Question

A new study has found evidence of aggressive(富于攻擊性的)behaviors in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every day. Information for the study came from the mothers of 3, 000 5-year-olds.

Researchers asked the women to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a two-month period. The women were also asked to complete a checklist of their children’s behaviors.

The researchers found that 43 percent of the boys and girls drank at least one daily serving of soda, 4 percent of the youngsters had four or more servings of soda to drink every day.

Shakira Suglia is with Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health in New York City. She worked on the study with researchers from the University of Vermont and Harvard University School of Public Health. She says they found that children who drank the most soda were more than two times as likely as those who drank no soda to show signs of aggression.

“For the children who consumed four or more servings of soft drinks per day, we see an association between aggressive behaviors, attention problems and withdrawn behaviors. ”

The aggressive behaviors included destroying possessions belonging to others, taking part in fights and physically attacking people.

Doctor Suglia says it’s not clear why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems.

“We can’t prove that this is a direct cause and effect relationship, having said that, there are a lot of ingredients in soda, a lot of ingredients that have not been examined in relation to behaviors. ”

Earlier studies of young adults have found the highest sugar levels in those who carry weapons and show signs of negative social behaviors.

1.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?

A. The aim of the research.

B. The members of the research.

C. The method of the research.

D. The organizer of the research.

2.Which of the following is TRUE about the study?

A. Researchers had face-to-face talks with some children.

B. Mothers played an important part in the study.

C. Half of the children drank one daily serving of soda.

D. The result of the study is unknown.

3.What does the underlined word mean?

A. Bought. B. Drank. C. Fought. D. Studied.

4.What can we learn from Doctor Suglia?

A. The relation between aggressive behaviors and soft drinks is not clear.

B. Children who drink a lot of soda must have behavior problems.

C. There are a lot of ingredients examined in relation to behaviors.

D. Children shouldn’t drink soda.

Answer 1

1.C

2.B

3.B

4.A

【解析】

試題分析: 文章敘述了一項研究的結果。一項新的研究發現，經常喝軟飲料的兒童，容易出現攻擊性行為。研究人員發現，促使兒童出現攻擊性行為的主要原因是軟飲料中所含的咖啡因。

1.C 段落大意。根據第二段提到研究者讓媽媽們記錄她們的孩子在兩個月的時間內喝了多少瓶汽水。媽媽們也被要求按照列表完成對孩子們行為的記錄，故選C項。

2.B 推斷題。根據第二段提到研究者讓媽媽們記錄她們的孩子在兩個月的時間內喝了多少瓶汽水。媽媽們也被要求按照列表完成對孩子們行為的記錄，可知媽媽在這個研究中起重要的作用，故選B項。

3.B 詞意猜測。根據第三段提到For the children who consumed four or more servings of soft drinks per day, we see an association between aggressive behaviors, attention problems and withdrawn behaviors. 對于那些每天和四瓶或者更多汽水的孩子來說，我們看到了其與侵略性行為，注意力問題以及自閉行為的關聯

4.A 推斷題。根據倒數第三段提到Doctor Suglia says it’s not clear why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems Suglia博士說現在還不是很清楚為什么喝很多蘇打水的小孩子們會有行為問題，故選A項。

考點：科普類閱讀。