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In the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Soviet old people aren’t alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Vilacbambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador seem to share the secret of long too.

These peoples remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Soviet Georgians, aged 110 to 140, work in the fields beside their great- great- grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked, “At what age does youth end?”, most of these old people has no answer. Several replied, “Well, perhaps at age 80.” The very youngest estimate was age 60.

What accounts for this ability to survive to such old age, and to survive so well? First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived peoples. They begin their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam Mamedov is 142 years of age. He remember his life experiences: the Grimean War of 1854; the Turkish War of 1878; the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Mamedov has no intentions of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why? What else would I do?” he asks. Oh, he has slowed down a bit. Now he might quit for the day after 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet (1,660 to 4,000 meters) above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollutionfree. This reduced-oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel system stronger.

Another factor that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressures and worried of industrial society.

Inherited factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.

Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same foods, their diets are similar. The Hunzas, Vilacbambans, and Soviets eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese, and milk. They never eat more food than their bodies need.

It is clear that isolation from urban pressures and pollution, clean mountain air, daily hard work, moderate diets, good genes, and a youthful approach to life all contribute to the health and remarkable long life of all these people.

 

1. What kinds of things contribute to the remarkable long life of these peoples?

A. Moderate diets                    B. Clean mountain air.

C. Daily hard work.                  D. All the above factors(因素).

2. How do you think the author feels about these long-lived people?

A. He is impressed with them          B. He doesn’t care.

C. He doesn’t like them.             D. He admires them.

3.According to the passage, the phrase “the passage of time” means         .

A. have time to do what they want     B. being on time

C. time going by                      D. limited time

4.In the passage, why does the author describe Mr. Mamedov?

A. An example of a typical long life among these people.

B. An example of an unusual long life among these people.

C. An explanation of why he is still healthy.

D. An example of why his wife died early than him.

5.What is the main subject of this article?

A. Mr. Mamedov’s life.

B. A description of several societies where people live a long time.

C. Suggestions for how you can live long life.

D. People are healthy in mountainous regions.

 

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In the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Soviet old people aren’t alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains, and the Vilacbambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador seem to share the secret of long too.
These peoples remain healthy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Soviet Georgians, aged 110 to 140, work in the fields beside their great- great- grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked, “At what age does youth end?”, most of these old people has no answer. Several replied, “Well, perhaps at age 80.” The very youngest estimate was age 60.
What accounts for this ability to survive to such old age, and to survive so well? First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived peoples. They begin their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr. Rustam Mamedov is 142 years of age. He remember his life experiences: the Grimean War of 1854; the Turkish War of 1878; the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr. Mamedov has no intentions of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why? What else would I do?” he asks. Oh, he has slowed down a bit. Now he might quit for the day after 6 hours in the field instead of 10.
All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet (1,660 to 4,000 meters) above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollutionfree. This reduced-oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel system stronger.
Another factor that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressures and worried of industrial society.
Inherited factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.
Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same foods, their diets are similar. The Hunzas, Vilacbambans, and Soviets eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese, and milk. They never eat more food than their bodies need.
It is clear that isolation from urban pressures and pollution, clean mountain air, daily hard work, moderate diets, good genes, and a youthful approach to life all contribute to the health and remarkable long life of all these people.
【小题1】 What kinds of things contribute to the remarkable long life of these peoples?

A.Moderate dietsB.Clean mountain air.
C.Daily hard work.D.All the above factors(因素).
【小题2】 How do you think the author feels about these long-lived people?
A.He is impressed with themB.He doesn’t care.
C.He doesn’t like them.D.He admires them.
【小题3】According to the passage, the phrase “the passage of time” means         .
A.have time to do what they wantB.being on time
C.time going byD.limited time
【小题4】In the passage, why does the author describe Mr. Mamedov?
A.An example of a typical long life among these people.
B.An example of an unusual long life among these people.
C.An explanation of why he is still healthy.
D.An example of why his wife died early than him.
【小题5】What is the main subject of this article?
A.Mr. Mamedov’s life.
B.A description of several societies where people live a long time.
C.Suggestions for how you can live long life.
D.People are healthy in mountainous regions.

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Nearly everyone was very much against motor cars when they first appeared.So the government found a very clever way to try and drive them off the roads.

   Back in 1861, a previous government had passed a law about the heavy steam vehicles which were beginning to crawl about the roads of Britain.This law said that no vehicle should go more than 10 miles an hour in the country and 5 miles an hour in town.Four years later these speed limits were reduced to 4 and 2 m.p.h, and a man with a red flag had to walk in front to warn people of the danger.

   This law applied to ordinary cars, too, and the police started to arrest drivers who broke the speed limit and didn't have a man with a red flag.Of course, it made the idea of motor cars seem quite ridiculous.But this law was stopped in 1878 and the speed limit was raised to the frightening speed of 14 m.p.h, in 1896.A special race was held from London to Brighton to celebrate this victory for the motor car industry.The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run is still held every November to mark this event.Only cars made before 1905 may take part.In the first rally there were no more than 33 entrants, and only 22 of them finished the course.Nowadays, so many old cars apply to go on the run that the organizers have had to restrict the entry.

   Early motorists had to carry their own spare parts and do their own repairs.If they had a real breakdown, the only chance of getting anywhere was to borrow a horse and hitch it to the front of the car!

1.What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?

       A.The heavy steam vehicles appeared as early as 1861.

       B.No one liked motor cars when they first appeared.

       C.The British government tried to do away with motor cars.

       D.The first car drivers had to pay attention to the speed limits.

2.What does the underlined “it” in the third paragraph refer to?

       A.The law.          B.The speed limit. C.A red flag.         D.The government.

3.According to the passage, the following is true EXCEPT _______.

       A.The cars were allowed to run faster in 1861 than they were in 1865

       B.Motor cars were not popular when they first appeared

       C.The London-Brighton Veteran Car Run has become more popular

       D.The law was stopped in 1896 and a special race was held to celebrate it

4.If the car had a very serious mechanical problem on the road, most probably the early motorists would __________.

       A.abandon their cars                    B.find some friends to help

       C.repair the car with spare parts            D.use an animal to finish their journey

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  A new book claims to have definitive evidence of a long-suspected technological crime-that Alexander Graham Bell stole ideas for the telephone from a competitor, Elisha Gray.

  In The Telephone Gambit:Chasing Alexander Graham Bell's Secret, journalist Seth Shulman argues that Bell-aided by aggressive lawyers and a corrupt patent examiner-got an improper glance at patent documents Gray had filed, and that Bell was incorrectly credited with filing first.

  Shulman believes the smoking gun is Bell's lab notebook, which was limited by Bell's family until 1976, then digitized and made widely available in 1999.

  The notebook details the false starts Bell met as he and assistant Thomas Watson tried transmitting sound electromagnetically over a wire.Then, after a 12-day gap in 1876-when Bell went to Washington to sort out patent questions about his work-he suddenly began trying another kind of voice transmitter.That method was the one that proved successful.

  As Bell described that new approach, he drew a diagram of a person speaking into a device.Gray's patent documents, which described a similar technique, also featured a very similar diagram.

  Shulman's book describes other elements that have angered researchers' suspicions.For instance, Bell's transmitter design appears hastily(草率地)written in the margin of his patent; Bell was nervous about demonstrating his device with Gray present; Bell resisted testifying(作证)in an 1878 lawsuit solving this question; and Bell, as if ashamed, quickly distanced himself from the telephone patent right bearing his name.

  Perhaps the most instructive lesson comes when Shulman explores why historical memory has favoured Bell but not Gray-nor German inventor Philipp Reis.who beat them both with 1860s telephones that employed a different principle.

  One reason is simply that Bell, not Gray.actually demonstrated a phone that transmitted speech.Gray was focused instead on his era's pressing communications challenge:how to send multiple messages simultaneously(同时地)over the same telegraph wire.As Gray shouted to his lawyers,“I should like to see Bell do that with his instruments.”

(1)

The phrase“the smoking gun”in Paragraph 3 means“________”.

[  ]

A.

the cause of a series of things

B.

something proving what one has done

C.

the conclusion of a complex case

D.

something used to confuse people

(2)

According to Shulman, how did Bell steal the idea for telephone from Gray?

[  ]

A.

He secretly looked at Gray's patent documents.

B.

He watched secretly while Gray was experimenting.

C.

He was told the new technique by Gray's assistant.

D.

He learned the new technique from the patent examiner.

(3)

How many examples are given by Shulman to prove that Bell stole the idea?

[  ]

A.

3.

B.

4.

C.

5.

D.

6.

(4)

History treats Bell as the inventor of telephone because ________.

[  ]

A.

he had written transmitter design in his patent

B.

he founded a telephone company bearing his name

C.

he proved how to send many messages at the same time

D.

he made an actual demonstration of transmitting speech

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  In the Caucasus region of the Soviet Union, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don't stop at 100! By comparison, in America only 3 people in 100,000 reach 100. But these Soviet old people aren't alone. The Pakistani Hunzas, who live high in the Himalaya Mountains and the Vilacbambans of the Andes Mountains in Ecuador seem to share the secret of long too.

  These peoples remain heathy in body and spirit despite the passage of time. While many older persons in industrial societies become weak and ill in their 60s and 70s, some Soviet Georgians, aged 110 to 140, work in the fields beside their great--great--grandchildren. Even the idea of aging is foreign to them. When asked, “At what age does youth end?”, most of these old people has no answer. Several replied,“Well, perhaps at age 80.” The very youngest

estimate was age 60.

  What accounts for this ability to survive to such old age, and to survive so well? First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived peoples. They begin their long days of physical labor as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr Rustam Mamedov is 142 years of age. He remembers his life experiences: the Crimean War of 1854; the Turkish War of 1878; the Bolshevik Revolution in 1917. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr Mamedov has no intentions of retiring from his life as a farmer. “Why? What else would I do?” he asks. Oh, he has slowed down a bit. Now he might quit for the day after 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

  All these people get healthful rewards from the environment in which they work. They all come from mountainous regions. They live and work at elevations of 5,000 to 12,000 feet (1,660 to 4,000 meters) above sea level. The air has less oxygen and is pollutionfree. This reduced-oxygen environment makes the heart and blood vessel system stronger.

  Another factor that may contribute to the good health of these people is their isolation. To a great extent, they are separated from the pressures and worries of industrial society.

  Inherited factors also play some role. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. Good family genes may, therefore, be one factor in living longer.

  Finally, although these three groups don't eat exactly the same foods, their diets are similar. The Hunzas, Vilacbambans, and Soviets eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese, and milk. They never eat more food than their bodies need.

  It is clear that isolation from urban pressures and pollution, clean mountain air, daily hard work, moderate diets, good genes, and a youthful approach to life all contribute to the health and remarkable long life of all these people.

(1) What kinds of things contribute to the remarkable long life of these peoples?

[  ]

A.Moderate diets.

B.Clean mountain air.

C.Daily hard work.

D.All the above factors.

(2) How do you think the author feels about these longlived people?

[  ]

A.He is impressed with them.

B.He doesn't care.

C.He doesn't like them.

D.He admires them.

(3) According to the passage, the phrase“the passage of time” means ________.

[  ]

A.have time to do what they want

B.being on time

C.time going by

D.limited time

(4) In the passage, why does the author describe Mr Mamedov?

[  ]

A.An example of a typical long life among these people.

B.An example of an unusual long life among these people.

C.An explanation of why he is still healthy.

D.An example of why his wife died early than him.

(5) What is the main subject of this article?

[  ]

A.Mr Mamedov's life.

B.A description of several societies where people live a long time.

C.Suggestions for how you can live long life.

D.People are healthy in mountainous regions.

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