An aspirin a day keeps the doctor away. Aspirin has long been praised as a wonder drug and has been in your family since you can remember. Not only does it cure pain, it also lowers the risk of heart attack and stroke. But taking the pills daily may not work for everyone.
Although taking an occasional aspirin or two is safe for most adults to use for headaches，body aches or fever, daily use of aspirin can have serious side effects. Up to 60 per cent of us，both healthy people and those being treated for all types of heart disease may have some level of resistance to aspirin’s benefits.
Aspirin keeps platelets(血小板) from sticking, lowering the risk of clotting(结块)．People who are aspirin­resistant still get pain relief but not the full blood­thinning effects.
How do you know whether you’re resistant？New blood tests can help your doctor decide whether to give you a different medicine, especially if you’re at risk or are being treated for heart disease. The tests aren’t yet widely available, but it doesn’t hurt to ask.
People taking aspirin daily should limit the amount of alcohol they drink because of its additional blood­thinning effects and potential to upset your stomach. Thus you should not have more than one drink if you’re a woman or two drinks a day if you’re a man. Does daily aspirin treatment differ between men and women？Recent studies have focused on the effects of aspirin in women，finding that its effects differ between the sexes, and for women, between age groups.
All in all, aspirin is still an effective, affordable and simple option for many people at risk of heart attack and stroke. Though it is readily available, always check with your doctor before starting daily aspirin treatment.
【小题1】Aspirin has got the reputation of a wonder drug because ______.

A．an aspirin a day keeps the doctor away

B．it can make people feel less painful

C．it helps to prevent heart attacks and strokes

D．it doesn’t have any serious side effects

【小题2】Which of the following statements about aspirin is TRUE?

A．Aspirin does have blood­thinning effects.

B．If you are resistant to aspirin, you won’t feel pain.

C．People taking aspirin won't suffer from heart attacks.

D．60 per cent of people couldn't benefit from aspirin.

【小题3】What do we know about the blood tests mentioned in the fourth paragraph?

A．The new examination doesn’t hurt at all.

B．The tests only help aspirin­resistant people.

C．Doctors do the tests to test new medicines.

D．Only some people have ever taken the tests.

【小题4】We can infer from the passage that ______.

A．drinking alcohol will make people feel uncomfortable

B．drinking alcohol could influence the function of aspirin

C．alcohol has much greater effects than aspirin on blood­thinning

D．people should not drink any alcohol while taking aspirin daily

【小题5】What does the writer think of taking aspirin daily?

A．People should be careful to make this decision.

B．This treatment is effective, affordable and simple.

C．It could be used to cure heart attack and stroke.

D．Old women should not start this kind of treatment.

   People are interested in eating raw foods or whole foods partly because eating these types of food reduces the risk of acid accumulation（酸堆积）in our body.

Raw and whole foods are usually digested more efficiently than cooked and processed foods. When we cook foods, we destroy the natural enzymes（酶）that are part of the food in its raw form. These enzymes were intended by nature to help us digest the food. When we consume food without these natural enzymes, our bodies either digest the food improperly or allow too many nutrients to be absorbed into the bloodstream. In both cases, the result is obesity. When too many nutrients are absorbed at once, the body grows fat.

Processed foods contain chemical elements, which might confuse the appetite system that tells us when we’ve had enough to eat; as a result, people often overeat. Processed foods also upset the digestive cycle. The body will either identify these foods as allergens and then store them safely away from the organs as fat, or the remains of undigested food will become acidic and enter the bloodstream as acid waste, which will stick to the blood vessel walls（血管壁）and block the passage of vital oxygen and nutrients heading for the body’s cells. The body’s metabolism（新陈代谢）becomes inactive, and the result is weight gain and obesity.

To stop this vicious circle in its tracks, people need to consume food and supplements that will balance the acid already accumulated in body. Eating the right types of raw and whole foods can help. It’s also important to restore our enzyme balance. We need to identify and avoid the foods that cause acid accumulation and consume the foods that increase enzyme production. If we truly want to change and help our body heal itself, we need to take an active approach.

【小题1】We can learn from the 2nd paragraph that __________.

A．it is essential for us to digest some fat

B．cooked and processed foods are healthier

C．foods with natural enzymes help us keep fit

D．absorbing many nutrients is beneficial to our health

【小题2】Processed foods will probably __________.

A．stop body’s metabolism	B．be difficult to digest
C．destroy body’s cells	D．lead to obesity

【小题3】The underlined word “ vicious ” in the last paragraph probably means __________.

A．harmful	B．violent
C．progressive	D．positive

【小题4】To change and help our body heal itself, we need to __________.

A．consume enough acid foods

B．identify enzyme production

C．avoid restoring our enzyme balance

D．eat the right types of raw and whole foods

   When it's five o'clock,people leave their office.The length of the workday,for many workers,is defined by time. They leave when the clock tells them they're done.

These days,the time is everywhere: not just on clocks or watches,but on cell-phones and computers.That may be a bad thing,particularly at work.New research shows on that clock-based work schedules hinder morale and creativity.
Clock-timers organize their day by blocks of minutes and hours.For example: a meeting from 9 a.m. to 10 a.m., research from 10 a.m.to noon,etc.On the other hand,task-timers have a list of things they want to accomplish.They work down the list,each task starts when the previous task is completed.It is said that all of us employ a mix of both these types of planning.

What,then,are the effects of thinking about time in these different ways? Does one make us more productive? Better at the tasks at hand? Happier? In experiments conducted by Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier,they had participints organize different activities-from project planning,holiday shopping,to yoga-by time or to-do list to measure how they performed under "clock time" vs "task time".They found clock timers to be more efficient but less happy because they felt little control over their lives.Task timers are happier and more creative,but less productive. They tend to enjoy the moment when something good is happening,and seize opportunities that come up.

The researchers argue that task-based organizing tends to be undervalued and under-supported in the business culture.Smart companies,they believe,will try to bake more task-based planning into their strategies.

This might be a small change to the way we view work and the office,but the researchers argue that it challenges a widespread characteristic of the economy: work organized by clock time.While most people will still probably need,and be,to some extent,clock-timers,task-based timing should be used when performing a job that requires more creativity.It'll make those tasks easier,and the task-doers will be happier.
【小题1】What does the author think of time displayed everywhere?

A．It makes everybody aware of time.

B．It is a convenience for work and life.

C．It may have a negative effect on creative work.

D．It clearly indicates the fast pace of modern life.

【小题2】What did Tamar Avnet and Anne-Laure Sellier find in their experiments about clock-timers ?

A．They seize opportunities as they come up.

B．They always get their work done in time.

C．They have more control over their lives.

D．They tend to be more productive.

【小题3】What do the researchers say about today's business culture?

A．It does not support the strategies adopted by smart companies.

B．It does not attach enough importance to task-based practice.

C．It places more emphasis on work efficiency than on workers’ lives.

D．It aims to bring employees' potential and creativity into full play.

【小题4】What do the researchers suggest?

A．Task-based timing is preferred for doing creative work.

B．It is important to keep a balance between work and life.

C．Performing creative jobs tends to make workers happier.

D．A scientific standard should be adopted in job evaluation.

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Can you tell the time on an analog clock? 【小题1】 (hope), you can! It’s the only way for you to know the time when 【小题2】 (take) exams.

However, some high schools in the UK will remove analog clocks 【小题3】 exam halls and use digital.【小题4】 instead. The reason is that 【小题5】 (teenage) are unable to read the correct time on analog clocks. They are used to seeing the time on the phone, 【小题6】 on the computer. Nearly everything they’ve got is digital.

Teachers want their students to feel as 【小题7】 (relax) as possible during exams. However, having a 【小题8】(tradition) clock in the room could make students feel stressed out during an exam Many of them might raise their hands to ask 【小题9】 time it is.

The schools are trying to make everything as easy and straightforward as possible for students during the exams. Another advantage of using digital clocks 【小题10】 (be) that students are less likely to get the time wrong.

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According to a recent survey, violence（暴力）did exist in schools. Students showed their fear and parents and teachers also 【小题1】（express）their great concern about it. Experts hope 【小题2】 whole society should pay more attention to the psychological health of teenagers.

Nowadays, school violence is a hot issue. I think this is a phenomenon（现象）, which 【小题3】（call）for our great concern. We should make every effort 【小题4】（prevent）violence happening at school for more and more students would drop out of school if their personal 【小题5】（safe）could not be guaranteed（保证）. In fact, violence can be learned. 【小题6】（actual）, children learn violent behavior from adults or from 【小题7】 they see on television or on the Internet.

If I meet with school violence, I will not answer violence with violence, for it will result in 【小题8】（much）fighting. I will tell my teachers and parents about it. I think they will help me deal with it well and they will protect me 【小题9】 the bad guys.

All in all, we students should behave 【小题10】（we） and keep away from violence.