New friends. Fresh lifestyle. Better career opportunities… Those are attractions of overseas study for young people in China. “Start early, finish strong,” some of them say.
More than 300 universities from 27 countries and regions were represented at last weekend’s international education exposition.

  A vegetarian（素食者）diet may help to protect people against cancer, a UK study suggests. Analysis of data from 52,700 man and women shows that those who did not eat meat had significantly fewer cancers than those who did.

Published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the findings were worth looking into .Although it is widely recommended that people eat some fruits and vegetables every day to reduce their risk of cancer and other diseases, there is very little evidence showing that a vegetarian diet can surely reduce cancers .

But surprisingly, the researchers also found a higher rate of colorectal（直肠的）cancer – a disease connected with eating red meat – among the vegetarians.

Study leader Professor Tim Key, a researcher at the University of Oxford, said no previous study had looked at the diet in this way and that there had been a lot of confusion about the issue.

“It’s interesting – it suggests there might be some reduction in cancers in vegetarians, but we need to look carefully at that”, said the professor.

More work is needed to show the connections between diet and cancer but such studies are very hard to do. Dr Joanne Lunn, a senior nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, said the findings highlighted the fact that cancer is a complex disease and many different lifestyle factors play a part in determining a person’s risk.

73. What would be the best title for the passage?

A. Reasons for getting cancers.

B. Vegetarians get fewer cancers.

C. Tips on avoiding cancers.

D. A surprising discovery on colorectal cancer.

74. Why are the findings worth looking into?

A. They can encourage healthy eating.

B. They show that cancer is a complex disease.

C. they show a brand new discovery.

D. They have been published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.

75. We can learn from the passage that _________.

A. people eating red meat are unlikely to get colorectal cancer

B. the diet is one of the many factors that determine a person’s health

C. the connections between a vegetarian diet and cancer are clear through the research

D. scientists will soon figure out the relationship between the diet and cancer

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阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填人一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为26—35的相应位置上。

It was a bright spring afternoon when Freda told Tim she wouldn’t need him any more. Tim had just finished his four-hour work—moving up and down the stairs of her three-storey house,    26    (clean) the floor and washing the dishes. She was wearing jeans and a sweater. Her husband’s pay would    27    （reduce）by 30%. And they were trying to live as if it’d already happened. Tim felt sorry for her, but he also felt a sense of    28    (lose).

Tim had been cleaning Freda’s house for five years and had developed    29    unexpected relationship with the family. It was not just that Tim had become an expert    30      scraping(刮掉) dirt stuck to their    31    (wood) floor, or that he had learned exactly 32      to place toys on the girl’s beds. It was more than that,    33    he felt he’d become a part of their life.

Now he was fired, but the strange thing was    34    he still wanted to keep scraping away the dirt and dust for the family. He left Freda’s house that day, wondering about the nature of his relationship with the hosts. “Who am I to    35   ? Actually, they are my employers, but I am only an employee. ”

New friends. Fresh lifestyle. Better career opportunities… Those are attractions of overseas study for young people in China. “Start early, finish strong,” some of them say.

More than 300 universities from 27 countries and regions were represented at last weekend’s international education exposition.

The US

       The US has always been oft the top destination list for Chinese students, with its high education standards and enough scholarships．

Good news: It's easier to get a US student visa nowadays．Last year, the refusal rate was only 20 to 30 percent, much lower than a few years before, according to US embassy．                                  

Concerns: There're a lot to prepare The TOFEL, GRE… It's longer time to apply to US universities than schools in the UK or Australia．

Useful link: www．Usemhassy．org．cn                 

Easier access to visas and international environment are the UK's great attractions for Chinese students．

Good news: There are many new scholarships this year, both from the government and universities, such as the Scotland International Scholarship．

Concerns: Money．Money．Money．It's expensive to study in the UK, with an average cost of 200, 000 to 300, 000 yuan a year．

Useful link; www．educationuk．org．en

Canada

       Canada's multicultural environment is good for students' studies and careers．

Good news: Students are allowed to take off-campus part-tim'e job's during their studies from last year．It'll help pay living expenses．

Students can get two-year work permits after graduation．

Concerns: Only a limited number of scholarships are available．

They rarely cover the full cost of a study program．

Useful link; www．studycanada．en

Australia

       Good climate, high quality education and favorable immigration policy—these make Australia one of the most popular choices among Chinese students．

Good news: A new E-visa policy ensures a quick application process （four weeks compared with 12 weeks before）．                                

Concerns: Tuition fees have risen in past years．The total cost is about 200, 000 yuan to attend a university located in big cities like sydney or Melbourne．

Useful link; www．students, idp．corn

1.If you want to have more chances of getting scholarship to study in a foreign country, you'd better choose_____．

2.Many young people go to study in the US because _____．

3.If you want to go on staying in the country after you finish studying there, you will choose ______．

4.In which of the following countries may money be the most concern while studying abroad?

5.The passage is intended to give _____．

  A vegetarian（素食者）diet may help to protect people against cancer, a UK study suggests. Analysis of data from 52,700 man and women shows that those who did not eat meat had significantly fewer cancers than those who did.
Published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition, the findings were worth looking into .Although it is widely recommended that people eat some fruits and vegetables every day to reduce their risk of cancer and other diseases, there is very little evidence showing that a vegetarian diet can surely reduce cancers .
But surprisingly, the researchers also found a higher rate of colorectal（直肠的）cancer – a disease connected with eating red meat – among the vegetarians.
Study leader Professor Tim Key, a researcher at the University of Oxford, said no previous study had looked at the diet in this way and that there had been a lot of confusion about the issue.
“It’s interesting – it suggests there might be some reduction in cancers in vegetarians, but we need to look carefully at that”, said the professor.
More work is needed to show the connections between diet and cancer but such studies are very hard to do. Dr Joanne Lunn, a senior nutrition scientist at the British Nutrition Foundation, said the findings highlighted the fact that cancer is a complex disease and many different lifestyle factors play a part in determining a person’s risk.
73. What would be the best title for the passage?
A. Reasons for getting cancers.
B. Vegetarians get fewer cancers.
C. Tips on avoiding cancers.
D. A surprising discovery on colorectal cancer.
74. Why are the findings worth looking into?
A. They can encourage healthy eating.
B. They show that cancer is a complex disease.
C. they show a brand new discovery.
D. They have been published in American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
75. We can learn from the passage that _________.
A. people eating red meat are unlikely to get colorectal cancer
B. the diet is one of the many factors that determine a person’s health
C. the connections between a vegetarian diet and cancer are clear through the research
D. scientists will soon figure out the relationship between the diet and cancer