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Americans are far more sophisticated about beverages than they were 20 years ago. Witness

the Starbucks revolution and you'll know where the trend goes. Now, spurred on by recent studied suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar jolt. Enough chic tea salons are springing up to make even diehard coffee drinkers consider switching beverages.

Tea is available in more places than ever. "Tea was one of the most prolific beverage categories in 1999," with 24 percent more products offered over the previous year, reports Tom Vierhile of Marketing Intelligence Service, which tracks food and beverage trends. And the Tea Association of the United States reports that from 1990 to 1999, annual sales of the drink grew to $ 4.6 billion from $1.8 billion. "Green tea is seen by consumers as a 'functional food' delivering health benefits beyond sustenance," says Vierhile.

Recently published studies point out that not all brews are created equal. Only teas that come from the leaves of the plant Camellia sinensis — which, in their raw state are brewed to make green tea, and, with curing, can be turned into oolong and black tea leaves — have been shown to contain health benefits. Other herbal teas and infusions may taste good, yet they do little more than warm up the drinker. But for Camellia sinensis, the evidence is powerful. In a 1998 study, Harvard University researchers found that drinking one cup of black tea a day lowered the risk of heart attack by as much as 44 percent compared with non-tea drinkers, and other studies have suggested that the antioxidants in these so-called real teas can also prevent cancer.

One such antioxidant in green tea is ECGC, a compound 20 times as powerful as vitamin E and 200 times as powerful as vitamin C. "When people ask me for something good and cheep they can do to reduce their cancer risk, I tell them drink real tea." Says Mitchell Gaynor, director of medical oncology at New York City's Strang-Cornell Cancer Prevention Centre.

Among those inspired to become a green-tea drinker is Tess Ghilaga. A new York Writer who took it up after consulting a nutritionist six years ago. "I've never been a coffee drinker." says Ghilaga, 33, "she told me to start drinking green tea for the antioxidant properties." Now Ghilaga and her husband routinely brew tea they order theirs from Inpursuitoftea.com, an internet tea company, which sells a variety of ready-made and raw teas. http://www. alitea.com/ — along with green, black, and oolong tea, this company sells a wide variety of herbal teas and offers a "Tea of the Month" club. http://www. Teasofgreen.com/ — this site sells higher-end green, black and oolong teas and has good tips on proper storage and preparation of tea. http://www. tea.com/ — tea drinkers can find links to sites offering tea lore, such as articles about tea ceremonies in foreign lands. An exhaustive "frequently asked question" file found out the site.

What do recent studies reveal about tea drinking？

A．Many tea houses have sprung up to meet the market demands.

B．Drinking tea can cut the risk of lung cancer in particular.

C．Tea is rather a magical drinking material to slow down the aging process.

D．Many die-hard coffee brewers have developed strong sentiments towards tea.

答案

C
解析：这是道细节题。解题句是第一段的“Now, spurred on by recent studies suggesting that it can cut the risk of cancer and heart disease and retard the aging process, tea is enjoying a similar jolt.”现在，一些研究结果暗示了茶拥有可以降低癌症和心脏病的发病率和延缓衰老的功效，受这一趋势影响，茶也受到了类似的追捧和迅速蔓延。故选C。

发布时间：2022-12-19
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第1题

Text 4 It is said that in England death is pressing, in Canada inevitable and in Californi
a optional Small wonder. Americans' life expectancy has nearly doubled over the past century. Failing hips can be replaced, clinical depression controlled, cataracts removed in a 30-minuts surgical procedure. Such advances offer the aging population a quality of life that was unimaginable when I entered medicine 50 years ago. But not even a great health-care system can cure death-and our failure to confront that reality now threatens this greatness of ours. Death is normal; we are genetically programmed to disintegrate and perish, even under ideal conditions. We all understand that at some level, yet as medical consumers we treat death as a problem to be solved. Shielded by third-party payers from the cost of our care, we demand everything that can possibly be done for us, even if it's useless. The most obvious example is late-stage cancer care. Physicians-frustrated by their inability to cure the disease and fearing loss of hope in the patient-too often offer aggressive treatment far beyond what is scientifically justified.

In1950, the U.S. spent .7 billion on health care. In 2002, the cost will be billion. Anyone can see this trend is unsustainable. Yet few seem willing to try to reverse it. Some scholars conclude that a government with finite resources should simply stop paying for medical care that sustains life beyond a certain age-----say 83 or so. Former Colorado governor Richard Lamm has been quoted as saying that the old and infirm“have a duty todie and get out of the way”,so that younger, healthier people can realize their potential.

I would not go that far. Energetic people now routinely work through their 60s and beyond, and remain dazzlingly productive. At 78,Viacom chairman Sumner Redstone jokingly claims to be 53.Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor is in her 70s,and former surgeon general C.Everett Koop chairs an Internet start-up in his 80s.These leaders are living proof that prevention works and that we can manage the health problems that come naturally with age. As a mere 68-year-old,I wish to age as productively as they have.

Yet there are limits to what a society can spend in this pursuit. Ask a physician, I know the most costly and dramatic measures may be ineffective and painful. I also know that people in Japan and Sweden, countries that spend far less on medical care, have achieved longer, healthier lives than we have. As a nation, we may be overfunding the quest for unlikely cures while underfunding research on humbler therapies that could improve people's lives.

第56题：What is implied in the first sentence？

A. Americans are better prepared for death than other people.

B. Americans enjoy a higher life quality than ever before.

C. Americans are over-confident of their medical technology.

D. Americans take a vain pride in their long life expectancy.

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第2题

听力原文：If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restauran

听力原文： If you visit a big city anywhere in the world, you will probably find a restaurant which serves the food of your native country. Most large cities in the United States offer international sample of foods. Many people enjoy eating the food of other nations. This is probably one reason why there are so many different kinds of restaurants in the United States. A second reason is that many Americans come from other parts of the world. They enjoy tasting the foods of their native lands.

In the city of Detroit, for example, there are many people from western Europe, Greece, Latin America and the Far East. There are many restaurants in Detroit which serve the foods of these areas. There are many other international restaurants too. Americans enjoy the foods in these restaurants as well as the opportunity to better understand the people and their way of life. One of the most common international restaurants to be found in the United States is the Italian restaurant. The restaurant may be a small business run by a single family. The mother of the family cooks all of the dishes and the father and children serve the people who come to eat there. Or it may be a large restaurant owned by several different people who worked together in the business. Many Italian dishes that Americans enjoy are made with meats, tomatoes and cheese. They are very delicious and tasty.

(31)

A．Many foreign tourists visit the United States every year.

B．Americans enjoy eating out with their friends.

C．The United States is a country of immigrants.

D．Americans prefer foreign foods to their own food.

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第3题

Most Americans enjoy moving from place to place very often. In some states only one house【
C1】______five has people living in it who have【C2】______there for more than five years. One may be born in one city, and go to school in【C3】______. He may finish his middle school【C4】______in two or three cities and attend a college far across the country. And when he has entered business, he【C5】______possibly move from job to job. Moving from job to job, or "jobhopping", is a very common practice in the United States. This【C6】______is not good by and large. Yet every【C7】______to change a job offers the worker an opportunity to move【C8】______to a higher position and to get better wages. And jobhopping also gives employers—the bosses, the managers—the chance to benefit【C9】______the new ideas and skills that different people bring to【C10】______firms or factories. Then, most Americans love traveling. People often【C11】______their automobiles 120 to 160 kilometers just to have【C12】______with a friend or even fly to Europe and back just for watching a football match. It is because of this—the fact that Americans are in【C13】______motion—you are likely to be asked questions that are【C14】______personal and impolite in Europe. And, in this way, it is also【C15】______for you to become friends with Americans. And the【C16】______can be close and strong for a while, but then disappears as soon as the individuals move【C17】______from each other. But if these people should【C18】______again, even years later, they would be delighted to【C19】______the friendship. So don't be【C20】______when you fail to find lifetime friendships or relationships in the United States.

【C1】

A．with

B．in

C．from

D．on

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第4题

Questions 61-65 are based on Passage Two:Passage Two As the 21st century begins, a number

Questions 61-65 are based on Passage Two:

Passage Two

As the 21st century begins, a number of leaders in politics, education, and other professions believe that the US must adopt some new values to go along with the old traditional ones. What new values should Americans adopt？ This is a very difficult question to answer. Certainly, a greater value should be placed on the conservation of natural reasources; Americans should learn to use less and waste less. But conservation has never been a strong value to Americans, who have believed that their country offered an endless,abundant supply of natural resources.

Recently, progress has been made-more and more Americans are recycling their paper, cans,bottles,and other goods-but old wasteful habits died hard. Furthermore,the need to protect the environment may conflict with the need for jobs,as in the Northwest ,where conservationists battle lumber companies that want to cut down ancient redwood trees. A belief in the value of conservation is still compared with other American values; it can become stronger only as Americans see the need for it more clearly.

In addition,Americans may need to place a strong value on cooperation on a national scale to achieve important national objectives. The American idea of the national good has never been based on national cooperation but rather on the freedom of the individual, maintaining those conditions that provide the greatest freedom and prosperity for the individual .

It is far more difficult for Americans to accept shared sacrifice for the common good and wellbeing of the entire country. For example ,although the majority of Americans believe that it is extremely important to balance the national budget and reduce the deficit, they do not want to see cuts in government programs that benefit them personaliy.

The American value of competition also hinders the development of a spirit of national cooperation. Competition sometimes encourages feelings of suspicion rather than the mutual trust that is necessary for successful national cooperation. Although Americans often cooperate successfully on the local level-in neighborhood groups and churches, for example, on the national level, they may see themselves as part of an interest group that is competing with other interest groups for government funds. A request by the national government for shared sacrifice may be seen as coercive and destructive rather than voluntary and constructive. However, the demands for the 21st century may compel Americans to place a greater value on national cooperation to solve problems that affect them all, directly and indirectly.

The best TITLE of this passage could be ().

A. Which is Better, New Value or Old Value？

B. Conservation vs. Need for Jobs

C. The Need for New National Values

D. Cooperation and Competition

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第5题

听力原文：American visitors to Eastern Asia are often surprised and puzzled by how Asian cu

听力原文： American visitors to Eastern Asia are often surprised and puzzled by how Asian cultures and customs differ from those in the United States. What's considered typical or proper social conduct in one country may be regard as odd, improper or even rude in the other. For example, people from some Eastern Asian countries may begin a conversation with a stranger by asking personal questions about family, home or work. Such questions are thought to be friendly, whereas they might be considered offensive in the United States. On the other hand, people in most Asian cultures are far more guarded about expressing their feelings publicly than most Americans are. Openly displaying annoyance or anger, yelling, arguing loudly and so forth is considered ill-mannered in countries such as Japan. Many Eastern Asians prefer to hold their emotions in check and instead express themselves with great politeness. They try not to be blunt and avoid making direct criticisms. In fact, they often keep their differences of opinion to themselves and merely smile and remain silent rather than engage in a confrontation. By comparison, Americans are often frank about displaying both positive and negative emotions on the street and in other public places. Americans visiting Asia should keep in mind that such behavior. may cause offense. A major difference between American culture and most Asian cultures is that in Asia, the community is more important than the individual. Most Americans are considered a success when they make a name for themselves.

(30)

A．By greeting each other very politely.

B．By exchanging their views on public affairs.

C．By displaying their feelings and emotions.

D．By asking each other some personal questions.

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第6题

Most American families are smaller than the families in other countries. Most American
families have one or two parents and one or two children each. Children in the US will leave their parents ’ home when they grow up. They usually live far from their parents because they want to find good jobs. They often write to their parents or telephone them. And they often go to visit their parents on holiday. Parents usually let their children choose their own jobs. Americans think it important for young people to decide on their lives by themselves. Children are asked to do some work around their house. And in many families, children are paid for doing some housework so that they learn how to make money for their own use.

1.The size of most American families is() that of other countries.

A、larger than

B、smaller than

C、as big as

D、as small as

2.When children grow up, they leave their parents’ home to()

A、get married

B、be free

C、find good jobs

D、study

3.They visit their parents()

A、on weekdays

B、on weekends

C、at any time

D、on holiday

4.Which of the following statements is WRONG()

A、Children have the freedom to choose their own job

B、Parents don't ask their children to do the housework.

C、Parents think it important for children to make their own decision.

D、When children grow up, they usually live far away from their home.

5.Some parents pay their children for doing housework because ()

A、children can learn how to make money for themselves

B、their children required them to do so

C、they are rich

D、it is required by law

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第7题

听力原文：A recent report has shown that in the United States, people have experienced an e

听力原文： A recent report has shown that in the United States, people have experienced an evolution concerning their attitudes towards the workweek and weekend. Although some calendars still mark the beginning of a week as Sunday, more and more of Americans are coming to regard Monday as the first day of the week with Saturday and Sunday comprising the two-day period thought of as the weekend. In fact, the word "weekend" didn't even exist in English until about the middle of the last century. In England at that time, Saturday afternoons had just been added to Sundays and holidays as a time for workers to have off from their jobs. This innovation became common in the United States in the 1920s, but as the workweek shortened during the Great Depression of the 1930s, the weekend expanded to two full days—Saturday and Sunday. Some people thought that this trend would continue due to increasing automation and the workweek might decrease to four days or even fewer. But so far this hasn't happened. The workweek seems to have stabilized as forty hours made up of five eight-hour days. And nowadays the idea of adding Monday to the weekend has also been proposed by some people.

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A．Shifting job opportunities.

B．The evolution of the weekend.

C．Attitudes toward employment,

D．Attitudes toward leisure activities.

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第8题

The Li Yuchun phenomena, however, goes far beyond her【S1】______voice, which even if the mo

The Li Yuchun phenomena, however, goes far beyond her 【S1】______

voice, which even if the most enthusiastic fans admit is pretty 【S2】______

weak. As a dancer, she's not much better. Hei Nan, one of the

event's judges, told the Guangzhou Daily that Li was "the worst

of the top six in terms of singing skills", so noted that she reaped 【S3】______

the most audience votes.

That Li did possess was attitude, originality and a proud 【S4】______

androgyny (双性性格) that challenged Chinese norms. During

the tryouts, Li wore loose jeans and a black button-down shirt,

with no make-up. She auditioned (预演) with In My Heart

There's Only You, Never Her, an oldie (老歌) made famously 【S5】______

by Liu Wenzheng a man. In the main competition she sang

other songs written for female performers and called herself "a 【S6】______

tomboy". For an ordinary Chinese audience, Li's disregard for

the rule book produced an unfamiliar knee-weakening. Her fans

wept openly and frantically shrieked when Li took the stage.

Li's victory was unusual in other. ways. "Super Girl's Voice"

is run democratically. Eight million of SMS votes flooded in 【S7】______

on the night of the finale. For a few weeks after, the mainland

press debated the relevance of this format. "Only something

that smashes social norms could elicit such a response," Yu

Guoming, a media expert at People's University, told the Beijng

News. "After all, the opportunities to use votes to choose in

such events are relative few." An editorial in the China Daily 【S8】______

wondered: "How come an imitation of a democratic system

ends up selecting the singer has the least ability to carry a me？" 【S9】______

But she is more: Li represents un-embarrassed individuality, and

that' s how she's a national icon. 【S10】______

【S1】

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第9题

No country in the world has more daily newspapers than the U.S.A.There are almost 2,00
0 of them, as compared with 180 in Japan, 144 in Argentina and 111 in Britain.The quality of some American papers is extremely high and their views are quoted all over the world.Disting uished dailies like the Washington Post or the New York Times have a powerful influence all over the country.However the Post and the Times are not national newspapers in the sense that The times is in Britain or Le Monde is in France, since each American city has its own daily newspaper.The best of these present detailed accounts of national and international news, but many tend to limit themselves to state or city news.

Like the press in most other countries, American newspapers range from the “sensati onal”, which feature crime, sex and rumor, to the serious, which focus on factual news and the analysis of world events.But with few exceptions American newspapers try to entertain as well as give information, for they have to compete with television.

Just as American newspapers give way to all tastes, so do they also try and apply to readers for all political persuasions.A few newspapers support extremist (过激分子)groups on the far right and on the far left, but most daily newspapers attempt to attract middle-of-the-road Americans who are essentially moderate.Many of these papers print columns by well-known journalists of different political and social views in order to present a balanced picture.

As in other democratic countries American newspapers ca n be either responsible or irresponsible, but it is generally accepted that the American press serves its country well and that it has more than once bravely uncovered political scandals (丑闻)or crimes, for instance, the Watergate Affair.The newspapers dr ew the attention of the public to the fears of the Vietnam War.

1.There are fewer national newspapers in ().

A.Britain than in the U.S.A

B.France than in Britain

C.the U.S.A.than in Britain or France

D.France than in t he U.S.A.or Britain

2.Most American newspapers try to entertain their readers because ().

A.they have to keep up a good relation with them

B.they have to compete with television

C.they have to write about crime, sex and rumor

D.t hey have to give factual news in an interesting way

3.Many American newspapers attract readers of different political tendency by ().

A.supporting extremist groups from time to time

B.inviting middle-of-the-road Americans to write articles for them

C.avoiding carrying articles about extremists

D.printing articles representing different political viewpoints

4.In this passage the underlined word “press” (Para.2) means ().

A.a machine for printing

B.the business o f printing

C.great force

D.newspapers

5.The passage is mainly about ().

A.the characteristics of American newspapers

B.the development of American newspapers

C.the functions of American newspapers

D.the m erits and shortcomings of American newspapers

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第10题

Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage. Age has its privile

Passage Three Questions 31 to 35 are based on the following passage.

Age has its privileges in America. And one of the more prominent of them is the senior citizen discount. Anyone who has reached a certain age—in some cases as low as 55—is automatically entitled to a dazzling array of price reductions at nearly every level of commercial life. Eligibility is determined not by one’s need but by the date on one’s birth certificate. Practically unheard of a generation ago, the discounts have become a routine part of many businesses—as common as color televisions in motel rooms and free coffee on airliners.

People with gray hair often are given the discounts without even asking for them；yet, millions of Americans above age 60 are healthy and solvent (有支付能力的). Businesses that would never dare offer discounts to college students or anyone under 30 freely offer them to older Americans. The practice is acceptable because of the widespread belief that “elderly” and “needy” are synonymous (同义的). Perhaps that once was true, but today elderly Americans as a group have a lower poverty rate than the rest of the population. To be sure, there is economic diversity within the elderly, and many older Americans are poor, But most of them aren’t.

It is impossible to determine the impact of the discounts on individual companies. For many firms, they are a stimulus to revenue. But in other cases the discounts are given at the expense, directly or indirectly, of younger Americans. Moreover, they are a direct irritant in what some politicians and scholars see as a coming conflict between the generations.

Generational tensions are being fueled by continuing debate over Social Security benefits, which mostly involves a transfer of resources from the young to the old. Employment is another sore point, Buoyed (支持) by laws and court decisions, more and more older Americans are declining the retirement dinner in favor of staying on the job-thereby lessening employment and promotion opportunities for younger workers.

Far from a kind of charity they once were, senior citizen discounts have become a formidable economic privilege to a group with millions of members who don’t need them.

It no longer makes sense to treat the elderly as a single group whose economic needs deserve priority over those of others. Senior citizen discounts only enhance the myth that older people can’t take care of themselves and need special treatment； and they threaten the creation of a new myth, that the elderly are ungrateful and taking for themselves at the expense of children and other age groups. Senior citizen discounts are the essence of the very thing older Americans are fighting against-discrimination by age.

31. We learn from the first paragraph that ________.

A) offering senior citizens discounts has become routine commercial practice

B) senior citizen discounts have enabled many old people to live a decent life

C) giving senior citizens discounts has boosted the market for the elderly

D) senior citizens have to show their birth certificates to get a discount

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第11题

听力原文：In this lesson, I want to talk about the history of The White House. At first, mo

听力原文： In this lesson, I want to talk about the history of The White House. At first, most Americans didn't think there was anything particularly special about the White House. Few had ever seen it or had any idea what it looked like, and even the families who lived there found it completely inadequate. When it was built, the White House was the largest house in the country and it remained so until after the Civil War. But it served so many different purposes that little of it was available for the First Family to actually live in. The first floor, or "State Floor" was made up entirely of public rooms; and the president's offices, which where staffed by as many as 30 employees, took half of the second floor up. The First Family had to get by with the eight or fewer second-floor rooms that were left. By Lincoln's time, the situation was intolerable. The White House was open to visitors; office seekers, and the merely curious had no difficulty making their way upstairs from the official rooms on the first floor. Lincoln was so uncomfortable with the situation that he had a private corridor constructed. He also received a $ 20, 000 appropriation to improve the furnishings of the White House. The new furnishings did not last for more than a few years. When Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, the White House fell into disarray. No one really supervised the White House during' the first five weeks.

(30)

A．They didn't care.

B．They hated it.

C．They loved it.

D．They have mixed feelings.

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