Welcome to Ontario Parks，a new body set up to manage Ontario's most treasured special places, the parks in our area.

We are entering a very exciting year for Ontario Parks. Last season we asked some 15，000visitors in 45 parks how we could improve our programs and services. We also looked at the thousands of comment cards we received. As a result, new comfort stations have been added，the number of campsites has been increased, and we've made other facility（设施）improvements. In addition，we'll be providing more educational programs. This year, for example, more than 40parks will offer special day and evening activities to excite your curiosity about nature and history.

Through the Internet, you'll be happy to know that you can now explore all 270 parks on line. Let your family plan your park vacation, study a map of canoe routes, listen to the call of a loon or find up-to-date information about programs，services and facilities.

So come and discover what Ontario Parks has to offer. Our parks are places to go with families and friends，for relaxation and fun，or simply to get away from it all. They are places where we can enrich our souls and "recharge our internal（内部的）batteries". They provide chances to explore nature，see wildlife, swim, canoe，camp, hike, picnic，ride a bike.…You'll enjoy some of the best outdoor experiences available anywhere in the world.

We urge you to make 2006 the year that you come out and have an Ontario Parks experience!

1.The writer's purpose in writing the text is to _______．

A. tell more people the improvements in Ontario Parks

B. attract more people to explore the parks on line

C. praise the beauty of nature in Ontario Parks

D. have more people visit the parks

2.The facility improvements of Ontario Parks include＿．

A. new programs and services

B. new comfort stations and campsites

C. comfort stations and special activities

D. new campsites and educational programs

3.From paragraph 4，we know that Ontario Parks offers visitors＿．

A. the world's new sports and games

B. the most exciting adventures in the world

C. many choices to relax and refresh themselves

D. chances to experience all the outdoor activities

4.According to the text, we can safely say that＿．

A. some visitors suggested more campsites

B. about 15,000 people visited 45 parks last season

C. many more people will visit Ontario Parks in 2006

D. the manager of Ontario Parks worries they will have fewer visitors

 

Although women lead healthier, longer lives, the cruel perception that they reach their sell-by date and become “old” sooner than men is widespread in the workplace, research shows.

A survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals showed that age discrimination is not only common in the workplace, but is full of inconsistencies(矛盾). Six in ten managers thought that they had suffered from age discrimination——usually because they were turned down for a job for being too old or too young. Yet more than a fifth admitted that they used age as a condition when they employ new workers.

Although the survey found widespread agreement that older workers were better than younger colleagues when it came to reliability, commitment, loyalty and customer service, these qualities were not necessarily considered to be worthy of advancement. More than half of respondents believed that workers between 30 and 39 were the most likely to be advanced in their company, with only 2 per cent citing (引证)50-year-olds or above.

Dianah Worman of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said that there was anecdotal evidence that people were considered old at different ages in different sectors. “We heard of one man working in IT who said he was considered too old by the age of 28,”she said.“There was no evidence to suggest that older workers were less valuable to companies than younger workers, in fact the opposite was often true because older workers often brought experience.” she added.

The findings also suggested that the Government’s ideas on age in the workforce may also be out of step with reality.

68. The text is mainly about ______.

A. the government’s idea on age in workforce 

B. age discrimination in the workforce

C. the people who find work             

D. the discussion about who is worth promoting

69. The underlined word “sell-by date” in paragraph 1 probably refers to______.

A. the age when they retire   

B. the age when they should be promoted

C. the date on which they’re sold  

D. the date when they sell goods

70. The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ______.

A. tell the government to employ older workers 

 B. criticize managers who treat workers unfairly

C. report the findings of a survey    

D. show he objects to age discrimination

    

D

Although women lead healthier, longer lives, the cruel perception that they reach their sell-by date and become “old” sooner than men is widespread in the workplace, research shows.

A survey of more than 2,600 managers and personnel professionals showed that age discrimination is not only common in the workplace, but is full of inconsistencies(矛盾). Six in ten managers thought that they had suffered from age discrimination——usually because they were turned down for a job for being too old or too young. Yet more than a fifth admitted that they used age as a condition when they employ new workers.

Although the survey found widespread agreement that older workers were better than younger colleagues when it came to reliability, commitment, loyalty and customer service, these qualities were not necessarily considered to be worthy of advancement. More than half of respondents believed that workers between 30 and 39 were the most likely to be advanced in their company, with only 2 per cent citing (引证)50-year-olds or above.

Dianah Worman of the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development said that there was anecdotal evidence that people were considered old at different ages in different sectors. “We heard of one man working in IT who said he was considered too old by the age of 28,”she said.“There was no evidence to suggest that older workers were less valuable to companies than younger workers, in fact the opposite was often true because older workers often brought experience.” she added.

The findings also suggested that the Government’s ideas on age in the workforce may also be out of step with reality.

68. The text is mainly about ______.

A. the government’s idea on age in workforce 

B. age discrimination in the workforce

C. the people who find work            

D. the discussion about who is worth promoting

69. The underlined word “sell-by date” in paragraph 1 probably refers to______.

A. the age when they retire   

B. the age when they should be promoted

C. the date on which they’re sold 

D. the date when they sell goods

70. The writer’s purpose in writing the text is to ______.

A. tell the government to employ older workers 

 B. criticize managers who treat workers unfairly

C. report the findings of a survey    

D. show he objects to age discrimination

Now we’re always hearing about road accident, and when we’re in a car we try to drive carefully, but how many of us take the same degree of care in our homes? Any large hospital will tell you the number of the accidents that happen in the home is almost the same as those on the road.

One of the commonest and most dangerous causes of home accidents is wrong and careless use of electrical equipment. People will continue to use a loose plug or pull out a plug without first turning off the power. In spite of warnings, one will carry an electric heater into the bathroom when he is going to have a bath. Sometimes one forgets to cut off the power before mending a lamp or something else. All this will cause accidents. So the rule about anything that work by electricity is：Switch off before you touch anything and don’t pretend you know when you actually don’t.

If you’ve got children in the house, it's always best to keep medicines of any kind out of their reach. Otherwise, they may be taken for candies or a new kind of drink. When there are older people living with you, you have to take particular care in a number of ways in order to make them safe and happy.

Fire, of course, is always a risk. So, remember not to dry clothes in front of fires, or leave stoves in the middle of rooms where they can easily be knocked over. And don’t forget to keep the children away from fire. Smoking, too, may cause fire. So you’d better give it up. Safety first may mean a little more time and care, but it may save you a lot of trouble.

1.According to the writer, we try to drive carefully in a car while __________.

A．we take the same degree of care in our homes

B．We don’t care much about the accidents in large hospitals

C．We don’t pay enough attention to home accidents

D．We seldom think a lot about the road accidents

2.We can learn from the text that __________.

A．people should never be allowed to carry an electric heater into the bathroom

B．the improper use of the electrical equipment is the most dangerous cause of home accidents

C．people should cut off the power first before using the electrical equipment

D．both the children and the older people should be taken special care of at home

3.It can be inferred in the text that our life at home will be much safer if __________.

A．we know more about the accidents that happen in the home

B．all of us give up smoking as soon as possible

C．we take more time and care in our life

D．we keep the stoves at the corner of the rooms

4.The main purpose of writing the text is __________.

A．to tell how and why home accidents happen

B．to persuade people to get rid of bad habits

C．to explain how to use electrical equipment

D．to instruct people how to prevent home accidents

 

Scientists now know that people are born with a general tendency toward a certain level of happiness, and that they tend to maintain that mood in their day-to-day lives.

       About half of a person’s “happiness quotient (份额)” comes from the personality he or she is born with. So, what about the other half of the happiness quotient? About 10 percent of that quotient depends on outside circumstances, such as how much money people make or how healthy they are. The remaining 40 percent, says psychologist and happiness researcher Sonja Lyubomirsky of the University of California, is entirely up to themselves.

       In one recent study, she and her colleagues assigned more than 300 college students to complete one of three activities. For 15 minutes a week over 8 weeks, the first group of these students wrote about what their lives would be like in the future if all their hopes and dreams came true. The second group spent the same amount of time writing letters to people who had done things in the past that the letter writers were grateful for. The third group of students simply listed everything they had done in the past seven days.

       The purpose of this experiment was to find out whether expressing optimism about the future or gratitude for the past could make a person happier.

       Results backed previous research, which had shown that expressing optimism and gratitude led to an improved sense of well-being.

       In other words, only people who really wanted to be happier were able to make that happen.

1．According to the passage, how many factors are there in deciding people’s happiness?

     A．Three.                 B．One.                   C．Four.                  D．Five.

2．Which group of the students needs imagination in the experiment?

       A．The second group.                               B．The third group.  

       C．The first and third groups.                    D．The first group.

3．According to the text, if you want to be happier, you should _____________.

     A．laugh when you were born

     B．try to make more money and improve your health condition

       C．imagine what your life would be like in the future and write to people who have done things for you every day.

     D．be optimistic about the future and grateful for the past

4．The writer of the passage intends to tell us that _____________.

       A．happiness is mostly decided by your birth

       B．optimism and gratitude equal happiness

       C．happiness can be decided by yourself  

       D．happiness decides your success