Fast Reading Read the following passage as quickly as you can, and then complete the sentences with the information given in the passage.
Six Ways To Die Faster
"Our lifestyle choices are a disaster," according to Dr. Laurence Sperling, chief of preventive cardiology at Emory School of Medicine. He said that we've compiled a list of some of the most offensive lifestyle choices you could make, and he hoped that we all chose not to do them... or at least some of them. 1. Overeating Scientifically, overeating means eating an amount that is "inappropriately large for a given energy expenditure." Realistically, overeating is something that many Americans do as a hobby—at their favorite restaurant, on their favorite holiday, with their favorite snack food, or just because they're with friends. It doesn't really matter when; we just do it. If you only overeat once or twice a year, chances are you'll be OK, but do it compulsively and you're headed down the road to obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, heart disease and depression. 2. Smoking This one is obvious yet ironic because, according to the American Heart Association, of the estimated 48 million Americans who smoke cigarettes, most are either actively trying to quit or want to quit. Most people are familiar with the related health effects of emphysema, cancer and heart disease, but smoking can also have negative effects on the eyes, the throat, the urinary tract, the digestive organs, the bones and joints, and the skin. 3. Drinking and Driving Another obvious one, yet, according to the National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, in 2002 about 1.5 million drivers were arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol (or narcotics). And, in 2003, 17,013 people in the United States died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes, representing 40 percent of all traffic related deaths. If there's going to be drinking, decide on a designated driver beforehand; this one is really that simple 4. Living on fast food Going hand-in-hand with overeating, living on a junk food diet is another surefire way to end up overweight and suffering from a myriad of health problems ranging from clogged arteries to depression. One only needs to turn on Morgan Spurlock's documentary "Super Size Me" to find out exactly what the body goes through after consuming nothing but fast food for 30 straight days. "I start to get tired, I start to get headaches; my liver basically starts to fill up with fat because there's so much fat and sugar in this food. My blood sugar skyrockets, my cholesterol goes up off the charts, my blood pressure becomes completely unmanageable. The doctors were like, 'You have to stop,' "Spurlock said. Still, according to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, the average American eats three hamburgers and four orders of fries—every week. 5. No exercising Given all the great things that we know exercise is good for, including: Boosting HDL (good) cholesterol Improving the circulatory system Lowering blood pressure and blood fats Reducing the risk for heart disease, heart attack and stroke Strengthening muscles Increasing flexibility Building stronger bones and fighting osteoporosis Relieving stress and anxiety It is curious that we're not all doing it. Imagine a pill that came out with those types of real benefits—it'd be flying off the shelves. To not exercise, then, is akin to turning down all of those excellent health potentials. 6. Stress We all have stress, but if you don't do something to relieve it, sooner or later it will take its toll on you. Stress is linked to everything from heart disease and a decrease in immune function to depression and digestive problems. The good news is that stress can be relieved... you just need to find a method that works for you. Here are some tips to try : Meditation Yoga Prayer Gardening Reading Journaling Soaking in a bath Hiking, biking or swimming
1. In terms of overeating, when you'll be OK according to the passage?
A.When you eat an amount that is "inappropriately large for a given energy expenditure."
B.When you do it as a hobby.
C.When you only overeat once or twice a year.
D.When you do it compulsively.
A B C D
C
2. In the United States, how many people died in alcohol-related motor vehicle crashes in 2003?
A.48 million
B.1.5 million
C.17,013
D.40 percent of all deaths
A B C D
C
3. According to Eric Schlosser's Fast Food Nation, the average American eats ______.
A.nothing but fast food for 30 straight days.
B.three hamburgers and four orders of fries—every day.
C.three hamburgers and four orders of fries—every week.
D.three hamburgers and four orders of fries—every month.
A B C D
C
4. ______ all the great things that we know exercise is good for many aspects.
Given
5. If you don't do something to relieve your stress, sooner or later it will ______ on you.
take its toll
Banked Cloze Fill in the blanks in the following passage by selecting suitable words from the Word Bank given below. Each choice in the Word Bank is identified by a letter. You may not use any of the words more than once. It is important that we share a common 1 of "creativity". I've gone to many creativity-focused meetings where no one ever defines the 2 For example, one person sees creativity as the activity of simply 3 new ideas; therefore, the more ideas, the more creativity. In contrast, another 4 may view creativity as the result of a "wild" imagination, in this case, the odder the ideas, the more 5 they are. And yet someone else may think of creativity in a more practical manner, and define a creative idea as one that has actual use. In my mind, a creative thought is one that is useful. It relates to one's abilities of 6 . To whom should the creative idea be useful? In the work place, your ideas should be useful to your organization. Sometimes, the idea 7 immediate use. More often, the idea won't be useful until days, weeks, months, or years after the initial breakthrough thought is put 8 . And, in most 9 , to achieve its use, the idea requires many more ideas from many individuals. An idea that isn't practiced, 10 , by my definition, cannot be a creative idea. Creativity ought to be active at every level in an organization.
Word Bank
A. cases B. depend C. obviously D. individual E. coming up with F. occupy G. topic H. leads to I. success J. creative K. advantage L. definition M. conclusion N. imagination O. forward
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E
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D
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Cloze There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. You should choose the ONE that best fits into the passage. We may look at the world around us, but somehow we manage not to see it until whatever we've become used to suddenly disappears. 1 , for example, the neatly-dressed woman I 2 to see—or look at--on my way to work each morning. For three years, no matter 3 the weather was like, she was always waiting at the bus stop around 8:00 am. On 4 days, she wore heavy clothes and a pair of woolen gloves. Summertime 5 out neat, belted cotton dresses and a hat pulled low over her sunglasses. 6 , she was an ordinary working woman. Of course, I 7 all this only after she was seen no more. It was then that I realized how 8 I expected to see her each morning. You might say l 9 her. "Did she have an accident? Something 10 ?" I thought to myself about her 11 Now that she was gone, I felt I had 12 her. I began to realize that part of our 13 life probably includes such chance meetings with familiar 14 : the milkman you see at dawn, the woman who 15 walks her dog along the street every morning, the twin brothers you see at the library. Such people are 16 markers in our ey es. They add weight to our 17 of place and belonging. Think about it. 18 , while walking to work, we mark Where we are by 19 a certain building, why should we not mark where we are when we pass a familiar, though 20 , person?
1.
A.Make
B.Take
C.Give
D.Have
A B C D
B
2.
A.happened
B.wanted
C.used
D.tried
A B C D
C
3.
A.what
B.how
C.which
D.when
A B C D
A
4.
A.sunny
B.rainy
C.cloudy
D.snowy
A B C D
D
5.
A.took
B.brought
C.carried
D.turned
A B C D
B
6.
A.Clearly
B.Particularly
C.Luckily
D.Especially
A B C D
A
7.
A.believed
B.expressed
C.remembered
D.wondered
A B C D
C
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A.long
B.often
C.soon
D.much
A B C D
D
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A.respected
B.missed
C.praised
D.admired
A B C D
B
10.
A.better
B.worse
C.more
D.less
A B C D
B
11.
A.disappearance
B.appearance
C.misfortune
D.fortune
A B C D
A
12.
A.forgotten
B.lost
C.known
D.hurt
A B C D
C
13.
A.happy
B.enjoyable
C.frequent
D.daily
A B C D
D
14.
A.friends
B.strangers
C.tourists
D.guests
A B C D
B
15.
A.regularly
B.actually
C.hardly
D.probably
A B C D
A
16.
A.common
B.pleasant
C.important
D.faithful
A B C D
C
17.
A.choice
B.knowledge
C.decision
D.sense
A B C D
D
18.
A.Because
B.If
C.Although
D.However
A B C D
B
19.
A.keeping
B.changing
C.passing
D.mentioning
A B C D
C
20.
A.unnamed
B.unforgettable
C.unbelievable
D.unreal
A B C D
A
Reading Comprehension In this part, there are three passages followed by some multiple choice questions. Choose the best answer for each question.
Passage 1 Cars of 2050 will travel the nation's highways in never-before-dreamed-of safety, comfort, and convenience. These cars wili float along never touching the ground, and therefore will have no need for wheels. Annoying highway vibrations, caused by the rotations of the disc-and-tire wheels, will be things of the past. The coming highway passenger cars will literally fly above the road, supported on columns of air compressed by turbine-driven fans. The car without wheels has been called a "flying car", and, in a sense, that's just what it is; however, it will not back out of the family garage, start down the street, and then suddenly go quickly upward heading for some distant point. On the contrary, to avoid problems in aerial navigation, the wheelless vehicle probably will travel no more than three inches above road surface. It will travel over fairly rough road and even over smooth water! The inevitable problems of maritime regulations, severe weather conditions, and running out of fuel in remote areas all will require new concepts of operation, servicing, and vehicle regulation.
1. The author believes that cars of the future ______.
A.will be replaced by airplanes
B.will have wheels unlike those of today
C.will use columns of air instead of wheels
D.will use wheels without tires
A B C D
C
2. Which of the following is true concerning the new car?
A.It doesn't need fuel any more.
B.It will.be influenced by weather conditions.
C.No family garage is needed any longer.
D.The speed of a flying car will be comparable to that of an airplane.
A B C D
B
3. The car without wheels has been called a "flying car" because ______.
A.it travels a few inches above the ground
B.it can fly as a plane does
C.it moves at a very high speed
D.it can travel over smooth water
A B C D
A
4. Where is a wheelless car LEAST fit to travel?
A.Over soft land.
B.Over rough country roads.
C.Over highways.
D.Over waterfalls.
A B C D
D
5. Wheelless cars will ______.
A.eliminate all traffic problems
B.create new traffic problem
C.eliminate parking problems
D.Both A and C
A B C D
B
Passage 2 Foxes and farmers have never got on well. These small dog-like animals have long been accused of killing farm animals. They are officially classified as harmful and farmers try to keep their numbers down by shooting or poisoning them. Farmers can also call on the services of their local hunt to control the fox population. Hunting consists of pursuing a fox across the countryside, with a group of specially trained dogs, followed by men and women riding horses. When the dogs eventually catch the fox they kill it or a hunter shoots it. People who take part in hunting think of it as a sport; they wear a special uniform of red coats and white trousers, and follow strict codes of behavior. But owning a horse and hunting regularly is expensive, so most hunters are wealthy. It is estimated that up to 100,000 people watch or take part in fox hunting. But over the last couple of decades the number of people opposed to fox hunting, because they think it is brutal (残酷的), has risen sharply. Nowadays it is rare for a hunt to pass off without some kind of confrontation(冲突) between hunters and hunt saboteurs(阻拦者). Sometimes these incidents lead to violence, but mostly saboteurs interfere with the hunt by misleading riders and disturbing the trail of the fox's smell, which the dogs follow. Noisy confrontations between hunters and saboteurs have become so common that they are almost as much a part of hunting as the pursuit of foxes itself. But this year supporters of fox hunting face a much bigger threat to their sport. A Labor Party Member of the Parliament, Mike Foster, is trying to get Parliament to approve a new law which will make the hunting of wild animals with dogs illegal. If the law is passed, wild animals like foxes will be protected under the ban in Britain.
1. Rich people in Britain have been hunting foxes ______.
A.for recreation
B.in the interests of the farmers
C.to limit the fox population
D.to show off their wealth
A B C D
A
2. What is special about fox hunting in Britain?
A.It involves the use of a deadly poison.
B.It is a costly event which rarely occurs.
C.The hunters have set rules to follow.
D.The hunters have to go through strict training.
A B C D
C
3. Fox hunting opponents often interfere in the game ______.
A.by resorting to violence
B.by confusing the fox hunters
C.by taking legal action
D.by demonstrating on the scene
A B C D
B
4. A new law may be passed by the British Parliament to ______.
A.prohibit farmers from hunting foxes
B.forbid hunting foxes with dogs
C.stop hunting wild animals in the countryside
D.prevent large-scale fox hunting
A B C D
B
5. It can be inferred from the passage that ______.
A.killing foxes with poison is illegal
B.limiting the fox population is unnecessary
C.hunting foxes with dogs is considered cruel and violent
D.fox-hunting often leads to confrontation between the poor and the rich
A B C D
C
Passage 3 There are many older people in the world and there will be many more. A well-known fact is that over 60 percent of the older people live in developing countries. According to the World Health Organization, by 2020 there will be 1 billion, with over 700 million living in developing countries. It is a surprising fact that the population ageing is particularly rapid in developing countries. For example, it took France 115 years for the proportion of older people to double from 7 percent to 14 percent. It is estimated to take China a mere 27 years to achieve this same increase. What are the implications of these increased numbers of older folk? One of the biggest worries for governments is that the longer people live, the more likelihood there is for diseases and for disability (残疾). Attention is being paid to the need to keep people as healthy as possible, including during old age, to lessen the financial burden on the state. Another significant problem is the need for the younger generations to understand and value the older people in their society. In some Arican countries, certainly in Asia, older people are respected and regarded as the ones with special knowledge. Yet traditions are fading away daily, which does not ensure the continued high regard of older people. As society changes, attitudes will change. Much needs to be done to get rid of age discrimination(歧视) in employment. Life-long learning programs need to be provided to enable older people to be active members in a country's development. Social security policies need to be established to provide adequate income protection for older people. Both public and private schemes are vital in order to, build a suitable safety net. To achieve equality in such matters will take considerable time and effort. One thing is sure: there is no time to be lost.
1. The proportion of older people ______.
A.is bigger in developed countries than in developing countries
B.is one-seventh of the population developing countries
C.will increase much faster in China than in France
D.will be sixty percent in developing countries by 2020
A B C D
C
2. According to the passage, which of the following are governments most worried about?
A.The diseases and disability of older people
B.The longer life and good health of people.
C.The loss of taxes on older people.
D.The increasing respect for older people.
A B C D
A
3. It is stated directly in the passage that older people should ______.
A.be treated differently in different cultures
B.enjoy a similar lifestyle
C.be ignored as society changes
D.be valued by the younger generations
A B C D
D
4. Which of the following measures is NOT mentioned to solve the population ageing problem?
A.Getting rid of age discrimination in employment.
B.Ensuring adequate income protection for older people.
C.Providing free health care for sick older people.
D.Supplying life-long learning programs to older people.
A B C D
C
5. The author concludes in the last paragraph that ______.
A.governments have spent lots of time in solving the ageing problem
B.population ageing is a hard problem, but it needs to be solved urgently
C.people are too busy to solve the population ageing problem
D.much time and effort will be lost in solving the ageing problem
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