OTTAWA -- Canada’s western city of Calgary is the world’s best city when it comes to healthy living, local press reported Monday.
According to an international survey by Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a London-based consulting firm, Calgary was put at the top of a list of 144 cities. It scored 121 points, just above Honolulu’s score of 120. Helsinki（赫尔辛基，芬兰首都） and Ottawa followed at 119.5 and 118.5 respectively.
Three other Canadian cities came in the top 20. Montreal and Vancouver tied for ninth and Toronto came in at 18th.
The scores are based on air pollution levels, availability and quality of hospitals and medical supplies, as well as the efficiency of waste removal and sewage systems.
In America, the lowest scoring city was Atlanta, which was ranked 76th. Athens was the lowest scoring city in Western Europe, ranking 120th because of its air pollution. London was ranked 59th.
1.How many Canadian cities are in the top 20?
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A．3. |
B．4. |
C．5. |
D．6. |
2.Which of the following is NOT taken into account when the cities were scored?
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A．Weather conditions. |
B．Air quality. |
C．Waste removal. |
D．Medical supplies. |
3.Among the following cities, which is the lowest scoring one?
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A．Atlanta. |
B．Athens. |
C．London. |
D．Helsinki. |
When I was a teenager I volunteered to work at the water station at a 10,000m race. My job was to 21 water to the runners. I remember being so 22 to see all the different kinds of people who passed by and grabbed a cup of water. Some ran past, some walked past and a few wheeled past. I saw so many types of people doing it. I thought maybe I could do it too! So the next year I 23 up for the race.
That first 10,000m race was quite an 24 . I jogged, I walked, I jogged and I walked. 25 , I didn’t know if I could finish. Then came a defining (决定性) 26 .
At one point near the end, a 70-year-old man ran past me, very, very fast, and I felt 27 because I was 50 years younger than he but I couldn’t even keep up with him. I felt 28 for a second.
But then I 29 something. He was running his race and I was running mine. He had 30 abilities, experience, training and goals for himself. I had mine. Remember my 31 was only to finish.
After a minute, it 32 me that this was a lesson I could draw from. I learned something about myself in that moment. I turned my embarrassment into 33 .
I 34 that I would not give up on running races. In fact, I would run even more races and I would learn how to train and prepare 35 and one day I would be one of those 70-year-old persons who were still running. As I crossed the finish line, I was proud of my 36 .
In life we all have those moments where we 37 ourselves to others. It’s only 38 . Don’t allow those moments to 39 you. Turn them into motivation and let them inspire you. With the proper preparation and training, you can improve your result to 40 anything you want in life.
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Bill suggested________a meeting on what to do for the Shanghai Expo during the vacation.
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S cientists have many theories about how the universe________into being.
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B．was coming |
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Good health is the most valuable thing a person can have, but one cannot take good health for granted. It is important to remember that the body needs proper care in order to be healthy. There are three things that a person can do to help stay in good shape: eat right food ,get enough sleep, and exercise regularly.
Proper nutrition (营养) is important for good health. Your body cannot work well unless it receives the proper kind of “fuel”(燃料).Don't eat too much food with lots of sugar and fat. Eat plenty of foods high in protein (蛋白质) ,like meat, fish, eggs and nuts. Vegetables and fruits are very important because they provide necessary vitamins (维他命) and minerals. However, don't overeat. It is not helpful to be overweight.
Getting the proper amount of sleep is also important. If you don't get enough sleep, you feel tired and easily get angry. You have no energy. Over a long period of time a little a amount of sleep may even result in a change of personality (人的个性).Be sure to allow yourself from seven to nine hours of sleep each night. If you do, your body will feel strong and refreshed, and your mind will be sharp.
Finally, get plenty of exercise. Exercise firms the body, strengthens the muscles, and prevents you from gaining weight. It also improves your heart and lungs. If you follow a regular exercise program, you will probably increase your life-span (寿命).Any kind of exercise is good. Most sports are excellent for keeping the body in good shapes: basketball, swimming, bicycling, running and so on are good examples. Sports are not only good for your body, but they are enjoyable and interesting, too.
If everybody, were to eat the right foods, get plenty of sleep and exercise regularly, the world would be a happier and healthier place. We would all live to be much older and wiser.
1.According to the passage,_________.
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A．we should always keep fit |
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B．if we were healthy, we could spend our days in doing things with less sleep |
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C．one can eat a lot to stay in good shape |
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D．one needn't take any exercise if he is healthy |
2.In order to keep good health, ___________ .
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A．we should eat a lot of sweets |
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B．one needs a large amount of fat |
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C．people should eat according to the foods nutrition |
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D．we must try to sleep now and then |
3.Eating more and sleeping less________.
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A．can keep healthy |
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B．is no good for you |
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C．gets you more energy |
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D．will keep your personality |
4.The writer explains ________in this passage.
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A．how to eat |
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B．the importance of doing exercise |
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C．how to keep healthy |
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D．what to eat |
5.The title of the article should be___________ .
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A．Eating and Exercising |
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B．How Vitamins Work in Man's Body |
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C．Staying Healthy |
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D．Sleeping Well |
Agnes Miller was one of the earliest leaders of the Women’s Liberation Movement in the United States. She was born on a farm in Missouri in 1892. Strangely enough she had a very happy life as a child. She was the only daughter and the youngest child of five. Her parents and her brothers always treated her as their favorite.
In 1896 the family moved to Chicago. Three years later they moved back to St. Louis where Agnes spent the rest of her childhood. She enjoyed her years in school and was an excellent student of mathematics. She also was quite skillful as a painter.
It was when Agnes went off to college that she first learned that women were not treated as equals. She didn’t like being treated unequally but she tried not to notice it. After graduating from college she tried to get a job in her major field—physics. She soon found it was almost impossible for a woman.
Agnes spent a full year looking for a job. Finally she gave up in anger. She began writing letters of anger to various newspapers. An editor in New York liked her ideas very much. He specially liked her style. He asked her to do a series of stories on the difficulties that women had in finding a job. And there she began her great fight for equal rights for women.
1.Where did Agnes spend her childhood?
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A．Missouri. |
B．Chicago. |
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C．New York. |
D．St. Louis and Chicago. |
2.At school, Agnes was good at .
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A．physics and painting |
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B．maths and painting |
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C．writing and maths |
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D．physics and writing |
3.What happened in Agnes’s life when she was in college?
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A．She learned to accept the fact that men and women were unequal. |
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B．She learned that it was impossible for a woman to be a scientist. |
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C．She came to know of the inequality between men and women. |
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D．She developed her personal way of writing. |
