A new study has found evidence of aggressive (攻擊性的) behavior in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every day. Information for the study came from the mothers of 3,000 5-year-olds. Researchers asked the women to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a two-month period. They were also asked to complete a checklist of their children’s behavior.
The researchers have found that 43 percent of the children drink at least one daily serving of soda, and 4 percent of the youngsters have even four or more sodas to drink every day.
Shakira Suglia, a famous expert, says they’ve found that children who drink the most soda are more than twice as likely as those who drink no soda to show signs of aggression.
“For the children who consume four or more soft drinks per day, we see more withdrawn behaviors, which make them hard to get along well with others.”
The aggressive behaviors include destroying possessions belonging to others, taking part in fights and physically attacking people.
The researchers have determined the link after considering factors like the child’s age and sex. They have also considered other possible influence, such as whether the boys and girls are eating sweets or giving fruit drinks on a normal day. In addition, the researchers have examined parenting styles and other social conditions that may be taking place in the home.
Researches are trying to find why young children who drink a lot of soda have behavior problems. An ingredient often found in soft drinks is caffeine, which helps to make people feel energetic. Doctor Suglia suggests that caffeine could cause the 5-year-olds to be more aggressive. Earlier studies of adults have found the highest sugar levels in those who carry weapons (武器) and show signs of negative social behavior.
【小題1】What section of a newspaper is the passage probably taken from?

A．Scientific TechnologyB．Science Fictions
C．Social NewsD．Health Report
【小題2】The underlined word “withdrawn” in paragraph 4 can probably be replaced by the word ______.
A．backwardB．unsocialC．generousD．friendly
【小題3】Researchers studied the following aspects of the children except ______.
A．a(chǎn)geB．sexC．gamesD．parents
【小題4】According to the research, which of the following is right?
A．Mothers were asked to keep a record of how many servings of soft drinks their children drank over a three-month period.
B．4 percent of the youngsters have even four or fewer sodas to drink every day.
C．Children who drink no soda show fewer aggressive behaviors.
D．Children with the highest sugar levels tend to carry weapons and show signs of negative social behavior.
【小題5】After a further study on ingredients in soda, Shakira Suglia implies that the direct cause of the aggressive behaviors may be ______.
A．soft drinksB．a(chǎn)ttention problems
C．caffeineD．social conditions


【小題1】D
【小題2】B
【小題3】C
【小題4】C
【小題5】C

解析試題分析：文章敘述了一項(xiàng)研究的結(jié)果。一項(xiàng)新的研究發(fā)現(xiàn)，經(jīng)常喝軟飲料的兒童，容易出現(xiàn)攻擊性行為。研究人員發(fā)現(xiàn)，促使兒童出現(xiàn)攻擊性行為的主要原因是軟飲料中所含的咖啡因。
【小題1】根據(jù)第一段“A new study has found evidence of aggressive (攻擊性的) behavior in children who drink four or more servings of soft drinks every day.”可知，這是一項(xiàng)關(guān)于兒童攻擊性的研究，A科學(xué)技術(shù)；B科幻小說(shuō)；C社會(huì)新聞；D健康報(bào)道。D項(xiàng)最符合，故選D。
【小題2】根據(jù)“which make them hard to get along well with others”可知，一天喝四杯以上軟飲料的兒童，會(huì)出現(xiàn)孤僻的行為，他們很難與他人相處好，故選B。
【小題3】根據(jù)第六段“The researchers have determined the link after considering factors like the child’s age and sex. ...the researchers have examined parenting styles”可知，研究人員研究了兒童的年齡、性別和父母的撫養(yǎng)風(fēng)格，故選C。
【小題4】根據(jù)第一、二段和最后一段“over a two-month period ...4 percent of the youngsters have even four or more sodas to drink every day ...Earlier studies of adults have found the highest sugar levels in those”可知，A、B、D錯(cuò)誤。根據(jù)第三段“Shakira Suglia, a famous expert, says they’ve found that children who drink the most soda are more than twice as likely as those who drink no soda to show signs of aggression.”可知，飲用軟飲料最多的兒童，出現(xiàn)攻擊性行為的可能性是不喝軟飲料兒童的兩倍。不喝軟飲料的兒童，出現(xiàn)較少的攻擊性行為，故選C。
【小題5】根據(jù)最后一段“An ingredient often found in soft drinks is caffeine, which helps to make people feel energetic. Doctor Suglia suggests that caffeine could cause the 5-year-olds to be more aggressive.”可知，caffeine能促使人們感覺(jué)精力充沛，能使5歲大的孩子變得更具攻擊性。故選C。
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