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Heat Is Killer Extremely hot weather is common in many parts of the world.Although hot weather just makes most people feel hot,it can_______(51)serious medical problems-even death.Floods,storms,volcano eruptions and other natural______(52)kill thousands of people every year.
So______(53) extreme heat.Experts say heat may be nature's deadliest killer, Recently,extreme heat was blamed ______(54)killing more than one hundred people in India.It is reported that the total heat of a hot day or several days can______(55)health.Several hot days are considered a heat wave.
Experts say heat waves often become dangerous when the nighttime temperature does not_______(56)much from the highest daytime temperature.This causes great stress on the human body.
Doctors say people can do many things to______(57)themselves from the dangers of extreme heat. Stay out of the sun,if possible.Drink lots of cool water.Wear light colored clothing made______(58) natural materials;avoid wearing synthetic clothing.
Make sure the clothing is______(59),permitting freedom of movement.
And learn the danger______(60)of the medical problems,such as headache and vomiting,that are linked to heat.Most people suffer only muscle pain as a(n)______(61)of heat stress.The fiain is a______(62)that the body is becoming too hot.Doctors say those suffering headache or muscle pain should stop all activity,rest in a cool place and drink cool liquids.Do not return to physical _______(63)for a few hours because more serious conditions could develop.
Doctors say some people face an______(64)danger from heat stress.Such persons have a weak or damaged heart,high blood pressure,or other problems of the blood system.
Hot Weather also increases dangers for people who must take______(65)for high blood pressure, poor blood flow,nervousness or depression.
51._________
A:cause
B:make
C:affect
D:form
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Smuggling
It is not unusual for a pet to be sent by air cargo from Columbia to New York,but last December's shipment of a 4-year-old sheep dog caught a New York Kennedy Airport Customs inspector's eye .The dog looked to be on its last legs,and there was an unusual lump on the side of its body.An X-ray and emergency surgery revealed the presence of 10 condoms tightly packed with fIve pounds of cocaine that had been surgically implanted in the dog's abdomen-yet another first for Customs in the war on drugs.
When it comes to transporting drugs,the methods used are only as limited as a smuggler's imagination.Kilo bricks of cocaine are routinely concealed beneath false bottoms of containers that hold poisonous snakes.“You've got snakes that are 12 feet long,”says a United States Fish and Wildlife Service agent-and sometimes the drug is in the snake.“Who's going to pull it out and feel it?”
In 1994,United States Customs seized 204,391 pounds of cocaine,559,286 pounds of marl-juana and 2,577 pounds of heroin,just how much actually flows into the country is anyone's guess.Some Customs officials estimate that only 10 percent of the drugs coming into the country are ever seized.In Miami,the District Attorney won't even prosecute small fry.“It's got to be over five kilos of cocaine,above a kilo of heroin and more than 5,000 pounds of marijuana or it's not something that we're going to stop the presses on,”says Tom Cash,a retired agent.
Given this deluge,one can only wonder if agents are ever confounded by some of the smug-gling methods.“There are things we haven't seen before,”says John McGhee,a Miami Customs special agent,“but nothing really surprises us.”
Which phrase could replace the expression“small fry”in the third paragraph?
A: Small dogs.
B: Small sheep dogs.
C: Small smugglers
D: Small ringleaders.
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Jewel Thief Captured
At 1:30 this morning,local police finally caught the jewel thief whom they had been trying to trap （诱捕）for the past two months.________(51)the man they arrested,James Smith,_________(52)that he was the thief,he was captured with several diamond rings in his_________(53).Police saw Smith leaving a jewe场store on Main Street at 1:16 A. M.________(54)seeing the police,Smith jumped ________(55)his auto,and a high-speed chase followed for the next fourteen minutes. The police finally_______(56)Smith off the road and his_______(57)hit a tree.
When the police searched Smith's________(58),they found the diamond rings hidden in an inside pocket of his jacket. Although Smith claimed that the diamonds were fake（假的）,the owner of the jewelry store_________(59)the most recent robbery incident happened identified them __________(60)his missing jewels.
Smith is now awaiting his first visit to court in a cell in the town jail. if he does not_________(61), a jury（陪审团）will have to decide his guilt or innocence.________ (62),a representative of the police stated today that they have no_______(63)that he will be found to be_________(64).This spokesman also stated that they hoped that the alarm________(65)in the community by all the recent robberies would be calmed by Smith's arrest.
_________(62)
A:Therefore
B:However
C:Or
D:And
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New Changes in American Life
Once it was possible to define male and female roles easily by the division of labor. Men worked outside the home and earned the income to support their families,while women cooked the meals and took care of the home and the children.______(46)But by the middle of this centu- ry,men's and women's roles were becoming less firmly fixed.
In the 1950s,economic and social success was the goal of the typical American.But in the l960s a new force developed called the counterculture.______(47)The counterculture presen- ted men and women with new role choices.Taking more interest in childcare,men began to share child-raising tasks with their wives.In fact,some young men and women moved to communal homes or farms where the economic and childcare responsibilities were shared equally by both se- xes.______(48)Some young men refused to be drafted as soldiers to fight in the war in Viet-nam。
In terms of numbers,the counterculture was not a very large group of people.______(49) Working men of all classes began to change their economic and social patterns.Industrial workers and business executives alike cut down on“overtime”work so that they could spend more leisure time with their families.Some doctors,lawyers,and teachers turned away from high paying situa-tions to practice their professions in poorer neighborhoods.
In the 1970s,the feminist movement,or women's liberation,produced additional economic and social changes.Women of all ages and at all levels of society were entering the work force in greater numbers.______(50)But some women began to enter traditionally male occupations: police work,banking,dentistry,and construction work.Women were asking for equal work,and equal opportunities for promotion.
Today the experts generally agree that important changes are taking place in the roles of men and women.Naturally,there are difficulties in adjusting to these transformations.
______(50)
A: In addition,many Americans did not value the traditional male role of soldier.
B: Most of them still took traditional women's jobs as public school teaching,nursing,and secretarial work.
C: These roles were firmly fixed for most people,and there was not much opportunity for women to exchange their roles.
D: But its influence spread to many parts of American society.
E: The people involved in this movement did not value the middle-class American goals.
F: A great many jobs that used to belong to men are now taken by women.
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Transport and Trade
1 Transport is one of the aids to trade.By moving goods from places where they are plentiful to places
where they are scarce,transport adds to their value.The more easily goods can be brought over the distance
that separates producer and consumer,the better for trade.When there were no railways,no good roads,no
canals,and only small sailing ships,trade was on a small scale.
2 The great advances made in transport during the last two hundred years were accompanied by a big
increase in trade.Bigger and faster ships enabled a trade in meat to develop between Britain and New Zealand,
for instance.Quicker transport makes possible mass-production and big business,drawing supplies from,
and selling goods to,all parts of the globe.Big factories could not exist without transport to carry the large
number of workers they need to and from their homes.Big city stores could not have developed unless
customers could travel easily from the suburbs and goods were delivered to their homes.Big cities could not
survive unless food could be brought from a distance.
3 Transport also prevents waste.Much of the fish landed at the ports would be wasted if it could not
be taken quickly to inland towns.Transport has given us a much greater variety of foods and goods since we
no longer have to live on what is produced locally.Foods which at one time could be obtained only during a
part of the year can now be obtained all through the year. Transport has raised the standard of living.
4 By moving fuel,raw materials,and even power,for example,through electric cables,transport has
led to the establishment of industries and trade in areas where they would have been impossible before.
Districts and countries can concentrate on making things which they can do better and more cheaply than oth-
ers and can then exchange them with one another. The cheaper and quicker transport becomes,the longer
the distance over which goods can profitably be carried.Countries with poor transport have a lower standard
of living.
5 Commerce requires not only the moving of goods and people but also the carrying of messages and
information.Means of communication,like telephones,cables and radio,send information about prices,
supplies,and changing conditions in different parts of the world.In this way,advanced communication sys-
tems also help to develop trade.
Paragraph 3_____________
A:Higher Living Standard
B:Importance of Transport in Trade
C:Various Means of Transport
D:Birth of Transport-related Industries and Trade
E:Role of Information in Trade
F:Public Transportation
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