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课时达标作业(十二)
Section Ⅱ Reading and Thinking — Language Points
Ⅰ. 单词拼写
1. Enjoying the local cuisine (菜肴) is one of the delights of the holiday abroad.
2. Can you write down the recipe (菜谱) for this dish so that I can cook it at home?
3. Truly elegant (精美的) chopsticks might be made of gold and silver with Chinese characters.
4. Neil and Chris try to spend the minimum (最少的) amount of time on the garden.
5. He has a bad temper (脾气) and will not listen to anybody, so you'd better not stand in his path.
6. The more petrol and electricity we consume (消耗), the more carbon we are letting off.
7. At the age of five, little Mary showed exceptional (特别的) talent as a musician.
8. He believes that students should be encouraged to experiment with bold (大胆的) ideas.
9. To my surprise, his rooms were stuffed (塞满) with antiques and priceless treasures.
10. Although onions (洋葱) taste delicious, watering eyes come with the process when you cut them.
Ⅱ. 短语填空
slice off; prior to; consist of; as a result; refer to
1. Prior to the school meeting, the students made fully preparations for it.
2. All electronic computers consist of five units although they are of different kinds.
3. The chef sliced off some meat and cut it into small pieces.
4. People often use the phrase “like father,like son” to refer to family resemblance.
5. As a result, the discussion was put off until the following week.
Ⅲ. 阅读理解
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Scientists have found that eating dark chocolate appears to lower the risk of depression by fourfold. While 7.6 percent of the 13,000 people surveyed reported depressive symptoms, just 1.5 percent of the chocolate eaters did. The study also found that the people who consumed the most of any chocolate were also 57 percent less likely to report depressive symptoms.
The study is the first to examine the association with depression according to the type of chocolate consumed. The team assessed data from 13,626 adults from the US National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey.
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