【正文】 for friends being the greatest influence? Friends affected each others’ feelings of fatness. 4. Which factor of being obese is not mentioned in this report? Life style. 5. In what way is obesity contagious and epidemic? Social works let the obesity spread rapidly. *第七篇 The Difference between Man and Computer 人與電腦的區(qū)別 What makes people different from puter programs? What is the missing element that our theories don’t yet account for? The answer is simple: People read newspaper stories for a reason: to learn more about what they are interested in. Computers, on the other hand， don39。s first service economy. Almost threefourths of the nonfarm first paragraph intends to tell us that services are important. 1966 and 1986， the United States created about million service jobs. economists, business and labor leaders and politicians believe that most of the fast growth in the service sector is in lowpaying jobs. importance of services can be shown by money spent on business services as well as on consumer services. does the writer of this passage disapprove of regarding services now? Their prices. 第二十八篇 The National Park Service 國家公園的服務機構 America39。s acquisition of the ability to be creative. to the passage, American education meets the needs of all the following EXCEPT the students from foreign countries. 5. Which of the following best states the feature of American education that makes it different from education in other countries? Its underlying goal to develop every child39。s inspiration for the design of the Barbie doll e from? Lilli. of the following statements is NOT true of the Barbie doll? She does not attract young men. 第十四篇 Sleep 睡眠 We all know that the normal human daily cycle of activity is of some 7—8 hours39。s reproductive strategy is influenced by ecological factors. 第十二篇 Smuggling 走私 It is not unusual for a pet to be sent by air cargo from Columbia to New York, but last December39。s Death 梅洛舍維奇之死 Former Yugoslav leader Slobodan Milosevic was found dead last Saturday in his cell at the Haguebased International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The 64yearold had been on trial there since February 2020. did Milosevic die? In prison. of the following is NOT true of the young Milosevic?He was extremely ambitious. of the following persons in one way or another changed his fate EXCEPT his parents. 4. Why was Milosevic sent to Kosovo in 1989? To remove the Serbians39。s opinion? Because it is a place near the town where people can enjoy nature. will cause traffic jams? A building on Parson39。s lives. These stories fall into three general categories: autobiography, memoir, and biography. 1. This passage is mostly about the characteristics of autobiographies， memoirs， and biographies 2. Helen Keller wrote an autobiography. 3. Autobiography writers are not always objective because they want to present themselves in a good light. 4. The writer introduces each category in the passage by defining it. 5. Diverse means varied or different _. 八 The Changing Middle Class 變化中的中產階級 The United States perceives itself to be a middleclass nation. However， middle class is not a real designation， nor does it carry privileges. 1. The information in this passage deals with a social and economic group. 2. A mon middle class value is that the family is very important. 3. ln the years after World War II， the middle class could be defined as prosperous and optimistic. 4. The phrase “In other words in the first paragraph means that the following statement is a restatement of the previous idea. 5. The word collectively means as a group. 第十篇 A Letter from Alan 艾倫的來信 I have learnt of a plan to build three hundred houses on the land called Parson39。*第十九篇 The Family 家庭 The structure of a family takes different forms around the world and even in the same society. The family39。s nanny had been brutally murdered and his wife had been attacked too. 1. The public are still interested in the investigation because Lord Lucan has never been found 2. It is thought that Lucan killed the nanny because it was dark and he thought she was Lady Lucan 3. Aspinall thought Lucan killed himself by sinking his boat 4. Lucan could have been killed because people thought he might talk to the police about them if he was caught 5. Exdetective MacLaughlin claimed that Mr Barry Haplin was really Lord Lucan in disguise *第三十三篇 Oseola McCarty 老婦人 Oseola McCarty LATE ONE SUNDAY AFTERNOON in September 1999， Oseola McCarty， an elderly cleaning lady passed away in the little wooden frame house where she had lived and worked most of her life. woman shocked and inspired the world because she gave her life savings to help others through university managed to save so much mOI1y because she had worked hard， saved hard and invested carefully gave her money away because she wanted others to have the opportunity to escape a hard life her generosity was made hundreds of people put money into the fund became famous because of her generosity *第三十一篇 Pool Watch 泳池監(jiān)護 Swimmers can drown in busy swimming pools when lifeguards fail to notice that they are in trouble. The Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents says that on average 15 people drown in British pools each year, but many more suffer major injury after getting into difficulties. 1. AI means the same as artificial intelligence. 2. What is required of AI software to save a life? It can distinguish between a swimmer and a shadow. 3. How does Poseidon save a life? It alerts the lifeguard. 4. Which of the following statements about Travor Baylis is NOT true? He runs. 5. The word considered in paragraph 5 could be best replaced by rated. *第三十二篇 T