Unit Five  Sources of Information(Post-reading)

1.g feeling or showing thanks to another person 感激的
2.s in some way not yet known or stated 不知怎么地
3.a to fill with a feeling of great surprise 使大为吃惊
4.p temporary stop in action or speech 临时中止
5.w to cry tears 流泪，哭泣
6.c of the present day 当前的
7.i to form (a picture) in the mind 想象
8.e producing the desired result 有效的
9.e to make able 使能够
10.r directly connected with the subject 有关的

1.The nervous girl felt when she knew she was the winner of the competition.
2.The audience were quite with how the government would react.
3.She never expressed any when I was injured.
4. measures should be taken to prevent further deforestation.
5.Can you what it would be like to live without electricity?

1. I was so ______ in today's history lesson. I didn't understand a thing. (2004.06)
A、amazed     B、neglected     C、confused     D、amused
2. Dr. Smith was always ______the poor and the sick, often providing them with free medical care. (2006.01)
A、reminded of     B、absorbed in     C、tended by     D、concerned about
3. Now that spring is here, you can ______ these fur coats till you need them again next winter. （2004.06）
A、put over     B、put away     C、put off     D、put down
4. The company is trying every means to ______ the wholesale price of its products. (2005.06)
A、pull down     B、put down     C、set down     D、bring down
5. Some people believe that since oil is scarce, the ____of the motor industry is uncertain. (2006.01)
A、terminal     B、benefit     C、fate     D、estimate
6.  Don’t let the child play with scissors ______ he cuts himself. (2003.06)
A、in case     B、so that     C、now that     D、only if
7. The statistical figures in that report are not ________. You should not refer to them. (2002.01)
A、accurate     B、fixed     C、delicate     D、rigid
8.  It is essential that these application forms _________ back as early as possible. (2000.01)
A、must be sent     B、will be sent     C、are sent     D、be sent
9. Critics believe that the control of television by mass advertising has ______ the quality of the programs. (2004.06)
A、lessened     B、declined     C、affected     D、effected
10. Showing some sense of humor can be a(n) _______ way to deal with some stressful situation (2005.06)
A、effective     B、efficient     C、favorable     D、favorite
11. The fire was finally brought under control, but not __________ extensive damage had been caused. (2001.06)
A、after     B、before     C、since     D、as
12. Between 1974 and 1997, the number of overseas visitors expanded _________27%. (2000.01)
A、by     B、for     C、 to     D、in
13. Most laboratory and field studies of human behavior ______taking a situational photograph at a given time and in a given place. (2006.01)
A、involve     B、compose     C、enclose     D、attach
14. It is said in some parts of the world, goats, rather than cows, serve as a vital _____of milk. (2006.01)
A、storage     B、source     C、reserve     D、resource
15. In the long _________, the new information technologies may fundamentally alter out way of (2005.06)
A、view     B、distance     C、jump     D、run

According to a study, fat people in the United States suffer direct economic and social effects because of their size. The findings are based on an 8-year study of about 100,000 people, who were between the ages of 16 and 24 when the research began.

The researchers of the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5 percent of the measurement in which weight is connected with height. For example, fat women in the study were about 160 centimeters tall and weighed about 90 kilograms, while fat men 175 centimeters tall and about 100 kilograms. The researchers say that more than one million Americans are that big. The researchers found that fat young women were more likely to lose social and economic power even if they were from wealthy families. The fat women also were 20 percent less likely to get married and they earned an average of about $6,700 a year less than other women. The study showed less severe effect on fat men. They earned an average of about $3,000 a year less than other men. Fat men also were 11 percent less likely to get married.

1.From this passage we know fat people in America were_____.
A) admired
B) respected
C) unhealthy
D) unpopular
2.Which of the following is surely right?
A) If a woman weighed 90 kilograms, she was considered fat.
B) More than 1,000,000 Americans were about 175 centimeters and weighed 100 kilograms.
C) More than 1,000,000 Americans were considered fat by the researchers.
D) In America 20% of woman and 11% of men couldn’t get married.
3.Which of the following was NOT mentioned in this passage?
A) The reason why people suffered
B) The cause that caused people to be fat.
C) The standard of fat people.
D) The number of fat people.
4.The underlined word “severe” means _____.
A) economic
B) social
C) serious
D) favorable
5.Fat people were inferior to other people in _____.
A) human rights and payment
B) income, and political rights
C) education and marriage
D) marriage and income

The ability to profit from defeat contributes to success. Every success has been achieved because the person was able to analyze defeat and actually profit by it in his next work. Confuse defeat with failure, and you are sure to fail: it is your own refusal to see the guide and encouragement to success.

Defeats are nothing to be ashamed of. They are routine happenings in the life of those who achieve success. But defeat is defeat unless you face it calmly, analyze it and learn why you failed. Defeat, in other words, can help to cure its own cause. Not only does defeat prepare us for success, but also nothing can arouse within us such a desire to succeed. If you let a baby grasp a rod and try to pull it away, he will hold more and more tightly until his whole weight is suspended. It is the same reaction that should give you new and greater strength every time you are defeated. If you exploit the power defeat gives, you can accomplish far more than you are capable of.

1.What would happen if one confused defeat with failure?

2.According to this passage, what contributes to success?

3.Why aren’t we ashamed of defeats?

4.What does the word “exploit ” mean in this passage?

5.What can we learn from this passage?

1.I appreciated now how patient, understanding, and kind she was to have spent her time on a little boy.

2.Why is it that birds should sing so beautifully and bring joy to all families, only to end up as a heap of feathers on the bottom of a cage?

3.Using the internet to conduct basic research is a skill that most college students have to acquire.

4.Depending on what you are looking for, you have to judge for yourself how relevant the material you have sought on the internet is for you.

5.Knowing how to think clearly and to speak correctly gives the speaker confidence.

1．我们非常感激你们及时提供的帮助。

2．千万不要低估了你的对手，每个球员都非常优秀。

3．如果你继续这样的话，你的下半生将在监狱里度过。

4．既然你的结论与其他人不同，让我们听听你的分析。

5．警方要求更多时间去调查谁该为这起交通事故负责。