23.An apple a day keeps a doctor away.Have you ever heard anyone say this?Do you think if people eat one or two apples a day they won't get sick? Last year some scientists wanted to find out if this old saying is true.They divided a college class into two groups.The first group ate 2 apples a day.The second group didn't eat apples.After six months they added up the times the young people got sick.The apple eaters turned out to be healthier than those who hadn't eaten apples.It seemed to show that an apple a day does keep people healthy.
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,判斷正(T)誤(F). (1)An apple a day can make you strong enough to drive a strong doctor away.
(2)If people eat an apple a day without eating other food they won't get sick at all.
(3)Scientists found out that the old saying is true.
(4)The second group was not as healthy as the first group.
24.Pearl and June were good friends and spent most of their time together. They were both very old and they worried about their health. Most of the time they talked about nothing else. They worried about their food. Was it clean? Would it give them pains in the stomach? They worried about the weather. Was it too cold and wet? Would it give them pains in their bones? They worried about pollution in the air. Would it give them pains in their chests(胸) and throats(咽喉)? They worried about being hurt in a car accident, killed in an airplane crash(墜落), getting sick, and so on. All they could think about was being ill or hurt.One day they went on a train journey together. "We'll need some food," Pearl said. "We'll buy some bananas," June said. "They are good to eat and always clean." And so they bought two bananas to eat on the train. It was not long before they were hungry. Pearl took out the bananas and gave one to June. Then she peeled(剝開(kāi)) the skin of her banana and took a large bite of it. At that moment the train went into a tunnel(隧道). Everything went black. "Don't eat your banana," Pearl shouted at June. "Mine has made me go blind(瞎的)!"
根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容,填入所缺的單詞. (1)The two ladies worried a lot about
. (2)They were both
of being hurt in an accident. (3)
suggested they would buy bananas for their journey. (4)Pearl peeled her banana