MIANYANG－At a corner of the city's Jiuzhou Stadium, one of the biggest camps set up for those left homeless in the earthquake, 62-year-old Liu Yaorong was leaning against a window on Thursday．
Pointing to a quilt and clothes he received from the local government, he said：“These are all I have．My home collapsed in the quake, and everything in the town was flooded．”
He used to live in Xuanping town of Beichuan county which was destroyed by the quake．Adding to his misery, rivers blocked by landslides(山崩)led to flooding in the town．
But Liu said he was lucky because he was healthy, otherwise he would not have the energy to walk 10 hours on damaged and dangerous mountainous roads to escape the flood on Monday．He said the trip used to take him about 90 minutes when the roads were in good condition．
The journey was difficult and“rocks kept falling,”he said, showing injured legs and black, split toenails．
Liu said his three sons were working in eastern cities as migrant workers．
“I've been living alone in the mountains for more than 20 years．My wife died 30 years ago,” he said in a low voice．
During his journey to Mianyang, Liu said he saw many elderly people who chose to stay．
“Soldiers were persuading them to leave for fear of floods,”he said．
Talking about his home before the quake struck, Liu's mood lifted．“I raised pigs and chickens, and grew vegetables．I could have rice, meat and greens almost every day,”he said．
“But now, I have only biscuits and instant noodles．”
Liu said one of his sons returned home from Wenzhou, Zhejiang Province, after the quake, but left because the father refused to go with him．
“I don't want to leave home．And I know it is difficult for them out there．How could I add to their burden?”he asked, his eyes red．
“I still want to go back to my home．Given a small piece of land, I could live by myself．”
It is learnt that resettlement plans for displaced people have not been finalized．
However, not every elderly person is as strong-willed as Liu．
Psychologists said the elderly need as much comfort as children．Lu Jianguo, a psychologist from Chengdu Medical College, said“We will first let them cry and tell their stories, and then help them regain confidence．”
(1)
Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．
Liu Yaorong spent 8.5 hours more than usual covering the roads in escaping the flood．
B．
The flood was followed by an earthquake in Xuanping in the same day．
C．
Liu Yaorong was in time to escape the quake without being hurt．
D．
Being healthy, Liu Yaorong was the only old man to escape the flood．
(2)
The underlined word“misery”in the third paragraph most probably means“________”．
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A．
happiness
B．
fortune
C．
puzzle
D．
suffering
(3)
What's Liu Yaorong's attitude towards self-relief after the earthquake?
Coffee is one of the world's most widely-enjoyed drinks．Now, a new research suggests that if you drink enough coffee, it might help you avoid certain kinds of cancer．
Dr．Mia Hashibe of the University of Utah School of Medicine was interested in the connection between coffee drinking and certain cancers of the head and neck．Researchers have looked into this before, but without reaching any firm conclusions．She said, "So this finding from our new study was quite a surprise．We didn't really have any expectation of which direction it could go into．"
To sort out the confusion, Hashibe and her assistants used statistical(
统计学)techniques to, in effect, make one big study out of the earlier smaller studies．She explained, "Thanks to the earlier studies, we have a lot more power than earlier studies that looked at this．And we included 4, 000 cancer patients who have cancer of the mouth and throat．And then 9, 000 controls, people who do not have cancer．'
Those studies--in Europe and the United States--found that people who drank a lot of coffee were less likely to develop cancers of the mouth and throat．"We saw a protective effect for drinking more than 4 cups of coffee per day, " Hashibe said．"This was the 40 percent decrease in risk．We did not see the same effect for drinking three cups or less per day．"
Mia Hashibe said there was a weak connection between cancer risk and drinking coffee without caffeine．And she and her assistants found no proof that drinking tea provided the same protection as drinking Coffee．Their research is published in the journal Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention．
Hashibe says it is not clear how coffee might protect drinkers from certain cancers．"There are a few chemicals that are known to be antioxidants(
抗氧化物)in coffee．So we are thinking perhaps they are playing some sort of protective role against several cancers．"
(1)
This passage is probably taken from _________
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A．
a literature book
B．
a travel journal
C．
an old directory
D．
a medical magazine
(2)
Dr．Hashibe expected nothing of her research because _________
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A．
it was impossible to get the desired result
B．
the research was much surprising in fact
C．
no conclusions had been reached before
D．
the research team lacked faith in success
(3)
Which of the following might have something to do with the protection against mouth cancer?
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A．
Coffee without chemicals．
B．
Coffee without caffeine．
C．
Four cups of tea a day．
D．
Antioxidants in coffee．
(4)
What do we know about Dr．Mia Hashibe and her research?
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A．
She knew for sure how coffee may affect drinkers．
B．
She included 4, 000 people without cancer in study．
C．
She found an effect for three cups of coffee a day．
D．
She based her research on several earlier studies．
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