The largest news agency in the United States is the Associated Press (AP).()
The largest news agency in the United States is the Associated Press (AP).()
The largest news agency in the United States is the Associated Press (AP).()
Part A
Directions: Read the following three texts. Answer the questions on each text by choosing A, B, C or D. Mark your answers on ANSWER SHEET 1.
Why do men die earlier than women? The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men's hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of aging on the heart has found that women's longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.
"We have found that the power of the male heart falls by 20—25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age," said the head of the study, David Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
"Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one-third of those cells die and are not replaced in men," said Goldspink. "This is part of the aging process."
What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman's heart could perform. almost as well as a 20-year-old one's.
"This gender difference might just explain why women live longer than men," said Goldspink. They studied more than 250 healthy men and women between the ages of 18 and 80, focusing on healthy persons to remove the confusing influence of disease. "The team has yet to find why aging takes a greater loss on the male heart," said Goldspink.
The good news is that men can improve the health of their heart with regular exercise. Goldspink stressed that women also need regular exercise to prevent their leg muscles becoming smaller and weaker as they age.
The underlined word "longevity" in the second paragraph probably refers to "______".
A.health
B.long life
C.aging
D.effect
A、L'Agence France-Press (AFP)
B、Reuters
C、Associated Press (AP)
D、Cable News Network,CNN
Which of the following details about the news is INCORRECT?
A.In the past 10 years, U. S. population increased less than 10%.
B.Texas has the largest population among all the states in the U. S.
C.Nevada"s population increased the fasted among all the states.
D.The largest increases were in the southern and western states.
A.classify
B.clarify
C.attribute
D.distribute
A.They were the largest age group in the U.S. population.
B.Their parents used to spend less money than they do.
C.They have huge political and economic clout in this country.
D.They are hardly more dependent on credit consumption than the previous generation.
A、A news agency, also called wire service, or news service, gathers, writes, and distributes news to subscribing news organizations.
B、All the mass media depend upon the agencies for the bulk of the news except those few that have extensive news-gathering resources of their own.
C、In Britain the best-known agencies include the Associated Press (AP) and the United Press International (UPI).
D、In America the largest news agencies include Reuters, The Press Association and AFX News Ltd.
We can know from the news item all of the following EXCEPT that______.
A.651, 000 workers lost their jobs in February, 2009
B.more than four million Americans have lost their jobs since December, 2007
C.job losses in February were close to expectation
D.the number of job loss in December, 2008 was the largest in history
What is true about Kevin Spacey according to the news?
A.He died at age 37.
B.He was the 1960's pop superstar.
C.He was an Oscar winner.
Which of the following is NOT true according to the news?
A.India"s population is the fourth largest in the world.
B.Investors now have strong interest in India.
C.Some people believe that culture promotion is not enoough in India.
D.India"s strong economy owes much to its tourism.
A.electronic
B.news
C.information
D.transmission
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