2013-2014年深圳市高中英语必修 6 Module4-6单元测试题

2013-2014年深圳市高中英语必修 6 Module4-6单元测试题
I 语言知识及应用
（共两节，满分45分）
第一节 完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1-15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
I've been taking a bus to school for years. Most passengers 1 to themselves and no one ever
talks to anyone else.
About a year ago, an elderly man got on the bus and said loudly to the 2 , "Good morning!" Most people looked up, confused and 3 .The bus driver just responded with a grunt(发哼声). The next day the man got on at the same stop and again he said 4 "Good morning!" to the driver. Another grunt. By the fifth day, the driver 5 accepted the elderly man and 6 him with a cheerful "Good morning!" The man announced "My name is Benny," and asked the driver, "What's yours?" The driver said his name was Ralph.
That was the first time any of us heard the driver's 7 and soon people began to talk to each other and say hello to Ralph and Benny. Soon Benny 8 his cheerful "Good morning!" to the whole bus. Within a few days, his "Good morning!" was 9 by a whole bunch of "Good mornings" and the entire bus seemed to be more 10 .
"If a leader is someone who makes something happen, Benny is our 11 in showing friendship," I thought.
A month ago, something 12 happened. Benny didn't get on the bus and we haven't seen him ever since. Everyone began to ask about Benny and lots of people said he might have died. No one knew what to do and the bus got awfully 13 again. So last week, I started to act like Benny and say, "Good morning!" to everyone and the whole bus 14 up again. I guessed I was the leader then. 15 , Benny could come back to see what he had started.
1. A. remain B. compare
C. take D. keep
2. A. passenger B. driver
C. woman D. others
3. A. encouraged B. annoyed
C. disappointed D. shocked
4. A. loudly B. slowly
C. politely D. quickly
5. A. normally B. suddenly
C. eventually D. gradually
6. A. greeted B. shared
C. provided D. celebrated
7. A. experience B. story
C. opinion D. name
8. A. described B. introduced
C. spread D. handed
9. A. returned B. covered
C. hidden D. driven
10. A. energetic B. crowded
C. friendly D. noisy
11. A. advisor B. director
C. partner D. leader
12. A. unexpected B. uncontrolled
C. unaccepted D. unchanged
13. A. unsteady B. uncomfortable
C. quiet D. inconvenient
14. A. sped B. cheered
C. woke D. caught
15. A. Obviously B. Hopefully
C. Importantly D. Fortunately
第二节 语法填空（共10小题；每小题1.5分，满分15分）
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的
词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空。
As a new manager of parks in a; small California mountain town, I often visit parks and playgrounds as part of my job responsibilities.
A month or so ago, on a cold autumn morning, I was walking through a park near my office 16 I noticed some trash beside 17 there was an old blanket. Then I picked the blanket up and carried it toward the trash bin. As I lifted the blanket to throw it away, it occurred to me that it was probably being used 18 a homeless person. I stopped, thought about it, and returned the blanket to 19 original place.
Over the next couple of weeks I 20 (find) the blanket always there. A couple of weeks ago I checked again. This time I found the blanket wrapped tightly around a figure 21 (lie) on the dirty ground and there were empty shoes nearby.
I ran over to the office, took a small bag and filled it 22 some items from my lunch, a bottle of water from the office fridge, and a few other 23 (health) snacks I found. I also emptied my wallet into 24 envelope. Then I tiptoed(踮着脚走) back to the park and 25 (silent) left the lunch-bag next to the empty shoes.
II 阅读
（共两节，满分50分）
第一节 阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。
A
Among the obvious consequences of deforestation, there is a severe loss of living space. Seventy percent of the earth's land animals and plants live in forests, so destroying them would make those creatures homeless. For centuries people have hunted animals for food and pleasure. The invention of guns makes it easier for humans to hunt than before. Some animals are killed by people and some even become extinct, which have led to some serious issues because the destruction of the food chain has upset the balance of the nature.
In Australia in the 1950s, the rabbit population was so large that they ate the land bare. The government attempted to reduce the rabbit population by introducing foxes, building wire fences and using poisons, but nothing worked. Finally, they intentionally infected rabbits in the most populated areas. The virus was transmitted from rabbit to rabbit by insects. Over the next three years, millions of rabbits died, agriculture regained and everybody was happy.
However, unfortunately, there was a sudden upset in the balance of nature. For lack of rabbits, foxes began eating poultry, rats and mice. A reduction in the number of mice caused a decline in the number of owls whose normal diet (mice) became less abundant. This phenomenon influenced the food chain.
There are many cases like this. If we continue to "repair" the Nature, we would be in serious trouble. Majestic animals like tigers are killed every year in India. The Royal Bengal tiger is the only type that exists in India and the number is dramatically reduced every year because of illegal hunting. The current number is approximately 2,000 while two hundred years ago the population was 23,000(or more).
Those who sell and buy animal products like ivory, skins, and tiger bones for medicine, leather bags and furs should be punished. They must stop this kind of trade. The earth is home to everyone on it.
26. Hunting animals can result in such a problem as ______.
A. the loss of living space
B. creatures becoming homeless
C. the upset in the balance of nature
D. no food chain existing
27. What can we learn from Paragraph 2 and Paragraph 3?
A. By using foxes, wire fences and poisons, the number of rabbits was reduced.
B. Poultry, rats and mice are foxes' main food while rabbits are not.
C. The decline in the number of owls resulted in the reduction of mice.
D. The number of rabbits was successfully controlled by infecting them with viruses.
28. Why does the number of Royal Bengal tiger drop each year?
A. Because the forests are destroyed.
B. Because they are hunted illegally.
C. Because they are lacking in food.
D. Because they are infected by viruses.
29. According to the author, how can we end the trade in animal products?
A. By blaming those who sell animal products.
B. By destroying those animal products.
C. By punishing people involved according to law.
D. By fining those who sell animal products only.
30. How does the writer express his opinion in the passage?
A. By giving examples.
B. By following time order.
C. By following space order.
D. By giving definitions.
B
Psychiatric(精神病的) patients who took part in a quit-smoking program while they were in the hospital for treatment of mental illness were more likely to quit smoking and less likely to be sent back to hospital again for mental illness, a new study shows.
The findings challenge a common belief among mental-health experts that smoking is a useful tool in treating some psychiatric patients. For example, cigarettes may be used as part of a reward system or doctors may sometimes smoke together with patients as a way of creating a connection, said Judith Prochaska, an associate professor at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Prochaska and her colleagues studied 224 patients at a smoke-free psychiatric hospital in California. All the patients smoked at least five cigarettes a day before being admitted to the hospital. The patients had a range of mental-health conditions, including depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia(精神分裂症). Some had tried committing suicide. All of the patients were offered nicotine patches or gum during their hospitalization.
The patients were divided into two groups. One group took part in a quit-smoking program while a controlled group received usual care. Patients in the controlled group were given a brochure about the danger of smoking, along with some information on how to quit.
The patients in the quit-smoking program completed a computer-assisted program with individualized feedback(意见反馈), receiving a print manual, meeting for 15 to 30 minutes with a counselor and being offered a 10-week supply of nicotine patches if they decided to quit smoking.
Eighteen months after leaving the hospital, 20 percent of those in the treatment group; quit smoking, compared with 7.7 percent of those in the controlled group 44 percent of patients in the treatment group and 56 percent of those in the controlled group were readmitted to the hospital.
The findings show that helping patients quit smoking did not harm their mental-health recovery and to some degree even improved it, Prochaska said.
31. Mental-health experts commonly believe that_______.
A. smoking is bad for some psychiatric patients' mental health
B. smoking can be used as a useful tool in treating some psychiatric patients
C. cigarettes can be used to make some psychiatric patients become normal
D. some psychiatric patients are more likely to get rid of smoking
32. What can we learn about the patients involved in Paragraph 3?
A. They can smoke freely in the psychiatric hospital in California.
B. They all suffered from depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia.
C. They were smokers before they were in the psychiatric hospital in California.
D. All of them have tried suicide before being admitted to the hospital.
33. The patients were divided into two groups in the study to_____.
A. make a comparison
B. draw an early conclusion
C. limit the number of patients
D. satisfy the patients needs
34. It can be inferred that nicotine patches can be used to______.
A. warn patients of the danger of smoking
B. cure patients of their mental illness
C. harm patients' mental-health recovery
D. help patients to quit smoking
35. This study may contribute to_______.
A. explaining why psychiatric patients are more likely to quit smoking
B. improving the psychiatric patients' mental-health recovery.
C. finding the key to treating 'mental illness in the hospital
D. understanding how to quit smoking completely
C
We've paid lots of attention to baseball poetry here; we took note when Britain gave the call to the Poet Laureate for soccer chants and when the UK Poet Laureate wrote a poem for David Beckham; we explored the poetry of golf (which caused a complaint from one reader offended because we weren't writing about his sport); and for the 2012 Olympic Games, we put together a collection of classic poems on themes of sports, athletics and competition... You certainly don't have to look far to discover that poets all across the world are writing about their sports, lots of sports. A few examples:
Basketball:
There was an anthology (选集) of basketball poems published in 1995 called Slam Dunk, and the Poetry Foundation has posted an excellent online sampler (集锦,荟萃) of poems that "showcase small-town MV Ps, one-on-one games, good-natured underdogs, and the poetic elegance of the swish."
Cricket:
In Australia, there's the Cricket Poetry Award, which invites poets to use a global sport and national pastime as the "vehicle" to unsettle preconceptions, generate new ideas and challenge our contemporary culture. The prize is$ 2,000 (possibly Australian dollars).
Tennis:
In 2010 the All-England Lawn Tennis Club appointed an official poet-in-residence for the Wimbledon Tennis Championship: Matt Harvey, who is well-known in Britain as a humorist and performance poet. What a pity that it doesn't seem to have become a tradition.
Football (i.e., Soccer):
The Football Poets Website, based in England, has been around since the turn of the millennium (千禧年)and its collection is near 15,000 poems.
What's your sport? Send us a poem, your own or a classic that captures what you love about the sport.
36. Why did one reader complain about writing poetry about golf?
A. Because he was not satisfied with the quality of it.
B. Because it was not written by the Poet Laureate.
C. Because his sport hasn't been written about.
D. Because his favorite sports player is David Beckham.
37. If you want to read basketball poems, you'd better choose______.
A. the Poetry Foundation
B. the Cricket Poetry Award
C. the All-England Lawn Tennis Club
D. the Football Poets Website
38. Which description of Matt Harvey is TRUE?
A. He is a well-known Australian performance poet and humorist.
B. He was an appointed poet for the Wimbledon Tennis Championship.
C. He is a member of the All-England Lawn Tennis Club.
D. It becomes a tradition for him to write poems about tennis.
39. What can we learn from the passage?
A. A poem was written for David Beckham by a UN poet.
B. Slam Dunk is the name of an anthology of cricket.
C. The prize given by the Cricket Poetry Award is 2,000 US dollars.
D. The Football Poets Website has spread beyond England.
40. What's the passage mainly about?
A. The introduction of different kinds of sports.
B. The poetry written by famous Poet Laureate.
C. Poets are writing about their sports all across the world.
D. Some well-known websites about different sports.
D
If you're already holding your fourth cup of coffee of the day, you'd better put it down. Because drinking more than four cups a day could raise your risk of dying young, researchers warn, especially if you're under 55. The findings come from a large-scale American lifestyle study of 43,727 individuals aged 20 to 87.
The US researchers suspect over-consumption of coffee may severely affect the body's metabolism, outweighing some of the known benefits. But the latest study conflicts with a number of others, which have linked moderate coffee consumption with longevity.
Around 2,500 deaths were recorded during the course of the 16-year study. Just under a third of these deaths were because of heart and artery (动脉) disease.
The risk of death from all causes rose by 56 percent for people younger than 55 who drank more than 28 cups of coffee a week, said a report in the journal Mayo Clinic proceedings.
Researcher Steven Blair, of the University of South Carolina, said, "Significantly the results did not prove any association between coffee consumption and all-cause deaths in older men and Women." But the researchers did not explain why coffee did not affect older people in the same way. Coffee contains thousands of different chemicals, which can have both good and bad effects on health.
Recent research .has shown that coffee is a major dietary source of antioxidant, and it may reduce inflammation(炎症) and promote brain fun_ction.
Co-author Dr Carl Lavie, from Ochsner Medical Center in New Orleans, said, "There continues to be considerable debates about the effects of caffeine."
Dr Euan Paul, executive director of the British Coffee Association, said the study's limitations may have misunderstood the findings. The use of a questionnaire can result in people struggling to remember how many cups of coffee they have consumed in the past week, he said.
Other factors such as smoking and poor fitness could partly explain the link with premature death.
41. What's mainly discussed in the passage?
A. Drinking four cups a day could lower the risk of dying young.
B. Experts claim drinking more than four cups of coffee a day puts you at risk of early death.
C. There is an association between drinking coffee and all-cause deaths in senior people.
D. Drinking coffee causes good and bad effects for the old.
42. Why is the latest studying conflict with some other studies?
A. Because other studies suggest consuming proper coffee can prolong people's life.
B. Because the latest study doesn't show any health benefit of drinking coffee.
C. Because they are not performed at the same period of time and on the same people.
D. Because the latest study only chooses the young people under 55 to study.
43. The underlined word "it" in Paragraph 6 refers to“_______”.
A. coffee B. a major source
C. a research D. a chemical
44. Dr Euan Paul's attitude towards the findings is that ______.
A. he agrees to them
B. he doesn't show his attitude
C. he objects to them completely
D. he doubts them
45. What can be learnt from the passage?
A. About 850 people recorded died from heart and artery disease.
B. The risk of death rose by a half for those who drink 28 cups of coffee a week.
C. Smoking and poor fitness don't have the link with premature death.
D. People over 55 are not affected by coffee in the same way as young people.
第二节 信息匹配（共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分）
阅读下面几封父母给孩子写的短信图片及短信内容。
A. B. C.
D. E. F.
根据下面几位母亲的简介将这几位母亲与她们所写的短信匹配起来。
46. Mrs Smith has a son of seven years old. The son is always completing his work in a very short time, but there are often too many mistakes in it. Therefore, Mrs Smith sets one example in her life to show her son that one needs time to do his or her job well.
47. Mrs Black has many children. But one day she punished one of her children, a naughty boy for his mistakes. Mrs Black felt upset and made a sandwich for her son. She also left him a card to show her tender love for her son.
48. Mrs Jackson is a stepmother. She has a son of her own and a stepson. One day, her own son saw her hug her stepson and felt very jealous (嫉妒). In order to comfort her own son, she had to write him a card filled with tender love.
49. Mrs White is a young mother, but she has to travel to another city to do business right away. Her son can only see his father at home when he returns home this weekend. What's more, it will be her son's birthday this Saturday. Therefore, she left a card to her son, expressing her love to her son; as well as her husband.
50. Mrs Spring has a daughter of three. Her daughter brings her a lot of happiness, especially when her daughter gets tired and lies in her arms. She finds her daughter most lovely when she sleeps in various postures.
III 写作
（共两节，满分40分）
第一节 基础写作（共1小题；满分15分）
【写作内容】
请根据以下信息，写一篇短文，介绍李白与杜甫诗歌的不同之处及其原因。
不同点：
(1)李白的诗歌多表达了对自由的渴望以及对个人价值的追求，他的诗歌积极向上，富有激情。
(2)杜甫的诗歌多反映社会现实，表现了忧国忧民的思想。
原因：李白生活在盛唐时期，国家强盛，人民生活富裕；杜甫生活在晚唐时期，国内战乱，人民处于痛苦之中。
*繁盛的prosperous 痛苦的miserable
【写作内容】
请根据以上内容写一篇英语短文，内容包括以上全部信息。
【写作要求】
只能使用五个句子表达全部内容。
第二节 读写任务（共1小题；满分25分）
阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
It has been said that one of the greatest fears people hold is speaking in front of a group of people. However, there is a kind of speaking that leads to greater fear. This is the fear of having a real
conversation.
Having a conversation is two or more people talking openly and honestly, listening deeply to each other and reaching a common understanding. The art of conversation is not about getting someone to agree with you. It is about seeking and finding a common understanding. The fast goal in conversation is to understand the thinking of the other person. The second goal is to express one's own thinking in a way that the other can understand. Conversation is a way of connecting.
Most of us are afraid of a real conversation. If we really listen to someone else, it may upset our world view, our' self-image or our view of life. We might find out that we are wrong. We might discover what they really feel about us. If we said what we really felt, the other person might be hurt or angry. They might take action .against us.
【写作内容】
1．以约30个词概括上文的主要内容。
2．以约120个词就“与人交流”这一话题发表自己的看法。内容包括：
(1)你以前害怕与人交流吗，为什么？
(2)你对与人交流的重要性有何认识？
(3)你今后的打算。
【写作要求】
1．作文中可以使用亲身经历或虚构的故事，也可以参照阅读材料的内容，但不得直接引用
原文中的句子。
2．作文中不能出现真实姓名和学校名称。
测试题参考答案
1-5 DBBAC 6-10 ADCAC 11-15 DACBB
16-25 (One possible version)
16. when 17. which 18. by 19. its
20. found 21. lying 22. with 23. healthy
24. an 25. silently
26-30 CDBCA 31-35 BCADB
36-40 CABDC 41-45 BAADD
46-50 EABFC
基础写作 (One possible version)
　Li Bai and Du Fu were both famous poets from the Tang Dynasty, but the characteristics of their poems are quite different. Li Bai’s poems mostly express his desire and chase for freedom and personal value and his poems are positive and full of passion. However, Du Fu’s poems mainly reflect the social realities and show his concern about society and the people. What causes the differences is that Li Bai lived in the prosperous Tang Dynasty when the nation was strong and people lived a rich life. However, Du Fu lived in the late Tang Dynasty when there were constant wars and people led a miserable life.
读写任务 (One possible version)
　Through a conversation, people can both listen to others’ views and express their own opinions. However, due to various reasons, most people are afraid of having a real conversation.
　I used to be afraid of having a conversation with others. I only focused my attention on the passive aspects of a conversation. For one thing, I didn’t want others to learn about my weaknesses through a conversation. For another, I was afraid that others might be angry with me if I pointed out their mistakes.
　After reading this text I have come to realize the importance of a real conversation. It is through having a real conversation that we can understand other people and make ourselves understood.
　Now I know that the advantages of having a conversation far outweigh the disadvantages of it. I shall be more positive and willing to express my ideas in the future.
测试题部分答案解析
完形填空
　　本文讲述公交车上的人一般互不来往，直到一位老人连续与司机五天问好后，这种情况才得以改变。后来老人不再出现，车上又恢复原状，后来在作者的尝试下重新活跃起来。
1. D。根据下文的内容可知，作者所乘坐的车上的人不互相交谈，由此推断这里是说大部分乘客都不互相来往，所以答案选D项。
2. B。根据下文司机的回应，老人与司机的对话以及该段driver的反复出现可知，答案应该选B项。
3. B。根据前面的confused“困惑的”并结合上下文语境可知，选项B符合题意。
4. A。根据该段的第一句... an elderly man got on the bus and said loudly to...中loudly的提示可知答案应该选A项。
5. C。根据上下文的内容可知，这个老人连续五天重复同样的问好，运用逻辑推断可知，这里要表达的意思是：司机终于回应了这位老人，所以答案选C项。
6. A。根据常识和上下文的语境可知，“Good morning” 属于问候的用语，所以选项A符合题意。
7. D。根据上文老人问司机的名字可知，人们第一次听到了司机的名字，所以答案选D项。
8. C。根据上文的内容可知，从此以后车上的乘客都互相问候 Good morning和进行交谈了，所以这里是说：Benny把Good morning传播出去，所以答案选C项。
9. A。根据上下文的内容可知，车上的人都对Benny的问候作出了回应，所以选项A符合题意。
10. C。根据下一段showing friendship的语义提示可知答案选C项。
11. D。根据上文的If a leader is someone...以及文章倒数第二句I guessed I was the leader then.中leader的同词复现可知答案选D项。
12. A。根据常识和语境可知，这里意思是说意想不到的事情发生了，所以选项A符合题意。
13. C。根据上下文的内容，特别是第一段的内容可知，这里要表达的意思是：那位老人不在，车上又成了原来互不来往的状态，也就是静静的，所以答案选C项。
14. B。根据上文内容“作者开始扮演老人Benny的角色”，所以公交车上的人重新高兴起来，故答案选B项。
15. B。根据上文的语境以及对这句子的理解可知，这里要表达的意思是：作者希望Benny能够回来看一看他当初所发起的问候所起的作用。
语法填空
　　作者在公园看到一条旧毛毯，准备把它扔进垃圾箱时，突然意识到这可能是无家可归者正在用的毯子。几周后作者发现了这名无家可归者，于是送了些吃的东西给他。
16. when。考查连词。此处的when表示“突然”，整个句子强调when后面的内容。
17. which。考查关系代词。此处关系代词which与介词beside一起引导定语从句，which指代前面的some trash。
18. by。考查介词。此处表示“正被一个无家可归的人使用”。
19. its。考查物主代词。此处its指代the blanket’s，作者把毛毯放回了它原来的位置。
20. found。考查时态。整个事情发生在过去，所以用一般过去时。
21. lying。考查非谓语。现在分词作后置定语，修饰名词figure。
22. with。考查介词。“fill ... with...” 意为“把……装满”。
23. healthy。考查词性转换。这里应该填形容词修饰名词snacks，表示“健康的”。
24. an。考查冠词。可数名词前需要加冠词，作者把钱包里的钱倒进一个信封里。
25. silently。考查词性转换。这里应该填副词修饰动词left，根据上文的tiptoed可知，作者是“静静地”把午餐袋放在了空鞋子旁边。
阅读理解
A
由于砍伐森林及非法狩猎导致孟加拉虎的数量越来越少，生态平衡遭到破坏。
26. C。细节理解题。根据第一段最后一句可知，对于动物的猎杀会打破食物链扰乱生态平衡。
27. D。细节理解题。根据第二段...they intentionally infected rabbits in the most populated areas, ...及Over the next three years millions of rabbits died ...可知通过让兔子感染病毒最终兔子的数量降了下来。
28. B。 推理判断题。根据倒数第二段... the number is dramatically reduced every year because of illegal hunting可推断出非法狩猎使得孟加拉虎的数量急剧减少。
29. C。推理判断题。根据最后一段Those who sell and buy animal products like ivory, skins, ... should be punished可推断出只有将那些参与的人绳之以法才可以停止这样的交易。
30. A。细节理解题。通读全文可知作者通过举了两个破坏生态平衡的例子来论证自己的观点。
B
本文介绍了参加戒烟项目的精神病患者更容易戒烟而且精神病复发的几率降低。
31. B。细节理解题。根据第二段The findings challenge a common belief among mental- health experts that smoking is a useful tool in treating some psychiatric patients.可知心理健康专家普遍认为香烟可以在治疗一些精神病人的过程中作为一个有用的工具。
32. C。细节理解题。根据All the patients smoked at least five cigarettes a day before being admitted to the hospital.可知所有的病人在入院前就至少每天抽五只烟，而第一句smoke-free的意思是无烟，禁止吸烟的意思，所以排除A选项。B选项说的太绝对，根据Some had tried committing suicide.排除 D选项。
33. A。推理判断题。根据第四段中一组参加戒烟计划，而另一组不参加，通过做比较最终得出结论。
34. D。 推理判断题。根据第五段...offered a 10-week supply of nicotine patches if they decided to quit smoking可推测出nicotine patches(尼古丁贴片)可以帮助病人戒烟。
35. B。推理判断题。根据文章最后一段The findings ...even improved it,...可知这个研究可以更好地让精神病患者康复。
C
本文主要介绍了越来越多的诗人开始写更多关于球类运动的诗集。
36. C。细节理解题。根据第一段we explored?the poetry of golf ...because we weren’t writing about his sport可推断出读者生气抱怨的原因是他喜欢的运动还没有被写成诗集。
37. A。细节理解题。根据Basketball这个小标题下的...the Poetry Foundation has posted an excellent online sampler of poems...可知这里展示了优秀的网络诗歌。
38. B。细节理解题。根据倒数第三段... the All-England Lawn Tennis Club appointed an official poet-in-residence for the Wimbledon Tennis Championship: Matt Harvey可知Matt Harvey被任命为官方常驻诗人，为温布尔登网球锦标赛写诗。
39. D。细节理解题。根据倒数第二段The?Football Poets Website, based in England, has been around...可知足球诗人网站现在已不仅局限于英国。
40. C。主旨大意题。本文主要介绍的是全世界越来越多的诗人开始写关于运动的诗歌。
D
　　本文主要介绍了美国研究人员发现每天饮四五杯咖啡可以增加55岁以下群体早逝的风险。
41. B。主旨大意题。通读全文可知本文主要介绍的是研究人员发现每天饮四五杯咖啡可以增加早逝的风险。
42. A。细节理解题。根据第二段... the latest study conflicts with a number of others, which have linked moderate coffee consumption with longevity可推断出来，以前的一些研究认为适量地饮用咖啡有助于长寿。
43. A。推理判断题。根据上文Recent research has shown that coffee is a major dietary source of antioxidant, ...可推断出it 指代的是上文中提到的coffee。
44. D。推理判断题。根据倒数第二段Dr Euan Paul,... said the study’s limitations may have misunderstood the findings可知研究的局限性可能会曲解调查结果。所以对结果持怀疑态 度。
45. D。细节理解题。根据第五段But the researchers did not explain why coffee did not affect older people in the same way可知咖啡对老年人的影响和年轻人是不一样的。