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Old age may not sound exciting.But recent findings offer good news for older pepole and for people worried about getting older.
Researches found that people become happier and experience less worry after they reach the age of fifty.In fact,they say by the age of eighty—five,people are happier with their life than they were when they were eighteen years old.
The findings came from a survey of more than 340,000 adults in the United States.The Gallup Organization questioned them by telephone in 2008.At that time,the people were between the ages of eighteen and eighty—five.The searches asked questions about emotions like happiness,sadness and worry.They also asked about mental or emotional stress.
Arthur Stone in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science at Stony Brook University in New York led the study.His team found that levels of stress were highest among adults  between the ages of twenty—two and twenty—five.The findings showed that stress levels dropped sharply after people reached their fifties.Happiness was highest among the youngest adults and those in their early seventies.The people least likely to report feeling negative emotions were those in their seventies and eighties.
The study also showed that men and women had similar emotional patterns as they grew older.Hower,women at all ages reported more sadness,stress and worry than men.Researchers say they do not know why happiness increases as people get older.One theory is that,as people grow older,they grow more thankful for what they have and have better control of their emotion .They also spend less time thinking about bad experiences.
The researchers also considered possible influences like having young children,being unemployed or being single.But they found that influences like these did not affect the levels of happiness and well—being related to age.
小题1: How did the researchers find older people happier?
A.They did a series of experiments.
B.They made a written survey about the old people.
C.They interviewed people of different ages face to face.
D.They telephoned people between the ages of 18 and 85.
小题2:When do people feel happier according to the passage?
A.In their twentiesB.In their fifties
C.After their seventiesD.When they were born
小题3:Which one is NOT related to the happiness of old people?
A.Less stressB.Away from working
C.Controlling of emotionsD.More thankfulness
小题4:Which is the best title for the passage?
A.No Worrying about Getting Older
B.Older Men are Happier than Older Women
C.The Factors Affecting the Happiness of Old people
D.For Lots of people,Getting Older Means Getting Happy

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小题1:D
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:D
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Energy is very important in modern life. People use energy to run machines, heat and cool their homes, cook, give light, and transport people and products from place to place. Most energy comes from fossil fuels—petroleum, coal, and natural gas. However, burning fuels causes pollution. Also, if we don’t find new kinds of energy, we will use up all the fossil fuels in the twenty-first century. Scientists are working hard to find other kinds of energy for the future. What might these sources of energy be?
Energy from the wind
All over the world, people use the power of the wind. It turns windmills and moves sailboats. It is a clean source of energy, and there is lots of it. Unfortunately, if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy.
Energy from water
When water moves from a high place to a lower place, it makes energy. This energy is used to create electricity. In Brittany, France, for example, waterpower produces enough energy to light a town of 40,000people. Waterpower gives energy without pollution. However, people have to build dams to use this energy. Dams cost a lot of money, so water energy is expensive.
Energy from the earth
There is heat in rocks under the earth. Scientists use this heat to make geothermal energy. San Francisco gets half of the energy it needs from geothermal power. This kind of energy is cheap, but it is possible only in a few places in the world.
Energy from the sun
Solar panels on the roofs of houses can turn energy from the sun into electricity. These panels can create enough energy to heat an entire house. Solar power is clean and there is a lot of it in sunny places. But when the weather is bad, there is no sunlight for energy.
小题1:What does this passage mainly talk about?
A.Advantage of the energy from nature.
B.The future of the energy.
C.Scientists have been working hard to research other kinds of energy.
D.energy is the most important power in the word.
小题2:From the first paragraph we know ______.
A.energy can do everything for people
B.all the energy causes pollution
C.the new kinds of energy are badly needed
D.scientists have found other kinds of energy for the future
小题3:What is the writer’s opinion about the energy?
A.Try to use water energy more though it costs a lot.
B.Each natural energy has its own advantages and disadvantages.
C.Solar power is environmental.
D.Wind power is the cheapest but we can’t get.
小题4:What can be inferred from the passage?
A.In order to protect our environment, we should try other kinds of energy.
B.All scientists in the world will unite to find energy.
C.People in modern life use energy every day.
D.Energy changes people’s lives.

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As you grow rapidly through your teenage years,you will experience a lot of changes.The changes may seem difficult and they may seem to happen quickly.Don"t panic!You will deal successfully with them!You are a young adult now!
With more responsibility,you will find more freedom to make your own choices.This is a time to be well informed about your choices so that you can make healthy balanced decisions that will help shape your future.You may already know your career path or you may have no idea at all what you want to do.Both situations are fine!Work hard and the right opportunity will present itself to you.
Young adulthood means greater freedom and more choices.You will probably want to be independent.But try not to shut your family out of your life.You should learn to think of others even though you are old enough to look after yourself.Your family have been with you since you came into this world.
It is also perfectly natural in this time for you to spend more time with your friends than your family.Choose your friends wisely.A true friend will stand by you no matter what happens.
This period is part of the life cycle.There are some__people who will be with you throughout life"s journey and there will be some people with whom you part and go separate ways.Leaving school can be hard.The reality is that you may not ever see all of your classmates again.
You are a young adult.It is your life.No one can live it for you.The choices that you make from now on will be your choices.So making the right choices will be important to you.Life is for living.Enjoy your life wisely!
小题1:The best title for this passage would be   ________.
A.The Choices in Life B.The Key to Success
C.Say Goodbye to the Past D.Becoming a Young Adult
小题2:Who do the underlined words“some people”(Paragraph 5)probably refer to?
A.your parents B.your classmates C.true friends D.your relatives
小题3:The author thinks teenage years are   ________.
A.a period of complete freedom
B.too hard for young people to get through
C.an important time for the young to make the right choices
D.a very important period for young students to leave their parents
小题4:Who is the passage mainly written for?
A.Teenagers B.Teachers C.Young parents D.Adults

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A scientist turns out to be able to see the future by offering each of some four-year-olds a piece of candy and watching how he or she deals with it. Some children reach eagerly for the treat they see. Some last a few minutes before they give in. But others are determined to wait until the last moment.
By the time the children reach high school, something remarkable has happened. A survey found that those who as four-year-olds had enough self-control to hold out generally grew up to be more popular, adventurous, confident and dependable. The children who gave in to temptation early on were more likely to be lonely, easily frustrated and inflexible .
Actually, the ability to delay reward is a sign of emotional intelligence which doesn’t show up on an IQ test.
The hardware of the brain and the software of the mind have long been scientists’ concerns. But brain theory can’t explain what we wonder about most, like the question why some people remain upbeat in the face of troubles that would sink a less resistant soul.   
Here comes the theory of Daniel Goleman, writer of Emotional Intelligence: when it comes to predicting people’s success, brain ability as measured by IQ may actually matter less than the qualities of mind once thought of as “character”.
EQ is not the opposite of IQ. What researchers have been trying to understand is how they work together; how one’s ability to handle stress, for instance, affects the ability to concentrate and put intelligence to use. Among the elements for success, researchers now generally agree that IQ counts for about 20%; the rest depends on everything from social class to luck.
While many researchers in this relatively new field are glad to see emotional issues finally taken seriously, some few fear EQ invites misuse.
小题1:Which of the following is true of EQ and IQ according to the text?
A.The higher a person’s EQ is, the higher his or her IQ is.
B.The higher a person’s IQ is, the higher his or her EQ is.
C.Some people can be blessed with lots of both, but some with little of either.
D.Scientists have already discovered the way in which EQ and IQ work together.
小题2: The underlined word “upbeat” in Paragraph 4 probably means         .
A.kindB.floatingC.excitedD.optimistic
小题3:What is most likely to be written in the paragraph that follows?
A.Information about famous people with high EQ.
B.Examples showing the opposite voice about EQ.
C.Some reasons why EQ is a relatively new field.
D.Strong demand for basic emotional education.

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There are two types of twins; identical and non-identical twins. Identical twins are formed from a single egg in mother’s body which divides to from two separate babies. Identical twins look the same, and are often dressed by their parents in clothes of the same colors. It is often difficult to tell identical twins from each other, even when they are standing side by side. Non-identical twins come into being when the mother produces two separated eggs a the same time, both of which grow to form babies. In this case the twins look like normal brothers and sisters and are easy to tell one from the other.
  In the 1970s and 1980s a scientist did some research into twins. He invited many pairs of identical twins to university and asked them to take part in a week of tests. He was particularly interested in adopted (收养) twins who had been separated at birth. He would give the twins different kinds of tests to study their speed of thinking, their speech, their memory, the ways they saw and heard different things, and so on. Time and time again he found separated twins who preferred clothes of the same color, used the same kind of shaving soap, wore the same shaped square glasses and the same colored socks.
  There is a third type of twins, but it is a very unusual one. Twins which are joined together at birth are known in western countries as Siamese twins.
小题1:It is difficult to tell identical twins apart because _______.
A.they are dressed in the same clothesB.they are dressed in the same color
C.they are very alikeD.they are standing side by side
小题2:If the twins are easy to tell from each other, they are ______.
A.very probably non-identical twinsB.surely identical twins
C.surely identical twinsD.always a brother and a sister
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true according to this passage?
A.In the 1970s and 1980s a scientist did some research into the two main types of twins.
B.In the week of tests, he tested their speed of thinking, their speech, their memory and some other things.
C.There were twins who had been separated from each other as soon as they were born.
D.Very often, separated twins were found to choose things of the same kind, the same shape and the same color.
小题4:This passage mainly tells us _______.
A.the main types of twinsB.what has been found out about twins
C.how twins are formedD.how a scientist studied twins

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There were two interesting pieces of news items in the paper a few years ago. One was about a man who received a bill from the telephone company for $ 2,000 a month for doing nothing.
  The connection between the two news items is simple; computers-the best invention of the 20th century. The telephone bill came from a computer which made a terrifying mistake; that man’s bill was only $ 23.26. The other item was not as amusing. A man walked into the unguarded computer room of a large packaged food company and expertly programmed the computer to pay him $ 2,000 a month for raw meat which he “supplied ” to the company. Of course he never sent the meat, but he certainly received the money . The computer wrote out a bill, and even “signed ” it. It was only a random (随便) check that uncovered the trick. It could be happening in thousands of other companies all over the world.
  Computers are not the magical workers that some people say they are. They make mistakes, they’re sometimes slower than human beings and they’re easily fooled.
  The US used to conscript (征兵) people with the help of a computer. The army sent out a card, which had to be filled in and sent back. It was easy to avoid being called up simply by spreading candle-wax(腊) on the card. The computer couldn’t read the card, and did nothing with it.
  It’s in our everyday life that computers cause many problems. Let’s get back to using people instead of computers, before a mistake that we can’t put right.
小题1:In the first paragraph we can conclude ______.
A.the paper is telling a lieB.the first sentence is the topic sentence
C.the two news items made people surprised
D.if a man did nothing at all for the telephone company, he would still get $2,000 a month
小题2:The main idea of the second paragraph is _______.
A.the computers are magical workers
B.the computers can do anything as well as man
C.the computers can write out the bill and even sign it
D.the computers sometimes also make mistakes
小题3:Computers ______.
A.were used to conscript peopleB.are usually faster than human beings
C.are not so magical as people expect
D.were not easily controlled and always fooled human beings
小题4:The writer thinks _______.
A.we’d better use people instead of computers in our everyday life
B.we should not use computers because they always make mistakes
C.computers are widely used in our everyday life
D.if we want to work well, don’t use the computers

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