【題目】

What is the first thing you want to do when you see someone yawn? You want to yawn, too! Yawning iscontagious.

Scientists have found that all people yawn. Babies start to yawn even before they are born. The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother. When young children are about one year old, they start to yawn when they see others yawning. That's why scientists think yawning is contagious.

It’s no secret that yawning is contagious, but why do we yawn? Well, scientists are not really sure.

Some think we yawn because we feel bored. Others believe yawning has something to do with breathing. When there is too much carbon dioxide(CO2) in our bodies, our bodies will tell the brains to breathe deeply. That causes a big yawn.

In 2007, scientists said people yawned to cool down their brains. These scientists found people yawned more often if they were warmer than others.

Scientists are still trying to find out why yawning happens and why it is so contagious. But they are only sure that when one person yawns, immediately everyone else nearby wants to yawn, too.

【1】The underlined word "contagious" in Paragraph 1 means__________.

A. helpful to our health B. passing from one person to another

C. hard to understand D. getting into one trouble after another

【2】According to the scientists, people start to yawn when they are__________.

A. born B. one year old C. 17 or 19 years old D. inside their mothers

【3】Which of the following is NOT RIGHT according to the passage? __________

A. People yawn to catch others' attention. B. People yawn because they are bored.

C. People yawn to cool down their brains. D. People yawn to get rid of carbon dioxide.

【4】We can probably read this passage in a__________.

A. story book B. movie poster C. science magazine D. travel guidebook

【答案】

【1】B

【2】D

【3】A

【4】C

【解析】文章講述了人們打哈欠的事情。

【1】根據(jù) when you see someone yawn， You want to yawn, too!可知是傳染，傳遞；故選B

【2】根據(jù)The earliest yawn takes place when a baby is still inside its mother.故選D

【3】根據(jù)Some think we yawn because we feel bored.可知B對；根據(jù)scientists said people yawned to cool down their brains. 可知C對；根據(jù)Others believe yawning has something to do with breathing. When there is too much carbon dioxide(CO2) in our bodies, our bodies will tell the brains to breathe deeply. That causes a big yawn.可知D對，故選A

【4】根據(jù)文章講述了人們打哈欠的事情。是關于科學的事情；故選C

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