题目内容
Linda is said ______on a novel these days. She plans to finish it next month.
A. to work B. work C. to be working D. working
Paul was dealing with a crisis. The new girl Linda in class really liked him a lot. Paul was not happy about it.
Paul's good friend, Sam, tried to comfort him. "What's the big deal? I think Linda is kind of cute and nice enough."
Paul glared at Sam. "Then why don't you ask her to be your girlfriend? There she is, sitting all by herself at the other end of the cafeteria. Go there and ask her to be your honey!"
"She's crazy about you, not me," Sam replied.
"Well, I don't want any girlfriend, especially not a girl like her! "Paul growled.
Sam wouldn't give up. "The only thing pesky about her is that she keeps writing you those notes ."
"I don't like notes at all!" Paul interrupted. He took another sip of milk.
"Did you notice those strange brown eyes? Why aren't they normal red or pink?"
Sam took another look at Linda. "I think her face is a lovely shade of green. And her dark green curly hair is quite pretty. Besides, she's very gentle and that's what really matters."
Paul stuck out his tongue. "I think I'm going to be sick! I'd better save my dessert for later." He crammed a small bag of Maggot Munchies into his even smaller shirt pocket. "The fact is, I have a problem. That girl is getting on my nerves! "
Sam followed Paul’s example and decided to save his dessert for later. However, he carefully placed the bag into his lunch box. "Do you have any ideas about how to solve your problem?" Tremor asked.
"I'm going to be mean and rude to her," Paul announced. "I'll call her names and make ugly faces at her."
"That's how you treat everyone," Sam reminded his friend.
Paul nodded. "It's time that Linda got to know the real Paul !"
【小题1】 What does the underlined part "a crisis" in Paragraph 1 refer to?
| A.how to get away from Linda | B.how to win Linda over |
| C.how to get Sam's help | D.how to save money |
| A.She didn't like him because he was rude. | B.She was annoyed by his strange appearance. |
| C.She didn't have any strong feelings about him. | D.She fell in love with him. |
| A.Paul pretended to be rude in order to make Linda stop liking him. |
| B.Sam thought that looks were more important than personality. |
| C.Sam thought that Linda was cute. |
| D.Paul offered his dessert to Linda to make her sick. |
| A.her eyes | B.her hair | C.her face | D.her character |
| A.Linda will be Sam's girlfriend. | B.Paul has fallen in love with another girl. |
| C.Paul and Linda are classmates. | D.Paul and Linda are colleges students. |
Being sociable looks like a good way to add years to your life. Relationships with family, friends, neighbours, even pets, will all do the trick, but the biggest longevity (长寿) boost seems to come from marriage or an equivalent relationship. The effect was first noted in 1858 by William Farr, who wrote that widows (寡妇)and widowers were at a much higher risk of dying than their married peers. Studies since then suggest that marriage could add as much as seven years to a man’s life and two to a woman’s. The effect holds for all causes of death, whether illness, accident or self-harm.
Even if the odds are stacked against you, marriage can more than compensate. Linda Waite of the University of Chicago has found that a married older man with heart disease can expect to live nearly four years longer than an unmarried man with a healthy heart. Likewise, a married man who smokes more than a pack a day is likely to live as long as a divorced man who doesn’t smoke. There’s a flip side, however, as partners are more likely to become ill or die in the couple of years following their spouse’s death, and caring for a spouse with mental disorder can leave you with some of the same severe problems. Even so, the odds favour marriage. In a 30-year study of more than 10,000 people, Nicholas Christakis of Harvard Medical School describes how all kinds of social networks have similar effects.
So how does it work? The effects are complex, affected by socio-economic factors, health-service provision, emotional support and other more physiological (生理的) mechanisms. For example, social contact can boost development of the brain and immune system, leading to better health and less chance of depression later in life. People in supportive relationships may handle stress better. Then there are the psychological benefits of a supportive partner.
A life partner, children and good friends are all recommended if you aim to live to 100. The ultimate social network is still being mapped out, but Christakis says: “People are interconnected, so their health is interconnected.”
【小题1】William Farr’s study and other studies show that _________.
| A.social life provides an effective cure for illness |
| B.being sociable helps improve one’s quality of life |
| C.women benefit more than men from marriage |
| D.marriage contributes a great deal to longevity |
| A.older men should quit smoking to stay healthy |
| B.marriage can help make up for ill health |
| C.the married are happier than the unmarried |
| D.unmarried people are likely to suffer in later life |
| A.the disadvantages of being married |
| B.the emotional problems arising from marriage |
| C.the responsibility of taking care of one’s family |
| D.the consequence of a broken marriage |
| A.They have effects similar to those of a marriage. |
| B.They help develop people’s community spirit. |
| C.They provide timely support for those in need. |
| D.They help relieve people of their life’s burdens. |
| A.It’s important that we develop a social network when young. |
| B.To stay healthy, one should have a proper social network. |
| C.Getting a divorce means risking a reduced life span. |
| D.We should share our social networks with each other. |