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【題目】Generations of Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is one of life’s essentials. Eating breakfast at the start of the day, we have all been told again, is as necessary as putting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip.

But for many people the thought of food as first thing in the morning is by no means a pleasure. So despite all the efforts, they still take no breakfast. Between 1977 and 1983, the latest year for which figures are available, the number of people who didn’t have breakfast increased by 33 percent-from 8.8 million to 11.7 million-according to the Chicago-based Market Research Corporation of America.

For those who feel pain or guilt about not earing breakfast, however, there is some good news. Several studies in the last few years indicate that, for adults especially, there may be nothing wrong with not taking breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect performance,” said Arnold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition（營養）at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor doe giving people breakfast improve performance.”

Scientific evidence linking breakfast to better health or better performance is surprisingly inadequate, and most of the recent work involves children, not adults. “The literature,” says one researcher, Dr. Ernesto Pollitt at the University of Texas, “is poor.”

【1】For those who do not take breakfast, the good news is that ______.

A. the missing of breakfast does no harm to one’s health.

B. several studies have been done in the past few years.

C. adults have especially made studies in this field.

D. eating little in the morning is good for health.

【2】The underlined sentence “…nor doe giving people breakfast improve performance” in the 3rd paragraph means ______.

A. anyone without breakfast does improve his performance.

B. not giving people breakfast improves performance.

C. people having breakfast do improve their performances, too.

D. having breakfast does not improve performance, either.

【3】The word “literature” in the last sentence refers to ______.

A. stories, poems, plays, etc.

B. written works on particular subject.

C. any printed material.

D. the modern literature of America.

【4】What is suggested but NOT STATED by the author is that ______.

A. breakfast does not affect performance.

B. Dr. Pollitt is engaged in research work at an institution of higher learning.

C. not eating breakfast might affect the health of children.

D. Professor Bender once taught college courses in nutrition in London.

Answer 1

【答案】

【1】A

【2】D

【3】B

【4】C

【解析】本文是關于一場討論，不吃早飯究竟對人有沒有影響。以前的研究認為有很大的影響，而最近的研究則認為影響不是很大。

【1】A推理題。根據第三段2,3行for grown-ups especially, there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast. “Going without breakfast does not affect work說明不吃早飯對人們的影響不大。故A項內容正確。

【2】D推理題。根據“Going without breakfast does not affect work,” said Arnold E. Bender, former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London, “nor does giving people breakfast improve work.” 說明說明他們認為不吃早飯不會影響工作，吃了早飯也改善不了工作，故D項正確。

【3】B 推理題。根據文章最后一段可知這里的“The literature”在指以前的所寫認為不吃早飯有很害的作品。故選B。

【4】C 推理題。根據最后一段and most of the recent work involves children, not grown-ups.說明該研究涉及的是成年人，而不是兒童，故不吃早飯可能對兒童有較大的影響，故C項正確。

本文是關于一場討論，不吃早飯究竟對人有沒有影響。以前的研究認為有很大的影響，而最近的研究則認為影響不是很大。考查推理題為主，解此類題需要結合上下文提供的語境和信息進行簡單的概括和判斷。