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More than 4 in 10 cancers — 600,000 in the UK alone — could be prevented if people led healthier lives, say experts. The population of the UK is about 63,000,000.

Latest figures from Cancer Research UK show smoking is the biggest avoidable risk factor (因素), followed by unhealthy diets. The charity advises people to live healthily, limit alcohol intake and do regular exercise.

According to the figures from 2007 to 2011, more than 300,000 cases of cancer recorded were linked to smoking. A further 145,000 were linked to unhealthy diets containing too much processed food. Obesity contributed to 88,000 cases and alcohol to 62,200. Sun damage to the skin and physical inactivity were also contributing factors.

Professor Max Parkin, a Cancer Research UK statistician, says, “There's now little doubt that certain lifestyle choices can have a big influence on cancer risk, with research around the world all pointing to the same key risk factors.”

“Of course everyone wants to enjoy some extra treats during the Christmas holidays so we don't want to ban beef pies and wine but it's a good time to think about taking up some healthy habits.”

“Leading a healthy lifestyle can't guarantee someone won't get cancer but we_can_stack_the_odds_in_our_favour by taking positive steps.”

Public Health England says a healthy lifestyle can play an important role in reducing cancer risk. It says campaigns such as Smokefree, Dry January and Change4Life Sugar Swaps all aim to raise public awareness. It's important that we not only continue to make progress in noticing cancer earlier and improving treatments, but helping people understand how they can reduce their risk of developing cancer in the first place remains important in dealing with cancer.

1.Which of the following is the third biggest avoidable cancer factor?

A．Obesity.　　　　 　　　　　 B．Alcohol intake.

C．Unhealthy diets. 　　 D．Physical inactivity.

2.According to Professor Max Parkin, ________.

A．it's OK to drink wine during festivals

B．the causes of cancer are still unclear now

C．unhealthy food should be completely banned

D．a healthy lifestyle will protect us from cancer

3.By saying the underlined words in Paragraph 6, Professor Max Parkin means we can________.

A．help others

B．improve our lives

C．discover cancer early

D．decrease our cancer risk

4.What's the main idea of the text?

A．Most cancers are caused by smoking.

B．Cancer is greatly linked to our lifestyle.

C．There are different factors that lead to cancer.

D．Public awareness should be raised to prevent cancer.

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Cancer is a terrible disease. Every year in the UK, more than 330,000 people get cancer, and doctors usually use a kind of therapy called radiotherapy to treat people. This treatment uses high energy X-rays to destroy the disease, but the effects of treatment can be nearly as bad as the cancer. As the X-rays destroy the cancer cells, they also damage healthy cells that are next to them. It’s like using a shotgun to kill an insect. When really important parts of a person’s body are hurt by the X-ray energy, it can have very bad results. It can also make more cancer grow in the damaged places in the future.

A new therapy that uses protons(质子) instead of X-ray energy could be the answer to the problem. In a project called PRaVDA, scientists from the UK and South Africa are working to this. If X-ray energy is like a shotgun, then protons can work more like a laser. Scientists can make protons travel through someone’s body without hurting them, and only damage the cancer.

The PRaVDA scientists use computers to make a 3-D model of the cancer cells to make sure the protons go to the right places. “It’s more accurate,” said Michaela Esposito, PhD, from the University of Lincoln.

Building this technology was very difficult, though. Professor Nigel Allinson from the University of Lincoln, the project leader, has put together a team of many different kinds of scientists with different skills. Those skills were all needed to make what he calls “one of the most complex” medical machines ever. It’s also 10 times more expensive than X-ray radiotherapy. Even so, Allinson believes that most cancer treatment will be done by protons in the future. “I think it will improve the quality of life of many cancer patients,” he says.

1.What point does the first paragraph make?

A. Cancer is a really terrible disease.

B. Lots of people get cancer every year in the UK.

C. Radiotherapy isn’t a perfect way to cure cancer.

D. Radiotherapy is a commonly used therapy against cancer.

2.What can be concluded about the new therapy?

A. It’s much cheaper than X-ray radiotherapy.

B. It depends on protons to locate the cancer cells.

C. Damaging the cancer by replacing X-rays with lasers is much more accurate.

D. It uses protons to damage the cancer cells without damaging healthy cells.

3.According to Professor Allinson, the new therapy ________.

A. will enable cancer patients to enjoy a better life

B. will cure most cancers in the future

C. will ensure that cancer patients live longer

D. will replace radiotherapy completely

4.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Science and technology are a double-edged sword.

B. Not every cancer patient will be able to afford proton therapy.

C. Radiotherapy is completely the wrong way to cure cancer.

D. The complex medical machine mentioned will soon be put into use.

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Electric Shocks Can Be Fatal

Government statistics recently showed that in the UK, more than 3,000 people a year experience electric shocks in their home. A smaller number of people are killed after contact with power lines outside the home. Electric shocks can cause a person’s heart or breathing to stop, can also cause burns and are potentially fatal. It is essential for people to learn basic first aid techniques to deal with such emergencies.

What to do?    If you are the first person to reach someone who has had an electric shock, don’t touch them!

    If they are still holding the appliance (家用电器) that has given them shock (e.g. a hair dryer), unplug it or turn off the power at its source. Under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!

    If you can’t turn off the power, use a piece of wood, like a broom handle or a chair, to separate the victim from the appliance or the power source. You may even be able to do this with a folded newspaper.

    The victim must remain lying down. If they are unconscious, victims should be placed on their side. But they should not be moved if there is a possibility of neck or spine injuries unless it is absolutely necessary.

    It is essential to maintain the victim’s body heat, so make sure you cover him or her with a blanket before you do anything else. If the victim is not breathing, apply mouth-to-mouth resuscitation(恢复呼吸). Keep the victim’s head low until professional help arrives.

    If the electric shock has been caused by an external power line, the dangers to the victim and to anybody providing first aid are much greater.

1.What kind of passage is it?

A. An advertisement.              B. A horror story.

C. A news report.                  D. First aid emergency advice.

2.The underlined sentence, “Under no circumstances will you try to move the appliance with your hand!” implies that  ________.

A. you should move the appliance that caused it

B. you should pick up the appliance and turn off the electricity

C. it is very dangerous to touch the appliance with your hands

D. it is unnecessary to unplug the appliance with your hands

3.When a person has got an electric shock, you should  ________.

A. separate the victim from the appliance and let them sit up

B. keep the victim warm and help them breathe again

C. move the victim onto their side if they have got neck injuries

D. keep the victim’s head high until professional help arrives

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Pets Comer is a company with dozens of pet stores and more than 600 employees around the UK.It is planning　 1.(provide) the first-ever pet and human first aid course for its staff.

To develop the2.(special) designed course,training teams3.(organize) by now.The course will begin next month.The full-day course will cover two parts with the first part4.(deal) with humans and the second with dog and cat first aid.Topics covered will include different5.(situation) in our daily life which require first aid skills such as minor injuries,shock and unconsciousness.

Lucy Ross,Head of Training at Pets Comer,said, "At Pets Comer,we have always tried to apply an honest and moral approach to everything6.we do.This includes having the best trained staff in the industry.Every human customer as well as their pet animals7.(be) welcome in our stores.It s our duty to provide all of our staff8.the tools and knowledge they need to feel9.(confidence) in helping both pets and customers.Therefore,10.makes sense

that our staffs first aid knowledge is beyond all your expectations."

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Letterboxes are much more 　　　　　　　 in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.

A．common B．normal　 C．ordinary D．usual

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Letterboxes are much more ________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead．

A．common   B．normal     C．ordinary   D．usual

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Letterboxes are much more________ in the UK than in the US, where most people have a mailbox instead.

A．common               B．normal

C．ordinary             D．usual

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Rare birds in the UK have been living far better than the more common birds over the last decade due to the efforts of conservation organisations, according to a new assessment．

The research shows almost 60% of the 63 rare birds that live in the UK have increased over the last 10 years.

By contrast, only about one third of common species have increased over the same period．Just 28% of rare birds have decreased over the same period, compared with four out of every 10 common birds．The rare birds described in the assessment with increasing populations include the osprey (鹗) and corncrake (秧鸡)．All of these birds are subject to conservation action.

The declining common birds include the nightingale, swift (雨燕), house sparrow and red grouse (苏格兰雷鸟)．These are suffering declines for a variety of reasons, including changes in farming practices.

Dr David Noble, from the British Trust for Ornithology, said: “That some of our rarer birds have responded to targeted conservation action is great news．It shows just what can be achieved．What we need to do now is to continue the good work and use some of the lessons we have learned to help our more common birds.”

Dr Mark Avery, the conservation director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), said: “Over the last decade we've enjoyed some great conservation successes, including removing some threatened species from the World Conservation Union's Red List of Thratened Animals and increasing the populations of red kite, osprey, etc．However, these successes are countered (抵消) by continued declines of some widespread species.”

The overview of 210 native birds has been produced by a group of conservation organisations, to mark the publication of The State of the UK's Birds report, which is in its l0th year．The report was published by the RSPB for a group of conservation organisations.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The decline of widespread birds is not worrying for the UK.

B．The UK has got some practical experience of bird conservation.

C．Changes in farming practices contribute to the increase of rare birds.

D．Half of common birds have decreased in the past ten years in the UK.

2.We can learn from the passage that Dr David Noble ________.

A．hopes that conservation organisations will change the way they work

B．is quite disappointed with the result of the new assessment

C．is losing confidence in conservation organizations’ action

D．has high hopes for the increase in bird population in Britain

3.Which of the following can best explain Dr Mark Avery's words?

A．The UK should not be satisfied with what they have achieved.

B．The UK should share their experience with other countries.

C．What conservation organisations do is far from satisfactory.

D．The RSPB is responsible for the decrease of common birds.

4.The passage is most likely to be found in a book about ________.

A．popular science                                     B．historical events

C．nature                                                     D．society

5.The author's purpose of writing this article is to tell people ________.

A．some good ways to protect rare birds

B．the differences between rare birds and common birds

C．the number of rare birds has increased over the last decade

D．some widespread birds in the UK are in great need of help

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Rare birds in the UK have been living far better than the more common birds over the last decade due to the efforts of conservation organisations, according to a new assessment.

The research shows almost 60% of the 63 rare birds that live in the UK have increased over the last 10 years.

By contrast, only about one third of common species have increased over the same period. Just 28% of rare birds have decreased over the same period, compared with four out of every 10 common birds. The rare birds described in the assessment with increasing populations include the osprey (鹗) and corncrake (秧鸡). All of these birds are subject to conservation action.

The declining common birds include the nightingale, swift (雨燕), house sparrow and red grouse (苏格兰雷鸟). These are suffering declines for a variety of reasons, including changes in farming practices.

Dr David Noble, from the British Trust for Ornithology, said: “That some of our rarer birds have responded to targeted conservation action is great news. It shows just what can be achieved. What we need to do now is to continue the good work and use some of the lessons we have learned to help our more common birds.”

Dr Mark Avery, the conservation director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), said: “Over the last decade we've enjoyed some great conservation successes, including removing some threatened species from the World Conservation Union's Red List of Thratened Animals and increasing the populations of red kite, osprey, etc. However, these successes are countered (抵消) by continued declines of some widespread species.”

The overview of 210 native birds has been produced by a group of conservation organisations, to mark the publication of The State of the UK's Birds report, which is in its l0th year. The report was published by the RSPB for a group of conservation organisations.

1. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

2.We can learn from the passage that Dr David Noble ________.

3. Which of the following can best explain Dr Mark Avery's words?

4.The passage is most likely to be found in a book about ________.

5. The author's purpose of writing this article is to tell people ________.

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Rare birds in the UK have been living far better than the more common birds over the last decade due to the efforts of conservation organisations, according to a new assessment．

The research shows almost 60% of the 63 rare birds that live in the UK have increased over the last 10 years.

By contrast, only about one third of common species have increased over the same period．Just 28% of rare birds have decreased over the same period, compared with four out of every 10 common birds．The rare birds described in the assessment with increasing populations include the osprey (鹗) and corncrake (秧鸡)．All of these birds are subject to conservation action.

The declining common birds include the nightingale, swift (雨燕), house sparrow and red grouse (苏格兰雷鸟)．These are suffering declines for a variety of reasons, including changes in farming practices.

Dr David Noble, from the British Trust for Ornithology, said: “That some of our rarer birds have responded to targeted conservation action is great news．It shows just what can be achieved．What we need to do now is to continue the good work and use some of the lessons we have learned to help our more common birds.”

Dr Mark Avery, the conservation director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), said: “Over the last decade we've enjoyed some great conservation successes, including removing some threatened species from the World Conservation Union's Red List of Thratened Animals and increasing the populations of red kite, osprey, etc．However, these successes are countered (抵消) by continued declines of some widespread species.”

The overview of 210 native birds has been produced by a group of conservation organisations, to mark the publication of The State of the UK's Birds report, which is in its l0th year．The report was published by the RSPB for a group of conservation organisations.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A．The decline of widespread birds is not worrying for the UK.

B．The UK has got some practical experience of bird conservation.

C．Changes in farming practices contribute to the increase of rare birds.

D．Half of common birds have decreased in the past ten years in the UK.

2.We can learn from the passage that Dr David Noble ________.

A．hopes that conservation organisations will change the way they work

B．is quite disappointed with the result of the new assessment

C．is losing confidence in conservation organizations’ action

D．has high hopes for the increase in bird population in Britain

3.Which of the following can best explain Dr Mark Avery's words?

A．The UK should not be satisfied with what they have achieved.

B．The UK should share their experience with other countries.

C．What conservation organisations do is far from satisfactory.

D．The RSPB is responsible for the decrease of common birds.

4.The passage is most likely to be found in a book about ________.

A．popular science                            B．historical events

C．nature                                         D．society

5.The author's purpose of writing this article is to tell people ________.

A．some good ways to protect rare birds

B．the differences between rare birds and common birds

C．the number of rare birds has increased over the last decade

D．some widespread birds in the UK are in great need of help

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