You might notice something new in the next few years as you watch Disney programs: Starting in 2015, there won’t be any candy, sugary cereal or fast-food commercials aimed at kids.
The Walt Disney Company has become the first major media company to ban ads for junk food on its TV channels, radio stations and websites. It hopes this will stop kids from making poor food choices.
First Lady Michelle Obama called it a “game changer” that is sure to send a message to the rest of the children’s entertainment industry. “Just a few years ago, if you had told me or any other mom or dad in America that our kids wouldn’t see a single ad for junk food while they watched their favorite cartoons on a major TV network, we wouldn't have believed you,” said the First Lady, who heads a campaign to help stop child obesity.
The ban would apply to Disney-owned ABC stations as well as Radio Disney and Disney-owned websites aimed at families with young children. In addition, Disney plans to make changes to its kids’ menus at theme parks and resorts(度假勝地). Fast-food options will be replaced with healthier choices, such as smoothies(果汁), apples, vegetables and yogurt.
In addition to candy bars and fast-food meals, other foods that don’t meet Disney’s nutritional standards will be banned from the company’s kid-targeted media. Any cereal with 10 grams or more of sugar per serving will be off the air. There will be no ads for full meals of more than 600 calories. Juices with high levels of sugar and foods with too much salt will also be pulled.
Leslie Goodman, Disney’s senior vice-president of Corporate Citizenship, said a company that wants to advertise will need to show that it offers a range of healthy options.
Disney isn’t the only one pushing away unhealthy foods. Last week, New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg suggested a ban on drinks over 16 ounces sold in movie theaters, restaurants and convenience stores in the Big Apple. He says large, sugary drinks are partly to blame for obesity.
1.What will the Walt Disney Company do from 2015?
A. Produce more and better cartoons for young kids.
B. Stop broadcasting advertisements for junk food on TV.
C. Help kids develop healthy lifestyle in the program.
D. Provide healthier food for kids while they are watching programs.
2.What Michelle Obama said suggests that while watching cartoons _________.
A. kids didn’t believe what the commercials said
B. kids don’t enjoy eating candy, sugary cereal or junk food
C. kids would see a lot of fast-food commercials on TV
D. kids find pleasure in watching fast-food commercials
3.The underlined phrase “be off the air” in Paragraph 5 probably means “________”.
A. not be broadcastB. be in need
C. become popularD. be praised
4.According to Michael Bloomberg, to fight child obesity, kids should ____________.
A. watch fewer cartoonsB. drink less sugary drinks
C. not go to movie theatersD. take more physical exercise
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After the examination, the doctor told my parents my sight would get worse and that I would lose my sight finally. On the way home from hospital, no one said a word. One day, would I only imagine the scenery beyond the glass rather than see it?
That September, I entered middle school. Most nights I had homework that included an armful of books to read. To keep up with other children, I took great trouble to finish the task. With my nose a couple of inches from the page, I was tired easily. What’s worse, after I had read several pages on my own, the words slipped off the page into inky pools.
However, then I did not have audio books and electronic devices like kids do now. Instead, Mom volunteered to read out loud. Mom worked part-time, cleaned the house, cooked and spent time with Grandma. In spite of being so busy, she showed up in my room like clockwork. She put on her reading glasses. Mom always thought those glasses made her look old. To me, she looked like a teacher.
In my room, Mom’s voice competed with the ticking of the clock. Being forced to focus on listening, I found a way to keep my marks up and compete with the other kids. When the teacher asked a question, I raised my hand with confidence. Teachers praised me for having a good memory. Reading removed my fear for my failing sight, reading also made me curious about other people’s challenges and how they managed. Though I could not use my eyes to fix on each passage, my mind lit up with every new book.
True to what the doctor said, the worst came, but thanks to Mom, my sense of hearing now allows me to “see”. This was the most precious gift from a mother to her child.
1.Why did the author and his parents keep silent on their way back home from hospital?
A. They all wanted to have a good rest.
B. What the doctor said made them worried.
C. The author didn’t do well in the exam.
D. They focused on the scenery along the road
2.How did the author manage to get high marks?
A. By listening carefully. 
B. By being confident
C. By getting help from his classmates.
D.
By reading as many books as possible.
3.We can learn from the text that .
A. the author’s sight recovered finally
B. r
eading made the author more sensitive
C. the author’s mother didn’t work to look after him
D. reading made the author not worry about his sight
4.Which of the following could be the title of the text?
A. My eyesight trouble
B. An unforgettable experience
C. About Mother’s love
D. With ears wide open
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The prisoner had made up his mind to be a good man during the term of imprisonment and was finally released early because of good _______.
A. characterB. reputation
C. conduct D. dignity
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By the time I reach the age of sixty, I hope to be healthy enough to travel ___________ .
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–I hope to go to Beijing with you, if you please.
–If so, your holiday arrangement must ______ mine.
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At Denver there was an crowd of passengers into the coaches（車廂） on the eastbound B. & M. express. In one coach there sat a very pretty young woman dressed in elegant taste and surrounded by all the luxurious comforts of an experienced traveler. Among the newcomers were two young men, one of handsome presence with a bold, frank face expression and manner; the other a ruffled, glum-faced person, heavily built and roughly dressed. The two were handcuffed（拷上手銬） together.
As they passed down the aisle of the coach the only available seat offered was a reversed one facing the attractive young woman. Here the linked couple seated themselves. The young woman's glance fell upon them with a distant, swift disinterest; then with a lovely smile brightening her face and a tender pink tingeing（稍加染色，影響） her rounded cheeks, she held out a little gray-gloved hand. When she spoke her voice, full, sweet, and deliberate, proclaimed that its owner was accustomed to speak and be heard.
"Well, Mr. Easton, if you will make me speak first, I suppose I must. Don't you ever recognize old friends when you meet them in the West?"
The younger man aroused himself sharply at the sound of her voice, seemed to struggle with a slight embarrassment which he threw off instantly, and then clasped her fingers with his left hand.
"It's Miss Fairchild," he said, with a smile. "I'll ask you to excuse the other hand; "it's otherwise engaged just at present."
He slightly raised his right hand, bound at the wrist by the shining "bracelet" to the left one of his companion. The glad look in the girl's eyes slowly changed to a bewildered horror. The glow faded from her cheeks. Her lips parted in a vague（含糊，猶豫）, relaxing distress. Easton, with a little laugh, as if amused, was about to speak again when the other forestalled him. The glum-faced man had been watching the girl's face expression with veiled glances from his keen, shrewd eyes.
"You'll excuse me for speaking, miss, but, I see you're acquainted with（認(rèn)識，熟悉） the officer here. If you'll ask him to speak a word for me when we get to the pen（圍欄，監(jiān)獄） he'll do it, and it'll make things easier for me there. He's taking me to Leavenworth prison. It's seven years for cheating."
"Oh!" said the girl, with a deep breath and returning color. "So that is what you are doing out here? An officer!"
"My dear Miss Fairchild," said Easton, calmly, "I had to do something. Money has a way of taking wings with itself, and you know it takes money to keep step with our crowd in Washington. I saw this opening（通道） in the West, and___ well, an officer isn't quite as high a position as that of ambassador, but--"
"The ambassador," said the girl, warmly, "doesn't call any more. I needn't ever have done so. You ought to know that. And so now you are one of these brave Western heroes, and you ride and shoot and go into all kinds of dangers. That's different from the Washington life. You have been missed from the old crowd."
The girl's eyes, fascinated, went back, widening a little, to rest upon the glittering handcuffs.
"Don't you worry about them, miss," said the other man. "All officers handcuff themselves to their prisoners to keep them from getting away. Mr. Easton knows his business."
"Will we see you again soon in Washington?" asked the girl.
"Not soon, I think," said Easton. "My butterfly days are over, I fear."
"I love the West," said the girl irrelevantly. Her eyes were shining softly. She looked away out the car window. She began to speak truly and simply without the gloss of style and manner: "Mamma and I spent the summer in Denver. She went home a week ago because father was slightly ill. I could live and be happy in the West. I think the air here agrees with me. Money isn't everything. But people always misunderstand things and remain stupid--"
"Say, officer," shouted the glum-faced man. "This isn't quite fair. I'm needing a drink, and haven't had a smoke all day. Haven't you talked long enough? Take me in the smoker now, won't you? I'm half dead for a pipe."
The bound travelers rose to their feet, Easton with the same slow smile on his face.
"I can't deny a require for tobacco," he said, lightly. "It's the one friend of the unfortunate. Good-bye, Miss Fairchild. Duty calls, you know." He held out his hand for a farewell.
"It's too bad you are not going East," she said, reclothing herself with manner and style. "But you must go on to Leavenworth, I suppose?"
"Yes," said Easton, "I must go on to Leavenworth."
The two men sidled down the aisle into the smoker.
The two passengers in a seat near by had heard most of the conversation. Said one of them: "That officer is a good sort of man. Some of these Western fellows are all right."
"Pretty young to hold an office like that, isn't he?" asked the other.
"Young!" exclaimed the first speaker, "why--Oh! Didn't you catch on? Say--did you ever know an officer to handcuff a prisoner to his right hand?"
1.From the first three paragraphs, we know that_________
A. the two young were seated opposite to the young woman by accident.
B. it was not difficult for the woman to find the men were handcuffed
C. the young woman found she knew one of the men at the first sight of them.
D. the young woman may not be good at communicate
2. What would be the possible sentence following the underlined “and –-“
A. and it is not easy to make such a fortune
B. and I do the cheating things to collect money
C. and I tried my best to be a good officer
D. and the West is bond to be wealthy
3.When Easton uttered the underlined sentence "My butterfly days are over, I fear", his real meaning was that__________
A. he would have to focus on his work
B. he would be put in prison
C. his chance of being with butterfly is small
D. his workload as an officer was heavy
4. Why did the glum-faced man urge Easton to the smoker?
A. Because he needed a drink and tobacco badly.
B. Because he was angry that Miss Fairchild did not say any good words for him
C. Because he was bored and tired with Miss Fairchild and Easton’s talk.
D. Because he was afraid Miss Fairchild would find the truth.
5.Which of the following can NOT be inferred from the passage?
A. Miss Fairchild was an ambassador
B. Easton was an officer with his prisoner
C. the glum-faced was considerate and careful
D. Easton had been trying to make a big fortune in the West
6. What was the best title of the passage?
A. Miss Fairchild’s Trip B. Hearts and Hands
C. The Story of a Handcuff D. The Meeting of Two Friends
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