We live in a time （) , more than ever before in history, people are moving.

nts found work here last year. We like to visit big cities. Last month, we went to Beijing for a visit. We went at a bad time of the y. ear. The weather there was very cold. It was very different from Guangzhou at that time of the year. In our city we only wear blouses, skirts or shirts. But people in Beijing wore sweaters or even coats. We didn't take many clothes, so we had to stay there for a short time. After a few days we came back to Guangzhou.

The writer was born in ______.

A．Beijing

B．Tian Jin

C．Guangzhou

in the kitchen with us.

M: Me, too. Are we picking her up at the station？

Q: Why is the woman excited？

(14)

A．Because she will have a new kitchen.

B．Because she is going to see her mother.

C．Because her grandmother will come to live with them.

D．Because her husband has bought her a new house.

Step Back in Time

Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us？ One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now, she can live until at least 80.

One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need. We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.

But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits, let's have a look at what life was like 100 years ago.

Families had between 15 and 20 children, although many babies didn't live long. Children suffered from lots of diseases, especially rickets (佝偻病)and scurvy (坏血病),which are both caused by bad diets. This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.

Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up, bending over a piece of string, because there was no room for them to lie down.

People didn't have fridges until the 1920s. They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills (窗台板), blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.

Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their parents. If you had lived 100 years ago, you might well be selling matchsticks (火柴杆) (a job done by many children) or working with your dad by now.

第 16 题 On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

阅读材料，回答题。

Step Back in Time

Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us？ One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now， she can live until at least 80.

One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need.We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.

But in order that we don"t slip back into bad habits， let"s have a look at what life was like 100 years ago.

Families had between 15 and 20 children， although many babies didn"t live long.Children suffered from lots of diseases， especially tickets （佝偻病 ） and scurvy （坏血病） ， which are both caused by bad diets. This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.

Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up，bending over a piece of string， because there was no room for them to lie down.

People didn"t have fridges until the 1920s. They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills （窗台板 ） ， blocks of ice， or even burying it in the garden.

Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their parents. If you had lived 100 years ago， you might well be selling matchsticks （火柴杆） （a job done by many children ） or working with your dad by now.

16. On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago. 查看材料

A.Right

B.Wrong

C.Not mentioned

When we speak of a human need, we mean something

which is unnecessary to life, something we can live with. 【M1】______

Food is a human need. We will starve to death if there 【M2】______

were no food on earth; but even if we have plenty of food,

but of the wrong kind, our bodies will have problem from

lack of the right food. This is known for malnutrition (营 【M3】______

养不良).

In countries where are not developed, man's food 【M4】______

needs are the same like in the most advanced societies. We 【M5】______

all need food and could live a good life on very few types of

food. People in very developed countries eat only the kinds 【M6】______

of food which can be grown near their homes, whereas

people in developed countries eat foods which are often

grown many thousands of miles away form. their homes.

People in undeveloped countries are happy with less

different kinds of foods than people in very developed ones

are, so we can say that despite the needs of the two kinds 【M7】______

of people are the same, their wants are different. People in

very developed countries eat many different types of

meat--they could live by only one, but they would be very 【M8】______

unhappy because every time what they ate was the same.

Even such special foods like chicken would be less fun to 【M9】______

eat if you had them every day. But we can't just live on

meat--we need other kinds of food like bread, rice, and

vegetables which are no more necessary to our bodies. 【M10】______

【M1】

根据下列文章,请回答 16～22 题。

Step Back in Time

Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us？ One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45．But now，she can live until at least 80．

One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better．We know which foods are good for US and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need．We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again．And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily．

But in order that we don’t slip back into bad habits，let's have a look at what life was like 100 years ago．

Families had between 15 and 20 children，although many babies didn’t live long．

Children suffered from lots of diseases，especially rickets(佝偻病)and scurvy(坏血病)，which are both caused by bad diets．This is because many-families were very poor and not able to feed their children well。

Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up，bending over a piece of strin9，because there was no room for them to lie down．

People didn’t have fridges until the l 920s．They kept fresh food cold by storing it ON windowsills(窗台板)，blocks of ice，or even burying it in the garden．

Some children had to start work at the age of．seven or eight to earn money for their parents．If you had lived l 00 years a90，you might well be selling matchsticks(火柴杆)(a job done by many children)or working with your dad by now．

第 16 题 0n average women lived longer than men 100 years ago．

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned

e house-building business to live a more【C2】______life with his wife and enjoy his【C3】______family. He would miss the paycheck(工资)each week, but he wanted to retire. They could【C4】______The employer was【C5】______to see his good worker go and asked if he could build just one more house as a personal favor. The carpenter said yes,【C6】______over time it was easy to see that his heart was not in his work. He used bad workmanship and【C7】______materials. It was an unfortunate way to【C8】______a dedicated(献身的)career.

When the carpenter finished his work, his employer came to【C9】______the house. Then he handed the front-door【C10】______to the carpenter and said, "This is your house—my【C11】______to you." The carpenter was shocked! What a【C12】______!If he had only known he was building his own house, he would have done it all so differently.

【C13】______it is with us. We build our lives, a day at a time, often putting【C14】______than our best into the building. Then, with a shock, we【C15】______we have to live in the house we have built. If we could do it【C16】______, we would do it much differently.

But, you cannot go back. You are the carpenter, and every day you hammer a nail, place a board, or build a wall. Someone【C17】______said, "Life is a do-it-yourself project." Your【C18】______,and the choices you【C19】______today, help build the "house" you will live in tomorrow. Therefore, build【C20】______!

【C1】

A．continue

B．start

C．leave

D．find

第三篇 Who Wants to Live Forever？

If your doctor could give you a drug that would let you live a healthy life for twice as long, would you take it？

The good news is that we may be drawing near to that date. Scientists have already extended the lives of flies, worms and mice in laboratories. Many now think that using genetic treatments we will soon be able to extend human life to at least 140 years.

This seems a great idea. Think of how much more time we could spend chasing our dreams, spending time with our loved ones, watching our families grow and have families of their own.

"Longer life would give us a chance to recover from our mistakes and promote long term thinking," says Dr Gregory Stock of the University Of California School Of Public Health. "It would also raise productivity by adding to the year we can work."

Longer lives don't just affect the people who live them. They also affect society as a whole. "We have war, poverty, all sorts of issues around, and I don't think any of them would be at all helped by having people live longer," says US bioethicist Daniel Callahan. "The question is ‘What will we get as a society？' I suspect it won't be a better society."

It would certainly be a very different society. People are already finding it more difficult to stay married. Divorce rates are rising. What would to marriage in a society where people lived for 140 years？ 'And what would happen to family life if nine or 10 generations of the same family were all alive at the same time？

Research into ageing may enable women to remain fertile for longer. And that raises the prospect of having 100-year-old parents, or brothers and sisters born 50 years apart1. We think of an elder sibling as someone, who can protect us and offer help and advice. That would be hard to do if that sibling came from a completely different generation.

Working life would also be affected, especially if the retirement age was lifted. More people would stay in work for longer. That would give us the benefits of age - skill, wisdom and good judgment.

On the other hand, more people working for longer would create greater competition for jobs. It would make it more difficult for younger people to find a job. Top posts would be dominated by the same few individuals, making career progress more difficult. And how easily would a 25-year-old employee be able to communicate with a 125-year-old boss？

Young people would be a smaller part of a society in which people lived to 140. It may be that such a society would place less importance on guiding and educating young people, and more on making life comfortable for the old.

And society would feel, very different if more of its members were older. There would be more wisdom, but less energy: Young people like to move about. Old people like to sit still. Young people tend to act without thinking. Old people tend to think without acting. Young people are curious and like to experience .different things. Old people are less enthusiastic about change. In fact, they are less enthusiastic about everything.

The effect of anti-ageing technology is deeper than we might think. But as the science advances, we need to think about these changes now.

"If this could ever happen, then we'd better ask what kind of society we want to get," says Daniel Callahan. "'We had better not go anywhere near it2 until we have figure those problems out."

41 Which of the following is NOT mentioned as one of the things that living longer might enable an individual to do？

A) Spending more time with his family.

B) Having more education.

C) Realizing more dreams.

D) Working longer.

听力原文： Air travel is such an everyday experience these days. We are not surprised when we read about a politician having talks with the Japanese Prime Minister one day, attending a conference in Australia the following morning and having to be off at midday to sign a trade agreement in Bangkok. But frequent long-distance flying can be very tiring. The traveler begins to feel his brain is in one country, his digestion in another and his powers of concentration nowhere. In short, he hardly knows where he is.

The fatigue we normally experience after a long journey is more intensely felt when we fly from east to west or the other way round because we cross time zones. Air travel is so quick nowadays that we can leave London after breakfast and be in New York in eight hours, yet what really disturbs us most is that when we arrive it is only lunch time but we have already had lunch on the plane and are expecting dinner.

Doctors say that since air travelers are in no condition to work after crossing a number of time zones, they should go straight to bed on arrival. Airline pilots, in fact, whose experience is so obviously relevant that it ought to serve as a guide, often live by their own watches ignoring local time, and have breakfast at midnight if necessary. The less reason to worry about their health is because they are used to flying and are physically fit.

(33)

A．Because he is a politician.

B．Because he is a businessman.

C．Because he travels by air.

D．Because he has to attend different meetings.

an has talked with French President in Paris and attended a meeting in Beijing on the same day.【22】, if a person takes long-distance flying frequently, he can be so tired that he maybe feel his brain is in one country, his【23】in another.【24】, he【25】knows where he is.

When we fly from east to west or【26】versa, the【27】we experience after taking a long distance flying is【28】, because we cross time zones. According to doctors, air travelers, after crossing several time zones, are in no【29】to go to work, and they should go【30】to bed【31】arrival.

As to airline pilots who often live【32】their own watches and ignore local time, there is no need for them to worry about their health although they sometimes have breakfast at midnight, because they are used to【33】and are【34】fit.

Many businessmen like long-distance flights, thinking they are【35】to have been chosen and they are out for promotion. They are lucky if the company follows the doctor' s advice and allow them to rest for a day or two【36】working. However, sometimes the manager is so energetic that he believes everyone is【37】to be as fit as he is. Since he has never felt【38】after flying himself, the work he assigns is so【39】that the employee is too【40】to carry the work out satisfactorily. That is disastrous for the employee' s health and the company' s reputation.

(21)

A．ordinary

B．common

C．plain

D．usual

Step Back in Time

Do you know that we live a lot longer now than the people who were born before us？ One hundred years ago the average woman lived to be 45. But now, she can live until at least 80.

One of the main reasons for people living longer is that we know how to look after ourselves better. We know which foods are good for us and what we have to eat to make sure our bodies get all the healthy things they need. We know why we sometimes get ill and what to do to get better again. And we know how important it is to do lots of exercise to keep our hearts beating healthily.

But in order that we don't slip back into bad habits, let's have a look at what life was like 100 years ago.

Families had between 15 and 20 children, although many babies didn't live long. Children suffered from lots of diseases, especially rickets (佝偻病) and scurvy (坏血病), which are both caused by bad diets. This is because many families were very poor and not able to feed their children well.

Really poor families who lived in crowded cities like London and Manchester often slept standing up, bending over a piece of string, because there was no room for them to lie down.

People didn't have fridges until the 1920s. They kept fresh food cold by storing it on windowsills (窗台板), blocks of ice, or even burying it in the garden.

Some children had to start work at the age of seven or eight to earn money for their parents.

If you had lived 100 years ago, you might well be selling matchsticks (火柴杆) (a job done by many children) or working with your dad by now.

On average women lived longer than men 100 years ago.

A．Right

B．Wrong

C．Not mentioned