题目内容
Until about 1850 most wine in France, which is one of the oldest wine producing regions of Europe, locally.
A.is consumed | B.was being consumed |
C.was consumed | D.has been consumed |
C
解析
Most shops in Britain open at 9:00 am, and close at 5:00 or 5:30 in the evening. Small shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime. On one or two days a week—usually Thursday and/or Friday—some large food shops stay open until about 8:00 pm for late night shopping.
Many shops are closed in the afternoon on one day a week. The day is usually Wednesday or Thursday and it is a different day in different towns.
Nearly all shops are closed on Sundays. Newspaper shops are open in the morning, and sell sweets and cigarettes as well. But not all the things can be sold on Sundays.
Usually it is not difficult for foreign visitors to find where to buy things. Most shops sell the things that you want to buy. One problem is stamps. In Britain you can only buy these at post offices. Many large food shops are self-service. When you go into one of these shops, you take a basket and you put the things you wish to buy into this. You pay for everything just before you leave. If anyone tries to take things from a shop without paying they are almost certain to be caught, because most shops have detectives.
When you are waiting to be served in a shop, it is important not try to be served before people who arrive before you. Many foreign people are surprised at the British way of queuing (排队).
【小题1】Most shops in Britain stay open for about ______ a day.
A.eight hours | B.five hours | C.ten hours | D.six hours |
A.Some large food shops open for about 11 hours on Thursday or Friday. |
B.Many shops are closed in the afternoon once a week on Tuesday. |
C.Only a few things can be bought on Sundays. |
D.It is not difficult for foreign visitors to buy things in Britain. |
A.cigarette. | B.sweets. | C.stamps. | D.clothes. |
A.Most shops usually close for an hour at lunchtime. |
B.Many large shops are self-service. |
C.Most shops have detectives. |
D.People do not have to queue to be served. |
A.Shops in Britain |
B.How to buy things in Britain? |
C.The British Way of Queuing |
D.How long are the British shops? |
She took up skating at age 85, made her first movie appearance at age 114, and held a concert in the neighborhood on her 121st birthday.
When it comes to long life, Jeanne Calment is the world’s recordholder. She lived to the ripe old age of 122. So is 122 the upper limit to the human life span(寿命)? If scientists come up with some sort of pill or diet that would slow aging, could we possibly make it to 150-or beyond?
Researchers don’t entirely agree on the answers. “Calment lived to 122, so it wouldn’t surprise me if someone alive today reaches 130 or 135, ”says Jerry Shay at the University of Texas.
Steve Austad at the University of Texas agrees. “People can live much longer than we think, ”he says. “Experts used to say that humans couldn’t live past 110. When Calment blew past that age, they raised the number to 120. So why can’t we go higher? ”
The trouble with guessing how old people can live to be is that it’s all just guessing. “Anyone can make up a number, ”says Rich Miller at the University of Michigan. “Usually the scientist who picks the highest number gets his name in Time magazine. ”
Won’t new anti-aging techniques keep us alive for centuries? Any cure, says Miller, for aging would probably keep most of us kicking until about 120. Researchers are working on treatments that lengthen the life span of mice by 50 percent at most. So, if the average human life span is about 80 years, says Miller, “adding another 50 percent would get you to 120. ”
So what can we conclude from this little disagreement among the researchers? That life span is flexible(有弹性的), but there is a limit, says George Martin of the University of Washington. “We can get flies to live 50 percent longer, ”he says. “But a fly’s never going to live 150 years. ”Of course, if you became a new species (物种), one that ages at a slower speed, that would be a different story, he adds.
Does Martin really believe that humans could evolve (进化)their way to longer life? “It’s pretty cool to think about, ”he says with a smile.
【小题1】 What does the story of Jeanne Calment prove to us?
A.People can live to 122. |
B.Old people are creative. |
C.Women are sporty at 85. |
D.Women live longer than men. |
A.the average human life span could be 110 |
B.scientists cannot find ways to slow aging |
C.few people can expect to live to over 150 |
D.researchers are not sure how long people can live |
A.Jerry Shay. | B.Steve Austad |
C.Rich Miller | D.George Martin |
A.Most of us could be good at sports even at 120. |
B.The average human life span cannot be doubled |
C.Scientists believe mice are aging at a slower speed than before. |
D.New techniques could be used to change flies into a new species |