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People who often stay up too late are more likely to die of heart disease, _____ a study.

A. with the help of　 B. because of

C. according to　　 　　 D. as a result of

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people who often stay up too late are more likely to die of heart disease, ___________a study.

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Night owls, people who stay up late and struggle to get out of bed in the morning, are more likely to die sooner than morning larks, the first study into their death rates has found.

New research by the University of Surrey and Northwestern University in the US found that people who naturally stay up late were 10 per cent more likely to die within the six-and-a-half-year study period compared to those who preferred the morning.

Researchers say that the ongoing stress of operating in a traditional 9-5 society was having a huge effect on millions of people and could be shortening their lives.

“This is a public health issue that can no longer be ignored,” said Malcolm von Schantz, a professor of chronobiology at the University of Surrey. “We should discuss allowing evening types to start and finish work later, where practical. And we need more research about how we can help evening types deal with the higher effort of keeping their body clock in line with sun time”.

The research involved nearly 500,000 Brits aged between 38 and 73 and found that around nine per cent considered themselves evening people, while 27 per cent identified as morning types.

In the new study, Scientists found owls had higher rates of diabetes, psychological disorders and neurological disorders. But the team has previously shown that whether someone is an owl or a lark is half genetic and half environment, meaning there may be ways to keep body clock issues under control.

The team recommends that night owls can help themselves by trying to become exposed to light early in the morning and not at night. Keeping regular bedtimes, maintaining a healthy lifestyle and trying to do tasks earlier in the day can help to reset body rhythms.

The study was published in the journal Chronobiology International.

1.What docs the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 3 refer to?

A. Night owls’　　 B. Morning larks

C. Researchers’　　 D. Scientists’

2.What can we know from Malcolm’s words?

A. People who stay up late may die before age 7.

B. Staying up late is no longer a public health issue.

C. When people should start work will be discussed later.

D. More research is needed to help solve the problem.

3.Which of the following is not suggested by the research team?

A. Get up early.　　 B. Make full use of morning hours.

C. Get exposed to sunlight more often.　　 D. Go to bed at a fixed time.

4.What is the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To tell the differences between two types of people.

B. To introduce readers the result of a new research.

C. To warn night owls of their bad genes and environments.

D. To argue morning larks usually live longer than night owls.

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People who often stay up late are _________ to suffer from heart attacks than those who are not.

A．six times more likely                     B．as likely six times

C．six times as likely                        D．more likely six times

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Chinese football fans often _______ late to watch live matches of the World Cup.

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The driver who died in the accident could have__________，but he was sent to hospital too late.

A. cured　　 B. recovered

C. survived　　 D. rescued

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Some people do not like anything to be out of place; they are never late for work; they return their books to the library on time; they remember people's birthdays; and they pay their bills as soon as they arrive. Mr. Dodds is such a person .

Mr. Dodds works in a bank, and lives on his own. The only family he has is in the next town :his sister lives there with her husband, and her son, Mark, Mr. Dodds does not see his sister, or her family, from one year to the next, but he sends them Christmas cards, and he has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays.

Last week Mr. Dodds had quite a surprise. He drove home from the bank at the usual time, driving neither too slowly nor too fast. He parked his car where he always parked it, out of the way of other cars, and he went inside to make his evening meal. Straight away, there was a knock at the door. Mr Dodds opened the door to find a policeman standing on the door-step .

“What have I done wrong ?” Mr. Dodds asked himself . “Have I driven on the wrong side of the road? Has there been some trouble at the bank? Have I forgotten to pay an important bill?”

“Hello, Uncle ,” said the policeman,” My name is Mark.”

1.From the passage we know that his sister ______.

A. lives in the next town with her husband and son

B. is the only member of the family that he knows

C. never writes back to him

D. has a small family: a son and Mark, her husband

2.“He has not forgotten one of Mark’s seventeen birthdays” means ____.

A. he has not forgotten Mark’s seventeenth birthday.

B. he sent Mark something on his seventeenth birthday

C. he always sent a Christmas card on Mark’s birthday

D. he always sent Mark something on his birthday

3.There was a knock at the door when Mr. Dodds was ______.

A. driving home from the bank

B. parking his car

C. ready to make his evening meal

D. just about to shut the front door

4.The policeman was there _______.

A. to ask Mr. Dodds to go to see his uncle

B. to ask Mr. Dodds to park his car not too near to other cars

C. to meet Mr. Dodds, his uncle

D. to see Mr. Dodds about some trouble at the bank

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Time is more precious than money for an increasing number of people who are choosing to live more with less—and liking it.

Kay and Charles Giddens, two lawyers, sold their home to start a B&B hotel. Four years later, the couple dishes out banana pancake breakfast, cleans toilets and serves homemade chocolate chip cookies to guests in a B&B hotel surrounded by trees on a hill known for colourful sunsets.

“Do I miss the freeways? Do I miss the traffic? Do I miss the stress? No,” says Ms. Giddens, “This is a phenomenon that’s fairly widespread. A lot of people are revaluating their lives and figuring out what they want to do. If their base is being damaged, what’s the payoff?”

Simple living ranges from cutting down on weeknight activities to sharing housing, living closer to work, avoiding shopping malls, borrowing books from the library instead of buying them, and taking a cut in pay to work at a more pleasurable job.

Vicki Robin, a writer, lives on a budget equal to a fifth of what she used to make. “You become conscious about where your money is going and how valuable it is,” Ms. Robin says, “You tend not to use things up. You cook at home rather than eat out…”

Janet Luhrs, a lawyer, quit her job after giving birth and leaving her daughter with a nanny for two weeks. “It was not the way I wanted to raise my kids,” she says, “Simplicity is not just about saving money; it’s about me sitting down every night with my kids to a candlelit dinner with classical music.”

Mrs. Luhrs now edits a magazine, Simple Living, which publishes tips on how to buy recycled furniture and shoes, organize potluck dinners instead of expensive receptions, and generally how to consume less.

Mrs. Luhrs explains, “It’s not about poverty. It’s about conscious living and creating the life you want. The less stuff you buy, the less money goes out of the door, and the less money you have to earn.”

1.Kay and Charles Giddens sold their home to ______.

A. pay off the debt

B. start a private hotel

C. cut down expenses

D. buy living necessities

2.Simple living includes ______.

A. building a home library

B. living in the countryside

C. enjoying a colourful night life

D. sharing housing with others

3.It can be learned from the passage that now Janet Luhrs ______.

A. spends more time with her kids

B. has an interest in classical music

C. works as a reporter of a magazine

D. helps people buy recycled clothes

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People who have a headache are often given medicine to relieve the pain. Which of the following words has a different meaning with the underlined word?

A. lessen B. ease C. deepen D. lighten

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Sons who have fond childhood memories of their fathers are more likely to be emotionally stable（稳定的） in the face of day-to-day stresses, according to psychologists（心理学家） who studied hundreds of adults of all ages.

“As our study shows, fathers do play a unique（独特的） and important role in the mental health of their children much later in life,” Psychology professor Melanie Mallers of California State University said.

For this study, 912 adult men and women between the ages of 25 and 74 completed short daily telephone interviews about that day’s experiences over an eight-day period. The interviews focused on the participants’ psychological and emotional distress (i.e., whether they were nervous, sad, etc.) and if they had experienced any stressful events that day.

The participants were also required to answer questions such as, “How would you rate your relationship with your mother during the years when you were growing up?” and “How much time and attention did your mother give you when you needed it?” The same questions were asked about fathers.

People who reported they had a good mother-child relationship reported three percent less psychological distress（忧虑） compared to those who reported a poor relationship, according to Mallers.

Men who reported having a good relationship with their father during childhood were more likely to be less emotional when reacting to stressful events in their current daily lives than those who had a poor relationship, according to her findings.

Also, the quality of mother and father relationships was significantly associated（有关） with how many stressful events the participants faced on a daily basis. In other words, if they had a poor childhood relationship with both parents, they reported more stressful incidents over the eight-day study when compared to those who had a good relationship with their parents.

Mallers theorized why healthy or unhealthy relationships may have an effect on how people handle stress as adults. “Perhaps having caring parents equips children with the experiences and skills necessary to more successfully navigate（导航） their relationships with other people throughout childhood and into adulthood.” She said.

1.What can we know about the recent study from the passage?

A It was led by Melanie Mallers.

B 912 adults who were over twenty-five joined in it.

C It lasted as long as eight days.

D It was funded just by California State University.

2.Which of the following may the participants be asked about in telephone interviews?

A Their physical condition.      B Their parenting（育儿） skills.

C Their emotional distress and stressful events.

D Their childhood relationships with teachers.

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A Many people with good parent-child relationships still can’t keep emotionally stable in stressful incidents.

B Men with a good mother-child relationship were more likely to be emotionally stable when reacting to stressful events.

C Women were better at getting along with their parents than men when they were young.

D People with good childhood relationships with parents suffered（遭受） fewer stressful incidents.

4.What can be concluded from the findings of the study?

A Childhood memories of parents have a lasting effect on one’s ability to handle stress.

B Adults with good childhood relationships with parents will live happily and successfully.

C The mother-child relationship is more important than the father-child relationship.

D The quality of parent-child relationships determines（决定） how people handle stress as adults.

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