Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after the

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Researchers found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty．In fact, they say by the age of eighty-five, people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old．
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States．The Gallup（民意调查） Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008．At that time, the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty-five．
The researchers asked questions about emotions like happiness, sadness and worry．They also asked about mental or emotional stress．
Arthur Stone at Stony Brook University in New York led the study．His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults between the ages of twenty-two and twenty-five．The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties．Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies．The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties．
Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older．One theory is that, as people grow older, they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotions．They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences．
Professor Stone says the emotional patterns could be linked to changes in how people see the world, or maybe even changes in brain chemistry．
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children, being unemployed or being single．But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well-being related to age．
The study also showed that men and women have similar emotional patterns as they grow older．However, women at all ages reported more sadness, stress and worry than men．
小题1:What can be the best title of the text?

A．Happiness Varies with Ages	B．Experience More, Worry Less
C．The Older, the Wiser	D．Being Young, Being Happy

小题2:We can learn from the research that _________．

A．only when people get older will they feel happier

B．stress levels among the youngest are the highest

C．older people tend to be grateful

D．older people usually have no worries

小题3:According to the research, when people get older, _________．

A．they miss the old days	B．they are physically weak
C．they have better self-control	D．they are more emotional

小题4:What would the author probably talk about next?

A．What influences happiness．	B．How to live better．
C．How to keep happier．	D．Why women are less happier．

小题5:The author is intended to _________．

A．advise how to reduce stress	B．introduce a scientific finding
C．describe how to do research	D．talk about human emotions

答案

小题1:A
小题1:C
小题1:C
小题1:D
小题1:B

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Somali pirates(海盗) robbed three Thai fishing ships wit

h 77 sailors on board nearly l,200

Miles off the Somali coast，the farthest-off-shore attack to date，an officer said Tuesday.
Pirates have gone farther south and east in answer to increased patrols(巡逻) by warships off the Somali shore. The robbing of the three ships Sunday was about 600 miles outside the normal operation area for the international force，said a spokesman．
The spokesman said the attack so far out at sea was a clear sign that the international patrols against pirates were having a “marked effect on pirate activity in the area”．
“Once they start attacking that far out，you’re not even really talking about the Somali basin or areas of water that have any connection with Somalia,” said an officer，Roger Middleton．“Once you’re that far out, it"s just the Indian Ocean，and it means y

ou’re looking at trade going from the Gulf to Asia，from Asia to South Africa.”
"This is the farthest robbing to date．They are now operating near the Maldives and India,” said another officer．
The three ships--the MV Prantalay 11，12，and l 4—had 77 members on board in total．All of them are Thai, the spokesman said．Before the Sunday robbing，pirates held 11 ships and 228 sailors．
Pirates have increased attacks over the past year in hopes of catching more dollar payments. Because of increased patrols and defenses on board ships，the success rate(率)has gone down，though the number of successful attacks has stayed the same year over year.
小题1:The pirate attack reported in the text happened

．

A．far out in the Indian Ocean

B．in the normal patrol area

C．near the Somali, coast

D．in the south of Africa

小题2:According to the text, which can best describe the situation of the pirate problems?

A．More goods on board are lost.

B．Pirate attacks happen in a larger area now.

C．The number of attacks has stayed the same these years.

D．Pirate attacks are as serious as before along the Somali coast.

小题3:Which is true about the warship patrols according to the text?

A．The patrols are of little effect.

B．The patrols are more difficult.

C．More patrols are quite necessary even in Asia.

D．The patrols only drive the pirates to other areas.

小题4:How many sailors were held by the pirates before the time of the report?

A．228.

B．77.

C．383.

D．305.

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A major earthquake rocked Haiti at 4:53 pm local time on Jan.12, 2010, killing possibly thousands of people but no official figure has been released so far.
The quake, which struck about 15km (10 miles) south-west of the capital, Port-au-Prince, was quickly followed by two strong aftershocks. In the space of a minute, numerous buildings fell down. A five-story U.N. building was also brought down by the 7.3 magnitude quake, the most powerful to hit Haiti in more than 200 years according to the U.S. Geological Survey.
As night fell, the whole city is in total darkness. You can see thousands of people sitting in the streets with nowhere to go. There are people running, crying, screaming. Describing the earthquake as a "catastrophe", Haiti’s president said the cost of the damage could run into billions.
Haiti became the first independent Caribbean state in the early 19th century. Haiti"s location, history and attracting climate once made it a tourist hot place. However, decades of poverty, environmental pollution and violence have left it as the poorest nation in the Americas. It has suffered a lot, including four hurricanes and storms in 2008 that killed hundreds.
小题1:The great earthquake happened to the _______ of the capital city.

A．south-west

B．north-west

C．south-east

D．north-east

小题2: What can we infer from the underlined sentence?

A．People in Port-au-Prince don’t like to light on.

B．The earthquake happened in the evening.

C．Electricity in the city was cut off that night.

D．There are no lights at all in Port-au-Prince.

小题3: What’s the meaning of the word in bald “catastrophe”?

A．chance.

B．joke.

C．illness.

D．disaster.

小题4:Which statement about Haiti is NOT true?

A．Haiti became an independent state in the early 19th century.

B．Haiti belongs to Americas, just like Canada, America and so on.

C．At one time, tourism was important to the economy of Haiti.

D．Haiti is a country where such strong quacks often take place.

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It is reported that today in China, 50% of people who write blogs do so as a personal diary and 83% use their blogs for sending messages to friends. It is also found that there is a strong East-West difference. In places like the US, blogs that offer information on news attract more readers but in China, blogs are more likely to be about sharing personal feelings.
It seems that bloggers can be divided into three types: IT bloggers, bloggers who record their ordinary feelings and media bloggers.
When blogging first started, the IT people had the technological advantage and they took the chance to put their thoughts on the web. Some of these IT people read their blogs.
The next wave of bloggers did not have any training as writes or in IT and wrote about normal daily life. Media bloggers, however, are trained writers, such as journalists and editors. When the many media bloggers showed up, the everyday blogs lost most of their readers. Media bloggers have the advantage of knowing how to communicate well through the written word.
However, the normal bloggers are still out there and increasing in number. It seems that blogging is the new way to express your feelings. People feel like the world is listening to, or rather reading, their problems, even if they are not .
小题1:What type of text is this?

A．A blog.

B．A diary.

C．A news report.

D．A school textbook.

小题2:What is the passage’s subject?

A．How many people in China blog.

B．How did blogging get started.

C．Different types of blogs and bloggers.

D．What media bloggers do.

小题3:How does the writers feel about the subject?

A．He/She feels strongly that blogging is a good thing.

B．He/She feels that there are lots of problems with blogging.

C．We can’t tell since he/she is not a blogger.

D．We can’t tell since he/she is just reporting facts.

小题4:What is the writer’s tone?

A．Humorous and light-hearted.	B．Serious and factual.
C．Conversational.	D．Informal.

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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，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
UNICEF reports that 40 million children below the age of 15 suffer from abuse(虐待) and neglect. The USA National Committee to Prevent Child Abuse finds 3 million new reports of child abuse or neglect every year.
According to such information on human rights abuses of children, the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth. In answer to the common human rights abuses of young people, Dr. Mary Shuttleworth of Youth for Human Rights International(YHRI) recently completed her seventh annual World Tour to five continents in eighty days. The purpose of the tour is to promote the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights to tens of thousands of children and officials.
According to UNICEF, 1.2 million children are illegally traded all over the world every year.
Sold as goods, these children are forced into inhuman labor, denied basic education and robbed of their childhoods. Youth who do not know their rights are easily cheated by ill-intentioned men. That is why YHRI thinks highly of education.
“When the United Nations declared 2010 as the International Year of Youth, I knew that their human rights had to be greater than ever,” Dr. Shuttleworth said. The tour reached Mexico, Guatemala, Panama, Ecuador, Brazil, South Africa, Swaziland, Portugal, Sardinia, Sicily, Italy, Greece, Taiwan, Japan, Hawaii and Los Angeles.
The YHRI World Tour 2010 has reached tens of thousands of students as well as officials, educators, and religious leaders and thus promotes human rights education to millions more.
小题1: 2010 was declared as the International Year of Youth because ______.

A．3 million children reported their information to the UN

B．many children are suffering from ill-treatment and neglect

C．children are illegally traded throughout the whole world

D．human rights abuses of young people have been avoided

小题2:According to para. 2, Dr. Shuttleworth first started her annual World Tour in _____.

A．2000

B．2004

C．2008

D．2010

小题3:Youth for Human Rights International is paying attention to education because _______.

A．education should serve most children

B．too many children are forced to leave school

C．children who know their rights will make more money

D．children who know little about their rights are easily cheated

小题4:According to the passage, the YHRI World Tour 2010 _______.

A．has almost stopped the child abuse	B．has reached different areas and people
C．has found more forced child labor	D．was neglected by some political leaders

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The creation of a Chinese Green Card in 2004 was a milestone in the country’s immigration law. Five years on, the card is an increasingly sought-after document. On August 15, 2004, the Regulations on Examination and Approval of Permanent Residence
oAliens in China created a Green Card system granting qualified foreigners the right to live in
China permanently.
Liu Lili, who works in the Exit and Entry Administration of Beijing Municipal Public Security Bureau, has watched the Green Card system develop since its inception. She said nearly all applications received by the Bureau are approved. So far, 323 people have been granted a “Green Card” qualifying them for permanent residence in Beijing. Another 15 are awaiting final approval. It takes around 6 months to process each application.
Of the 323 Green Card holders, 94 are wives or husbands of Chinese citizens; 50 are minors dependent on their parents; 20 are senior citizens returning to live with relatives; 114 are individuals who have made outstanding contributions or are of special importance to China (another 7 are their family members); and 23 are high-level foreign personnel who hold posts in businesses (another 15 are their family members).
Liu said the authorities had been granting residence to returning senior citizens for some time before the Green Card system was formally launched .The government has approved permanent residence for over 3,000 foreigners since the implementation of the Law on Control of the Entry and Exit of Aliens which was adopted by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress in November 1985.
Four groups of people are eligible for permanent residence: high-level foreign personnel who hold posts in businesses that promote China’s economic, scientific and technological development or social progress; foreign citizens who make large direct investments in China; persons who have made outstanding contributions or are of special importance to China; and people who come to China to be with family, such as husbands and wives, minors dependent on their parents, and senior citizens dependent on their relatives.
Liu said that most applications she dealt with were from American citizens.
Why do overseas citizens apply for permanent residence status in China? The main concern, aid Liu, is the political factor. Once people have a “Green Card”, they feel they are accepted and trusted by the Chinese government. The “Green Card” also facilitates entry and exit. With permanent residence status, visas are no longer needed and people can enter and leave the country using only a valid passport. China offers outstanding career opportunities and is seen by many as safer and more secure than many other countries, said Liu.
Liu said that Green Card holders have the same rights and responsibilities as Chinese citizens. However the card is not equivalent to Chinese nationality and holders are not allowed to vote in elections, hold political office, or serve in the military.
Obtaining a Green Card is not easy. The qualifying conditions are tough. Unless you are a close relative of a Chinese citizen，you will either have to invest a substantial amount of money in the country or make a genuinely outstanding contribution to the country’s development.
To meet increasing demand, he authorities are considering making the Green Card more available by broadening the range of applicants without lowering the requirements, aid Liu, but she gave no further details.
小题1:Which of the following can’t get a green card?

A．A foreigner whose wife of husband is of Chinese nationality.

B．A foreign child whose parents are Chinese citizens.

C．A foreigner who invests large sum of money in China.

D．A foreigner who works in China for a long time.

小题2:If a foreign gets a Green Card in China, he /she_________.

A．has the right to vote in China.	B．can be a high official in China
C．can enter or leave China without a visa	D．becomes a citizen of Chinese nationality

小题3:From the article we can see foreigners apply for Green Cards mainly to ________.

A．show that they are important	B．be accepted and trusted by the Chinese
C．make entry and exit easier	D．make more money.

小题4:Which of the following is not the reason for foreigners to work or live permanently in China?

A．They can find satisfactory jobs.

B．China is more secure country than many.

C．They have their professions, families and investments in China.

D．The weather, working conditions are better than better than their own countries.

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