How time flies, unconsciously the next winter vacation will soon come. In order to i
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B.are
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D.were
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Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, Tokyo? Heaven Air will take you there, at all times of the day or night, right through the week. But Heaven Air flies not only to the biggest cities, we also fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very center of Asia, Africa and South America.
People fly with Heaven Air because they know they will leave on time and arrive on time, They know that they will receive the best food and watch the best films.
Heaven Air is second to none.
Heaven Air is the name of______ .
A.a plane
B.an airline
C.a travel service
D.an advertising program
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When I talk about money this way to a group, there is always someone who comes up to me and says, " Suze, you are so wrong. Money isn't the key to life—this is!" At which point their wallet flies open and they show me a photo of their family.
That's when things get interesting, because I start asking them questions: Did you take that photo with your own camera? It looks like a beautiful beach, was the photo taken on a family vacation? Do you hope to help those beautiful boys and girls go to college?
As their answers are "yes" , I ask them how they provide all of that for their family. That's when they understand that I had it right.
I totally agree that family and friends are of great importance to our well being; without meaningful relationships, there's no chance of ever being truly happy. That's why, every Saturday night, I end my CNBC show with the following words:" People first. Then money. Then things. "
How we deal with the money we have also plays into our happiness. Over the past few decades (十年), the percentage of Americans who say they're happy hasn't changed much, while at the same time the average income has doubled. So we have more money, but we're not much happier on average.
A paradox(悖论) ? Far from it. My sense is that while we're making more money, we aren't making more of the money we make. We have to pay for a lot of things, and we have to worry a-bout saving for retirement (退休) in a way that our parents and grandparents never did. And as man-y of you know, it's really hard to increase your happiness when you've got a lot of money worries.
Do you agree, or am I way off base? I'd love to know what do you think about the money/ happiness connection.
Why do people often show the author their family photos?
A.They hope to show money is very important.
B.They want to prove they can afford a holiday.
C.They think a good family makes them truly happy.
D.They believe a happy person considers people first.
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They want to go quickly, and safely, across the country, across the sea, or right across the world -- and they know Bel Air will take them where they want to go, when they want to go. Bel air flies all the newest, and fastest aeroplanes, to more towns and cities, in more countries of the world, than any other airline.
Do you want to go to Paris, Washington, Tokyo? Bel Air will take you there, at all times of the day or night, right through the week. But Bel Air flies not only to the big cities, we fly two or three times a week to towns and cities in the very heart of Asia, Africa and South America.
People who travel a lot fly with Bel Air, because they know they will leave on time, and arrive on time. They know that the food they will receive, and the films they will watch, will be of the very best.
Bel Air is second to none.
People who fly with Bel Air______.
A.know they will travel a lot
B.get what they want quickly and safely
C.know that everything will be just right
D.always travel right across the world
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A.They hope to show money is very important.
B.They want to prove they can afford a holiday.
C.They think a good family makes them truly happy.
D.They believe a happy person considers people first.
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1). Heaven Air is the name of ().
2). Travelling with Heaven Air is ().
3). Heaven Air can take you to Paris ().
4). Most flights of Heaven Air go to ().
5). According to the advertisement, Heaven Air believes it is ().
(1).A、a plane
B、an airline
C、a travel service
D、an advertising program
(2).A、comfortable but expensive
B、cheap and pleasant
C、exciting but tiring
D、quick and safe
(3).A、on weekends only
B、just on weekdays
C、any time in a week
D、two or three times a week
(4).A、big cities
B、small towns
C、both big and small cities
D、the very center of Asia
(5).A、the second biggest in the world
B、the second best in the world
C、the biggest in the world
D、the best in the world
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Health Care and Epidemics (流行病)
Everyone suffers from disease at some time or another. However, millions of people around the world do not have good health care. Sometimes they have no money to pay for medical treatment. Sometimes they have money, but there is no doctor. Sometimes the doctor does not know how to treat the disease, and sometimes there is no treatment. Some people are afraid of doctors. When these conditions are present in large population centers, epidemics can start.
Epidemics can change history. Explorations and wars cause different groups of people to come into contact with other. They carry strange disease to each other. For example, when the Europeans first came to North and South America, they brought diseases with them that killed about 95 percent of the Native American population.
People are very afraid of unknown things, especially diseases. People have all kinds of ideas about how to prevent and treat disease. Some people think that if you eat lots of onions or garlic, you won' t get sick. Others say you should take huge amounts of vitamins. Scientific experiments have not proved most of these theories. However, people still spend millions of dollars on vitamins and other probably useless treatments or preventatives. Some people want antibiotics whenever they get sick. Some antibiotics are very expensive. Much of this money is wasted because some diseases are caused by a virus. Viruses are even smaller than bacteria, and they cause different kinds of diseases. Antibiotics are useless against viruses.
Because of their fear, people can be cruel to victims of disease. Sometimes they fire them from their jobs, throw them out of their apartments, and refuse them transportation services.
In the plague (瘟疫) epidemics a few hundred years ago, people simply covered the doors and windows of the victim' s houses and left them to die inside, all in an effort to protect themselves from getting sick.
Doctors know how most epidemic diseases spread. Some, like tuberculosis, are spread when people' s sneeze (喷嚏) sends the bacteria shooting out into the air. Then they enter the mouth or nose of anyone nearby.
Others are spread through human contact, such as on the hands. When you are sick and blow your nose, you get viruses or bacteria on your hands. Then you touch another person' s hand, and when that person touches his or her mouth, nose, or eyes, the disease enters the body. Some diseases spread when people touch the same dishes, towels, and furniture. You can pick up a disease when you touch things in public buildings.
Other diseases are spread through insects such as flies, mosquitoes, and ticks.
One disease that causes frequent, worldwide epidemics is influenza, or flu for short. The symptoms (症状) of influenza include headache and sometimes a runny nose. Some victims get sick to their stomachs. These symptoms are similar to symptoms of other, milder diseases. Influenza can be a much more serious disease, especially for pregnant women, people over sixty-five, and people already suffering from another disease, such as heart problems. About half of all flu patients have a high body temperature, called a fever. Flu is very contagious. One person catches the flu from another person; it doesn't begin inside the body as heart disease does.
Sometimes medicine can relieve the symptoms. That is, it can make a person cough less, make headaches less intense, and stop noses from running for a while. However, medicine can ' t always cure the disease. So far, there is no cure for many diseases and no medicine to prevent them. People have to try to prevent them in other ways.
Some diseases can be prevented by vaccination (接种疫苗). A liquid vaccine is injected into the arm or taken by mouth and the person is safe from catching that
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For many years, humans have tried to find the secret to staying young. Although it has yet to be discovered, we may be closer than ever to finding a way that can slow down the aging process. A recent study by researchers from Duke L Jniversity in the US found that cutting one sdaily intake of calories could slow down biological aging, which means you might be able to hang on to your youthful looks a little longer. Previous research has shown that calorie restrictions slow aging in worms, flies and mice. So researchers wondered if it could have the same effect on people.To find out, Daniel Belsky and her teamTo find out, Daniel Belsky and her team examined data from a study by the National Institute on Aging, based in the US, which involved 220 people. During the two-year study, 145 people in the restriction group cut their calorie intake by 25 percent. Meanwhile, 75 peoplein the control group maintained their normal diets.At the start of the study, the two groups had no difference inbiological age.The average participant was 38 years old, with a biological age of 37. However, after each 12- month period, participants in the restriction group saw an increase in biological age by an average of 0.1 1years. Meanwhile, those in the control group saw a rise by an average of 0.71 years. The researchers believe the difference between these groups shows that cutting calories does slow biological aging. Although they didn't explain the reason behind this, researchers at Brigham Young University in the US provided an explanation after they carried out a similar study on mice. Theybelieve fewer Calories slow down a mechanism in cells called the ribosome (核糖体),at least in mice. The mechanism is responsible for making vital proteins in cells,but with fewer calories it slows down, giving it more time to repair itself, The ribosome is complex like a car, and itneeds to replace the parts that wearout the fastest from time to time, according to John Price, a biochemistry professor at Brigham Young University.“When tires wear out, you don't throw the whole car away and buy new ones. It's easier to replace the tires," Price told VOA. But this doesn't mean that people who want to look younger should start skipping meals, especially given the study's early stage. Proper nutrition is important, Price explained. “Food isn't just material to be burned -it's a signal that tells our body and cells how to respond,"he told Science Daily.
The purpose of the research was ().
A.test the influence of calorie restrictions on aging.
B.explain why people have to maintain a normal diet.
C.find the most efficient way to control calorie intake.
D.invent technology that keeps people young and healthy.
Which of the following statements is TRUE about the experiment ()?
A.The biological age of people in the control group increased more than those in the restriction group.
B.Some participants were asked to double the amount of food they ate.
C.Flies and mice were used to compare the results of the human test with.
D.AlI the participants were of the same biological age at the start.
According to John Price, ().
A.a higher level of calorie intake meansmore healthy proteins.
B.reducing calorie intake could allow the ribosome to repair itself better.
C.the fewer calories one takes in, the better the ribosome works.
D.the ribosome is an important cell that controls the aging process.
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B.how
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