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Health researchers have noticed that some groups of people are more consistently healthy than others, and wondered… Is it race? Income? Where you live? In the United States, these disagreements in health outcomes have been the focus of intense research for the past several decades.
Harvard University health policy researcher Ellen Meara says scholars have found some clues as to why some groups of people have more or less disease than others. She says one important factor in people’s health is the amount of education they have.
In her most recent paper, Meara looked at data from the United states census. These counts of people occur every 10 years. Meara and her colleagues examined data from several decades.
“We looked at life expectancy(預(yù)測壽命) at age 25,” Meara says.
“How many additional years can you expect to live if you arrive at age 25 and your education has stopped at high school, or sooner? Versus how many years, can you expect to live if you’ve reached aged 25 and you’ve gone on to at least some college…”
Meara says they found that in 1990, a 25-year-old who only had some secondary school could expect to live for a total of 75 years. In 2000, a 25-year-old with some secondary education could also expect to live to the age of 75.
In contrast, for a better educated 25-year-old, they could expect to live to the age of 80 in 1990. Someone with a similar education level in the year 2000, could expect to live to be more than 81 years, 81.6 years to be exact.
Meara says, not only do better-educated people live longer to begin with, but in the past ten years, more educated people have made gains in the length of their lives. Meanwhile, the life expectancy hasn’t changed for less educated people.
Some of these gains can be explained. Meara says researchers know that people who are more educated are more likely to quit smoking cigarettes, or not start at all, compared to people with less education.
“I think it’s a reminder not to be satisfactory,” Meara says. “Just because a population overall appears to be getting healthier, it doesn’t always mean that those advantages and successes that many people have enjoyed really extend into all parts of the population. And I think that’s something to really pay attention to regardless of whether you live in the US or elsewhere.”
Meara points out that education can often determine income---people with more education frequently make more money. This makes them aware of health care, and purchase other resources and services that can keep them healthier. But the data on income do NOT show that people who make more money are automatically healthier.
Meara says education is key. People need to be educated in order to take advantage of opportunities for better health.
Title
The Amount of 小題1:Contributes to People’s Health
 
The less educated people
The 小題2:______ educated people
Comparisons
In 1990
They could live for 75 years
They could live to the age of 80
In 2000
Their life expectancy was the same as in 1990.
They could live to the age of 81.6 小題3:____
小題4:___ of the research
In the past ten years
Their life expectancy remained 小題5:_____.
They’ve made gains in the length of their lives, partly due to their 小題6:__ smoking.
People are getting healthier, but it doesn’t mean that the advantages and successes extend into all parts of the 小題7:____.
Education小題8:____income.
People with more education make more money
Getting more money helps to increase their小題9:___ of health care, which can keep them healthier.
小題10:____
Education is the key to better health.
 

小題1:Education
小題1:more/better
小題1:exactly
小題1:Results 
小題1:unchanged
小題1:quitting/ stopping
小題1:population
小題1:determines/ decides
小題1:awareness
小題1:Conclusion
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The patient said nothing.
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C.he was given special mealsD.he was not satisfied with the food
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A.the patient’s native language was Spanish
B.the patient’s illness was caused by hunger
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A.effectB.a(chǎn)ffectC.causeD.involve
小題2:
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小題3:
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小題4:
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小題5:
A.more thanB.other thanC.less thanD.rather than
小題6:
A.losingB.missingC.disappearingD.dismissing
小題7:
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小題8:
A.the otherB.othersC.the othersD.some other
小題9:
A.but “sell”B.except “sell”C.but to “sell”D.but “selling”
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小題13:
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A.with
B.for
C.a(chǎn)gainst
D.to
小題2:
A.good
B.true
C.new
D.old
小題3:
A.sound
B.song
C.play
D.violin
小題4:
A.shaking
B.hanging
C.falling
D.floating
小題5:
A.wind
B.snow
C.a(chǎn)ir
D.rain
小題6:
A.watching
B.listening
C.seeing
D.hearing
小題7:
A.lively
B.lovely
C.harvest
D.lonely
小題8:
A.up
B.off
C.down
D.over
小題9:
A.flowed
B.grew
C.entered
D.ran
小題10:
A.lost
B.a(chǎn)ctive
C.busy
D.interested
小題11:
A.once
B.never
C.often
D.usually
小題12:
A.waiting
B.stopping
C.standing
D.hearing
小題13:
A.because
B.so
C.when
D.but
小題14:
A.interesting
B.moving
C.encouraging
D.exciting
小題15:
A.But
B.However
C.Even
D.Though
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A.stopped
B.began
C.gone
D.changed
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A.happy
B.sad
C.strange
D.surprised
小題18:
A.surprised
B.excited
C.encouraged
D.interested
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A.that
B.which
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“Dear sir,
We are sorry to have to tell you that we cannot offer work in this department because we do not think that you would be able to do the work successfully.
Your faithfully.”
The man laughed, but when he looked at the letter more carefully, he saw that he had signed it himself.
小題1:At the beginning of the story the man wanted ____.
A.to be a clerk in a certain governmentB.his friend to introduce him job
C.to visit the head of the departmentD.to get an answer from the department
小題2: The first paragraph mainly tells us ____.
A.how the man knew the news that a clerk was needed
B.how the man got a job with the help of his friend
C.how the man wrote to the department to get the job
D.how he was waiting for the answer from the department
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A.he himself received the letter
B.someone else got it and then didn’t bring it to him
C.someone else got it and then brought it to him
D.the government sent it to him
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A.He was too careless.B.He was very honest.
C.He was very clever.D.He was rather stupid.
小題5:Choose the right order of the events given in the passage.
a. He got a letter one day   b. He got a job in the department.
c. The letter told him he was unfit for the job.
d. His friend introduced him to the head.
e. He found he signed the letter himself.
f. He wanted to get a job in the government department.
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It was now one o’clock, and the concert began at 2:30. “Perhaps she will think of waiting outside the concert hall,” suggested my wife hopefully. By this time the fog was so thick that road traffic had to stop, and the only way to get there was by underground railway. Hand in hand we felt our way along the road to where we thought the nearest station should be. An hour later we were still trying to find it. Just as I was about to lose my temper completely when we met a blind man tapping his way confidently through the fog. With his help we found Tower Hill tube station just fifty yards down the road.
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小題1: Why was Joan separated from her sister and her brother-in-law?
A.they could not see each other because of the fog.
B.Joan had not seen Crown Jewels.
C.They planned to do different things until lunch time.
D.The writer didn’t want to go to the concert.
小題2: What did the writer plan to do in the afternoon?
A.Go to the concert.B.See the Crown Jewels.
C.Return to Cambridge.D.Go shopping.
小題3: The reason why they didn’t all meet for lunch was that _______.
A.They lost their way in the fog
B.they forgot to make necessary arrangement
C.they waited at different places and didn’t meet each other
D.the couple couldn’t find the underground station
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The cell-culture medium worked best to keep a knocked-out tooth healthy outside the mouth.However, few people keep cell-culture medium handy at home or in school.
The next best thing was milk.But Dr.Courts said that the best thing of all was to wash the tooth and put it right back into its socket(牙槽)in the mouth.For some people, though, this is just too painful or upsetting.So milk will do, until you get your tooth (and your mouth)to a dentist.
小題1:This passage is mainly about             .
A.how a dentist can save a knocked-out tooth
B.how to keep a knocked-out tooth healthy
C.how Dr.Courts and other researchers made their experiments
D.how to put a knocked-out tooth back into its socket
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A.in cell-culture mediumB.in milkC.in waterD.in the open air
小題3:Milk can be used instead of cell-culture medium to put a knocked-out tooth in because    .
A.milk works better to keep the tooth healthyB.milk causes less pain
C.cell-culture medium is not usually handyD.cell-culture medium is more expensive
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Males can double their success in producing children by fertilizing neighboring females, but only “mates” care for the young, and some are none the wiser. “  They can’t tell when the egg comes out and whether it’s theirs or not,” She said. “They have no way to know.”
Divorce is surprisingly common among birds, and most live with one partner for only a few months or years. Divorce rates range from 99 percent in the greater flamingo to zero in the wandering albatross(信天翁).
小題1:What does the underline word “dispels” mean?
A.States B.Doubts C.Confirms D.Removes
小題2:The book The Private Lives of Birds_____.
A.shows the kind of male birds females seek out.
B.indicates the wandering albatross is the most faithful.
C.is based on Professor Stutchbury’s 20 years’ research.
D.suggests that female birds select males near their home.
小題3:According to the passage, we can infer that________.
A.young birds’ quality depends on their feather.
B.some male birds care for others’ young as their own.
C.female birds go to find males as soon as autumn comes.
D.female birds are responsible for feeding the hungry babies.
小題4: What is the passage mainly about?
A.A book about love-birds.
B.Birds’ living habits and love life
C.The fact that birds don’t love their mates forever.
D.The factors that influence birds to look for another mate.

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