C
　　The months are familiar to everyone. Nearly any small child can rattle off the twelve months of the year. However, one important piece of knowledge is still missing: an explanation of how and why the names came into being.
　　Every month's name tells a story. January is named after Janus, a Roman god who was described as having two faces, one looking forward and one looking back. As the god of doors, he had to watch out for friends and enemies coming from either direction.
　　February is one of the few months not named after a person. February is a form of februare, which was a Roman festival. On that day, people begged(乞求) the gods for healthy children and enough crops in the next year.
　　March is named after Mars, whom many people have read about as the god of war. Few people realize that at first Mars was the god of springtime. Fighters would "take the winter off" from fighting, resting while the weather was too bad for battle. In the spring - around March – battles would start again. From this time line, Mars soon became better-known as the god of war than of springtime.
　　April is a mystery. Experts argue a lot about the origin(起源) of it.
　　May is also named after a goddess, Maika. She was the goddess of plants because plants often begin to have flowers in May.
　　Not every month kept the same name over the years. For example, July and August weren't always known by those names. The first name for July was Quintilis, "fifth month." August was at first called Sextilis, "sixth month." Likewise, September, October, November, and December were the seventh, eighth, ninth, and tenth months. How did July and August get their new names? July was named after Julius Caesar, the first emperor of Rome, after he was killed in 66 BC. August was named after Augustus Caesar, Julius Caesar's nephew.
　　34. The underlined phrase "rattle off" most probably means _______.
　　A. shake until something drops off      B. say something quickly from memory
　　C. get rid of                        D. feel unhappy
　　35. The main purpose of the passage is _______.
　　A. to explain how the months got their names
　　B. to show why there are twelve, not just ten months
　　C. to show how important human activities are in deciding the names of the months
　　D. to suggest new names for the months
　　36. According to the passage, which of the following months was named after a festival?
　　A. April           B. March           C. February         D. May
　　D
　　I know what you're thinking: pizza? For breakfast? But the truth is that you can have last night's leftovers in the a.m. if you want to.
　　I know lots of women who skip breakfast(不吃早餐) , and they have a ton of different excuses for doing it. Some say they don't have time, others think they're "saving" calories, still others just don't like breakfast food.
　　But the bottom line is that eating in the morning is very important when you' re trying to lose weight. "Eating just about anything from 300 to 400 calories would be better than nothing at all," says Katherine Brooking,  R. D., who developed the super-easy eating plan for this year's "SELF CHALLENGE". And even pizza can be healthy if it's loaded with vegetables, and you stick to one small piece.
　　Breakfast is one meal I never miss, and the same goes for most weight loss success stories.
　　Research shows that eating breakfast keeps you from overeating later in the day. Researchers at the University of Southern California found that breakfast skippers have a bigger chance of gaining weight than those who regularly have a morning meal.
　　So eat something in the morning, anything.  I know plenty of friends who end up having no breakfast altogether, and have just coffee or orange juice. I say, try heating up last night's leftovers- it may sound crazy, but if it works for you, do it! I find if I tell myself, "You can always eat it tomorrow," I put away the leftovers instead of eating more that night. Try it... you may save yourself some pre-bedtime calories. And watch your body gain the fat-burning effects.
　　37. The word "1eftovers" in Paragraph l probably means_______.
　　A. food remaining after a meal         B. things left undone
　　C. meals made of vegetables           D. pizza topped with fruit
　　38. What can we infer from the text?
　　A. Working women usually have breakfast in a hurry.
　　B. Many people have wrong ideas about breakfast.
　　C. There are some easy ways of cooking a meal.
　　D. Eating vegetables helps save energy.
　　39. According to the last paragraph, it is important to _______．
　　A. eat something for breakfast          B. be careful about what you eat
　　C. heat up food before eating it         D. eat calorie-controlled food
　　40. The text is written mainly for those_______.
　　A. who go to work early              B. who want to lose weight
　　C. who sit up very late               D. who eat before sleep

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