选修6Module1SmallTalkⅠ.单项填空1．Itisbecauseofalong________fromschoolthatIamabitbehindtheotherclassmates.A．lackB．lossC．absenceD．failure2．Wecan’tunderstandthereasonwhy________wemeethim，hepretendsnottoseeus.A．atalltimesB．everytimeC．onceinawhileD．timeandagain3．Jennynearlymissedtheflight________doingtoomuchshopping.A．asaresultofB．ontopofC．infrontofD．inneedof4—．Isit________thatourteamwillwin?—Yes，thatisfor________.A．sure；certainB．certain；sureC．madesure；certainD．madecertain；sure5．Theteacherstressedagainthatthestudentsshouldnot________anyimportantdetailswhileretellingthestory.A．bringoutB．letoutC．leaveoutD．makeout6．Heisquite________oftherisk，buthehasnochoicebuttogoahead.A．sureB．ashamedC．fondD．aware7．Healthproblemsarecloselyconnectedwithbadeatinghabitsanda________ofexercise.A．limitB．lackC．needD．demand8．(·江苏盐城中学一测)Undernocircumstances，Iwaswarned，________togivethepasswordtosomeoneelse.A．couldIB．IcouldC．IwasD．wasI9．Davidapologisedfor________toinformmeofthechangeintheplan.A．hisbeingnotableB．himnottobeableC．hisnotbeingableD．himtobenotable10．________hisreturnfromAmerica，hegotdowntohisresearch.A．WhileB．InC．AsD．On11．Pleasedtomeetaftersuchalongseparation，weheldeachother’shand，________whattosay.A．didn’tknowB．notknowingC．nothavingknownD．notknew12．MrGreenwasso________abouttomorrow’sjobinterviewthathecouldn’tsleep，walkingupanddownintheroom.A．crazyB．particularC．nervousD．curious13—．Wouldyouliketogoshoppingwithme?—Oh，sorry.I’mtired；________，it’sraining.A．exceptB．besideC．inadditionD．butfor14．Ifyouareshakinghandswithahighrankingofficerorleader，you’dbetter________yourhandafterhedoes.A．holdupB．holdbackC．holdonD．holdout15—．Shallwegototheartexhibitionrightaway?—________.A．It’syouropinionB．Idon’tmindC．It’salluptoyouD．That’syourdecisionⅡ.阅读理解(·广东惠州第三次调研)Anewstudysuggeststhatthemoreteenagerswatchtelevision，themorelikelytheyaretodevelopdepression(抑郁)asyoungadults.ButtheextenttowhichTVmaybetoblameisaquestionthatthestudyleavesunanswered.Theresearchersusedanationallongtermsurveyofadolescenthealthtoinvestigatetherelationshipbetweenmediauseanddepression.Theybasedtheirfindingsonmorethan4,000adolescentswhowerenotdepressedwhenthesurveybeganin1995.Aspartofthesurvey，theyoungpeoplewereaskedhowmanyhoursoftelevisionorvideostheywatcheddaily.Theywerealsoaskedhowoftentheyplayedcomputergamesandlistenedtotheradio.Mediausetotaledanaverageof5andonehalfhoursaday.Morethan2hoursofthatwasspentwatchingTV.7yearslater，in，morethan7percentoftheyoungpeoplehadsignsofdepression.Theaverageageatthattimewas21.BrianPrimackattheUniversityofPittsburghmedicalschoolwastheleadauthorofthenewstudy.Hesayseveryextrahouroftelevisionmeantan8percentincreaseinthechancesofdevelopingsignsofdepression.Theresearcherssaytheydidnotfindanysuchrelationshipwiththeuseofothermediasuchasmovies，videogamesorradio.Butthestudydidfindthatyoungmenweremorelikelythanyoungwomentodevelopdepressiongiventhesameamountofmediause.DoctorPrimacksaysthestudydidnotexplorewhywatchingTVcausesdepression.Butonepossibility，hesays，isthatitmaytaketimeawayfromactivitiesthatcouldhelppreventdepression，likesportsandsocializing.Itmightalsointerferewithsleep，hesays，andthatcouldhaveaninfluence.ThestudywasjustpublishedintheArchivesofGeneralPsychiatry.In...
