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e passage, some doctors believe it is true that _______ . A. Polar bears are bears swimming in freezing water B. coldwater swimming can make the body temperature dangerously high C. you are healthy if coldwater swimming turns your skin color blue D. coldwater swimming causes more heart attack in summer than in winter 3. The Polar Bears like to swim yearround, for _______ . A. it is an easy way to keep the body warm in winter B. they can stay young C. they find it enjoyable and interesting D. they might meet fewer troubles in life 4. Which of the following is TRUE according to the text ? Polar Bear is a club in which people swim to protect polar bears. B. The club members are all over 60 years old. C. There is no woman in the club. D. None of the above. 5. This passage is mainly about _______ . A. the requirements of the Polar Bear Club B. a group of coldwaterswimming lovers C. the Polar Bears’ life in New York D. doctors’ ideas about coldwater swimming B China Earthquake Leaves 5,000 Homeless Beijing An earthquake measuring on the Richter scale left 50,000 people homeless, killed at least one person and injured 39 others in southwest China on Thurday, with more accidents expected. By late Thurday, 4,900 people were declared homeless after the quake destroyed their homes in a mountainous area lying on the border between Yunnan and Sichuan provinces. The dawn quake left one dead and 39 injured, destroyed 268 houses and damaging 1,132 other buildings so seriously that they were considered uninhabitable. Another 2,400 houses suffered less serious damage. The epicenter( 震中 ) was near scenic Lugu Lake, a tourist site, where the local school was severely damaged. Preliminary (最初的 ) estimates put economic losses at 180 million yuan ( 22 million dollars ). Governments in Yanyuan and the neighbouring Yunnan county of Ninglang has joined forces in the rescue effects and tents, clothes and medicine are badly in need of for the earthquake victims. The mountainous terrain, heavy rain and several aftershocks all prevented rescue effects on Thursday. The rain could cause more badly damaged homes to fall down. More dead and injured are expected “as rescuers have yet to reach many faraway areas”.It is very hard for rescue workers because most houses are scattered around the mountains, which are inhabited by Yi and other ethnic minority groups (少數(shù)民族 ) The qu