China Daily Oct. 11----The ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to make World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday.

   More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shang-based Wenhui Daily reported. The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problems will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide.

   Deng  Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said rapid changes are one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems. If these mental diseases are not addressed on time, occurrence of crimes, drug-taking and other dangerous behavior are expected to rise. Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies. A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young. Children are said to be too “ spoiled” and “selfish” in a one-child family.

It’s reported  schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being. Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing No.105 Middle School, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month.”  Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions,” Yin said. The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.

Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

   A. Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day

   B. Seriousness of Youngsters’ Mental Health Problems

   C. How to Maintain Mental Well-being

   D. Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Disease Expected

The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that________

   A. mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem.

   B. only young people are suffering from mental health problems.

   C. mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness.

   D. the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent.

Which could be the consequence if the problem is left untreated?

   A. Inability to handle interpersonal relations. B. Unstable emotions

   C. Drug-taking and other dangerous behavior D. Rapid social changes

Why is the Beijing No.105 Middle School mentioned in the passage?

  A. To provide the students with counseling sessions.

  B. To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with.

  C. To help ease the anxiety arising from the national college entrance exams

  D. To call on other schools to learn from the No.105 Middle School

A Southampton University team found that people who were vegetarians by 30 had recorded five IQ points higher on average at the age of 10. Researchers said it could explain why people with a higher IQ were healthier as a vegetarian diet was connected to lower heart disease and obesity rates. The study of 8,179 people was reported in the BritishMedicalJournal.
Twenty years after the IQ tests were carried out in 1970, 366 of the participants said they were vegetarians — although more than 100 reported eating either fish or chicken.
Men who were vegetarians had an IQ score of 106, compared with 101 for non-vegetarians; while female vegetarians averaged 104, compared with 99 for non-vegetarians. There was no difference in the IQ scores, between strict vegetarians and those who said they were vegetarians but reported eating fish or chicken.
Researchers said the findings were partly related to better education and higher class, but it remained statistically significant after adjusting for these factors.
Vegetarians were more likely to be female, to be of higher social class and to have higher academic or vocational qualifications than non-vegetarians. However, these differences were not reflected in their annual income, which was similar to that of non-vegetarians.
Lead researcher Catharine Gale said, “The findings that children with greater intelligence are more likely to report being vegetarians as adults, together with the evidence on the potential benefits of a vegetarian diet on heart health, may help to explain why a higher IQ in childhood or adolescence is linked with a reduced risk of coronary heart disease in adult life.
But Dr Frankie Phillips of the British Dietetic Association said,“It_ is_ like _the _chicken  _and _egg. Do people become vegetarians because they have a very high IQ or is it just that they are clever enough to be more aware of health issues?”
【小题1】 What’s the result of the research mentioned in the text?

A.Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.
B.Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.
C.Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.
D.Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.
【小题2】It was found in the research that________.
A.most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried out
B.vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetarians
C.female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians
D.vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians
【小题3】What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?
A.Intelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian but to many factors.
B.The rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle.
C.The link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain.
D.The link between a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved.
【小题4】What’ s the best title for the text?
A.Get more IQ points!
B.Be a vegetarian, please!
C.Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk
D.A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian


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Have you ever known a married couple that just didn’t seem as though they should fit together—yet they are both happy in the marriage, and you can’t figure out why?
I know of one couple: the husband is a burly(魁梧的)ex-athlete who, in addition to being a successful salesman, coaches Little League, is active in his Rotary Club and plays golf every Saturday with friends. Meanwhile, his wife is petite, quiet and a complete homebody. She doesn’t even like to go out to dinner.
What mysterious force drives us into the arms of one person, while pushing us away from another who might appear equally desirable to any unbiased(没有偏见的) observer?
Of the many factors influencing our idea of the perfect mate, one of the most telling, according to John Money, professor emeritus(荣誉退休的) of medical psychology and pediatrics(儿科学) at Johns Hopkins University, is what he calls our “love map”—a group of messages encoded in our brains that describes our likes and dislikes. It shows our preferences in hair and eye color, in voice, smell, body build. It also records the kind of personality that appeals to us, whether it’s the warm and friendly type or the strong, silent type.
In short, we fall for and pursue those people who most clearly fit our love map. And this love map is largely determined in childhood. By age eight, the pattern for our ideal mate has already begun to float around in our brains.
When I lecture, I often ask couples in the audience what drew them to their dates or mates. Answers range from “She’s strong and independent” and “I go for redheads” to “I love his sense of humor” and “That crooked smile, that’s what did it.”
I believe what they say. But I also know that if I were to ask those same men and women to describe their mothers, there would be many similarities between their ideal mates and their moms. Yes, our mothers—the first real love of our lives—write a significant portion of our love map.
51. What does the underlined word “petite” in Paragraph 2 probably mean?
A. Clever.              B. Little.               C. Energetic.         D. Lovely.
52. What is “love map” according to John Money?
A. One of the many factors influencing our idea of the perfect mate.
B. Our preferences in hair and eye color, in voice, smell, body build.
C. A group of messages encodes in our brains that describes our likes and dislikes.
D. Something that appeals to us, whether it’s the warm and friendly type.
53. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. By age eight, the pattern for our ideal mate has already begun to float around in our brains.
B. We fall for and pursue those people who most clearly fit our love map.
C. Love map is largely determined in childhood.
D. “She’d strong and independent” is the most important reason that drew the couple together.
54. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. The author believes what the questioned couple said.
B. Our mothers play a very important role in the forming of our “love map”.
C. Our mothers are the first real love in our lives.
D. There would be many similarities between ideal mates and moms.
55. What would be the best title of this passage?
A. The “love map” in our mind.
B. What mysterious force drives us into the arms of one person?
C. The real reason why we choose that special someone.
D. Our mothers write a significant portion of our love map.            

China Daily Oct.11, 2008——The Ministry of Health has called for more awareness from the public on the mental health of the young, as part of efforts to mark World Mental Health Day which fell on Friday.
More than 15 percent of Chinese youths have been found with mental problems, and about 30 million young people under 17 are suffering from depression, the Shanghai-based Wenhui Daily reported.The World Health Organization estimates that before 2020, the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent, and mental problem will become a major factor behind deaths and illness in the young worldwide.
Deng Xiaohong, the spokesperson for the Beijing Municipal Health Bureau, said rapid social changes is one of the reasons behind the rising number of youngsters with psychological problems.If these mental diseases are not addressed on time, occurrence of crimes, drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors are expected to rise.Experts said mental diseases could be caused by many factors, such as the inability to handle interpersonal relations well, unstable emotions and pressures from an overload of studies.A number of experts have also said the one-child policy is another reason leading to poor mental health in the young.Children are said to be too “spoiled” and “selfish” in a one-child family.
It’s reported that schools in many cities are rolling out measures to help students maintain their mental well-being.Yin Jingmiao, a teacher of the Beijing NO.105 Middle School, told China Daily that the school invites psychologists to provide counseling to students three times a month.“Students can be arranged to have 40-minute counseling sessions,” Yin said.The school also gives lectures on mental health to senior grade students before they take the national college entrance exams to help ease any anxiety arising from the tests.
60.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?
A.Efforts to Mark World Mental Health Day
B.Seriousness of Youngsters’ Mental Health Problems
C.How to Maintain Mental Well-being
D.Public Awareness on Youngsters’ Mental Diseases Expected
61.The writer intends to tell us in the second paragraph that _______.
A.mental health problems of the young are becoming a popular problem
B.only young people are suffering from mental health problems
C.mental problems will become as serious as deaths and illness
D.the rate of children with mental problems will increase to 50 percent
62.Which could be the consequence if the problem is left untreated?
A.Inability to handle interpersonal relations.
B.Unstable emotions.
C.Drug-taking and other dangerous behaviors.
D.Rapid social changes.
63.Why is Beijing NO. 105 Middle School mentioned in the passage?
A.To provide the students with counseling sessions.
B.To give an example showing how mental problems are dealt with.
C.To help ease the anxiety arising from college entrance exams.
D.To call on other schools to learn from No. 105 Middle School.

Holding a cell phone against your ear or stalling it in your pocket may be hazardous to your health.

         This paraphrases a warning that cell phone; manufacturers include in the small print that is often tossed aside when a new phone is purchased.Apple, for example, doesn't want iP hones to come closer to you than 1.5 centimeters; Research In Motion, Blackberry's manufacturer, recommends 2.5 centimeters.

         If health issues arise from cell phone use, the implications are huge.Voice calls - Americans chat on cell phones 2.26 trillion minutes annually - generate $109 billion for the wireless carriers.

         Devra Davis, an epidemiologist who has worked for the University of Pittsburgh, has published a book about cell phone radiation, "Disconnect." The book surveys scientific research and concludes the question is not settled.

  Brain cancer is a concern that Ms. Davis examines. Over all, there has not been an increase in its incidence since cell phones arrived. But the average masks an increase in brain cancer in the 20-to-29 age group and a drop for the older population.

  "Most cancers have multiple causes," she says, but she points to laboratory research that suggests low-energy radiation could damage cells that could possibly lead to cancer.

  Children are more vulnerable to radiation than adults, Ms. Davis and other scientists point out. Radiation that penetrates only five centimeters into the brain of an adult will reach much deeper into the brains of children because their skulls are thinner and their brains contain more absorptive fluid. No studies have yet been completed on cell phone radiation and children, she says.

  Henry Lai, a research professor in the bioengineering department at the University of Washington, began laboratory radiation studies in 1980 and found that rats exposed to radiofrequency radiation had damaged DNA in their brains.

  Ms. Davis recommends using wired headsets or the phone's speaker. Children should text rather than call, she said, and pregnant women should keep phones away from the abdomen.

1.We can infer from the passage that________.

         A.Cell phone may do harm to our health if we hold it against our ear or store in our pocket

         B.Devra Davis thinks that there are many factors contributing to cancer.

         C.The increase in brain cancer in the young adults may have something to do with cell phone

         D.Children are more likely to be affected by radiation

2.According to the passage, how could children avoid being hurt by cell phone radiation?

         A.They can keep cell phones away from the abdomen.

         B.They can send short massage instead of making phone calls directly.

         C.They can pay more attention to the small print on the phone.

         D.They should use more advanced cell phones.

3.From this passage we can learn that.________.

         A.American cell phone manufacturers did not give any warning to their customers

         B.American cell phone manufacturers benefit greatly from their products

         C.Scientists have found the connection between brain cancer and ceil phone

         D.Cell phone should be banned because of the increase in brain cancer

4.In which column can we most probably read this passage?

         A.Advanced technology.         B.Entertainment.

         C.Science and life.               D.Celebrity.

 

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