40 The word“touch" in paragraph 7 could be best replaced by
A “deposit”.
B “lend”.
C “use”.
D “cash”.
第三篇
Exercise Lowers Employers‘Health Costs
Companies can save millions in health-care costs simply by encouraging their employees to exercise a little bit，researchers reported on Friday
They said obese(肥胖的)employees had higher health。care costs，but lowered those expenses by exercising just a couple of times a week——without even losing any weight.
Feifei Wang and colleagues at the University of Michigan studied 23，500 workers at General Motors．
They estimated that getting the most sedentary(惯于久坐的)obese workers to exercise would have saved about$790,000 a year．or about 15 percent of health—care costs for the whole group Company—wide，the potential savings could reach$7.1 million per year，they reposed in the Journal of Occupational and Environmental Medicine．
Of the whole group of workers，about 30 percent were of normal weight，45 percent were overweight(超重的)，and 25 percent were obese．Annual health—care costs averaged$2，200 for normal weight，$2,400 for the overweight，and$2,700 for obese employees．
But among workers who did no exercise，healthcare costs went up by at least $100 a year，and were$3,000 a year for obese employees who were sedentary．
But adding two or more days of light exercise——at least 20 minutes of exercise or work hard enough to increase heart rate and breathing——lowered costs by on average$500 per employee a year，the researchers found．
41 How can employees help lower the health—care costs?
A By taking more rest．
B By eating less．
C By exercising a little bit．
D By saving more money．
42 By encouraging its employees to exercise General Motors could save
A $790，000 per year．
B $7.1 million per year．
C $3,000 per year．
D $7,300 per year．
43 How many workers in General Motors were NOT of normal weight?
A Seventy percent．
B Thirty percent
C Forty-five percent
D Twenty—five percent．
44 For which group of the workers were the health—care costs the highest?
A The employees of normal weight．
B The overweight employees
C The obese employees．
D The sedentary obese employees
45 How often should the employees exercise to help lower the health-care costs?
A At least seven days a week
B At least twenty minutes a week
C At least twice a week
D At least once a week
第5部分：补全短文 (第46～50题，每题2分，共10分)
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Caribbean Islands
What would you See if you took a cruise to the Cartbbean Islands? Palm trees and coconuts (椰子)?White beaches and clear，blue ocean?Colorful corals(珊瑚)and even more colorful fishes and birds?
You bet There are thousands of islands in the Caribbean Sea．They are famous for their warm，tropical climate and great natural beauty．
The Caribbean Islands form a chain that separates the Caribbean Sea from the rest of me Atlantic Ocean，Some of the islands were formed by the eruption(爆发)of ancient volcanoes(火山)______(46)
The Caribbean Islands are known by several names._____(47)The explorer Christopher Columbus called the islands the Indies in 1492 because he thought he was near the coast of India．Later,Spain and France called the islands the Antilles．There are four large islands in the Caribbean Sea_______(48)These four islands are often called the Greater Antilles Together, they account for about 90 percent of the land area of the Caribbean Islands
The rest of the Caribbean Islands are much smaller．Some of these islands are no more than tiny slivers (小片)of exposed coral．You can see why pirates(海盗)such as the famous Blackbeard satled these waters．_____(49)
The weather of the Caribbean Sea is almost always warm and sunny Sandy beaches line the coasts of many islands．This is why millions of tourists visit the islands each year______(50)
A But 1ife Oil the Caribbean Islands iS not always painful．
B The earliest name used by Europeans is the Indies，later changed to the West Indies．
C Others are low-lying coral islands that gradually rose from the ocean
D They are Cuba，Puerto Rico，Jamaica，and Hispaniola．
E Many tourists arrive on cruise ships．
F There are countless smallislands to bury treasure or hide on．
第6部分：完形填空 (第5卜65题，每题1分，共15分)
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Preferences Vary on Circumstances of Dying
Among terminally(晚期)ill people，attitudes differ on what they think constitutes a ____(51)or bad death，the results of a new study suggest Dr．Elizabeth K Vig of the University of Washington in Seattle and colleagues interviewed 26men with____(52)heart disease or cancer The men were asked to describe good and Bad deaths,and they also answered____(53)about their preferences for dying“In this small study，terminally ill men described good and bad deaths___(54) Vig said”They did not hold the same views about such issues____(55)the presence of others at the very end of life or preferred location of death.
Many of the men considered____(56) in their sleep to be a good death．The reasons were varied and included not____(57)that death was imminent(即将发生的)，and that death would be painless.
For close to half of the men，a prolonged(拖延的)death was______(58)abad death Some of the men associated a prolonged death with prolonged pain，______(59)others thought a prolonged death would be difficult for their families.
Most men said that their_____(60) were very important to them，but this did not mean that they wanted relatives close at the_____(61) of death. " Valuing family did not also___(62)wanting family present at the very end of life," Vig said.
"In fact，some expressed concerns____(63)burdening loved ones，Vig said.For instance，some men were worried about the emotional or_____(64) impact on their family members，according to the Washington researcher Some were worried____(65)their need for care would be a burden on their families，she said
51 A wrong B pure C good D whole
52 A frequent B terminal C early D light
53 A reports B opinions C questions D remarks
54 A differently B similarly C strangely D fully
55 A to B as C at D for
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