Most people are worried about the health of economy. But does the economy also a

Most people are worried about the health of economy. But does the economy also a

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Most people are worried about the health of economy. But does the economy also affect your body health?
It does, but not always the ways you might expect. The data(数据) on how an economic downturn influences an individual’s health is mixed.
It’s clear that a long-term economic rise leads to improvements in a population’s overall health, in developing and developed societies alike.
But whether the short-term economic fall will damage your own health depends on your health habits when times are good. And economic studies suggest that people usually do not take care of themselves in good times—drinking too much, dining on fattier restaurant meals and skipping exercises.
“The value of time is higher during good economic times,” said Grant Miller, a professor of medicine at Stanford. “so people work more and do less of the things that are good for them, like cooking at home and exercising. ”
Similar patterns have been seen in some developing nations. Dr. Miller, who is studying the effects of fluctuating coffee prices on health in Colombia where coffee plays an important role in economy development, says that although falling prices are bad for the economy, they appear to improve the population’s overall health. When prices are low, laborers have time to enjoy their own life such as doing housework, exercising and taking care of their children, etc.
“When coffee prices suddenly rise, people work harder on their coffee fields and spend less time doing things around the home, including things that are good for their children,” he said.
Christopher J. Rohm, professor of economics at University of North Carolina. US shares similar ideas.
57. What would be the best title?
A. Does the economy affect your body health?
B. Does your life habit play an important role in economy development?
C. Economic rise leads to improvement in people’s health.
D. Coffee prices affect people’s health.
58. According to Grant Miller, it is implied that_______.
A. a long-term economic rise can damage your body health
B. a long-term economic fall can damage people’s body health
C. a short-term economic rise can improve people’s body health
D. a short-term economic fall can improve your body health
59. What does the underlined word “fluctuating” in the sixth paragraph mean?
A. lasting         B. changing        C. rising       D. falling
60. Professor Christopher J. Rohm thinks that_________.
A. people work harder when it is in long-term good economy times
B. people work less when it is in short-term good economy times
C. people have more time to enjoy their own life in short-term bad economy times
D. people do less of the things around the home in long-term bad economy times
答案

小题1:A
小题2:D
小题3:B
小题4:C
解析

举一反三

第二节 根据对话内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
John: Hi, Jane. Do you know that a new McDonald’s restaurant has opened in Nanjing?
Jane: Yes, and I have been there twice already.
John: I wonder    61
Jane: Well. most of them just want to know how it tastes.
John: I am sure some of them find it expensive at the same time.
Jane:    62   Children enjoy it very much, though.
John: Anyway, the Chinese food is delicious and healthy.
Jane: Yeah,    63
John: It’s high in fiber, and low in fat and sugar.
Jane:    64    I didn’t know that you’ve become an expert in Chinese food.
John: Well, my mother is a doctor.
Jane:   65
John: That’s right.
A.how often the people go there
B.Really?
C.And she must have told you a lot about the Chinese food.
D.what the Chinese people think about our American fast food.
E.What do you know about it?
F.You’re right.
G.I like Chinese food as well.
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第二节信息匹配题(共5小题,每题2分共10分)
注意:此答案要写在答题纸上
Making friends is a skill like most skills. It improves with practice. If you want to meet people and make friends, you must be willing to take some action. You must first go where there are people. 56 
Joining a club or a group, talking with those who like the same things as you do is much easier.Or join someone in some activity.
57 After all meeting strangers means facing the unknown. And it"s human nature to feel a bit uncomfortable about the unknown. Most of our fears about dealing with new people come from doubts about ourselves. We imagine other people are judging us, finding us too tall or too short, too this or too that. 58   Try to accept yourself as you are, and try to put the other person at ease. You"ll both feel more comfortable.
Try to act self-confident even if you don"t feel that way. When you enter a room full of strangers, such as a new classroom,walk tall and straight, look directly at other people and smile, and say something. 59 
Just meeting someone new does not mean that you will make friends with that person--friendship is based on mutual (相互的)liking and  "give and take".   60 
A.Don"t wait for the other person to start a conversation.
B.But don"t forget that they must be feeling the same way.
C.It depends on one"s character to make good friends.
D.You won"t make friends staying home alone.
E.Many people are nervous when talking to new people.
F.It takes time and effort to develop.
G.I"m a shy person and it is very difficult for me to make friends with other people.
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完形填空(共20小题;每小题1.5分,满分30分)
阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
After graduation from college, I started to sell. Soon I discovered that the  36  expression I had been wearing since childhood meant sure  37 .I knew it wasn’t going to be easy to   38  that expression on my face left by so many years of hardship. It   39   a complete change in  my view on life. Here is the   40  I tried.
Each morning during a fifteen-minute bath, I  41  to cultivate(培养)a big, happy  smile. I found out,   42  , that it couldn’t be a forced smile  43  just for the purpose of putting dollars in my   44 . It had to be an honest-to-goodness smile from down deep   45 ,an outward expression of happiness from within!
Let’s see  46  starting with a good fifteen-minute workout of the smile muscles    47    me during the day. Before entering an office I  48   think of the many things I had to be  49  for, work up a big smile and then enter. Seldom did it fail to get the same smile    50   from  the person I met. I also found that it   51  people when passed them on the street to give them  a   52   smile.
Give every living soul you meet the best smile you have    53   smiled in your life, and  see how much better you  54   and look. It’s one of the best ways I know to  55   worrying,and start living. When I began doing this, I found I became more welcome everywhere.
36.A.happy        B.worried         C.curious             D.surprised
37.A.success     B.friendship         C.failure              D.wealth
38.A.wear         B.show           C.change           D.see
39.A.made up       B.brought in          C.turned over          D.called for
40.A.way         B.example          C.idea                D.thought
41.A.determined    B.hurried           C.failed               D.pretended
42.A.therefore      B.however           C.instead            D.otherwise
43.A.introduced     B.developed       C.discovered          D.left
44.A.opinion       B.honor             C.bill                 D.pocket
45.A.outside       B.upward           C.inside              D.forward
46.A.when       B.how              C.whether             D.why
47.A.helped      B.upset           C.satisfied          D.disappointed
48.A.could       B.might             C.should             D.would
49.A.ready        B.eager           C.thankful            D.famous
50.A.in general     B.in public              C.in return          D.in advance
51.A.greeted     B.pleased         C.puzzled           D.welcomed
52.A.cheerful     B.forced            C.strange           D.bitter
53.A.never       B.just              C.already            D.ever
54.A.prove         B.appear                    C.feel               D.remain
55.A.keep         B.stop            C.hate              D.protect
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A nine-year-old girl named Arwa lives with her parents and six brothers and sisters in an old, two-roomed house. She knows nothing of wealth and power but, in her own way, she has helped make history.
Arwa was the youngest of three Yemeni girls who recently went to court complaining they were married against their will and asking for a divorce(离婚). It forced the government to change its law on early marriage.
Her father Abdul Ali described how a stranger asked him in the market if he knew some marriageable girls. After visiting their home and seeing Arwa and her 15-year-lold sister, he chose the younger child. Abdul Ali said the man had promised he would wait for the girl to reach puberty(青春期)before calling her to his house but then changed his mind.
So why did he sell his daughter to a stranger? “He gave me $150 and promised another $2,000. I was really in need of money and thought it was a solution for the family,” he explained.
When Arwa fought against her husband, she was beaten. The pain only came to an end when her husband and father quarreled and Abdul Ali allowed her to seek outside help. Then she went looking for a neighbor to lend her money for the journey to court. The judge at court took pity on her and gave her freedom.
Yemen’s Minister for Social Affairs, Professor Amat al-Razak Hammed, recognizes that the government needs to make a change and will personally decide on a legal age of 16. She says that both fathers who marry their children off early and officials who sign the marriage contracts should be punished.
Arwa’s courage to seek a divorce was inspired by another young girl from the capital, Sana’a who has become a national famous person.
60. What does the underlined part in Paragraph 1 refer to?
A. Arwa’s behavior influenced the government to change the law on early marriage.
B. Arwa was the first girl to fight for the right of women to have freedom of marriage.
C. Arwa worked together with the government to draw up new marriage laws.
D. Arwa set a good example to other girls who have similar problems.
61. How much money did Arwa’s father probably get in total by selling her?
A. $150.          B.$2,000.      C.$2,150.             D.$3,000.
62. Which of the following statements about Arwa is NOT true?
A. She is too young to know anything about wealth and power.
B. She got the money for the journey to court from her father.
C. She was one of the Yemeni girls who used the law to seek a divorce.
D. Her husband treated her very badly.
63. According to the new marriage law in Yemen, _______.
A. girls can’t get married until they are 20 years old
B. girls can get married without their parents’ permission
C. officials are forbidden to sign marriage contracts
D. fathers who marry their children off early will be punished
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Ayesha and Latisha Jones need to take a break in their own homework to help their dad, because at the age of 52, John Jones is just now learning to read.
“I was so uncomfortable and so ashamed,” he said. For many years, unable to read a menu or a bus schedule, Jones was just one of the estimated 65,000 adults in Buffalo, New York who cannot read above a 5th-grade level.
And a new study shows the problem is getting worse in many states. California, New York and Florida have all shown surprising increases in illiteracy(文盲)rates. The situation has improved in a few states, like Mississippi, Rhode Island and Kentucky. But worldwide, the United States doesn’t perform well.
Fourteen countries rank higher in reading ability than the United States, including Finland, Canada, New Zealand, Australia, Ireland, South Korea, UK, Japan, Sweden, Iceland, Belgium, Austria, France and Norway.
Back in Buffalo, a program called Read to Succeed targets the problem early, teaching preschoolers shapes, colors and letters.
“We have a lot of poverty and that means a lot of children don’t have the skills, but they have the potential(潜质),” said Helene Kramer of Read to Succeed. The theory is : you’re never too young or too old to learn.
Working with Buffalo’s literacy volunteers has given Jones a fresh start. “They gave me a chance to open a door that I could never open before,” he said. “I could never open it before, because I couldn’t read.” It’s not easy, but Jones says seeing his daughters read inspires him to try.
64. In America, which of the following states has seen an improvement in the situation of illiteracy?
A. New York.   B. Mississippi.   C. Florida.   D. California
65. Helene Kramer would probably think that _______.
A. kids should not learn to read too early
B. old people aren’t able to learn to read
C .poverty contributes to poor reading ability
D. most poor kids have difficulty reading
66. What can we know about John Jones?
A. He is very tired of learning to read.
B. He is thankful for the chance to learn to read.
C. It is easy for him to learn to read.
D. His children don’t like to help him.
67. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.
A. Canadians perform better in reading than Americans
B. American children’s ability to solve problems is quite bad
C. the illiteracy rates in New York have dropped
D. Norway ranks the lowest in reading ability
68. What might be the best title for the passage?
A. America ranks higher in reading ability.
B. volunteers help a man live a new life.
C. Reading offers more chances to children.
D. Find inspiration to fight illiteracy.
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