题目内容
It seems like every day there's some new research about whether our favorite drinks are good for us. One day, science says a glass of red wine a day will help us livelonger. The next day, maybe not. It seems journalists are pretty interested in wine research and the same might be said for coffee. Now there's been a lot of research into whether coffee's good for our health "the results have really been mixed"，admits Neal Freedman who led the coffee study and published his findings in a medical journal recently. "There's been some evidence that coffee might increase the risk of certain diseases and there's also been maybe more recent evidence that coffee may protect against other diseases as well".
Freedman and his colleagues undertook the biggest study yet to look at the relationship between coffee and health. They analyzed data collected from more than 400，000 Americans ages 50 to 70 participating in the study. "We found that the coffee drinkers had a modestly lower risk of death than the non-drinkers， he said. Here's what he means by "modestly": those who drank at least two or three cups a day were about 10 percent or 15 percent less likely to die for any reason during the 13 years of the study when the researchers looked at specific causes of death, coffee drinking appeared to cut the risk of dying from heart disease, lung disease injuries, accidents and infections.
Now, Freedman stressed that the study doesn't prove coffee can make people live longer.A study like this can never prove a cause-and-effect relationship. All it can really do is to point researchers in the right direction for further investigation. And even if it turns out that coffee is really good for you, scientists have no idea why.
63. According to the first paragraph，reporters would like to know the research findings of_______.
A. tea B. beer C. coffee D. wine
64. According to the passage, which of the following is TRUE?
A. Freedman and his colleagues hired 400，000 Americans to collect date.
B. People who took part in Freedman's research are about 50 to 70 years old.
C. About 400, 000 Americans worked for Freedman's team for 13 years.
D. People who are 50 to 70 years old seldom drink wffee.
65. According to the author, scientists________.
A. have already proved that coffee is good for human health
B. have a long way to go before they find a way to study coffee
C. have avoided the cause-and-effect approach to study coffee
D. are still unable to figure out why coffee is good for us
66. Which of the following can be the best title?
A. The Magical Effects of Coffee
B. Neal Freedman and His Research
C. Can Coffee Help You Live Longer?
D. A Cup of Coffee A Day Makes Diseases Away
CBD C
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Manners nowadays in metropolitan cities like London are practically non-existent. It is nothing for a big, strong schoolboy to push an elderly woman aside to take the last remaining seat on the underway or bus.
This question of giving up seats in public transport is much argued about by young men, who say that since women have claimed equality, they no longer deserve to be treated with politeness and that those who go out to work should take their turns in the rat race like anyone else. But women have never claimed to be physically strong as men. Even if it is not agreed, however, the fact remains that courtesy(礼节) should be shown to the old and the sick. Are we really so lost to all ideals of unselfishness that we can sit there indifferently(冷漠地) reading the paper or a book, saying to ourselves, “First come, first served” while a grey-haired woman, a mother with a young child or a cripple(残障者) stands? Yet this is all too often seen.
Older people, tired and impatient from a day’s work, are not always considerate either — far from it. Many arguments break out as the older people push and squeeze(挤)each other to get on buses. One cannot approve this, of course, but one does feel there is just a little more excuse.
It seems urgent, not only that communications in transport should be improved, but also that communication between human beings should be kept smooth and polite. All over cities, it seems that people are too tired and too rushed to be polite. Shop assistants won’t bother to assist; taxi drivers shout at each other as they dash dangerously around corners; bus conductors pull the bell before their desperate passengers have time to get on or off the bus, and so on. It seems to us that it is up to the young to do their small part to stop such lowering of moral standards.
Title：Manners in Metropolitan Cities
| Theme | Politeness is (1) ▲ , especially in large cities. | |
| Phenomena and Excuses | Phenomena | Excuses |
| Big, strong schoolboys push elderly women aside to (2) ▲ on the last remaining seats. |
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| Young men (3) ▲ to treat women politely. | Women think they are(4) ▲ to men, so they should take their turns in the rat race like others. | |
| Young people sit indifferently(5) ▲ while grey-haired women, mothers with (6) ▲ and disabled people stand by. | First come, first served. | |
| The elderly themselves push each other to get on buses. |
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| (7) ▲ | ●Communications in transport are not satisfactory. ●Communication between people doesn’t go (8) ▲ and politely. ●People are too (9) ▲ and too rushed to care about others. | |
| Solution | Young people make an (10) ▲ to stop such lowering of moral standards. | |