请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每个空格只填1个单词。请将答案写在答题卡上相应题号的横线上。

Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.

Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.

In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United states census. These counts of people occur every 10 years. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.

“We looked at life expectancy(预测寿命) at age 25,” Meara says.

“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”

Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25-year-old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.

In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact.

Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people have made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.

Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.

“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that’s something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”

Meara points out that education can often determine income---people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.

Meara says education is key. People need to be educated in order to take advantage of opportunities for better health.

Title	The Amount of Contributes to People’s Health
	The less educated people			The ______ educated people
Comparisons	In 1990	They could live for 75 years			They could live to the age of 80
	In 2000	Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990.			They could live to the age of 81.6 ____
___ of the research	In the past ten years	Their life expectancy remained _____.			They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly due to their __ smoking.
	People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the ____.
	Education____income.		People with more education make more money
			Getting more money helps to increase their___ of health care, which can keep them healthier.
____	Education is the key to better health.

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。

Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.

Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.

In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United States census. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.

“We looked at life expectancy（预测寿命）at age 25,” Meara says.

“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”

Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25 year old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.

In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact .

Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people has made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.

Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.

“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that's something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”

Meara points out that education can often determine income - people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.

Title	The Amount of __71_____Contributes to People’s Health
Comparisons	The less educated people			The ____72____ educated people
	In 1990	They could live for 75 years		They could live to the age of 80
	In 2000	Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990.		They could live to the age of 81.6 _____73____.
___74___ of the research	In the past ____75___	Their life expectancy remained ____76_____.		They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly ___77____ to their quitting smoking.
	People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the population
	Income____78_____ on education.		People with more education make more money
			Getting more money helps to increase their ____79____ of health care, which can keep them healthier.
______80_____	Education is the key to better health.

从方框内选择适当的短语,把其对应的序号填入答题卷上相应的题号中。

A. set down    B. at present     C. changing his mind  D. has gone through

E. ever since    F. getting along with    G. such as    H. is fond of

I. cares about   J. give in

1.What he ___ is whether he can buy the train ticket as soon as possible.

2.Karl Marx could speak a few foreign languages, _____ Russian and English.

3.The country _____a lot of wars in the past ten years.

4.Please speak slowly so that I can _____ your cellphone number and address.

5.How are you______your new classmates?   --- Quite well.

6.The subway, which is being built in Shenyang ______, will be completed next year.

7.We have lived in Shanghai_____ we came to China.

8.Finally Mrs White had to _______ and let her husband go on smoking.

9.He _____ playing the piano while his brother is interested in listening to pop music.

10.Don’t trust him. He is always _______________________.

 

请认真阅读下列短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入最恰当的单词。注意：每空格1个单词。

Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.

Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.

In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United States census. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.

“We looked at life expectancy（预测寿命）at age 25,” Meara says.

“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”

Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25 year old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.

In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact .

Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people has made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.

Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.

“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that's something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”

Meara points out that education can often determine income - people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.

Title	The Amount of __71_____Contributes to People’s Health
Comparisons	The less educated people			The ____72____ educated people
	In 1990	They could live for 75 years		They could live to the age of 80
	In 2000	Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990.		They could live to the age of 81.6 _____73____.
___74___ of the research	In the past ____75___	Their life expectancy remained ____76_____.		They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly ___77____ to their quitting smoking.
	People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the population
	Income____78_____ on education.		People with more education make more money
			Getting more money helps to increase their ____79____ of health care, which can keep them healthier.
______80_____	Education is the key to better health.

Rare birds in the UK have been living far better than the more common birds over the last decade due to the efforts of conservation organisations, according to a new assessment．

The research shows almost 60% of the 63 rare birds that live in the UK have increased over the last 10 years.

By contrast, only about one third of common species have increased over the same period．Just 28% of rare birds have decreased over the same period, compared with four out of every 10 common birds．The rare birds described in the assessment with increasing populations include the osprey (鹗) and corncrake (秧鸡)．All of these birds are subject to conservation action.

The declining common birds include the nightingale, swift (雨燕), house sparrow and red grouse (苏格兰雷鸟)．These are suffering declines for a variety of reasons, including changes in farming practices.

Dr David Noble, from the British Trust for Ornithology, said: “That some of our rarer birds have responded to targeted conservation action is great news．It shows just what can be achieved．What we need to do now is to continue the good work and use some of the lessons we have learned to help our more common birds.”

Dr Mark Avery, the conservation director of the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds (RSPB), said: “Over the last decade we've enjoyed some great conservation successes, including removing some threatened species from the World Conservation Union's Red List of Thratened Animals and increasing the populations of red kite, osprey, etc．However, these successes are countered (抵消) by continued declines of some widespread species.”

The overview of 210 native birds has been produced by a group of conservation organisations, to mark the publication of The State of the UK's Birds report, which is in its l0th year．The report was published by the RSPB for a group of conservation organisations.

1.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

  A．The decline of widespread birds is not worrying for the UK.

  B．The UK has got some practical experience of bird conservation.

  C．Changes in farming practices contribute to the increase of rare birds.

  D．Half of common birds have decreased in the past ten years in the UK.

2.We can learn from the passage that Dr David Noble      .

  A．hopes that conservation organisations will change the way they work

  B．is quite disappointed with the result of the new assessment

  C．is losing confidence in conservation organizations’ action

  D．has high hopes for the increase in bird population in Britain

3.Which of the following can best explain Dr Mark Avery's words?

  A．The UK should not be satisfied with what they have achieved.

  B．The UK should share their experience with other countries.

  C．What conservation organisations do is far from satisfactory.

  D．The RSPB is responsible for the decrease of common birds.

4.The passage is most likely to be found in a book about      .

  A．popular science                                     B．historical events

  C．nature                                                     D．society

5.The author's purpose of writing this article is to tell people      .

  A．some good ways to protect rare birds

  B．the differences between rare birds and common birds

  C．the number of rare birds has increased over the last decade

  D．some widespread birds in the UK are in great need of help