For the past 100 years, people believed middle age to be around 50 years old. This is a time when we start to grow old. However, new research says we have to change this. A study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIAS) in Austria and Stony Brook University in New York says middle age now starts at 60 or even 65, or older. Why?
The biggest reason is that we are living longer. We are also healthier, we have better diets, we exercise more and we have more money to live in a nicer lifestyle. The IIAS said, "Since life expectancy has increased over the past several decades, and are continuing to increase, people once considered old should actually be viewed as more middle aged."
The study was not a worldwide one so perhaps not everyone in all countries can say they are middle aged when they are 65. The researchers looked at populations in 39 European countries, so this is good news for Europeans. Britain’s National Health Service warned against looking at this study and believing it to be 100 percent true. It said the researchers did not look at things which could reduce life expectancy: "We don’t know whether, for example, they factored (把……因素包括进去) in the possible impact of being unable to treat infections because of rising antibiotic (抗生素) resistance, or the increased numbers of people with diabetes (糖尿病) due to obesity." It recommended healthy living, eating and exercise as a way to live longer.
1.What do people believe for the past century?
A. People start to grow old when they are about 50.
B. Middle age is far beyond 50 years old.
C. People will die at around 50 years old.
D. Middle age is a time when people become ill.
2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. The main reason why we are living longer.
B. The reason why middle age now starts at 60 or even 65.
C. Life expectancy has increased.
D. Middle aged people were once considered old.
3.What do Britain’s National Health Service’s words mean?
A. It believes the study to be true.
B. To live longer, one should live a healthy life.
C. There are more people who suffer from diabetes due to obesity.
D. The researchers didn’t factor in the possible impact.
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the study?
A. Indifferent. B. Supportive.
C. Negative. D. Objective.
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For the past 100 years, people believed middle age to be around 50 years old. This is a time when we start to grow old. However, new research says we have to change this. A study from the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIAS) in Austria and Stony Brook University in New York says middle age now starts at 60 or even 65, or older. Why?
The biggest reason is that we are living longer. We are also healthier, we have better diets, we exercise more and we have more money to live in a nicer lifestyle. The IIAS said, "Since life expectancy has increased over the past several decades, and are continuing to increase, people once considered old should actually be viewed as more middle aged."
The study was not a worldwide one so perhaps not everyone in all countries can say they are middle aged when they are 65. The researchers looked at populations in 39 European countries, so this is good news for Europeans. Britain’s National Health Service warned against looking at this study and believing it to be 100 percent true. It said the researchers did not look at things which could reduce life expectancy: "We don’t know whether, for example, they factored (把……因素包括进去) in the possible impact of being unable to treat infections because of rising antibiotic (抗生素) resistance, or the increased numbers of people with diabetes (糖尿病) due to obesity." It recommended healthy living, eating and exercise as a way to live longer.
1.What do people believe for the past century?
A. People start to grow old when they are about 50.
B. Middle age is far beyond 50 years old.
C. People will die at around 50 years old.
D. Middle age is a time when people become ill.
2.What’s the main idea of the second paragraph?
A. The main reason why we are living longer.
B. The reason why middle age now starts at 60 or even 65.
C. Life expectancy has increased.
D. Middle aged people were once considered old.
3.What do Britain’s National Health Service’s words mean?
A. It believes the study to be true.
B. To live longer, one should live a healthy life.
C. There are more people who suffer from diabetes due to obesity.
D. The researchers didn’t factor in the possible impact.
4.What is the writer’s attitude towards the study?
A. Indifferent. B. Supportive.
C. Negative. D. Objective.
高一英语阅读理解中等难度题查看答案及解析
Some amazing people _______ our world for the better in the past 100 years.
A.change B.are changing C.have changed D.had changed
高一英语单项填空简单题查看答案及解析
Every week for the past thirty years, I have hosted a Sunday dinner in my home. People, including total strangers, call or e-mail to book a spot. I hold the salon in my studio. The first fifty people who call may come-twice that many when the weather is nice and we can overflow into the garden.
1. Last week it was a philosophy student from Lisbon, and next week a dear friend from London will cook.
People from all corners of the world come to break bread together,to meet to talk, and often to become friends. All ages, nationalities, races, and professions gather here, and since there is no organized seating, the opportunity for connecting couldn’t be better. I love the randomness (随意).
I have a good memory^ so each week I make a point to remember everyone’s name on the guest list and where they’re from so I can introduce them to one another. If I had my way, I would introduce everyone in the whole world to one another.
2. Many travelers go to see things like the Tower of London, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and so on. I travel to see friends, even-or especially-those I’ve never met.
In the late 1980s, I edited a series of guidebooks to different countries.3.Instead, each book contained about a thousand biographies of people who would be willing t0 welcome travelers in their cities. Hundreds of friendships evolved from these encounters, including including marriages and babies.
The same can be said for my salon. At a recent dinner a six-year-old girl from Bosnia spent the entire evening glued to an eight-year-old boy from Estonia. Their parents were surprised, and pleased, by this immediate friendship.
4.Most of them speak English, at least as a second language. Recently a dinner featured a typical mix: a beautiful painter from Norway, a truck driver from Arizona, a newspaper editor from Sydney and students from all over.
It is unnecessary to understand others; one must, at the very least, simply tolerate others.
5.No one can ever really understand anyone else, but you can love them or at least accept them.
I am a world citizen. All human history is mine. My roots cover the earth. We should know each other. Okay, now come and dine.
A. I believe in introducing people to people.
B. People are the most important thing in my life.
C. There were no sights to see, no shops or museums to visit.
D. Tolerance can lead to respect and, finally, to love.
E. After all, our lives are all connected.
F. Every Sunday a different friend prepares a feast.
G. There is always a collection of people throughout the world.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Zoos have been around for centuries — and they’ve changed a lot over the years. In the Middle Ages, wealthy people kept animals in their gardens. Public animal parks appeared in European cities in the late 1700s and early 1800s. The Philadelphia Zoo, the first in the United States, opened in 1874.
Until a few decades (十年) ago, most zoos were organized by creatures — monkeys in one area, cats in another, birds somewhere else, just like museum collections. In recent years, zoos have instead begun grouping animals that would normally interact (互相作用) in the wild. Moreover, instead of closing animals behind bars, designers are creating landscapes like the environments in which these creatures would naturally be found. Nearby signs provide information about the animals and their habitats in parts of the world where they normally live.
The Denver Zoo’s new Predator Ridge exhibit, for example, aims to teach visitors about Africa. Eight acres of land provide homes for 14 animal species, including lions, porcupines, cranes, and wild dogs. Plants from the region grow alongside African-like landform. Ten-foot-tall mounds (土墩) give lions a place from which to survey their surroundings, just as they would do in the wild.
Landscape design makes visitors to the Denver Zoo’s Predator Ridge exhibit feel like they’re really in Africa.
Animals in Predator Ridge can’t actually be mixed with one another, for safety reasons. But hidden deep channels and other smart features allow visitors to see all the animals at once. Different species can see each other too.
1.What is the passage mainly about?
A. Protection of zoo animals.
B. Changes of zoos over the time.
C. The safety problem of zoos.
D. The living habits of zoo animals.
2.In the Denver Zoo ten-foot-tall mounds are built to _____.
A. protect the safety of visitors
B. separate lions from other animals
C. create a natural environment for lions
D. offer visitors a better view of lions
3.The underlined part “the region” in Paragraph 3 probably refers to _____.
A. Africa B. the Predator Ridge exhibit
C. the Denver Zoo D. the ten-foot-tall mounds
4.We can learn from the passage that _____.
A. the earliest zoos were probably rich people’s gardens
B. the Philadelphia Zoo is the first zoo in the world
C. the new Predator Ridge exhibit is held in Africa
D. more animals will be kept in zoos in the future
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For the past four years, the Green Festival in Washington, D.C., has brought together people from around the country who are interested in the environmental movement. The groups call the festival "a party with a purpose". They say the purpose of the Green Festival is to create an economy in which natural resources are used in a way that does not destroy the environment. To the people who organize the event, "green" means having a safe and healthy community and a strong local economy.
Throughout the two-day event, over one thousand people volunteered to help the festival run smoothly. Four hundred businesses and organizations showed their products and projects. About three thousand visitors came to the party. They could find everything from naturally made organic food to clothing made from bamboo plants.
There were over one hundred fifty speakers and discussion groups. For example, you could learn how to be an environmentally friendly traveler. You could also watch several movies about political and environmental issues. Then you could listen to some live music performances. After sitting for too long, visitors could take a yoga exercise class. There was even an area for children. Younger visitors could enjoy fun games and lessons on subjects like protecting the rainforest and creating chocolate sweets.
Green building was one of the important subjects at the festival. Many companies and organizations aim to create environmentally safe buildings. They design structures with reduced energy use, fewer chemicals and more recycled materials. The Loading Dock is an organization based in Baltimore, Maryland. Its message is that "a person could build a house with what others throw away". The Loading Dock collects donations of used building materials such as flooring, lighting, doors, and windows. These materials would otherwise end up in a landfill trash center. Then, the group resells the materials. This way, the materials are recycled. This form of recycling provides entire families and neighborhoods with low cost solutions for rebuilding their communities.
Spending a day at the Green Festival showed people many solutions for improving the health of our planet. People have inclusive green choices, from the things people buy to the ways people eat, think, and live. The Green Festival connects a wide community of people who care deeply about, and are working to improve, our shared environment.
1.What is the purpose of the Green Festival?
A. To bring people together.
B. To study the environment.
C. To improve people's health.
D. To develop a green economy.
2.What could younger visitors do in the festival?
A. They could watch some movies about love.
B. They could build a house with their hands.
C. They could play fun games and have lessons.
D. They could taste food made from bamboo plants.
3.The underlined word "inclusive" in the last paragraph probably means___________.
A. wide B. right C. important D. possible
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Lance Armstrong is believed ______drugs in the past competitive cycling races.
A. to take B. to be taking C. to have taken D. to be taken
高一英语单项填空中等难度题查看答案及解析
People have been making and flying kites for about 2, 000 years. 1. Some historians believe that the ancient Chinese may have started kite flying 2, 000 years ago. It is still a popular hobby in China, Japan and South Korea and in other countries of the Far East where beautifully decorated kites appear in different colours. In China there is even a special Kite Day on which children and adults fly kites. In Japan, families fly fish kites on Children’s Day.
Kites are made in many different sizes, colours and shapes. 2. It flies because air flows over and under the kite’s wing. The pressure under the wing helps the kite lift into the air.
3. Early scientists sent kites up into the air to measure temperature at different heights. In 1752, Benjamin Franklin used a kite to prove that lightning was a form of electricity. He attached a metal key to the string of a kite. When lightning hit the kite, electricity passed down the string and Franklin got an electric shock. It was a very dangerous experiment that you shouldn’t copy.
Kites were also used to develop airplanes. The Wright Brothers experimented with kites before they flew the first airplane. 4. In World War I the Germans developed a large kite that could transport people to a submarine (underwater ship). Kites were also used to carry radio signals over long distances.
5. Kite festivals are organised in many cities in all parts of the world.
A. Today most people fly kites as a hobby.
B. Kites are usually made by paper or cloth.
C. Kites have also been used in experiments.
D. No one knows for sure who invented the kite.
E. The name comes from a graceful bird called kite.
F. A flat kite is the oldest and simplest type of kite.
G. In the past kites were used to take part in wars.
高一英语七选五中等难度题查看答案及解析
Thanks to the development of technology in the past few years, people now can read news on the Internet quickly. Instead of 1. a newspaper to read, some people prefer to get worldwide news on mobile phones, computers and so on. So, does it mean it is the age of information technology and newspapers will be 2. in the future?
On the one hand, many people believe that newspapers will be replaced. Online news contents(内容)3.quickly even in a minute but newspapers can’t. So, by taking advantage of technology, people can easily 4. themselves with the world in minutes. what's more, many people prefer to read electronic news as they think it is not only fast but also 5. little. Besides, using paper means 6. trees. 7.online news can both save paper and protect trees.
On the other hand, some people 8. that newspapers will still exist(存在) in the future. Firstly, not everyone likes to read online news since some of them think it is bad for eyes. Secondly, the development of high technology is not 9. all over the world. The online services can only be 10. in the developed countries, but not in some other developing or poor countries. So, people there may still read newspapers.
高一英语语法填空简单题查看答案及解析
A visit to a zoo can be an amazing experience for people of all ages. If you want to get close to wildlife, why not visit one of the following zoos in the UK?
Longleat Safari (游猎)& Adventure Park
Wiltshire’s Longleat Safari & Adventure Park is the UK’s oldest safari park. Opened in 1966, it was the first safari park opened outside Africa. It was just a 100-acre lion reserve (保护区)in the beginning, but it has grown fast over the years. Now you can see parrots and other creatures here, although lions are still popular with many people.
Open from mid-February to early November,a day ticket costs £26 for adults. Admission for 3 to 14-year-olds is £18.50 and £21 for the over-60s.
Located just off the A36 between Bath and Salisbury, it can be reached by taking the A362.
Bristol Zoo
Bristol Zoo is one of the UK’s oldest zoos. It will celebrate its 180th anniversary in 2016. Here, you will find over 400 different species of creatures. It also has nine animal houses, so even if the weather isn’t at its best, there are still lots of amazing creatures to look at, including the endangered red panda. Perhaps one of the most popular places is Bug World, where you can see all kinds of scary insects.
Admission for adults is £14 and £8.50 for 3 to 14-year-olds and £11 for the over-60s.
Located in the Clifton region of Bristol, you can reach the zoo by taking either the No. 8 or 9 bus. Clifton Down train station is also close by, and if you are taking public transport, you can buy a discounted entry ticket to the zoo.
1.Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. Wiltshire’s Longleat Safari & Adventure Park is the first safari park in the world.
B. Wiltshire’s Longleat Safari & Adventure Park has a longer history than Bristol Zoo.
C. Bristol Zoo is the oldest zoos in the UK.
D. Visitors can see all kinds of scary insects in Bug World.
2.How much should a 61-year-old couple with their 4-year-old grandson pay to visit Bristol Zoo?
A. £52. B. 30.5. C. £60.5. D. £42.
3.Bristol Zoo was opened probably in______.
A. 1836 B. 1636 C. 1936 D. 1736
4.We can get to Bristol Zoo by taking______.
A. No. 89 bus B. No. 9 subway line
C. a train D. the A362
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Sister Lotus came back home yesterday, ________, she was gone for years.
A.Believe it or not | B.To be honest | C.On the contrary | D.Don't worry |
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