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The term “quality of life” is difficult to define. It (51) a very wide scope such as living environment, health, employment, food, family life, friends, education, material possessions, leisure and recreation, and so on. (52) speaking, the quality of life, especially (53) seen by the individual, is meaningful in terms of the degree (54) which these various areas of life are available or provide (55) for the individual.
As activity carried (56) as one thinks fit during on e’s spare time, leisure has the following (57): relaxation, recreation and entertainment, and personal development. The importance of these varies according to the nature of one ’s job and one’s life style. (58), people who need to (59) much energy in their work will find relaxation most (60) in leisure. Those with a better education and in professional occupations may (61) more to seek recreation and personal development (e.g.(62) of skills and hobbies) in leisure. The specific use of leisure (63) from individual to individual.
(64) the same leisure activity may be used differently by different individuals. Thus, the following are possible uses of television watching, a (65) leisure activity, a change of experience to provide (66) from the stress and strain of work; to learn more about what is happening in one ’s environment; to provide an opportunity for understanding oneself by (67) other people ’s life experiences as (68) in the programs.
Since leisure is basically self-determined, one is able to take (69) his interests and preferences and get (70) in an activity in ways that will bring enjoyment and satisfaction.
51_____
A.composes
B.consists
C.covers
D.constitutes
52A.Basically
B.Frankly
C.Primarily
D.Generally
53A.when
B.as
C.while
D.which
54A.to
B.as
C.of
D.in
55A.satisfaction
B.information
C.respect
D.admiration
56A.out
B.through
C.away
D.off
57A.effects
B.operations
C.functions
D.features
58A.However
B.Thus
C.Nevertheless
D.Yet
59A.provide
B.hire
C.exercise
D.exert
60A.preferable
B.desirable
C.obtainable
D.perfect
61A.tend
B.prefer
C.enjoy
D.oblige
62A.training
B.promotion
C.nurturing
D.cultivation
63A.varies
B.differs
C.changes
D.alters
64A.Still
B.Yet
C.Even
D.So
65A.correct
B.adequate
C.precise
D.proper
66A.separation
B.escape
C.flight
D.isolation
67A.contrasting
B.comparing
C.matching
D.measuring
68A.portrayed
B.described
C.related
D.narrated
69A.after
B.on
C.with
D.to
70A.involved
B.participated
C.attended
D.employed
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The basic argument for the one-term, six-year presidency is that the quest for reelection is at the heart of our problems with self-government. The desire for reelection, it is claimed, drives Presidents to do things they would not otherwise do. It leads them to make easy promises and to postpone hard decisions. A single six-year term would liberate presidents from the pressures and temptations of politics. Instead of worrying about reelection, they would be free to do only what was best for the country.
The argument is superficially attractive. But when you think about it, it is profoundly antidemocratic in its implications. It assumes Presidents know better than anyone else what is best for the country and that the people are so wrongheaded and ignorant that Presidents should be encouraged to disregard their wishes. It assumes that the less responsive a President is to popular desires and needs, the better President he or she will be. It assumes that the democratic process is the obstacle to wise decisions.
The theory of American democracy is quite the opposite. It is that the give-and-take of the democratic process is the best source of wise decisions. It is that the President's duty is not to ignore and override popular concerns but to acknowledge and heed them. It is "that the President's accountability to the popular will is the best guarantee that he or she will do a good job.
The one-term limitation, as Gouverneur Morris, final draftsman of the Constitution, persuaded the convention, would "destroy the great motive to good behavior," which is the hope of reelection. A President, said Olive Ellsworth, another Founding Father, "should be reelected if his conduct prove worthy of it. And he will be more likely to render himself worthy of it if he be rewardable with it."
The ban on reelection has other perverse consequences. Forbidding a President to run again, Gouverneur Morris said, is "as much as to say that we should give him the benefit of experience, and then deprive ourselves of use of it." George Washington stoutly opposed the idea. "I can see no propriety," he wrote, "in precluding ourselves from the service of any man, who on some great emergency shall be deemed universally most capable of serving the public."
A single six-year term would release Presidents from the test of submitting their records to the voters. It would be an impeachment of the democratic process itself. The Founding Fathers were everlastingly right when they turned down this well-intentioned but ill-considered proposal 200 years ago.
The main idea of the passage is that the United States Presidents should ______
A.have wide political experience
B.serve for a term of less than six years
C.serve for a term of more than six years
D.be allowed to be reelected
【B1】
A.application
B.use
C.utility
D.usage
So why is this huge increase in population taking place? It is really due to the spread of the knowledge and practice of what is becoming known as "Death Control". You have no doubt heard of the term "Birth Control". "Death Control" is something rather different. It recognizes the work of the doctors and scientists who now keep alive people who, not very long ago, would have died of a variety of then incurable diseases. Through a wide variety of technological innovations that include farming methods and the control of deadly diseases, we have found ways to reduce the rate at which we die. However, this success is the very cause of the greatest threat to mankind.
If we examine the amount of land available for this ever-increasing population, we begin to see the problem. If everyone on the planet had an equal share of land, we would each have about 50,000 square meters. This figure seems to be quite encouraging until we examine the amount of usable land we actually have. More than three-fifths of the world's land cannot produce food.
Obviously, with so little land to support us, we should be taking great care not to reduce it further. But we are not! Instead, we are consuming its "capital" — its nonrenewable fossil fuels and other mineral deposits that took millions of years to form. but which are now being destroyed in decades. We are also doing the same with other vital resources not usually thought of as being nonrenewable such as fertile soils, groundwater and the millions of other species that share the earth with us.
It is a very common belief that the problems of the population explosion are caused mainly by poor people living in poor countries who do not know enough to limit their reproduction. This is not true. The actual number of people in an area is not as important as the effect they have on nature. Developing countries do have an effect on their environment, but it is the populations of richer countries that have a far greater impact on the earth as a whole.
According to the article, what contributes to the population increase?
A.Birth explosion.
B.Birth Control.
C.Technological innovations.
D.Death Control.
High Stress May Damage Memory
According to a report issued in May 1998,elderly people who have consistently high b1ood levels of cortisol don’t score as well on memory tests as their peels with lower levels of the stress hormone.What’s more. high 1evels of cortisol are also associated with shrinking 0f the hippocampus,a region of the brain that plays a key role in learning and memory.The 6ndings suggest that even cortisol levels in the normal,“healthy” range can actually accelerate brain aging.
The study results “now provide substantial evidence that long—term exposure to adrenal stress hormones may promote hippocampal aging in normal elderly humans,”write Nada Porter and Philip Landfield of the University of Kentucky in Lexington in their editorial.Cortisol is a hormone released in response to stress by the adrenal glands,which sit on top of the kidneys.
Over a 5 to 6一year period,Dr. Sonia Lupien and his colleagues measured 24一hour cortisol levels in 51 healthy volunteers,most of Whom were in their 70s.
Despite wide variation in cortisol levels.the participants could be divided into three Subgroups:those whose cortisol progressively increased over time and was currently high(increasing/high):those whose cortisol progressively increased over time and was currently moderate(increasing/moderate);and subjects whose cortisol decreased,but Was currently moderate(decreasing/moderate).
The researchers tested the volunteers’ memory on six people in the increasing/high category and five people in the decreasing/moderate group.The groups did not differ on tests of immediate memory,but the increasing/high cortisol group had other memory problems compared with those in the decreasing/moderate group.
The researchers also found that the total volume of the hippocampus in those in the increasing/high group was 14% lower than those in the decreasing/moderate group,although there were no differences in 0ther brain regions.
The results suggest that brain aging Can be accelerated by levels of adrenal hormones that are not generally regarded as pathological and that variation within this normal range is related to variation in the rate of brain aging.”write Porter and Landfield.“This further suggests that chronic stress may accelerate the worsening of hippocampus.”
第 26 题 The part of the brain important for a person’s learning and memory is.
A.the cortisol.
B.the adrenal glands.
C.the stress hormones
D.the hippocampus.
The film provides a deep ______ into a wide range of human qualities and feelings.
A.insight
B.imagination
C.fancy
D.outlook
Our company has wide experience () the textiles line.
A. on
B. Iin
C. about
D. of
The professor's speech ______ at wide range of subjects from drug to women's rights.
A.contained
B.covered
C.listed
D.touched