smoking such as pursing the lips when inhaling (吸气) or squinting to keep smoke out of your eyes.
4．Why does the author mention James Dean and Humphrey Bogart? A. To persuade smokers to give up smoking. B. To compare them with non-smokers.
C. To tell us many people are influenced by them. D. To show understanding and comfort smokers. 5．What can we learn from Para. 2 and Para. 3? A. 500 twins were surveyed for the study.
B. Probably young people pay more attention to their appearance. C. Female non-smokers are more attractive than male ones. D. Professor Ian Penton-Voak is the leading author of the study. 6．What is Professor Ian Penton-Voak’s altitude to smoking? A. Disapproving. B. Favorable. 7．What can be inferred from the text? A. Smokers look cooler than non-smokers. up skin’s ageing.
C. Smokers look younger than non-smokers. be banned right away. C
D. Smoking should
B. Smoking may speed
C. Unconcerned. D. Cautious.
Nandakumar and Sudha were thrilled to learn that they were having children. Unfortunately, Sudha developed diabetes while pregnant and her daughters were born two months premature. They need ventilator (呼吸机) support for the next 4-6 weeks to breathe. The family is poor and does not have the money to meet the unexpected expenses and need help to keep the babies alive.
Nandakumar, a carpenter by profession, fell sick after marriage and has not recovered fully. He is not mentally stable and tends to talk in a stream. He also finds it hard to hold down a job. Nandakumar’s mother Dheivanai has been the stabilising presence for the family. She kept things together and made sure that they had enough to eat.
“Sudha has been through a lot of sorrow over not having children. The previous child was still born, so we were very happy that this pregnancy was going well,” said Dheivanai. Dheivanai hoped that the children would bring joy to their household and take care of her son even after she was gone. She started saving up money for her grandchildren.
The cost of keeping the children alive is Rs 4 lakhs per child because they each need ICU (Intensive Care Unit) support for the next 4-6 months of their lives. The small savings of the family are already over and they are faced with a very painful situation trying to save two newborns with no money.
Nandakumar is mentally unwell and Sudha is still recovering from childbirth. So it falls to his mother to arrange for the babies’ well-being. “After my son became sick, me and my daughter-in-law have taken care of things. During her pregnancy. I have cared for her like she’s my own daughter. I feel pained that I don’t have the money to save the babies,” she says.
Before childbirth, Sudha and Dheivanai worked together and earned Rs 5,000 per month. Sometimes, Nandakumar picks up odd jobs and earns a bit more. The family has no savings and they need help to save their two innocent babies.
8．What caused “the unexpected expenses”（Paragraph 1)? A. Nandakumar’s mental problems. medical care.
C. Dheivanai’s living.
D. Sudha’s diabetes.
B. The babies’
9．Why did Dheivanai feel happy about the birth of the children? A. The children were born healthy.
B. It was the first time for Sudha to be pregnant. C. The government would provide welfare services. D. The children would look after their father in the future.
10．Where does the money for the well-being of the babies come from at
present?
A. The father. B. The mother. government.
11．What is the above writing most probably for? A. Raising donation. B. Sharing news. Providing amusement. D
“You can choose your friends, but you can’t choose your family.” That line comes from American writer Harper Lee’s book To Kill a Mockingbird. Now compare her words to another famous expression: “Blood is thicker than water”.
However, if forced to choose which is more important, American researchers now say friendship is more important than family. Their new study suggests that friends may be more important than family members, especially as we age.
The study comes from researchers at Michigan State University. They found the importance of friendship on health and happiness grows as people get older.
William Chopik is an assistant professor of psychology at Michigan State and was one of the lead researchers in this study. He says, “Friendship
C. Giving instruction. D.
C. The grandmother. D. The
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