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1、, even if they are overweight and smoke.The study found that （4）C. the leastfit of the 6,000 middle-aged men in the study were five times more likely to die within six years of the start of the research than the fittest. This was true （5）B. whether or notthe men had heart problems, smoked or were ov

2、erweight. Scientists concluded that it was better （6）A. to be fatand active than skinny and sedentary. Dr Ken cooper, a fitness expert, said, “ You are better off smoking a packet of cigarettes a day and exercising regularly than （7）A. being a non smoker and sedentary.” Although he adds, “But dont m

3、isunderstand me. I am not endorsing （8）C. smoking, I am trying to tell you how dangerous it is to be sedentary.”The British Government is putting pressure （9）（B. On）manufacturers to reduce high levels of sugar in food and to restrict the hard-sell of junk food to children in order to improve the nat

4、ions health. But the new study suggests the Government should encourage more people（10）C. to exercise. Passage 3More and more people （1）C. have to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies （2）B. have been asking people in certain areas to install the a

5、larms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is （3） A. due to increasing crime in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people （4） B. who are struggling to make （5） C. （ 不填）ends meet. The alarms, （6） A. which can be very expensive, need to be installed by an elec

6、trician. It is （7） C. estimated that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another 20% of people plan （8）B. to have them installed but have not installed them （9）C. yet. The insurance companies told people （10） A. to installthe alarms on all doors and windows. Passage 4Peter Blake is a succes

7、sful businessman, but he （1）B. used to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and （2）B. was working in a pub when he （3） C. decided to start his own business. Peter had always （4） C. been interested in plants and flowers, （5） A. sohe decided to set up a company （6） _ B. which_ cared for the plants in

8、big offices. At first he worked on his （7） _C. own_, but soon he took （8） _B.on_ two people to help him. The company has been growing （9） _ A.-_ for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, （10） _ C. but_ he complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with a computer every day!Passage 5（综合练

9、习2）More and more people （31） _B. have_ to install burglar alarms in their houses if they want to get insurance. Insurance companies （32） _D. have been asking_ people in certain areas to install the alarms before they will give them insurance for the fast year. This is （33） A. dueto increasing crime

10、in some parts of the country. This can be a problem for people （34） _C. who_ are struggling to make （35） _ C. 不填）_ ends meet. The alarms, （36） _B. which_ can be very expensive, need to be installed by an electrician. It is （37） _D. estimated_ that 20% of homes have alarms installed, and that another

11、 20% of people plan （38） _A. to have them installed_ but have not installed them （39） _ C. yet_. The insurance companies told people （40） _ D. to install_ the alarms on all doors and windows.Passage 6Traffic in India means a mixture of all kinds of vehicles on the road. About 700,000 new cars （31）A.

12、 have been soldin India in the last twelve months, and about twice that many used cars have been traded.The countrys 35 million motorcycles and scooters make it the worlds largest two-wheel market. But because there are still big differences （32）_ D. in_ peoples incomes, the roads are full of a whol

13、e variety of （33）B. vehicles , lots of them not motorised. A ride （34）C. with a taxi driver in New Delhi gives a flavour of a typical Indian-style traffic with all kinds of vehicle held up in city streets or in long lines （35）_B. onnarrow country lanes. Cars, lorries and buses back up behind a cart

14、（36） A. pulled by one animal or another. India has everything on the roads, the taxi driver says. You have to （37） C. watch out for pedestrians, bicycles, carts, cows, donkeys and even elephants. Three things （38）D. are recommended to drive here, a horn, brakes and good luck. Just then we were stopp

15、ed （39） B. bya young boy and his cow.Given the hazards, its not surprising （40） 40. D special ceremonies are held for new car owners in which the steering wheel and the driver are both blessed. Passage 7Most workers spend eight hours on the job a day on B. workdays . They work because they need mone

16、y for necessities. They spend about one third of their lives at work, but hate it. By contrast, some people actually B. Enjoy work. They spend A. extrahours on the job each week and often take work home with them. They are called “workaholics（工作狂）” as they are addicted to their job as other people a

17、re C. To alcohol.Workaholics would D. rather work than do anything else and this can be most important to their life. Workaholics are often B. understress. They cant relax and feel tense. B. As a result they may easily lose temper. Their work therefore has serious impact on their relationships and f

18、amily life. Typical workaholics pay little attention to families. They spend C. littletime with their children and their marriages mayB. endin divorce. Their inability to relax may cause A. healthproblems, such as high blood pressure.Passage 8There are advantages and disadvantages toC. bothAsian and

19、 Western educational methods. For example, one advantage B. tothe education in Japan is that students there learn much more math and science C. Than American students. They also study more hours each day than Americans D. Do . The study is difficult, but it C. prepares students for a society that va

20、lues discipline and self-control. There is, however, a disadvantage. Memorization is an important learning method in Japanese schools, B. yet many students say that after an exam, they forget much of the information that they have memorized.The advantage to the education in North America, C. onthe o

21、ther hand, is that students learn to think by themselves. The system prepares them for a society that values C. newideas. There is, however, a disadvantage. When students graduate from high school, they havent memorized D. As many basic rules and facts as students in other countries A. have. Passage

22、 9Jules Vernes most famous book is “Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea”. （A “league” is an old word A. meaningabout three miles.） In those days submarines （潜水艇） had not been D. invented , but he describes an underwater ship very like a modern submarine. The captain of the submarine, called Captai

23、n Nemo, and his men have many strange adventures and find many strange things C. atthe bottom of the ocean. He was a very good . A. story-teller . His characters often did surprising and sometimes impossible things, but they always seemed B. to bereal people. In another book, “Around the World in Ei

24、ghty Days”, Jules Verne creates Mr. Fogg, the hero, D. Who made a bet that he would travel around the world in eighty days. Nowadays this may seem A. easy to you, but in those days there were no planes or even cars. Mr. Fogg and his servant traveled in many different C. ways, even on an elephant at

25、one time! If you want to know their result, you should read the book. In all his books Jules Verne used his scientific knowledge C. as well ashis imagination in describing future inventions. D. Sometimes he was wrong, of course, but often the accuracy of his descriptions is very clever.Passage 10Pet

26、er Blake is a successful businessman, but he （16）C. Used to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and （17） _B. was_ working in a pub when he （18） _B. decided_ to start his own business. Peter had always （19） _D. been_ interested in plants and flowers, （20） _A. So _he decided to set up a company （21）

27、_B. which _ cared for the plants in big offices. At first he worked on his （22） _A. own_, but soon he took （23） C. on two people to help him. The company has been growing （24） A.- 不甜 for the last ten years. Peter is now very rich, （25） C. buthe complains that now he doesnt work with plants but with

28、a computer every day!Passage 11（作业1） Peter Blake is a successful businessman, but he_ C. used to be very poor. He had nowhere to live and_ B. was working in a pub when he _B. decided to start his own business. Peter had always_C. Been interested in plants and flowers, _ A. so he decided to set up a company _ B. Which cared for the plants in bi