Chinese officials yesterday urged employers to take more measures to protect workers against workplace diseases and injuries.

Experts estimate（估计） that about 200 million workers face a potential danger of occupational diseases and work-related injuries.

The majority of them are farmers-turned-workers who are working in small or medium-sized firms.

One of the most serious workplace diseases on the Chinese mainland is pneumoconiosis, a lung disease that is caused by breathing in too much dust of coal, silicon, and cerement. It causes serious breathing difficulties and can be fatal（致命的）.

The disease killed 966 people in the country last year, according to an official report released by the Ministry of Health yesterday.

From the early 1950s until the end of last year, 607,570 people were diagnosed with pneumoconiosis.

Among the number, 137,481 people died from the disease.

Chen Xiaohong, vice minister of health, said the general level of prevention and control of workplace diseases is still quite low in China.

“Health authorities（官员） at various levels will do more education work in the future to raise employers` awareness that they are the first person responsible for any workplace diseases or accidents,” Chen said.

He made the remark at a ceremony held by his ministry and other relevant departments under the State Council to award prizes to 56 companies which have done well in protecting workers` health.

On the Chinese mainland, more than 16 million companies are engaged in potentially dangerous sectors, such as coal mining, construction, and those that use chemicals, according to the Ministry of Health.

Although many companies, especially large foreign-invested and State-owned ones, have done well in protecting workers` health, many employees are still working in dangerous places with poor protection and without any insurance support.

At least 90 per cent of Chinese companies are small or medium-sized organizations.

Many of these companies, especially private ones based in towns and villages, do not want to spend their money strengthening workplace protection against various diseases and injuries, or buying insurance（保险） policies for their employees.

According to statistics（统计） from Chinese labour and social welfare authorities, there are about 120 million farmers-turned-workers working in Chinese cities. Less than 10 per cent of them have medical or injury insurance and many have no contracts（合同） with employers.

According to Chinese law on preventing occupational diseases, employers should establish qualified working conditions before opening factories, buy insurance policies for their workers, and provide regular health examinations for labourers.

However, according to a survey last year of 74,946 companies that use chemicals or are based in “dangerous sectors,” only about 50 per cent offered health tests for workers.

1．From the passage we can see that_______.

       A．200 million workers suffer from workplace diseases and injuries

       B．about 23% of Chinese workers once died from pneumoconiosis during about 55 years.

       C．less than 12 million farmers-turned-workers have medical or injury insurance.

       D．50% of the companies have done well in protecting workers` health.

2．From the passage, we can infer_______.

       A．Chinese law on preventing occupational diseases has worked well.

       B．the workers` awareness of protecting themselves has been greatly raised.

       C．much remains to be done to protect the workers from workplace diseases.

       D．the workers themselves are responsible for any workplace diseases or accidents.

3．In order to protect the workers` health, ______.

       A．the government should strengthen its related laws.

       B．the companies should take more measures.

       C．the workers should fight for their rights.

       D．All of the above.

4．The writer presents the serious situation by using______.

       A．examples                                          B．figures                 

       C．description            D．authorities` statement

 

 

All of us have read thrilling stories in which the hero had only a limited and specified time to live. Sometimes it was as long as a year; sometimes as short as twenty-four hours, but always we were interested in discovering just how the doomed man chose to spend his last days or his last hours.

Such stories set up thinking, wondering what we should do under similar circumstances. What happiness should we find in reviewing the past, what regrets?

Sometimes, I have thought it would be an excellent rule to live each day as if we should die tomorrow. Such an attitude would emphasize sharply the values of life. We should live each day with a gentleness, a vigor, and a keenness of appreciation which are often lost when time stretches before us in the constant repetition of more days and months and years to come.

Most of us take life for granted. We know that one day we must die, but usually we picture that day as far in the future, when we are in pleasant health, death is all but unimaginable. We seldom think of it. The days stretch out in an endless prospect. So we go about our little task, hardly aware of our listless attitude towards life.

The same attitude, I am afraid, falls on the use of our abilities and senses. Only the deaf appreciate hearing, only the blind realize the various blessings that lie in sight. Particularly does this observation apply to those who have lost sight and hearing in adult life. But those who have never suffered loss of sight of hearing seldom make the fullest use of these blessed abilities. Their eyes and ears take in all sights and sound hazily, without concentration, and with little appreciation. Seldom do people realize how good it is being in good health until they have fallen ill. It is the same old story of not being grateful without missing.

1.When reading the thrilling stories, we usually ______.

    A. have curiosity about the hero’s limited life  B. show great interest in our own lives

    C. find many regrets in reviewing the past    D. have mercy on the doomed man

2.From the passage, we can learn that ______.

    A. the author thinks it would be excellent to live if he should die the next day

    B. the disabled are anxious to regain their abilities and senses

    C. each of us should treasure what we have possessed today

    D. many of us are able to make full use of our time

3.The underlined word “hazily” in the last paragraph probably means ______.

    A. happily      B. unclearly            C. freely          D. enthusiastically

4.The best title for this passage may probably be ______.

    A. Not Being Grateful without Missing       B. Giving a Hand to the Disabled

    C. Making Use of Abilities and Senses       D. Learning from Thrilling Stories

                                C

The Philippines expects that some 110,000 South Korean students will travel to the country in 2007, mainly to attend English language lessons, the Philippines Daily Inquirer has reported.

Head of Philippine Department of Tourism Team Korea, Maricon Basco Ebron, made the assessment at the recently concluded Korea Student Fair 2007, which attracted 30,000 South Korean students, all seriously planning to study abroad. In that event alone, around 8,000 students were booked by 14 Philippine-based schools.

According to Ebron, the estimated figure was based on actual figures recorded by the Philippine Bureau of Immigration in the past. The number of students would account for about 15 to 17 percent of the total visitors expected from South Korean in 2007. “Yet, that percentage is quite conservative since it does not include students with alien resident visas or those young people being brought in by South Korean retirees and businessmen,” Ebron said.

While the Philippines is not a native English-speaking country, the cheaper cost of English-based education is a major plus for South Koreans. “Sending a child to the US for one year is equivalent to sending a child to the Philippines for two years---plus the mom,” Ebron said, referring to the fact South Korean parents could easily come to the Philippines to check on their children.

    Oh Hyun-Sook, who works with the Philippine tourism office in Seoul, estimated the cost of South Korean university education at $4,000 per semester, or roughly four times the tuition for the same period in a major university in Metro Manila.

Meanwhile, many South Koreans enroll in short-term English as Second Language courses or study for the TOFL in the Philippines as preparation for further education in another country. Younger students come in for language camps, typically two-month courses during their summer or winter break.

According to Oh Hyun-Sook, children as young as five years old are sent abroad, both “to study the English language and to experience a different culture”. “It’s a fact that when you have English language skills, you’re more competitive, whether you work in Seoul or abroad,” Oh Hyun-Sook added.

5.In 2007, about ________ South Korean visitors will travel to The Philippines.

A. 650,000            B. 110,000       C.30,000         D. 38,000

6.The passage mainly tells us that_____________.

A. the Philippines is the first choice for many South Koreans to study English abroad

B. it costs South Koreans less money to study in the Philippines

C. South Korean students are welcome to study English in the Philippines

D. studying English in the Philippines helps South Korean students a lot

7.This passage is probably taken from  _________.

 A. an educational document                    B. a newspaper     

C. a government report                                                  D. a travel magazine

 

　　We eat for many different reasons but not always for the right reason. Most people choose food purely based on taste, and that's fine because food was meant for enjoyment. However, if we make food decisions based on taste alone, without regard to nutrition（营养）or healthy eating habits, then gaining weight is inevitable（不可避免的）. Changing your eating habit demands considering the nutritional value as well as well as the amount of calorie and fat.

　　Healthy eating habit is formed by eating foods that are low in fat. Learn to read labels（标签）so you can make good decisions based on healthy eating habits. Every packaged food product has a label that will tell you the nutritional value, calorie and fat content.

　　As you gain experience reading labels, you won't be fooled by clever and deceptive marketing techniques used to get more of your money. Healthy eating habit comes by education. Foods that have the word“light”on the package can still have a high amount of fat and calories.“Fat-free”does not mean you can eat all you want just because it has no fat. Many fat-free foods are loaded with sugar and are high in calories.

　　Eating habit remain the same as we grow from childhood to adulthood. If you were raised on sugar and high fat foods, chances are good that you still eat the same today. Unfortunately, our metabolism（新陈代谢）is likely to slow down as we age and many adults get the “middle age spread”by their mid thirties. The amount of fat keeps building as we get older unless the cycle is broken by good eating habits or exercise, preferably both.

(1)The best title for this passage is ________ .

[　　]

A．Changing your eating habits

B．Healthy eating habit

C．Don't trust advertisement

D．What are healthy foods

(2)Most people choose food because ________ .

[　　]

A．they contain all kinds of nutritions

B．they want to keep healthy

C．they want to keep slim

D．they like the taste of the food

(3)“Every packaged food product has a label that will tell you the nutritional value, calorie and fat content”, which of the following sentences is true according to this sentence?

[　　]

A．We should eat more packaged food.

B．We should buy food according to the label on the package.

C．If there is no label, we must never buy this product.

D．The label can give us some information about what food we need in order to keep healthy.

(4)From the third paragraph, we know that ________ .

[　　]

A．we should buy food which has the word“light”on it

B．we should buy food which says“fat-free”

C．we should still be careful whatever the ads say

D．“Fat-free”foods are always helpful to our health

　　We eat for many different reasons but not always for the right reason. Most people choose food purely based on taste, and that's fine because food was meant for enjoyment. However, if we make food decisions based on taste alone, without regard to nutrition（营养）or healthy eating habits, then gaining weight is inevitable（不可避免的）. Changing your eating habit demands considering the nutritional value as well as well as the amount of calorie and fat.

　　Healthy eating habit is formed by eating foods that are low in fat. Learn to read labels（标签）so you can make good decisions based on healthy eating habits. Every packaged food product has a label that will tell you the nutritional value, calorie and fat content.

　　As you gain experience reading labels, you won't be fooled by clever and deceptive marketing techniques used to get more of your money. Healthy eating habit comes by education. Foods that have the word“light”on the package can still have a high amount of fat and calories.“Fat-free”does not mean you can eat all you want just because it has no fat. Many fat-free foods are loaded with sugar and are high in calories.

　　Eating habit remain the same as we grow from childhood to adulthood. If you were raised on sugar and high fat foods, chances are good that you still eat the same today. Unfortunately, our metabolism（新陈代谢）is likely to slow down as we age and many adults get the “middle age spread”by their mid thirties. The amount of fat keeps building as we get older unless the cycle is broken by good eating habits or exercise, preferably both.

(1)The best title for this passage is ________ .

[　　]

A．Changing your eating habits

B．Healthy eating habit

C．Don't trust advertisement

D．What are healthy foods

(2)Most people choose food because ________ .

[　　]

A．they contain all kinds of nutritions

B．they want to keep healthy

C．they want to keep slim

D．they like the taste of the food

(3)“Every packaged food product has a label that will tell you the nutritional value, calorie and fat content”, which of the following sentences is true according to this sentence?

[　　]

A．We should eat more packaged food.

B．We should buy food according to the label on the package.

C．If there is no label, we must never buy this product.

D．The label can give us some information about what food we need in order to keep healthy.

(4)From the third paragraph, we know that ________ .

[　　]

A．we should buy food which has the word“light”on it

B．we should buy food which says“fat-free”

C．we should still be careful whatever the ads say

D．“Fat-free”foods are always helpful to our health