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浙江省杭州市建兰中学2024-2025学年九年级上学期12月英语月考试卷
Eat like a king in the morning, a prince at noon, and a peasant at night. This saying is all about the importance of breakfast. And now scientists can tell us just why it's so important. According to a study carried out at Imperial College London, UK, skipping the first meal of the day not only means you eat mor eat lunch, but also that your brain wants to find more unhealthy foods.
The study suggests that there is a special part of our brain called the orbitofrontal cortex（眶额皮层），which plays an important part in making choices about what we eat. It is used for identifying the taste of food, especially when skipping breakfast. It is more likely to target high-calorie foods when you're on an empty stomach.
Scientists did an experiment on this. Dr Tony Goldstone from Imperial College London, scanned (Ff#) the brains of 21 men and women, around the age of 25. On the first day, these people skipped breakfast before the scans. On the second day, they had cereal（谷物）, bread and jam as breakfast. After the scan on both days, they had their lunch.
When the volunteers had skipped breakfast, they ate around 20 percent more at lunch, compared with days when they had eaten breakfast. Their brain scans also showed the orbitofrontal cortex was especially responsive to high-calorie foods. "We believe that bit identifies the value of foods - how pleasant, how delicious something is, " Goldstone told The Guardian.
⑴The volunteers skipped breakfast.
⑵The volunteers had lunch.
⑶The volunteers had a brain scan.
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Harbin, a city in the northeast of China, drew greatattention and became the hottest tourist city last winter. In fact, on January 5th every year, the city of Harbin innortheast China{#blank#}1{#/blank#} into a winter wonderland. Tourists from all around the world come to visit the {#blank#}2{#/blank#} ice and snow festival.
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You probably know about Single's Day (Nov. 11th) in China, when people stay up very late to shop online. Well, the US has something similar called Black Friday. It is the {#blank#}1{#/blank#} Friday in November and also the start of the shopping season. So people start to think about what kind of presents to buy for their families and friends, such as musical {#blank#}2{#/blank#}, televisions, and computers. People can buy them at the very low prices on this day {#blank#}3{#/blank#} they are lucky enough. A lot of shopping on Black Friday is like a war at actual shops. Last year, some people waited in line for hours {#blank#}4{#/blank#} midnight and then rushed in as soon as the doors opened. Some even got hurt when people went through the doors, but they didn't {#blank#}5{#/blank#}. This year, a few stores will start sales even earlier. By doing this, the stores hope to get more shoppers and stay ahead of the competition.
Welcome to the National Museum of China! The National Museum of China(NMC) is the top palace of history, art and culture. The museum was founded in 2003 and reopened in 2011. As the largest single-building museum in the world, the NMC has five floors above the ground and two floors underground. It has over 1.4 million items of collection. It helps improve cultural confidence of Chinese people and communication between China and other countries. Opening Hours ★9: 00—17: 00(Closed on Monday, last entry at 16: 00)
Notice to Visitors
★Make sure you go through the security check. ★Make online appointments, 1—7 days earlier. ★Have your ID card when entering the museum. Audio Guide Rental You can pick up the audio guide player at the Service Desk in the West Hall. Please pay 140 yuan and show your ID card. |
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