Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

    The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

    "We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20--25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,”said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

    "Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70，one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,”said Goldspink. "This is part of the ageing process."

    What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A

healthy 70-year-old woman's heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one's.

   "This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,”said Goldspink.

    They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80，focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease.

    The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.

    The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

The underlined word“longevity" in the second paragraph probably refers to ______.

    A. health          B. long life        C. ageing           D. effect

The text mainly talks about ______.

    A. men's heart cells                   B. women's ageing process、

    C. the gender difference               D. hearts and long life

According to the text, the UK scientists have known that

    A. women have more cells than men when they are born

    B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

    C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

    D. women never lose their pumping power with age

If you want to live longer, you should

    A. enable your heart to beat much faster      

B. find out the reason for ageing

    C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy 

D. prevent your cells from being lost

We can know from the passage that

    A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

    B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

    C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

    D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20

C
“Regardless of social class, race, age, men say they hate to shop,” says Zukin, City University of New York sociology professor. “Yet when you ask them deeper questions, it turns out that they like to shop. Men generally like to shop for books, music and hardware. But if you ask them about the shopping they do for books or music, they’ll say, ‘Well, that’s not shopping. That’s research.’”
In other words, what men and women call “buying things” and how they approach that task are different.
Women will wander through several 1,000-square-meter stores in search of the perfect party dress. Men will wander through 100 Internet sites in search of the perfect digital camcorder(摄录像一体机).
Women see shopping as a social event. Men see it as a special task or a game to be won.
“Men are frequently shopping to win,” says Ann, a marketing professor at Loyola University of Chicago. “They want to get the best deal. They want to get the best one, the latest one and if they do that it makes them happy.”
When women shop, “They’re doing it in a way that they want everybody to be very happy,” says Ann. “They’re kind of shopping for love.”
“Teenage girls learn to shop from their moms and older sisters, but they also learn to shop by examining articles in magazines like Seventeen,” City University Zukin says.
“And although men’s magazines such as GQ and Esquire have long had shopping articles, it’s TV that has the eye of young male shoppers,” says Ann and Zukin.
“Television shows are used by young men in the same way Seventeen magazine or Lucky are used by girls,” says Zukin, “to help make clothing and toiletry(化妆品) choices.”
“Of course, there are men who love to shop and are proud of it,” Loyola’s Ann says.
And that is important no matter whether you buy a car or a frying pan. All men love to buy but don’t want to get cheated.
Ann adds, “There actually are men who are interested, for example, in cooking or shopping or chinaware or things around the home --- they become kind of girl magnets. Women like it.”
78. From the first paragraph we can find that ______.
A. men are all dishonest                             B. men are all book lovers
C. men hate to shop actually                       D. men like to shop in fact
79. Compared to women men usually treat shopping ______.
A. honestly            B. seriously                  C. frequently         D. foolishly
80. The underlined word “magnets” in the last paragraph means ______.
A. magazines that attract young women              B. persons that have a powerful attraction
C. tools that can help housewives much              D. vegetables that make women beautiful

When people in the U.S. have company or when they're invited to (formal or informal)get-together, they usually make a point of trying to make others feel comfortable and relaxed.On the whole, they tend to be informal. Men shake hands, but usually only when they're introduced. Male friends and business associate who haven't seen each other in a while may shake hands when they say hello. Women usually don't shake hands when being introduced to each other. When a woman and man are introduced, shaking hands is up to the woman. Americans rarely shake hands to say goodbye, except on business occasions. American women are used to being independent. They are used to going to places by themselves, making their own money, and often living alone. Sometimes they will ask men for help, but they usually don't want to be protected. Since the women's movement started, it's not always clear whether women expect men to open doors or help them into their coats. American women may start conversations with men or even ask them to dance.

 There are a lot of Americans who don't smoke or drink, and many who don't want people to do those things in their houses. It's always best to ask for permission before you,bring alcohol to a dinner or before you light up a cigarette, if you are with people you don't ,know very well. Non-smokers have become more militant (好战的) about smoking in public places. Many restaurants, for example, have set up special areas for smokers.

House guests may bring gifts when they come to visit, and they often offer to help in some way. As a guest, you may want to ask your host or hostess if there's anything you can do to help in the kitchen. In many cases, the gesture is more important than actually helping.

"…the gesture is more important than actually helping." Here "gesture" means_________.

     A. 态度       B. 话题          C.姿态         D. 言行

When American people are introduced to each other, ____________.

     A. men seldom shake hands                       B. women often shake hands

     C. a woman decides if she will shake hands with a man

     D. a man decides if he will shake hands with a woman

___________is not mentioned in the passage.

    A. How to visit an American family      B. When American women's movement started

    C. American women are independentD Non-smokers hate smoking in public places.

Which one is NOT right? ________________.

A None of Americans want people to smoke or drink in their houses

B Many Americans don’t smoke or drink

C Many special areas for smokers have been set up in the US

D It’s best to ask before you smoke in America

Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

    The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

    "We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20--25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,”said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

    "Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70，one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,”said Goldspink. "This is part of the ageing process."

    What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman's heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one's.

   "This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,”said Goldspink.

    They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80，focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease.

    The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.

    The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

1.

The underlined word“longevity" in the second paragraph probably refers to ______.

    A. health          B. long life        C. ageing           D. effect

2.

The text mainly talks about ______.

    A. men's heart cells                   B. women's ageing process、

    C. the gender difference               D. hearts and long life

3.

According to the text, the UK scientists have known that

    A. women have more cells than men when they are born

    B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

    C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

    D. women never lose their pumping power with age

4.

If you want to live longer, you should

    A. enable your heart to beat much faster      

B. find out the reason for ageing

    C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy 

D. prevent your cells from being lost

5.

We can know from the passage that

    A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

    B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

    C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20

   Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.

    The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.

    "We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20--25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age,”said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.

    "Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70，one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men,”said Goldspink. "This is part of the ageing process."

    What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A

healthy 70-year-old woman's heart could perform almost as well as a 20-year-old one's.

   "This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men,”said Goldspink.

    They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80，focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease.

    The team has yet to find why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart, said Goldspink.

    The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.

1. The underlined word“longevity" in the second paragraph probably refers to ______.

    A. health          B. long life        C. ageing           D. effect

2.The text mainly talks about ______.

    A. men's heart cells                   B. women's ageing process、

    C. the gender difference               D. hearts and long life

3.According to the text, the UK scientists have known that

    A. women have more cells than men when they are born

    B. women can replace the cells that enable the heart to beat

    C. the female heart loses few of the cells with age

    D. women never lose their pumping power with age

4.If you want to live longer, you should

    A. enable your heart to beat much faster      

B. find out the reason for ageing

    C. exercise regularly to keep your heart healthy 

D. prevent your cells from being lost

5.We can know from the passage that

    A. the reason why ageing takes a greater loss on the male heart has been found out

    B. scientists are on the way to finding out why the male heart loses more of the cells

    C. the team has done something to prevent the male from suffering the greater loss

    D. women over 70 could lose more heart cells than those at the age of 20