The lack of health facilities and necessary p...

The lack of health facilities and necessary protection for medical workers partly ______ the epidemic (蔓延) of Ebola.

A. accounted for B. headed for

C. called for　　 D. sent for

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E

After a busy day of work and play, the body needs to rest. Sleep is necessary for good health. During this time, the body recovers from the activities of the day. The rest that you get while sleeping makes it possible for your body to prepare itself for the next day.

There are four levels of sleep, each being a little deeper than the one before. As you sleep, your body relaxes little by little. Your heart beats more slowly, and your brain slows down. After you reach the fourth level, your body shifts(变换) back and forth from one level to the other.

Although your mind slows down, you will dream from time to time. Scientists who study sleep point out that when dreaming occurs, your eyeballs begin to move more quickly (although your eyelids are closed). This stage of sleep is called REM, which stands for rapid eye movement.

If you have trouble falling asleep, some people recommend(建议) breathing very slowly and very deeply. Other people believe that drinking warm milk will make you drowsy. There is also an old suggestion that counting sheep will put you to sleep.

49. During REM, ______

A. you move restless                                         B. you start dreaming

C. your mind stops working                                         D. your eyeballs move quickly

50. A good title for this text might be_________

A. Dreams                     B. Sleep                C. Good Health      D. Work and Rest

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These hotels don’t have all the necessary facilities but each of them offers something different.　 Don’t miss them if you travel to Canada.

Sleep on a train at the Train Station Inn. This hotel is in an old train station in Nova Scotia. The owners, James and Shelley Le Fresne, use the station and the train as rooms. There are seven old cars and there is also a restaurant in the dining car, Prices are from S 89 to $ 169 per room or traincar.

Sleep in a jail in the Canadian capital, Ottawa. Here, you can sleep in the old downtown Ottawa Jail Hostel. There are group or private bedrooms. There are still bars on the doors! Prices are from $25 to $65. Don’t worry, there aren’t any criminals there !

Sleep in a tepee (a tent of the American Indians) at a UNESCO World Heritage site in Alberta. At this hotel, there are guided tours and lessons in local culture. The best part: sleeping in a real tepee outside. The price is around $300, or $620 for a full package.

Sleep in a lighthouse at the Quirpon Lighthouse Inn. This hotel is on Newfoundland’s Quirpon Island. There are great views of the ocean from the windows. There are 11private rooms in total. Prices are from $ 225 for a single to $ 350 for a suite. Meals are included in the restaurant. The hotel has the traditional look and feel of the lighthouse, so there is no Internet, TV or telephones in the rooms. There are tours available, and boat tours to the island are included.

1.What can you do if you choose the Train Station Inn?

A. Shop in the old train cars.

B. Learn how to drive the train.

C. Have meals in the dining car.

D. Enjoy a rail tour of Nova Scotia.

2.In what way is staying in a tepee in Alberta special?

A. It serves local food to diners.

B. You can sleep in the open air.

C. You can tour Alberta for free.

D. It offers lessons on making tepees.

3.Which is unavailable at the Quirpon Lighthouse Inn?

A. Private rooms.

B. Guided tours.

C. Daily meals.

D. The Internet.

4.You’ll pay the least if you choose to sleep_

A. in the Ottawa Jail Hostel

B. at the Train Station Inn

C. in a tepee in Alberta

D. at the Quirpon Lighthouse Inn

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A Guide

To use or protect all kinds of facilities in the library, follow the procedures given at the circulation desk.

Group Study Rooms（2F）

Students and teaching staff can use these rooms for group study. Students are advised to use unlocked rooms（4 rooms for 2 people, 3 rooms for 4 people） available for free. When you use locked rooms（2 rooms for 4 people, 2 rooms for 10 people）, you need to go through reservation procedures at the circulation desk. These rooms are available for group discussion.

Individual Reading Rooms（1-3F）

There are 4 single rooms available for use by teaching staff and visiting scholars. Each room is equipped with a computer together 1 printer and 6 scanners. Reservation of these rooms is available for a period up to seven days on end.

Meeting Rooms and Seminar Rooms（1-3F）

Only teaching staff and graduate students can apply to use these rooms and reserve them one day in advance. The total number of seats is 40. They are available for workshops and small seminars.

Computer Rooms（4F）

These rooms are available for classes or seminars and so on. The total number of seats is 88. Only teaching staff can apply to use the computer rooms and reserve them one day in advance.

1.How many locked rooms can students and teaching staff use?

A. Two　　　　　　 B. Three　　　　　　　　 C. Four　　　　　　　　 D. Seven

2.If teachers want to print, they can go to ________.

A. an individual reading room　　　　　 B. a computer room

C. a group study room　　　　　　　　　　　 D. a seminar room

3.Who can apply to use the computer rooms?

A. Visiting scholars　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Teachers

C. Graduate students　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Teachers and students

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In view of lacking preparations for the competition and not wanting to lose face, Johnson eventually decided to _____．

A．drop in        B．drop off      C．drop back                    D．drop out

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The explorer got a disease in blood for the _______ of fresh vegetables and fruit.

A. sake     B. lack      C. ignorance      D. benefit

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C

lt's a dog's life for the nation's mutts - who are becoming anxious and aggressive through lack of play， experts fear．

A study of 4，000 dog owners has found a clear link between limited playtime and behaviour problems， such as being nervous when left alone， disobedience and snapping at other animals． And while researchers can't be sure that playing less is directly to blame， they say that games provide vital intellectual stimulation and exercise． The Bristol University study showed that only one in five owners play with their dogs six times a day．　 Half play two or three times a day and 10 per cent have just one play session．

Mark Evans， former chief vet for the RSPCA， said that dogs are one of the few animals to play into adulthood．　 He told the Sunday Times： 'There is a clear association in the results．　 Owners report more potential behaviour problems in dogs that play less．'

Emily Blackwell -- who conducted the research uncovered tonight on Channel 4's Dogs： Their Secret Lives - said dogs often enjoy playing so much that they slow down or change strategy to make the fun last longer． The lecturer in canine（犬科动物） welfare hopes that 10，000 people will eventually fill out the survey． This will enable her to firmly establish whether lack of play is affecting dogs' moods - or if their emotional problems put their owners off spending time with them．　 For instance，they may slow down when playing 'chase'， allowing their owner to catch up with them and the game to continue． Favourite games include wrestling， chase and tugging at toys， and perhaps unsurprisingly，'fetch' topped the list． Tennis balls were the favourite toys， followed by soft， squeaky toys， rubber balls and rope toys．

The research comes just days after an animal charity warned that millions of dogs are becoming fat． aggressive and destructive because their owners are clueless about basic animal care．The PDSA said that treats including beer， chips and leftover takeaways are making dogs fat and unwell – and wamed that almost a million are never taken for a walk．

1.If the dogs are not looked after carefully，　　　　 ．

A．they may become rebelling and damaging

B．they may get hurt and run away from home

C．they may become less active and dislike playing with the owners

D．they are more likely to fight with other animals

2.What is Emily Blackwell's opinion on dogs' behavior？

A．If the owners spend less time with their dogs， they may become aggressive．

B．Dogs know how to make their playing time last longer．

C．Only a few owners spend enough time playing with their dogs．

D．Some junk food or leftover may cause obesity on dogs．

3.The underlined word "this" in the fourth paragraph probably refers to 　　　　 ．

A．canine welfare

B．Channel 4's Dogs：Their Secret Lives

C．the survey

D．favourite games

4.What can we learn from the passage？

A．Researchers confirm that playing less is to blame for dogs' bad behaviours．

B．Most of the owners will play with their dogs many times in a day．

C．Chase and tennis balls are the favourites of dogs．

D．It's obvious that dogs' behaviour problems are related with their playing time．

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Researchers have long known that lack of sleep can cause weight gain and increase other health risks. But for those who force themselves out of bed every weekday after too few hours of sleep, they always hope that turning off the alarm on weekends will repay the weekly sleep debt and change any ill effects around completely.

New research published in Current Biology destroys those hopes. Despite complete freedom to sleep in during a weekend recovery period, participants in a sleep laboratory who were limited to five hours of sleep on weekdays gained nearly three pounds over two weeks. They also experienced metabolic disruption (新陈代谢紊乱). Weekend recovery sleep had some benefits after a single week of lack of sleep. However, those gains were wiped out when people went back into their old schedule the next Monday.

“These health effects are long-term,” said Kenneth Wright at the University of Colorado at Boulder, who oversaw the work. “It’s kind of like smoking once was. People would smoke and wouldn’t see an immediate effect on their health, but now they will say that smoking is not a healthy lifestyle choice. I think “catch-up” sleep is in the early phase of where smoking used to be.”

Michael Grandner, at the University of Arizona, said the study highlights that people need to stop thinking of sleep as a balance sheet (资产负债表). Considerably cutting calories all week and then bingeing on (无节制地吃) a giant pizza on Saturday would not restore balance. That is essentially what people are doing when they skip sleep on weekdays with the idea that they can make up for it on the weekend.

The study suggests people should put sleep first — cutting out the optional “sleep stealers” such as watching television shows or spending time on electronic devices. Even when people do not have a choice about losing sleep due to tight schedules, they should think about sleep first in the same way they would a healthy diet or exercise.

1.Why do people hope to sleep longer on weekends?

A.To avoid some debt concerns. B.To cure some illness.

C.To get some health benefits. D.To get complete freedom.

2.What can we infer about weekend recovery sleep from Kenneth Wright?

A.It has the long-term benefits. B.It hides some potential harm.

C.It causes smoking problems. D.It contributes to losing weight.

3.What does the text suggest people do about sleep?

A.Sleep well every day. B.Guarantee weekly sleeping hours.

C.Make up for missing sleep. D.Stop watching TV shows before bed.

4.What can be a suitable title for the text?

A.Weekend “Catch-Up Sleep” Is a Lie.

B.Watch out for "Sleep Stealers".

C.Sleep and Smoking are alike.

D.Lack of Sleep Does No Good.

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The spread of Western eating habits around the world is bad for human health and the environment. These findings come from a new report in the journal Nature.

David Tilman, a professor of ecology at the University of Minnesota, America, examined information from 100 countries to identify what people ate and how a diet affected health. He noted a movement beginning in the 1960s. He found that as nations industrialized (工业化), population increased and earnings rose, more people began to adopt what has been called the Western diet.

The Western diet is high in sugar, fat, oil and meat. By eating these foods, people began to get fatter and sicker. David Tilman says overweight people are at greater risk of noninfectious diseases like diabetes (糖尿病) and heart disease.

Unfortunately when people become industrialized, if they adopt this Western diet, they are going to have these health problems, especially in developing countries in Asia. China is an example where the number of diabetes cases has been jumping from less than one percent to 10 percent of the population as they began to industrialize over a 20­year period. And that is happening all across the world, in Mexico, in Nigeria and so on.

And, a diet bad for human beings is also bad for the environment. As the world's population grows, more forests and tropical (热带的) areas will become farmlands for crops or grasslands for cattle. We are likely to have more greenhouse gas in the future from agriculture than that coming out of all forms of transportation right now.

Mr. Tilman calls the link between the diet, the environment and human health, “a trilemma” — a problem offering a difficult choice. He says one possible solution is leaving the Western diet behind.

1.According to the passage, more greenhouse gas might be given off in the future from ________.

A．transportation　　　　　　 B．developing countries

C．agriculture　　　　　　　　 D．developed countries

2.David Tilman believes that ________.

A．the diet, the environment and human health are closely connected

B．the Western diet is the only choice as the nation industrializes

C．people in tropical areas are more likely to have heart disease

D．traditional diets are more balanced than the Western diet

3.We can infer from the passage that ________.

A．Nigeria has the largest number of diabetes cases

B．overweight people are at higher risk of infectious diseases

C．the examined information comes from developing countries

D．industrialization contributes to the spread of the Western diet

4.The main purpose of the passage is to　 ________.

A．call on us to protect the environment

B．warn us of the danger of the Western diet

C．remind us of the importance of health

D．advise us to have a balanced diet

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The concept of health holds different meanings for different people and groups. These meanings have also changed over time. This change is no more evident than in Western society today, when notions of health and health promotion are being challenged and expanded in new ways.

For much of recent Western history, health has been viewed in the physical sense only. That is, good health has been connected to the smooth mechanical operation of the body, while ill health has been attributed to a breakdown in this machine. Health in this sense has been defined as the absence of disease or illness and is seen in medical terms.

In the late 1940s the World Health Organization challenged this physically and medically oriented (导向的) view of health. They stated that health is a complete state of physical, mental and social well-being and is not merely the absence of disease (WHO, 1946). Health and the person were seen more holistically (mind / body / spirit) and not just in physical terms.

The 1970s was a time of focusing on the prevention of disease and illness by emphasizing the importance of the lifestyle and behaviour of the individual. Specific behaviours which were seen to increase risk of disease, such as smoking, lack of fitness and unhealthy eating habits, were targeted. Creating health meant providing not only medical health care, but also health promotion programs and policies which would help people maintain healthy behaviours and lifestyles. While this individualistic healthy lifestyle approach to health worked for some (the wealthy members of society), it was of little benefit to people experiencing poverty, unemployment, underemployment or who had little control over the conditions of their daily life.

During the 1980s and 1990s there has been a growing swing away from seeing lifestyle risks as the root cause of poor health. While lifestyle factors still remain important, health is being viewed also in terms of the social, economic and environmental contexts in which people live. This broad approach to health is called the socio-ecological view of health.

At the Ottawa Conference in 1986, a charter was developed which outlined new directions for health promotion based on the socio-ecological view of health. This charter, known as the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion, remains as the backbone of health action today. In exploring the scope of health promotion it states that:

Good health is a major resource for social, economic and personal development and an important dimension (尺度) of the quality of life. Political, economic, social, cultural, environmental, behavioural and biological factors can all favour health or be harmful to it. (WHO, 1986)

1.From the passage, we can infer that _________.

2.In the late 1940s, if you ___________, that meant you were healthy.

3.________ of society benefited most from the healthy lifestyle approach to health.

4.The socio-ecological view of health includes the following broad areas EXCEPT ________.

5.This passage mainly tells us that ________.

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