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Every year animals all around the world take part in some wonderful journeys. Here are the stories of two amazing animal travelers.

Humpback whales (座 头 鲸 ) prefer a slow journey. The humpbacks, which travel over 10,000 kilometers on their journey from Alaska to Hawaii, swim at a relaxing speed of about 1.6 kilometers an hour. Although they don’t swim fast, humpback whales travel farther than any other kinds of whale.

Every August a fantastic sight can be seen in the skies above Ontario and Montreal - millions of amazing Monarch butterflies (帝王蝶) beginning their 4,000-kilometer journey from Canada to Central Mexico. In fact, the journey, which takes about 3 months, is longer than the average (平均的) life of the butterfly. Finally many of the butterflies reaching their final place are the great grandchildren or even the great great grandchildren of the butterflies who began the journey in Mexico the year before.

Humpback whales swim at a speed of 1. an hour from Alaska to Hawaii. They travel slowly but 2. than any other kinds of whale. Monarch butterflies spend 3.flying from Canada to Central Mexico. It lasts longer than their average life. The ones which arrive at the final place are 4.or even the great great grandchildren.

The passage is mainly about 5..

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Millions of Americans have lost their jobs because of the present recession (经济衰退). A new study shows that losing your job can bring some health problems. It is bad for your heart, your blood pressure and so on.

Earlier studies have shown that health has something to do with job loss. But it was not sure whether job loss made health poor, or poor health led to job loss. The new study tried to discover the answer to this.

Kate Strully worked on the study while she was at the Harvard School of Public Health. Ms Strully is now a scientist at the State University of New York. She had some information about the income (收入) of some people.

She asked people all over the country some questions about their health and work. Ms Strully checked the information about more than eight thousand people. She collected the information, and then looked at their health some time later. She found out that 80% of people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs. But now they have a new health problem after losing their jobs.

1.According to the passage, a new study shows that ________.

A. poor health leads to job loss

B. job loss can bring some health problems

C. job loss has nothing to do with one's health

D. job loss can make people healthier than before

2.What kind of questions did Kate Strully ask?

A. Questions about people's health and work.

B. Questions about people's health and family.

C. Questions about people's work and pressure.

D. Questions about people's health and pressure.

3.If Kate Strully did the study among 10, 000 people, she would find out that ________ people didn't have health problems before they lost their jobs.

A. 2, 000 B. 8, 000 C. 4, 000 D. 6, 000

4.What does the underlined word “led to” mean in Chinese?

A. 指挥 B. 通向 C. 带领 D. 导致

5.What's the best title for the passage?

A. An Important Study

B. American Recession

C. Health Problems Among Americans

D. Health and Job Loss

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