Jerry Morris died on 28 October 2009. He was 99 years old. You have probably never heard of him. He was a professor of public health. More than 50 years ago he produced one of the most famous epidemiological (流行病学) papers of the 20th century.
His study showed that bus conductors were much less likely to die of heart disease than bus drivers. Why? Because the conductors spent their working day walking. It seems obvious now but in the middle of the last century doctors were puzzled by the rising numbers of people who got heart diseases. Jerry Morris found one of the main causes: a sedentary (久坐不动的) lifestyle. He started exercising for a few minutes each day and lived until his 100th year.
If you wish to protect your heart, you have to do more than wander in the garden. The exercise needs to be reasonable. Jogging is not for everyone and a round trip to the gym takes a couple of hours, plus the monthly membership fee is only good value if you visit regularly. The answer is simple: walk.
A half-hour purposeful walk five times a week will lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Older people sometimes feel they have left it too late. But it is never too late to start and there are no upper age limits. Start gently. Take your time: a 15-minute flat walk in the nearest park, four or five times a week. Within a month or so, you are already beginning to protect your heart. Build the walks up. When you can comfortably walk for half an hour in the park, go further: try following rivers and canals.
Regular walkers have their own natural gymnasium. There is no membership fee, just some of the finest scenery in the world. Great Britain is the walker’s gym. When you have followed the rivers and canals, and are enjoying walking for a couple of hours, head for the coast. Once again, build it up slowly. When you are comfortable with long coastal walks, you can think of our national parks.
1.Jerry Morris is mentioned in the first paragraph mainly to __________.
A. make his epidemiological message known to the public
B. praise his research into ways of improving public health
C. introduce the topic of doing exercise and keeping healthy
D. give an example of a person who lives a healthy and long life
2.We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. bus conductors are more likely to die of heart disease than bus drivers.
B. doctors in the 1950s knew why heart diseases kept happening to people.
C. walking is better than doing sports in a gym because it saves time and money.
D. British people love walking because they have free gymnasium with finest scenery.
3.What suggestion does the writer give about walking?
A. Parks are the best place for walking.
B. Starters should not push themselves too hard.
C. A two-quarter walk a day is suitable for starters.
D. People of old age might not be fit enough to start walking.
4.What might be the best title for this passage?
A. Long Life Comes from Walking
B. Walking Helps Cure Heart Disease
C. A Walk a Day Keeps the Doctors away
D. An Hour’s Walk in Nature is Worth Two in the Gym
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Jerry Morris died on 28 October 2009. He was 99 years old. You have probably never heard of him. He was a professor of public health. More than 50 years ago he produced one of the most famous epidemiological (流行病学) papers of the 20th century.
His study showed that bus conductors were much less likely to die of heart disease than bus drivers. Why? Because the conductors spent their working day walking. It seems obvious now but in the middle of the last century doctors were puzzled by the rising numbers of people who got heart diseases. Jerry Morris found one of the main causes: a sedentary (久坐不动的) lifestyle. He started exercising for a few minutes each day and lived until his 100th year.
If you wish to protect your heart, you have to do more than wander in the garden. The exercise needs to be reasonable. Jogging is not for everyone and a round trip to the gym takes a couple of hours, plus the monthly membership fee is only good value if you visit regularly. The answer is simple: walk.
A half-hour purposeful walk five times a week will lower your risk of heart disease, diabetes and strokes. Older people sometimes feel they have left it too late. But it is never too late to start and there are no upper age limits. Start gently. Take your time: a 15-minute flat walk in the nearest park, four or five times a week. Within a month or so, you are already beginning to protect your heart. Build the walks up. When you can comfortably walk for half an hour in the park, go further: try following rivers and canals.
Regular walkers have their own natural gymnasium. There is no membership fee, just some of the finest scenery in the world. Great Britain is the walker’s gym. When you have followed the rivers and canals, and are enjoying walking for a couple of hours, head for the coast. Once again, build it up slowly. When you are comfortable with long coastal walks, you can think of our national parks.
1.Jerry Morris is mentioned in the first paragraph mainly to __________.
A. make his epidemiological message known to the public
B. praise his research into ways of improving public health
C. introduce the topic of doing exercise and keeping healthy
D. give an example of a person who lives a healthy and long life
2.We can learn from the passage that __________.
A. bus conductors are more likely to die of heart disease than bus drivers.
B. doctors in the 1950s knew why heart diseases kept happening to people.
C. walking is better than doing sports in a gym because it saves time and money.
D. British people love walking because they have free gymnasium with finest scenery.
3.What suggestion does the writer give about walking?
A. Parks are the best place for walking.
B. Starters should not push themselves too hard.
C. A two-quarter walk a day is suitable for starters.
D. People of old age might not be fit enough to start walking.
4.What might be the best title for this passage?
A. Long Life Comes from Walking
B. Walking Helps Cure Heart Disease
C. A Walk a Day Keeps the Doctors away
D. An Hour’s Walk in Nature is Worth Two in the Gym
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On October 31st, 2009, Chinese famous scientist Qian Xuesen, died in Beijing when he was 98 years old. He is famous as “the country’s father of space technology and king of rocketry”.
Qian was born in 1911 in Hangzhou. He left for the United States after winning a scholarship to graduate school in 1936. He studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and later at the California Institute of Technology.
Qian began his career in the US and was regarded as one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics(航空学) before returning to China in 1955.
After he returned, Qian set up the first missile(导弹)and rocket research institute(学院) of China. The institute later helped start Chinese space program. He led the development of China's first nuclear-armed ballistic missile (弹道导弹) and worked on its first satellite.
He retired in the year before Chinese manned space program was launched in 1992. But his research formed the basis(形成基础)for the Long March CZ -2F rocket that carried astronaut Yang Liwei into orbit in 2003.
In August, 2009, Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao visited Qian and praised him for devoting his life to Chinese defense technologies. Qian told him, “I'm trying to live to be 100 years old”.
1.Qian was regarded as ________ before returning to China.
A. a father of space technology
B. king of rocketry
C. one of the brightest minds in the new field of aeronautics
D. one of the best-known scientists
2.When did Qian Xuesen retire?
A. In 1970. B. In 1991. C. In 1992. D. In 2009.
3.What does the underlined word mean in Chinese?
A. 发奖品 B. 批评 C. 赞扬 D. 鼓励
4.List the following things in correct orders. Which is the correct?
①left for the United States
②won a scholarship to graduate school
③returned to China from the United States
④set up the first missile and rocket research institute of China
⑤studied at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
A. ②①③④⑤ B. ②①⑤③④
C. ⑤③④②① D. ⑤②①③④
5.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. Qian was born in 1936 in Hangzhou.
B. Qian began his career in China.
C. The long March CZ-2Frocket carried YangLiwei into orbit in 2009.
D. Wen Jiabao visited QianXuesen in August 2009.
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Britain’s 101-year-old Queen Mother , who died on March 30 , was famous for never giving interviews . However , her few publicized comments showed humor , a strong will and love for life .
In the 1920s , many men wanted to marry lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon . She only agreed to marry the future King George Ⅵ when he got down on bended knee for a third time to ask her . But she never forgave her brother Edward Ⅷ for stepping down from the throne(王位)in 1936 to marry divorced(离婚)woman Wallis Simpson . This meant that her shy husband became king. “Those last few days were like sitting on the edge of a volcano,” she said of the crisis.
The Queen Mother’s most famous role in British life was to try to boost(提高)Londoners’ morale(士气)during the World War II bombing(轰炸), especially in the hardest-hit East End of London. When Buckingham Palace(白金汉宫)was hit by a bomb in 1940 , she said , “ I am glad we have been bombed . It makes me feel I can look the East End(people)in the face . ”
Famously , she refused suggestions that she and her children,the princesses Elizabeth and Margaret , should seek refuge(寻求避难)in Canada until the end of the war . “ The children won’t go without me , I won’t leave the king and the king will never go . ” she declared . “ I should die if I had to leave . ”
After better times returned,her love of expensive parties and high life continued,well into her old age . Her bank overdraft(透支)reached 4 million pounds .
She enjoyed fishing until well into her 80s but once choked(噎住)on a fishbone . After doctors removed the bone , she joked , “ After all these years of fishing , the fish are having their revenge(报复). ”
In the end, she outlived the 20th century with energy and enthusiasm. “I love life, that’s my secret,” she told a friend when she was in her 80s . In a television interview last week, her grandson Prince Charles said, “She saw the funny side of life and we laughed until we cried.”
Hundreds of people have signed books of condolence(哀悼)across the country , including former Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher .
“She loved her country and in return her country loved her.” said Prime Minister Tony Blair.
72. The Queen Mother refused to seek refuge in Canada with her children because .
A. she didn’t think it safe to stay in Canada
B. she wasn’t willing to go without her husband
C. she hoped to boost Londoners’ morale
D. she wanted to earn good fame through the war
73. When Queen Mother went into her old age, she______.
A. was tired of peaceful life
B. began to show interest in fishing
C. was very luxury(奢侈)
D. looked down upon many things people had done
74. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. George VI became king of Britain when his wife was in her late thirties.
B. Queen Mother hadn’t expected her husband to become a king.
C. Buckingham Palace was burned to the ground during the World War II .
D. Queen Mother showed bravery in face of the World War II.
75. From the passage we know that Queen Mother was______.
A. humorous and brave B. talkative and humorous
C. talkative but shy D. brave but shy
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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California’s Santa Ana Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles from home. I couldn’t reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I’d just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. “Four more lights,” she said. There was another bus I could take from there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting for 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its windshield(挡风玻璃).It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
“I just can’t leave you here,” she said. “This isn’t the nicest place. I’ll give you a ride home.”
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, puzzled.
“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I protested.
“Come on,” she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along,” she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t accept it. “That wouldn’t make it a favor,”she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
1.Why did the writer say that he would have a long night?
A.He wondered how long he had to wait for the next bus.
B.No driver would give him a ride.
C.He didn’t know the routes.
D.He perhaps would have to take a taxi.
2.Judging from the context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was.
A.very quiet and peaceful
B.dark without street lights
C.neither clean nor beautiful
D.a little unsafe
3.Why did the writer change his mind after waiting for 30 minutes at the end of the route?
A.No bus would come at the time.
B.A taxi ride would be more comfortable.
C.He became impatient and a bit worried.
D.He knew the driver would never return.
4.The bus driver hoped that the writer ________ .
A.would pass the good deed along
B.would keep her in memory
C.would give the money to others
D.would do her a favor
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Last July, my 12-year-old car died on California's Santa Na Freeway. It was an hour before sunset, and I was 25 miles form home. I couldn't reach anyone to pick me up, so I decided to take a bus. Not knowing the routes, I figured I'd just head east.
A bus pulled up, and I asked the driver how far she was going. "Four more lights," she said. There was another bus I could take form there. This clearly was going to be a long night.
She dropped me off at the end of her route and told me which bus to look for. After waiting 30 minutes, I began to think about a very expensive taxi ride home. Then a bus pulled up. There was no lighted number above its wind-shield. It was out of service. But the door opened, and I was surprised to find that it was the same driver.
"I just can't leave you here, "she said. "This isn't the nicest place. I'll give you a ride home."
“You’ll drive me home in the bus?” I asked, perplexed(迷惑的).
“No, I’ll take you in my car,” she said.
“It’s a long way,” I protested(抗议).
“Come on,”she said. “I have nothing else to do.”
As we drove from the station in her car, she began telling me a story. A few days earlier, her brother had run out of gas. A good Samaritan picked him up, took him to a service station and then back to his car. “I’m just passing the favor along.”she said.
When I offered her money as a thank-you, she wouldn’t hear of it. “That would not make it a favor,” she said. “Just do something nice for somebody. Pass it along.”
1.The writer thought that he would have a long night because
A.it world be long before he could take another bus |
B.no driver would give him a ride |
C.he didn’t know the routes |
D.he perhaps would have to take a taxi |
2.Judging from its context, the place where the writer waited for the second bus was________.
A.very quiet and peaceful | B.dark without street lights |
C.neither clean nor beautiful | D.a little unsafe |
3.The writer wanted to take a taxi home at the end of the route because________.
A.no bus would come |
B.a taxi ride would be more comfortable |
C.he became impatient and a bit worried |
D.he knew the driver would never return |
4.The bus driver drove the writer home later because________.
A.she happened to go in the same direction |
B.she wanted to do something good for other people |
C.her brother told her to do so |
D.she wanted to earn more money |
5.The bus driver hoped that the writer________.
A.world do as she did | B.would keep her in memory |
C.would give the money to others | D.would do her a favor |
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Bill Gates was born on October 28th, 1955. He and his two sisters grew up in Seattle. Their father, William H. Gates II, was a Seattle lawyer. Mary Gates, their late mother, was a school teacher.
Gates attended public elementary school before moving on to the private Lakeside School in North Seattle. It was at Lakeside that Gates began his career in personal computer soft- ware, programming computers at age 13.
In 1973, Gates entered Harvard University as a freshman, where he lived down the hall from Steve Ballmer, who is now Microsoft's president. While at Harvard, Gates developed a version (版本) of the programming language BASIC for the first microcomputer---the MITS Astair. In his junior year, Gates dropped out of Harvard to devote his energies full-time to Microsoft, a company he had started in 1975 with his boyhood friend Paul Allen. Guided by a belief that the personal computer would be a valuable tool on every office desk-top and in every home, they began developing software for personal computers.
Gates' foresight has led to the success of Microsoft and the software industry. He plays an important role in the technical development of new products. Much of his time is devoted to meeting with customers and staying in touch with Microsoft employees around the world through e-mail.
In the dozen years since Microsoft went public, Gates has donated more than $ 800 million to charities (慈善机构), including $ 200 million to the Gates Library Foundation to help libraries in North America make use of new technologies and the Information Age.
50. Where did Bill Gates begin his career in personal computer software?
A. At public elementary school. B. At the private Lakeside School.
C. At Harvard University. D. At Microsoft Company.
51. Why did he drop out of Harvard?
A. To change school. B. To spend all his energies to Microsoft.
C. To find a full-time job. D. To earn money.
52. How does Gates spend much of his time?
A. Meeting with people. B. Travelling around the world.
C. E-mailing some friends.
D. Meeting with customers and e-mailing Microsoft employees.
53. What does the underlined word "donated" in the last paragraph mean?
A. gave. B. earned. C. made. D. received.
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Actor Kirk Douglas, who was in Hollywood’s golden age, died on February 5th, 2020. He was 103 years old. His son, actor Michael Douglas said, “To the world he was a legend, a humanitarian (人道主义者), an actor who lived from the golden age of movies well into his golden years.”
Born on December 9th, 1916, in Amsterdam, New York, Douglas changed his name to Kirk Douglas before entering the Navy during World War II. Before serving in the war, he made his Broadway debut (首秀) in the musical Spring Again. After he left the Navy in 1944, he returned to act in New York in the theater, commercials and radio.
By the late 1940s and early 1950s, Douglas had turned to film and began to be a box office heavyweight. Champion, the 1949 film about a boxer, earned him his first Oscar nomination (提名). He acted in several Westerns throughout his career, beginning with 1951’s Along the Great Duide. He also applied his service experience in Hollywood films such as Top Secret Affair, Paths of Glory and Seven Days in May. Douglas was perhaps best known for his leading role in 1960’s Spartacus, which he also produced. He was also praised for his more lighthearted role in 20,000 Leagues under the Sea.
The Hollywood great was nominated for Academy Awards three times throughout his career, and was presented with an honorary Oscar in 1996. In the same year he suffered a stroke, seriously damaging his ability to speak. However, it never kept him out of the public eye. Following recovery, Douglas wrote a book My Stroke of Luck in which he said his life changed for the better. He wrote several other books, including three memoirs (回忆录). Douglas also returned to the screen three years later in the films Diamonds. It Runs in the Family and Before I Forget.
1.Which of the following things about Kirk Douglas happened first?
A.Serving in the war.
B.Returning to act in the theatre.
C.Writing several books.
D.Making the Broadway debut.
2.What can we learn from the passage?
A.Kirk’s experience in the Navy played a role in some of his films.
B.Kirk became more famous after his recovery from his illness.
C.Kirk won Academy Awards four times throughout his career.
D.Kirk’s success was mainly due to the golden age of movies.
3.How can Kirk Douglas be described during his illness and recovery?
A.Honest.
B.Discouraged.
C.Optimistic.
D.Upset.
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He was 11 years old and often went fishing. On the day before bass (鲈鱼) season opened, he and his father were fishing early in the evening.
When his pole doubled over, he knew something huge was on the other end. His father watched with admiration as the boy skillfully worked the fish. Finally, he lifted the tired fish from the water. It was the largest one he had ever seen, but it was a bass.
Lighting a match, the father looked at his watch. It was 10 pm — two hours before the season opened. He looked at the fish, then at the boy, saying, “You’ll have to put it back, Son.”
Looking around, he saw no other fisherman or boats. Even so, the boy could tell from his father’s voice that the decision couldn’t be changed. He threw the huge bass into the water. The boy thought that he would never again see such a big fish.
That was 34 years ago. Today the boy is a successful architect (建筑师) in New York. He often takes his son to fish at the same place.
And he was right. He has never again caught such a large fish as the one he got that night long ago. But he does see that same fish… again and again… every time he has an ethical (道德的) decision to make. As his father had taught him, ethics are simple matters of right and wrong. It is only the practice of ethics that is difficult.
1.Seeing the boy skillfully pulling a big fish out of the water, the father felt __________.
A. admiring B. nervous
C. worried D. shocked
2. On seeing that the big fish was a bass, __________.
A. they discussed how to deal with the fish
B. the boy threw the bass back into the water gladly
C. the father made a decision that the fish must be set free
D. they were worried that other fisherman might know what they had done
3.From the passage, we can learn that __________.
A. the father was an architect
B. the son never forgets the lesson
C. the father used to catch a big bass
D. the father made his son feel regretful all his life
4. The passage mainly wants to tell us that __________.
A. an ethical decision is not difficult to make
B. it is hard to tell right from wrong sometimes
C. fishing helps you to make right ethical decisions
D. it’s easier to make an ethical decision than to carry it out
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Michael Jackson was on the road of performing when he was five years old.As is known to all, the road to fame and fortune is a long, hard one.
Michael remembers those early years when he was young.“My father was a machine operator,” he explained, “and he worked at a steel plant. My mother worked at Sears, a big department store. But they were both musicians.”
Michael's father Joe Jackson realized his sons had a lot of talent, and he knew he could train them to become fine musicians. In those days there were plenty of music groups and some of them were very good. He knew if his sons were to stand out, they would have to be the best.
Practice makes perfect. And the Jackson boys practised! Gradually the group took shape. Then word of this group began to get around. Thus Michael got a chance to do some solo(独唱) songs. In the following years, Michael was always on the top. One million records of his were sold in New Zealand, which has only a total population of three million!
When Michael was eighteen, he entered another field of his career(生涯)—acting. “I plan to star in movies,” he told his friends, “but of course, my first love is music.”
Michael wrote a lot of his own songs. “Songs came about in the strangest ways,” he said, “I’ll just wake up from sleeping and there is a whole song coming into my head. And then I put it down on the paper.”
Still, with all his success, Michael managed to keep his head calm. “I just do a different job from other people,” he said, “but it doesn't make me think I'm better than other people.”
To be quite honest, his fans just love to hear and watch him!
1.What can we know from the text?
A. Michael Jackson's parents enjoyed music a lot.
B. Michael's mother worked in a factory when he was young.
C. Michael's father spent a lot of time in drinking.
D. Michael began to earn money when he was only four years old.
2.What did Joe Jackson realize?
A. his children didn't need much practice.
B. his children had little talent to be musicians.
C. his children couldn't become famous if they weren't the best.
D. there were a small number of music groups in those days.
3.Which of the following is true?
A. All of Michael's songs were written by other people.
B. Michael thinks that he is much more clever than others.
C. Michael began to act in films when he was five years old.
D. A great number of New Zealanders bought a record of Michael's.
4.What’s the main idea of the text?
A. How Mr. Jackson trained his children.
B. How the Jacksons became successful.
C. Why Michael is so popular all over the world.
D. How Michael becomes so popular all over the world.
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Many years ago in a small village, an old man was hired to clear the spring up on the mountain. He patrolled (巡逻) the spring every day, and swept away all the leaves and other things 1. would dirty the fresh flow of water. Soon, beautiful swans (天鹅) came to the clear spring, and the village became a popular 2. (attract) for visitors.
Years passed. One evening the town leaders held a meeting. As they looked 3. the payroll, one of them said, “Why do we keep this old man year after year? I don’t think we need 4.(he) or his work.” So the old man was asked 5. (leave).
For several weeks, nothing changed. By early autumn, the leaves began to fall off the trees and the spring 6. (cover) with leaves. A few days later, the water was much 7. (dark). Only a few months after the old man left, all the swans left. So did the tourists.
8. (quick), the leaders held a special meeting. After 9. (realize) their mistake, they rehired the old man. Then within a few weeks, the spring began to clear up. Soon new life returned to the village.
No matter how small your work or your life seems, never overlook it. Everything we do makes 10. difference.
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