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A.Because they have a similar diet to humans. |
B.Because they have a history as long as apples. |
C.Because they share a lot of genes with humans. |
D.Because they feed on nothing but apple extract. |
A.Apples produce chemicals that can change human genes. |
B.Apples have antioxidants that kill chemicals that cause aging. |
C.Apples are rich in vitamins that are needed in humans’bodies. |
D.Apples produce chemicals that make apples taste more delicious. |
A.Their genes stopped their development as the environment got worse. |
B.Their genes became twice in number but they finally died off like dinosaurs. |
C.They experienced a great genetic change making them used to worse conditions. |
D.They went through a similar development to peaches, strawberries and other related fruits. |
A.Eating apples may bring us more advantages than we might believe before. |
B.People who have the habit of eating apples don’t need to see a doctor. |
C.Apples that kill the desire to eat are already available in supermarkets now. |
D.People will eat apples instead of peaches and strawberries from now on. |
选择下列各句,填入短文中的空白处,使短文意思完整。
A. The United States is the only industrial country whose population is increasing B. And a fifth go without modern health services C. Asia has more than doubled its population since 1960 D. Most of the growth is taking place in Africa E. Now some 6 billion mouths must be fed and bodies clothed and housed |
Every year there are about 95 million more people on the earth. (66) ___and parts of South and west Asia that can hardly afford more people. However, population increases have slowed or even stopped in Europe, North America and Japan.
By 1960, about 70 percent of the world's people lived in developing countries. Today it is 80 percent, and 95 percent of the world's population growth is taking place in these countries.(67)____, as have Latin America and the Caribbean area. North America's population has grown by a half, while Europe's has risen by only 20 percent and is now stable. (68) ______-- not because of birth, but of the coming of people from the rest of the world.
In 8,000 BC, only 5 million people were alive. (69)_____.To meet those needs humans are using lots of things on the earth in a wrong way -- for example, cutting down too many trees and catching too many fish. These wrong doings are dangerous for human life and health around the world.
At the beginning of the 21st century, nearly 60 percent of 4.8 billion people in developing countries have no basic sanitation. Almost a third don't have enough clean water. A quarter don't have enough housing. (70)_______.
Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
1. After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.
A. to study industrial management (工业管理)
B. to buy and read more mystery books
C. to do market research on book business
D. to work harder to save money for the bookstore
2. How did their bookstore do in the first year?
A. They had to borrow money to keep it going.
B. They made just enough to cover all the costs.
C. They succeeded in earning a lot of money.
D. They failed though they worked hard.
3.According to Richard, the main purpose(目的) of running the bookstore is _________.
A. to pay for children’s education
B. to get to know more writers
C. to set up more bookstores
D. to do what they like to do
Like many lovers of books, Mary and her husband, Richard Goldman, seldom walked past a bookstore without stopping to look inside. They often talked of opening their own store one day.
When Mary was in hospital with heart trouble in 1989, they decided it was time to get serious. Richard, who worked for a business company, wanted to work for himself, and Mary needed to slow down from her job.
They started by talking to bookstore owners and researching(调查) the industry. “We knew it had to be a specialty store because we couldn’t match the big chains dollar for dollar,” says Mary. One figure caught her attention: She’d read somewhere that roughly 20 percent of books sold were mysteries(推理小说), and many buyers spent more than $300 a year on books. She and Richard were themselves mystery readers.
On Halloween 1992, they opened the Mystery Lovers Bookshop and Café near their home. With three children in college, the couple could not spend all the family’s money to start a shop. To cover the whole $ 100, 000 cost, they drew some of their savings, borrowed from relatives and from a bank.
The store broke even in its first year, with only $ 120,000 in sales. But Mary was always coming up with new ways to attract customers. The shop had a coffee bar and it offered gifts to mystery lovers and served dinners for book clubs that met in the store. She also invited dozens of writers to discuss their stories.
Today Mystery Lovers makes sales of about $ 420,000 a year. After paying taxes, business costs and the six part-time sales clerks, Richard and Mary together earn about $ 34,000.
“The job you love may not go hand in hand with a million-dollar income,” says Richard. “This has always been about an enjoyable life for ourselves, not about making a lot of money.”
【小题1】 After Mary got well from her illness they began _________.
A.to study industrial management (工业管理) |
B.to buy and read more mystery books |
C.to do market research on book business |
D.to work harder to save money for the bookstore |
A.They had to borrow money to keep it going. |
B.They made just enough to cover all the costs. |
C.They succeeded in earning a lot of money. |
D.They failed though they worked hard. |
A.to pay for children’s education |
B.to get to know more writers |
C.to set up more bookstores |
D.to do what they like to do |
You are probably familiar with the saying:An apple a day keeps the doctor away. A recent research carried out by the Chinese University of Hong Kong may change the saying:
An apple a day may keep aging away.
The research chose fruit flies(果蝇), as they share many genes(基因)with humans. The fruit flies were either fed normally or had an apple extract(浓缩物) added to their diet.
It turned out that those fruit flies that were given apple extract lived about 55 days—five days longer than the flies that were normally fed. The research group also found it easier for the flies to walk,climb and move about as they aged.
According to the result, the researchers believed that the antioxidants(抗氧化剂) in the apple extract helped clean up dangerous chemicals(化学物质) that cause illnesses,as well as aging.
In another study,researchers examined diets of thousands of women. They discovered that those who regularly ate apples were 20 percent less likely to suffer heart illnesses and stroke.
The apples’ genetic code(遗传密码) was discovered recently. It allows scientists to develop nicer and healthier fruits. Researchers are already using the information to grow a kind of apples full of antioxidants that can keep eyes and joints healthy and protect humans against heart illnesses and cancer.
Apples that kill the desire(欲望) to eat could also be produced, with the first“extra-healthy’’apples on supermarket shelves within just four or five years.
The team that keeps studying apple DNA includes 100 scientists from five countries. Their research also suggests that around 65 million years ago, when dinosaurs began to die off the plant,which would finally become today’s apple tree, experienced a great genetic change. The number of many of its genes doubled. The extra genes allowed the apple to get used to worse conditions and go through a different development from peaches,strawberries and other related fruits.
【小题1】Why were fruit flies used for the research?
A.Because they have a similar diet to humans. |
B.Because they have a history as long as apples. |
C.Because they share a lot of genes with humans. |
D.Because they feed on nothing but apple extract. |
A.Apples produce chemicals that can change hu![]() |
B.Apples have antioxidants that kill chemicals that cause aging. |
C.Apples are rich in vitamins that are needed in humans’bodies. |
D.Apples produce chemicals that make apples taste more delicious. |
A.Their genes stopped their development as the environment got worse. |
B.Their genes became twice in number but they finally died off like dinosaurs. |
C.They experienced a great genetic change making them used to worse conditions. |
D.They went through a similar development to peaches, strawberries and other related fruits. |
A.Eating apples may bring us more advantages than we might believe before. |
B.People who have the habit of eating apples don’t need to see a doctor. |
C.Apples that kill the desire to eat are already available in supermarkets now. |
D.People will eat apples instead of peaches and strawberries from now on. |
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