While surfing television channels over the weekend，a scene from a family classic

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While surfing television channels over the weekend，a scene from a family classic of last year portraying the now-so-familiar sorry state of retired parents being ill-treated by their children and families caught my attention. I wondered why the description of this relationship had not changed much over the many years! Even though the same movies and soaps accurately capture several other social changes around us — from value systems to new found economic freedom to the importance of technology and the changing approach to consumerism(消费主义) — are these creative efforts far from the truth in telling us that an average retiree is still struggling?
Look around and you will agree that the post-retired lifestyle for an ex-salaried class people is often a pale shadow of their last working years. Even self employed people, who have handed over the responsibility to the next generation, are no exception. Did the average middle class not save enough through his working years?
Socially, we already know that the Indians are taught the benefits of start saving early on in life. Household savings data supports this social behavior — India has the highest rates of savings among various economies and is far ahead of the west. Yet, tragically, a lifetime of savings does not seem to provide enough for a comfortable retirement!
A closer look at the pattern of what we do with our financial savings may tell us a bit more. Over half of households’ financial savings is put into a “safe” deposit, followed by large portions in insurance, pension, provident funds（福利基金） and the rest in physical currency. Less than a tenth goes into “risky” assets(资产) like stocks. While there might be nothing, in particular, worrisome in this investment pool, one has to consider inflation(通货膨胀). The real value of savings, over a few decades, may actually be lower than the starting point.
小题1:What had not changed much over the many years according to the passage?

A．Value systems	B．The poor situation of retirees
C．Economic freedom	D．Approach to consumerism

小题2:Which of the following statements about saving in India is right?

A．the concept of saving has been well received by Indians.

B．the amount of the savings ranks number one across the world.

C．long-standing savings can help the retirees live a care-free life.

D．saving early can not benefit people at all.

小题3: What can be inferred according to the last paragraph?

A．Half of the financial savings in stocks can be accepted.

B．The real value of saving must be lowered in a few years.

C．A loss of savings may hardly be avoided.

D．Inflation can be avoided on condition that you consume instead of saving.

小题4:What’s the best title of the text?

A．Retirees being treated unfairly

B．Is saving enough

C．Saving in India

D．How to deal with saving

答案

小题1:B小题1:A小题1:C小题1:B

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In a six-week study, experts found people who played online games designed to improve their cognitive(认知的) skills didn"t get any smarter.
More than 8,600 people aged 18 to 60 were asked to play online brain games designed by the researchers to improve their memory, reasoning and other skills for at least 10 minutes a day, three times a week. They were compared to more than 2,700 people who didn"t play any brain games, but spent a similar amount of time surfing the Internet and answering general knowledge questions. All participants were given a sort of I.Q test before and after the experiment.
Researchers said the people who did the brain training didn"t do any better on the test after six weeks than people who had simply been on the Internet. On some sections of the test, the people who surfed the Net scored higher than those playing the games.
"If you"re (playing these games) because they"re fun, that"s absolutely fine," said Adrian Owen, the study"s lead author. "But if you"re expecting (these games) to improve your I.Q., our data suggests this isn"t the case," he said during a press briefing on Tuesday.
One maker of brain games said the company"s games have been proven to boost brain power.
"Their conclusion would be like saying, "I cannot run a mile in under 4 minutes and therefore it is impossible to do so," Aldrich said in a statement.
"There is precious little evidence to suggest the skills used in these games transfer to the real world," said Art Kramer, who was not linked to the study and has no ties to any companies that make brain training games.
Instead of playing brain games, Kramer said people would be better off getting some exercise. He said physical activity can spark(激发) new connections between nerves and produce new brain cells. "Fitness changes the building blocks of the brain"s structure," he said.
小题1:. It can be inferred that the online brain games mentioned in the text are_____________.

A．costly

B．unreliable

C．illegal

D．effective

小题2:. Which of the following statements is true about the experiment in the second paragraph?

A．The experiment lasted for a week.

B．Age didn’t affect the result of the research.

C．Every person played online brain games three times a day.

D．People who didn’t play online brain games did better in I.Q test

小题3:. What can we learn from the text?

A．Playing games which are fun can improve your I.Q.

B．There is a lot of evidence to suggest skills can transfer to the real world.

C．Do physical activity can boost your brain power.

D．Playing online games can spark new brain cells

小题4:The underlined sentence suggests that ___________.

A．The research was not linked to the study

B．Those playing the games can score higher in the test

C．playing the games can spark new connections between nerves

D．This isn’t the case that these games can improve your I.Q.

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How to improve our life? Many people think that they have to accept whatever life throws at them. They"ll say, "This is my destiny(命运).I cannot change it."
Of course not! You don"t have to suffer needlessly. Your life depends on you, not on any other external(外部的)factor.
I know a woman who says she just accepts what life gives her because she has done everything she can to improve it. Guess what her lifestyle is? She wakes up in the morning, goes to work, comes back home, relaxes, chats with people, watches TV, and then goes to sleep. Next day, the same routine cycle follows.
Huh! Is this what she calls "doing her best"? She believes she has tried her best and just accepts it in her heart that this is the life that has been intended for her and that her luck can only change if God wills it. She hasn"t realized that we have to do our share of making the effort to live the life of our dreams.
Remember that you harvest what you sow. You have to get off the sofa, get your eyes off the TV screen, get your hands off the phone(unless it contributes to your success),and get your mind and body to work! Don"t expect your luck to change, unless you do something about it. If something goes wrong, don"t just regard it as a temporary setback; instead, learn your lesson, make the most of the situation, and do something to solve the problem. It"s not enough to think positively; you also have to act positively.
If someone"s life is in trouble, do you just hope and pray that things will turn out fine? Of course not! You get to do anything you can to save the person. So it is with your own life. It is not enough to hope for the best, but you have to do your best. In other words, don"t just stand(or sit)there, do something to improve your life.
小题1:According to the woman mentioned in Para. 3, her life_________________.

A．doesn"t need improving	B．couldn"t be improved
C．will be better some day	D．will be worse in the future

小题2: What does the author think of the woman"s life?

A．Positive

B．Passive

C．Colorful

D．Disturbing

小题3:Which of the following statements is the author"s opinion?

A．Your temporary problem is not discouraging.

B．Your luck can be changed by your own efforts.

C．You can only achieve success when God wills it.

D．You should treat yourself in the way you treat friends.

小题4:In Para. 5, the author emphasized the importance of _______________.

A．positive thinking	B．positive action
C．hope for the best	D．intention to succeed

小题5: The text is mainly written to advise you to _________________.

A．understand yourself	B．improve your life
C．believe in yourself	D．change your normal way

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The market investigation is indispensable to sales promotion. They are as closely related as the lips and teeth, so to speak. What you produce is for sale on the market. It would be impossible to succeed in selling a product without first investigating the market.
In the international market, goods on sale coming from different countries and suppliers are always facing keen competition. Under such circumstances, they will try everything possible to familiarize themselves with the market conditions. In making investigations, we ought to get information about what similar items the competitors are offering on the market, what prices they are quoting（报价）, what features their products have, who are their regular customers, etc. Then, how can we obtain such information? There are many channels that we can make use of in doing this sort of work. The commercial counselor"s offices of our embassies stationed abroad can help us in making market investigations. Nowadays, our import and export corporations send their trade groups abroad every now and then. One of their purposes is to make market surveys on the spot.
Certainly, face-to-face talks with foreign businessmen are also important channels to get market information. The Chinese Export Commodities Fairs and some other fairs of similar nature as well as visits of foreign businessmen provide us with such opportunities. Of course, there are some other ways of making market investigations.
小题1:In making market investigations, one should ______.

A．get enough information concerned	B．advertise his products
C．produce high quality goods	D．none of the above

小题2:The word "indispensable" in the first line means ______.

A．impossible	B．necessary
C．advisable	D．available

小题3: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A．The relationship between market investigation and sales promotion is just as that of the lips and
teeth.

B．It is impossible to succeed in selling a product without market investigation.

C．There are various ways of making market investigation.

D．Production goes before market investigation.

小题4:All the following are channels to get market information except ________.

A．to have commercial counsellor" s office of our embassies stationed abroad

B．to promote the quality of our own products

C．to send trade groups abroad every now and then

D．to have face-to-face talk

s with foreign businessmen

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They leap from helicopters or speeding boats, bringing aid to swimmers who get into trouble off Italy’s popular beaches.
For these dog lifeguards, the doggie paddle （狗刨式游法）does just fine.
These “lifedogs” tow a buoy(救生衣) that victims can grab, or a raft they can sit on to be towed back to

shore, and unlike their human counterparts(与对方地位相当的人), they can easily jump from helicopters and speeding boats to reach swimmers in trouble.
With millions flocking(人群) to Italy’s crowded beaches each summer, the Italian Coast Guard says it rescues about 3,000 people every year — and their dog helpers are credited with saving several lives.
It takes three years for the canines to reach expert rescue status, and currently 300 dogs are fully trained for duty, said Roberto Gasbarri, who co-ordinates the Italian School of Canine Lifeguards program at a centre outside of Rome in the seaside town of Civitavecchia.
“Dogs are useful in containing the physical fatigue（疲劳） of the lifeguard, to increase the speed at which casualties（遇难者） are retrieved（找到并衔回）, to increase the security of both the casualty and of the lifeguard,” Gasbarri said.
The Civitavecchia centre is one of a dozen around the country for the school founded more than 20 years ago in the northern province of Bergamo by Ferruccio Pilenga, whose first trainee was his own Newfoundland.
The school will train any breed（品种）, as long as they weigh at least 30 kilograms, but Labradors, Newfoundlands and golden retrievers are most commonly used because of their natural instinct for swimming. Each dog works in tandem with（同 ……合作） a human lifeguard, who also acts as the animal’s trainer.
小题1:Which of the following can act as the best title fo the passage?

A．Dogs to the Rescue	B．Dogs Are Good at Doggie Paddle
C．The Wonderful Performance of Dogs	D．Dogs: Our Loyal Friends

小题2:What advantage do these life-dogs have over human lifeguards in a rescue?

A．Dog can swim very fast	B．Dogs can finish rescue work with ease.
C．Dogs can finish the great work free of charge.	D．Dogs can easily be trained

小题3: Which of the following is TRUE about the Civitavecchia center according to the text?

A．Any breed can be trained there.

B．The ones who have the gift for swimming are welcomed.

C．After a better training, the dogs can work alone.

D．It is the only place for training dog lifeguards in the school.

小题4:What does the writer want to tell us in the 4^th paragraph?

A．Without the dog lifeguards, 3,000 people would lose their lives every year.

B．The buautiful beaches attract millions of people every year.

C．Dog lifeguards play an important part in a rescue.

D．Italy is a famous place of interest.

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In the long discussion of water on the Moon, a new study contradicts(与……相矛盾)) some recent reports that say the Moon had water at the time of its formation. A group of researchers reported in the journal Science that when the Moon was created, some 4.5 billion years ago, there was not much hydrogen(氢气) on it, and therefore no water.
The researchers surveyed and evaluated this by analyzing chlorine isotopes（氯同位素） found in lunar rock samples from Apollo missions. The range of chlorine isotopes in lunar samples was 25 times that found in samples from Earth.
If the Moon had significant levels of hydrogen, as Earth did, this range would have been far less, said Zachary D Sharp, a scientist in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at the University of new Mexico and the study’s lead authour.
The chlorine would have stuck together with hydrogen, forming compounds like hydrogen chloride, and escaped from the Moon’s surface, he said. The abundance of chlorine indicates a lack of hydrogen and water.
“ The amount of water on the Moon was too low for life to possibly have existed there,” he said.
Most scientists believe the Moon was formed when a large object stuck

Earth, breaking off a chunk(a vast piece) that has since orbited Earth.
On Earth, goes one theory, water was released as steam form molten basalts(玄武岩) over time, eventually forming bodies of water.
“An understading of whether the Moon was dry or wet will help us understand how water appeared on Earth,” Dr Sharp said.
小题1: A new study indicates that _____ on the moorn.

A．there is plenty of water	B．water is unlikely to exist
C．water existed in the past	D．there is a little water now

小题2: The author would like to tell us ______ through the sixth paragraph.

A．why there is no water on the Moon	B．how the Moon was formed
C．when the Earth struck the Moon	D．where the Moon orbited

小题3: Which is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Zachary D. Sharp, a scientist of New Mexico was in charge of the new study.
B. Chlorine isotopes in lunar samples are 25 time larger than those on the Earth.
C. The more aboundant chloride, the shorter hydrogen and water.
D. The new study is benificial to understand how water appeared on Earth.
小题4: What can we learn from the passage?

A．There is enough water on the Earth.

B．Hydrogen chloride easily escaped from the Moon’s surface.

C．The Earth had significant levels of hydrogen.

D．Water on the Earth is directly from molten basalts.

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