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根据下列文章,请回答 36～40 题。 A New Cause of Suffering

A conference on obesity(肥胖症)was recently held in Vienna．Two thousand experts from more than fifty countries attended the conference．According to statistics．1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight，and 250 million are too fat．Obesity is rapidly becoming a new cause of suffering．

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said：“We are living in the new age but with the metabolism(新陈代谢)of a stone-age man．1 have just been to the United States．It is really terrible．A pizza(比萨饼)shop is appearing on every corner．We have been occupied by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization．”

Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer．Hopichler said：“Eighty per cent of all diabetics(糖尿病人)are too fat，also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with fatty tissue complaints．Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease．Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure．”

Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs．“The health insurance pays for surgery(such as reducing the size of the stomach)when the body-mass index(身体质量指数)is more than 40．That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.60 meters.One should start earlier．”

Toplak said that prevention should begin in school．“Child obesity has a close relation with the time which children spend in front of T V sets．”

第36题：How many people are suffering from obesity in the world？

A．250，000，000．

B．25，000，000．

C．1，200，000。000．

D．1 20，000，000．

Obesity: the Scourge of the Western World

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference -- of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries -- 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.

Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said, "Obesity is a chronic illness, fin Germany, 20 per cent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one per cent." But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone-age man." "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every corner. We have been overrun by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization. "

Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said, "Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese, also fifty per cent of all. patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints." "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure."

Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index5 is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier."

Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets."

The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.

It is estimated that there are ______ people suffering from obesity in the world.

A．250,000,000

B．1,200,000,000

C．1,450,000,000

D．950,000,000

Obesity (肥胖): the Scourge (祸害) of the Western World

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world, delegates agreed at the llth European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday. According to statements before the opening of the conference — of 2,000 specialists from more than 50 countries — 1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight, and 250 million are obese.

Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General Hospital said," Obesity is a chronic illness. In Germany, 20 per cent of the people are already affected, but in Japan only one per cent." But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scientific discoveries and medication.

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said, "We are living in the new age (but) with the metabolism of a stone — age man." "I have just been to the United States. It is really terrible. A pizza shop is springing up on every comer. We have been overran by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization."

Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer. Hopichler said," Eighty per cent of all diabetics are obese, also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints." "Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease. Reducing one's weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure."

Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs. "Though the health insurance pays for surgery (such as reducing the size of the stomach) when the body-mass index is more than 40. That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilograms for a height of 1.70 meters. One should start earlier."

Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school. "Child obesity (fat deposits) correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets."

The consequences were only apparent later on. No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy for their population group.

scourge n. 天灾;祸害

obesity n. 肥胖症

overrun vt. 侵扰；蹂躏

obese adj. 肥胖症

diabetic n. 糖悄病患者；adj.糖尿病的

medication n. 药物疗法

adipose adj.脂肪的；肥胖的

metabolism n.新陈代谢

It is estimated that there are ______ people suffering from obesity in the world.

A．250,000,000

B．1,200,000,000

C．1,450,000,000

D．950,000,000

根据下列文章,请回答 41～45 题。

A New Cause of Suffering

A onference on obesity(肥胖症)was recently held in Vienna．Two thousand experts from more than fifty countries attended the conference。According to statistics。1'2 billion people worldwide are overweight，and 250 million are too fat。Obesity is rapidly becoming a new cause of suffering．

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzburg said："We are living in the new age but with the metabolism(新陈代谢)of a stone-age man．1 have just been to the United States．It is really terrible。A Pizza(比萨饼)shop is appearing on every corner．We have been occupied by fast food and Coca-Cola-ization。”

Many of the experts stressed．that obesity was a potential killer．Hopichler said：“Eighty per cent of all diabetics(糖尿病人)are too fat, also fifty per cent of all patients with high blood pressure and fifty per cent with fatty(脂肪的)tissue complaints．Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease．Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure．”

Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs, “The health insurance pays for surgery(such as reducing the size of the stomach)when the body-mass index(身体质量指数) is more than 40．That is equivalent to a weight of 11 6 kilograms for a height of l．60 meters．One should start earlier。”

Toplak said that prevention should begin in school．“Child obesity has a close relation with the time which children spend in front of TV sets．”

第 41 题 How many people are suffering from obesity in the world？

A．250，000，000．

B．25，000，000．

C．1，200，000，000．

D．1 20，000，000．

Obesity（肥胖）：the scourge（祸害）of the western world

Obesity is rapidly becoming a new scourge of the western world，delegates agreed at tile 11th European Conference on the issue in Vienna Wednesday to Saturday．According to statements I before the opening of the conference-of 2，000 specialists from more than 50 countries-1.2 billion people worldwide are overweight，and 250 million are 0bese．

Professor Bernhard Ludvik of Vienna General hospital said：“Obesity is a chronic illness．In Germany，20 per cent of the people are already affected，but in Japan 0nly one per cent．”But he said that there was hope for sufferers thanks to the new scienti6c discoveries and medication．

Professor Friedrich Hopichler of Salzberg said：“We are living in the new age（but）with the me-tabolism of a stone--age man．”“I have just been to the United States． It is really terrible． A pizza shop is springing up on every corner． We have been overrun by fast flood and Coca-Cola-ization．”

Many of the experts stressed that obesity was a potential killer． Hopichler said：“Eighty percent of all diabetics are obese，also fifty per cent of a11 patients with high b100d pressure and fifty per cent with adipose tissue complaints．”“Ten per cent more weight means thirteen per cent more risk of heart disease． Reducing one’s weight by ten per cent leads to thirteen per cent lower blood pressure．”

Another expert Hermann Toplak said that the state health services should improve their financing of preventive programs． “Though the health insurance pays for surgery（such as reducing the size of the stomach）when the body—mass index is more than 40．That is equivalent to a weight of 116 kilo一grams for a height of 1.70 meters． One should start earlier．"

Ludvik said that prevention should begin in school． “Child obesity（fat deposits）correlates with the time which children spend in front of TV sets．”

The consequences were oly apparent later on． No more than fifteen per cent of obese people lived to the average life expectancy。 for their population group．

第 31 题 It is estimated that there are_____ people suffering from obesity in the world．

A．250，000，000

B．1，200，000，000

C．1，450，000，000

D．950，000，000

请阅读短文，完成第题。

We"ve got it all wrong， says Carlos Slim， the Mexican telecoms tycoon and world"s second-richest man: we should be working only three days a week. Attending a business conference inParaguay， Mr. Slim said it was time for a"radical overhaul" of people"s working lives. Instead of being able to retire at 50 or 60， he says， we should work until we are older——but take more time off as we do so.

"People are going to have to work for more years， until they are 70 or 75， and just work three days a week——perhaps 11 hours a day，" he told the conference， according to Paraguay.com newsagency. "With three work days a week， we would have more time to relax for quality of life. Havingfour days（off） would be very important to generate new entertainment activities and other ways ofbeing occupied." The 74-year-old self-made magnate believes that such a move would generate a healthier and more productive labour force， while tackling financial challenges linked to longevity.He is putting his money where his mouth is. In his Tehnex fixed-line phone company in Mexico，where workers on a collective labour contract who joined the company in their late teens areeligible to retire before they are 50， he has instituted a voluntary scheme allowing such workers tokeep working， on full pay， but they only need to work four days a week.

Mr. Slim stunned the Mexican business world this month with plans to break up his Am6ricaM6vil empire， selling about a fifth of its assets， in order to avoid regulatory sanctions. Hiscompanies dominate 80 per cent of the fixed-line and 70 per cent of the mobile markets inMexico——above a new 50 per cent threshold. The magnate is a keen strategist and philanthropist，who has often said what he likes to do best is to think. He has cultivated interests outside thecorporate world: his passion for Rodin sculpture and art collecting is evident in the Soumaya museum in Mexico City dedicated to his late wife.

Another of his deep-held beliefs is that education should be rethought. He told the conference in Paraguay that it should "not be boring， but should be fun" and should teach people "not to memorize but to reason; not to domesticate but to train". He also called for more vocationaltraining.

Mr. Slim， who is at the age of 74 already， meanwhile， appears to have no plans to retire.

"Look at who he respects: the （Mexican） banker Manuel Espinosa Yglesias was something of amentor， and he was still working in his late 80s，" said Andrew Paxman， a British historian who iswriting a book about Mr. Slim.

Which is not the reason of having four days off a week being very important according to Mr. Slim？ 查看材料

A.People will have more time to relax and achieve quality of life.

B.People can generate new entertainment activities in the spare time.

C.People will have time to think about other ways of being occupied.

D.People will be happy and more willing to go to work.

on are unable to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more people whose level of attainment is so slight that it barely outlives a literacy.

Recently the attack on illiteracy (文盲) has been stepped up . A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, pricelists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill informs.

The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, Africa, and Central and South America. In Africa

there are at least one hundred million illiterates, compromising(牵连) eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them in Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading tl ,c list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).

Studying carefully the clues in the passage, we learn that the total population of Africa is ______.

A．approximately seven hundred million

B．approximately one hundred and twenty-five million

C．approximately eight or eight point five thousand million

D．exactly twenty-four million

re un able to read and write, and there are probably two hundred and fifty million more whose level of attainment(造诣、成就)is so slight that it barely qualifies a literacy(识字).

Recently the attack on illiteracy has been stepped up. A world plan has been drawn up by a committee of UNESCO experts in Paris, as part of the United Nations Development Decade, and an international conference on the subject has also been held. UNESCO stresses that functional literacy is the aim. People must learn the basic skills of responsible citizenship: the ability to read notices, newspapers, timetables, letters, price lists, to keep simple records and accounts, to sort out the significance of the information gathered, and to fill in forms.

The major areas of illiteracy are in Asia, and Central and South America. In Africa there are at least one hundred million illiterates, making up eighty to eighty-five per cent of the total population. In Europe the figure is about twenty-four million, most of them is Southern Europe, with Spain, Italy, Portugal, and Yugoslavia heading the list (the United Kingdom has about seven hundred thousand).

According to the estimate, the illiterate population in the world is ______.

A．two hundred and fifty million

B．one hundred million

C．about half of the total population in the world

D．seven thousand million

Section B

Directions: There are 2 passages in this section. Each passage is followed by some questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). You should decide on the best choice and mark the corresponding letter on Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.(本题共20分，每题2分)

Passage One

Questions 57 to 61 are based on the following passage.

Communications technologies are far from equal when it comes to conveying the truth. The first study to compare honesty across a range of communication media has fund that people are twice as likely to tell lies in phone conversations as they are in emails. The fact that emails are automatically recorded—and can come back to haunt (困扰) you—appears to be the key to the finding.

Jeff Hancock of Cornell University in Ithaca, New York, asked 30 students to keep a communications diary for a week. In it they noted the number of conversations or email exchanges they had lasting more than 10 minutes, and confessed to how many lies they told. Hancock then worked out the number of lies per conversation for each medium. He found that lies made up 14 per cent of emails, 21 per cent of instant messages, 27 per cent of face-to-face interactions and an astonishing 37 per cent of phone calls.

His results to be presented at the conference on human-computer interaction in Vienna, Austria, in April, have surprised psychologists. Some expected emailers to be the biggest liars, reasoning that because deception makes people uncomfortable, the detachment (非直接接触) of emailing would make it easier to lie. Others expected people to lie more in face-to-face exchanges because we are most practised at that form. of communication.

But Hancock says it is also crucial whether a conversation is being recorded and could be reread, and whether it occurs in real time. People appear to be afraid to lie when they know the communication could later be used to hold them to account, he says. This is why fewer lies appear in email than on the phone.

People are also more likely to lie in real time—in a instant message or phone call, say—than if they have time to think of a response, says Hancock. He found many lies are spontaneous (脱口而出的) responses to an unexpected demand, such as: “Do you like my dress？”

Hancock hopes his research will help companies work our the best ways for their employees to communicate. For instance, the phone might be the best medium foe sales where employees are encouraged to stretch the truth. But, given his result, work assessment where honesty is a priority, might be best done using email.

注意：此部分试题请在答题卡2上作答。

57. Hancock’s study focuses on ________.

A) the consequences of lying in various communications media

B) the success of communications technologies in conveying ideas

C) people are less likely to lie in instant messages

D) people’s honesty levels across a range of communications media

Chinese Economy

The size of the Chinese economy is likely to climb, in world rankings, from its current position as the sixth largest to the second largest by 2030, said economists with global investment bank Lehman Brothers.

With its gross domestic product (GDP) growing at an annual rate of 6 per cent, China will come in after the United States to secure the second place spot, the economists said.

Such an economy stands to offer exciting business and capital market opportunities to foreigners over the next 10 years or so, said Robert Subbaraman, a Lehman Brothers senior economist who is the co-author of a newly released comprehensive report on China's economic, political, social and foreign policy prospects over the next 10 years.

At a press conference last week in Beijing, Subbaraman and his colleagues offered detailed explanations of their forecasts regarding the impact of the country's accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), growth opportunities and how to do business in China.

WTO Impact

China's economy will be disrupted in the short term, but in the long run, it can benefit immensely from its WTO entry, said Subbaraman.

Rising numbers of bankruptcies and displaced workers are likely, as increased trade competition after the WTO forces a reallocation of resources away from protected and less competitive industries to sectors where China has more of a comparative advantage, he said.

According to the International Monetary Fund, WTO accession will subtract 0.3 per cent from China's real GDP growth in the first year.

Subbaraman said potential losers from the accession include the highly protected agricultural, telecommunications and banking sectors and some of the more capital-intensive ones such as the auto industry.

Besides short-term adjustment costs, WTO accession will have a profound effect on the composition of China's balance of payments, he said.

The reduction in trade barriers will lead to a substantial increase in merchandise imports but only a modest rise in exports.

Furthermore, WTO entry will help spur the development of the legal and regulatory framework and accelerate reform. in the bank and enterprise sectors, thus creating demand for foreign services — financial, accounting, management consultancy and legal — to support restructuring.

As a result, the current account surplus of US $ 20.5 billion in 2000 is likely to decrease and could sink into a small deficit by 2003, Subbaraman said in his report.

However, the decrease in Chinas s current account should be more than offset by an improvement in the capital account, noted Paul Sheard, chief economist for Lehman Brothers Asia.

The liberalization of China's services sector should attract stronger FDI (foreign direct investment) inflows, while measures to strengthen the rule of law and to broaden and deepen the bond and equity markets should help deter portfolio capital flight.

"On our estimates, actual FDI will soar from US $ 46. 8 billion today to a round US $ 65 billion by the end of 2003,” he said, adding that China's overall balance of payments surplus is expected to increase steadily in the coming years.

"This means that the tendency for the RMB will be to appreciate once China begins to move toward a more flexible exchange rate regime," he said.

In the long run, WTO entry is expected to add around 1.3 per cent per annum to China's GDP growth, he added.

"We are optimistic that China will achieve an average 6 per cent growth over the next two decades," he said at the press conference.

Business Bible

In the report, Subbaraman said the answer to the question: "Should we be there？ is a cautious "yes” for multinational inv

A．Y

B．N

C．NG

The figure of illiteracy in Britain comprises ______.

A．zero point one per cent of that of the illiteracy in the world

B．zero point two per cent of the world adult population

C．thirty-five per cent of Europe's population

D．three point five per cent of that of the illiteracy in Southern Europe