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The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with this problem, it is recommended that a big part of the government's health budget be used for health education and disease prevention instead of treatment. Actually, many kinds of diseases are preventable in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating it. For example, people could avoid catching a cold if they dressed warmly when the weather starts getting cold. But many people get sick because they fail to do so, and have to spend money seeing a doctor.

Daily habits like eating more healthy food would have kept millions of families from becoming bankrupt if the patients had taken measures for early prevention. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not consuming too much animal fat and insuring a steady intake of vegetables and fruits, seems to be quite important.

One very effective and costless way of prevention is regular exercise, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, and playing sports is a good way to make people feel better or reduce stress.

 In addition, health education plays a key role in improving people's health. By giving people more information about health, countries could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it. For example, knowing one's family medical history is an effective way to help keep healthy. Information about health problems among close relatives will make them aware of what they should do to prevent certain diseases through lifestyle changes, which will work before it is too late.

However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means toward the same effect. In conclusion, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if our country spends more money on health prevention and education.

6．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

 

 

 

 

 

CP (Central Point)  P (Point)        Sp (Sub-point次要点)          C (Conclusion)

7．Which of the following can replace the underlined word “bankrupt’’?

A．Stronger than ever before         B．More successful than ever before

C．Unable to pay one’s debts                D．Unable to be cured

8．We learn from the passage that       .

A．the more health education, the better

B．dressing warmly can prevent diseases

C．a balanced diet is cheaper than regular exercise

D．the government’s health budget should be increased

9．What’s the best title of the passage?

A．Prevention or Education?           B．Health or Illness?

C．Exercise or Illness?                D．Prevention or Treatment?

 

参考答案  6-9:BCAD  

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 阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。

 

（A）

It is easy for us to tell our friends from our enemies．But can other animals do the same? Elephants can! They can use their sense of vision and smell to tell the difference between people who pose a threat and those who do not．

In Kenya, researchers found that elephants react differently to clothing worn by men of the Maasai and Kamba ethnic groups．Young Maasai men spear animals and thus pose a threat to elephants; Kamba men are mainly farmers and are not a danger to elephants．

In an experiment conducted by animal scientists, elephants were first presented with clean clothing or clothing that had been worn for five days by either a Maasai or a Kamba man．When the elephants detected the smell of clothing worn by a Maasai man, they moved away from the smell faster and took longer to relax than when they detected the smells of either clothing worn by Kamba men or clothing that had not been worn at all．

Garment color also plays a role, though in a different way．In the same study, when the elephants saw red clothing not worn before, they reacted angrily, as red is typically worn by Maasai men．Rather than running away as they did with the smell, the elephants acted aggressively toward the red clothing]

The researchers believe that the elephants’ emotional reactions are due to their different interpretations of the smells and the sights．Smelling a potential danger means that a threat is nearby and the best thing to do is run away and hide．Seeing a potential threat without its smell means that risk is low．Therefore, instead of showing fear and running away, the elephants express their anger and become aggressive．

1．According to the passage, which of the following statements is true about Kamba and Maasai people?

       A．Maasai people are a threat to elephants． 

       B．Kamba people raise elephants for farming．

       C．Both Kamba and Maasai people are elephant hunters．

       D．Both Kamba and Maasai people traditionally wear red clothing．

2．How did the elephants react to smell in the study?

       A．They attacked a man with the smell of new clothing．

       B．They needed time to relax when smelling something unfamiliar．

       C．They became anxious when they smelled Kamba-scented clothing．

       D．They were frightened and ran away when they smelled their enemies．

 3．What is the main idea of this passage?

       A．Elephants use sight and smell to detect danger．

       B．Elephants attack people who wear red clothing．

       C．Scientists are now able to control elephants’ emotions．

       D．Some Kenyan tribes understand elephants’ emotions very well．

4．What can be inferred about the elephant’s behavior from this passage?

       A．Elephants learn from their experiences．

       B．Elephants have sharper sense of smell than sight．

       C．Elephants are more intelligent than other animals]

       D．Elephants tend to attack rather than escape when in danger．

 

参考答案  （A） ADAA 

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（B）

How often do you travel by plane?

 How much electricity do you use? These days everyone is worried about the size of their carbon footprint．In order to reduce global warming we need to make our carbon footprints smaller．But how much CO₂ are we responsible for?

A new book by Mike Berners Lee （a leading expert in carbon footprint） might be able to help．How Bad are Bananas? The Carbon Footprint of Everything looks at the different things we do and buy, and calculates the amount of CO₂ all of the following created: the ingredients （=parts of a mixture）, the electricity used in the brewery, the equipment, the travel and commuting （交换） of the beer, and the packaging．It’s amazing how many different things need to be included in each calculation．And it’s frightening how much carbon dioxide everything produces．

But all of this can help us decide which beer to drink．From Berners-Lee’s calculations, it’s clear that a pint （568ml） of locally-brewed beer has a smaller carbon footprint than a bottle of imported beer．This is because the imported beer has been transported from far away, and it uses more packaging．The local beer only produces 300g of CO₂, but the imported beer produces 900g! So, one pint of local beer is better for the environment than three cans of cheap foreign lager （淡啤酒） from the supermarket．

Berners-Lee has even calculated the carbon footprint of cycling to work．Nothing is more environmentally-friendly than riding a bike, surely? Well, it depends on what you’ve had to eat before．To ride a bike we need energy and for energy we need food．So if we eat a banana and then ride a kilometer and a half, our footprint is 65g of CO₂．However, if we eat bacon before the bike ride, it’s 200g．In fact, bananas are good in general because they don’t need packaging, they can be transported by boat and they grow in natural sunlight．

So, does this mean that cycling is bad for the environment? Absolutely not, for a start, if you cycle, you don’t use your car, and the fewer cars on the road, the fewer traffic jams．And cars in traffic jams produce three times more CO₂ than cars traveling at speed．Cycling also makes you healthy and less likely to go to a hospital．And hospitals have very big carbon footprints!

So maybe it’s time for us all to start making some changes．Pass me a banana and a pint of local beer, please．

5．According to Berners-Lee, which of the following produces the most carbon dioxide？

       A．A pint of local beer we drink．

       B．A pint of imported beer we drink．

       C．A banana we eat before a bike ride．           

       D．The bacon we eat before a bike ride．

6．Why are bananas good in general?

       A．They grow naturally．

       B．They produces less CO₂．

       C．They don’t need packaging．

       D．They provide energy for cycling．

 7．The underlined word “brewery” in Paragraph 3 most probably means “___________”．

       A．a factory where beer is made

       B．a machine which makes beer

       C．a container where beer is stored

       D．one of the things from which beer is made

8．To make our carbon footprints smaller, we should often ___________．

       A．cycle to work

       B．drink more local beer

       C．calculate the amount of CO₂                       

       D．buy cheap things from the supermarkets

9．What’s the most suitable title for the passage?

       A．Bikes, Beer and Bananas

       B．Starting to Make Changes

       C．How Big Is Your Carbon Footprint?

       D．The Carbon Footprint of Everything

 

参考答案  （B） BBAAC  

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（C）

Today, there’ s hardly an aspect of our life that isn’t being upended by the tons of information available on the hundreds of millions of sites crowding the Internet, not to mention its ability to keep us in constant touch with each other via / through electronic mail．“If the automobile and aerospace technology had exploded at the same pace as computer and information technology,” says Microsoft, “a new car would cost about $ 2 and go 600 miles on a small quantity of gas．And you could buy a Boeing 747 for the cost of a pizza．”

 Probably the biggest payoff, however, is the billions of dollars the Internet is saving companies in producing goods and serving for the needs of their customers．Nothing like it has been seen since the beginning of the Industrial Revolution, when power-driven machines began producing more in a day than men could turn out in nearly a year．“We view the growth of the Internet and e-commerce as a global trend,” says Merrill Lynch, “along the lines of printing press, the telephone, the computer, and electricity．”

You would be hard pressed to name something that isn’t available on the Internet．Consider: books, health care, movie tickets, construction materials, baby clothes, stocks, cattle feed, music, electronics, antiques, tools, real estate, toys, autographs of famous people, wine and airline tickets．And even after you’ve moved on to your final resting place, there’s no reason those you love can’t keep in touch．A company called FinalThoughts．com offers a place for you to store “afterlife e-mails” you can send to Heaven with the help of a “guardian angel”．

Kids today are so computer literate that it in fact ensures the United States will remain the unchallenged leader in cyberspace for the foreseeable （能预测的） future．Nearly all children in families with incomes of more than $75,000 a year have home computers, according to a study by the David and Lucile Packard Foundation．Youngsters from ages 2 to 17 at all income levels have computers, with 52% of those connected to the Internet．Most kids use computers to play games （some for 30 hours or more a week）, and many teenage girls think nothing of rushing home from school to have e-mail chats with friends they have just left．

What’s clear is that, whether we like it or not, the Internet is an ever growing part of our lives and there is no turning back．“The Internet is just 20% invented,” says cyber pioneer Jake Winebaum．“The last 80% is happening now．”

10．What can we learn from the Microsoft’s remark?

     A．Today’s cars and airplanes are extremely overpriced．

     B．Information technology is developing at an amazing speed

     C．Information technology has reached the point where improvement is difficult．

     D．There’s more competition in information technology industry than in car industry．

11．According to the author, the biggest benefit of the Internet is that___．

     A．it saves companies huge amounts of money

     B．it speeds up profit making]

     C．it brings people incredible convenience

     D．it provides easy access to information 

12．The author gives the example of FinalThoughts．com to make the point that____．

     A．there are some genius ideas on the Internet

     B．almost anything is available on the Internet

     C．people can find good bargains on the Internet

     D．some websites provide novel services to increase hits

13．What can we learn from the fourth paragraph?

     A．There is a link between income and computer ownership．

     B．Many American children don’t put computers to good use．

     C．Studies show that boys are more computer literate than girls．

     D．The U．S．will stay ahead in the information technology in years．

14．Which sentence has the phrase that possesses the same meaning as the one underlined in the fifth paragraph?

       A．Some can tell you that he has changed their lives, while others think nothing of him．

       B．Think nothing of it．It was my pleasure．

       C．He thinks nothing of staying up all night in the Café bar．

       D．He thinks nothing of the pain in his back for the moment．

15．What is the message the author intends to convey?

     A．The Internet is going to get firm hold of our lives some day．

     B．The Internet is going to influence our lives even more greatly．

     C．We should have a positive attitude towards the changes the Internet brings．

     D．Children should be well prepared for the challenges in the information age．

 

参考答案   （C） BABDCB  

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