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Women Can’t Keep a Secret

The average woman cannot keep a secret for longer than 47 hours, a new study suggests.

Researchers found that women are overcome by a burning desire to share gossip as soon as they hear it. They will typically spill the beans to at least one other person in 47 hours and 15 minutes.

Depending on who the gossip is about, their boyfriend, husband, best friend or mother are most likely to be the initial recipients (接收者) of the information.

The study of 3,000 women aged between 18 and 65 also found that four out of ten admitted they were unable to keep a secret—no matter how personal or confidential the news was.

The study found the nation’s ladies hear three pieces of gossip a week, but end up passing it on to at least one other person.

Three in 10 admitted having the urge to reveal someone’s secret. However, two thirds end up feeling guilty after passing on secrets.

Three quarters say they are capable of keeping quiet about a secret, and 83 per cent consider themselves 100 per cent trustworthy within each group of friends. Yet, four in ten admit to gossiping to a close friend from another friendship group.

More than four in ten think it is acceptable to share a friend’s secret with someone who does not know them, with over 40 per cent saying their husband is their final one they share secrets with.

Fortunately for some though, over a quarter (27 per cent) said they forgot what they were told the following day.

1.How long can women keep a secret?

A. At least two days  B. Longer than two days.  C. Two days.  D. 47 hours and 15 minutes

2.Women will share gossip with all the following except________.

A. their boyfriend or husband   B. their best friend

C. their brother or sister        D. their mother

3.According to the study, ________ women were unable to keep a secret.

A. 1,200    B.1,800     C. 2, 400    D. 3,000

4.Which of the following is true?

A. Most women are not trustworthy

B. More than forty per cent tell secrets to their husband.

C. Few women feel guilty after passing on secrets.

D. Over a quarter think it is acceptable to share gossip.

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The human body is made up of over 75%water, and we cannot live without water. Keep in mind that water is healthy and necessary for leading yourself towards better health.

Your own personal need for water can vary greatly due to exercise, weight and temperature.1. .By drinking water on a regular basis you can replenish (补充)the water in your body.

By the time you are thirsty you have already lost two or more cups of the body’s water supply.2.. Whenever you exercise, you need more water. Due to exercise, your body loses quite a bit of water. For each pound lost, you need to drink two cups of water.

3.. By drinking a glass of water before you go to sleep, you can wake up with your body functioning as it should be. When you are sick, you need more water than at any other time.4.. Therefore, you feel more thirsty than usual when you have a cold. You can try to prevent this by drinking more water at times when you become sick.5.. You should keep a bottle of water with you at all times and drink it throughout the day. You should also teach yourself to drink water instead of other drinks that don’t include the things that your body needs.

A. Always make it a habit to drink water on a daily basis

B. You should decide which the best type of water is

C. Therefore, drinking water regularly is much better than simply waiting until you are thirsty

D. Even when you lie down to sleep, your body loses water

E. When you get a cold, your body loses water quite quickly

F. There are several different opinions as to whether drinking water is actually beneficial

G. Research has proven that over two thirds of adults don’t get the water they need on a daily basis

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Julie is one of the women who always___the latest fashions.

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A handsome man can earn a fifth more than an average-looking colleague but a beautiful woman is not paid a penny more than her average-looking colleague, new research has shown.

The study by senior economists（经济学家）found that being good-looking meant male workers could earn 22 percent more than average-looking colleagues. Researchers said good looks did not give women a similar advantage.

Andrew Leigh, a former economics professor at the Australian National University who co-authored the report, said: “Beauty can be a double-edged sword for women.”

“Some people still believe good looks and intelligence are incompatible(矛盾的) in women, so a good-looking women can’t be that productive, but it doesn’t affect men’s pay.”

He said that although he believed good-looking women may also earn more, the research did not support his theory.

The research found that handsome men in all jobs, from manual labour（手工劳动）to highly-paid professional careers, can earn 22 percent more than their colleagues doing the same work.

Men with below-average looks face a battle in the office, with ugliness reducing a man’s earnings by 26 percent compared to an average-looking worker.

Former male model, Caitlan Mitchell, 28, who has a first class degree in history from Edinburgh University and now works for a cosmetics company, told the Sunday Times:’ It gives you confidence, and I suspect people tend to warm to you more quickly.”

The study, named Unpacking the Beauty Premium, was the largest exercise of its kind and repeated a survey from 1984 to see if the beauty premium（美貌溢价) had changed.

Leigh said the research showed people in the workplace were “lookist(以貌取人的)”and he hoped the findings would encourage employers to remove their prejudice.

1.What has the research found?

A. Male workers pay more attention to their appearance.

B. Handsome men have an advantage in their jobs.

C. Appearance plays an important role at work.

D. The more beautiful a female is, the lower their intelligence is.

2.What is Andrew Leigh’s opinion?

A. Beauty is a double-edged sword for workers.

B. Gook-looking females are likely to earn more.

C. Employers have prejudice in employing workers.

D. More attention is paid to appearance now than before.

3.We can learn from the text that men who are below average in appearance ________.

A. earn 26%less than handsome men

B. earn 22% less than average-looking men

C. earn as much as average-looking men

D. earn 26% less than average-looking men

4.What is the main idea of the text?

A. Employees should pay more attention to their appearance.

B. Males and females should be treated equally in interviews.

C. Good-looking men tend to earn more.

D. Beautiful female interviewees aren’t popular in interviews.

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What does the woman mean?

A. Turn on the fan.　　 B. Go out for fresh air.　　 C. Keep the window closed.

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（题文）What does the woman mean?

A. Keep the window closed.　　 B. Go out for fresh air.　　 C. Turn on the fan.

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听下面一段较长对话，回答以下小题。

1.What does the woman want to do?

A. Keep fit.　　 B. Promote products.　　 C. Buy gym equipment.

2.By whom will a plan be made?

A. The woman.　　 B. The man.　　 C. The trainer.

3.How much will the service charge?

A. 300 yuan,a week.　　 B. 400 yuan a month.　　 C. 800 yuan a year.

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What a woman! I just wonder how she managed to keep smiling after all that she had ________.

A. set out        B. made up          C. gone through D. turned down

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I can't bear ________, so I hope you can come on time.

A. to keep waiting B. to keep to wait

C. being kept waiting D. being kept to wait

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Having a son as a woman who has only really been around women can be a strange experience. I sometimes tell my husband that raising our 3-year-old boy ________someone dropped me off on another planet where I didn’t know the _and had no map.

My son makes me laugh like no other, but his desires and interests sometimes do feel as _to me as another galaxy(银河系). He has taught me so much about the bigger man in my life (my husband) and even more about _in general.

When I get mad at my husband now, I look at our son and _. He was once as sweet and precious as my son, even if he is so _now.

My mother-in-law’s attitude used to be confusing to me, but now I kind of _it. I love my son violently. If some woman ever _him, she’d be punished for that.

_my daughter can’t find something, she searches. But my son is _calling, “Mommy! Daddy! Where is my toy?” It’s so much like my husband. He will also spend 0.1 seconds _before calling out to me and _where the butter, cheese, or coat is. My son has taught me it’s a male thing. _, that doesn’t mean I won’t break of it. I _will. Isn’t that what all moms say?

My husband showers every day on most _days. But on the weekends or on vacation? Forget it. Now I understand that. My son hates bath time and _the whole time. I have to fight with him and reward him to get _.

Nothing is sweeter for a mom than her baby boy. My son and daughter are equally _to me, but in a different way. He tells me he loves me and how _I am. I wish I could bottle that sweetness and _it for the teen years.

1.A. feels like       B. competes with       C. contributes to    D. turns out

2.A. connection      B. movement          C. language        D. change

3.A. risky          B. mild                C. foreign         D. classic

4.A. interests       B. planets              C. kids            D. men

5.A. stop          B. grow                C. rise            D. burst

6.A. exciting       B. confusing            C. touching        D. annoying

7.A. set            B. get                 C. make          D. take

8.A. approaches      B. hurts               C. ignores        D. persuades

9.A. Before         B. Because             C. If             D. Unless

10.A. sincerely       B. immediately          C. fortunately     D. obviously

11.A. guessing       B. imagining            C. wondering      D. looking

12.A. thinking       B. telling               C. asking          D. debating

13.A. However       B. Moreover             C. Otherwise      D. Therefore

14.A. finally         B. probably             C. mainly          D. definitely

15.A. cold           B. rainy                C. meeting         D. working

16.A. laughs         B. screams              C. talks            D. sings

17.A. weak          B. tight                 C. clean           D. clever

18.A. close          B. welcome              C. strange         D. similar

19.A. regretful       B. beautiful              C. skillful          D. shameful

20.A. remind         B. exchange             C. save           D. appreciate

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