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Why
do
smokers
tend
to
weigh
less
than
nonsmokers
and
gain
weight
when
they
give up the habit?
Contrary
to
“common
knowledge”,
nonsmokers
do
not
generally
eat
more
than
smokers, nor do they exercise less, studies find. Research performed on smokers at
rest indicates that nicotine (
尼古丁
) itself can increase basal metabolic (
新陈代谢的
)
rates,
meaning
smokers
burn
more
energy
than
nonsmokers
during
periods
of
inactivity. But surveys suggest most smokers smoke not while completely at rest, but
while performing light activities such as desk work that can increase metabolic rates
by
two
or
three
times.
Unless
nicotine’s
metabolic
effects
increase
proportionally
with metabolic rates, its influence on weight might be insignificant.
Now a study shows that nicotine’s e
ffects on body-fuel consumption indeed increase
proportionally
with
increases
in
activity.
“These
results
indicate that
the
metabolic
effect of nicotine may play a greater part in accounting for body-weight differences
between smokers and nonsmokers than w
as previously believed,” says Kenneth A.
Perkins and his colleagues at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.
The researchers gave a nicotine nose spray to individuals performing light work
—
in
this
case
riding
an
exercise
bicycle
modified
to
allow
easy
riding
while
subjects
remain seated in a comfortable armchair. The activity raised resting metabolic rates
two to three times.
By analyzing air breathed out, the researchers calculated energy consumption in the
armchair bicyclists before and after giving the nose spray and compared the relative
changes with subjects in the control group given placebo (
（试验药物用的）无效对
照剂
) nose sprays. Relative to their baseline bicycle expenditures, individuals in the
nicotine group expended considerably more energy than did those in control group
while doing the same amount of work. With nicotine, Perkins says, “It’s as if the body
is becoming much less efficient in using its stored energy.”
While
the
results
may
seem
discouraging
to
smokers
who’d
like
to
quit
without
gaining weight, Perkins notes that walking an extra mile a day should make up for
the difference in metabolic efficiency. And he says smokers would have to gain “well
more than 50 pounds” to counterbalance the health risks of continued smoking.
1.
What mig
ht “common knowledge” say about smokers and nonsmokers?
A)
Smokers eat more and exercise more than nonsmokers.
B)
Smokers eat less and exercise less than nonsmokers.
C)
Smokers eat less and exercise more than nonsmokers.
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√
D)
Smokers eat more and exercise less than nonsmokers.
答案：
C
2.
When might nicotine influence smokers’ weight significantly?
A)
When Nicotine’s metabolic effects and metabolic
rates increase at the same rate. √
B)
While smokers are exercising.
C)
While smokers are at rest.
D)
When Nicotine’s metabolic effects increase
proportionally with the amount of light activities.
答案：
A
3.
The word “subjects” in the fourth paragraph means .
A)
people under medical treatment
B)
researchers
C)
people undergoing an experiment √
D)
addicted smokers
答案：
C
4.
What have the researchers found out in their study?
A)
People in the armchair expended more energy than
people doing desk work.
B)
People in the control group breathed out more air.
C)
People
without
nicotine
nose
spray
are
becoming
much
less efficient in using energy.
D)
People in the nicotine group consumed more energy.
√
答案：
D
5.
Why do the study results seem discouraging to some smokers according
to the passage?
A)
Because
they
want
to
gain
weight
to
tackle
the
health
risks of continued smoking.
B)
Because
they
want
to
quit
smoking
and
still
keep
fit.
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√
C)
Because they want to walking an extra mile a day to
lose some weight.
D)
Because
they
want
to
keep
fit
without
having
to
quit
smoking.
答案：
B
A certain amount of controversy has been caused by the publication of a new report
by a team of educationalists headed by Pro. B. J. Smith. The report claims to have
statistical evidence that children who attend a number of different schools through
their parents having to move around the country are more than normally vulnerable
to
a
vicious
cycle
of
low
academic
achievement.
There
are
also
indications,
says
Professor
Smith,
of
an
unusually
high
rate
of
psychological
dismay
among
such
children.
The
professor,
who
has
long
suspected
that
the
effect
on
children
whose
parents
travel to different
parts
of the
country
in
search
of
work
has not
been
sufficiently
researched, stresses that this is not merely an expression of prejudice. “We are not
dealing
here
with
opinions
,”
he
says,
“It’s
true,
my
personal
feeling
is
that
for
children’s
well
-being,
they
should
stay
in
one
school.
However,
our
findings
are
based
on
research
and
not
on
any
personal
attitudes
that
I
or
my
colleagues
may
have on the subject.”
Capt. Thomas Muller, an Army lecturer for the past 20 years and himself a father of
two,
said,
“I’ve
never
heard
such
rubbish.
As
far
as
I’m
concerned,
absolutely
no
harm is done to the education of children who change schools regularly
—
as long as
they keep to the same system as in our Army school. In my experience
—
and I’ve
known quite a few of them
—
Army children are as well-adjusted as any others, if
not more so. What the Professor doesn’t appear to appreciate is the fact that in such
situations children will adapt m
uch better than adults.”
When
this
was
put
to
Professor
Smith,
he
said
that
at
no
time
had
his
team
suggested that all such children were backward or dismayed in some way, but simply
that in their experience there was a clear tendency.
“Our
findings
in
dicate
that
while
the
extremely
bright
child
can
cope
with
regular
emotional
turbulence
without
harming
his
or
her
general
academic
progress,
the
majority
of
children
suffer
from
constantly
having
to
enter
a
new
learning
environment.”
6.
What does Profes
sor Smith’s report suggest?
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A)
Children shouldn’t change schools too often. √
B)
Children who have to move around the country are
better at academic achievement.
C)
Children
attending
many
schools
have
caused
a
certain
amount of controversy.
D)
Children who attend different schools are more
vulnerable to vicious diseases.
答案：
A
7.
What does Professor Smith think of the findings of the research?
A)
They are proved by the research. √
B)
They are just based on his personal feeling.
C)
They may merely be an expression of prejudice.
D)
They are based on personal attitudes.
答案：
A
8.
What does Capt. Thomas Muller think of children who change schools
regularly?
A)
They can actually deal with the new environment
better than adults. √
B)
They do no harm to the education.
C)
They find it difficult to keep to the same system.
D)
They are generally ill- adjusted.
答案：
A
9.
How does Professor Smith defend himself again Capt. Thomas Muller?
A)
He suggests that children having regular emotional
turbulence do not harm their academic progress.
B)
He argues that only a few children will suffer from
changing schools regularly.
C)
He stresses that the majority of children tend to
suffer from constantly adapting to a new learning
environment. √
D)
He believes that extremely bright child likes to
enter a new learning environment.
答案：
C
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10.
What does the passage mainly talk about?
A)
How army children get used to a new learning
environment.
B)
Whether children would be affected by changing
scho
ols regularly. √
C)
The procedure Professor Smith followed to conduct a
study.
D)
The opinions people have about children who often
change schools.
答案：
B
Recently
there
has
been
a
tendency
to
sympathize
with
thieves
whose
operations
have been carried out on a grand scale, and no attempt whatever has been made to
hold
them
responsible.
Some
of
the
most
thievish
(
像窃贼的
)
transactions
have
flourished and are still flourishing. Their success and their wealth are the only things
recognized.
They
are
honored
as
financiers
and
men
of
affairs,
looked
up
to
and
respected.
In
reality
they
are
nothing
more
and
nothing
less
than
a
lot
of
merciless
and
heartless thieves. Fraud is fraud and cheating is cheating despite the artistic manner
in which it is committed or the size of the scale upon which it is operated.
It is time these men were classed properly and placed where they rightly belong, for
they are no better than the miserable sneak- thief who steals a penny from a blind
man’s dog.
For the past two or three years working people who have made sacrifices to save a
few pennies have been cheated most unmercifully. Their hard-earned savings have
been stolen from them by every possible scheme from the obvious looting (
打劫
) of
a
bank
to
the
higher
and
more
artistic
method
of
legalized
high
risk,
complex
financial products. Men high up in the financial world have lent their names to some
of the
most
shady
and notorious
schemes that ever dishonored
a
community
or a
people. Because of this the most diligent and economical (
节俭的
) American people
have been induced to place their hard-earned and carefully guarded savings in what
they were led to believe was a safe investment, only to find out when too late that
they
had
fallen
into
the
hands
of
a
gang
of
extremely
respectable
cheats.
They
cannot recover what they have lost.
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The thief is too powerful to be affected by the law while the victim is too weak to put
its machinery in motion. It may be that the law is defective, or it may be that those
having its machinery in charge are influenced by the wealth of the transgressors (
违
犯者
). Whatever or whichever it is that is responsible ought to be investigated and
the evil remedied.
11.
What does the tendency mentioned in the first paragraph reflect?
A)
People encourage some of the most thievish
transactions to flourish.
B)
People only respect success and wealth without any
moral judgment. √
C)
People prefer to carry out operations on a grand
scale.
D)
People
have
made
attempt
to
hold
thieves
responsible.
答案：
B
12.
How did working people lose their hard-earned savings?
A)
They
lent
their
money
to
men
high
up
in
the
financial
world.
B)
They were cheated by the bank. √
C)
They were unlucky in investment.
D)
They were robbed by the thieves nearby.
答案：
B
13.
When the
writer says “a gang of extremely respectable cheats” in
Paragraph Four, it is implied that .
A)
they are well-educated but ill-
behaved √
B)
they are respectable in artistic cheating
C)
they are cheats with respectable goals
D)
they are not well-educated but respected
答案：
A
14.
What could be a possible reason for the thieves to escape from law
according to the passage?
A)
They are powerful enough to ignore the law.
B)
There are defects in the law. √
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C)
They are wealthy enough to compensate the victims.
D)
The victim is too weak to investigate them.
答案：
B
15.
It can be inferred from the passage that .
A)
there are too many thieves and robbers
B)
industrious and honest people should be highly paid
C)
moral standards are always upheld
D)
any thief should be punished √
答案：
D
People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn, and it is not easy to
answer because there are many factors to take into consideration. Firstly, in a first
language
the
differences
are
unimportant
as
people
learn
their
mother
tongue
naturally, so the question of how hard a language is to learn is only relevant when
learning a second language.
A
native
speaker
of
Spanish,
for
example,
will
find
Portuguese
much
easier
to
learn
than
a
native
speaker
of
Chinese,
for
example,
because
Portuguese
is
very
similar
to
Spanish,
while
Chinese
is
very
different,
so
first
language
can
affect
learning
a
second
language.
The
greater
the
differences
between
the
second
language and our first, the harder it will be for most people to learn. Many people
answer
that
Chinese
is
the
hardest
language
to
learn,
possibly
influenced
by
the
thought
of
learning
the
Chinese
writing
system,
and
the
pronunciation
of
Chinese
does
appear
to
be
very
difficult
for
many
foreign
learners.
However,
for
Japanese
speakers, who already use Chinese characters in their own language, learning writing
will be less difficult than for speakers of languages using the Roman alphabet.
Some people seem to learn languages readily, while others find it very difficult.
Teachers
and
the
circumstances
in
which
the
language
is
learned
also
play
an
important
role,
as
well
as
each
learner's
motivation
for
learning.
If
people
learn
a
language because they need to use it professionally, they often learn it faster than
people studying a language that has no direct use in their day to day life.
Apparently, British diplomats and other embassy staff have found that the second
hardest language is Japanese, which will probably come as no surprise to many, but
the
language
that
they
have
found
to
be
the
most
problematic
is
Hungarian.
This
does not mean that Hungarian is the hardest language to learn for everyone, but it
causes
British diplomatic
personnel,
who
are
generally used to
learning
languages,
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the most difficulties.
Different cultures and individuals from those cultures will find different languages
more difficult. In the case of Hungarian for British learners, it is not a question of the
writing
system,
which
uses
a
similar
alphabet,
but
the
grammatical
complexity,
though native speakers of related languages may find it easier, while struggling with
languages that the British find relatively easy.
16.
Why is it hard to say which language is the most difficult to learn?
A)
Because it is only relevant when learning a second
language.
B)
Because differences between languages are
unimportant.
C)
Because people
learn their mother
tongue naturally.
D)
Because many factors have to be considered. √
答案：
D
17.
Who will find Portuguese much easier to learn?
A)
A native speaker of Japanese
B)
A native speaker of Hungarian
C)
A native speaker of Spanish √
D)
A native speaker of Chinese
答案：
C
18.
What
is
the
most
problematic
language
to
British
diplomats
and
other
embassy staff?
C)
Hungarian
A)
Japanese
B)
Spanish
D)
Chinese
√
答案：
C
19.
Why do many people think Chinese is the hardest language to learn?
A)
Because the pronunciation of Chinese is difficult.
√
B)
Because the grammar of Chinese is complex.
C)
Because Chinese is not directly used in their life.
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D)
Because Chinese uses the Roman alphabet.
答案：
A
20.
What factors cannot affect learning a second language according to
the passage?
A)
each learner's motivation for learning
B)
neighboring countries √
C)
teachers and the circumstances
D)
first language
答案：
B
In
1976,
Winkler
wrote
a
My
Turn
about
the
overwhelming
reaction
to
the
character he played on the popular television sitcom (
情景喜剧
), “Happy Days”. The
show
was
at
its
peak,
and
Fonzie
was
its
superstar.
In
fact,
Americans
related
so
strongly to the character that Winkler became apparently permanently part of the
country’s broad, extended family. Three decades later, fans still greet the actor with
Fonzie’s signature thumbs
-up sign and a long, drawn
out “Aaay!”
“All these years later, the warmth I am treated with is unbelievable, and it’s all
over the
world,”
Winkler
says.
He no
longer
receives
the
50,000
fan
letters
a
year
that he got during “Happy Days”’s original run, but they still come by
the hundreds.
And on the street, folks tend to have a common reaction. “They thank me for making
them laugh for so long. They say, ‘I grew up with you,’ or ‘my children grew up with
you,’ or, ‘we sat and watched it together’,” he says.
Winkler says his Fonzie days came back to him vividly as he read over his old My
Turn.
Cast
on
his
28th
birthday,
the
Yale-trained
performer
had
been
a
struggling
actor, dreaming of fame. The dream turned real very quickly. “We were hardly on
the
air
when
this
thing
started
to
snowball,
going
from
zero
to
60
in
about
three
seconds,” Winkler recalls.
Today,
Winkler
gives
speeches
to
college
students
about
living
their
dreams,
focusing on how to become a successful actor. “If you are determined, have a sense
of humor
and never take your eye off what it is you want, you can actually have it,”
he says.
Winkler is also at work on his first children’s book, co
-authoring with Lin Oliver.
He
was
recently
named
executive
producer
of
“Hollywood
Squares”
and
produces
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the
show “Intuition” on the Game Show Network. His next movie, “Holes”, based on
a
children’s
book,
is
scheduled
for
release
this
winter.
In
October
2000,
Winkler
made
his
Broadway
debut
costarring
with
John
Ritter
in
the
show
“The
Dinner
Party.”
But th
rough it all, Winkler remains Fonzie. “I think he is the architect of my home,
of
my
professional
life,
and
of
my
good
fortune
in
the
world,”
Winkler
says.
“He
literally is the foundation for everything that was to come.”
21.
Which
of
the
following
is
NO
T
mentioned
as
fans’
reaction
to
Fonzie?
A)
Fans
write
lots
of
letters
to
Winkler
for
many
years.
B)
Fans
thank
Winkler
when
they
meet
him
on
the
street.
C)
Fans
greet
Winkler
by
imitating
Fonzie’s
signature.
D)
Fans
sit
and
watch
the
sitcom
together
with
Winkler.
√
答案：
D
22.
Which of the following influences him most according to the author?
A)
The television sitcom “Happy Days”. √
B)
The show “The Dinner Party”.
C)
The movie “Holes”.
D)
The show “Intuition”.
答案：
A
23.
Which of the following can be inferred from the passage?
A)
Winkler
spent
long
time
struggling
to
make
his
dream
come true.
B)
successful actor must have a sense of humor.
C)
Fans
like
Winkler
as
a
superstar
only
for
a
few
years.
D)
Fonzie
usually
utters
a
long,
dra
wn
out
“Aaay!”
in
“Happy Days”. √
答案：
D
24.
What does the word “snowball” in Paragraph three most probably
mean?.
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A)
throw at
C)
grow rapidly √
答案：
C
B)
a ball made of snow
D)
melt easily
25.
Which
of
the
following
is
the
author
primarily
concerned
with
in
this
passage?
A)
Winkler’s article My Turn
B)
Fans’ reaction to Fonzie played by Winkler
C)
Winkler’s life as an actor
D)
Winkler and his sitcom “Happy Days” √
答案：
D
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We
all
laugh.
We
all
hurt.
We
all
make
mistakes.
We
all
dream,
th
at’s
life.
It’s
a
journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy!
Staying positive through the cold season could be your best defense against getting
ill, new study findings suggest.
In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers
found that people with a generally sunny disposition (
性格
) were less likely to fall ill.
The
findings,
published
in
the
journal
Psychosomatic
Medicine
,
build
on
evidence
that
a
“positive
emotional
style”
c
an
help
ward
off
the
common
cold
and
other
illnesses.
Researchers
believe
the
reasons
may
be
both
objective
as
in
happiness
boosting
immune function and subjective as in happy people being less troubled by a scratchy
throat
or
runny
nose.
“People
with
a
positive
emotional
style
may
have
different
immune
response
to
the
virus,”
explained
lead
study
author
Dr
Sheldon
Cohen
of
Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may
interpret their illness as being less severe.”
Cohen and his colleagues had found in a previous study that happier people seemed
less likely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether the emotional
trait itself had the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with complete standard
measures
of
personality
traits,
self-
perceived
health
and
emotional
“style”.
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who tended to be happy, energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive
emotional
style,
while
those
who
were
often
unhappy,
tense
and
hostile
had
a
negative style. The researchers gave them nose drops containing either a cold virus
or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the volunteers reported on any aches,
pains, or sneezing (
打喷嚏
) they had, while the researchers collected objective data.
Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes (
鼻
部的不适
), happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
1.
The new study findings in the experiment suggest that _________.
A)
Having
a
good
disposition
is
more
likely
to
get
ill.
B)
Being optimistic is more probable to keep healthy.
√
C)
Having a negative emotion is harmful to the
character.
D)
Staying positive is more likely to catch cold.
答案：
B
2.
The phrase “ward off” in Paragraph 2 most probably means
“_________”.
A)
shrug
C)
keep
D)
set
B)
give in
off
away √
aside
答案：
C
3.
It can be inferred from Dr. Sheldon Cohen’s interpretation that
______________.
A)
people with a positive emotion are more likely to
interpret their illness objectively.
B)
people with a negative emotion are more likely to
boost immune function to the virus.
C)
people with a negative emotion are more likely to
interpret their illness subjectively.
D)
people with a positive emotion are more likely to
regard their illness a
s less serious. √
答案：
D
4.
It
can
be
learnt
from
the
passage
that
the
benefits
of
having
a
positive
emotional style are _____________.
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A)
to be further studied
B)
still dubious
C)
self-evident
D)
proven by scientific research √
答案：
D
5.
Which of the following would be the best TITLE for the passage?
A)
A Happy Journey Full of Joy
B)
Scientific Evidence of Staying Healthy
C)
The Secrets of Staying Positive
D)
The Health Benefits of Staying Positive √
答案：
D
How is it that despite our amazing powers of production there are still hundreds of
millions
of
people
all
over
the
earth
in
continuous
want
and
poverty,
and
dangerously near the brink of starvation? What are the causes of poverty? Everyone
is forced to realize and recognize its existence and no one has yet found a cure for it.
Every thinking man has realized that poverty and starvation are not inevitable in the
scheme of things. On the contrary, the fruitful earth yields enough for every one of
the human beings inhabiting its surface without the twisted distribution of nature’s
generosity
(
慷慨
).
This
twisting
is
caused
by
our
crude
and
ill
developed
ideas
of
distribution
and the
improper
ordering
of
human
services.
In
the first
place,
these
services can be hindered at their source, and among the factors that operate in this
direction
may
be
war,
crime,
lack
of
healthy
supervision,
insufficient
attention
to
rising generations, monopolies (
垄断
) and various private ownerships that limit the
usefulness of property, and neglected and wasteful destruction of property.
In
the
second
place,
the
great
cause
of
poverty
is
unproductive
consumption.
Services
become
unproductive
when
they
are
devoted
to
supplying
luxuries
or
an
excessive quantity of necessaries, which may be summed up in a single word: waste.
These are the
primary
causes
of poverty;
they
are
responsible for
the presence of
starvation.
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Is there a remedy?
The elimination of waste through perfect production and distribution is a problem
that is slowly but surely being solved by the great combinations of capital that have
destroyed
competition.
These
monopolies,
selfish
in
the
extreme
and
with
no
thought beyond profit at any price, are rendering us useful service by teaching us the
importance
of
cooperation
and
cooperative
methods.
When
these
great
industrial
combinations, these wonderfully smooth running great business machines become
the property of all the people and cease to be operated for private gain, a great step
will have been taken in the direction of the solution of the starvation problem. When
everyone will produce according to his ability and consume according to his needs,
then, and not until then will poverty and starvation depart entirely and forever from
the minds of men.
6.
According to the passage, starvation _____.
A)
is due to excessive consumption by human beings
B)
is inevitable in whatever condition
C)
is owing to the improper distribution of nature’s
generosity √
D)
is the result of insufficient production
答案：
C
7.
Which of the following can hinder human services at their source?
A)
Crime and lack of wealthy supervision.
B)
Private ownerships and unproductive consumption.
C)
War and destruction of property. √
D)
Luxuries and an excessive quantity of necessaries.
答案：
C
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8.
Why
does
unproductive
consumption
is
considered
as
the
great
cause
of
poverty in Paragraph Three?
A)
Because people stop producing but only consume.
B)
Because
people
who
don’t
produce
are
responsible
for
the presence of starvation.
C)
Because
people
devote
too
much
to
luxuries
and
don’t
produce anything.
D)
Because people are supplied with excessive quantity
of necessari
es and waste a lot. √
答案：
D
9.
How to eliminate waste through production and distribution according
to the passage?
A)
By seeking profit at any price and being selfish.
B)
By cooperating and making the industrial
combinations public property. √
C)
By creating more monopolies to make more profits.
D)
By privatizing business machines and teaching the
importance of cooperation.
答案：
B
10.
When can the starvation problem be solved according to the passage?
A)
When the great industrial combinations cease to be
operated for private gain.
B)
When private monopolies become public property and
the element of profit is eliminated.
C)
When production is organized based on personal
capabilities and distribution on individual needs. √
D)
When efficiency of production has been greatly
enhanced.
答案：
C
MY NEIGHBOR HAS A GUN. In fact, not having the good fortune to live in the last
house on a dead-end street, I am surrounded by neighbors with guns. My situation is
hardly novel,
since
most
American
households own
at
least one
weapon.
We
now
have enough privately owned guns to arm nearly every man, woman and child in the
country.
And
some
of
those
children
are
not
just
imaginary
gun
users,
as
recent
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statistics indicate.
My
neighbors’
guns
make
me
nervous;
I’m
afraid
that
they
might
go
off
at
the
wrong
time,
pointed
in
the
wrong
direction.
I’ve
asked
why
such
dangerous
items
are allowed to clutter up the house. I’ve gotten several answers, from constitutional
rights to the innocent sport of blasting b
irds out of the skies. I’d like to focus on just
one of these reasons.
My neighbor tells me that curling up at night with his gun nearby makes him feel
safer.
Safer from
what? A
madman
out to
better
the
going entry
in
the
“Guinness
Book of World Reco
rds” for bloody brutality? My neighbor faces far less danger from
the mentally ill killer, who fortunately is extremely rare, than he does from my other
neighbor
who
also
has
a
gun.
Contrary
to
the
public
myth,
mental
patients
have
crime rates far below those of my neighbor or me; for all categories of crime and for
homicide
in
particular.
One
of
the
few
safe
places
left
to
live
in
this
gun- packing
country is on the grounds of your local mental hospital, where the residents are far
less aggressive than my neighbor and guns are checked in at the gate.
Safer from some intruder (
侵入者
) in the night seeking to deprive his wife of her
virtue or him of his new color television? According to best available estimates, my
neighbor’s
odds
of
doing
himself
in
accid
entally
with
his
own
gun
are
about
five
times higher than his odds of being done in by some intruder. As a gun owner, my
neighbor
would
be
better
advised
to
invest
his
money
in
locks
and
a
loud
dog.
Actually, the intruder in the night accounts for fewer than three percent of our gun
deaths. The bulk comes from perfectly law-abiding (
守法的
) but gun-toting (
持枪的
)
people like my neighbors, who kill each other, themselves, or me.
11.
Which of the following can be inferred from the first paragraph?
A)
Some
American
children
have
used
gun
to
kill
people.
√
B)
Every person in this country knows how to use guns.
C)
Each American household owns at least one weapon.
D)
The author lives in the last house on a dead-end
street.
答案：
A
12.
Which
of
the
following
m
ay
be
NOT
the
reason
why
neighbors’
guns
make
the author nervous?
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