Such chronic (慢性的) diseases as heart disease, stroke, cancer and lung disorders are the most leading causes of death in the world. Yet health experts say these conditions are often the most preventable.

The World Health Organization (WHO) points out chronic diseases lead to about 17 million early deaths each year. The United Nations (UN) agency expects more than 380 million people to die of chronic diseases by 2015. About 80% of the deaths will happen in developing nations.

Chronic diseases now cause two-thirds of all deaths in the Asia-Pacific area. In ten years it could be almost three-fourths. People are getting sick in their most economically productive years. In fact, chronic diseases are killing more middle-aged people in poorer countries than in richer ones. The WHO estimates (估计) that chronic diseases will cost China alone more than 500,000 million dollars in the next ten years. That estimate represents the costs of medical treatment and lost productivity. Russia and India are also expected to face huge economic losses.

According to a WHO report, deaths from chronic diseases have increased largely as the result of economic gains in many countries. Until recently infectious and parasitic (寄生的) diseases have been the main killers in Asia and the Pacific but they are no longer the major cause of death in most countries.

As many as 80% of the deaths from chronic diseases could be prevented, health officials say. An important tool for governments is to limit the marketing of alcohol and tobacco to young people. Also, more programs are needed to urge healthy eating and more physical activity.

The UN aims to reduce chronic-disease deaths by 2% each year by international action through 2015, that’s to say, 36 million lives could be saved, including 25 million in Asia and the Pacific.

1.According to the passage, chronic diseases ________.

A. can be ignored B. can be prevented

C. will disappear D. are all deadly

2.In many countries, what’s mainly responsible for increasing deaths from chronic diseases?

A. The economic development.

B. The poor living conditions.

C. Infectious and parasitic diseases.

D. Young people’s bad habits.

3.Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Most deaths are caused by chronic diseases in the world.

B. The middle-aged are becoming victims of chronic diseases in Asia.

C. Infectious and parasitic diseases are no longer death killers.

D. To reduce chronic-disease deaths needs worldwide efforts.

4.The best title for the passage would be “________”.

A. Different Measures to Fight Chronic Diseases

B. The WHO’s Report on Heath in Developing Countries

C. The UN: the Leader of International Community

D. Chronic Diseases: the World’s Leading Killer

根据短文内容,从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

The Effects of Stress

There is a famous expression in English:“Stop the world,I want to get off!”This expression refers to a feeling of panic,or stress,that makes a person want to stop whatever they are doing,try to relax,and become calm again 1. It is one of the most common causes of health problems in modern life.Too much stress results in physical,emotional,and mental health problems.

There are numerous physical effects of stress.2. It can increase the pulse rate,make the heart miss beats,and can cause high blood pressure.Stress can affect the respiratory system.It can lead to asthma.It can cause a person to breathe too fast,resulting in a loss of important carbon dioxide.Stress cilia affect the stomach.3. These are only a few examples of the wide range of illnesses and symptoms resulting from stress.

Emotions are also easily affected by stress.People suffering from stress often feel anxious.They may have panic attacks.They may feel tired all the time. When people are under stress,they often overreact to little problems.For example,a normally gentle parent under a lot of stress at work may yell at a child for dropping a glass of juice.4.

Long-term stress can lead to a variety of serious-mental illnesses.Depression,an extreme feeling of sadness and hopelessness,can be the result of continued and increasing stress.Alcoholism and other addictions often develop as a result of overuse of alcohol or drugs to try to relieve stress.Eating disorders are sometimes caused by stress and are often made worse by stress.5.

A.Stress can make people angry, moody or nervous.

B.“Stress”means pressure or tension.

C.It can cause stomach aches and problems digesting food.

D.It is obvious that stress can cause physical problems.

E.Stress can affect the heart.

F.So stop the world and rest for a while.

G.If stress is allowed to continue,then one’s mental health is put at risk.

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阅读短文, 然后根据短文内容从A、B、C、D四个选项中选择最佳答案。

The teacher thought hobbies were very important for every child. She ________ all her pupils to have one, and sometimes ________ for their parents to come and see the work they had done as a result.

One Friday ________ the teacher told the class that those who had a hobby could have a ________ that afternoon to get the things they had made as parts of their hobbies ready for their ________ to see the following afternoon.

So in the afternoon, while those of the pupils who had nothing to ________ did their usual lessons, the lucky ones who had made something ________ to go home, on condition that they ________ before five o'clock to bring what they were going to show and to arrange it.

When the afternoon lesson began, the teacher was ________ to see Tommy was not there. He was the ________ boy in the class, and the teacher found it ________ to believe he had a hobby. However, at 4:45, Tommy arrived with a(n) ________ collection of butterflies in glass cases. After his ________ had admired them and helped him to arrange them on a table in the classroom, she was surprised to see Tommy ________ them up again and begin to leave.

“What are you doing, Tommy?” she asked. “Those things must ________ here until tomorrow afternoon. That's when the parents are coming to see them.”

“I know ________ ,” answered Tommy, “and I will bring them back tomorrow; but my ________ doesn't want them to be out of our house at night in case they are ________ .”

“But what has it got to do with your brother?” asked the teacher. “Aren't the butterflies yours?”

“No,” answered Tommy. “They belong to him.”

“But Tommy, you are ________ to show your own hobby here, not somebody else's!” said the teacher.

“I know that,” answered Tommy. “My hobby is ________ my brother collecting butterflies.”

1.A. stopped B. ordered C. encouraged D. agreed

2.A. arranged(安排) B. asked C. looked D. waited

3.A. afternoon B. evening C. night D. morning

4.A. test B. lesson C. competition D. holiday

5.A. teachers B. parents C. friends D. classmates

6.A. present B. do C. see D. eat

7.A. had B. used C. were made D. were allowed

8.A. turned out B. returned C. left D. finished

9.A. sad B. happy C. frightened D. surprised

10.A. laziest B. most curious C. cleverest D. youngest

11.A. difficult B. easy C. reliable D. disable

12.A. ugly B. small C. beautiful D. obvious

13.A. classmates B. brother C. father D. teacher

14.A. throw B. pick C. switch D. use

15.A. remain B. leave C. observe D. undertake

16.A. them B. him C. that D. this

17.A. sister B. friend C. brother D. mother

18.A. stolen B. shown C. completed D. matched

19.A. fired B. supposed C. related D. ignored

20.A. helping B. concerning C. watching D. Seeking

完形填空,阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从各题A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案。

In the animal kingdom, weakness can bring about attack in other animals. This sometimes happens with ________ also. But I have found that my weakness brings out the ________ in people. I see it every day when people hold doors for me, pour cream into my coffee, or ________ me to put on my coat. And I have ________ that it makes them happy.

From my wheelchair experience, I see the best ________ people. Last month, when I was driving home on a busy highway, I began to feel unwell and ________ more slowly than usual. People behind me began to get ________ , with some speeding up alongside me, horning(按喇叭) or even shouting at me. At the moment I ________ to do something I had never done in twenty-four years of driving. I put on the car flashlights and drove on at a really ________ speed.

No more angry shouts and no more horns!

When I turned on my flashlights, I was saying to other drivers, “I have a(n) ________ here. I am weak and doing the best I can.” And everyone ________ . Several times, I saw drivers who wanted to pass. They couldn’t get around me because of the ________ of passing traffic. But instead of getting impatient and angry, they ________ , knowing the driver in front of them was in some way weak.

Sometimes situations call for us to act strong and brave even ________ we don’t feel that way. But those seldom happen. More often, it would be better if we don’t pretend we feel strong when we feel ________ , which can bring out the best in humans.

1.A. humans B. plants C. animals D. insects

2.A. coldness B. respect C. cruelty D. kindness

3.A. ask B. help C. order D. allow

4.A. argued B. promised C. doubted D. discovered

5.A. in B. for C. to D. from

6.A. cycled B. rode C. drove D. followed

7.A. energetic B. careful C. unfair D. impatient

8.A. planned B. decided C. agreed D. forgot

9.A. low B. different C. variable D. top

10.A. chance B. accident C. problem D. danger

11.A. removed B. stopped C. regretted D. understood

12.A. direction B. stream C. light D. size

13.A. waited B. struggled C. cornered D. raced

14.A. although B. because C. when D. since

15.A. healthy B. weak C. confident D. mistaken

I’m sitting here in this coffee shop. You know the one there by Allen street. The town is filled with thousands of middle class college kids living off their parent’s money.

The coffee shop is where the ones come to play the part of sophisticated bohemians (放荡不羁的文化人). The pretensions (自命不凡) glow from their line-less faces as they sip cappuccinos and chew strawberry cookies. The boys to my right are discussing Nabokov with a serious air, a copy of Sartre’s Cuba lies on the table.

The young woman on my left is declaring that she can never allow her creativity to be killed by entering the work force. The man with her scratches his goatee (胡子) in agreement, occasionally suggesting they go back to his place to hear his new Washington Squares CD. Matt has just designed a new international symbol for peace. He moves from table to table trying to sell hand painted T-shirts that bear the design. Tomorrow he’s leaving for the 25th anniversary Woodstock concert where he hopes to strike it rich with his creation.

Gopha the skinny Indian boy feels like singing me a verse of ‘It Ain’t Me Babe’ when I ask him if he’s a friend of Monica’s. Jason is trying to talk Gopha into a dollar bet on a game of chess. Between times Jason will chew your ear off with his plans to conquer the music industry while studying entertainment law, but when it comes to his never ending dollar chess matches he’s quiet as a church mouse.

I sit among them. To all surface appearances one and the same. If they could only see I would rather reach into their flesh and tear out their shallow little hearts than listen to another second of their prattle (闲扯).

With no job, no gigs, and my girlfriend’s so far gone she might as well be on another planet, I’ve been leading the writer’s quiet cafe life, spending my free time outdoors drinking iced teas and cheap wines. I chat warmly with whoever decides to squander away their hours in my surrounding area.

But behind my eyes is an unspoken challenge to any and every one of these social elites (精英) to just once say one thing that would inspire me. Just one little idea which is new and meaningful. Unfortunately original thoughts are zero here.

In my secret mind I wish to run like a madman banging gongs and speaking in tongues. Or maybe jump on a table and sing the Star Spangled Banner in the forgotten language of the Hottentots. I know these thoughts only reveal me as a fool because the spark I search for cannot be found in acts of shocking performance art. Where it truly comes from is one of the mysteries which will always hang around me.

1.The college students in the coffee shop can be described as ______.

A. shallow and aimless B. determined and independent

C. vain and ambitious D. honest and hardworking

2.Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

A. Matt’s T-shirts will be a hit at the concert and bring him wealth.

B. Jason seems to show more enthusiasm in the dollar chess matches.

C. The young woman agrees to listen to a new Washington Squares CD.

D. The hero envies the lifestyle of the college students in the coffee shop.

3.Why is the hero in the coffee shop?

A. To recall the pleasant memories.

B. To relieve his sorrows and worries.

C. To know what is in fashion nowadays.

D. To find something new to inspire himself.

4.What does the passage imply?

A. The hero is sure that he can find the original thoughts in a crazy way.

B. The hero is disappointed at the college students failing his expectation.

C. The hero is quite content with his quiet café life as a writer.

D. The hero is lost in the physical world and hopeless about his future.

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