59. According to the passage, which of the followings is TRUE?

A. In December, "Portrait of Suzanne Bloch" and "O Lavrador de Cafe" painted by Candido Portinari were stolen.

B. There are steel doors and no detectors in Sao Paulo Museum of Art.

C. Three robbers defeated three armed museum guards and took away the works on Thursday.

D. Three suspects in the first high-profile art theft in less than a year were arrested.

B

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The men underwent three months of major lifestyle changes, including eating a diet rich in fruits, vegetables, whole grains, legumes and soy products, moderate exercise such as walking for half an hour a day, and an hour of daily stress management methods such as meditation(冥想). As expected, they lost weight, lowered their blood pressure and saw other health improvements. But the researchers found more profound changes when they compared prostate biopsies taken before and after the lifestyle changes. After the three months, the men had changes in activity in about 500 genes -- including 48 that were turned on and 453 genes that were turned off. The activity of disease-preventing genes increased while a number of disease-promoting genes, including those involved in prostate cancer and breast cancer, shut down, according to the study published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

The research was led by Dr. Dean Ornish, head of the Preventive Medicine Research Institute in Sausalito, California, and a well-known author advocating lifestyle changes to improve health. "It's an exciting finding because so often people say, 'Oh, it's all in my genes, what can I do?' Well, it turns out you may be able to do a lot," Ornish, who is also connected with the University of California, San Francisco, said in a telephone interview. "'In just three months, I can change hundreds of my genes simply by changing what I eat and how I live'. That's pretty exciting," Ornish said. "The implications of our study are not limited to men with prostate cancer."

58. How many people were in the museum during the robbery?

A. A lot. The museum was crowded.

B. Not too many. It was almost empty.

C. There were a lot of people outside the museum.

D. Only three of them.

57. Why didn't the thieves take other more valuable works?

A. Because they didn't know that the other pieces were worth more.

B. Probably because they had received an order for the prints that they took.

C. Because they didn't have enough time.

D. Because they were in such a hurry that they couldn’t get them all.

56. What did the armed men steal on Thursday?

A. Two prints by Pablo Picasso

B. Two oil painting by Brazilian artists

C. Two prints by Pablo Picasso and two oil paintings by two Brazilian artists.

D. Two prints by two Brazilian artists and two oil paintings by Picasso Pablo.

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53. A. felt　　 　　 　　　 B. touched　　　　 C. smelt　　　　　　　 D. tasted

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