Question

A new study has found evidence of aggressive(富于攻击性的)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or more servings of soft drinks per day, we see an association between aggressive behaviors, attention problems and withdrawn behaviors.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】

试题分析: 文章叙述了一项研究的结果。一项新的研究发现，经常喝软饮料的儿童，容易出现攻击性行为。研究人员发现，促使儿童出现攻击性行为的主要原因是软饮料中所含的咖啡因。

1.C 段落大意。根据第二段提到研究者让妈妈们记录她们的孩子在两个月的时间内喝了多少瓶汽水。妈妈们也被要求按照列表完成对孩子们行为的记录，故选C项。

2.B 推断题。根据第二段提到研究者让妈妈们记录她们的孩子在两个月的时间内喝了多少瓶汽水。妈妈们也被要求按照列表完成对孩子们行为的记录，可知妈妈在这个研究中起重要的作用，故选B项。

3.B 词意猜测。根据第三段提到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. 对于那些每天和四瓶或者更多汽水的孩子来说，我们看到了其与侵略性行为，注意力问题以及自闭行为的关联

4.A 推断题。根据倒数第三段提到Doctor Suglia says it’s not clear why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems Suglia博士说现在还不是很清楚为什么喝很多苏打水的小孩子们会有行为问题，故选A项。

考点：科普类阅读。