C. To ask the patients’ feeling about the
disease.
D. To stop the drugs to see if the virus comes back.
5.  Other scientists are looking at experiments
that are similar in that they are
  A.
costly.      
                                           
B. economical.
  C.
traditional.      
                                     
D. bold.
 
Medicine Award Kicks
off Nobel Prize Announcements
    1.
 Who is NOT a likely candidate for this year's
Nobel Prize in medicine?
  
     A 
Elizabeth Blackburn.  B  Carol
Greider . 
   C 
Linda Buck.   
D  Pierre Chambon.
2.  Which is NOT true of Alfred Nobel?
  
     A 
He was from Sweden
B He was the inventor of dynamite.
  
     C 
He established the prizes in his
will             
D He gave clear instructions on how to select winners.
3.  Which was NOT originally one of the Nobel
Prizes?
  
     A 
The medicine prize.  
  B  The
literature prize.  
C  The peace
prize.     
   
D  The economics prize.
4.  The word "kicks" in line 6 from the bottom
probably means
   
    A 
excitement.                                        
B  income.
   
    C 
motivation.                                        
D  knowledge.
5.  The research by Blackburn and Greider helps
suggest the role of
   
    A 
money in medical research.
B  proteins in cancer treatment.
  
     C 
hormones in the functioning of
life.      
D  telomerase in the growth of cancer
cells.
Obesity: the Scourge of
the Western World
1.  it is estimated that there are _____ people
suffering from obesity in the world.


       
A.
250,000,000            
B.
1,200,000,000    
C.
1,450,000,000                
D. 950,000,000
2.  It seems that the _____ people are least
affected by obesity among the developed countries and areas
mentioned in the passage.


       
A. European
       
   B. German
     
  C. American
    
    D.
Japanese
3.  Which of the following is most often
accompanied by obesity?


      
A. high blood pressure.
                           
B. Fatty tissue complaints.


       
C. Diabetes.
                                    
D. Stomach-ache.
4.  What is the correlation between body weight
and heart disease and blood pressure?


       
A. Ten per cent less body weight means ten per cent less risk of
heart disease and high
blood pressure.


       
B. Thirteen per cent more body weight means ten per cent more risk
of heart disease and high blood pressure.


       
C. The more body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease
and high blood pressure he has.


       
D. The less body weight one gains, the more risk of heart disease
and the less risk of high blood pressure he has.
5.   From the last paragraph
we may infer that one of the effective measures suggested by Ludnik
to prevent children from being obese would be


       
A. not to permit them to watch TV at all.


       
B. to tell them to spend less time watching TV.


       
C. to turn off TV when they are in front of TV sets.
  D. to calculate accurately the time that a
child spends watching TV.
 
Egypt felled by
famine（此篇文章与理工C相同，详细内容参见P104）
1．    Why
does the author mention “ pyramid builders” ?
A Because they once worked miracles.
B Because they were well-built.
C Because they were actually very weak.
D Because even they were unable to rescue their
civilisation.
2.  Which of the following factors was
ultimately responsible for the fall of the civilisation of ancient
Egypt?
A Change of climate.
                             
B Famine.
C
Flood.                                                 
D Population growth.
3.  Which of the following statements is
true?
A The White Nile is the trunk of the River Nile.
B The White Nile is the trunk of the Blue Nile.
C The White Nile is a branch of the Blue Nile.
D The White Nile and the Blue Nile are branches of the River
Nile.
4.   According to Krom,
Egypt’s Old Kingdom fell
A immediately after a period of drought.
B immediately after a period of flood.
C just before a drought struck.
D just before a flood struck.
5.  The word “ devastating” in the last
paragraph could be best replaced by
A “
frustrating”.      
B “ damaging”
.   
   C “ defeating” .
   D “ worrying” .
 
Spacing in Animals
（此篇文章与综合C相同，详细内容参见P32）
1.  Which of the following is the most
appropriate definition of Flight Distance?
 
    A.
Distance between animals of the same species before fleeing.
 
    B.
Distance between large and small animals before fleeing.
 
    C.
Distance between an animal and its enemy before fleeing.
 
    D.
Distance between certain animal species before fleeing.
  2.  If an animal’s critical
distance is penetrated, it will


    
 A. begin to attack.
                                  
    B.
try to hide.
 
    C.
begin to jump.
                             
    D.
run away.
  3.  According to the
passage, social distance refers to
 
    A.
physical distance.
                               
B. psychological distance.


    
 C. physiological distance.
                        
D. philosophical distance.
   
  4.  Which of the following
could best replace the word “band” in “We can think of it as a
hidden band that contains the group” (in Paragraph 3.?
 
    A.
Strip of
land                                        
B. Distance


    
 C.
Society                                                
D. Community
   
  5.  The example of the children
holding hands when crossing the street in the last paragraph shows
that
 
    A.
social distance is not always needed.
 
    B.
there is no social distance among small children.


    
 C. humans are different from animals in social
distance.
 
   D. social
distance is sometimes determined by outside factors.
 
Fruit and Vegetable
Juices as Beneficial to Health as Fruits and Veggies
1.  What on earth in both fruits and vegetables
and their juices plays the most important role in reducing risk for
diseases?
 
  A 
Proteins.  
         B 
Vitamins. 
   
C 
Carbohydrates.  
    D 
Fiber and antioxidant.
2.  The judgment that fruit and vegetable
juices are less beneficial to reducing chronic disease development
is
 
  A 
evident      
B 
obvious      
C 
incorrect           
D  conclusive
3.  The review of the literature has documented
the important role of fruit and vegetable juices in reducing the
risk of various disease, _________ in particular.
  
 A  lung
problems                             
  
    B 
cancer and cardiovascular disease
  
 C  stomach and intestine
disorders            
   D  ear, nose
and throat troubles
4.  A large epidemiological study also found
that using various 100% fruit and vegetable juices contributed to a
reduced risk for_________.
 
  A  Alzheimer's
disease         
            
   B 
inherited disease
  
 C  infectious
disease            
         
   D 
blood-transmitted disease
5.  People who drink 3--4 servings of fruit and
vegetable juices weekly may _______ risk of developing Alzheimer's
disease _______ those who drink only once a week.
 
  A  have
twenty-three percent higher, than
 
  B  have three
quarters lower, than
  
 C  be one hundred and
twenty'three percent as high, as
   
D  be one hundred and seventy-six percent as high,
as
 
In-line Skating and Injuries
1. How many people took part in in-line skating in the US in
1995?
A  About 17.7
million.      
                       
B More than 17.7 million.
C  Fewer than 17.7
million.  
               
     
D Exactly 17.7 million.
2.  Which of the following is NOT mentioned as
one of the most common reasons for injuries?
A Skating with wrist and elbow
wounds.                    
B Losing one’s balance due to road debris.
C Being unable to stop due to high
speed.           
D Falling down when doing a trick.
3.  What are the things experts might NOT
advise youngsters to wear?
A Wrist guards.
                                              
B Elbow and knee pads.
C Helmets of some kind.
                                 
D Boots and thick clothes.
4.  “ Truck- surfing” means
A skating inside a truck while it is
moving.         
B skating while holding onto a moving truck.
C skating at a speed faster than a
truck.               
D skating at the end of a moving truck.
5.  According to the last paragraph, bumping
with a motor vehicle took up
    of
the deaths reported since 1992.
A over 80%
                                                   
B below 80%
C about 31%
                                                 
D about 36%

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reduction [ri´dʌkʃən]   n.减少；缩小；降低   (初中英语单词)

analysis [ə´næləsis]   n.分解；分析(结果)   (初中英语单词)

treatment [´tri:tmənt]   n.待遇；对待；治疗   (初中英语单词)

failure [´feiljə]   n.失败；衰竭；破产   (初中英语单词)

healthy [´helθi]   a.健康的   (初中英语单词)

replace [ri´pleis]   vt.放回；复置；取代   (初中英语单词)

extremely [ik´stri:mli]   ad.极端地；非常地   (初中英语单词)

severe [si´viə]   a.严厉的；苛刻的   (初中英语单词)

intelligent [in´telidʒənt]   a.聪明的；理智的   (初中英语单词)

paragraph [´pærəgrɑ:f]   n.段；节 vt.将…分段   (初中英语单词)

sleeping [´sli:piŋ]   n.&a.睡着(的)   (初中英语单词)

effective [i´fektiv]   a.有效的；有力的   (初中英语单词)

import [im´pɔ:t, ´impɔ:t]   vt.&n.进口；输入   (初中英语单词)

costly [´kɔstli]   a.昂贵的；费用大的   (初中英语单词)

encourage [in´kʌridʒ]   vt.鼓励；怂勇；促进   (初中英语单词)

permanent [´pə:mənənt]   a.永久的；不变的   (初中英语单词)

mental [´mentl]   a.精神的；心理的   (初中英语单词)

illness [´ilnis]   n.生病，不健康，疾病   (初中英语单词)

readily [´redili]   ad.乐意地；容易地   (初中英语单词)

emotional [i´məuʃənəl]   a.易动感情的；情感的   (初中英语单词)

otherwise [´ʌðəwaiz]   ad.另外 conj.否则   (初中英语单词)

definitely [´definitli]   ad.明确地；绝对   (初中英语单词)

muscle [´mʌsəl]   n.肌肉；体力；力量   (初中英语单词)

fortunate [´fɔ:tʃənət]   a.幸运的，侥幸的   (初中英语单词)

miserable [´mizərəbəl]   a.悲惨的；可怜的   (初中英语单词)

suffering [´sʌfəriŋ]   n.痛苦；灾害   (初中英语单词)

briefly [´bri:fli]   ad.简短地；简略地   (初中英语单词)

intention [in´tenʃən]   n.意图；打算；意义   (初中英语单词)

depression [di´preʃən]   n.沮丧，抑郁；萧条   (初中英语单词)

relative [´relətiv]   a.有关系的 n.亲属   (初中英语单词)

factor [´fæktə]   n.因素；原动力；要素   (初中英语单词)

medical [´medikəl]   a.医学的；医疗的   (初中英语单词)

economy [i´kɔnəmi]   n.经济；机制；组织   (初中英语单词)

ambitious [æm´biʃəs]   a.有雄心的；热望的   (初中英语单词)

western [´westən]   a.西的；西方的   (初中英语单词)

project [prə´dʒekt, ´prɔdʒekt]   v.设计；投掷 n.计划   (初中英语单词)

absent [´æbsənt, əb´sent]   a.不在的 vt.使缺席   (初中英语单词)

candidate [´kændideit]   n.候选人；投考者   (初中英语单词)

research [ri´sə:tʃ]   n.&vi.调查；探究；研究   (初中英语单词)

cancer [´kænsə]   n.癌；毒瘤   (初中英语单词)

pressure [´preʃə]   n.压榨 vt.对…施压力   (初中英语单词)

actually [´æktʃuəli]   ad.事实上；实际上   (初中英语单词)

unable [ʌn´eibəl]   a.不能的；无能为力的   (初中英语单词)

rescue [´reskju:]   vt.&n.救援；挽救   (初中英语单词)

responsible [ri´spɔnsəbəl]   a.尽责的；责任重大的   (初中英语单词)

flight [flait]   n.逃走；飞行；班机   (初中英语单词)

review [ri´vju:]   v.&n.复习；回顾；检查   (初中英语单词)

literature [´litərətʃə]   n.文学；文献；著作   (初中英语单词)

vegetable [´vedʒtəbəl]   a.&n.蔬菜(的)；植物   (初中英语单词)

stomach [´stʌmək]   n.胃；胃口，食欲   (初中英语单词)

throat [θrəut]   n.咽喉；嗓子；出入口   (初中英语单词)

weekly [´wi:kli]   a.&ad.每周一次(的)   (初中英语单词)

starch [stɑ:tʃ]   n.淀粉 vt.给…上浆   (高中英语单词)

finding [´faindiŋ]   n.发现物；判断；结果   (高中英语单词)

organism [´ɔ:gənizəm]   n.生物体；有机体   (高中英语单词)

behavior [bi´heiviə]   n.举止，行为   (高中英语单词)

environment [in´vaiərənmənt]   n.郊区；周围；条件   (高中英语单词)

seeing [si:iŋ]   see的现在分词 n.视觉   (高中英语单词)

headache [´hedeik]   n.头痛；使人头痛的事   (高中英语单词)

external [ik´stə:nəl]   a.外部的；外面的   (高中英语单词)

occurrence [ə´kʌrəns]   n.发生；(偶发)事件   (高中英语单词)

nursery [´nə:səri]   n.托儿所；苗床；养鱼场   (高中英语单词)

positive [´pɔzətiv]   a.确定的   (高中英语单词)

relationship [ri´leiʃənʃip]   n.关系；联系；亲属关系   (高中英语单词)

exclusive [ik´sklu:siv]   a.独有的；集中的   (高中英语单词)

separation [,sepə´reiʃən]   n.分离；分开；分居   (高中英语单词)

ignore [ig´nɔ:]   vt.忽视，不理，不顾   (高中英语单词)

tissue [´tiʃu:, -sju:]   n.织物，薄绢，纸   (高中英语单词)

critical [´kritikəl]   a.批评的；关键性的   (高中英语单词)

severely [si´viəli]   ad.剧烈地；严格地   (高中英语单词)

symptom [´simptəm]   n.症状，症候   (高中英语单词)

impatient [im´peiʃənt]   a.不耐烦的，急躁的   (高中英语单词)

bearing [´beəriŋ]   n.举止；忍耐；关系   (高中英语单词)

chestnut [´tʃesnʌt]   n.栗子；栗树；栗色(马)   (高中英语单词)

crisis [´kraisis]   n.转折点；危机   (高中英语单词)

specific [spi´sifik]   a.具体的；特有的   (高中英语单词)

promotion [prə´məuʃən]   n.促进；提升；倡仪   (高中英语单词)

pacific [pə´sifik]   a.和平的；温和的   (高中英语单词)

eliminate [i´limineit]   vt.消除；淘汰   (高中英语单词)

approximately [ə´prɔksimətli]   ad.近似地，几乎正确地   (高中英语单词)

inventor [in´ventə]   n.发明者   (高中英语单词)

originally [ə´ridʒənəli]   ad.本来；独创地   (高中英语单词)

scourge [skə:dʒ]   v.&n.鞭(打)；严惩   (高中英语单词)

species [´spi:ʃi:z]   n.(生物的)种，类   (高中英语单词)

experimental [ik,speri´mentl]   a.实验的   (英语四级单词)

prevention [pri´venʃən]   n.预防；阻止；妨碍   (英语四级单词)

evolution [,i:və´lu:ʃən]   n.进化；发展；发育   (英语四级单词)

noticeable [´nəutisəbəl]   a.显著的；值得注意的   (英语四级单词)

traditional [trə´diʃənəl]   a.传统的，习惯的   (英语四级单词)

chicago [ʃi´kɑ:gəu]   n.芝加哥   (英语四级单词)

virtually [´və:tʃuəli]   ad.实际上，实质上   (英语四级单词)

blight [blait]   n.打击 vt.摧残   (英语四级单词)

economics [i:kə´nɔmiks, i:,-]   n.经济学   (英语四级单词)

accurately [´ækjuritli]   ad.准确地；精密地   (英语四级单词)

drought [draut]   n.旱灾；干旱   (英语四级单词)

definition [,defi´niʃən]   n.限定；定义；明确   (英语四级单词)

psychological [,saikə´lɔdʒikəl]   a.心理学(上)的   (英语四级单词)

beneficial [,beni´fiʃəl]   a.有利的，有益的   (英语四级单词)

vehicle [´vi:ikəl]   n.车辆；媒介物   (英语四级单词)

irritable [´iritəbəl]   a.急躁的；过敏的   (英语六级单词)

chronic [´krɔnik]   a.慢性的；剧烈的   (英语六级单词)

diseased [di´zi:zd]   a.生病的；有病的   (英语六级单词)

grower [´grəuə]   n.种植者，栽培者   (英语六级单词)

taking [´teikiŋ]   a.迷人的 n.捕获物   (英语六级单词)

weeping [´wi:piŋ]   a.&n.哭泣(的)   (英语六级单词)

immunity [i´mju:niti]   n.免疫；免除   (英语六级单词)

insufficient [,insə´fiʃənt]   a.不足的，无能的   (英语六级单词)

philosophical [,filə´sɔfikəl]   a.哲学(上)的；冷静的   (英语六级单词)

holding [´həuldiŋ]   n.保持，固定，存储   (英语六级单词)