Food is life; it gives us the nourishment (营养) we need to stay alive and be healthy. 1__ Brian Wansink, a professor at the University of Illinois, says we also eat certain foods because they make us feel good, and remind us of happy memories. Wansink calls this kind of food comfort food. For some people, ice cream is a comfort food. For others, a bowl of noodles soup makes them feel good.

2__ Professor Wansink believes that we connect food with important times, feelings, and people in our lives. “When I was a child, my mother made a delicious soup; I loved it. __3__ And it helps me feel better. ” says one of Wansink’s coworkers.

Do men and women choose different comfort foods? Wansink’s research at the University of Illinois says “yes”. In his study, the favorite comfort food for both men and women was ice cream. After this, men usually preferred hot, savory (香的) foods like soup or noodles. __4__ Men and women like to eat comfort foods when they are happy, but women eat these foods more when they are sad or worried.

__5__ About 40 percent of the comfort foods in Wansink’s study were healthy main dishes or soups and vegetables. It shows, says Wansink, that a comfort food can taste good and be good for you.

A. Not all comfort food is junk food.

B. Where can we buy this sort of food?

C. Sweet foods are also their preference.

D. How does a food become a comfort food?

E. Usually, we eat because we are hungry or need energy.

F. Women like sweet things such as chocolate and cookies.

G. Now, I often have this kind of food when I am tired or worried.

答案及解析：

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第三部分 英语知识运用 (共两节，满分40)

完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分，满分0分)

阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

题文】

It is generally accepted that the experiences of the child in his first years largely determine his character and later personality. Every experience  1  the child something and the effects are   2  . "Upbringing" normally refers to the treatment and training of the child in the  3  .This is closely connected with the treatment and training of the  4  in school,  which is usually distinguished(区别)by the term "  5  ".  In a society such as ours, both   6   and teachers are responsible for the chances provided for the development of the child， 7   upbringing and education depend on each other.

The ideas and practices of child upbringing are  8  from culture. Generally, the more rural the group, the   9  unchangeable the customs of child upbringing. In more technologically developed societies，childhood and adolescence(青春期)are likely to  10   a long time, resulting in more  11   for education and greater variety in  12    development.

Early upbringing in the home is naturally  13   both by the cultural pattern of the group and by the parents'   14   and their aims.And the character of the child depends not only on upbringing and education but also on his or her  15   abilities.There are wide differences of intelligence and character even in children of the  16  family.

Parents can find out what is normal in  17 ，mental and social development, by  18  to some of the many books  19  on scientific knowledge in these areas, or by  20  notes with friends and s who have children.

1. A. offers B. supplies C. teaches D. brings 2. A. losing B. winning C. reducing D. increasing 3. A. school B. home C. future D. past 4. A. society B. world C. child D. teacher 5. A. treatment B. training C. introduction D. education 6. A. students B. classmates C. parents D. friends 7. A. so that B. as if C. as soon as D. even though 8. A. similar B. same C. opposite D. different 9. A. more B. less C. most D. least 10. A. cover B. change C. spend D. take 11. A. chances B. difficulties C. questions D. tasks 12. A. career B. knowledge C. character D. health 13. A. damaged B. influenced C. stopped D. forgotten 14. A. study B. ability C. luck D. work 15. A. given B. brought C. named D. born 16. A. big B. small C. same D. new， 17. A. political B. physical C. chemical D. scientific 18. A. referring B. talking C. reporting D. sticking 19. A. fixed B. called C. based D. carried 20. A. taking B. comparing C. leaving D. writing

阅读下面材料，用不多于1个单词的正确形式填空

Crying marriage? Surprising, isn’t it?    1   (actual), the custom of crying marriage existed a long time ago in many areas of Southwest China’s Sichuan Province, and    2   (remain) in fashion    3   the end of the Qing Dynasty. Though not so popular as before, the custom is still observed by people in many places, especially Tujia people, who view it as a    4   (necessary) to marriage procedure.

It is very much    5   same in different places of the province. According to elderly people, every bride had to cry at the wedding,    6   the bride’s neighbors would look down upon    7   as a poorly cultivated girl and she would become the laughingstock of the village. In fact, there were cases    8   which the bride was beaten by her mother for not crying at the wedding ceremony.

In a word, crying at wedding is a means by custom to set off the    9   (happy) of the wedding through falsely sorrowful words. However, in the    10   (arrange) marriages of the old days of China, there were indeed quite a lot of brides who cried over their unsatisfactory marriage and even their miserable life.

第四部分 写作 (共两节 满分30)

短文改错(10分)

In the age of three, many children go to nursery school. Two or three years later, they enter in a primary school. Several years later they go to a secondary school. In some countries this called a high school. Children remained at their secondary school until they are between 16 and 18. Then they may have a chance of continue their study at a university and college. Universities and colleges are places that some young people go to continue their education after leaving high schools. Most university student study one main subject, though we may also study a number of others. Teaching is usual by lectures, or by discussions between a lecturer and a group of students.