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Will it matter if you don't take your breakfast? A short time ago, a test w__1.___ given in the USA. People of different a__2.___, from 12 to 83, were asked to have a test. During the test, these people were given all kinds of breakfasts and s __3.__ they got no breakfast at all. Scientists wanted to see h___4.____well their bodies worked when they had had different kinds of breakfasts.

The results show that if a person e__5.___ a right breakfast, he or she will work better than if he or she has no breakfast. If a student has fruit, eggs, bread and milk  b__6.___going to school, he will learn more quickly a__7._listen more carefully in class.

The results a____8.____show that having no breakfast will not h___9.____you lose weight. This is because people become so h___10.____at noon that they eat too much for lunch. So they will gain weight instead of losing weight.

 

Answer 1

【答案】

1.was

2.ages

3.sometimes

4.how

5.eats

6.before

7.and

8.also

9.help

10.hungry

【解析】

试题分析：这篇短文重点介绍了吃不吃早饭对我们的影响，作者通过介绍一个实验，告诉我们不吃早饭不利于我们的工作学习，也无助于减肥。

1.联系前文时间状语不久以前,可知本句描述的是过去的动作,结合语境可知本句主语是被动语态,故助动词用is的过去式was.

2.联系下文from 12 to 83,可知此处指的是不同的年龄,结合语境及首字母可知填复数名词ages,年龄.

3.联系上下文,可知此处指的是有时根本没有早饭,结合首字母可知填副词sometimes,有时.

4.结合语境可知科学家们想知道他们的身体工作的怎么样,结合语境及首字母可知填how,怎样.

5.联系下文可知此处指的是正常的吃早饭.结合语境可知 本句描述的是客观性动作,故用一般现在时态,主语it是单数第三人称,故谓语动词用单数,结合首字母可知填eats,吃.

6.联系上下文,可知此处指的是在去学校前,结合首字母可知填介词before,在……之前。

7.联系上下文，可知learn和listen是并列动作，结合首字母可知填并列连词and，和，并且。

8.联系下文，可知此处指的是这个结果页表明……，结合首字母可知填副词also，也，同样。

9.联系下文，可知此处指的是不吃 早饭无助于你减肥，结合前文助动词will及首字母可知填原形动词help，帮助。

10.联系上文，可知此处指的是人们变得如此饿，结合首字母可知填形容词hungry饥饿的。

考点：短文中词汇短语的运用能力

点评：首字母一直是英语考试中的难点，得分率比较低。解答此类题型的方法一般就是根据文章前后句子之间意思推断出词义，并结合首字母推断出所缺单词，然后根据该单词在句子中的句子成分，所起作用，确定单词词形，进行适当词形变化。