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Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying

Among terminally（晚期）ill people, attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a
_______(1)or bad death,the results of a new study suggest.
Dr. Elizabeth K. Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed
26 men with_________(2)heart disease or cancer.The men were asked to describe
good and bad deaths,and they also answered________(3)about their preferences
for dying.
"In this small study,terminally ill men described good and bad deaths_____(4),"
Vig said."They did not hold the same views about such issues________(5)the
presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death."
Many of the men considered_______(6)in their sleep to be a good death.The
reasons were varied and included not_________(7) that death was imminent（即将发生
的）,and that death would be painless.
For close to half of the men , a prolonged（拖延的）death was __________ (8) a bad
death.Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain,_________
(9)others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
Most men said that their______(10)were very important to them,but this did
not mean that they wanted relatives close at the________(11)of death."Valuing family did
not also_________(12)wanting family present at the very end of life,"Vig said.
"In fact,some expressed concerns___________(13)burdening loved ones,"Vig said.
For instance,some men were worried about the emotional or________(14)
impact on their family members,according to the Washington researcher. Some were
worried________(15)their need for care would be a burden on their families,she said.

_________(3)
A: reports
B: opinions
C: questions
D: remarks

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Food Fright
Experiments under way in several labs aim to create beneficial types of genetically modified(GM)foods,including starchier potatoes and caffeine-free coffee beans.Genetic engineers are even trying to transfer genes from a cold-water fish to make a frost-resistant tomato.A low-sugar GM strawberry now in the works might one day allow people with health problems such as diabetes to enjoy the little delicious red fruits again.GM beans and grains supercharged with protein might help people at risk of developing kwashiorkor. Kwashiorkor,a disease caused by severe lack of protein,is common in parts of the world where there are severe food shortages.
Commenting on GM foods,Jonathon Jones,a British researcher,said,"The future benefits will be enormous,and the best is yet to come."
To some people,GM foods are no different from unmodified foods."A tomato is a tomato," said Brian Sansoni,an American food manufacturer.
Critics of GM foods challenge Sansoni's opinion.They worry about the harm that GM crops might do to people,other animals,and plants.
In a recent lab study conducted at Cornell University,scientists tested pollen made by Bt corn,which makes up one-fourth of the U .S.corn crop.The scientist sprinkled the pollen onto milkweed,a plant that makes a milky juice and is the only known food source of the monarch but-terfly caterpillar. Within four days of munching on the milkweed leaves,almost half of a test group of caterpillars had died."Monarchs are considered to be a flagship species for conservation,"said Cornell researcher Linda Raynor."This is a warning bell."
Some insects that are not killed by GM foods might find themselves made stronger. How so? The insecticides used to protect most of today's crops are sprayed on the crops when needed and decay quickly in the environment.But GM plants produce a continuous level of insecticide.Insect species feeding on those crops may develop resistance to the plants and could do so in a hurry, say the critics.Insects may also develop a resistance to the insecticide Bt.
At the forum on GM food held last year in Canada,GM crops that have been made resistant to the herbicide might crossbreed with wild plants,creating"superweeds"that could take over whole fields.
So where do you stand?Should GM foods be banned in the United States,as they are in parts of Europe?Or do their benefits outweigh any of the risks they might carry?

What happens to those insects when not killed by the spray of insecticide?
A: They may lose their ability to produce offspring.
B: They may have a higher ability to adapt to the environment.
C: They move to other fields free from insecticide.
D: They never eat again those plants containing insecticide.

“There is one and only one social responsibility of business,”wrote Milton Friedman,a Nobel prize-winning economist“That is,to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”But even if you accept Fiedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility（CSR）policies as a waste of shareholders money,things may not be absolutely clear-cut.New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies–at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.The largest firms is America and Britain together spend more than$15 billion a year on CSR,according to an estimate by EPG,a consulting firm,This could add value to their businesses in three ways.First,consumers may take CSR spending as a“signal”that a company’s products are of high quality.Second,customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes is helps.And third,through a more diffuse“halo effect,”whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act（FCPA）.It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company's products as part of their investigations,they could be influenced only by the halo effect.The study found that,among prosecuted firms,those with the most comprehensiveCSR programmes tendedto getmore lenient penalties.Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms'political influence,rather than their CSR stand,that accounted for the leniency:Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.In all,the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits,they do seen to influenced by a company’s record in CSR."We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern,such as child labour,or increasing corporate giving by about 20%results in fines that generally are 40%lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,"says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question of how much businesses ought to spend on CSR.Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect,rather than the other possible benefits,when they decide their do-gooding policies.But at least have demonstrated that whencompanies get into trouble with the law,evidence of good character can win In all,the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits,they do seen to influenced by a company’s record in CSR."We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern,such as child labour,or increasing corporate giving by about 20%results in fines that generally are 40%lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,"says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question of how much businesses ought to spend on CSR.Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect,rather than the other possible benefits,when they decide their do-gooding policies.But at least have demonstrated that whencompanies get into trouble with the law,evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.
When prosecutors evaluate a case,a company's CSR record.

A.has an impact on their decision.
B.comes across as reliable evidence.
C.increases the chance of being penalized.
D.constitutes part of the investigation.

In the experiment the researcher placed a rat in a maze ( ) it was presented with different smells to see if it can.

A. what
B. that
C. where
D. which

资料：International Federation for Scientific Research
#203 Lotus Garden Road, Mumbai 400 032, India
13 August
Dr. Jonas Radcliffe
SNB Laboratories
Glasgow G3 8HN
United Kingdom
Membership #2789R
Dear Dr. Radcliffe,
This year, the International Federation for Scientific Research （IFSR） will hold its annual convention from 20 to 23 November.
The conference will be held in Colombo, Sir Lanka, and will have Changing Migration Patterns as its theme. Our keynote speaker is Dr. Preeti Pillai, dean of biology at Gujarat University of Science and the author of the acclaimed book Migrant Birds in Asia. In addition, more than 100 noted speakers will be presenting their latest research findings related to migration and ecology.

Register before 21 September and receive a 20 percent reduction on the registration fee. To register online and to look at presentation summaries, please visit www.ifsr.org Information on hotel accommodation and transportation options is also available on the site.

The IFSR hopes you will be able to attend this important and informative convention.
Yours sincerely,

Me1issa Oduya
Director, IFSR

Why was the letter written?

A.To invite a researcher to speak at a convention.
B.To recommend an academic article.
C.To encourage a member to attend a conference.
D.To ask a scientist to post research data to a Web site.

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Losing Weight
Girls as young as 10 years old are dieting and in danger of developing unhealthy attitudes about weight,body image and food,a group of Toronto researchers reported Tuesday.
Their study of 2,279 girls aged 10 to 14 showed that while the vast majority had healthy weights,nearly a third felt they were overweight and were trying to lose pounds. Even at the tender age of 10,nearly 32 percent of girls felt"too fat"and 3 1 percent said they were trying to diet.
McVey,a researcher at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto,and her colleagues analyzed data collected in a number of surveys of southern Ontario school girls between 1993 and 2003,reporting their findings in Tuesday's issue of the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Nearly 80 percent of the girls had a healthy body weight and only 7.2 percent were considered overweight using standard weight-to-height ratios.Most researchers suggest the rate of overweight children in this country is several times higher than that figure.
Nearly 30 percent of the girls reported they were currently trying to lose weight,though few admitted to dangerous behavior such as self-induced vomiting.
Still,a test that measured attitudes towards eating showed 10.5 percent of survey participants were already at risk of developing an eating disorder.
"We're not talking about kids who've been prescribed a diet because they're above average weight or overweight. We're talking about children who are within a healthy weight range.And they have taken it upon themselves to diet to lose weight,"McVey said,acknowledging she found the rates disturbing. She said striking a balance between healthy weights and healthy attitudes towards food and body image is a complex task,with no easy solutions.

What kind of institution does the lead researcher work with?
A: A school.
B: A hospital.
C: An association.
D: A charity.

What role does the teacher play at the feedback stage?

A．Assessor.
B．Resource-provider.
C．Controller.
D．Researcher.

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Smoking can Increase Depressive Symptoms in Teens

While some teenagers may use cigarettes to "self-medicate"（自我治疗）against the blues（忧郁）,sci-
entists at the University of Toronto and the University of Montreal have found that smoking may actually
______________
(51)depressive symptoms in some teens.
"This observational study is one of the few to examine the perceived ______________(52)benefits of
smoking among teens,"says lead researcher Michael Chaiton,a research associate at the Ontario Tobacco
Research Unit of the University of Toronto."_______________(53)cigarettes may appear to have self-medicating
effects or to improve mood,in the long_______________(54)we found that teens who started to smoke reported
higher depressive symptoms."
As part of the study,some 662 high school teenagers completed up to 20 questionnaires about their use
of cigarettes to ______________
(55)mood.Secondary schools were selected to provide a mix of French and
English participants,urban and rural schools,and schools ______________(56)in high,moderate and low so-
cioeconomic neighbourhoods.
Participants were divided into three
______________ (57):never smokers;smokers who did not use ciga-
rettes to self-medicate,improve mood or physical
______________ (58);smokers who used cigarettes to self-
medicate.Depressive symptoms were measured using a scale that asked how often participants felt too tired
to do things;had
______________ (59)going to sleep or staying asleep;felt unhappy,sad,or depressed;felt
hopeless about the future;felt anxious or tense;and worried too much about things.
" Smokers who used cigarettes as mood
______________( 60 ) had higher risks of elevated（提升）depres-
sive symptoms______________ (61)teens who had never smoked,"says co-researcher Jennifer O'Loughlin,a
professor at the University of Montreal Department of Social and Preventive Medicine."Our study found that
teen smokers who reported emotional benefits from smoking are_______________(62)higher risk of developing
depressive symptoms."
The______________ (63)between depression and'smoking exists______________(64)among teens that use
cigarettes to feel better."It's ______________(65)to emphasize that depressive symptom scores were higher
among teenagers who reported emotional benefits from smoking after they began to smoke,"says Dr. Chaiton.

_________(58)
A:beauty
B:state
C:world
D:activity

Most of us have experienced the odd feeling of deja vu,often regarded as a supernatural force or a glitch in the matrix.You may perform an action and suddenly feel as though you have done it in that exact l manner some time in your life.The feeling may even be 2 by a place or by spoken words,leaving some with the feeling they could 3 0r predict what happens next.Deja vu usually strikes without 4.But researchers from Colorado State University（CSU）have developed a technique to induce the feeling 5 using dynamic video sequences,6 previous experiment methods.Participants were led through virtual reality scenes 7 a junkyard or a hedge garden,which shared slight spatial similarities 8 were thematically unrelated.9 they could not"consciously remember the prior scene,"one researcher said,the participants'brain picked up on it and recognized"the similarity."The results showed deja vu"did not 10 above-chance ability to predict the next turn in a navigational path resembling a（n）11 experienced but unrecalled path,"although participants did report"12 feelings of knowing the direction of the next turn."Researchers 13 deja vu does not predict the future but makes people believe they can.It has been 14 as a"metamemory"phenomena,reflecting a（n）15 awareness of unspecific memories.Follow-up experiments are now being 16 by the team to look 17 the main cause behind the feeling of prediction.The studies hope to address（ ）it's the familiarity process that 19 the feeling,or hindsight bias 20 people feel convinced they knew what was going to happen after it happens

A.what
B.whether
C.that
D.while

“There is one and only one social responsibility of business,”wrote Milton Friedman,a Nobel prize-winning economist“That is,to use its resources and engage in activities designed to increase its profits.”But even if you accept Fiedman’s premise and regard corporate social responsibility（CSR）policies as a waste of shareholders money,things may not be absolutely clear-cut.New research suggests that CSR may create monetary value for companies–at least when they are prosecuted for corruption.The largest firms is America and Britain together spend more than$15 billion a year on CSR,according to an estimate by EPG,a consulting firm,This could add value to their businesses in three ways.First,consumers may take CSR spending as a“signal”that a company’s products are of high quality.Second,customers may be willing to buy a company’s products as an indirect way to donate to the good causes is helps.And third,through a more diffuse“halo effect,”whereby its good deeds earn it greater consideration from consumers and others.Previous studies on CSR have had trouble differentiating these effects because consumers can be affected by all three.A recent study attempts to separate them by looking at bribery prosecutions under America’s Foreign Corrupt Practices Act（FCPA）.It argues that since prosecutors do not consume a company's products as part of their investigations,they could be influenced only by the halo effect.The study found that,among prosecuted firms,those with the most comprehensiveCSR programmes tendedto getmore lenient penalties.Their analysis ruled out the possibility that it was firms'political influence,rather than their CSR stand,that accounted for the leniency:Companies that contributed more to political campaigns did not receive lower fines.In all,the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits,they do seen to influenced by a company’s record in CSR."We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern,such as child labour,or increasing corporate giving by about 20%results in fines that generally are 40%lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,"says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question of how much businesses ought to spend on CSR.Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect,rather than the other possible benefits,when they decide their do-gooding policies.But at least have demonstrated that whencompanies get into trouble with the law,evidence of good character can win In all,the study concludes that whereas prosecutors should only evaluate a case based on its merits,they do seen to influenced by a company’s record in CSR."We estimate that either eliminating a substantial labour-rights concern,such as child labour,or increasing corporate giving by about 20%results in fines that generally are 40%lower than the typical punishment for bribing foreign officials,"says one researcher.Researchers admit that their study does not answer the question of how much businesses ought to spend on CSR.Nor does it reveal how much companies are banking on the halo effect,rather than the other possible benefits,when they decide their do-gooding policies.But at least have demonstrated that whencompanies get into trouble with the law,evidence of good character can win them a less costly punishment.
The author views Milton Friedman’s statement about CSR with.

A.tolerance
B.skepticism
C.uncertainty
D.approval

Passage Two
Generationsof Americans have been brought up to believe that a good breakfast is essentialto one′s life.Eating breakfast at the start of the day,we have been told,and told again,is as necessary asputting gasoline in the family car before starting a trip.But for many people,the thought of food as the first thing in the morning is never a pleasure Sodespite all the efforts,they still take no breakfast.
Between 1977 and 1983,the latest year for which figures could beobtained,the number of people who didn′t have breakfast increased by 33%from8.8 million to 11.7 million--according to the Chicago-based Market ResearchCorporation of America.For those who dislike eating breakfast,however,thereis some good news.
Several studies in the last few years have shown that,for adults especially,there may be nothing wrong with omitting breakfast."Going without breakfast does not affect work,"said Arnold E.Bender,former professor of nutrition at Queen Elizabeth College in London,"nor does giving people breakfast improve work."Scientific evidence linkingbreakfast to better health or better work is surprisingly inadequate(不充分),and most of the recent work involves children,not adults."The literature,"says one researcher,Dr.Earnest Polite at theUniversity of Texas,"is poor."

What does the word"literature"in the last sentence?refer to?

A.Modem American literature.
B.Any printed materials.
C.Written works on a subject.
D.Stories,poems and plays.

In the experiment , the researcher placed a rat in a maze, ___ it was presented with different smells to see if it can resist the distraction and get to the exit.

A.what

B.that
C.where

D.which

He is a physician.

A:researcher
B:professor
C:doctor
D:student