【正文】 s ________ quitting smoking. To do it, he sticks to eating some sugars whenever he wants to smoke. A. bent on B. bound to C. desperate to D. abundant in a few people used to believe that disaster________ if a mirror was broken. A. was sure of striking B. was sure of having struck C. was sure to be struck D. was sure to strike. 32. — I didn39。s birthday party. — As far as I know, he ________ to see his parents in the countryside on Sundays. A. goes B. went C. has gone D. had gone 33. Now that the war was over, they could ________ the threads of their life again. A. take up B. pick up C. make up D. look up 34. — Mike, the office is in a mess. It39。t count on me. C. Don39。m 18”， “ When I buy a new 450SL Mercedes Benz”， “ When I __46__ my last kid through college”， “ When I have paid off the loan, “When I get a(n) __47__”， “ When I reach the age of the __48__ I shall live happily ever after.” Sooner or later, we must be __49__ that there is no station, no one place to arrive at once and for all. The __50__ joy of life is the trip. The station is merely a dream. It __51__ outdistances us. “ Relish the moment” is a good motto. It isn39。s this week39。re unemployed and need a job or you are just sick of the one you have, Roswell Patch wants to help. We know new jobs can be hard to e by these days, which is why we39。ve found in the area on the site each week. Happy hunting! Part173。time, native173。passenger bus to pick up students from several schools, from 2 p． m.— 6 p． m. Monday— Friday. The position pays $10 per hour. More information about the job is available online. 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B By 2050, a pletely new type of human will evolve as a result of extremely new technology, behaviour, and natural selection. This is according to Cadell Last, a researcher at the Global Brain Institute, who claims mankind is undergoing a major “evolutionary transition”． In less than four decades, Mr Last claims we will live longer, have children in old age and rely on artificial intelligence to do ordinary and boring tasks. This shift is so significant, he claims, it is parable to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans. “ Your 80 or 100 is going to be so radically different than your grandparents， ” Mr Last says, who believes we will spend much of our time living in virtual reality. Some evolutionary scientists believe this age could be as high as 120 by 2050. Mr Last claims humans will also demonstrate delayed_maturation,_according to a report by Christina Sterbenz in Business Insider. This refers to something known as life history theory which attempts to explain how natural selection shapes key events in a creature39。t going to be around forever， ” he added, and said that people could pause it for some time using future technology. The change is already happening. Today, the average age at which a woman in Britain has her first baby has been rising steadily at . In the US, just one percent of first children were born to women over the age of 35 in 1970. By 2020, that figure rose to 15 percent. “ As countries bee socio173。free years to enjoy leisure time, he believes artificial intelligence will make up the need for low173。m not quite sure most people have really absorbed the implications of this possibility， ” Mr Last said. His views are detailed in a paper, titled “ Human Evolution, Life History Theory, and the End of Biological Reproduction” published Current Aging Science. 58. Which statement is pared by Mr Last to the change from monkeys to apes, and apes to humans? A. We have diseases and die young. B. We use intelligent robots to do everyday housework. C. We spend less time in virtual reality. D. We give birth to a child when we are young. 59. The underlined words in the third paragraph most probably mean “________”． A. Organisms need more energy and time to ripen. B. Natural selection shapes key events. C. Reproduction. D. Reproduce less. 60. In the next system Mr Last explained we can infer that ________． A. women are engaged in cultural reproduction in place of men B. women are engaged in playing puter games rather than working C. women are engaged in careers or hobbies instead of giving birth to babies D. women are engaged in living in virtual reality without options C When a big boat, like a cruise ship, goes through the ocean, it often creates waves. This happens when the large engines on the back of the cruise ship cause the water on the ocean39。d better steer clear of a ship39。re just moving up and down in their seats. This is just like the water in an ocean wave. A lot of water is moving up and down, which gives water the appearance of moving along with the wave. Surfers pay a lot of attention to waves. If you39。t surf. Usually, surfers gather in areas known for big waves— waves that rise high off the