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                                                                      That“Monday morning feeling”could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.

　　The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2, 600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.

　　Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.

　　A study of 11, 000 Italians proved 8 a. m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewest heart attacks in both countries.

　　The finding could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol（胆固醇）but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them, ”he said.

　　Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.

　　“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal（内分泌）changes in their bodies, ”Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavorable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot（血凝块）which will cause a heart attack.”

　　“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activities,”said Willich.

51. Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, ________.

　A. is not as serious as people thought

　B. is the first killer in Germany and Italy

　C. is created by researchers in Germany and Italy

　D. is harmful to working people in developed countries

52. To protect people from a heart attack, doctors have paid much attention to ________.

　A. people’s working time　　　　　 B. people’s living place

　C. people’s diet and lifestyle　　　　 D. people’s nationalities

53. It can be learned from this passage that the heart attack has something to do with all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. blood pressure　　　　　　　　 B. heart rate

　C. hormonal changes　　　　　　　D. blood type

54. If the researchers give us some advice to avoid Monday morning feeling, what might it be?

　A. Improve working conditions.　　　B. Never go to work on Mondays.

　C. Stay with a doctor on Mondays.　　D. Get up late on Monday mornings.

HONG KONG-Nine out of ten Singapore citizens returned dropped wallets with money in them,but in Hong Kong only three out of 10 wallets were returned in an honesty test carried out in Asian cities by Readers Digest(读者文摘).

Larger cities did worse while in general people in smaller places returned secretly planted wallets,results from the experiment showed.

Readers Digest secretly scattered 140 wallets all over Asia,each with a name,address and phone number,family pictures,notes and money in it.

The magazine workers then watched to see what happened.

South Koreans in Seoul returned six out of the ten dropped wallets,while those in Inchon returned eight.

50 per cent of the dropped wallets were returned in Bombay,Bangkok,Taipei and Kajang in Malaysia,with most people saying they would not keep what was not rightfully theirs.

Honesty had little relation to wealth or status(地位),as several well-dressed people in a number of cities were observed to walk away without doing anything to get in touch with the rightful owners.

About 57 per cent of the wallets were returned,compared with 28 per cent in Europe in a similar experiment and 67 per cent in the United States.

1.The newspaper report is mainly about_________.

A.how the honesty test was carried out

B.where the honesty test was carried out

C.the results of the honesty test in Asia

D.the results of the honesty tests in the world

2.It can be learned from the newspaper report that Bombay is a city in _________.

A.Europe　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B.Asia

C.the United States　　　　　　　　　　 D.Malaysia

3.How many of the wallets dropped in Asian cities were taken away without being returned?

A.About 60.　　　　　　　　　 　 B.About 80.

C.About 56.　　　　　　　　　 　 D.About 42.

4.Which people did best in the honesty tests?

A.People in Hong Kong.　　　　　　　　 B.People in the United States.

C.People in Inchon.　　　　　　　　　　 D.People in Singapore.

Let us say there is something you don’t know how to do. In the past if you were determined to learn, you might have called friends or relatives, taken a night class or walked down to the local library for a research term. But now a host of websites are springing up to provide free practical advice on these subjects and actually anything else you can think of. In one sense, these“ how to” sites represent a part of the growing world of online learning. These FAQs（Frequent Answers and Questions）, many of which still circulate（go round continuously）, took a special subject and explained it to complete novices. But, “how - to” sites take the FAQ idea in a somewhat different direction by addressing subjects that aren't necessarily associated with discussion forums（论坛）.These sites take the style of a written tutorial and a tone of friendly advice. Possibly the biggest and best known of these sites is learn 2.com（www. learn2. com）It offers nearly 1, 000 free tutorials and adds new ones frequently for a job interview. At ehow. com（www. ehow.）you can learn how to train for your first marathon, how to buy a vacation home, or how to make a movie in eight steps.
56．The purpose of the passage is to________.
　　A. introduce new websites to netizens（网民）
　　B. say how to learn new courses by Internet
　　C. bring new means to learn something new
　　D. help you to solve any difficulty you meet with
57．The underlined word“ novices” probably means________.
　　A. people with rich experience
　　B. people without experience
　　C. beginners of “ how - to” sites
　　D. hosts of “how - to” sites
58．From the passage we may guess that________.
　　A. a deaf person can teach himself at home by visiting “how-to” sites
　　B. “how - to” sites are specially designed for the disabled
　　C. you can just click your mouse at home to question anything
　　D. it is pleasant to listen to the advice on “how-to” sites
59．If you have no tent when you decide to go camping, you may________ .
　　A. visit www．learn2. com　　　　 B. visit www. ehow. com
　　C. visit some site else　　　　　　　D. go to the tourist company

People have strange ideas about food. For example, the tomato is a kind of very delicious vegetable. It is one of useful plants that can be prepared in many ways. It has rich nutrition and vitamin in it. But in the 18th century, Americans never ate tomatoes. They grew them in their gardens because tomato plants are so pretty. But they thought the vegetable was poisonous (有毒的). They called tomatoes “poison apples.”

President Thomas Jefferson, however, knew that tomatoes were good to eat. He was a learned man. He had been to Paris, where he learned to love the taste of tomatoes. He grew many kinds of tomatoes in his garden. The President taught his cook a way for a cream of tomato soup. This beautiful pink soup was served at the President’s party. The guests thought the soup tasted really good. They never thought their president would serve his honored guests poison apples. Jefferson never spoke to his honored (忠实的) guests about the fact.

1. After you read the passage, which of the following do you think is true?

A. Americans never ate tomatoes after they began to plant them.

B. Americans didn’t eat tomatoes before 19th century.

C. Even now Americans don’t eat tomatoes.

D. In the 18th century Americans ate a lot of tomatoes.

2. The passage tells us that Jefferson was a President who learned to love the taste of tomatoes　　　 .

A. while he was in Paris　 　　　　B. when he was a little boy

C. because his parents told him so　 D. from books

3. According to the text, _______ made the beautiful pink soup served at the President’s party?

A. the President himself　　　 B. a French cook

C. the President’s cook　　　　 D. the President’s wife

4. From the passage we know all the honored guests invited by Jefferson were　　　 .

A. people from other countries　　　　　 B. from France

C. people of his own country　　　　　　 D. men only

5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?

A. All of the guests knew the soup that was served at the President’s party was made of tomatoes.

B. All of the guests thought the soup which was prepared by the President’s cook was nice.

C. All of the guests thought the taste of the beautiful pink soup was nice.

D. None of the guests knew that their president would serve his honored guests poison apples.