreimportant.Someweatherreportsgobackonlyonecentury，butsometreescanshowusanexactrecordoftheweatherevenfurtherback.
It'sclearthatatreewouldgrowbestinaclimatewithlotsofsunlightandrainfall.Itisalsoexpectedthatlittlesunlightorrainfallwouldlimitthegrowthofatree.Thechangefromafavorable（有利的）toanunfavorableclimatecanbereadingthetreeringsintreetrunk.Tofindouttheweatheroftenyearsago，counttheringsofatreetrunkfromtheoutsidetotheinside.Ifthetenthringisfarfromtheotherrings，thenwearesurethatlotsofsunnyandrainyweatherhappened.Iftheringsareclosetogether，thentheclimatewasbadforthetree.
Studyingtreeringsisimportantnotonlyforthehistoryoftheweather，butalsoforthehistoryofman.InaplaceofNewMexicoyoucanfindonlysand－notreesandnopeople.However，manycenturiesagoalotofpeoplelivedthere.Theyleftsuddenly.Why?
Ascientiststudiedthedeadtreeringswhichhadgrownthere.Hedecidedthatthepeoplehadtoleavebecausetheyhadcutdownallthetrees.Treeswereusedtomakefiresandbuildings.So,afterthepeoplecutdownthetrees，theyhadtomove.
（1）、Itisunderstoodthatinafavorableclimatetreeringsgrowfarfromeachother.
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F
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A
（2）、Treesbroughtlotsofsunlightandrainfall.
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T
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F
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B
（3）、Thescientistsareinterestedinstudyingtreeringsbecausetheycantellwhethertheclimatewasfavorableornot.
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T
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F
答案：
A
（4）、Studyingdeadtreeringsshowshowthepeopleleft.
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T
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F
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B
（5）、ThepeoplehadtoleavetheplaceofNewMexicobecausetheyhadcutdownallthetrees.
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T
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F
答案：
A
20、Theworldisnothungry，butitisthirsty.Itseemsstrangethatnearly3/4oftheearthiscoveredwithwaterwhilewesayweareshortofwater.Why?
Becauseabout97%ofwaterontheearthisseawaterwhichwecan'tdrinkoruseforwateringplantsdirectly.Mancanonlydrinkandusethe3%thewaterthatcomesfromriversandlakes.Andwecan'tevenuseallofthat，becausesomeofithasbeenpolluted.
Nowmorewaterisneeded.Theproblemis:
canweavoidaseriouswatershortagelateron?
First，weshouldalllearnhowtosavewater.Secondly，weshouldfindoutthewaystoreuseit.Scientistshavealwaysbeenmakingstudyinthisfield.Today，inmostlargecitieswaterisusedonlyonceandthenrunstotheseaorrivers.Butitcanbeusedagain.Evenifeverylargecityreuseditswater，stilltherewouldnotbeenough.Whatcouldpeopleturntonext?
Theseaseemstohavethebestanswer.Thereisalotofwaterinthesea.Allthatneedstobedoneistogetthesaltoutoftheseawater.Thisisexpensive，butit'salreadyinuseinmanypartsoftheworld.Scientistsaretryingtofindacheaperwayofdoingit.Soyousee，ifwecanfindawayout，we'llbeinnodangerofdryingup.
（1）、Theworldisthirstybecauseabout97%ofwaterontheearthcan'tbedrunkorusedforwateringplantsdirectly.
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F
答案：
A
（2）、3%ofwaterontheearthisseawater.
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T
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F
答案：
B
（3）、Fromthepassagewelearnthattodayinmostlargecitieswaterisusedonlyonce.
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T
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F
答案：
A
（4）、Toavoidtheseriouswatershortage，weshouldmakedirtywatercleanandthenreuseit.
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T
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F
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B
（5）、Thetitleofthepassageshouldbe"HowtoSaveWater".
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答案：
A
21、TheFrenchRevolutionbrokeoutin1789.AtthetimeFrancewasinacrisis.Thegovernmentwasbadlyrunandpeople'slivesweremiserable.KingLouisXIVtriedtocontrolthenationalparliamentandraisemoretaxes.Buthiseffortfailed.HeorderedhistroopstoVersailles.ThepeoplethoughtthatLouisintendedtoputdowntheRevolutionbyforce.OnJuly14,1789,theystormedandtooktheBastille,wherepoliticalprisonerswerekept.Eversincethatday,July14hasbeentheFrenchNationalDay.Louistriedtofleethecountryin1792,togetsupportfromAustriaandPrussia.However,hewascaughtandputinprison.InSeptember1792,themonarchywasabolished.Inthesameyear,Louiswasexecuted.Afewmonthslaterhiswife,Marie,alsohadherheadcutoff.TheRevolutionofFrancehadfrightenedtheotherkingsofEurope.ArmiesfromAustriaandPrussiabegantomarchagainstFrance.TheFrenchraisedrepublicanarmiestodefendthenation.TheRevolutionwentthroughaperiodofterror.Thousandsofpeoplelosttheirlives.Intheend,powerpassedtoNapoleonBonaparte.
（1）、What'sthispassageabout?
A：
France.
B：
KingLouis.
C：
TheFre
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