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阅读理解，阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。

　　"Dr．Papaderos, what is the meaning of life? "

　　The usual laughter followed, and people stirred to go．Dr．Papaderos held up his hands and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was．

　　"I will answer your question．"

　　Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather wallet and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter．And what he said went like this： "When I was a small child during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village．One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror．A German motorcycle had been broken in that place．

　　I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece．This one．and, by scratching it on a stone, I made it round．I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine-n deep holes and crevices(裂缝)and dark closets．It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find．

　　I kept the little mirror, and, as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in spare time and continue the challenge of the game．As I became a man, I got to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life．I came to understand that I was not the light or the source of light．But light-truth, understanding, knowledge-is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it．

　　I am a fragment of a mirror whose whole design and shape I do not know．Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world-into the black places in the hearts of men-and change some things in some people．Perhaps others may see and do likewise．This is what I am talking about．This is the meaning of my life．

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阅读理解

　　“Dr Papaderos, what is the meaning of life?”

　　The usual laughter followed, and people stirred(骚动)to go．Papaderos held up his hand and stilled the room and looked at me for a long time, asking with his eyes if I was serious and seeing from my eyes that I was．

　　“I will answer your question．”

　　Taking his wallet out of his hip pocket, he fished into a leather billfold and brought out a very small round mirror, about the size of a quarter．And what he said went like this：

　　“When I was a small child, during the war, we were very poor and we lived in a remote village．”One day, on the road, I found the broken pieces of a mirror．A German motorcycle had been wrecked in that place．

　　I tried to find all the pieces and put them together, but it was not possible, so I kept only the largest piece．This one and by scratching it on a stone, I made it round．I began to play with it as a toy and became fascinated by the fact that I could reflect light into dark places where the sun would never shine-in deep holes and crevices(裂缝)and dark closets．It became a game for me to get light into the most inaccessible places I could find．

　　I kept the little mirror and as I went about my growing up, I would take it out in idle moments and continue the challenge of the game．As I became a man, I grew to understand that this was not just a child's game but a metaphor for what I might do with my life．I came to understand that I am not the light or the source of light．But light-truth, understanding, knowledge-is there, and it will shine in many dark places only if I reflect it．

　　I am a fragment(碎片)of a mirror whose whole design and shape l do not know．Nevertheless, with what I have I can reflect light into the dark places of this world into the black places in the hearts of men and change some things in some people．Perhaps others may see and do likewise．This is what I am about．This is the meaning of my life．

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阅读理解

　　Scientists have found that regular but moderate consumption of alcohol by the middle-aged can protect against some of Britain’s biggest killers, including heart disease, stroke(中风)．

　　The effect of up to two drinks a day for women and three for men is so marked that some researchers believe that middle-aged people should treat alcohol like a dietary supplement(补充)．

　　“The results show that alcohol can be good for your health provided that you adopt a careful drinking style,”said Professor Morten Cronbaek from the Centre for Alcohol Research in Denmark．

　　“Age-related diseases like thrombosis(血栓)take a long time to develop but alcohol seems able to delay it by years．”

　　In his study, Cronbaek mentioned 57, 000 Danes, aged 55～65, to find links between their drinking habits and death rates．He found that people who drank little often had a significant reduction in mortality(死亡率)．

　　The study is still following the Danes but early sighs are that such drinkers will live up to several years longer than heavy drinkers or teetotallers(绝对戒酒者)．

　　Alcohol also reduced blood’s tendency to form clots, a crucial factor in strokes and heart attacks．However, both benefits disappeared in heavy or binge drinkers．

　　Older research had suggested that it is only red wine that has health benefits, but the new studies indicate that the effect can be seen with any alcohol．One, led by Professor Eric Rimm of Harvard medical school, shows that for middle-aged men up to two drinks a day could have the risk of heart attack-and that whisky and beer are just as effective as wine．

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