_______of the result, I felt a great weight_______ off my mind.

      A. Hearing, taking                                                       B. Having heard, taken   

C. Heard, take                                                             D. To hear, taken

__________ of them ___________ going to hear John Denver.

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A. Both…are B. All…are

C. None…is D. all the above

Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular, there was (and perhaps still is) a belief in fairies(仙女). Not all of these   21   are the friendly, people-loving characters that appear in Disney films, and in some folktales they are   22   and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the Changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows   23   and pale and has changed so much that it is almost   24   to the parents. It was then   25   that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and   26   the human baby with a fairy Changeling. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended   27  . However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been   28  . In those cases there was often a way to get the   29   baby back. You could   30  the Changeling on the fire--then it would rise up the chimney, and you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby.

21. A. babies              B. believers               C. fairies                     D. supermen

22. A. powerful          B. cruel                  C. frightened                D. extraordinary

23. A. sick                 B. slim                   C. short                       D. small

24. A. uncomfortable  B. unbelievable        C. unacceptable        D. unrecognizable

25. A. feared              B. predicted               C. heard                          D. reported

26. A. covered          B. changed             C. replaced               D. terrified

27. A. cases            B. tools                 C. steps                     D. methods

28. A. missed           B. stolen             C. found                D. lost

29. A.1ittle             B. pale                C. sad                    D. real

30. A. seize             B. burn               C. place             D. hold

    You hear this，“No wonder you are fat．All you ever d0 is eat．”You feel sad．“I skip my breakfast and supper．I run every morning and evening．What else can I do?”

    Basically you can do nothing．Your genes，not your life habits，determine your weight and your body constantly tries to maintain it．

    Albert Stunkard of the University of Pennsylvania found from experiments that“80 percent of the children of two fat parents become fat，as compared with no more than 14．percent of the children of two parents of normal weight．”   

    How can obese people become thinner through dieting? Well，dieting can be effective．but the health costs are great．

    Jules Hirsch，a research physician at Rockefeller University，did a study of eight fat people．They were．given a liquid formula（配方）providing 600 calories a day．After more than 10 weeks，the subjects lost on average 45 kg．But after leaving the hospital，they all regained the weight．

    The results were surprising：by metabolic（新陳代謝的）measurement，fat people who lost large amounts of weight seemed like they were starving．They had psychiatric problems．They dreamed of food or of breaking their diet They were anxious and depressed．Some wanted to kill themselves．They hid food in their rooms．

    Researchers warn that it is possible that weight reduction doesn’t result in normal weight，but in an abnormal state lust like that of starved non．obese people．   

    Thin people, however，suffer from the opposite．They have to make a great effort to gain weight  Ethan Sims of the University of Vermont got prisoners to volunteer to gain weight．In four to six months—they ate as much as they could．They succeeded in increasing their weight by 20 to 25 percent. But months after the study ended，they were back to normal weight and stayed there．

    This did not mean that people are completely without hope in controlling their weight．It means that those who tend to be fat will have to constantly battle their genetic inheritance（遺傳）if they want to significantly 1ower their weight．

    The findings also provide evidence for something scientists thought was true—each person has a comfortable weight range．The range might be as much as 9kg．Someone might weigh 60--69kg without too much effort．But，going above or below the natural weight range is difficult.The body resists by feeling hungry or full and changing．the metabolism to push the weight back to the range it seeks．

The story is mainly written to       。

    A．point out the relations between our body and mind

    B．warn us it’s extremely harmful to reduce or gain our weight

    C．tell us that it’s difficult to make a significant change in our weight

D．stress that dieting 1s a recommended way to help you reach your desired weight   

Jules Hirsch’s study’found that         ．

     A．big weight loss could lead to mental problems

     B．a(chǎn) person’s weight can be decided by their parents’ weight

     C．only dieting cannot produce a desired result in weight reduction

     D．big efforts to lose weight may result in a weight much heavier than one’s normal weight

From the text，we know that the body can still feel comfortable

     A．when the weight goes up or down by 6 kg

     B．when the weight goes up or down by l0 kg

     C．when the weight is increased by 20 to 25 percent

     D．when the weight is decreased by 20 to 25 percent

What can be inferred from the passage?

     A．When it comes to weight，naturalness is the healthiest

     B．Weight reduction could be both risky and painful．

     C．Seek professional advice when reducing your weight．

     D．There’s no hope and no point in controlling your weight．

Tales of the supernatural are common in all parts of Britain. In particular there was（and perhaps still is）a belief in fairies. Not all of these fairies are the friendly, people-loving sprites that appear in Disney films. In some folktales they are cruel and cause much human suffering. This is true in the tales about the changeling. These tell the story of a mother whose baby grows sick and pale and is changed so much that it is almost unrecognizable to the parents. It was then feared that the fairies had come and stolen the baby away and replaced the human baby with a fairy changeling. This was most likely to happen between birth and the baby’s baptism. There were many ways to prevent this from happening: hanging a knife over the baby’s head while he slept or covering him with some of his father’s clothes were just two of the recommended（推薦）methods. However, hope was not lost even if the baby had been stolen .In those cases there was often a way to get the real baby back. You could place the changeling on the fire—then it would rise up the chimney, you would hear the sound of fairies’ laughter and soon after you would find your own child safe and sound nearby. Or, if you were more cautious（謹(jǐn)慎）,perhaps there was a magic well in the neighbourhood where you could leave the changeling overnight, and in the morning you would return to find your own baby there without a scratch（劃痕）on him.

1. Another word in the passage which is closest in meaning to the underlined word sprites is ______.

A. changeling               B. baptism                    C. folktales                   D. fairies

2.The writer described ______ways to prevent babies from being stolen and ______ways to save a stolen baby.

A. Many; two               B. Two; two                  C. Two; three                D. Two; four

3.Which is not stated but can be inferred from this passage?

A. Some sick babies might have been killed with the recommended methods.

B. There are bad fairies as well as good fairies.

C. Lots of stolen babies were saved with the recommended methods.

D. Fairies would laugh if they found a changeling rise up the chimney.