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That “Monday morning feeling” could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.
The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2,600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
A study of 11,000 Italians proved 8 am on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewer heart attacks in both countries.
The findings could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol(胆固醇)but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them,” he said.
Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.
“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal(内分泌)changes in their bodies,” Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavourable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot(血凝块)in the arteries(动脉)which will cause a heart attack.”
“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activity,” said Willich.
【小题1】.Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, .
A.is not so serious as people thought |
B.is harmful to working people in Germany and Italy |
C.is the first killer in Germany and Italy. |
D.is created by researchers in Germany and Italy |
A.people’s working time | B.people’s living place |
C.people’s diet and lifestyle | D.people’s nationalities |
A.blood pressure | B.heart rate | C.hormonal changes | D.blood group |
A.Stop working on Monday | B.Create a pleasant working environment |
C.Get up late on Monday morning | D.Go to work with a doctor |
A.The risk of having heart attacks on Monday mornings is the same as on any other day of the week to non-workers |
B.33% of the Germans have heart diseases, therefore heart attacks are more common in Germany than in any other country. |
C.20%of the Italians appear to have higher possibility of having heart attacks. |
D.Non-smokers are more likely to have heart attacks on Sundays. |
They may be just passing your office, computer bag slung (悬挂) over one shoulder. Or they may be sitting in a car outside it, causally tapping away at a laptop. They look like innocent passers-by. In fact, they are stealing your corporate secrets.
Drive-by hacking is the trendy term given to the practice of breaking into wireless computer networks from outside the buildings that house them. A recent study in the UK, sponsored by RSA Data Security, found that two-thirds of organizations with wireless networks were risking their data in this way. Security experts patrolled (巡逻) several streets in the City of London seeking evidence of wireless networks in operation.
Of 124 that they identified, 83 were sending data without encrypting(加密)them. Such data could readily be picked up by a passer-by armed only with a portable computer, a wireless modem and a few pieces of software that can be freely downloaded from the Internet.
The data could include sensitive company documents containing valuable information. Or they could be e-mail identities and passwords that could be used by hackers to log into corporate networks as if they were legal users.
Most companies using wireless networking technology do not take even the simplest of measures to protect their data. Nearly all wireless network technology comes with some basic security features that need only to be activated (激活) in order to give a minimum level of security, for example, by encrypting the data being passed over the network.
Raymon Kruck, business development manager at Check Point Software, a security technology specialist, believes this could be partly a psychological problem. People see the solid walls of their building as safeguards and forget that wireless networks can extend up to 200 meters beyond physical walls.
Companies without any security at all on their wireless networks make it ridiculously easy for hackers to break in. Switching on the security that comes with the network technology should be automatic. Then there are other basic steps a company can take, says Mr. Kruck, such as changing the passwords on the network from the default (默认) setting.
Companies can also install firewalls, which form a barrier between the internal network and the public Internet. They should also check their computer records regularly to spot any abnormal activity, which might betray the presence of a hacker.
【小题1】According to the study sponsored by RSA Data Security, two thirds of the subjects _______.
A.had most of their company data stolen |
B.depended on wireless computer networks |
C.were exposed to drive-by hacking |
D.were unaware of the risk of wireless hacking |
A.The number of computer hacking incidents. |
B.The number of wireless computer networks identified. |
C.The way in which data are sent and received. |
D.The way in which data are hacked and stolen. |
A.data encryption program | B.password security programs |
C.illegal-user detection | D.firewall |
A.wireless signal administration | B.changes in user’s awareness |
C.users’ psychological health | D.stronger physical walls |
A.book review | B.science fiction | C.textbook | D.computer magazine |
第二节:完形填空(共20小题;每小题1分,满分20分)
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从21—40各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
I will never forget the year I was about twelve years old. My mother told us that we would not be 21 Christmas gifts because there was not enough money. I felt sad and thought, "What would I say when the other kids asked what I'd 22 ?" Just when I started to 23 that there would not be a Christmas that year, three women 24 at our house with gifts for all of us. For me they brought a doll. I felt such a sense of 25 that I would no longer have to be embarrassed when I returned to school. I wasn't 26 . Somebody had thought 27 of me to bring me a gift.
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my 28 Christmas there special and memorable, I 29 remembered the women's visit. I decided that I wanted to create that same feeling of 30 for as many children as I could possibly reach.
So I 31 a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help. We gathered about 125 orphans (孤儿) at the Christmas party. For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, 32 with a child's name. We wanted all of them to know they were. 33 . Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I 34 them that they couldn't open their presents 35 every child had come forward. Finally the 36 they had been waiting for came as I called out, "One, two, three. Open your presents!" As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles 37 up the room. The 38 in the room was obvious, and 39 wasn't just about toys. It was a feeling — the feeling I knew 40 that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit. I wasn't forgotten. Somebody thought of me. I matter.
21. A. sending B. receiving C. making D. exchanging
22. A. found B. prepared C. got D. expected
23. A. doubt B. hope C. suggest D. accept
24. A. broke in B. settled down C. turned up D. showed off
25. A. relief B. loss C. achievement D. justice
26. A. blamed B. loved C. forgotten D. affected
27. A. highly B. little C. poorly D. enough
28. A. present B. first C.. recent D. previous
29. A. hardly B. instantly C. regularly D. occasionally
30. A. strength B. independence C. importance D. safety
31. A. kept up with B. caught up with C. came up with D. put up with
32. A. none B. few C. some D. each
33. A. fine B. special C. helpful D. normal
34. A. reminded B. guaranteed C. convinced D. promised
35. A. after B. until C. when D. since
36. A. chance B. gift C. moment D. reward
37. A. lit B. took C. burned D. cheered
38. A. atmosphere B. sympathy C. calmness D. joy
39. A. it B. such C. something D. everybody
40. A. by B. till C. for D. from
The rise of the so-called “boomerang generation” is revealed in official figures showing that almost one in five graduates in their late 20s now live with their parents.
By contrast, only one in eight university graduates had failed to fly the nest by the same age 20 years ago. It also found that grown-up sons are twice as likely as their sisters to still be living with their parents in their late 20s. With nearly a quarter of men approaching 30 still living at home, the findings are bound to lead to claims of a “generation of mummy’s boys”.
Young professionals in their late 20s or early 30s have been nicknamed the “boomerang generation” because of the trend toward returning to the family home having initially left to study. Recent research has suggested that young people in Britain are twice as likely to choose to live with their parents in their late 20s than their counterparts elsewhere in Europe.
Rising property prices, mounting student debts and the effects of recession on the job market have forced a wave of young people to move back into the family home at an age when they would normally be moving out. But commentators warned that the phenomenon may have more to do with young people facing “dire” prospects than simply a desire to save money.
While the proportion of those of university or college age moving out from the family home has continued to rise in the last 20 years, among those in their mid and late 20s the trend has been reversed. Overall 1.7 million people aged from 22 to 29 now share a roof with their parents, including more than 760,000 in their late 20s. In 1988, 22.7 per cent of men aged 25 to 29 were still living with their parents but last year the proportion was 24.5 per cent.
【小题1】 What is the main idea of the passage?
A.The economic crisis has shown its effect on the young generation. |
B.More young professionals are returning home to live. |
C.British parents are suffering more loads from their grown-up children. |
D.Britain is suffering more than any other country in Europe. |
A.Male children seem to more independent than females. |
B.Eighty percent of university graduates were able to live independently two decades ago. |
C.The grown-up children choose to live with their parents only to save money. |
D.More and more children are moving out at university age. |
A.promising. | B.inconvenient. | C.very bad. | D.hopeful |
A.that living prices have risen a lot. |
B.that it’s difficult to land a job. |
C.that education has already cost them a lot |
D.that parents can help them more |
There is probably no field of human activity in which our values and lifestyles are shown more clearly and strongly than they are in theclothes that we choose to wear.The dress of an individual is a kind of “sign language” that communicates a set of information and is usually the basis on which immediate impressions are formed.Traditionally, a concern for clothes was considered to be an affair of females,while men took pride in the fact that they were completely lacking clothes consciousness.
This type of American culture is gradually changing as man’s dress takes on greater variety and color.Even as early as 1955,a research in Michigan said that men considered that the value of clothing in daily life was very important.White—collar workers in particular viewed dress as a symbol of ability,which could be used to impress or influence others,especially in the work situation.The white-collar worker was described as extremely concerned about the impression his clothing made on his boss.Although blue-collar workers were less aware that they might be judged on the basis of their clothing,they recognized that any difference from the accepted pattern of dress would be made fun of by fellow workers.
Since that time,of course,the patterns have changed,the typical white-collar worker may now be wearing the blue shirt,while the blue-collar may be wearing a white shirt,but the importance of dress has not become less. Other researchers in recent years have helped to prove its importance in the lives of individuals at various age levels and in different social and economic status groups.
【小题1】The passage tells us that .
A.our values and lifestyles are in no field of human activity |
B.the clothes that we choose to wear have something to do with our values and lifestyles |
C.our values and lifestyles are from the sign language |
D.the clothes we choose to wear depend on a set of information and immediate impression |
A.men cared very much for clothes |
B.neither men nor women showed interest in clothes |
C.both men and women paid great attention to their clothes |
D.women concerned greatly about what they wore while men didn’t |
A.they extremely concern about the impression their clothes make on their bosses |
B.they know that people might judge them on the basisof their clothes |
C.they want to impress and influence others |
D.they don’t want to be laughed at |
A.雕塑 | B.身份 | C.状况 | D.资格 |