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Almost all parents in rural Beijing say they have concerns about the safety of the food their children eat, according to a new report.
The research on children's food safety in rural Beijing was commissioned by the Beijing Women and Children's Development Foundation and was released at the 2009 Summit of Children's Food Safety. Researchers spoke to 2,684 children and their parents in 132 villages in 16 districts and counties.
Zhan Xiangdong, director of market research company CTR, said food safety was a problem. "As many as 55 percent of the parents had special concerns about the safety of children's food and 44.2 percent said they were worried about children's food safety," Zhan said.
In addition, one in five families said they had experienced problems with the quality of the food, 69.8 percent of which were about expired food. Milk products and prepared food were the biggest concerns for parents. The quality of powdered milk formulas was highly concerning for families with babies.
"The most serious concerns for parents were whether the food contained harmful substances and if it was produced by trustworthy companies," said Zhan.
About 95 percent of children said they selected food because of its taste, and many said they bought products in small stores. But according to the research, 47.7 percent of food sold in small stores had problems and many were out of date. A total of 46.8 percent of people surveyed said they did not know anything about the law on food safety.
Luo Yunbo, president of the college of food science and nutritional engineering at China Agriculture University, said many families in rural Beijing believed products from famous brands were inherently safe and felt secure about their quality. Luo said many of these families were not aware of their rights.
"The gap between urban and rural areas on people's awareness of children's food safety was due to many reasons, including their incomes and education," Luo said.
1．All the following factors caused the concerns about the safety of children's food EXCEPT________.
A. that some food was out of date.
B. that many were not produced by trustworthy companies.
C. that many of the families were not aware of their rights.
D. that some food contained harmful substances.
2. The underlined word “inherently” in Paragraph 7 is similar in meaning to________.
A. impossibly
3. From the passage we can learn that_________.
A. some families experienced problems with the quality of the food.
B. most people selected food because of its taste
C. 2,684 children and their parents took part in the research.
D. children should never buy products in small stores.
4. What is probably the best title for this article?
A. Food safety worries rural parents.
B. Food safety is a problem.
C. Food brings a lot of problems.
D. Food safety problem in Beijing
本文讲述了食品的安全问题让父母们非常担忧，尤其是乡村。
1. C.细节理解题。47.7 percent of food sold in small stores had problems and many were out of date 可知不能选A。第五段可知不能选B,D。C 答案并不是原因，而是一种现状。
2. B.词义猜测题。由下一句的felt secure about their quality可知人们对名牌奶粉很放心。
3. A.细节理解题。有第四段“one in five families said they had experienced problems with the quality of the food”可知选A。从第六段首句About 95 percent of children said they selected food because of its taste可知，大部分的孩子根据食物的口味来挑选食物；从第二段Researchers spoke to 2,684 children可知，这些孩子并没有参加研究。
4. A.主旨大意题。从首尾两段可知，主要是在rural Beijing,并且让父母们非常担忧。
China's knack for grouping socially similar people has grown recently with the arrival of the "3S lady". Referring to "single", "seventies" and "stuck", the phrase identifies independent and educated women, around the expected age of marriage but who are still single. They are too easily blamed for the phenomenon. But I have to disagree.
First, I find fault in the notion that well-educated, well-paid and independent single women have excessively high requirements for their Mr. Rights. I have a friend who holds a master's degree, works for a famous IT company and has a great personality. However, she has been rejected twice because the men in her life believed she was too good for them. Should she be blamed because those guys lack confidence?
Second, it is much harder to look for a new relationship than look for the first. Analysts say most 3S ladies have had disappointing relationship and the negative emotions put them off trying a second time. Another friend of mine was dumped by her franc on her 29th birthday last year. She has to start again and with the "3S lady" label, life is tougher.
Finally, analysts say 3S ladies often value career success above personal lives. This is a catch-22 situation because slowing down in a city like Beijing makes them fall behind, and this weakens their image to potential husbands. Society labels women as a weaker group but fails to lower the requirements and the pressures on them.
Surely the fair thing to do now is to note that men are allowed to start their love lives in their 30s, and change the 3S definition to a more radical, "smart", "smoker" and "stunner". Does anyone have a light?
1. By telling experiences of the friends, the author tries to__________.
A. show how to deal with the disappointing relationship.
B. show the difficult situation of the 3S ladies.
C. show the importance of getting married.
D. persuade the 3S ladies to lower their requirements.
2. The underlined word “catch -22” in Paragraph 4 is similar in meaning to________.
A. practical
3. The author’s friend has been refused two times because ______.
A. she is well-educated, well-paid and independent.
B. she has excessively high requirements for her Mr. Right.
C. the men in her life think she is not as good as they expected.
D. the men in her life lack confidence.
4. Which of the following can best describe the author’s attitude to the traditional notion about the 3s ladies?
本文主要讲述目前存在的社会现象——3S ladies（单身，七十年代的，还未出嫁的女性），讲述了她们目前所面临的困境。
1. B.推理判断题。根据文中的第二，三段可知3S ladies尽管拥有高学历，高收入，但是她们太优秀了让身边的人没有信心去追求她们；一旦恋爱失败，她们更难开展新的恋情。
2. D.猜测题。从上下文可知3S ladies处于非常困难的处境。
3. D.推理判断题。从文中because the men in her life believed she was too good for them. Should she be blamed because those guys lack confidence? 可知答案是D。
About 60 percent of new medical clinics in Tongzhou district have closed because of a lack of medical staff, a new report shows.
The report found that 67 of the 111 clinics that opened in 2008 had stopped operating. Of the 44 that remained open, most employed only one medical worker. The report found that Tongzhou has lost about 40 medical professionals from its community health service stations to other counties and districts in the past two years.
"It is hard to hire and keep medical professionals in rural areas, where life could be pretty hard due to unfriendly living conditions, lower incomes and limited career development possibilities," said Fang Laiying, head of the Beijing municipal health bureau.
"Preferential policies should be made to attract college graduates and retired professionals to work at rural health service stations. Moreover, the government would sponsor(倡议) professional medical education for high school graduates who are willing to work at village clinics.”
Li Xu, who lives close to Huoying, Tongzhou district, said patients were unsatisfied with medical services in rural areas.
"I will go to hospitals instead of health service clinics because I can get better treatment in a hospital. According to my experience, doctors in health service stations are not so professional; Treatment in health service stations is not cheap, especially if you received improper treatment. You will pay more for your illness." Li said.
The report said many medical professionals had gone to other districts for better career development.
"About 35 percent of doctors in rural areas are taking the job as part-time work. This makes the medical service even worse," Fang said.
The exodus of medical staff also means that existing rural doctors are not being replaced when they retire.
The report found that 132 of the 319 rural doctors in Huairou district are aged over 60, meaning 41.4 percent are soon to retire and just 9 percent are under the age of 35. Similarly, 62 percent of the 427 registered rural doctors in Haidian district are aged over 50.
1. All the following reasons are why many medical professionals have gone to other counties and districts EXCEPT_______.
2. Most new medical clinics have stopped operating because_______.
A. most clinics employed only one medical worker.
B. there are no enough medical workers.
C. medical clinics have no enough money.
D. few graduates are not willing to work at village clinics.
3. What can we infer from the passage?
D. few graduates are not willing to work at village clinics.
4. People are likely to go to hospitals instead of health service mainly for________.
本文主要讲述乡镇的医生很多都流向其他地区，乡镇的医院特别是诊所严重缺乏医生。
1. A.细节理解题。从文中第三段"It is hard to hire and keep medical professionals in rural areas, where life could be pretty hard due to unfriendly living conditions, lower incomes and limited career development possibilities。"可知答案是A.
2. B.细节理解题。从首段because of a lack of medical staff, a new report shows可知多家乡镇的诊所关门了是因为缺乏医生。
3. C.推理判断题。从第四段Preferential policies should be made to…可知政府应该采取更好的政策来吸引大学生以及退休医务人员来乡村工作。
4. D. 细节理解题. 由I will go to hospitals instead of health service clinics because I can get better treatment in a hospital 可知答案是D.
Michael Jackson had a 3-D scan（三维图）of him likeness made so he could build a virtual reality version of himself - which could now be used to bring him back in pop videos, films or computer games.
Michael Jackson wanted to build a clone of himself. The star - who died of acute Propofol intoxication aged 50 in June, 2009 - underwent several three dimensional scans in 1996 so a virtual reality 'robotic' twin could be produced.
It is thought the scans could now be used to bring the singer back in pop videos, computer games or even films. The anonymous（匿名的）US businessman who owned the images and has reportedly been trying to sell them for $1 million told Britain's Daily Star newspaper: "The data has been in our archives(存档) since he had the scans. The thing about this data makes him stay at the age of 37 forever, before his nose was disfigured(整形) and when he was at the top of his life."
Meanwhile, it has been revealed Michael's funeral was nearly cancelled at the last minute in a row over its cost. Around $1 million was estimated to have been spent on the funeral, which took place on September 3. Court papers have revealed just three days before the funeral was scheduled to take place, lawyers acting for the 'Billie Jean' star's mother Katherine had filed a request to the administrators of his estate to pay for the funeral bills.
The lawyers stated that if the funeral home and local police department's bills were not paid by the next day, the burial would not go ahead as planned. Administrators were luckily able to pay the bills in time, preventing any delays to the ceremony. Katherine's lawyers admitted the cost of the funeral was high, but added it was: "Entirely commensurate
1. Michael Jackson’s funeral was nearly cancelled because of ________.
A. court papers have revealed.
B. its cost is too high.
C. the bills were not paid in time.
D. administrators were unable to pay the bills in time.
2. The businessman had the data about Michael _________.
A. in 1996 B. after his nose was disfigured .C. after Michael died D. in 2007
3. What is the attitude of Katherine's lawyers towards the cost of the funeral?
A. negative
4. Which of the following is the main idea of this passage?
1. C. 细节理解题。从最后一段The lawyers stated that if the funeral home and local police department's bills were not paid by the next day, the burial would not go ahead as planned.可知答案是C。
2. A。细节理解题。The star - who died of acute Propofol intoxication aged 50 in June,2009 和The thing about this data makes him stay at the age of 37 可知是A。
3. B。推理判断题。从文中最后一句"Entirely commensurate with the decedent's worldwide status as an entertainer and the world's grief over his death."可知。
4. D. 主旨大意题。本文讲述了Michael Jackson 的三维图以及部分关于他葬礼的事情。
NEW YORK: "Unfriend" has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with a tech-savvy bent.
Unfriend was defined as a verb that means to remove someone as a "friend" on a social networking side such as Facebook.
"It has both currency and potential longevity," said Christine Lindberg, senior lexicographer for Oxford's US dictionary program, in a statement.
"In the online social networking context, its meaning is understood, so its adoption as a modern verb form makes this an interesting choice for Word of the Year."
Other words deemed finalists for 2009 by the dictionary's publisher, Britain's Oxford University Press, came from other technological trends, the economy, and political and current affairs.
In technology, there was "hashtag", which is the hash sign added to a word or phrase that lets Twitter users search for tweets similarly tagged; "intoxicated" for when people are distracted by texting while driving, and "sexing", which is the sending of sexually explicit SMSes and pictures by cell phone.
Finalists from the economy included "freemium", meaning a business model in which some basic services are provided for free, and "funemployed", referring to people taking advantage of newly unemployed status to have fun or pursue other interests.
In the political and current affairs section, finalists included "birther", meaning conspiracy theorists challenging President Barack Obama's US birth certificate, and "choice mom", a person who chooses to be a single mother.
Novelty words making the shortlist were "deleb", meaning a dead celebrity, and "tramp stamp", referring to a tattoo on the lower back, usually on a woman.
1. The words mentioned in the passage came from the following EXCEPT________.
A. cultural affairs
2. “Unfriend” chosen from a list of finalists means_________.
A. not kind
C. leaving out from a friend group
3.
A. when people are interested in books.
B. when people are absorbed in typing.
C. when people are absent-minded while driving because of sending messages
D. when people are busy in driving regardless of anything else.
4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?
A. "choice mom" refers to a person who has many choices.
B. "funemployed", referring to people have fun while working.
C. "freemium" means a business man gain free services.
D. "deleb", means a famous person who was dead.
1.A.细节理解题。从文中第五段came from other technological trends, the economy, and political and current affairs可知答案。
2.B．猜测词义题。文中第二段提到unfriend 是作为动词的意思是—从好友中删除。
3.C．猜测词义题。从文中第六段"intoxicated" for when people are distracted by texting while driving,可知此词是指有些人边开车边发短信,没有专心开车。
4. D. 推理判断题。最后一段celebrity的意思是名人。