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8：30 PM
Outlook
Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep you up date with all that’s new in the world of entertainment. Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic, from stage to screen. There will be reports of the stars of the moment, the stars of the future and the stars of the past. The director with his new film，he designer with the latest fashion and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Outlook . The program is introduced by Fran Levine.
9:00 PM
Discovery
When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year-old plays chess like a future grand master， they are considered as geniuses . Where does the quality of genius come from? Is it all in the genes (基因) or can any child be turned into a genius ? And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future，what should they do? In this 30-minute film, Barry Johnson , the professor at School of Medicine , New York University will help you discover the answer .
10:00 P
Science/Health
Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs? The answer is “yes”, according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins  and three other medical centers . After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure , they found that after 6 months , those devoted to weight loss—exercise and eating a low—salt , low-fat food—lost about 13 pounds and became fitter . Plus , 35% of them dropped into the “normal” category(范畴). This week, Dr . Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to what’s achieved with Hypertension drugs .
【小题1】The main purpose of writing these three texts is        .

A．to invite people to see films

B．to invite people to topic discussions

C．to attract more students to attend lectures

D．to attract more people to watch TV programs

【小题2】From Outlook , you can get a great deal of information about          .

A．story tellers

B．famous stars

C．film companies

D．music fans

【小题3】Who will be most probably interested in Discovery ?

A．Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine .

B．Children who are good at mathematics .

C．Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein .

D．Children who are interested in playing chess .

【小题4】In Science / Health; “Johns Hopkins” is             .

A．a famous university	B．a medical center
C．a well-known doctor	D．a drug company

【小题5】According to the third text , which of the following has almost the same effect as Hypertension drug ?

A．Exercise plus a healthy diet .	B．Loss of thirteen pounds in weight .
C．Six months of exercise without drugs .	D．Low-salt and low-fat food .

Many facts suggest that children are overweight and the situation is getting worse, according to the doctors. I feel there are a number of reasons for this.

Some people blame the fact that we are surrounded （包围） by shops selling unhealthy, fatty foods, such as fried chicken and ice cream, at low prices. This has turned out a whole generation of grown-ups who seldom cook a meal for themselves. If there were fewer of these restaurants, then probably children would buy less take-away food.

There is another argument that blames parents for allowing their children to become overweight. I agree with this, because good eating habits begin early in life, long before children start to visit fast food shops. If children are given fried chicken and chocolate rather than healthy food, or are always allowed to choose what they eat, they will go for sweet and salty foods every time, and this will carry on throughout their lives.

There is a third reason for this situation. Children these days take very little exercise. They do not walk to school. When they get home, they sit in front of the television or their computers and play computer games. Not only is this an unhealthy pastime（消遣）, it also gives them time to eat more unhealthy food．What they need is to go outside and play active games or sports.

The above are the main reasons for this problem, and therefore we have to encourage young people to be more active, as well as steering them away from fast food shops and bad eating habits.

1.According to the text, what kind of children may eat more unhealthy food?

A．Those who often take exercise.

B．Those who often watch television.

C．Those who often have meals at home.

D．Those who often walk to school.

2.The author thinks that children are becoming overweight because

A．their parents often cook meals for them

B．they are too busy to go out and play

C．they can' t choose what to eat

D．there are too many fast food shops around

3.The word "steering" underlined in the last sentence most probably means _______.

A．forcing

B．guiding

C．driving

D．moving

4.The main purpose of the text is to _________.

A．tell a story

B．provide facts

C．give advice

D．compare opinions

 

    The United States government wants to know what the public thinks about its findings on the safety of cloned animals．

    The Food and  Drug Administration says meat and milk from clones of adult animals are safe to eat．They called them “as safe to eat as the food we eat every day”．

    And when those clones reproduce sexually(有性繁殖)，the agency says，their offspring(后代) are safe to eat as well．

    The United States this year could become the first country to allow the sale of  foods from cloned animals．   

    First，however，the public will have ninety days to comment on three proposed

documents．On December 28th the F．D．A．released a long report，called a draft risk assessment，along with two policy documents．

The agency says it must receive comments by April second．The F．D．A． seemed ready to act several years ago，but an advisory committee called for more research．

    For now，the government will continue to ask producers to honor a request that

they not sell foods from cloned animals．

    Clones are still rare．They cost a lot and are difficult to produce．

    The F．D．A．says most food from cloning is expected to come not from clones themselves，but from their sexually reproduced offspring．It says clones are expected to be used mostly as breeding animals to spread good qualities．

Public opinion studies show most Americans do not like the idea of food from  cloned animals．But this research also shows the public knows little about cloning．

    Cloning differs from genetic engineering．A cell taken from a so-called donor animal is grown into an embryo(胚胎)in the laboratory．Next，the embryo is placed into the uterus(子宫)of a female animal．If the process is successful，the pregnancy reaches full term and a genetic copy of the donor animal is born．

1．From the passage，we can conclude________．

    A．cloned adult animals are safe to eat

    B．foods from cloned animals are popular in America

    C．cloned animals will be easy to produce

    D．most foods from cloning is expected to come from clones themselves

2．The main purpose of the text is to________．

    A．tell a story                        B．give a report

    C．give advice                       D．compare opinions

3．Who believe that foods from cloning are safe to eat?

A．Most Americans．                   B．An advisory committee．

C．Critics．                           D．The F．D．A．

4．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that________

    A．cloning has much in common with genetic

    B．not every cell taken from a donor animal can grow into a genetic copy

    C．the donor animal should be a female one

    D．cloned animals grow faster than normal ones