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     Nobody has ever succeeded in their attempt to stay young and live a very long life.   1   But is this
really true?
     Dr Aubrey de Grey thinks that we can stop people getting old and that in about 20 years, people
will be able to live to be 1,000 years old!  2  
     In Dr Grey's opinion, getting old is a problem that can be solved.  3    If we can cure this disease,
we can stop the aging process.We can also make people have young bodies again.
     Dr Grey believes that science will soon be able to stop the causes of aging so that a person's body
won't get weak and won't suffer from the typical diseases of old age.
     Dr Grey compares the human body to a house.As the house gets older, some things must be
repaired.Broken hearts must be replaced.The same thing can happen with the human body, he thinks.
We can use stem cell technology to grow new, healthy tissue to replace the old, damaged one.We can
also try to remove diseasecausing molecules in our bodies._5_.
      6    However, they admit that Dr Grey's ideas have not yet been proved wrong.Dr Grey is
convinced that his opinions are realistic and that his research is very important.If aging is a disease, he
says, we must try to cure it.
A. At the same time, people's bodies will stay young and healthy.
B. Scientists succeeded in solving the problem of aging long ago.
C. A lot of scientists think his ideas not realistic.
D. When our bodies change as we get older, this is like a disease.
E. New deadly diseases may also be cured, if we can stop the aging process.
F. It seems that everybody must get old and die.
G. In this way, a person could easily live to be 1,000 years old.

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     When an emergency situation occurs, observers are more likely to take action if there are few or no
other witnesses. This phenomenon is referred to as the bystander effect.
     The bystander effect is also called the Genovese effect, which is named after Catherine "Kitty"
Genovese, a young woman who was cruelly murdered on March 13, 1964. Early in the morning,
28-year-old Genovese was returning home from work. As she approached her apartment entrance, she
was attacked and stabbed (刺) by a man later identified as Winston Moseley. Despite Genovese's
repeated cries for help, none of the dozen or so people in the nearby apartment building who heard her
cries called police for help. The attack first began at 3:20, but it was not until 3:50 that someone first
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     Many psychologists were set thinking by the incident, as well as most Americans. As the conclusion,
the bystander effect came out and later proved by a series of studies and experiments.
     There are two major factors that contribute to the bystander effect. First, the presence of other people creates a division of responsibility. Because there are other observers, individuals do not feel as much
pressure to take action, since the responsibility to take action is thought to be shared among all of those
present. The second reason is the need to behave in correct and socially acceptable ways. When other
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     Other researchers have found that onlookers are less likely to take action if the situation is ambiguous
(not clear). In the case of Kitty Genovese, many of the 38 witnesses reported that they believed that they were witnessing a "lovers' quarrel", and did not realize that the young woman was actually being murdered.
1. The bystander effect is also called the Genovese effect because        a woman surnamed Genovese.  
A. its discovery resulted from the murder of    
B. it somehow caused the murder of
C. it was actually discovered by        
D. it always makes people think of
2. It's likely that the neighbors didn't offer help because__________.
A. They believed in the bystander effect.        
B. They knew Genovese and Moseley well.
C. They were afraid of the murderer.    
D. They thought someone else might help.
3. Before deciding to offer help, observers may        , according to the psychologists.  
A. wait for sort of a signal
B. want to be sure it's appropriate to react
C. hesitate and estimate the risk of getting hurt
D. wonder if the victim is worth helping
4. The article seems to suggest that, if there had been     observers, Genovese might not have been
murdered.
A. no
B. braver
C. more
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科目：高中英語(yǔ) 來(lái)源：安徽省期中題 題型：閱讀理解

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     I am one of those people who are terrible at saying no. I take on too many projects at once, and
spend too much of my time doing things I'd rather not be doing. I get stuff done, but it's not always the
best I can do, or the best way I could spend my time.
    That's why my newest goal, both as a professional and a person, is to be a quitter.
    Being a quitter isn't being someone who gives up, who doesn't see important things through to the end.
I desire to be the opposite of that. The quitter I want to be is someone who gets out when there's no
value in what he's doing, or when that value comes at the expense of something more important.
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"Well, I've already invested so much time in this, I might as well stick it out." A friend of mine once told
me, "I knew I was an adult when I could stop reading a book, even after getting 500 pages into it."
Odd though it sounds, we all tend to do this.
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you're reading a book, and don't like it, stop reading. Cut your losses, realize that the smartest thing to
do is stop before your losses grow even more, and quit. Instead of reading an entire book you hate,
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more of our time to do the things we'd like to be doing, and the things actually worth doing.
    Saying no is hard, and admitting a mistaken yes is even harder. But if we do both, we'll start to make
sure that we're spending our time creating value, rather than increasing our losses. Let's be quitters
together.
1. The author wants to be a quitter, because he/she         .
A. wishes to have more time for relaxation
B. hopes to improve his/her personality
C. expects to make more efficient use of his/her time
D. has found it hard to do several things at one time
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B. When you feel tired and need a rest.
C. When you meet with difficulties along the way.
D. When you realize what you are doing is not worth the time.
3. The message the author tries to convey is to         .
A. learn to say noB. create more value
C. live your life to the fullest    
D. stop doing many things at a time    

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