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A study by the University of Florida claims that putting mirrors in your dining room will help weight loss because they actually make junk food taste worse.The researchers asked 185 undergraduates to choose chocolate cake or a fruit salad and evaluate the taste.Those who ate them in a room with a mirror scored the taste of the junk food lower than those in a room without one,but it had no effecton the fruit salad.

Lead scientist,Dr.Ata Jami of the University of Central Florida ,said,“A glance in the mirror tells people more than just about their physical appearance.It enables them to view themselves objectively and helps them to judge themselves and their behavior in the same way that they judgr others.”The mirrors were found to push the subjects to compare and match their own behaviors with accepted social standards.When they look in the mirror while eating junk food,feelings of discomfort and failure enhanced.

1,What is the finding of the research on the undergraduates?

1. They prefer fruit salad to junk food.

2. They prefer to eat fruit salad with a mirror

3. They don’t like to eat junk food with a mirror

4. They would eat junk food rather than fruit salad

2,What role does a mirror play according to the news report?

1. It helps people lose weight

2. It encourages people to have junk food

3. It help people to choose food

4. It makes people feel happy and motivated

  Children who spend large amounts of time with their fathers have higher IQs,according to a new study.Strong fatherly involvement in their early life can also improve a child’s future career prospects,the research shows.The researchers warned that it was not enough for parents to live together,but that a father should be actively involved in a child’slife to benefit their development.Those children whose fathers spent more time with them had a higher IQ and were more socially mobile than those who had received little attention.Jon Davies,chief executive for Families Need Fathers,said,”We hope that research like this will lead to the government to reconsider how poorly served separated families often are and how a child needs a father as well as a mother.”

3.What is mainly talked about in the news item?

A. The importance of parents to live toghther

B. Fathers’ crucial role in their children’s job choices.

C.The significance role of fathers’ taking part in family outings

D.The important role of fathers in the process of children’s growth

4.What does Jon Davies hope the government will do?

A.Help separated families to form a new family

B.Offer better jobs for children in separated families.

C.Realize the current situations of separated families

D.Provide separated families with more material support.

   Community supported agriculture farms,or CSAs,seek people who pay in advance for fresh vegetables and fruits.One farmers has now expanded his CSA program to a law firm in New York City.

   The Glebocki family has been in the farming business since 1894.But staying in business is not easy.Farming requires a lot of money for seeds and equipment at the beginning of the growing season.And farmers do not know how much money they willget for their crops at the ebd of the season.They are also not sure if anyone will buy what they grow. John Glebocki ,the current farm owner,has one solution to these problems: community supported agriculture.CSAs,for short,are partnerships between farmers and community members. Mr. Glebocki also offers his CSA program to business and delivers directly to offices.

   Customers pay $525 in advance for 22 weeks of fresh fruits and vegetables----all picked at their peak.“Everyone should join. It’s a grest way to keep our farmers in business to insure we continue to get fresh produce.”The busy lawyers say.

5,What can we learn about the farmers before CSAs were put forward?

1. They didn’t know if they have potential customers.

2. They had no idea about how to get higher yields of cropes.

3. They didn’t know how much crops they would produce.

4. They didn’t have enough money to buy seeds and equipment.

    

6,What are CSAs according to the news report?

1. It is an organization in the farming business.

2. It is a company to sell vegetables in big cities.

3. It is a company to sell vegetables to law firms only

4. It is a business platform connecting farmers with community members

7,What do the customers think of CSAs?

1. It is difficult to stay in business.

2. It is a costly project for the farmers.

3. It benefits both the customers and the farmers.

4. It keeps them in business all year long.

答案：C A D C A D C