D. Try to read something that you can’t understand to make your English better.

28. If you meet a few new words on a page while reading, _________.

A. write them down at once         B. guess the meaning at first

C. give up reading                 D. don’t mark with a pen

29. To make your reading better, _________.

A. only read a magazine that you like

B. reading English for two hours every Sunday is much better than for a short time every day

C. you should read something that you like for a short time once a day

D. it’s enough for you to read some newspapers

B

Look around—What do you see? What do you hear? What do you smell? If you live in a city, you probably see many people. You  hear the noise of traffic. And you breathe the polluted air from cars and factories.

We are entering a new time in the history of the world. Before this, most people were farmers. They lived in the countryside. Now many people are leaving the farms and moving  into the cities. They’re looking for jobs. The cities are growing very quickly. Most cities are very crowded. People are driving more cars, burning more fuel(燃料), using more water, eating more food, making more garbages, and producing more things in factories than ever before. Life is becoming difficult.

Some governments are trying to plan for the future. They’re building new roads, putting up new houses, looking for more water, and limiting the population growth in certain areas. Still, city planners are getting worried. People are crowding into the cities faster. The cities are short of room. What is the answer to this problem?

30. What’s the main problem?

A. The cities are becoming more and more crowded.

B. The cities are becoming smaller.

C. There would be no food or water.

D. City planners are getting worried.

31. The underlined word “limiting” may mean          in Chinese.

A. 扩充           B. 消灭           C. 限制           D. 优化

32. According to the passage, which sentence is NOT true?

A. You breathe the polluted air in the city.

B. Few cities are crowded and life is becoming easier.

C. City planners are very worried.

D. Cities won’t have enough room for people to live in.

C

In the Caucasus Mountains, nearly 50 out of every 100,000 people live to celebrate their 100th birthday, and many don’t stop at 100! In America only 3 people in 100,000  reach 100. But these old people aren’t alone. The people who live high in the Himalaya Mountains and the Andes Mountains, seem to share the secret of long life, too.

First of all, hard physical work is a way of life for all of these long-lived people. They begin their long days of physical work as children and never seem to stop. For example, Mr Rustam is 142 years of age. He has experienced several wars. His wife is 116 years old. They have been married for 90 years. Mr Rustam doesn’t want to stop his work as a farmer, “Why? What else would I do?” He asks. Oh, he has slowed down a bit. Now h e might work for 6 hours in the field instead of 10.

Another factor (因素) that may contribute to the good health of these people is t heir isolation. Most of them are kept off the modern world.

Inherited (遗传的) factors also help. Most of the longest-lived people had parents and grandparents who also reached very old ages. So good family genes (基因) may be one factor i n living longer.

Finally, although these three groups don’t eat exactly the same food, they eat little animal meat. Their diets are full of fresh fruits, vegetables, nuts, grains, cheese and milk. They never eat more food than body needs. w ww .xk b 1.com

33. Which of the following contributes to the good health of all these long-lived people?

A. Fresh air in the mountains.   B. Hard physical work.

C. A big family.      D. The same food.

34. What does the word “isolation” mean in Chinese?

A. 自我封闭   B. 独立   C. 与世隔绝   D. 淡泊

35. What would be the best title (标题) for the passage?

A. Good Health      B. The Old People in the Mountains

C. Long-lived People     D. The Secret of Long Life