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In much society, there is often greater acceptance of light skin than darkskin; Light skin may be seen as a mark of beauty, intelligence and success.
These beliefs can lead to social pressures even within the same group, if some members are darker than others. The result is that skin lightening has become very common across Africa, Asia and other areas of the world and more people with dark skin are using skin-lighting products, even if it means they may face health risks. They believe that having whiter skin will improve the quality of their lives. Many people think they will have a better family. Or they want to look like what their society generally considers beautiful.
Some beauty care（美容）products and soaps contain chemicals
that make skin lighter. However, some of the chemicals are extremely dangerous. The chemicals in the products block and break down the natural barrier(障礙) to protect against sunlight. Then the skin can become thick and discolored. Usually the person will use more of the product in an effort to correct the problem, which just makes things even worse. Doctor Ly says some chemicals are so dangerous that they may lead to blackened fingernails, infections(感染) and serious skin damage.
And these are not the only problems. Experts say some people who change their skin color suffer emotional damage. They feel regretful and sad. They feel that instead of risking their health, they should have learned to live and accept their skin color as it was

  1. 1.

    What’s the result of the wrong understanding of darker skin?

    1. A.
      Many people with dark skin try to make their skin whiter
    2. B.
      Many people with whiter skin live a better life than others
    3. C.
      People with darker skin try to marry people with light skin
    4. D.
      People with darker skin try to protect themselves against social pressures
  2. 2.

    The third paragraph is about       

    1. A.
      some medical effects that skin-lightening products have brought about
    2. B.
      the mental damage that skin-lightening products have caused
    3. C.
      the physical damage that skin-lightening products have caused
    4. D.
      the causes why skin-lightening products can make skin whiter
  3. 3.

    Why are chemicals in beauty care products dangerous?

    1. A.
      They can damage the skin’s color producing progress
    2. B.
      They can control people’s emotions and feelings
    3. C.
      They can make the fingernails and skin black
    4. D.
      They make more people decide to change their skin colors

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The weather predictions for Asia in 2050 read like a story from a doomsday movie．
Many experts and green groups fear they will come true unless there is a united global effort to hold back greenhouse gas outpouring．In the decades to come, Asia—home to more than half the world's 63 billion people—will change from one climate extreme to another, with tired farmers battling droughts, floods, disease, food shortages and rising sea levels．
"It's not a pretty picture," said Steve Sawyer, climate policy adviser with Greenpeace in Amsterdam．Global warming and changes of weather patterns are already occurring and there is more than enough carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere to drive climate change for decades to come．
Already, changes are being felt in Asia but worse is likely to come．Sawyer and top climate bodies say, and could lead to mass migration and widespread human disasters．According to predictions, icebergs will melt faster, some Pacific and Indian Ocean islands will have to evacuate or build sea defenses, storms will become stronger and insects and water-borne diseases will move into new areas as the world warms．
All this comes on top of rising populations and demand for food, water and other resources．Experts say environmental worsening such as deforestation and pollution will likely enlarge the results of climate change．
In what could be a sign of the future, Japan was hit by a record of 10 typhoons and tropical storms this year, while two - thirds of Bangladesh, parts of Nepal and large areas of northeastern India were flooded, affecting 50 million people, destroying livelihoods and making tens of thousands ill．
The year before, a winter cold strike and a summer heat wave killed more than 2,000 people in India．

  1. 1.

    This passage is mainly about ____ ．

    1. A.
      present situation and predictions of environmental problems in Asia
    2. B.
      the weather predictions for Asia in the future and the reasons
    3. C.
      how to improve our environment
    4. D.
      reasons why the world will no longer be suitable for us to live in
  2. 2.

    In the future the Asian farmers will have to face the following except ____ ．

    1. A.
      food shortages
    2. B.
      droughts
    3. C.
      wars
    4. D.
      floods
  3. 3.

    The underlined word "doomsday" in the first paragraph may mean____ ．

    1. A.
      the hell
    2. B.
      the end of the world
    3. C.
      a great world war
    4. D.
      disaster
  4. 4.

    Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

    1. A.
      Asian climate will change greatly．
    2. B.
      Some islands may be flooded in the future．
    3. C.
      More than 50 million people have been ill in Asia the year before．
    4. D.
      People may meet with some new diseases borne from water．

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Jeanne Calment, a French woman, become a record breaker on 17 October 1995, when at the age of 120 years and 238 days, she became the longest-lived human being on record. A Japanese man died in 1986 at the age of 120 years and 237 days.
Jeanne Calment lives in a small old people’s home in the south of France, her husband, her only child and her grandson have all died. She is nearly blind and deaf and is always in a wheelchair, but her doctor describes here as being “more like a 90-year-old in good health” than someone of 120. She still has a lively sense of humor. When asked on the 120th birthday what she expected of the future, she replied, “A very short one.” She also remarked that she thought the good Lord had forgotten all about her.
So what is the key to a long life? According to some doctors, diet, exercise and no smoking are the three important factors. Jeanne Calment has followed two of the tips. She has always eaten a healthy diet, and she used to do exercises every day until she broke her leg at the age of 115. However, until recently she drank two glasses of strong red wine a say, and she does smoke (now only a little). Besides, Jeanne Calment might have got very good genes from her parents. Her father lived to the age of 94 and her mother to 86.
A local lawyer bought her house when she was 80 under an agreement that he would pay her some money every year until her death. It must have seemed a good move at her age, but so far the lawyer has paid her at least three times the value of the house. Every year on her birthday Jeanne Calment sends him a card saying: “Sorry, I’m still alive!”

  1. 1.

    How does Jeanne Calment feel about her old age?

    1. A.
      She feels upset and unhappy
    2. B.
      She is cheerful and humorous
    3. C.
      She likes to live much longer
    4. D.
      She feels she is going to die very soon
  2. 2.

    The text seems to suggest that Jeanne Calment owes her good health and long life to______

    1. A.
      smoking only little every day
    2. B.
      neither smoking nor drinking
    3. C.
      always drinking two glasses of strong red wine a day and never smoking
    4. D.
      the good genes from her parents, a healthy diet and some exercises
  3. 3.

    Which of the following could best explain the underlined word “genes” in the third paragraph?

    1. A.
      good habits of body-building
    2. B.
      Some materials that control the development of a living thing
    3. C.
      Comfortable living conditions
    4. D.
      Something necessary for a person to keep his life
  4. 4.

    Why did Jeanne Calment say “Sorry, I’m still alive!” to the local lawyer?

    1. A.
      She had an agreement with the lawyer when she was 80
    2. B.
      The lawyer has not paid her enough rent yet
    3. C.
      The lawyer has paid her more money than the value of the house
    4. D.
      The house she sold to the lawyer was worth the money already paid

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The early 1900s were very different from today, when toys were still the delight of children everywhere.
Theodore Roosevelt's Presidency marks the beginning of the “Teddy Bear”. In the year 1902，toy bears were named “Teddy” after the president's nickname. The Teddy Bear became known worldwide and it was only a few years later that the Teddy Bears were mass produced.
In 1913，an item called the Erector Set was invented. It was a steel，motorized toy that children could use to build models of anything. Its creator was A．C.Gilbert，a medical doctor.
Charles Pajeau created a similar wooden set called Tinker Toys in the year 1914.Tinker Toys were made for younger children.
Raggedy Ann dolls first came on the scene after newspaper cartoonist Johnny Gruelle reproduced the doll he made for his daughter. That was in 1915.
The following year，an architect's son named John Lloyd Wright，invented Lincoln Logs，which were interlocked to make structures.
Two years after Mickey Mouse was created，stuffed(填塞)Mickey Mouse dolls were made by Charlotte Clark. This was the start of Disney merchandise.
The yo?yo became popular in the United States after Donald Duncan bought a yo?yo company in 1929.
The View?Master，a three dimensional viewer，was developed by a camera enthusiast named William Gruber. The toy became popular when Gruber licensed Disney characters to make still, 3?D images from Disney movies and television programs.
Finally，in 1940，model airplanes were mass produced. They started out as a way for manufacturers to sell planes to the military，but later caught on as a toy.
The toys that we know and love today have had their roots from these ancient times. Thanks to all these creative man’s efforts, we know otherwise what we may never know

  1. 1.

    Why were toy bears named “Teddy”？

    1. A.
      To be suitable for mass production
    2. B.
      To be easily pronounced by children
    3. C.
      To meet the advertisers' needs
    4. D.
      To memorize President Theodore Roosevelt
  2. 2.

    In which aspect do the toys created by Gilbert differ from those by Charles?

    1. A.
      Shape
    2. B.
      Material used
    3. C.
      Themes
    4. D.
      Price
  3. 3.

    When did the View?Master become popular?

    1. A.
      After William Gruber was born
    2. B.
      After Gruber licensed Disney characters
    3. C.
      Two years after Mickey Mouse was created
    4. D.
      When Disney merchandise was started

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It may be one of Britain’s most successful exports – Miss World. This 53-year-old event took place in China last week and attracted over 120 women worldwide with knockout looks in a mad struggle for the crown.
Traditional values have long kept the Chinese, especially women, from displaying beauty. But Chinese people have now changed their attitude toward beauty contest, although some men will still be shouting that the winner is no more beautiful than his wife or his former girl friend or even his mother in a sour tone. But such men are not shouting for the right reason. The question to be asked is : Why isn’t there a Mr. World Beauty Contest?
And a further question to be asked is: Does taking part in a beauty contest show a woman’s  courage, wisdom and liberation or rather the opposite – a forced choice and a revolting act made under conditions of long-term discrimination?
Organizers of such beauty contests claim that the contestants are judged on qualities other than just their physical appearance. But still no answer is given to why there isn’t a Mr. Beauty or a Mr. World Contest? Or at least, why isn’t that kind of contest popular? Why is it that only women’s “qualities” need to be recognized but not men’s?
Think about who is always standing beside a fancy car on show? Is it a boy or a girl? And this is how “qualities” are judged: if the girl looks good, there is little reason why the car beside her is not of high quality.
The beauty contests go on year after year, with winners enjoying fame which quickly disappears. While such events go on and on, what never changes is the routine practice that in every fancy car show, a girl stands beside a fancy car. What never changes is the need to hold a women’s conference every year to appeal for the promotion of respect for and improvement of women. What never changes is the fate of women as a class. So let’s put more time and resources into trying to change all this rather than holding beauty contests

  1. 1.

    Miss World Beauty Contest in Britain has a history of ______

    1. A.
      120 years
    2. B.
      about half a century
    3. C.
      100 years
    4. D.
      about half a year
  2. 2.

    Which of the following is TRUE to the passage?

    1. A.
      Miss World Beauty Contest first began in China
    2. B.
      Women were not allowed to show their beauty in China
    3. C.
      120 women took part in Beauty Contest last week
    4. D.
      Miss World was 54 years old
  3. 3.

    According to the writer,        

    1. A.
      Chinese women are not allowed to display beauty
    2. B.
      the winner of Miss World is not as beautiful as his wife
    3. C.
      some men are not shouting for the right person
    4. D.
      people can accept a beauty contest in China now
  4. 4.

    From the passage we can know the writer thinks that _____________

    1. A.
      contestants’ qualities are more important than their physical appearance
    2. B.
      a Mr. World Contest should be held instead of a Miss World Contest
    3. C.
      a boy should stand by a fancy car
    4. D.
      women’s social status is still low
  5. 5.

    The best title for this passage is ____________

    1. A.
      What about a Mr. World Contest?
    2. B.
      History of Miss World Contest
    3. C.
      Quality or Appearance?
    4. D.
      A Boy Standing beside a Fancy Car

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Vitamin D helps bones and muscles grow strong and healthy. Low levels of vitamin D can lead to diseases such as rickets (佝僂病), mainly found in children. The thinning of bone is a common problem as people, especially women, get older.
But more and more research is suggesting that vitamin D might also help prevent many diseases. The easiest way to get vitamin D is from sunlight. The sun’s ultraviolet (紫外線的) rays react with skin cells to produce vitamin D. But many people worry about getting skin cancer and skin damage from the sun. As a result they stay out of the sun. Also, darker-skinned people produce less vitamin D than lighter-skinned people. The amount also decreases in older people and those living in northern areas that get less sunlight.
Not many foods naturally contain vitamin D. Foods high in this vitamin include oily fish and fish liveroils (魚肝油). Farmed fish have only about one-fourth as much vitamin D as wild fish. Small amounts of vitamin D are found in beef liver, cheese and egg yolks. But most of the vitamin D in the American diet comes from foods such as milk.
Research in the last several years has shown that low levels of vitamin D may increase the risk of heart attacks in men and deaths from some cancers. More doctors are now having their patients tested for their vitamin D levels. But as research continues, some experts worry that if people take too much vitamin D, it might act as a poison. Also, skin doctors warn people to be careful with sun exposure because of the risk of skin cancer

  1. 1.

    The first paragraph is mainly about 　　　　

    1. A.
      the muscle diseases
    2. B.
      the sources of vitamins
    3. C.
      the importance of health
    4. D.
      the functions of vitamin D
  2. 2.

    Which of the following people produce the least amount of vitamin D?______

    1. A.
      Elderly darker-skinned people
    2. B.
      Young lighter-skinned people
    3. C.
      Elderly lighter-skinned people
    4. D.
      Young darker-skinned people
  3. 3.

    People can get the most vitamin D from 　　　　

    1. A.
      beef liver
    2. B.
      cheese
    3. C.
      wild fish
    4. D.
      farmed fish
  4. 4.

    What can we infer from the text?_________

    1. A.
      Being exposed to sunlight is the safest way to get vitamin D
    2. B.
      Lack of vitamin D can make people age quickly
    3. C.
      Proper vitamin D levels people need are still not determined now
    4. D.
      The vitamin D level is higher in men than in women

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Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day
Gift No. 1
Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."
Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善機(jī)構(gòu)). Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things — many of which are "green" and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity

  1. 1.

    What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?

    1. A.
      Take notes
    2. B.
      Be with her
    3. C.
      Buy medicine
    4. D.
      Give her gifts
  2. 2.

    Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?

    1. A.
      In Gift No. 1
    2. B.
      In Gift No. 2
    3. C.
      In Gift No. 3
    4. D.
      In Gift No. 4
  3. 3.

    Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to______.

    1. A.
      enjoy good sleep
    2. B.
      be well-organized
    3. C.
      bet extra support
    4. D.
      give others help

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Some of Man's closest relatives in the animal kingdom are under serious threat because of human activity, according to a recently published report.
Almost one in three of all apes and monkeys are now considered to be in danger of dying out and disappearing from our planet, if action is not taken soon.
The report, which was produced for the World Conservation Union (WCU), shows that 114 of the world's 394 kinds could be lost forever, and the main reason they are threatened is the continuing loss of forests where most of these animals live. In addition, illegal wildlife trade, climate change and commercial（商業(yè)的）hunting for meat are also endangering them.
What's more, the problem is getting worse. The number of species on the organization’s Red List has increased by 3 to 25 since 2005.
Russell Mittermeier, the main researcher of the WCU report, said, "You could fit(安置) all the surviving members of these 25 species in a single football stadium. So the problem is obviously urgent."
The scientists, who drew up the Red List, believe that the situation is now so bad that if action is not taken immediately, it will result in primate(靈長目動物) species dying out - something which has not happened in over a century.
The loss of habitat caused by the clearing of forests for wood, farmland and fuel continues to be the main reason for the decreasing number of primates, according to the report, and the problem was most severe in Asia.
The loss of forest trees is also responsible for 20 percent of all greenhouse gases - more than all the cars, trucks, trains and airplanes in the world combined

  1. 1.

    What is the main subject of the report discussed in the text?

    1. A.
      Climate change
    2. B.
      Loss of animal habitat
    3. C.
      Animal protection
    4. D.
      Endangered animals
  2. 2.

    How many animals were on the Red List in 2005?

    1. A.
      22
    2. B.
      19
    3. C.
      25
    4. D.
      28
  3. 3.

    The spokesman refers to 'a football stadium' in paragraph 5 to stress that ______

    1. A.
      the animals enjoy playing sports
    2. B.
      these animals should be placed there for protection
    3. C.
      there are not many of these animals left
    4. D.
      the report was announced there
  4. 4.

    What is the main cause of the greenhouse gas problem according to the text?

    1. A.
      Airplanes
    2. B.
      Loss of trees
    3. C.
      Factory pollution
    4. D.
      Road vehicles

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I woke up late and had breakfast in a hurry. I had never been late and didn’t want my boss to be unsatisfied.
However, it seemed that the day wasn’t a lucky one for me from the very second I left my flat. The moment I wanted to rush downstairs, one of my stiletto heels (細(xì)高跟) broke. I had to return to change my red shoes. I also had to change my purse and other little things that I had tried to match with the shoes. I was sure I would be late for work.
On my way to work I had to wait for over half an hour because of an accident. I had no choice but to wait. I phoned my boss and he told me that it was no problem, but he needed me for the meeting with the Japanese clients (客戶) that morning.
Finally, I arrived at the office one hour later. I had to keep calm and be fresh for the meeting to make the clients sure that our plan was the best for their future business project. However, I left the plan I had made the night before at home and was going to make a presentation (介紹) about it to the clients. I was about to get angry when I realized that I had a copy of it in my office.
At last, the meeting came to an end and it turned out to be successful. But I have to say that I had a terrible day, full of incidents

  1. 1.

    Which of the following is NOT the reason of the writer being late for her work?

    1. A.
      She got up late in the morning
    2. B.
      She changed her purse and other little things
    3. C.
      One of her shoe heels broke
    4. D.
      She had a traffic accident on the way to work
  2. 2.

    According to the passage, what could we learn about the writer?

    1. A.
      Her boss was very angry with her
    2. B.
      She often arrived at her office on time
    3. C.
      She left her plan on the bus
    4. D.
      She was nervous at the meeting
  3. 3.

    What did the clients think of the writer’s presentation?

    1. A.
      Dull
    2. B.
      Just so-so
    3. C.
      Excellent
    4. D.
      Terrible
  4. 4.

    Which old saying could be used to describe the writer’s incidents?

    1. A.
      Failure is the mother of success
    2. B.
      A good beginning makes a good ending
    3. C.
      Where there is a will, there is a way
    4. D.
      One trouble never comes alone

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I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓約) mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends, and they to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion (提升)， the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure (空閑), it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an e-mail. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours, our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination. I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned. By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face. Learn to be happy. And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived

  1. 1.

    The best title of this passage probably is ______.

    1. A.
      Love your friends
    2. B.
      Live a real life
    3. C.
      Don’t waste time
    4. D.
      Be a good mother and wife
  2. 2.

    How did the author form her view of life?

    1. A.
      By working and social experience
    2. B.
      Learning from her friends
    3. C.
      Through an unfortunate experience
    4. D.
      Because of her children and husband
  3. 3.

    The underlined sentence “It is so easy to exist instead of to live” in the fifth paragraph probably means______.

    1. A.
      it is so easy to keep alive but not to live a real life
    2. B.
      it is very hard to live a real life
    3. C.
      it is more difficult to exist than to live a happy life
    4. D.
      it is so easy to make a living
  4. 4.

    What is the author’s attitude toward work?

    1. A.
      Do it well to serve others
    2. B.
      To earn enough money to make life better
    3. C.
      Try your best to get higher position and pay
    4. D.
      Don’t let it affect your real life
  5. 5.

    It can be inferred from the passage that______.

    1. A.
      the author is a success in personal life
    2. B.
      the author didn’t try her best to work well
    3. C.
      the author spent all her time caring for her children
    4. D.
      the author likes traveling very much

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