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Teenagers and young adults who see more alcohol advertising are also likely to drink more,according to a study that makes the strongest link yet between alcohol advertisements and youth drinking.

The findings from the United States challenge the claim by alcohol manufacturers that advertising does not influence the amount that young people drink,but merely encourages them to switch brand (change to drink another kind of alcohol) .

In a study at the University of Connecticut,scientists interviewed more than 4 ,000 Americans aged between 15 and 26 about their drinking habits and viewing of advertisements. They found that each additional alcohol advertisement seen each month was connected with a 1 percent increase in the average number of alcohol drinking.

Leslie Snyder,who led the study,said, "The results ... deny claims that advertising is unrelated to youth drinking amounts,that advertising at best causes brand switching,only affects those older than the legal drinking age,or is effectively objected against by current educational efforts."

"Alcohol advertising was a contributing factor to youth drinking quantities over time." Young people drank 3 percent more alcohol per month for each additional dollar spent per person in each of the markets studied.

David Jernigan,of the Centre on Alcohol Marketing and Youth at Georgetown University,Washington D C. wrote in an editorial that the research cast doubt on the alcohol industry's central claims about advertising.

"The fact that young people were more likely to drink more over time in environments with more alcohol advertising,even when controlling for alcohol sales in those environments,suggests that it is alcohol advertising that contributes to the drinking," he said.

"These and other findings pointed to alcohol advertising ' as an important area for trying to reduce underage drinking and its tragic consequences' ”he added.

( ) 5. Which is NOT included in the claims by alcohol manufacturers?

A. Alcohol advertising only encourages people to change brand.

B. Alcohol advertising was the main cause leading to youth drinking quantities all the time.

C. Alcohol advertising does not influence the amount that young people drink.

D. Alcohol advertising affects those older than the legal drinking age.

( ) 6. The underlined phrase "cast doubt on" means .

A. criticize B. disagree with

C. question D. make comments on

( ) 7. According to the passage,which of the following is NOT right?

A. In environments with more alcohol advertising young people will drink more alcohol.

B. The result of the study indicates that we should try to reduce alcohol advertising.

C. If we reduced advertising,we would reduce some bad effects from drinking.

D. The alcohol advertising just has influence on the older people.

( ) 8. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Alcohol Advertising's Influence on People

B. Alcohol Advertisements Do Make Teens Drink More

C. The Study of Alcohol Advertising

D. Current Educational Effort is Fighting against the Alcohol Advertising

5. B细节题，从第2 、4段用排除法即可得出。

6. C从上下文内容得出。

7. D A选项从倒数第2段中得出是正确的，B 项从文章中心思想可得，C项从末段得出，从第4段可知D项不全面。

8. B选项A、C、D只是文章的细节内容，而B项概括了中心，且是结论性的论断。

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A 9-year-old girl fell through the ice of a small pond while ice skating,and her father plunged in trying to save her.

A few miles away,a12-year-old boy on an allterrain vehicle broke through another frozen pond. "Cody Lechler was pulled from the water and died at Children's Hospital of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee," officials said.

"The bodies of the father and daughter,Brian Obbink,44, and Megan were recovered later Friday by a law enforcement dive team,Sheboygan County Sheriffs Sgt."，Doug Tuttle said.

Megan had been skating on the footballfield size pond in Cedar Grove with her6-year-old sister Friday morning when the ice broke and Megan fell through. When their father tried to save her,he also fell in,Tuttle said. The younger sister ran to a nearby home for help,and someone called911,but it was too late.

"Rescuers chopped through the ice to search the pond by boat Friday afternoon”，Tuttle said. Snow was falling in the area and the temperature was 22 degrees.

The ice on the pond,about40 miles north of Milwaukee,was less than 3 inches thick.

Neighbor Bill Schreiber said he saw two people running to the pond,one of them in shorts. "I've never seen people on the pond,only guys training their hunting dogs out there," he said.

"About10 miles northwest of Cedar Grove,in the Town of Lyndon,rescuers pulled a 12-year-old boy from a small pond after he drove a fourwheeler into the pond," Cascade Police Chief Cory Roeseler said.

The boy had been hunting with an adult neighbor and drove out of the woods ahead of him. The neighbor spot the fourwheeler in the pond,about25 feet from shore and called for help.

Sheriff s Deputy Jim Opgenorth said the deaths were a reminder that people need to be careful around ice.

"There is no such thing as safe ice ," he said.

( ) 1. We can infer from the passage that .

A. parents prefer to go skating with their children in winter

B. it was very cold when the tragedy occured

C. nobody would offer help when the younger sister ran for help

D. people often goes hunting together with dogs and bicycles

( ) 2. According to the passage,which of the following statements is true?

A. Two sisters and their father died on Friday after falling through the ice in Wisconsin.

B. It was too late to save the12-year-old boy in hospital after he was pulled from the icy pond.

C. The father and daughter came into themselves very soon after the falling.

D. The younger sister called911 for help when she found her father fell in the ice. ( ) 3: While the12-year-old boy was hunting, .

A. he was on a fourwheeler driven by a dog

B. snow might be falling in the area

C. his partner went ahead of him out of the woods

D. he heard someone calling for help

( ) 4. What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

A. The thicker ice is,the safer it will be.

B. Ice is more dangerous than anything else.

C. It is usually not safe to travel on the ice.

D. Ice is not the safest thing in the world.

The soldiers cheered as the train crossed the border into the state of Wisconsin. It had been a 1 trip from the south back to their homes in the north.

One of the men had a 2 red scar across his forehead. Another had an injured leg that 3 it painful for him to walk. The third had 4 large and bright eyes,because he had been sick with malaria.

The three soldiers 5 their blankets on the train seats and tried to sleep. It was a 6 evening even though it was summertime. Private Smith,the soldier with the fever,7 in the night air.

His joy in coming home was 8 with fear and worry. He knew he was sick and weak. How could he take care of his family? Where would he find the 9 to do the heavy work all farmers have to do? He had given three years of his life to his 10 And now he had very little money and strength 11 for his family.

Morning came slowly with a pale yellow light. The train was 12 down as it came into the town of La Crosse where the three soldiers would get off the train. The station was 13 because it was early on Sunday. "I'll get home 14 for dinner," Smith thought. "She usually has dinner at about one o'clock on Sunday afternoon," and he 15 .

They jumped off the train together. "Well,boys," Smith began, "here's where we say goodbye. We've 16 together for many miles. Now,I suppose,we are done."The three men found it 17 to look at each other.

"We 18 go home with you," one of the soldiers said to Smith. " You'll never be able to walk all those miles with that heavy 19 on your back."

"Oh,Fm all right," Smith said,putting on his army cap. "Every step takes me 20 to home."

They all shook hands. "Goodbye！”"Good luck！”"Same to you!" "Goodbye！”

( ) 1. A. short B. long C. sad D. wonderful

( ) 2. A. usual B. common C. small D. large

( ) 3. A. made B. forced C. caused D. took

( ) 4. A. unhappily B. uncommonly C. unusually D. unnaturally

( ) 5. A. spread B. covered C. put D. folded

( ) 6. A. cold B. warm C. dark D. sweet

( ) 7. A. jumped B. shook C. shivered D. cursed

( ) 8. A. compared B. mixed C. filled D. delighted

( ) 9. A. power B. force C. strength D. ability

( ) 10. A. family B. farm C. country D. friends

( ) 11. A. left B. devoted C. contributed D. supplied

( ) 12. A. running B. slowing C. moving D. going

( ) 13. A. crowded B. empty C. clean D. dirty

( ) 14. A. in time B. on time C. at times D. before time

( ) 15. A. said B. spoke C. shouted D. smiled

( ) 16. A. fought B. walked C. marched D. played

( ) 17. A. easy B. hard C. exciting D. serious

( ) 18. A. ought to B. must C. can D. may

( ) 19. A. pack B. task C. responsibility D. wound

( ) 20. A. sooner B. closer C. faster D. quicker

Narrator： (scene shows an old woman,washing her supper dishes) For several years,a widow has lived in her own pleasant tworoom and kitchenette apartment in a rebuilt brownstone near East River. Her late husband,Mr. H. T. Miller,had left a fair amount of insurance money before he passed away. Mrs. Miller is,in fact,not an average sixty-one-year-old woman;she has little interest outside her apartment,has no friends to speak of,and she only ventures out as far as a nearby grocery store. No one who lives near her has taken note of her existence,with her oldfashioned dress and oldfashioned hairstyle,and she never uses any cosmetics (化妆品) .Her daily activities are monotonous,smoking an occasional cigarette,preparing her own meals,feeding her canary (a kind of bird) named " Tommy"， and keeping her tworoom apartment as clean as possible. (Mrs. Miller sits down on her couch,reading through the afternoon newspaper.) Narrator： (camera changes scene to Rod Serling,a glowing cigarette held in his hand) One would think that her life would be as normal as anyone else's. She doesn't mind the wall of isolation she has created around herself all these years. But all of this is going to change. Mrs. Miller is going to meet a person,a small child,who,like her,has no friends,goes through life unnoticed,and ventures only as far as Mrs,Miller. Would it be a dream of happiness come true? Or perhaps the worst nightmare Mrs. Miller has ever experienced ...In the Twilight Zone!Title shows： " Miriam" Act I：At the Theater (Scene 1,at Mrs. Miller's apartment)

( ) 1. Where is the passage from?

A. It is from a science book. B. It is from a TV show script.

C. It is from a news report. D. It is from a textbook of history.

( ) 2. The underlined word "monotonous" in the passage means .

A. various B. not changing C. special D. interesting

( ) 3. Which of the following statements about Mrs Miller is true?

A. She lives a happy and calm life although she is short of money.

B. She is not a sixty-one-year-old woman.

C. She spends most of her time doing her own things at home.

D. She is not fashionable but likes to decorate her own house.

( ) 4. Which of the following things is what Mrs. Miller would not do?

A. She doesn't want to disturb her neighbors.

B. She cares more about her neighbor's opinions.

C. She is not interested in fashion show.

D. She always tries to keep her house clean.

HOST;

Tonight is New Year's Eve. Many people will attend New Year's parties where they will drink alcohol. A listener in Vietnam wrote to ask why a person in the United States must be at least twentyone years old to do this legally. Nguyen Hoang Phong noted that eighteen years is the legal age for drinking alcohol in most countries. Here is Faith Lapidus with our answer. ANNCR:

Discussing the drinking age in the United States can lead to an argument. I will try to explain both sides of this issue. In nineteen-eighty-four,Congress passed a measure called the National Minimum Drinking Age Act. President Ronald Reagan signed the measure into law.

It bans people in the United States from drinking alcohol unless they are twentyone years of age or older. States must obey the law or risk losing federal money for building roads and road repairs. The measure was the result of work by several lawmakers and groups such as Mothers Against Drunk Driving.

Last July,that group and members of Congress celebrated the twentieth anniversary of the law. They praised the measure as one of the most effective antidrunk driving laws ever passed. They said that twentythousand lives have been saved since its passage.

However,some opponents of the measure say it did not save anyone. They say young people who want to drink will find a way to get alcohol. They also reject the number of young people reportedly saved by the law. They say fewer young people are drinking now than twenty years ago.

Other people say the National Minimum Drinking Age Act is not fair. They say a young person can join the military and fight in a war at age eighteen. However,they are still not permitted to drink alcohol until they are twentyone.

Many Americans would like to change the law to make eighteen the age when a person can drink alcohol. But just as many want to keep the drinking age at twentyone.

The question of a legal drinking age involves ideas of freedom,responsibility,religion,politics and the rights of parents. It is a question that will be argued in the United States for many years to come.

( ) 5. The writer's purpose in writing the text is .

A. to discuss the drinking age in America

B. to answer a question concerning drinking age

C. to show us the argument in America

D. to call up people's memory

( ) 6. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?

A. All the Americans think that the law is effective.

B. It was President Ronald Reagan that made the law come into effect.

C. It is believed that twentythousand lives have been saved since the law signed.

D. Only those who are over twenty years old in the US can drink alcohol legally.

( ) 7. From this passage we can safely draw a conclusion that "Mothers Against Drunk Driving" is .

A. a department of the government .

B. a scientific research institute

C. an association of lawmakers

D. a kind of social organization

( ) 8. What can we infer from the passage?

A. Any state in the US has no right to change the law of the federal government.

B. If a man was not at least twentyone years old,he wouldn't get any alcohol in the US.

C. The young people in the USA become mature later than those of the other countries.

D. It will be not easy to change the law of the drinking age in a short time.

Most,if not all,Chinese are financially better off thanks to over 30 years of reform and opening up. But are we any happier?

Various surveys and rankings attempt to answer this question.

Though sociologists have presented varying percentages based on different criteria,their answers tend to find we are generally happier,and the number of optimists rises each year.

But each survey reveals a worrisome fact that a sizable portion,10 percent at the lowest,of respondents were not content with their lives or not hopeful about the future.

We cannot be content with the fact that at least 130 million of our countrymen are not happy.

Although a sense of happiness remains a luxury for many of our compatriots because of poverty,we agree financial wellbeing is not the sole determinant of happiness.

For most of us,except the extremely rich and naturally born optimists,there simply are too many variables that may kill the feeling of happiness.

These include,but are not limited to,rising housing prices,tight and instable job market,backbreaking schooling expenses and medical bills.

The most common one,however,is a low sense of security.

An eyecatching characteristic of our economy is its high savings rate,at 46 percent now.

Explaining the rise in savings and drop in spending in their city,Beijing municipal statisticians pointed that in the low-and-middle-income group there was too much uncertainty regarding employment,income,housing,medical situations,and education.

How can you feel happy when you always have to brace ( = prepare) yourself for the unexpected?

It may be beyond the government's reach,to guarantee higher income for every citizen. But it does have a burden to create an environment where all citizens can feel a reasonable level of security.

There was an inclusive '* safety network" when the government encouraged officials to leave public offices in 1980s in attempts to downsize public service. The idea was to offer officials secure pay and benefits so they would not have to worry about guarantees after their departure from positions of power.

It is time the government displayed similar creativity and resolve to address a much larger sense of uncertainty.

( ) 1. The underlined word "burden" in the passage means .

A. a heavy load

B. a duty or responsibility

C. the main theme of an article

D. capacity

( ) 2. According to the passage,the reason that most people involved in the surveys feel unhappy is that .

A. they are faced with financial problems

B. they are not naturally born optimists

C. they are lack of sense of security

D. they are bothered by the rising prices

( ) 3. From the passage,we know that the high savings rate shows that .

A. life for most Chinese is no longer a daily struggle for basic necessities

B. the country's social security system is incomplete

C. the public are too busy to spend

D. it is not easy to change this traditional custom

( ) 4. The writer offers the example of "safety network" is to show .

A. the officials in China can enjoy better social welfare

B. the advantages of a policy

C. a way to solve the problem mentioned above

D. it is not necessary for most people to worry about their future

Imagine a place where you can buy a wedding dress and ring,get married,and have a wedding party all in a day? The Mall of America offers all those goods and services.

The huge shopping and entertainment center is the largest mall in the United States. It covers thirtyone hectares. It cost six hundred fifty million dollars to build. The Mall of America has more than five hundred stores including four large department stores. It has sixty eating places.

But,there is a lot more to do at Mall of America than shop and eat. Why not visit the mall's aquarium? The ninetyone meters long,glass tunnel holds thousands of sea animals. They swim,crawl and float in about four million liters of water. You can walk alongside the aquarium and watch sharks eat or see a Caribbean reef up close.

Young visitors to the Mall of America can also enjoy roller coasters,ferris wheels and other rides. It has the largest indoor amusement park in the United States. The mall also has a dinosaur museum,flight simulation (模拟) center and fourteen movie theaters.

More than eleven thousand employees keep the operation running smoothly. During the summer and holidays,the mall employs thousands more people for temporary work. Mall spokesman Daniel Jasper says more than fortyfive million people visit every year from all over the world. He says on any given day there are enough people at the Mall to make it the third largest city in Minnesota.

The Mall of America will be fifteen years old next year. The owners are planning a year of celebrations. They are also planning a major expansion. It will include hotels,a business center,water park and performing arts center.

( ) 6. What is the passage mainly about?

A. An introduction to a shopping center.

B. An advertisement of a mall.

C. The size of a mall in America.

D. The people running the mall in America.

( ) 7. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. The mall has the largest amusement park in the USA.

B. In the mall,you can not only shop but also attend lectures.

C. There are more employees in summer than in winter.

D. The mall is ninety one meters long and has fourteen movie theatres.

( ) 8. What does the underlined sentence mean in the passage?

A. The Mall of America has become the third largest city in Minnesota.

B. The mall is usually visited by many people.

C. The mall is regarded as the best place by many Americans.

D. People try to make it become a large city.

( ) 9. What can you infer from the last paragraph?

A. The mall is the earliest mall in America.

B. The celebration will be planned for a year.

C. The mall will offer more kinds of service.

D. The mall will be taken place by a business center.

Personal finance is an increasingly complex world. There are more ways to invest money,more ways to save it,and more ways to lose it. Yet many people are more strangers to this world than they might like to admit.

Starting young to teach financial literacy.

In the United States,there are growing calls to do more to help young people learn skills in financial literacy. Some efforts begin in high school. But more and more information is available on the Internet,not only for young people but also for adults. The goal is to teach about budgeting,saving,investing and using money.

The United States Financial Literacy and Education Commission was established in two thousand three. This government group supervises financial education efforts through nineteen federal agencies.

Information on financial literacy and education can be found at its Web site. The address is My Money,gov. It includes links to agencies that deal with banking,buying a home,investing and other areas.

The National Council on Economic Education has found that seventeen states now require high school students to take a class in economics. This number has grown from thirteen in nineteen ninetyeight.

As of three years ago,half of all states required students to take a class in personal finance. Yet that number has fallen from twentyfive to twentytwo.

The National Council on Economic Education sells textbooks for grades four through twelve. It also offers free materials for teachers. The information is available at ncee.net.

Teachers say parents also need to play a larger part in educating their children about money. A recent study found that seventy percent of college students said they received financial advice mainly from their parents.

Investment companies also offer information. Charles Schwab,for example,has a Web site to help parents teach their kids about money and investing. The address is SchwabMoneyWise. com.

One of the first tastes of financial independence that many young people get is through summer jobs. Junior Achievement is an organization that teaches young people about finance and business. It says almost threefourths of young people questioned said they planned to have a summer job.

( ) 1. What's the goal of teaching young people financial literacy?

A. To teach them budgeting.

B. To teach them saving.

C. To teach them investing and using money.

D. All of the above.

( ) 2. Which web site or organization can help parents teach their kids about money and investing?

A. My Money.gov B. ncee.net

C. SchwabMoneyWise.com D. Junior Achievement

( ) 3. Which of the following is NOT true?

A. The US Financial Literacy and Education Commission was set up in 2003.

B. 13 states in the US required high school students to take a class in economics in 1998.

C. 3 years ago,half of all states in the US required students to take a class in personal finance.

D. Through summer jobs,young people can try to become independent in finance.

( ) 4. What's the best title of the passage?

A. Information on Financial Literacy and Education

B. How to Get Financial Independence

C. Starting Young to Teach Financial Literacy

D. The Way of Earning and Saving Money

10. The old couple said that under no circumstance their apartment to someone with a criminal record （rent)

那对老夫妇说不论在什么情况下，他们都不会把公寓租给有犯罪记录的人。

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