57. Why do many people go and see the doctors even when they really don’t need to?

　 A. To get necessary protective treatment.

　 B. To take back some expensive medicine.

　 C. To receive treatment free of charge.

　 D. To keep himself even more healthy.

56. What is the problem in the Health Service?

　 A. Doctors and nurses are not working hard.

　 B. People can get more preventive treatment.

　 C. There are not enough well-trained doctors.

　 D. Money is not enough to employ more medical workers.

55. Britain is described as an example to show that_____.

　 A. it is a very rich country in Europe

　 B. it is a country with the Health Service

　 C. everyone in the UK enjoys free medical care

　 D. people have to play part of the medicine fee

75. We can conclude that a teenager should _____

　 A. play more video games instead of watching TV

　 B. be active in taking part in outdoor activities

　 C. be more active in watching educational TV programmers

　 D. attend religious services and care for politics

答案　 72.A　 73.C　 74.C　 75.B

Passage 13

(湖北省黄冈中学2009届高三五月适应性考试(B卷)B篇)

Any country has good reasons to want its citizens to be as healthy as possible. This led to

the instruction of health service in many countries. Britain has developed into a country in which

all citizens can get most of the health treatment free. The money for this is partly from the people who are willing to offer.

But there are different opinions about the Health Service. The number of patients treated every year and the cost of treatment are much greater than expected. This means that the people who work for the Health Service- doctors, nurses and other hospital workers have much more work to do, and as a result they have little time for preventive treatment.

However, the tough problem is that as many people are able to receive treatment more expensive than they can pay, sometimes people go and visit their doctors when they don’t really need to. As there are many patients, doctors cannot spend time long enough with each patient. So some people prefer to pay for their own treatment so that their doctors can examine them more carefully. In fact, some rich people feel that they should pay more free money, which would be given to other citizens.

74. We can learn from the survey that of all the media use

　 A. computer games are teenagers' favorite

　 B. most teenagers prefer to listen to the radio

　 C. teenagers enjoy watching TV very much

　 D. newspaper is not included in the survey

73. The result of the research seems to prove______________.

　 A. teenagers are more likely to develop depression than adults

　 B. other media uses do no harm to adolescents

　 C. TV probably causes teenagers to grow up with depression

　 D. those who watch no TV will not develop depression

72. The best title for this passage should be____________.

　 A. Teens, Television and Depression

　 B. Men Develop Depression Easier than Women

　 C. Media Use is Harmful to Adolescents

　 D. Take Great care of Teenager's depression

63.Talking with strangers, ________.

　　 A. women are more talkative than with people they know

　　 B. men are more talkative than with their wives

　　 C. women prefer to listen more rather than speak more

　　 D. men speak a lot to have their opinions accepted

答案　 60.C　 61.C　 62.D　 63.D

Passage 12

(哈师大附中2009年高三第四次模拟考试E篇)

A new study suggests that the more teenagers watch television, the more likely they are to develop depression as young adults.

　　 The researchers used a national long-term survey of adolescent(青少年的)health to investigate (调查)the relationship between media use and depression. They based their findings on more than four thousand adolescents who were not depressed when the survey began in 2000.

　　 As part of the survey, the young people were asked how many hours of television or videos they watched daily. They were also asked how often they played computer games and listened to the radio. Media use totaled an average of five and one-half hours a day. More than two hours of that was spent watching TV.

　　　 Seven years later, in 2007, more than seven percent of the young people had signs of depression. The average age at that time was twenty-one.

　　　 The researchers say they did not find any such relationship with the use of other media such as movies, video games or radio, etc. But the study did find that every extra hour of television meant an eight percent increase in the chances of developing signs of depression. Young men were more likely than young women to develop depression given the same amount of media use.

　　　 The study didn't explore if watching TV causes depression. But one possibility is that it was taking time away from activities that could help prevent depression.

　　　 Last December, the journal Social Indicators Research published a study of activities that help lead to happy lives. Sociologists from the University of Maryland found that people who describe themselves as happy spend less time watching television than unhappy people. The study found that happy people are more likely to he socially active, to read, attend religious services and to vote.

62.The underlined word gender means _______.

　　 A. people　　　　　　　　　　 B. nationality　　　　　　 C. culture　　　　　　　　　 D. sex

61.Which of the following statements describes the main idea of the passage?

　　 A. Women are born more talkative than men.

　　 B. Men are born more talkative than women.

　　 C. Women and men are talkative in different cases.

　　 D. Women are no more talkative than men.