Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works(作品) of art made at different times from 1, 500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world's population is left-handed.
Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain (大脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists than among people in other jobs.
No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(损害) when they are born. However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason (原因) why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene (基因) for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-or left-handed according to the chance (偶然性) and the people they work or live with.
Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.
【小题1】 After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found      .
A. the art began from 1, 500 B. C.
B. the works of art ended in the 1950s
C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed
D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed
【小题2】 How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A．Less than one sixth.

B．More than a half.

C．About 40%.

D．The passage doesn't tell us.

【小题3】 What is the left hand for most people used to do?

A．It's used to find or hold things.

B．It's used to work with things.

C．It's used to make a person's eyes work together.

D．It's the centre for thinking and doing problems.

【小题4】  According to (根据) the  passage, which of  the following is NOT true?

A．No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B．Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

C．Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D．Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

【小题5】The best title(标题) for this passage is      .

A．Scientists' New Inventions

B．Left-handed People

C．Which Hand

D．Different Brains, Different Hands.

Most people around the world are right-handed. This also seems to be true in history. In 1799, scientists studied works(作品) of art made at different times from 1, 500 B. C. to the 1950s. Most of the people shown in these works are right-handed, so the scientists guessed that right-handedness has always been common through history. Today, only about 10% to 15% of the world's population is left-handed.

Why are there more right-handed people than left-handed ones? Scientists now know that a person's two hands each have their own jobs. For most people, the left hand is used to find things or hold things. The right hand is used to work with things. This is because of the different work of the two sides of the brain (大脑). The right side of the brain, which makes a person's hands and eyes work together, controls(控制) the left hand. The left-side of the brain, which controls the right hand, is the centre for thinking and doing problems. These findings show that more artists should be left-handed, and studies have found that left-handedness is twice as common among artists than among people in other jobs.

No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed instead of left-handed. Scientists have found that almost 40% of the people become left-handed because their main brain is damaged(损害) when they are born. However, this doesn't happen to everyone, so scientists guess there must be another reason (原因) why people become left-handed. One idea is that people usually get right-handed from their parents. If a person does not receive the gene (基因) for right-handedness, he/she may become either right-or left-handed according to the chance (偶然性) and the people they work or live with.

Though right-handedness is more common than left-handedness, people no longer think left-handed people are strange or unusual. A long time ago, left-handed children were made to use their right hands like other children, but today they don't have to.

1. After studying works of art made at different times in history, the scientists found       .

A. the art began from 1, 500 B. C.

B. the works of art ended in the 1950s

C. most people shown in the works of art are right-handed

D. most people shown in the works of art are left-handed

2. How many people in the world are left-handed now?

A. Less than one sixth.

B. More than a half.

C. About 40%.

D. The passage doesn't tell us.

3. What is the left hand for most people used to do?

A. It's used to find or hold things.

B. It's used to work with things.

C. It's used to make a person's eyes work together.

D. It's the centre for thinking and doing problems.

4.  According to (根据) the  passage, which of  the following is NOT true?

A. No one really knows what makes a person become right-handed.

B. Left-handedness is cleverer than right-handedness.

C. Today children are not made to use their right hands only.

D. Scientists think there must be some reason why people become left-handed.

5.The best title(标题) for this passage is       .

A. Scientists' New Inventions

B. Left-handed People

C. Which Hand

D. Different Brains, Different Hands.

 

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In America, on school and work days, breakfast in most homes is often a hurried meal. Some people even don’t have it in order to  1  work or school on time. Others just stop at coffee shops for coffee. But on weekends,   2  are quite different. People usually get up late, so they have enough time to have a large breakfast.

Lunch is just a   3  break from the day’s work rather than a large, long meal. It usually lasts  4 half an hour or an hour, so family members do not have time to   5  home. Most people have a sandwich or a hamburger, and fruit or ice-cream for lunch.   6  people either take their lunches to work in the brown paper “lunch bag”,   7  eat a sandwich at a fast food restaurant. Children   8 to bring the “lunch box”.

Dinner is the most   9  meal of the day in the USA. At this meal, most American families can sit down together. It is usually a hot, large meal and it is quite different from lunch.   10  usually cooked dinner for their families in the past. Nowadays, however, with more women working and as a result, men are doing more in the kitchen.

1.	A．reach to B．get to C．goes to D．reaches to

 

2.	A．things B．prices C．reports D．life

 

3.	A．long B．boring C．short D．happy

 

4.	A．almost B．nearly C．only D．less than

 

5.	A．drive B．leave C．return D．walk

 

6.	A．Famous B．Clever C．Working D．Poor

 

7.	A．or B．but C．and D．nor

 

8.	A．forget B．decide C．prefer D．have

 

9.	A．important B．common C．serious D．hurried

 

10.	A．Men B．Women C．Children D．Cooks

 

Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.

	Chunjie, Spring Festival, China’s lunar new year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. People usually get together, watch fireworks and the lion dance, eat dumplings and put on new clothes. They pay New Year calls to their relatives and friends. Children usually get red packets.
	Yuanxiao, Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings.		Qixi, the Night of Sevens is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s Chinese version(版本)of Valentine’s Day(情人节).
	Qingming, Tomb-Sweeping Festival is around April 5.People from home and abroad go to the graves(墓)of the dead in memory of(纪念)them.		Zhongqiu, Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy moon cakes and tell the story of  Chang’e.
	Duanwu, Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and remember the poet Qu Yuan.		Chongyang, Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect(尊敬)to the old.

 
【小题1】Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.

A．on 15th of August	B．on 7th of July
C．on 15th of January	D．on 5th of May

【小题2】What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?

A．Dumplings.	B．Moon cakes.
C．Rice dumplings.	D．Sweet dumplings.

【小题3】Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.

A．Lantern Festival	B．the Night of Sevens
C．Spring Festival	D．Tomb-Sweeping Festival

【小题4】At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.

A．Qu Yuan

B．the elderly

C．Chang’e

D．the dead

【小题5】At Double Ninth Festival, what do people usually do?

A．They watch lanterns.	B．They pay respect to old people.
C．They visit their relatives.	D．They get together to tell stories.

Traditional Chinese festivals are now getting their own logos(标识).Here’re logos for China’s seven important traditional festivals.

	Chunjie, Spring Festival, China’s lunar new year, is the most important of the traditional Chinese holidays. People usually get together, watch fireworks and the lion dance, eat dumplings and put on new clothes. They pay New Year calls to their relatives and friends. Children usually get red packets.
	Yuanxiao, Lantern Festival is on the 15th day of the first month in the Chinese calendar. People watch lanterns and eat sweet dumplings.		Qixi, the Night of Sevens is on the seventh day of the seventh month in the Chinese calendar. It’s Chinese version(版本)of Valentine’s Day(情人节).
	Qingming, Tomb-Sweeping Festival is around April 5.People from home and abroad go to the graves(墓)of the dead in memory of(纪念)them.		Zhongqiu, Mid-Autumn Festival, is on the 15th day of the eighth month in the Chinese calendar. Families enjoy moon cakes and tell the story of  Chang’e.
	Duanwu, Dragon Boat Festival is on the fifth day of the fifth month in the Chinese calendar. People eat rice dumplings and remember the poet Qu Yuan.		Chongyang, Double Ninth Festival is on the ninth day of the ninth month in the Chinese calendar. It’s the date to pay respect(尊敬)to the old.

 
【小题1】Mid-Autumn Festival is ________ in the Chinese calendar.

A．on 15th of August	B．on 7th of July
C．on 15th of January	D．on 5th of May

【小题2】What do Chinese people eat at Dragon Boat Festival?

A．Dumplings.	B．Moon cakes.
C．Rice dumplings.	D．Sweet dumplings.

【小题3】Chinese version of Valentine’s Day is ________.

A．Lantern Festival	B．the Night of Sevens
C．Spring Festival	D．Tomb-Sweeping Festival

【小题4】At Tomb-Sweeping Festival, people go to the graves in memory of ________.

A．Qu Yuan

B．the elderly

C．Chang’e

D．the dead

【小题5】At Double Ninth Festival, what do people usually do?

A．They watch lanterns.	B．They pay respect to old people.
C．They visit their relatives.	D．They get together to tell stories.