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9、During my high school year^- the most important thing was what I was wearing to the Friday night dance and who I was taking. Although college was talked about, it was the least of my worries.
When I was graduating eighth grade and starting high school, my older brother was graduating twelfth grade and going onto college. For my graduation, he gave me a card in which he wrote, "Enjoy your four years... they go by fast." I remember not believing him then, but looking back... he was right. Those four years shaped who I was as a person, pushed me to my limit and encouraged me to become an adult.
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However, I was so completely absorbed in my junior and senior years of high school, that when someone spoke of college I brushed it off. I wasn't ready to leave my comfort zone of having all of my closest friends together and knowing what every single day was going to be like. Studying was something I did only AFTER I nailed my half-time dance performance. I knew my parents wanted me to go to college, so I told them I would go to community college(社区医院) and I didn't worry about my SAT(美国大学入学考试) scores.
When my senior year passed and everyone graduated and went off to their own colleges, I started to wish I had done the same. My friends were living away, meeting new people, discovering new places, and I was living at home and driving to and from class every day. It seemed exactly like high school. I hated it! I thought college was supposed to be different! Why didn't I take more time to research colleges and do the same? I ended up loving college and wishing I had four years to enjoy the campus(大学校园) atmosphere instead of two.
My advice to anyone thinking about attending college is to think about it very seriously and look into all of your choices well ahead of time. Now I have graduated and I am working full time and I would do anything to go back to my high school days for a second chance!
1．Why didn't the author worry about his SAT scores?
A．He was well prepared for the exam.
B．He had been admitted for his gift in dance.
C．He wanted to go to community college.
D．He believed his brother would help him.
2．When in high school, the author .
A．lived in the school except on holidays
B．buried himself in his study all the time
C．enjoyed talking about future college life
D．drove to and from class every day
3．What did the author’s brother mean by “Enjoy your four years…they go by fast.？”
A．He advised the author to value the years.
B．He wished the author to have more dance.
C．He encouraged the author to leave his comfort zone.
D．He suggested the author aim at a community college.
4．Talking of his high school years, the author feels .
A．lonely B．regretful C．angry D．pleased
6、Starting the day on an egg could keep your blood pressure(血压) under control, research suggests. Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugs.
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The researchers, from the University of Alberta in Canada, showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes（酶） they produce a protein that acts in the same way as Ace inhibitors, drugs taken by millions around the world to lower blood pressure. Fried eggs proved "particularly effective, but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human body.
Earlier this month, British researchers declared that, contrary to popular beliefs, it is healthy to go to work on an egg. They concluded that the type of cholesterol(胆固醇) found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risks.
Researcher Professor Bruce Griffin, from the University of Surrey, said: "The wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected. The amount of fat in our diet has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggs. The UK publics do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat. They can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet as they are one of nature's most nutritious foods."
The British Heart Foundation dropped its three-egg-a-week limit in 2005. However, almost half of Britons believe the limit still applies.
1．From the text we know that Ace inhibitors are _____.
A．a kind of medicine B．a kind of protein
C．a kind of illness D．a kind of food
2．According to what Professor Bruce said, eggs _____.
A．are the most nutritious food B．have no effect on blood cholesterol
C．can be included in a healthy diet D．are forbidden to be eaten in the UK
3．We can infer from the text that _____.
A．drugs to lower blood pressure will be replaced by eating eggs
B．stomach enzymes mixed with eggs can cure heart diseases
C．most Britons agree the three-egg-a-week limit should be dropped
D．about 50% of Britons think eating an egg a day is bad for their health
4．The text is meant ______.
A．to introduce a medicine made from eggs
B．to introduce scientific findings about eggs
C．to tell people how to lower their blood pressure
D．to advise people to eat as many eggs as possible