阅读理解 We choose food to eat every day．We might know some of the reasons for the choices，but food scientist...

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广东省广州市海珠区2018届九年级上学期英语期末考试试卷

阅读理解

We choose food to eat every day．We might know some of the reasons for the choices，but food scientist Dr．

Brian Wansink has found that we are unaware of 90% of our food decision．Here are some"big ideas"in his research on the hidden power that drives our eating．

Food for thought

In one of the studies，Dr．Wansink made volunteers eat chocolate yogurt in a dark room．He told them the yogurt was with a taste of strawberry even though they were all eating chocolate．Finally，65% of volunteers described the yogurt as having a"nice strawberry flavor!"

The research shows that our imagination has an effect on our taste．If you expect a food to taste good，it will．So take a moment before you eat your unpleasant healthy food to remind yourself that you are eating delicious fish and chips．

Our eyes eat first

How your food looks is just as important as how it tastes．Dr．Wansink gave cakes to three groups of people．The cakes were exactly the same but served in different ways．

①Group one got the cake on a nice plate．

②Group two got the cake on a paper plate．

③Group three got the cake on a piece of paper．

Dr．Wansink then asked the people how much they would pay for each cake．

①Group one who got the cake on a nice plate would pay $1.27．

②Group two who got the cake on a paper plate would pay 76 cents．

③Group three who got the cake on a piece of paper would pay 53 cents．

Take some time to make your healthy food look amazing．Cut your fruit into a flower shape and put your colourful vegetables on nice plates．This works really well for your appetite （胃口）．

Out of sight，out of stomach

Dr．Wansink also found that when people sat at the desk full of snacks，they ate 71% more of snacks a day than those sitting near a clear table．We eat what we see．As a result，put all the unhealthy food in your fridge．

Hide it and make it really hard to get to．The closer bad food is，the more you eat it．

（1）、How many ideas are mentioned in the passage？

A、3． B、4． C、5． D、6．

（2）、Why did the volunteers say the yogurt had a strawberry flavor？

A、They didn't like chocolate yogurt． B、The yogurt had a taste of strawberry． C、The yogurt was made from strawberry． D、They thought they had eaten strawberry yogurt．

（3）、How can we make ourselves eat more vegetables we don't like？

A、Have the same vegetable every day． B、Serve vegetables on lovely plates． C、Put vegetables on a piece of paper． D、Eat vegetables as soon as they are cooked．

（4）、To avoid eating too many snacks，we should NOT ．

A、hide them． B、put them on the desk． C、leave them in the fridge． D、make them really hard to get to．

（5）、What is the passage mainly about？

A、Useful skills on selling food． B、Ways to make healthy eating easier． C、Ideas about how to avoid too many snacks． D、Experiments to find out people's favourite food．

举一反三

    Have successful people ever felt sad? Do they have any “secrets” to success? The answers to these questions can be found in US president Barack Obama's “back to school” speech. Here is an excerpt(摘录) from his speech.
    I know that sometimes, you get the sense that you can be rich and successful without any hard work—that your ticket to success is through rapping (饶舌音乐) or basketball or being a TV star, when chances are, you're not going to be any of those things.
    But the truth is, being successful is hard. You won't love every subject you study. Not all the homework will seem completely important to your life right this minute. And you may not succeed at everything the first time you try.
    That's OK. Some of the most successful people in the world are the ones who've had the most failures. JK Rowling's first Harry Potter book was turned down 12 times before it finally came out. Michael Jordan was cut from his high school basketball team, and he lost hundreds of games and missed thousands of shots (投篮) during his career. But he once said, “I have failed over and over and over again in my life. And that is why I succeed.”
    These people succeeded because they understand that you can't let your failures beat you—you have to let them teach you. You have to let them show you what to do differently next time.
    No one's born being good at things. You become good at things through hard work.
    Don't be afraid to ask questions. Don't be afraid to ask for help when you need it. I do that every day. Asking for help isn't a sign of weakness; it's a sign of strength. It shows you have the courage to admit(承认) when you don't know something, and to learn something new.
    And even when you're struggling, even when you're discouraged (泄气), and you feel like other people have given up on you—don't ever give up on yourself. Because when you give up on yourself, you give up on your country.

   When people want to know about the weather, they usually go to their radios, TVs, newspapers, or to the Internet. However, you can also find many weather signs among wildlife, because of their highly developed senses. Drops in air pressure produce an effect on small animals in many ways. Mice and deer are good weather indicators. People who spend a lot of time outdoors have observed that, before a storm, field mice come out of their holes and run around. Deer leave high ground and come down from the mountains.
   Birds are especially good weather indicators because they also show the effect of a pressure drop in many ways. For example, some birds become irritable(暴躁) and quarrelsome and will fight over a piece of bread. Other birds chirp and sing just before a storm. It seems they know they won't get another chance for an hour or two. Birds also look for safe places before a storm. You will sometimes see birds settling in trees or gathering together on a wire close to a building. Pre-storm low pressure make the air so thin that birds have difficulty flying.
   It is unusual to see many birds flying overhead in the summertime, rather than during the periods in the spring or autumn. Watch for other weather signs if you see this. If they fly in the wrong direction, they may be flying ahead of a storm.
   By paying closer attention to some important signs in nature, we can become better prepared for any kind of weather.

     Do you get enough sleep? With so much homework it's often difficult to get the rest you need. But you need to try， because sleep keeps you healthy and it stops you getting fat.
      Recently， a group of US scientists did a study (调查) of kids aged between 8 and 13. The study found that if kids sleep for just one extra (额外的) hour each day, the chance of their getting fat is cut by about 30 percent .
Why? When people don't get enough sleep, they become tired. When they are tired, they don't exercise enough. Also， kids like snacks: If they are awake (醒着的) an extra hour or two each day，they have more time to eat snacks or other unhealthy foods.
    So， how much sleep should you get? Scientists suggest 10 to 11 hours a night for kids aged 5 to 12. For older kids, eight to nine hours will do.

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Everyone knows that exercise is important. It makes your heart and body strong. But you need to know the following.

*Get your body ready!

Before you do any exercise, be sure to warm up for at least five minutes. During warming up, you should stretch(伸展) all parts of your body.

*Exercise enough, but not too much.

It's good to exercise twice each week. Thirty minutes each time is enough. Try all kinds of things until you find one, two or even three sports that are right for you.

*Exercise at fitness centres.

There is a lot of equipment(设备) at fitness centres. The equipment will help exercise your arms, legs and other parts of your body to make you fit. Some people buy equipment. But it is very expensive.

*Stop playing when you are hurt!

If you get hurt when you are doing exercise, don't play again until you are well.

*Don't get thirsty!

Drink a lot of water when you are playing sports because it is easy to become thirsty.

阅读理解

Read the questions and answer YES or NO, then you will find out how good you are.

⒈When you don't understand something, you ask questions.

⒉You like listening to older people talk about the past.

⒊You think that you can learn something interesting from everyone around you.

⒋You are brave enough when you have to talk to people you don't know.

⒌You enjoy reading books about famous people.

⒍You always see and talk to different people.

⒎You are interested in learning new ways of doing things.

⒏You enjoy sharing experiences with friends and learning from people of all ages.

⒐You talk a lot about yourself.

⒑Even if you are often wrong, you make your own decisions.

⒒You hate teaching what you are good at: sports, technology and so on.

⒓Your parents don't understand you, so you don't talk to them much.

Score Now! (开始计分 )

Score2 points if you answer YES to each of the first 8 questions, and 0 if you choose NO.

Score 2 points if you answer NO to each of the last 4 question, and 0 if you choose YES.

18-24. You are friendly and open-mind. You make people feel important by listening to what they have to say. You'll probably succeed in learning all kinds of interesting things.

10-16. Remember that every single person you know can teach you something. You will great make your life rich and colorful.

0-8 About 400 years ago, a famous writer wrote, “No man is an island.” This is still true today. Try to be more open and interested in people around you.

阅读理解

Napoga is a girl in Ghana, Africa. It is hard for her family to get clean water. Every morning, she leaves home at half past five to get clean water for her family in a village far away. It takes her six hours to get enough clean water for daily cooking and drinking. She has no time to go to school or to play with her friends. Millions of people in the world are like Napoga. They can't get enough clean water to keep healthy.

Earth Day is on April 22. But on all the other days, we must also remember it. The water we use is the most important natural resource on the Earth. Water covers about 75% of the Earth's surface. But most of that is sea water. We can't use it for many things. Fresh water covers only less than 1% of the Earth's surface.

You probably feel lucky that your life isn't as hard as Napoga's. But that doesn't mean you don't have to worry about water. We all face serious water problems. One of them is water pollution Lots of kinds of things from cars, factories, farms and homes make our rivers, lakes and seas dirty. Polluted water is very bad for people to drink. And dirty water is bad for fish too. Now, 34% of all kinds of fishes are dying out. Scientists say that in 30 years, more than half of the people in the world won't have enough clean water. We have to learn how to save more water for ourselves and our children.

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