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Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

“We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20-25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,” said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

“Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,” said Goldspink. “This is part of the ageing process.”

What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one’s.

“This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,” said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. “The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart,” said Goldspink.

The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

1. The underlined word “l(fā)ongevity” in the second paragraph probably refers to “________”.

A. health

B. long life

C. ageing

D. effect

2. The text mainly talks about ________.

A. men’s heart cells

B. women’s ageing process、

C. the gender difference

D. hearts and long life

3. According to the text, the UK scientists have known that ________.

A. women have more cells than men when they are born

B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

D. women never lose their pumping power with age

4. If you want to live longer, you should ________.

A. enable your heart to beat much faster

B. find out the reason for ageing

C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy

D. prevent your cells from being lost

5. We can know from the passage that ________.

A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20

. If you’d like to succeed in the work, you must take great        to do it

   A. pain            B. pains           C. effect            D. effort

_ ______ ,and the information you need will come out of your computer screen.

A.Just a moment            B.If you just wait a moment

C.Just waiting a moment    D.Just to wait a moment

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  I used to find notes left in the collection basket of the church, beautiful notes about my homilies (講道) and about the writer’s thoughts on the daily readings. The  41   attracted me .But it was a long time  42   I met the author of the notes.

  One Sunday morning, I was 43   that someone was waiting for me in the office, a young woman who said she  44   all the notes. When I saw her I was  45   , since I had no idea that it was she who wrote the notes. She was sitting in a chair in the office. Her  46   was bowed and when she raised it to look at me, she could hardly  47   without pain. Her face was disfigured (畸形) , so smiling was very  48   for her.

  We  49   for a while that Sunday morning and agreed to meet for lunch later that week.

  As it  50   , we went to lunch several times, and we shared things about our  51   . We spoke of authors we were both  52   , and it was easy to tell that  53   are a great love of hers.

  She suffered from a disfigurement that cannot be made to look  54   . I know that her condition  55   her deeply. Yet there was a beauty to her that had nothing to do with her  56   . She was one to be listened to, whose words came from a wounded  57   loving heart. She possessed a fine tuned sense of beauty. Her only  58   in life was the loss of a friend.

  The truth of her life was a desire to see beyond the  59   for a glimpse (瞥) of what it is that matters. She found beauty and grace,  60   befriended her and showed her what is real.

41. A. heading        B. paragraph                 C. notes                       D. baskets

42. A. since           B. after                        C. when                     D. before

43. A. told            B. managed                   C. intended                     D. proved

44. A. lost            B. left                          C. dropped                          D. collected

45. A. shocked        B. satisfied                    C. frightened                 D. disappointed

46. A. hand           B. arm                        C. head                    D. neck

47. A. cackle          B. smile                             C. speak                    D. bow

48. A. tense      B. unfair                       C. ugly                      D. difficult

49. A. chatted                 B. discussed                  C. drank                    D. greeted

50. A. turned up        B. turned out                  C. came out                 D. came up

51. A. families        B. beliefs                    C. hobbies                   D. lives

52. A. popular with     B. fond of                    C. familiar to                 D. concerned in

53. A. friends           B. churches              C. writings                    D. books

54. A. bold         B. cheerful             C. attractive                        D. generous

55. A. hurt             B. impressed             C. prevented              D. defeated

56. A. fame             B. wealth               C. interest                D. appearance

57. A. and              B. or                   C. but                              D. also

58. A. fear              B. condition              C. focus                      D. anger

59. A. dream            B. surface              C. imagination              D. wisdom

60. A. it                B. they                 C. which                    D. that

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 (  ) 3 I’d like to go with you, ______, my hands are full.

A. however   B. but   C. although   D. yet

The reason ___ he can’t come is ______ he has to work late.

A. because; that      B. that; that              C. why; that  D. why; because

.I don’t understand how you got a ticket. I always_________you_________a careful driver.

A. think; are B. am thinking      C. thought; were           D. think; were

.The great contributions he made________our country is________worth remembering.

  A. to, well          B. of, well          C. to, very         D. for, very

The two largest islands of the British Isles are Great Britain and Ireland. England, Wales and Scotland together form Great Britain. Scotland, lying in the northern part of Great Britain and bordering(接壤)England on the south, is half the size of England and Wales, having an area of about 76 000 square kilometers. Most of Northern Scotland is mountainous area known as the Scottish Highlands. In the center of Scotland there are the Central Low-lands, and the south is waving, hilly area known as the Southern Uplands which rise to 800m. There are many rivers in Great Britain, but they are not very long. The rivers which run to the east are longer than the ones which run to the west.

    In Scotland the main rainy winds come from the Atlantic Ocean. The west part is wet with an average(平均) rainfall of up to 200cm while the east is dry with about 75cm. The winters are cold with an average January temperature of 4℃. The summers are cold and warm but rarely hot.

1. This passage mainly tells us____ .

A. how many parts form Great Britain

B. the positions of England, Wales and Scotland

C. the areas of Great Britain

D. Something about Scotland

2. England lies____ .

A. in the south of Great Britain          B. to the south of Scotland

C. to the north of Wales                D. in the north of Scotland

3. This passage also tells us____ .

A. the population of Great Britain        B. the history of England and Wales

C. the size of Scotland                 D. the position of Northern Ireland

4. The Central lowlands_____ .

A. lie between the Scottish Highlands and the Southern Uplands

B. lie to the north of Scottish Highlands

C. lie to the south of the Southern Uplands

D. border England on the south

5. The writer says that in Scotland there is more rain____ .

A. in the Highlands than in the Southern Uplands     B. in the west part than in the east

C. in the Central Lowlands than in the Highland      D. in the east than in the west