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     Most people look forward to retirement as a time when they can finally take up activities that they never
had the time or energy to pursue before. But some recent studies on people in their golden years are disturbing:
they suggest that retirees are more likely to suffer from depression and possibly higher rates of other diseases
such as heart disease and high blood pressure. That's why a new study of French workers is welcome news.
     Led by Hugo Westerlund, a professor of psychology at Stockholm University, the study of more than
14,000 workers found lower rates of depression and fatigue (疲劳) in people after they got retired while they
were still employed.
     The scientists followed employees of the French National Gas and Electric Company for 14 years. They
found in the year immediately after retirement, the volunteers reported 40% fewer depressive symptoms than
they had in the year before their retirement. The researchers also found an 81% drop in reports of both mental
and physical fatigue over the same time period.
     Clearly, said Westerlund, much of these decrease in physical and mental fatigue can be traced back to relief
from the stresses of work. The decline in depressive symptoms suggests that retirement may be having a
positive mental effect, too, which may have a lot to do with the generous pensions (养老金) that French
workers enjoy. Most retirees in that country still benefit from about 80% of their yearly salaries.
     "The economic or financial situation in retirement is very important," Westerlund says. "We don't know if
the decrease in fatigue and depressive symptoms is because of the removal of something bad while in work
or the addition of something good while in retirement. But no matter the reason, if life in retirement is not
comfortable, then we won't see the improvements we did."
     However, in European nations like France, governments are considering changes to pension plans, which
may affect retirees' health after they leave their jobs-with less of a financial safety net, workers may no longer
seem so mentally and physically happy to be out of work.

(Note: Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS.)
1. According to some recent studies, retired people may have depression and higher rates of other diseases
   like _______.
2. Westerlund's group found that in the year just after the retirement most retired French workers felt much less
   tired both _______.
3. What does the word "improvements" in paragraph 5 refer to?
    ________________________________________________________________________________________
4. Retirement may make people happier with ______.

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Long long ago, there was a small village. This village had a 1 tradition. At the beginning ofevery year, any boy who had reached the age of majority (成年)was given land and money to build a home. The boy had to 2 his home before winter. If his home failed to endure thecold weather in winter, the villagers could not 3 him inany way. One 4 , Paul and Mare reached their majority. They 5 their land and money and decided to search nearby villages for ideas on building their homes. In each village, they found the nicest 6 and talked to the owners. Each owner gladly offered 7 . After Marc saw several homes, he 8 the best ideas and went back to his own land. Paul, 9 , continued collecting more ideas. Soon he had so many great ideas that he began to 10 some of them. But he always believed he could find even better ideas in the next village. Marc began building his home. He had several false starts, 11 his home gradually rose from his land. By fall, Marc had finished his home. It wasn't perfect,but it was strong and he could 12 it later. Paul enjoyed all the beautiful homes and 13 with home owners. The first snow came and Paul, realizing he was running out of time, 14 back to his land. He built the best home he could in the time he had, but it was 15 . The first winter storm destroyed his home and he froze to 16 .The villagers mourned for him. Marc 17 the winter. Each year, Marc searched for other good ideas he could use to make his own home look better. He became a leader in the village, 18 a family, and lived a happy, content life. We all build and improve our own mental homes. It's 19 and fun for us to search for ideas from other mental home owners, but we only improve our own mental home if we actualIy 20 the best ideas.
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     If you were looking for an animal to take the title of "most violent fish in the sea", then the puffer
fish(河豚) would have to be a strong competitor.Not only is it poisonous-though that doesn't stop
people trying to eat it-and able to scare off other creatures in the sea by inflating itself to become much
larger than normal, but also it chews on its own brothers and sisters when it is young.
     Puffers attach their eggs to rocks near the bottom of the sea, often at the mouths of bays.Then the
larvae(幼鱼)move to the wide part of the river once they have grown a little.Having put on more
weight, they head for the sea.It's no childhood for the puffer fish, though, as Shin Oikawa and his
colleagues found when they hatched puffer larvae in the lab and monitored them for two months.They
found the larvae went through three step changes when they reached body weights of 0.002 grams,
0.01g and 0.1g.When a larva went through one of these changes, its behavior also changed.For instance,
once a larva passed the first level it would grow its first teeth and could start attacking the larvae that had
not reached that stage.Similarly, any larva that had reached the 0.01g or 0.1g levels would start attacking
the larvae that hadn't.
     The baby fish had a "relatively small mouth", so rather than swallow their brothers and sisters whole,
they would bite pieces out of them.Despite this limitation, the fish caused plenty of deaths.
Eat one puffer and the poison will paralyze your muscles, including the muscles responsible for breathing
－so death is usually caused for lack of oxygen.Famously, the fish is a delicious dish in Japan, where
highly qualified chefs produce dishes that contain safe levels of the poison.The puffer does not go to the
trouble of producing poison itself.Instead, it hosts bacteria that combine the poison.It obtains these
bacteria from its diet, so the youngest adult fish are not poisonous.

1. The following statements account for the violence of puffers EXCEPT ________.
A. they often prevent people from capturing them
B. they can become larger to frighten enemies away
C. they kill their younger companions after growing older
D. they can poison people who try to eat them

2. We can learn from the second paragraph that the puffer ________.
A. can mostly grow to the weight of 0.1g gram
B. never changes its behavior as it grows
C. often finds safe places to have its next generation
D. begins to grow teeth when it reaches the second level

3. Where does the poison in the puffer's body come from?
A. Its inner organism.
B. The chemicals in the water.
C. The diet it eats.
D. Small fish around it.

4. It can be inferred from the last paragraph that ________.
A. the puffer does produce poison all by itself
B. people like eating puffers though they are poisonous
C. people can eat the puffer prepared by themselves
D. fishermen often capture the youngest adult puffers

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     Do more species develop in warm, tropical climates or cooler, temperate areas? It turns out the
longtime answer-the tropics - may be wrong.
     True, more different types of animals exist there than in places farther from the equator.
     New research suggests that is because tropical species do not die out as readily. Cooler regions
have a higher turnover rate, with more species developing but also more becoming extinct.
     By analyzing the DNA of 618 mammal and bird species that lived in the past several million years,
they were able to determine that new species develop more readily farther away from the tropics.
     "It would take one species in the tropics 3 to 4 million years to evolve into two distinct species,
whereas at 60 degrees latitude, it could take as little as 1 million years," weir said.
    "In other words, there's a higher turnover of species in places like Canada, making it a hotbed of
speciation, not the amazon," said Schluter.
    That, however, is balanced by a higher extinction rate in colder climates, so the tropics still have
more diversity.
     It also raises the question of whether a more variable climate causes more rapid evolution.
     The next step is to look at changes in behavior and body form, comparing tropical and temperate
areas.
      Kenneth E. Filchak said, "scientists and naturalists have been wondering about patterns of diversity
for well over a century. But these questions still hold a central place in science."
     He said the new report was "interesting and significant", for its look at the process of evolution and
patterns of diversity. One is left with the question of why.
      Weir said the got interested in the topic while studying the effects of ice sheets on evolution. They
found that new species developed more rapidly in areas that had been covered with ice sheets than in
regions that did not have ice cover. That caused them to widen the research to cover a larger area.

1. What did the subject discuss in the text?

A. Species evaluate quickly in a variable climate.
B. Species develop more in tropics than in temperate area.
C. Species develop more quickly in cooler areas.
D. Species have become extinct in cold climate.

2. Why do species develop slowly in tropics?

A. Because tropical species need more time to become different species.
B. Because tropical species have a long life.
C. Because tropical species in pattern of diversity are different.
D. Because tropical provide warm climate for species.

3. The researchers still need to study ______.

A. how different climates affect species growth
B. what kind of climate makes species develop quickly
C. what are the effects of ice sheets on ecosystem
D. if species in tropics and cooler areas change in behavior and body form

4. What makes less diversity in colder climates?

A. The process of evolution.
B. The ice sheets.
C. A higher extinction rate.
D. The cold climate.

5. This text is most probably taken from a ______.

A. research paper
B. newspaper report
C. class presentation
D. geography textbook

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    Living in a green area can make you live longer,according to research published today.The research also
shows  that the  difference in  life expectancy (预期寿命) between rich and poor becomes smalleramong
those who live in an environment with parks and trees.
    Richard Mitchell,from Glasgow University,and his colleagues, found that the gap between the number of
deaths of people on high incomes and the number of deaths of those on low incomes in green areas was
half that compared with figures relating to builtup areas.
    Green spaces, classified by the researchers as " open, undeveloped land with natural vegetation ",
encouraged people to walk and be more active.Exercise in these settings could have greater benefits than
exercise elsewhere,the researchers said.
    The benefits potentially go beyond exercise.Studies have shown that being around green spaces can
reduce blood pressure and stress levels,and possibly help patients recover faster.
    A number of researchers have looked at the effects of greenery on our wellbeing.But few studies had
looked at whether living in green areas reduced health inequalities,the Glasgow team said.
    Using information from a landuse database of 2001,the researchers divided the preretirement population
of England into four groups according to income level,and five groups according to access to green space.
They then looked at death rate for 2001～2005.
    They found that the inequality in death rate from all causes relating to lack of money was less in those
populations in the greenest areas compared with the figures for people living in more builtup places.They
found an even stronger relationship when it came to deaths from certain diseases such as heart conditions
and stroke (中风)．There was no difference,however,in deaths from lung cancer.
    The researchers said that changing the physical environment was an easier way to fight against poor
health than using media campaigns or giving out information on health."The result of the study is clear:
Environments that promote good health might be very important in the fight to reduce health inequalities."

1．The underlined word "that" in Paragraph 2 refers to________.

A．the gap
B．the number of deaths
C．the income
D．the living area

2．What was the special point of the Glasgow team's research?

A．They offered a scientific definition of "green spaces"．
B．They encouraged people to exercise in green areas.
C．They studied the effects of greenery on people's health.
D．They focused on the influence of greenery on health inequalities.

3．What advice would the researchers probably give according to the last paragraph?

A．More health information should be given to the public.
B．People should take more exercise every day.
C．More trees and grass should be planted in cities.
D．People should help to fight against health problems.

4．What is the main idea of the passage?

A．People should live in green areas.
B．Green spaces promote good health.
C．Income influences health less than environment.
D．Exercise in green areas benefits people a lot.

Theyfound it difficult for them to ________ the conditions they might meet.

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