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CHICAGO(Reuters)-Smoking not only can wrinkle the face and turn it yellow-it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday. The study,published in the Archives of Dermatology,shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body-even skin protected from the sun. "We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun,and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total. years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced," Dr. Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan,who led the study,said in a statement. "In participants older than 65 years,smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years. "Helfrich"s team added in their report. The researchers tested 82 people,smokers and nonsmokers,taking pictures of the inner right atms. They ranged,in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person"s skin was. When skin is exposed to sunlight,notably the face,it becomes coarse(粗糙的). Wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint,Helfrich"s team wrote. Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking conduces to premature(过早的)skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles,the study said,but tittle has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light. The report did not discuss die mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke,among other things,causes blood vessels(血管)beneath the skin to constrict (紧缩),reducing blood supply to the skin. Smoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both die skin and the internal organs. |
1. When your skin is exposed to sunlight long,it becomes all of the following but . |
A. flexible B. coarse C. rough D. discolored |
2. What does the underlined phrase"conduces to"in Paragraph 7 mean? |
A. help B. encourage C. prevent D. stop |
3. How wrinkled a person"s skin is doesn"t relate to . |
A. the number of cigarettes a person smokes B. the kind and characteristics of skin C. how long a person smokes D. how long skin is under sunlight |
4. From the passage smoking results,in skin aging mainly because . |
A. it will lower blood supply to skin B. it can make you feel tired C. it can make skin come off D. it can make blood run faster |
5. The main purpose of the passage is to . |
A. inform people about the result of the study B. advise people how to protect skin C. warn people not to smoke again D. introduce a new way of avoid skin aging |
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1-5: AABAC |
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Dulas is a computergenerated(计算机生成的) character created by Julia Borbolla, a Mexican child psychologist.It is one of several "emotional agents" Borbolla has invented that are being recognized in Mexico City as capable of gaining access to the inner lives of children. Dulas, like all of these characters, has big eyes and radio antennas(天线). The characters collectively go by the name Antenas because they all have antennas and come from a planet called Antenopolis. Dulas knows nothing about life on earth, not even what a mother or father is. Wearing rabbit slippers in hospital, he doesn"t like to talk with adults-so children can trust his companionship. Over the past five years, Borbolla"s characters have been used to assist 2,000 children from 3 to 14 years old, and have been employed in three Mexico City hospitals and a center for disabilities in another city, Morelia. Researchers have been using puppets(木偶) to help children express and process their feelings for decades. But Borbolla, who has been working with children for 30 years, has taken this kind of work a step further. The children meet the characters in a room, without adults present; doctors monitor with cameras. They have to handle the information carefully. One principle of the work is that a doctor must not make it known that he knows something that was said to an Antenas character privately. This preserves the trust of the child"s relationship with the character. Borbolla originally got the idea to use a drawing of a cartoon character to communicate with children when she was working as a school psychologist in the 1980s. Years later, in private practice, she worked with a puppet maker to develop a software version.She spent six years improving the tool. "The psychologists I spoke with said the tool creates an environment of trust and understanding that enables them to understand children"s issues more quickly than they imagined possible," said Borbolla. To date, Antenas hasn"t been carefully studied, and Borbolla is working with researchers to examine its effect. "I see how powerful it is," she told me. "It can be used to get into the souls of children." |
1. According to the passage, Dulas ______. |
A. knows a lot about life on earth B. was developed by a Mexican child C. likes chatting with doctors and patients D. is a cartoon character created by a psychologist |
2. We learn from the passage that Borbolla ______. |
A. hopes to study Antenas further B. developed Antenas all on her own C. spent sixteen years improving Antenas D. started to create Antenas in the 1990s |
3. When children meet the characters, ______. |
A. their parents should be present B. their doctors have to stay with them C. the characters will handle the information D. doctors" involvement should be kept secret from them |
4. The psychologists mentioned in Paragraph 7 think that ______. |
A. Antenas is impractical B. it is expensive to use Antenas C. Antenas is helpful to children D. it is difficult to control Antenas |
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Around 200 people who thought their only experience of the London 2012 Olympic Games would be minor heats of synchronized swimming (花样游泳) have received an unexpected change to the men"s 100m final because of an embarrassing ticketing mistake. The London 2012 Organizing Committee (Locog) confirmed on Wednesday that an error in its ticket selling had led to four synchronized swimming competitions being oversold by 10, 000 tickets. Locog and its ticket agent spent the Christmas period contacting ticket holders and offering them alternatives that included the tickets they had applied for but unsuccessful. The changes need no additional cost. It has also offered to return any discrepancy (差额) if the new tickets cost less than the originals. Locog said the replacement tickets would come from a number of unsold seats across the Olympic Games and that it was doing all it could to make up the error to the fans who bought tickets. Locog said the error occurred in the summer, between the first and second round of ticket sales, when a member of staff made a mistake, entering “20,000” into the computer rather than the correct figure of 10,000 remaining tickets. The error was discovered when Locog checked the number of tickets that had been sold against the final seating numbers, and began contacting ticket holders before Christmas. Thousands of ticket holders have already struck lucky, changing to tickets for major events including swimming and athletics finals, and in around 200 cases the hottest of all, the men’s 100m final. Locog said the decision to award 100m final tickets was made because one of the synchronized swimming competitions was on the same afternoon as the event, August 5. |
1. As a result of the ticketing mistake, about 200 people ____. |
A. will luckily be able to watch the men’s 100m final B. will not enjoy the synchronized swimming events C. will have to change their tickets to other games D. have applied for tickets to the men’s 100m final |
2. In order to solve the problem, the Locog ____. |
A. required the holders to return the tickets B. allowed the holders to apply for another ticket C. would charge the discrepancy for changing the tickets D. offered to change the tickets without any extra cost |
3. The underlined word “it” (Paragraph 3 ) refers to ____. |
A. Locog B. the ticketing mistake C. the Olympic Games D. the additional cost |
4. How many ticket holders will have to change their tickets? |
A. 200. B. 10,000. C. 20,000. D. 30,000. |
5. Which of the following is true according to the text? |
A. The synchronized swimming is the hottest of the Olympics. B. Thousands of ticket holders refused to change their tickets. C. The men’s 100m final will take place on August 5, 2012. D. The number of tickets for synchronized swimming is 10,000. |
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DOYLESTOWN STATION, Pa. (CBS)-Marie Buonanno has boxes of holiday lights to decorate her house. She already has one tree up in her living room and a nativity scene. But this holiday season, she would not dare decorate outside. " It is very disappointing that we can" t celebrate the Christmas holiday the way that we religiously choose to," says Buonanno. Her home only has a holiday wreath on the door, since the Doylestown Station Condominium Association told her the bylaws do not allow colored Christmas lights. Last year, she was fined $400, $ 10 for each day her lights were up. But she says she was the only one slapped with a fine. "One of my neighbors that I spoke to a few days ago, who decorates with multicolored lights, says he never got a letter of warning or a fine. " Only white, non-blinking lights are allowed outside. And you can only put up a single white, blue, or orange light in your windows. Neighbors collected 62 signatures to ask the Association board to allow colored Christmas lights. In response, the Association sent out a survey. Out of 38 total responses, 19 voted for white lights, 14 voted for colored non-blinking lights, and 5 voted for colored blinking. The board said the vote was 19-14 against colored lights, interpreting the 5 votes as a separate category. "As long as it" s tasteful," says neighbor Marc Udell, "let the community do what the community is going to do. " No one answered the door at the Association president* s house. Some neighbors say they like the look of white lights. "Some colored lights are pretty and they have their place in neighborhoods, but you never really know how far people are going to go with them," says Jeff Edwards. It will be a holiday of white lights for Buonanno and her neighborhood. She says for now she will miss her colored lights and the holiday cheer they brought to her home. |
1. This holiday season, Marie Buonanno has no choice but to _____. |
A. keep the colored lights in B. sell the colored lights out C. leave the Christmas tree out D. change all the attractive lights |
2. The underlined part in the 3rd paragraph means _____. |
A. she was the only rich woman in the neighborhood B. she was the only resident punished with a fine C. she was the only resident full of strange ideas D. she was the only person fooled by neighbors |
3. Which column does this passage belong to? |
A. Science B. Environment C. Education D. News |
4. According to this passage, colored lights are not allowed to decorate the outside of houses because _. |
A. they are too pretty to be stolen B. they waste a lot of energy C. they can trick passers-by D. they can make neighbors blind |
语法填空。 BEIJING-Worldrenowned Oxford and Cambridge have come to China __1_ (attract) toprank postgraduate students in cooperation with the China Scholarship Council. Oxford made its first __2__ (appear) at the China Scholarship Council"s annual International Graduate Scholarship Fair, __3__ opened on Saturday in Beijing. The school wants to encourage excellent Chinese students to consider __4__ Oxford can offer for 5 academic and professional careers. "The students came wellprepared with specific questions and were serious about the chance, "said Sherwood, director of graduate admissions and funding at Oxford, who will make __6__ two stops for the fair in Wuhan and Shanghai. The University of Cambridge __7 _ (attend) the fair since its first session in 2009, and stresses that it would continue to invest to train students to be problemsolvers. __8 _ Cambridge and Oxford present at the fair in competition for __9_ best and brightest, Osterfield and Sherwood agree that the two universities usually have more interest in cooperation __10__ competition, except in their traditional annual boat race. |
任务型阅读。 BEIJING, March 9-The central government will require an additional three years of use for official vehicles for ministers (部长) and governors (政府官员) to reduce the costs of purchasing new cars, media have reported. The new rule has been applied among all Party and government departments nationwide, the Beijing News reported on Tuesday. The new rule has not yet been made public, said Li, a member of the Chinese People"s Political Consultative Conference National Committee. Under the old rules, the cars used by ministerlevel officials could be replaced as often as every five years, Li said. These officials will also continue to use the same cars when they take new posts, he added. The new rule also reiterated (重申) that officials ranking below ministeror governorlevels should not be allocated cars. The cars possessed by their departments should be used on demand. "It violates the rules for lowerranking-even countylevelofficials to be allocated cars," Li said. Purchases of vehicles for official use have been heavily investigated, as they account for a large expenditure of public funds every year. A survey on the Web news www.ifeng.com found 59 percent of respondents believed the new rule will be difficult to obey because it is related to officials" interests. Local government departments had stopped approvals for requests for such vehicles and had started to limit the number of such cars under the new rules, Li said. "The future reform of official vehicle use will introduce market systems", Li said. Premier Wen Jiabao said in the annual government work report on Saturday that expenditures on such vehicles will not increase in 2011 compared with a year ago. Beijing"s standing deputy mayor Ji Lin last week said the municipal government will release the number of vehicles for official use in the capital as early as at the end of this month. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Finance had published a rule regulating the budgets for such vehicles.
About the rules | Cars for official use should be replaced as often as 1.________ years. The 2.________ of cars to officials ranking below ministeror governorlevels should be banned. | The 3.________ of the new rule | To reduce the cost of buying new cars. | Reasons for 4.________ the new rule | The buying of vehicles for official use 5.________ for a large expenditure of public funds every year. | 6.________ taken and to be taken | Local government departments had started to 7.________ the number of cars for official use. The government will 8.________ public the number of cars for official use. The Ministry of Finance had published a rule 9.________ the budgets for such vehicles.
| Problem | Obeying the rule is 10.________ with officials" interests. |
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