“Old wives tales” are beliefs passed down from one generation to another, For example, most of us remember our patents’ telling us to eat more of certain foods or not to do certain things. Is there any truth in these teachings? Some of them agree with present medical thinking, but others have not passed the test of time
Did your mother ever tell you to eat your carrots because they are good for your eyes? Scientists now report that eating carrots can help prevent a serious eye disease called macular degeneration Eating just one carrot a day can reduce the possibility of getting this disease by 40%. Garlic（蒜）is good for you, too。It can kill the type of virus that causes colds.
Unfortunately, not all of Mom’s advice passed the test of medical studies. For example, generations of children have been told not to go swimming within an hour after eating. But research suggests that there is no danger in doing so. Do sweets cause tooth problems? Well, yes and no. sticky sweets made with grains tend to cause more problems than sweets made with simple sugars. 
Even though science can tell us that some of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water, there is still a lot of truth in the old wives’ tales, After all, much of this knowledge has been accumulated （積累） from thousands of our traditional beliefs don’t hold water should respect this body of knowledge even as research for clear scientific support to proven it true or false
小題1:Which of the following is TRUE according to the text？          
A．Eating garlic is good for our eyes
B．Sticky sweets are damaging to our teeth
C．Swimming after a meal is dangerous。
D．Carrots prevent people from catching colds
小題2:The author develops the third paragraph mainly____。          
A．by cause and effectsB．by order in space
C．by order in timeD．by examples
小題3:The phrase “hold water” in the last paragraph most probably means“____ ”
A．to be believableB．to be valuableC．to be admirableD．to be smtable
小題4:What is the author’s attitude toward “old wives’ tales” in the text?
A．So objectiveB．ObjectiveC．DissatisfiedD．Curious

小題1:B
小題2:D
小題3:A
小題4:B

中國有句俗話：不聽老人言，吃虧在眼前。本文大意是客觀地評價了保持身體健康的“老人言”的正確性。
小題1:推理判斷題。由第三自然段的最后一句可知本題選B。
小題2:推理判斷題。通讀第三自然段可知本自然段是通過舉例進行說明的，故本題選D。
小題3:詞義猜測題。文章中本句意思是：即使科學能告訴我們那些“老人言”是（能容水的）值得相信的，但“老人言”中還有很多正確的東西，hold water在此處意思是：能裝水的；值得相信的，選A。
小題4:推理判斷題。根據(jù)文章第三，四自然段可知作者對于“老人言”持客觀態(tài)度，故本題選B。
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