Do you know when and where ice cream got its start? It's an international favorite with a long and interesting history

The earliest ices were eaten in China many years ago. The people would put orange juice on ice .Later, this idea traveled to Italy. Nero, the emperor of Rome between 37 and 68 A.D, liked to eat ices as a special treat between violin lessons. He ordered runners to run to the mountains, get snow and quickly run back to the palace; The snow was mixed with fruit juices and nuts.

Around 1660,Coffee shops serving ice cream were very popular in Paris. Most of the coffee shops were owned by Italians. The first successful one was opened by a man from Sicily named Francesco Procopio.

Ice cream was probably brought to America in the early 1700's, and quickly became the favorite of American presidents. George Washington had ice cream pots and machines in his kitchen. Dolly Madison the wife of President Madison, was the first person to actually serve it in the White House. She made her guests very  happy when she served her favorite dessert.

Before ice cream was sold in stores, it was made and frozen at home. it took a lot of work to mix cream，eggs，fruit，and salt, and then to freeze it. Nancy Johnson, an American woman who was good with machines, invented the hand-turned ice cream freezer in 1846. Five years later, Jacob Fluse opened the first ice cream business, in Baltimore, Maryland His business quickly spread to other states. Today in the United States,  ice cream is not only a food , it is away of life.

1.What's the passage about? (No more than 10 words)

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2.From which country did ice cream begin to travel in the world? (No more than l word)

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3.What does the underlined word "it" refer to in paragraph 4? (No more than 3 words)

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4.Who was the first person to serve the ice cream in White House'? (No more than 5 words)

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5.According to the passage ,what made ice cream so popular in the USA? Please list two reasons．

You may know all about vitamin C, but do you know why vitamin D is also important to your body? Experts from the Children's Hospital in Boston, US, have said that some teens don't get enough of this important nutrient (营养物).

Vitamin D is necessary to develop healthy bones. It is produced by the body with the help of sunlight. It can also be found in certain foods and drinks, such as liver (肝脏) and eggs. However, it is difficult to get enough vitamin D from food alone, which means enjoying the sunshine is very important.

The doctors who ran the study tested 307 adolescents (青少年) to discover how much vitamin D was in their blood. They found that 74 of the children tested-nearly 25 per cent-had vitamin D lack. Of those 74, 14 were severely short of the nutrient. The doctors also found that the amount of the vitamin found in a child's blood was affected by a number of factors(因素). Vitamin D levels drop in winter, probably because less time is spent outside in the sunlight. Diet was also a key factor as well.

Even skin color has an influence (影响), as people with darker skin find it more difficult to produce the vitamin. Vitamin D lack can lead to many health problems for both children and adults. It is also believed that low levels of it can cause depression (抑郁).

56. The best title for the text is __________.

A. Don't hide from the sunshine

B. Don't be short of vitamin C

C. Vitamin C is most important

D. Don't accept sunlight in the sun

57. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

A. Vitamin D is good for developing healthy bones.

B. Vitamin D is also from a certain food and drinks.

C. Vitamin D isn't important to keep healthy.

D. Vitamin D that comes from sunshine is important.

58. The doctors carried out experiments to __________.

A. compare adolescents' vitamin D and sunshine

B. check how much vitamin D adolescents' blood has

C. discover the amount of adolescents'blood

D. study adolescents' blood type and nutrient

59. The result of lacking vitamin D probably is __________.

A. to improve adolescents' diet B. to make adolescents' blood run quickly

C. to have a great effect on children's skin

D. to lead to many health problems or depression

根据对话情景和内容,从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项, 选项中有两个为多余选项，将答案写在答题纸上。

Tom：Do you have any plans for your future?

Bob: Er, 1

Tom: That’s great! I’d like very much to go to Shanghai. Maybe I’ll find a job there.

Bob: That’ not bad. 2

Tom: What? Are you kidding? It’s such a good chance to go abroad.

Bob: You know,  3  And if I go there, my mum will go there, too. I have to live with them.

Tom:  4  But so many students envy your chance.

Bob: I see.  5  You have your own say on your future while I am sort of controlled by my parents.

Tom: Poor you! Anyway, I think what your parents do is all for your own good.

A.But I envy you.

B.You mean you have no freedom?

C.What about you?

D.But I may change my mind.

E.my father’s there.

F.for the moment I plan to go to Englan for my MBA.

G.Good luck for you future.

Health experts have long worried about the increasing rate of obesity in kids. It’s an important concern: Being very overweight or obese during childhood can lead to serious problems normally seen in adults, such as diabetes and high blood pressure. Poor diets and a lack of exercise are usually the causes. But would you ever have imagined there might be a connection between the bacteria that lived in your guts （内脏）when you were a baby and the chance that you would become overweight?
Scientists in Finland recently found just such a link. In a recent study, they showed that overweight kids had different species of bacteria living in their guts.
You probably think of bacteria only as germs that can make you sick. While it’s true that some bacteria can make people ill, your body actually depends on some types of bacteria to help you digest food and extract nutrients from it. These “good” bacteria live in your guts, where they process the food you eat.
Human babies get these bacterial helpers from their moms. When a baby is born, some of the bacteria in the mother move into the baby’s body. Growing babies get additional “good” bacteria from the milk their mothers produce. And it turns out the bacteria might play an important role in regulating weight just six years later.
So how could these bacteria affect weight? The researchers still haven’t tested that question, but future tests might lead to an answer.
【小题1】The “link” in Paragraph 2 refers to the relationship between _______.