Men of this kind _______; we’d better ________.

A. is dangerous; keep away               B. are danger; keep away from him

C. are dangerous; keep away from them     D. is in danger; keep away

       A small piece of fish each day may keep the heart doctor away．That's the finding of a scientific study of Dutch men in which deaths from heart disease were more than 50 percent lower among those who consumed at least an ounce（盎司）of salt water fish per day than those who never ate fish.

       The Dutch research is one of three human studies that hold the belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart. Heart disease is the number-one killer in the United States, with more than 550,000 deaths occurring from heart attacks each year．But researchers previously have noticed that the incidence （发生率） of heart disease is lower in cultures that consume more fish than Americans do．There are fewer heart disease deaths, for example, among the Eskimos of Greenland, who consume about 14 ounces of fish a day, and among the Japanese, whose daily fish consumption averages more than 3 ounces.

       For 20 years, the Dutch study followed 852 middle-aged men, 20 percent of whom ate no fish.

       At the start of the study, the average fish consumption was about two-thirds of an ounce each day with more men eating thin fish than fatty fish.

       During the next two decades, 78 of the men died from heart disease．The fewest deaths were among the group who regularly ate fish, even at levels far lower than those of the Japanese or Eskimos．This relationship was true regardless of other factors such as age, high blood pressure, or blood cholesterol （胆固醇） levels.

64．Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

       A．The Dutch research has proved that eating fish can help to prevent heart disease.

       B．Heart doctors won't call at your house so long as you keep eating fish each day.

       C．Among all the diseases heart disease is the most dangerous in America.

       D．There is a low incidence of heart disease in Japan and Greenland.

65．The underlined phrase "this relationship" refers to the connection between ______and the incidence of heart disease.

       A．regular fish-eating                          B．the amount of fish eaten

       C．the kind of fish eaten                      D．people of different regions

66．The passage is mainly about ______.

       A．the high incidence of heart disease

       B．the great changes in people's diet

       C．the fish consumption in some countries

       D．the effect of fish eating on people 's health

67．How many lives could probably be saved each year in the United States by eating fish according to the Dutch study?

       A．152,000．         B．110,000．        C．275,000．        D．550,000.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-beaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge (报复) when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement (答谢) in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good-will and tolerance so necessary in modem traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are teen driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that die highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.

A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learn to falter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modem motorists can't even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of roadsmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the carownersbip explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

　　 1. The sentence “You might tolerate the odd roadhog, the rude...” (Line 6, Para. 1) implies that

　　　　  A. our society is unjust towards well-mannered motorists

　　　　  B. rude drivers can be met only occasionally

　　　　  C. the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the roadhog

　　　　  D. nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists

　　 2. By “good sense”, the writer means——.

　　　　   A. the driver's ability to understand anti-react reasonably

　　　　   B. the driver's prompt response to difficult and severe conditions

　　　　   C. the driver's tolerance of rude or even savage behavior

　　　　   D. the driver's acknowledgement of politeness and regulations

　　 3. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion,

　　　　   A. road users should make sacrifice

　　　　   B. drivers should be ready to yield to each other

　　　　   C. drivers should have more communication among themselves

　　　　   D. drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others

　　 4. In the writer's opinion

　　　　   A. strict traffic regulations are badly needed

　　　　   B. drivers should apply read politeness properly

　　　　   C. rude drivers should be punished

　　　　   D. drivers should avoid traffic jams

It is all very well to blame traffic jams, the cost of petrol and the quick pace of modem life, but manners on the roads are becoming horrible. Everybody knows that the nicest men become monsters behind the wheel. It is all very well, again, to have a tiger in the tank, but to have one in the driver's seat is another matter altogether. You might tolerate the odd roadhog, the rude and inconsiderate driver, but nowadays the well-mannered motorist is the exception to the role. Perhaps the situation calls for a Be Kind to Other Drivers' campaign; otherwise it may get complete out of hand.

Road politeness is not only good manners, but good sense too. It takes the most cool-beaded and good-tempered of drivers to resist the temptation to revenge (报复) when subjected to uncivilized behavior. On the other hand, a little politeness goes a long way towards relieving the tensions of motoring. A friendly nod or a wave of acknowledgement (答谢) in response to an act of politeness helps to create an atmosphere of good-will and tolerance so necessary in modem traffic conditions. But such acknowledgements of politeness are all too rare today. Many drivers nowadays don't even seem able to recognize politeness when they see it.

However, misplaced politeness can also be dangerous. Typical examples are teen driver who brakes violently to allow a car to emerge from a side street at some hazard to following traffic, when a few seconds later the road would be clear anyway; or the man who waves a child across a zebra crossing into the path of oncoming vehicles that may be unable to stop in time. The same goes for encouraging old ladies to cross the road wherever and whenever they care to. It always amazes me that die highways are not covered with the dead bodies of these grannies.

A veteran driver, whose manners are faultless, told me it would help if motorists learn to falter correctly into traffic streams one at a time without causing the total blockages that give rise to bad temper. Unfortunately, modem motorists can't even learn to drive, let alone master the subtler aspects of roadsmanship. Years ago the experts warned us that the carownersbip explosion would demand a lot more give-and-take from all road users. It is high time for all of us to take this message to heart.

　　 1. The sentence “You might tolerate the odd roadhog, the rude...” (Line 6, Para. 1) implies that

　　　　  A. our society is unjust towards well-mannered motorists

　　　　  B. rude drivers can be met only occasionally

　　　　  C. the well-mannered motorist cannot tolerate the roadhog

　　　　  D. nowadays impolite drivers constitute the majority of motorists

　　 2. By “good sense”, the writer means——.

　　　　   A. the driver's ability to understand anti-react reasonably

　　　　   B. the driver's prompt response to difficult and severe conditions

　　　　   C. the driver's tolerance of rude or even savage behavior

　　　　   D. the driver's acknowledgement of politeness and regulations

　　 3. Experts have long pointed out that in the face of car-ownership explosion,

　　　　   A. road users should make sacrifice

　　　　   B. drivers should be ready to yield to each other

　　　　   C. drivers should have more communication among themselves

　　　　   D. drivers will suffer great loss if they pay no respect to others

　　 4. In the writer's opinion

　　　　   A. strict traffic regulations are badly needed

　　　　   B. drivers should apply read politeness properly

　　　　   C. rude drivers should be punished

　　　　   D. drivers should avoid traffic jams

Cell Phones Are the New Cigarettes

When you get in your car, you reach for it．When you’re at work, you take a break to have a moment alone with it．When you get into a lift, you play with it．

Cigarettes? Cup of coffee? No, it’s the third most addictive thing in modern life, the cell phone．And experts say it is becoming more difficult for many people to curbtheir longing to hug  it more tightly than most of their personal relationships．

With its shiny surface, its smooth and satisfying touch, its air of complexity, the cell phone  connects us to the world even as it disconnects us from people three feet away．In just the past  couple of years, the cell phone has challenged individuals, employers, phone makers and  counselors（顾问）in ways its inventors in the late 1940s never imagined．

The costs are becoming even more evident, and I don’t mean just the monthly bill．Dr．Chris  Knippers, a counselor at the Betty Ford Center in Southern California, reports that the overuse of  cell phones has become a social problem not much different from other harmful addictions: a barrier to one-on-one personal contact, and an escape from reality．

Sounds extreme, but we’ve all witnessed the evidence: The person at a restaurant who talks on the phone through an entire meal, ignoring his kids around the table; the woman who talks on the phone in the car, ignoring her husband; the teen who texts messages all the way home from school, avoiding contact with kids all around him．

Is it just rude, or is it a kind of unhealthiness? And pardon me, but how is this improving the quality of life?

Jim Williams, an industrial sociologist based in Massachusetts, notes that cell-phone addiction is part of a set of symptoms in a widening gulf of personal separation．He points to a study by Duke University researchers that found one-quarter of Americans say they have no one to discuss their most important personal business with．Despite the growing use of phones, e-mail and instant messaging, in other words, Williams says studies show that we don’t have as many friends as our parents. “Just as more information has led to less wisdom, more acquaintances via the Internet and cell phones have produced fewer friends,” he says．

If the cell phone has truly had these effects, it’s because it has become very widespread．Consider that in 1987, there were only 1 million cell phones in use．Today, something like 300 million Americans carry them．They far outnumber wired phones in the United States．

1.Which of the following best explains the title of the passage?

A．Cell phone users smoke less than they used to．

B．Cell phones have become as addictive as cigarettes．

C．More people use cell phones than smoke cigarettes．

D．Using cell phone is just as cool as smoking cigarettes．

2.The underlined word “curb” in Paragraph 2 means ____．

A．rescue           B．ignore            C．develop           D．control

3.The example of a woman talking on the phone in the car supports the idea that           ．

A．women use cell phones more often than men

B．talking on the phone while driving is dangerous

C．cell phones do not necessarily bring people together

D．cell phones make one-on-one personal contact easy