There're many reasons for this--typically，men take more risks than women and are more likely to drink and smoke but perhaps more importantly, men don’t go to the doctor.
“Men aren't seeing doctors as often as they should，” says Dr. Gullotta.“This is particularly so
for the over-40s, when diseases tend to strike. According to a recent survey, 95％of women aged between 15 and early 49s see a doctor once a year, compared to 70％of men in the same age group.
“A lot of men think they’re unbeatable，”Gullotta says.“They only come in when a friend drops dead on the golf course and they think, Geez, if it could happen to him …”
Then there’s the ostrich（鸵鸟）approach.“Some men are scared of what might be there and would rather not know,” says Dr. Ross Cartmill.
“Most men get their cars serviced more regularly than they service their bodies,” Cartmill says. He believes most diseases that commonly affect men could be addressed by preventive check-ups.
“Prevention is cheaper in the long run than having to treat the diseases.Besides, the final cost is far greater，it’s called premature death.”

  1. 1.

    Why does the author congratulate male readers at the beginning of the passage?

    1. A.
      They can live longer than they expected.
    2. B.
      They are sure to enjoy a longer and happier life.
    3. C.
      They have lived long enough to read this article.
    4. D.
      They are more likely to survive serious diseases now.
  2. 2.

    Which of the author’s statements is the most important reason that men die five years earlier on average than women according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Men drink and smoke much more than women.
    2. B.
      Men don’t seek medical care as often as women.
    3. C.
      Men are more likely to suffer from deadly diseases.
    4. D.
      Men aren’t as cautious as women in face of danger.
  3. 3.

    Which of the following best completes the underlined sentence “Geez, if it could happen to him…” （in Para 4） ?

    1. A.
      it could happen to me，too.
    2. B.
      it would be a big misfortune.
    3. C.
      I should avoid playing golf.
    4. D.
      I should consider myself lucky.
  4. 4.

    What does Dr.Ross Cartmill mean by“the ostrich approach”（in Para 5）?

    1. A.
      A casual attitude towards one’s health conditions.
    2. B.
      A new treatment for certain psychological problems.
    3. C.
      Refusal to get medical treatment for fear of the pain involved.
    4. D.
      Unwillingness to find out about one’s disease because of fear.

A
Your Genes, Your Future
How would you feel if someone gave you an envelope with a description of every one of your genes? Supposing this information could tell you what illnesses you were likely to get, or even what illness you might die of, would you open the envelope?
It's a difficult question to answer. But the fact is that scientists have already begun to discover how certain genes influence us. And in the next decade, they will learn a lot more.
We have known for a long time that many of our physical characteristics are inherited. For example, our eye colour and certain diseases are decided by our genes. As long as you have a good diet, scientists can predict your height by looking at your parents' heights. And we now know that the need to wear glasses has a genetic cause. Our eating habits also appear to be decided by our genes!
With other characteristics, things are not so clear. Certainly, scientists have now shown that some traits are strongly influenced by our genes. Do you prefer getting up early or late? To a great extent, it's your genes that decide, Do you enjoy dangerous sports such as car racing? There is a gene that influences how much excitement we need.
But with most psychological characteristics, scientists are learning that both our genes and our environment affect us. This is true of things such as how violent we are, and how well we get on with other people. So, even though scientists may soon be able to describe our genes in detail, it does not mean they will be able to predict our future with any real success.
Nonetheless, the fact is that scientists will be able to "read" our genes in the near future. This will create new problems. To give a few examples, insurance companies may not want to insure people whose genes predict certain illnesses. Employers may not want to employ people who have a gene for violence. One thing is already clear -- with these new developments, life is going to become even more complicated!

  1. 1.

    Which characteristics is mostly likely to be inherited?

    1. A.
      Eye colour.     
    2. B.
      Interest.      
    3. C.
      Future.    
    4. D.
      Ability.
  2. 2.

    What kind of problem will these new developments create?

    1. A.
      You may die of a certain illness described in the envelope.
    2. B.
      There will be an increased number of violent people.
    3. C.
      People may take part in dangerous sports such as car racing.
    4. D.
      Insurance companies may refuse to insure people with a gene for certain disease.
  3. 3.

    Why won’t scientists be able to tell us a lot about our future?

    1. A.
      Because we’re affected not only by our genes but also by our environment.
    2. B.
      Because scientists will not able to read our genes in the near future.
    3. C.
      Because life in the future will be more complicated.
    4. D.
      Because scientists can’t describe our genes in detail.

A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth.
Until now，it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience—what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）.
But in the new study，researchers describe a method for improving this skill，along with experiments to prove it works.
The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it.This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence，so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence.
First they measured fluid intelligence of volunteers using standard tests.Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game，in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard.During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance，manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time.
The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively.To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills，the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training.
The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences，were striking.Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater.Moreover，the longer they trained, the higher their scores were.All performers，from the weakest to the strongest，showed significant improvement.
“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training.” said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper.“No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops,” he added, “and the experiment’s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains.”

  1. 1.

    .The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was ______________.

    1. A.
      memorizing telephone numbers
    2. B.
      improving working memory
    3. C.
      training in concentration
    4. D.
      recalling a card
  2. 2.

    .The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence EXCEPT___________.

    1. A.
      ignoring irrelevant items
    2. B.
      monitoring ongoing performance
    3. C.
      managing two tasks at the same time
    4. D.
      using previous experience
  3. 3.

    .When the experiment was conducted, the researchers______________.

    1. A.
      trained the four groups for the same period of time
    2. B.
      only made comparisons between the four groups
    3. C.
      compared the four groups with control groups
    4. D.
      trained the four groups together
  4. 4.

    .By writing the article，the writer intends to ______________.

    1. A.
      inform the readers of a new study
    2. B.
      call on people to be trained to increase intelligence
    3. C.
      prove one’s born brainpower can be improved
    4. D.
      tell people the improved intelligence will last forever

Louis Pasteur, one of the world's great scientists, was born in 1822, and died in 1895.While still a young boy, Louis Pasteur made his decision to become a scientist. He spent much of his life time studying the diseases of cattle, chickens and other tame animals. His wife learned to help him with his work. Almost everyone knows that Pasteur is the man responsible for finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling (变质). Not many people know he was the first to imagine and to prove that air we breathe is full of germs (细菌).  One of his greatest successes was finding a treatment for people and animals to prevent a disease called rabies (狂犬病). Louis Pasteur won many honors and could have got large amount of money. But Pasteur preferred to live simply. The real happiness of this unusual man came from his work. Louis Pasteur did so well in his life that the French government took up his work and created the Institute Pasteur in the year 1888

  1. 1.

    According to the passage, which of the following statements is true?

    1. A.
      Pasteur was a scientist and doctor as well
    2. B.
      Pasteur lived for less than seventy years
    3. C.
      Everybody knows that Pasteur succeeded in finding a way of preventing milk from spoiling
    4. D.
      Pasteur's wife was of some help to him in his work
  2. 2.

    From the passage, we know that Pasteur lived a simple life. This is because ________

    1. A.
      he earned little money
    2. B.
      he cared much about money
    3. C.
      what he really enjoyed was a simple life
    4. D.
      of all mentioned above
  3. 3.

    Why were many honors given to Louis Pasteur?

    1. A.
      Because he was the greatest scientist in the world
    2. B.
      Because he spent much of his life time studying the diseases of people
    3. C.
      Because he lived simply
    4. D.
      Because he was a great success as a scientist
  4. 4.

    Pasteur could have got large amount of money if he had___________

    1. A.
      cared much about it
    2. B.
      made more discoveries
    3. C.
      lived a better life
    4. D.
      achieved more successes
  5. 5.

    To Louis Pasteur the real happiness in his life was to __________

    1. A.
      study
    2. B.
      work
    3. C.
      get large amount of money
    4. D.
      raise tame animals

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？”

  1. 1.

    What’s the result of the research mentioned in the text?

    1. A.
      Intelligent children are more likely to become vegetarians later in life.
    2. B.
      Children with a higher IQ are less likely to have heart disease later in life.
    3. C.
      Intelligent children tend to belong to higher social class later in life.
    4. D.
      Children with a healthier heart tend to have a higher IQ later in life.
  2. 2.

    It was found in the research that________.

    1. A.
      most of the participants became vegetarians 20 years after the IQ tests were carried out
    2. B.
      vegetarians who ate fish or chicken were of similar intelligence with strict vegetarians
    3. C.
      female vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians
    4. D.
      vegetarians were more likely to have higher annual income than non-vegetarians
  3. 3.

    What does the underlined sentence in the last paragraph mean?

    1. A.
      Intelligence is linked to not just being a vegetarian but to many factors.
    2. B.
      The rate of getting heart disease is linked to your lifestyle.
    3. C.
      The link between a high IQ and being a vegetarian is still uncertain.
    4. D.
      The link between a healthy heart and diet remains to be proved.
  4. 4.

    What’ s the best title for the text?

    1. A.
      Get more IQ points!
    2. B.
      Be a vegetarian, please!
    3. C.
      Vegetarian diet cuts heart risk
    4. D.
      A high IQ is linked to being a vegetarian

A dog who chewed off his owner’s infected toe（脚趾）while he was passed-out drunk has been called a lifesaver. Jerry Douthett had been out drinking when his dog Kiko bit off a large part if his big toe. His wife, Rosee, rushed him to hospital where tests showed the 48-year-old musician had dangerous high blood-sugar levels. Doctors told him his toe would have had to be cut off anyway.
Mr Douthett said he had refused to get medical advice despite his toe being swollen for months. “I was hiding it from people, Rosee included,” he said. “It smelled , and I look back now and realize every time we’d visit someone with a dog, their dog would smell all over my foot.”
The night before Mr Douthett had agreed to see a doctor, he passed out at home after going out drinking. He said, “I woke up and the dog was lying along side by foot. I said, ‘Ah, there’s blood everywhere.’ I ran to the bathroom and started to scream.”
However, he believes Kiko could sense the disease coming from his big toe. “He’s a hero,” Mr Douthett said. “It wasn’t an aggressive attack. He just ate the infection. He saved my life. He ate it. I mean, he must have eaten it, because we couldn’t find it anywhere else in the house. I look down. There’s blood all over, and my toe is gone.”
Before the operation, Mr Douthett asked a nurse, “Is there any chance I can get whatever’s left of my toe, so I can give it to Kiko as a treat?” Kiko is still with the family but is under observation by authorities.

  1. 1.

    .Mr Douthett didn’t want to get medical treatment because ______ .

    1. A.
      he didn’t know about his disease at all
    2. B.
      he was unwilling to let others know about his disease
    3. C.
      doctors had no good ways to treat his bad toe
    4. D.
      his wife advised him not to do that
  2. 2.

    .From Paragraph 3 we can infer that ______ .

    1. A.
      Rosee managed to persuade her husband to go to hospital
    2. B.
      Mr Douthett made his big toe worse by frequent drinking
    3. C.
      Mr Douthett didn’t know his toe was chewed off at first
    4. D.
      it is dangerous for people to let pet dogs sleep in the bedrooms
  3. 3.

    .What did Mr Douthett think of his dog ?

    1. A.
      It was clever and brave.
    2. B.
      It never attacked healthy people.
    3. C.
      It was a cruel but helpful dog.
    4. D.
      It was a dangerous dog in fact.

The Adventure Guides Program
New Member Information for the Adventure Guides Program ( for children aged 4—12)
What Is the Adventure Guides Program All about?
The objectives of the program are:
● Fostering companionship and setting foundation for positive, lifelong relationships between parent and child
● Increased understanding of one another
● Expanded awareness of spirit, mind and body
● Great memories
● Fun!!!
Parent and Child Will Be Joining…
The nationwide affilicated(隶属的) program sponsored by local YMCA’s and part of the National Council of YMCA’s
A smaller group of families called a “circle”
What Is the Time Commitment?
● Program runs from October to May (ending with the Memorial Day Parade)
● One “circle” activity per month ( one circle decides on fees and dates)
Additional all participant activities (scheduled by Wilton Family Y) —additional fees and registration required.
Outing Dates: To Be Announced
What Do I Do Now?
● Registration is on-going. Registration forms are available online under “Registration”.
● You will be notified by the Wilton Family Y of which “circle” you and your child are in and who your “circle” leader is.
● You will be notified by your “circle” leader as to when your first parent/child “circle” meeting will take place.
Fees:
Participant: Full Child or Family member $110.00 / Program member $200.00
Sibling: Full child or Family member $75.00 / Program member $150.00
Adult: Family member FREE / Program member $125.00
Wilton Family Y Contact Information:
Geoff Malyszka Teen Director 762-8384 ext.224
E-mail: gmalyszka@wiltonymca. org
Kim Murphy Early Childhood Ed. Director762-8384 ext.214
E-mail: kmurphy@wiltonymca. org

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is true about “circle”?

    1. A.
      You and your children will make up a “circle”.
    2. B.
      A “circle” activity will be held once a month.
    3. C.
      You have the right of choosing your “circle” leader.
    4. D.
      You are free to choose to become a member of a “circle”.
  2. 2.

    What information can you get from the passage？

    1. A.
      There is no extra fees for additional all participant activities.
    2. B.
      The program will be held only in October and May
    3. C.
      You can register just by making a call to 762-8384 ext. 224.
    4. D.
      It has not been decided yet when you will go out.
  3. 3.

    The passage is mainly written for _____.

    1. A.
      parents and their children
    2. B.
      adventurous travelers
    3. C.
      international students
    4. D.
      children with bad memories

The German shepherd runs off and noses around in the grass of Kenya’s Laikipia Plateau. “OK, Oakley,” the dog’s handler orders, “Find it!”
Oakley sniffs (嗅) until he comes to a bush, then stops, sits, and looks up at his handler. She bends to see what he has found: the waste of an endangered African wild dog. “Good dog!” she praises. The handler pulls a tennis ball from her pocket. Oakley jumps for his reward.
“He doesn’t actually want the waste,” says Aimee Hurt, a founding member of the U.S.-based group Working Dogs for Conservation. Hurt is in Kenya to train both Oakley and his handler. “He finds it so he can play with his ball. We’re the ones who want the waste.”
Detection dogs are sometimes taught to locate actual animals. Black-footed ferrets (雪貂) have been studied with their help. But more often the dogs learn to locate the waste of creatures such as bears, wolves and mountain lions.
What the dogs find provides scientists with data about a species. Scientists can use the DNA collected from animal waste to identify individuals, sex, and population sizes — all without ever seeing the animal itself. “It can take years to gather this kind of information if you have to trap animals,” Hurt explains.
Waste analysis might make a huge difference when wild species are accused of attacking domestic livestock (家畜). Hurt says, “A good detection dog will find the waste so we can see what the animal is actually eating.” This may help reduce problems between people and wildlife.

  1. 1.

    The underlined word “She” in Paragraph 2 refers to  “_____”.

    1. A.
      the German shepherd
    2. B.
      an African wild dog
    3. C.
      Aimee Hurt
    4. D.
      the handler
  2. 2.

    Oakley is interested in finding the waste because _____.

    1. A.
      he wants to study endangered animals
    2. B.
      he can get a tennis ball to play with
    3. C.
      he wants to eat it
    4. D.
      he wants to play with it
  3. 3.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Trapping animals is not difficult.
    2. B.
      People are making efforts to protect the environment.
    3. C.
      Detection dogs attack domestic livestock frequently.
    4. D.
      Collecting animal waste is a good way to gather information.
  4. 4.

    What is the main idea of the passage?

    1. A.
      Detection dogs can help scientists study wildlife.
    2. B.
      Detection dogs can defend wildlife.
    3. C.
      Detection dogs can help the police catch the criminals.
    4. D.
      Detection dogs can help local people defend domestic livestock.

What’s your idea of a good time? What about dancing in a rainy field with one hundred and fifty thousand other people while a famous rock band plays on a stage so far away that the performers look like ants?
It may sound strange but that is what many hundreds of thousands of young people in the UK do every summer.Why? Because summer is the time for outdoor music festivals.
Held on a farm, the Glastonbury Festival is the most well-known and popular festival in the UK.It began in 1970 and the first festival was attended by one thousand five hundred people each paying an admission price of ￡1 — the ticket included free milk from the farm.
Since then the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength — in 2004 one hundred and fifty thousand fans attended, paying ￡112 each for a ticket to the three-day event.Tickets for the event sold out within three hours.Performers included superstars, such as Paul McCartney and James Brown, as well as new talent, like Franz Ferdinand and Joss Stone.
Although many summer festivals are run on a profit-making basis, Glastonbury is a charity event, donating millions of pounds to local and international charities.
Glastonbury is not unique(独特的) in using live music to raise money to fight global poverty.In July of this year, the Live 8 concerts were held simultaneously （同时） in London, Paris, Rome and Berlin.Superstars such as Madonna, Sir Elton John and Stevie Wonder performed in order to highlight international poverty and debt.

  1. 1.

    What does the author mean by saying “the Glastonbury Festival has gone from strength to strength”?

    1. A.
      The festival has achieved growing success.
    2. B.
      Great efforts have been made to hold the festival.
    3. C.
      The festival has brought in a large amount of money.
    4. D.
      There have been thousands of fans attending the festival.
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

    1. A.
      The Glastonbury Festival is run on a profit-making basis.
    2. B.
      Tickets for the 2004 Glastonbury Festival were in great demand despite the high price.
    3. C.
      Both James Brown and Joss Stone were born in poor families.
    4. D.
      In the 1970 Glastonbury Festival, one could have lunch on the farm for free.
  3. 3.

    We can learn from the last paragraph that _____.

    1. A.
      the Glastonbury Festival is not so popular as the Live 8 concerts
    2. B.
      the Live 8 concerts are held every year in London
    3. C.
      London, Paris, Rome and Berlin are famous for outdoor music festivals
    4. D.
      some superstars are concerned about global poverty
  4. 4.

    What is the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      How to have a good time
    2. B.
      Charity events around the world
    3. C.
      The Glastonbury Festival
    4. D.
      Superstars’ performances in charity events

A new factory that turns used wine bottles into green sand could revolutionize the recycling industry and help to filter（过滤）the nation's drinking water.
For the last 100 years special high grade white sand quarried（开采）at Leighton Buzzard in Bedfordshire has been used to filter tap water to remove bacteria and impurities—but this may no longer be necessary.
The green sand has already been successfully tested by water companies and is being used in 50 swimming pools in Scotland to keep the water clean.
Backed by one million pounds from the European Union and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs(Defar),a company based in Scotland is building a factory to turn beverage bottles back into the sand from which they were made.
The idea is not only to avoid using up increasingly scarce sand in Scotland and avoid any further quarrying but also to solve a crisis in the recycles only 750 000 tones of it.
Howard Dryden, the scientist and managing director of the company has spent six years working on what he calls Active Filtration Meadia, or AFM, the recycled glass. He says he needs bottles that have already contained drinkable liquids to be sure that drinking water would not be polluted.
"The fact is that tests show that AFM does the job better than glass, it is easier to clean and reuse and has all sorts of properties that make it ideal for other applications, "he claimed. He also thinks the market will be able to take 250 000 tones of green sand a year. The plan is to build five or six factories in cites in UK where the bottles come from to cut down on transport.
The factory will be completed this month and is expected to go into full production on January 14 next year. Once it is providing a "regular" product, the government's drinking water inspectorate will be asked to perform tests and approve it for general use by water companies.

  1. 1.

    It may no longer be necessary to use high-grade white sand to keep water clean because_____.

    1. A.
      there is no need to keep water clean
    2. B.
      A new factory has been set up
    3. C.
      The green sand has been used to keep the water clean
    4. D.
      White sand is being use up
  2. 2.

    According to the passage ,the new idea can do the following except_____.

    1. A.
      avoiding using up increasingly scarce sand
    2. B.
      avoiding further quarrying of white sand
    3. C.
      solving the crisis in the recycling industry
    4. D.
      cutting down the cost on transport
  3. 3.

    Tests show that ______ in keeping the water clean.

    1. A.
      AFM is more efficient than white sand
    2. B.
      AFM is more efficient than glass
    3. C.
      glass is more efficient than AFM
    4. D.
      white sand is more efficient than green sand
  4. 4.

    The underlined word "Backed" in the third paragraph can best be replaced by"_____".

    1. A.
      Allowed
    2. B.
      Opposed
    3. C.
      Supported
    4. D.
      Forbidden
  5. 5.

    What would be the best title for the passage?

    1. A.
      Revolution in the Recycling for the Industry.
    2. B.
      Modern Technology an New Markets.
    3. C.
      Revolution in Environmental Protection.
    4. D.
      Unlocking the Benefits of Green Sand.
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