SYDNEY (AFP) — Thousands of people sat down to breakfast on the Sydney Harbor Bridge on Sunday after the bridge was closed to traffic and carpeted with grass for the first time for a giant picnic.

About 6,000 early riser were on the steel bridge from 6:30 am to take part in the two-hour event designed to show Sydney’s best food and outdoor lifestyle.

As music performers provided the background music, those who had won tickets to the picnic in a random lottery (随机抽奖) began to feast on fruit, pastries, muesli, yoghurt ...

“It’s amazing to see the bridge in this perspective (角度),” said Don Fuchs who lives near the bridge, which is used by about 100,000 cars daily.

“Usually you sit in the car, you cross it, and that’s it.”

“It was beautiful,” said Linda Curnow who attended the picnic with her family. “The grass was so thick that it was like being in your backyard.”

New South Wales state Premier Nathan said the event was set to become a mark of an annual Sydney’s month-long October food festival.

    About 45,000 people applied for tickets to the breakfast for which people brought their own food but were able to taste samples from some of the state’s best producers.

    Organizers used about 40 percent of the grass on Sydney parks. The bridge reopened at about 1:00 pm.

What made Linda Curnow feel as if she were in her own backyard?

  A. There being no cars passing by.

  B. So much food offered by Australian producers.

  C. So many people dining at the same time.

  D. The thick grass covering the bridge.

Why was the event planned?

  A. To mark the Sydney food festival.       B. To attract more tourists to Sydney.

  C. To promote the Australian life.     D. To display the world’s best food.

We learn from the passage that _____.

  A. the giant picnic is organized in a park in Sydney

  B. the grass from Sydney parks was moved to the bridge

  C. the Sydney Harbour Bridge was open to traffic all day

  D. those who had won tickets to the picnic didn’t eat breakfast

What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Welcome to Sydney 

B. October — Sydney’s art festival

C. Thousands eat breakfast on Sydney Harbour bridge

D. What is the feature of Sydney?

从A、B、C、D四个选项中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

1.vegan             A. yoghurt     B. energy     C. vegetarian     D. digest

2. chemical          A. chant       B. stomach    C. choice        D. perch

3.diet              A. achievement  B. variety     C. brief         D. believe

4.thunderstorm      A. within       B. southern     C. cloth        D. breathe

5.examine          A. explain      B. example     C. exercise      D. exit

Want to lose weight? Try eating. That’s one of the ways being developed by scientists experimenting with foods that trick the body into feeling full.
At he Institute of Food Research in Norwich, England, food expert Peter Wilde and his colleagues are developing foods that slow down the digestive system, which then sends a signal to the brain that stops appetite. “That fools you into thinking you’ve eaten far too much when you really haven’t,” said Wilde. From his studies on fat digestion, he said it should be possible to make foods, from bread to yoghurt, that make it easier to diet. While the research is still in its early stages, Wilde’s approach to controlling appetite is one that some doctors say could be a key to solving the problem of obesity.
“Being able to switch off appetite would be a big help for people having trouble losing weight,” said Steve Bloom, a professor of investigative medicine at London’s Imperial College, who is not connected to Wilde’s research. Bloom said that regulating appetite through foods is theoretically possible. But Bloom warned that controlling appetite may be very challenging. “The body has lots of things to prevent its regulatory systems from being tricked,” he said.
Wilde’s research makes use of the body’s ways of digesting fat. Fat normally gets broken down in the first part of the small intestines (肠道). When you eat a high-fat meal, however, the body can only digest the fat entirely further down in the intestines, which then causes the body to produce a kind of chemical to stop the appetite.
Wilde’s approach copies what happens with a high-fat meal. He coats fat droplets (滴) in foods with modified proteins from plants, so it takes longer for the chemical that breaks down fat to reach it. That means that the fat isn’t digested until it hits the far reaches of the intestines. At that point, intestinal cells send a signal telling the brain it’s full. Even though the body hasn’t had a high-fat meal, it stops the appetite as if it has. If the fat had been digested earlier in the intestines, no such signal would be sent.
51. According to Wilde’s research, what could people do if they want to lose weight?
A. Eat more bread and yoghurt.                    B. Trick the body by eating nothing.
C. Have foods with fat droplets coated.         D. Control their digestive system strictly.
52. The underlined word “obesity” in Para. 2 most probably means “________”.
A. being too fat                            B. eating too much food       
C. stopping appetite                D. being unhealthy
53. What can be inferred about Professor Bloom’s opinion towards Wilde’s approach?
A. It won’t work since the body’s regulatory systems will never be tricked.
B. It is sure to switch off the appetite of people with a weight problem.
C. It sounds terrible because regulating appetite through foods is not practical at all.
D. It’s no that easy to trick the body so more research should be done.
54. Which of the following is TRUE about Wilde’s approach?
A. A kind of chemical is added to make a high-fat meal less fatty.
B. Fat is digested earlier and the body sends a signal telling the brain it’s full.
C. Fat won’t get broken down in the first part of the small intestines.
D. The chemical that breaks down fat will not reach the fat.
55. The passage is written to ________.
A. give advice on how to stop eating high-fat meals
B. introduce a research on controlling appetite
C. discuss the argument between two professors
D. show different ways to trick the body

从A、B、C、D四个选项中找出其划线部分与所给单词的划线部分读音相同的选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

vegan             A. yoghurt     B. energy     C. vegetarian     D. digest

chemical          A. chant       B. stomach    C. choice        D. perch

diet              A. achievement  B. variety     C. brief         D. believe

thunderstorm      A. within       B. southern     C. cloth        D. breathe

examine          A. explain      B. example     C. exercise      D. exit

SYDNEY (AFP) — Thousands of people sat down to breakfast on the Sydney Harbor Bridge on Sunday after the bridge was closed to traffic and carpeted with grass for the first time for a giant picnic.

About 6,000 early riser were on the steel bridge from 6:30 am to take part in the two-hour event designed to show Sydney’s best food and outdoor lifestyle.

As music performers provided the background music, those who had won tickets to the picnic in a random lottery (随机抽奖) began to feast on fruit, pastries, muesli, yoghurt ...

“It’s amazing to see the bridge in this perspective (角度),” said Don Fuchs who lives near the bridge, which is used by about 100,000 cars daily.

“Usually you sit in the car, you cross it, and that’s it.”

“It was beautiful,” said Linda Curnow who attended the picnic with her family. “The grass was so thick that it was like being in your backyard.”

New South Wales state Premier Nathan said the event was set to become a mark of an annual Sydney’s month-long October food festival.

    About 45,000 people applied for tickets to the breakfast for which people brought their own food but were able to taste samples from some of the state’s best producers.

    Organizers used about 40 percent of the grass on Sydney parks. The bridge reopened at about 1:00 pm.

64. What made Linda Curnow feel as if she were in her own backyard?

  A. There being no cars passing by.

  B. So much food offered by Australian producers.

  C. So many people dining at the same time.

  D. The thick grass covering the bridge.

65. Why was the event planned?

  A. To mark the Sydney food festival.              B. To attract more tourists to Sydney.

  C. To promote the Australian life.                   D. To display the world’s best food.

66. We learn from the passage that _____.

  A. the giant picnic is organized in a park in Sydney

  B. the grass from Sydney parks was moved to the bridge

  C. the Sydney Harbour Bridge was open to traffic all day

  D. those who had won tickets to the picnic didn’t eat breakfast

67. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Welcome to Sydney 

B. October — Sydney’s art festival

C. Thousands eat breakfast on Sydney Harbour bridge

D. What is the feature of Sydney?