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　　Would you like to know if your body is older or younger than it should be? Dr David Wikenheiser has been studying ageing in Vancouver, Canada, for the past 10 years and has found the average person is 15 or more years older biologically than their actual age.

　　He says: “We all know people who are 30 but look over 40, and others who are 70 yet look 50. The difference comes down to lifestyle. Some people's bodies get ‘rusty(生锈)’ faster than others, and this makes them age more quickly.”

　　After conducting more than 3,000 tests, Dr Wikenheiser believes that, on average, you can lower our biological age by 10 years in three months with the right lifestyle changes.

　　“You can't change your genetics (遗传) but you can make other changes, such as eating the right food, drinking enough water to flush out toxins (毒素), exercising and managing stress.” he says.

　　But exercising too much is just as bad as not doing enough. Working out for more than two hours at a time every day puts too great a strain on your heart.

　　“Multivitamin (多种维生素) and antioxidant (抗氧化剂) supplements are important even if you're eating the right amount of fruit and vegetables. Today's soil tends to lack important minerals so these are no longer found in the food we eat, in large enough quantities. We should also change bleached (漂白的) white table salt for natural sea salt which is much better for us.”

　　It's also important to eat three meals a day. Missed meals put a strain on your brain as your blood sugar level drops. Many of us are also eating the wrong fats or avoiding fat altogether, so we miss out on important nutritional (营养的) oils.

1．The passage is mainly about ________.

[　　]

A．how to live a healthier life

B．how to lower your biological age

C．how to keep young

D．how to select a good diet

2．From the passage we can conclude that the most important factor (因素) in slowing your aging process is ________.

[　　]

3．The author suggests in the passage that ________.

[　　]

A．we should have natural sea salt instead of bleached white table salt

B．we should avoid fat of any kind

C．we should have no more Multivitamin and antioxidant supplements

D．we should exercise at least two hours every day

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　　The latest FOX news has made several polls (民意测验) recently and it shows that more than 1 in 10 Americans are somewhat confident that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will cooperate (合作) with the UN weapons inspectors. Most have little or no confidence (信心). Polling was conducted by telephone in the evening. The sample is 900 registered (登记) voters nationwide with a margin of error of ±3 percentage points.

　　1．Do you support or oppose U. S. military action to disarm (解除武装) Iraq and remove Iraqi President Saddam Hussein?

　　2．How confident are you that Iraqi President Saddam Hussein will cooperate fully with the UN inspection team?

　　3．How confident are you that the UN inspection team will actually announce violations (违反) by Iraq, knowing that a violation could possibly lead to war?

1．What is the passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．Uses of polling.

B．Dangers of war.

C．Public opinions about the political situation.

D．Problems caused by war.

2．The public's doubt about Iraq's cooperation shows that ________.

[　　]

A．only a few people believe his country will be at war

B．a large majority of the public believe the country will soon be at war

C．most Americans believe there will be no war

D．most Americans are not sure about the present situation

3．With time going by, the sentiment (情绪) is slightly down by the end of September. But the latest poll shows ________.

[　　]

A．support remains fairly strong for US military action to disarm Iraq and remove Saddam

B．most Americans are very confident that a violation of the UN inspection team will lead to war

C．there is a steady rise at the number of the supporters

D．few people think the US should attack Iraq with the UN's agreement

4．The polling was carried out through ________.

[　　]

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　　I love Charles Barkley like a brother, but we disagree from time to time. Here's an example of what I mean: I disagree with what Charles says in his Nike commercial, the one in which he insist, "I am not a role model.” Charles, you can deny (否认) being a role model all you want, but we don't choose to be role models, we are chosen. Our only choice is whether to be a good role model or a bad one.

　　I don't think we can accept all the glory and the money that comes with being a famous athlete and not accept the responsibility of being a role model, of knowing that kids and even some adults are watching us and looking for us to set an example.

　　I love being a role model, and I try to be a positive one. That doesn't mean I always succeed. I'm not saint (圣贤的). I make mistakes, and sometimes I do childish things.

　　But you don't have to be perfect to be a good role model, and people shouldn't expect perfection. If I were deciding whether a basketball player was a positive role model, I would want to know: Does he influence (影响) people's lives in a positive way away from the court (球场)? How much has he given of himself, in time or in money, to help people who look up to him? Does he display the valueslike honesty and determinationthat are part of being a good person?

　　Kids have lots of other role modelsteaches, movies stars, athletes, even other kids. As athletes, we can't take the place of parents, but we can help reinforce (巩固) what they try to teach their kids.

　　Constantly being watched by the public can be hard to stand at times. I don't think most people can imagine what it's like to be watched that closely every minute of every day.

　　But the good things about being a role model outweigh the bad. It's a great feeling to think you're a small part of the reason that a kid decided to give school another try instead of dropping out or that a kid had the strength to walk away when someone offered him drugs (毒品). But one thing I would encourage parents to do is to remind their kids that no matter which athletes they look up to, there are no perfect human beings. That way, if the kid's heroes should make mistakes, it won't seem like the end of the world to them.

1．The author of this article holds the opinion that ________.

[　　]

A．a famous athlete ought to set a good example to the public

B．a famous athlete needn't be a role model if he doesn't want to

C．a famous athlete can't deny being a role model

D．it's hard to be a role model

2．According to the author, a positive role model ________.

[　　]

A．can win more money and fame

B．are not allowed to make mistakes

C．are the most important examples a child can follow

D．can have some positive influence on people's lives

3．The underlined word “outweigh” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

[　　]

4．Which of the following is best supported by the last paragraph?

[　　]

A．A good role model can stop children taking drugs.

B．Kids usually expect too much of their role models.

C．Dropping out of schools and taking drugs are the two most serious problems American kids face.

D．Kids usually drop out of school or take drugs if they see their heroes make mistakes.

5．The author of this article is probably ________.

[　　]

A．an admirer of Charles Barkley

B．a famous athlete himself

C．a sports reporter

D．a famous writer

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　　It was on January 24, 1848, that James Wilson Marshall discovered gold in the territory of California. The news spread quickly. Thousands rushed west. By 1849, the great gold was in full swing.

　　Towns and cities sprang up overnight. One year later, California had enough people to be taken into the Union as a state. Throughout the territory, thousands searched for gold. Besides food and blankets, they had picks and pans.

　　Some found veins of mountain rock thick with gold. These men got rich. Others “panned” for gold in the mountain streams. They were looking for the leftovers. They searched for chunks of gold that the rains had washed down from above.

　　Panning was the only way to find gold. One put dirt in a pan and added water. Then, the pan was swished around so that the water could wash the dirt. Slowly, the water was poured out of the pan. Each one hoped that the place he claimed (宣称) “panned out well” that is, turned up gold.

　　After the California gold rush the miners turned to farming and ranching (牧业). Some left for the state of Colorado where gold also had been discovered. For many, gold mining did not “pan out”. For a few, it panned out well. But in time, huge machines were built that could wash many tons of dirt at a time. “Panning” died out.

　　The word, however, remained in the language. Today, Americans still say, “It panned out well,” when something they have done pleases them.

　　In recent yeas, “pan” has taken on another meaning. Today, it also means to criticize. How it got this meaning is hard to discover. But critics (批评家) are always “panning” some writer, artist or singer.

　　Sometimes, critics may pan a movie or play so severely that no one will go to see it. This can also happen to a book, if critics pan it strongly enough. There have been times, however, when a play became highly successful, even though most of the critics panned it without mercy. The pans should have made the play a washout. But, as actors have pointed out, sometimes a critic's pan surprisingly turns up gold.

1．The whole passage is mainly about ________.

[　　]

A．different fortunes of the earliest gold miners

B．the gold rush in California

C．the word “pen” and its expressions

D．some expressions created during the gold rush

2．We can know from the article that before the year 1849 ________.

[　　]

A．California was not a state of the Union

B．California had already had a large population

C．there were few towns and cities in California

D．there was not much gold left in California

3．What happened when the huge machine was built for the gold rush?

[　　]

A．The gold rush ended.

B．Many people turned to farming and ranching.

C．People gave up the way of panning in time.

D．It became more difficult to find gold.

4．The author intends to tell us in the last paragraph

[　　]

A．a critic's pan can cause different results to a book, or a play

B．another meaning of the word “pan”

C．a critic's pan can make a book, or a play an unexpected success

D．actors usually welcome a critic's pan

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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　I can't count how many times people have complained, while shaking their heads in obvious disappointment, “just don't know what is with teenagers today.”

　　The other day I was in my car on my way to the farmers market when I passed two teens standing by the side of the road with a car wash sign. My car was filthy and my heart was full, so I pulled over. There was a group directing the cars and another group spraying them down. As sponges (海绵) were wiped over every square inch of my dirty car, I sat enjoying the little water battles. I was amazed at how forteen to fifteen teenagers had devoted their Saturday to washing cars.

　　After I handed them a twenty-dollar bill I asked what they were raising money for. They explained to me that a friend of theirs, C. T. Schmitz, had recently died of cancer. He was only fifteen years old. He had gone to school with a lot of the teenagers who were there that day and each of them had memories of a boy sweeter than any they had known. His friend Kevin had decided to put this car wash together because he wanted to honor his friend and also bring together his classmates with his boy scout troop (童子军). He told me that they wanted to plant a tree in front of their school and if they raised enough money they would put a plaque(匾) there also. Both would be in memory of their friend C. T.

　　They handed me a bag of homemade cookies with my receipt (收条) saying “Thanks for helping us plant a tree of C.T.”

　　Yeah! I don't know what is with teenagers today!

1．The boys were raising money because they intended to ________.

[　　]

A．buy a plaque for their school

B．help those who suffered from cancer

C．plant a tree in memory of their friend

D．put a plaque near his friend's home

2．From the passage, we can infer that

C．T. Schmitz was ________.

[　　]

A．kind-hearted but lonely

B．brave and popular with his classmates

C．shy and sensitive

D．a boy you can get a good impression of

3．What does the underlined word “filthy” in paragraph 2 probably mean?

[　　]

4．What would be the best title of the article?

[　　]

A．Teenagers today.

B．A special day.

C．My view on teenagers.

D．An exciting experience.

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　　Have you ever noticed, when looking at a map of the world, that the east coast of South America and the west coast of Africa look as though they might fit together? If you have, you are not alone. In 1965 the English scientist Sir Edward Bullard used a computer to test the fit of the two continents and found that at an ocean depth of 2,000 metres the match was very close indeed.

　　It seems too remarkable to be possible, but there is a lot of evidence (证据) to suggest that Africa was once joined to South America. For example, there is a belt of ancient rocks along the east coast of Brazil which is similar to the rocks across the South Atlantic in West Africa.

　　There is further evidence that existing land masses were once linked. The remains of a 400-to-500-million-year-old mountain chain has been found running down the eastern part of Greenland, western Scandinavia, and through north-west Scotland and Ireland, into western Canada, eventually finding their way to north-west Africa.

　　Then there is the evidence from life itself. In various parts of the world today the same animals and plants can be found on land masses separated by, in some cases, thousands of miles of oceans. Did they develop at the same time in two different places? It seems unlikely. Biologists believe that there must have been land bridges which have now sunk beneath the sea. Also fossils (化石) found in sedimentary rocks (fossils are the preserved remains of life forms) have allowed geologists to trace the same plants from South America, and Antarctica (北极) in rocks perhaps 300 million years old.

　　The ice that is now confined to (限制) the polar regions (北极或南极地区) has not always been so limited in extent. Indeed, during a period of the Earth's history known as the permocar-boniferors age (二叠石炭纪) about 250-350 million years ago there is evidence from the rocks that there were glaciers covering South America, parts of Africa, India, Australia, as well as Antarctica. On the other hand, in the northern hemisphere (北半球), there were deserts. If the continents spread out as they are today, it is hard to understand how this could be.

　　So there is considerable evidence to show whole continents moved apart, and naturally many people have tried to discover how and why whole land masses moved.

1．How many proofs does the author give in this passage?

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2．The underlined part “…eventually finding their way to north-west Africa.” means ________.

[　　]

A．the mountain chain goes from the eastern part of Greenland to north-west Africa

B．it is a long way from the eastern pad of Greenland to north-west Africa

C．we can also find these remains in north-west Africa

D．we can find a way from the eastern part of Greenland to north-west Africa

3．What does the underlined word “glaciers”most probably mean?

[　　]

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

[　　]

A．There are deserts in the northern hemisphere.

B．We can find the same animals and plants on the two continents.

C．We can find the same remains of a 400-to-500-million-year-old mountain chain.

D．The same animals and plants developed at the same time in two different places.

5．Which would be the best title for this passage?

[　　]

A．The History of the Earth

B．The Movement of the Two Continents

C．The Continental Drift (漂流)

D．The Evidence of the Continental Drift

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　　Tony Bennett, the American singer recently touring Britain, can't remember how many times he has sung his standard hit “I Left My Heart in San Francisco”. He sang it again to his audience at the London Palladium last night.

　　“I never get tired of singing it,” he said, “I like it too much. It's a great city and it's a good song.”

　　Bennett is to record a TV special with American singer Lena Horne while he is here. And a new LP recorded by him in London for Philips titled “Listen Easy” will be published in June.

　　“I like it here,” he added quietly over whiskey. “I would like to live here so many months of the year.”

　　He already keeps a large flat in Grosvenor Square, where he is staying with his actress wife Sandie Grant and their three-year-old daughter Joanna. It has a studio where he likes to paint. Tony plans to have his first exhibition later in the year and he has already sold one pictrue for $ 4,000. At the end of the year Tony is to star in a musical film which has been specially written for him called “Two Bits,” an informal expression for 50 cents. It's about an Italian immigrant (移民) who goes to America, but he becomes a failure.

　　“In many ways it's very close to my life the way the story has been written,” said Bennett. “My father, an Italian, was ill and died when I was nine. He always wanted me to sing, but he nerer lived long enough to be a part of my success.”

　　The film is to be made by Italy's top director Vittoria De Sica.

1．The underlined phrase “standard hit” most nearly means ________.

[　　]

A．Bennett's favourite song but it's not very popular

B．a song that is always popular

C．a song which makes him standard

D．a song which is like a heavy blow to his audience

2．What was he doing when Tony Bennett was interviewed?

[　　]

A．Recording a TV show.

B．Making a musical film.

C．Staying with his wife.

D．Drinking.

3．What does Tony Bennett want to do?

[　　]

A．Buy a house and live in England.

B．Stay with his wife and daughter in England.

C．Live part of each year in England.

D．Leave America and settle in England.

4．What's Tony Bennett's hobby?

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5．What can we learn about Tony Bennett's father from this passage?

[　　]

A．He liked his son's singing.

B．He was born in Italy and died in America.

C．He was a part of Bennett's achievement.

D．He was glad that his son became famous.

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

　　The Dutch research is one of the three human studies that give strong scientific backing to the long-held belief that eating fish can provide health benefits, particularly to the heart.

　　Heart disease is the number-one killer in the US, with more than 550,000 deaths occurring from heart attacks each year. But researchers have previously noticed that the incidence 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 lean fish than fatty fish.

　　During the next two decades (a decade＝a period of ten years), 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 blood cholesterol (胆固醇) levels.

1．What is this passage mainly about?

[　　]

A．The high incidence of heart disease in some countries.

B．The great changes in people's diet.

C．The daily fish consumption of people in different cultures.

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

2．According to the Dutch study, ________ lives could probably saved each year in the US by eating fish.

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3．The reason why the heart disease is the most dangerous killer in the US is that ________.

[　　]

A．Americans eat too much fatty fish

B．the passage doesn't give us a definite answer

C．Americans drink too much saltwater

D．there are a great number of fat people there

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

[　　]

A．If you consume some saltwater fish per day, you won't need a heart doctor.

B．According to the Dutch research, eating fish gave no benefits to certain pepole.

C．More than 550,000 people suffered from heart attacks each year in the US.

D．Besides the Dutch research, another two human studies proved the health benefits of eating fish.

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　　WASHINGTON - Considering the serious warnings lately about Internet viruses (病毒), users may be tempted (＝make sb. want to do sth. that especially is wrong) to unplug their machines just to keep them safe. In reality, common sense and a few basic tips can keep Internet surfers secure (＝safe).

　　Antivirus software is a must, and it should be updated (＝make sth. more modern or add new things to it) at least once a week to recognize newly released (释放的) viruses.

　　People with broadband Internet connections should also have a firewall. These protect the computer from attacks by hackers (黑客).

　　Then it is time to think about computer habits. Unlike old viruses, which spread only through shared diskettes (软盘), the Internet brings viruses straight to the e-mail box. If an e-mail with attachment comes from an unknown sender, or unexpectedly from a known sender, it should not be opened.

　　On receipt (回执) of an unexpected attachment from a friend, experts suggest a telephone call to make sure of the mail's source before opening.

1．Why should antivirus software be updated at least once a week?

[　　]

A．Because the newly published antivirus software is more expensive.

B．Because the previous (先前的) antivirus software cannot work any longer.

C．Because the inventors of viruses have suggested this idea.

D．Because computer viruses are always developing.

2．Which of the following is suggested by computer experts?

[　　]

A．Don't rush to open any e-mail attachment.

B．Never open any e-mail attachment.

C．It's always safe to open an e-mail attachment from a friend.

D．Whenever you receive an e-mail, you should make a call to make sure whom it comes from.

3．Which of the following is NOT right according to the passage?

[　　]

A．Something can be done to keep our computers safe.

B．Even an e-mail attachment coming from a friend may not be safe to open.

C．We should unplug our computers to defend ourselves from viruses.

D．Antivirus software made in some yeas ago is hard to protect today's computers.

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Are You Trying to Be “To Perfect”

　　1．Do you get caught up in details, no matter what job you undertake?

　　2．Do you worry more than most people?

　　3．Do you find it embarrassing to “lose control” and be emotional?

　　4．If thinking about some future event, do you dwell upon the things that might go wrong?

　　“Yes” answer indicate that your need for control is compromising your ability to experience life's simple, spontaneous pleasure. Read T00 PERFECT: When Being in Control Get Out of Controlthe selfhelp book for people who try to be too perfect for their own good. $ 18.00, now at your bookstore.