— I'm sorry I've lost your software. Let me buy a new one.
—________.
A. Thank you just the same
B. Never mind. I've got another one
C. Of course. You may
D. I don't need it
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DAVID Beckham. Cristiano Ronaldo and Rnfacl Nadal while you watch sports and admin* the players’ skills, do you ever notice how handsome the players are?
Yes, sportsmen tend to be handsome. And they haven’t only attracted the interest of the audience even scientists are now studying their good looks.
In a recent study, Erik Postma, a biologist at the University of Zurich in Switzerland, collected the headshots(头像)of 80 professional athletes from I hr 2012 Tour He France, a bicycle race held in Franco. The race, which covers 3,200 kilometers in 23 days, is often considered to In* one of the hardest endurance(耐力)events, according to The Telegraph.
Postma then asked female participants to score the cyclists’ attractiveness.judging them only based on their facial appearances. So, if a participant recognized any of the cyclists, meaning she knew how good he was at the sport, her score wouldn’t count.
After comparing all the scores with the cyclists’ performances in the 2012 race, Postma was surprised to find that the best riders were rated on average 25 percent more attractive than the worst ones. For example, one of the cyclists, Maxime Monfort , came third in terms of attractiveness and sixth in terms of performance, reported Discovery News.
But where did women get the ability to single out a good rider by simply looking at his face?
According lo Postma, evolution (进化) seems to be the answer. In ancient times, women preferred to marry strong men because they would provide good genes for their children. A man with great endurance was also able to cover long distances to hunt for food, which would allow him to better feed the family. “That’s why endurance performance was a key evolutionary factor.” Postma told Discovery News.
As you can see, it’s not that sportsmen ate more attractive themselves, women were just born to think of them that way.
Perhaps surprisingly, when Postma did the same test with male participants, he found that men actually had a quite similar view on which riders were handsome. Even
though most men aren’t aware of it. they inherited (继承) this ability from their ancient past, when it was necessary to “spot potential competitors” , explained Postma.
1.What did Erik Postma ask female participants to do in his study?
A. To help collect the headshots of professional cyclists from the Tour de France.
B. To pick out the cyclists whom they are familiar with or appreciate most.
C. To rate the cyclists’ attractiveness according to facial appearance.
D. To predict the cyclists ’ performances based on facial appearance.
2.What did Postma discover from his study?
A. The more attractive a cyclist was, the better he performed in the race.
B. Generally, a cyclist’s endurance had nothing to do with his attractiveness.
C. Attractive cyclists proved to have less endurance than those who were less attractive.
D. Those who performed best in the games were considered more attractive than those who performed worst.
3.What can we conclude from the last three paragraphs?
A. Women and men hold quite different views on male attractiveness.
B. Men with good looks tend to lie less popular than men with great endurance.
C. A man with great endurance appealed to women in ancient times and this remains the same today.
D. Most men don* t have the same ability as women to single out a good sportsman by simply looking at his face.
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A.were using B.have used
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The famous director of a big and expensive movie planned to film a beautiful sunset over the ocean , so that the audiences could see his hero and heroine in front of it at the end of the film as they said goodbye to each other for ever. He sent his camera crew (摄制组) out one evening to film the sunset for him.
The next morning he said to the men, “Have you provided me with that sunset?”
“No, sir,”the man answered.
The director was angry. “Why not?”he said.
“Well, sir,” one of the men answered, “We're on the east coast here, and the sun sets in the west. We can get you a sunrise over the sea, if necessary, but not a sunset.”
“But I want a sunset,”the director shouted. “Go to the airport, take the next flight to the west coast, and get one.”
But then a young secretary had an idea. “Why don't you photograph a sunrise, ” she suggested, “and then play it backwards? Then it'll look like a sunset.”
“That's a very good idea!” the director said. Then he turned to the camera crew and said,“Tomorrow morning I want you to get me a beautiful sunrise over the sea.”
The camera crew went out early the next morning and filmed a bright sunrise over the beach in the middle of a beautiful bay. Then at nine o'clock they took it to the director. “Here it is, sir,” they said, and gave it to him. He was very pleased.
They all went into the studio.“All right,”the director explained, “now our hero and heroine are going to say goodbye. Run the film backwards so that we can see the ‘sunset' behind them.”
The “sunset”began, but after a quarter of a minute, the director suddenly put his face in his hands and shouted to the camera crew to stop.
The birds in the film were flying backwards, and the waves on the sea were going away from the beach.
1. Why did the director want to send his crew to the west coast?
A.Because he changed his mind about getting a sunset.
B.Because he has angry with his crew.
C.Because it was his secretary's suggestion.
D.Because he wanted to get a scene of sunset.
2.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The crew had to follow the secretary's advice.
B.If you want to see a sunrise, the east coast is the place to go to.
C.The camera crew wasn't able to film the scene the first day.
D.The director ordered his crew to stop filming the“sunset”.
3.The director wanted to film a sunset over the ocean because________.
A.it went well with the separation of the hero and the heroine
B.when they arrived at the beach it was already in the evening
C.it was more moving than a sunrise
D.the ocean looked more beautiful at sunset
4.After the“sunset”began, the director suddenly put his face in his hands________.
A.because he was moved to tears
B.as he saw everything in the film moving backwards
C.as the sunrise did not look as beautiful as he had imagined
D.because he was disappointed (失望的) with the performance of the hero and heroine
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The population of China ________ 1.3 billion,and 80% of the population________farmers.
A.are; is B.is; is C.is; are D.are; are
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Yesterday I ________ my e?mail box at www. 126.com and found a new email for me.
A.logged on B.logged off C.got on D.got off
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—Would you mind if the window was closed?
—________. I also feel a little cold.
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