MiddleSchoolstudents______nottosmoke.

Asearlyasinthedevelopmentofagriculture,mendiscoveredhowtomakealcoholicdrinksfromgrapesandcorn.

Thefoodweeatseemstohaveprofoundeffectsonourhealth.Althoughsciencehasmadeenormousstepsinmakingfoodmorefittoeat,ithas,atthesametime,mademanyfoodsunfittoeat.Someresearchhasshownthatperhapseightypercentofcancerisrelatedtothedietaswell,especiallycancerthecolon.Differentculturesaremorepronetocontractcertainillnessesbecauseofthefoodthatischaracteristicinthesecultures.Thatfoodrelatedtollnessisnotanewdiscovery.In1945,governmentresearchersrealizedthatitratesandnitrites,commonlyusedtopreservecolorinmeats,andotherfooddditives,causedcancer.Yet,thesecarcinogenicadditivesremaininourfood,nditbecomesmoredifficultallthetimetoknowwhichthingsonthepackginglabelsofprocessedfoodarehelpfulorharmful.Theadditiveswhichweeatarenotallsodirect.Farmersoftengivepenicillintobeefandpoultry,andbecauseofthis,penicillinhasbeenfoundinthemilkoftreatedcows.Sometimessimilardrugsareadministeredtoanimalsnotformedicinalpurposes,butforfinancialreasons.Thefarmersaresimplytryingtofattentheanimalsinordertoobtainahigherpriceonthemarket.AlthoughtheFoodandDrugAdministration(FDA)hastriedrepeatedlytocontroltheseprocedures,thepracticescontinue.

48.Whatisthemaintopicofthepassage?

A.Foodandourhealth

BFoodandadditives

C.Foodandcancer

DFoodandculture

49AllofthefollowingstatementsaretrueEXCEPT_______.

AFortypercentofcanceriscausedbyproblemsrelatedtofood.

BResearchershaveknownaboutthepotentialdangeroffoodadditivesformanyyears

C.Weeatsomeofthefoodadditivesdirectlyandsomeindirectly

DDrugsarealwaysgiventoanimalsformedicinalpurposes

50.Whydofarmersgivedrugstotheiranimals?

A.tospeedupthegrowthofanimals

BTomaketheanimalsfatter

Ctomaketheanimals’meatfittoeat

DTomaketheanimals’meatrichinnutrients

51.Itcanbeinferredfromthepassagethat_________.

Ascientisthavemadeallthefoodfittoeat

Bonlyinrecentyearshavepeoplefoundthatthefoodisrelatedtoone’sillness

Callkindsofcancerarerelatedtothediet

Dsomeadditivesareharmfultoourhealth

52.Theword“this”inthesecondsentenceofparagraph2mostprobablyrefersto__________.

Afarmer

Bpenicillin

Cbeefandpoultry

Dthefactthatfarmersoftengivepenicillintoabeef

Learningtocopewithahealthproblemcancontributetoabetterlife.

Directions:Inthispart,therearefouritemswhichyoushouldtranslateintoChinese,eachitemconsistingofonesentence.ThesesentencesarealltakenfromthereadingpassagesyouhavejustreadinPartIIIoftheTestPaper.Youareallowedminutestodothetranslation.Youcanreferbacktothepassagessoastoidentifytheirmeaninginthecontext.WriteyourtranslationontheTranslationSheetinTestPaperTwo.

T1.(Line2-3,Paragraph1,Passage1)

Thiswasbecausebacteriaenteredthecutsinthepatientsbodied’andstartedinfection.

T2.(Line2,Paragraph2,Passage2)

ManywererejectedbyU.S.medicalschoolssimplybecausetherewasnoroom.

T3:.(Line3-4,Paragraph1,Passage3):

Accusedofneglectingthispartofoureducation,myfatherinstitutedasummerschoolformybrotherandme.

T4:.(Line4-5,Paragraph1,Passage4)

Differentculturesaremorepronetocontractcertainillnessesbecauseofthefoodthatischaracteristicinthesecultures.