If you are taking vitamin supplements to reduce your risk of heart disease or cancer, a group of health experts want you to know that those vitamins may actually increase your risk of cancer.
The US Preventive Services Task Force came to this conclusion after reviewing dozens of studies.
Nearly half of adults in the US take at least one vitamin or mineral supplement on a regular basis. These pills are advertised as a way to promote general health. In some cases, manufacturers promote them as cancer fighters and heart protectors.
Studies in animals and in laboratory dishes suggest that oxidative (氧化性的) stress contributes to diseases like cancer and heart disease. If so, there is a reason to believe that antioxidants — including beta-carotene, vitamins A, C, and E — could be useful as preventive medicines.
But when the Task Force examined the medical evidence on vitamins, it found “inadequate (不充分的) evidence” to support the claims that vitamin and mineral supplements benefit healthy adults.
“Cardiovascular (心血管的) disease and cancer have a significant health impact in America, and we all want to find ways to prevent these diseases,” Dr. Virginia Moyer, who heads the Task Force, said in a statement. But so far, she added, the medical evidence does not show that taking vitamins is helpful in this regard.
However, the Task Force did find “adequate evidence” that people with a raised risk for lung cancer actually increase their risk further by taking beta-carotene, a precursor of vitamin A.
The Task Force recommendations of taking vitamins regularly apply to healthy adults aged 50 and older who don’t have “special nutritional needs”. The advice does not apply to children, women who are pregnant or may become pregnant, people with chronic illnesses, or people who have to take supplements because they can’t get all their essential nutrients from their diet.
1. Studies in animals and in laboratory dishes find out________.| A．ample evidence that taking vitamins are helpful for treating lung cancer |
| B．cardiovascular disease spreads very fast in America |
| C．oxidative stress can lead to heart disease and cancer |
| D．people must take vitamins on a regular basis |
| A．Scientists want to control cardiovascular disease. |
| B．In some regard, taking vitamins is not useful. |
| C．Manufacturers cannot produce medical-use vitamins. |
| D．Vitamins must be useful to prevent cancer and heart disease. |
| A．A 60-year-old healthy worker. |
| B．A 15-year-old boy with short-sightedness. |
| C．A 34-year-old pregnant lady. |
| D．A 40-year-old man who never eats vegetables or fruits. |
| A．An Inside Look at Vitamins |
| B．Task Force: Ending to Vitamins |
| C．Vitamins: To Live or to Kill |
| D．Taking Vitamins to Prevent Cancer May Fail |
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【推荐1】When he moved from South Africa to New York City, Norman Rosenthal noticed he felt more depressed during the cold, short days of the city’s winters than he had in his home country.
“It was an illness hiding in plain sight because people said ‘well, that’s how everyone feels in winter.’ They didn’t see it as treatable,” says Rosenthal, a world-famous researcher at Georgetown Medical School. In 1984, he published the first paper to scientifically name the winter blues-Seasonal affective disorder (SAD), also called seasonal depression. It was a type of depression brought on by the dark days of winter.
Mental health experts say there are solutions to treat SAD. The first treatment that may have longer lasting benefits is Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT), a form of talk treatment that Rohan, a heath expert recommends for treating SAD. “Negative (消极的) thinking will produce negative emotions, and we want to change those into slightly less negative, more neutral (中立的) thoughts,” she says of the CBT approach. For example, “I hate winter.” might be replaced as “Winter isn’t my favorite season, but I still find things to enjoy.”
Finding wintertime hobbies may also help. “People with SAD often have hobbies and interests that are summer specific-growing gardens, beach going,” Rohan says. Instead of hibernating (冬眠) under a blanket, she suggests those people find indoor hobbies to enjoy-knitting, joining a book club or going to the gym. Exercising, learning ways to manage stress or planning a sunny vacation during the winter can all help to improve your mood.
Rosenthal stresses that there’s no reason to not seek mind health treatment, even if symptoms (症状) are only present for a few months out of the year.
1. What can be inferred about Norman Rosenthal?| A．He is the first to describe SAD. |
| B．He was suffering from SAD in 1984. |
| C．His paper about SAD is on his own experience. |
| D．His life in South Africa contributes to SAD research. |
| A．Make people follow their heart. |
| B．Improve people’s talking skills. |
| C．Help people change negative thinking. |
| D．Get rid of people’s wrong idea of SAD. |
| A．People with SAD don’t grow gardens. |
| B．Lifestyle changes are useful for mind health. |
| C．Managing stress depends on people’s preference. |
| D．Winter is a good time to improve people’s mood. |
【推荐2】More than 135,000 UK drinkers will die from cancer caused by alcohol(酒精)by the year 2035, researchers say. Drinking too much will cause 7,100 cancer deaths a year by 2035, a rise of 13 percent on the present rate. A study by Sheffield University and Cancer Research UK shows that alcohol will cost the NHS(National Health Service) ￡53billion over the next ten years including ￡2 billion on cancer.
Although alcohol is known to cause many types of cancer including breast and throat most people don’t realize the relation between alcohol and cancer. A survey of 2,100 Britons by the researchers earlier this year found nine in ten did not associate drinking with cancer. The researchers used a computer model to work out the numbers of alcohol-related cancer deaths, hospital admissions(入院)and total costs to NHS over the next 20 years.
The study shows that a fifth of men and 1 in 10 women have alcohol every day---and many of these are middle-aged and middle class. Researchers are very worried about this group as they believe cancer may be caused by drinking over long periods. The study shows that even if the expense stays as it is, alcohol-related cancer deaths will rise from 6,299 in 2015 to 7,097 in 2034. Alcohol will lead to 891, 299 hospital admissions, up from 802, 118 in 2015, and 65, 005 will be caused by cancer.
Earlier this year Chief Medical Officer Dame Sally Davies studied carefully the alcohol guidelines(指导方针)for the first time in thirty years. She told people there was no safe level of drinking and advised them to drink no more than 14 units a week. But researchers say this guidance isn’t enough and want the government to increase a little price per unit of alcohol.
1. What can we learn from the text?| A．Fewer people will die of cancer in the future |
| B．Alcohol will be the only cause of cancer deaths |
| C．More and more people will get rid of the habit of drinking |
| D．The computer model can offer researchers useful numbers |
| A．Share | B．Compare |
| C．Connect | D．Replace |
| A．raise the price of alcohol properly |
| B．remove the nation’s drinking habit |
| C．improve middle-aged persons’ income |
| D．provide fund for National Health Service |
| A．People Having Alcohol Must Suffer from Cancer |
| B．All People Have Known Alcohol May Cause Cancer |
| C．Researchers Are Trying to Discover the New Causes of Cancer |
| D．Alcohol will Have Worse Effects on British People over the Coming Years |
【推荐3】Sleep disturbances can be an early sign of Alzheimer’s disease (阿尔茨海默病). Many people eventually diagnosed (诊断) with Alzheimer’s start experiencing difficulty falling and staying asleep years before cognitive problems such as memory loss and confusion appear. It’s a vicious cycle: Alzheimer’s disease involves changes to the brain that interrupt sleep, and poor sleep accelerates harmful changes to the brain.
Researchers at Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis have identified a possible way to help break that cycle. A small, two-night study has shown that people who took a sleeping pill before bed experienced a drop in the levels of key Alzheimer’s proteins — it’s a good sign, since higher levels of such proteins coexist with more serious disease.
The study, which involved a sleeping aid that is already approved by the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for insomnia (失眠), indicates the potential of this sleeping pill to slow or stop the progression of Alzheimer’s disease, although much more work is needed to confirm the practice of such an approach.
“This is a small, proof-of-concept study. It would be premature for people who are worried about developing Alzheimer’s to interpret it as a reason to start taking this sleeping pill,” said researcher Brendan Lucey, director of Washington University’s Sleep Medicine Center. “We don’t yet know whether long-term use is effective in delaying cognitive decline, and if it is, at what dose and for whom. Still, these results are very encouraging. This drug is already available and proven safe, and now we have evidence that it affects the levels of proteins that are vital for driving Alzheimer’s disease.”
“I’m hopeful that we will eventually develop drugs that take advantage of the link between sleep and Alzheimer’s to prevent cognitive decline,” he continued. “We’re not quite there yet.”
1. Which can best replace the underlined word “vicious” in paragraph 1?| A．Bad. | B．Rare. | C．Normal. | D．Complete. |
| A．They are the cause of insomnia. | B．They can make the disease worse. |
| C．They reflect changes in the brain. | D．They are controlled by sleeping pills. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Uncertain. |
| C．Cautious. | D．Doubtful. |
| A．Sleep Disturbances Indicate Alzheimer’s |
| B．Drugs for Alzheimer’s Are Being Developed |
| C．Alzheimer’s Is Linked with Cognitive Decrease |
| D．A Sleeping Pill Reduces Levels of Alzheimer’s Proteins |
【推荐1】Gardening is popular in many parts of the world. It brings us sweet smelling flowers, fresh fruit and vegetables. But you can get more from your garden.
Gardening helps to keep healthy. Today’s people sit indoors for too long and don’t get much exercise. When you garden, you have to move around. It’s a good chance for you to exercise your body by watering flowers or doing some digging. Besides, when you are in your garden, you can feel the warm sunshine. This means you are getting Vitamin D. It helps your bodies use calcium (钙), which is necessary to keep your bones (骨骼) strong.
____It gets them off computers, televisions and phones. Gardening can be a great teacher to teach children about nature and healthy eating. It can also help them to understand the meaning of “No pains, no gains.”
Gardening is a great way to meet people and build relationships. When you are gardening, you are outdoors. So it is a perfect time to communicate with your neighbors. Most people love to talk about their hobbies and so do gardeners. They usually enjoy showing people what they are growing. And most enjoy sharing advice and stories about their gardens.
1. When it’s______, you can get Vitamin D in your garden.| A．sunny | B．cloudy | C．snowy | D．rainy |
| A．watching TV | B．watering flowers |
| C．walking dogs | D．playing with phones |
| A．Gardening will be good for your bones. |
| B．Gardening may help people to feel happy. |
| C．Gardening is a great activity to do with children. |
| D．Gardening can be a good way to meet neighbors. |
| A．Outdoor Activities | B．Advantages of Gardening |
| C．Heating Eating habits | D．Relationships with neighbors |
【推荐2】The printed book is back. Recent studies have shown that students remember more information when they read a paper book compared to reading an e-book. One school responded to these findings by ditching its e-readers and encouraging students to pick up traditional books. The students found that “the ease of navigation (导航)” was greater when using a traditional book.
I love the way we now judge printed books using the language of the digital world. E-books may come with “navigational tools,” but it turns out the best navigational tools are the “devices (设备)” at the ends of your arms. You can use them to flip (翻) the pages forward and backward.
Fans of digital books may point out that e-readers have a handy “search” tool. Old-fashioned books also have a search function, in which you turn back to the opening part to help you remember the hero’s name. They even have a “bookmark system,” which uses something called a “bookmark.”
Can a traditional book offer all the features of an e-book? Also, no. It has no “progress bar (进度条)” indicating how much of the book has been read. Luckily, a clever tip is available: turn your book so that it can be viewed from the side or top. It will naturally form two parts joined in the middle. If the left part is thicker than the right one, you are more than halfway through.
Admittedly, e-books are lighter than paper books, but one must question whether this is really an advantage. In secondary school my body figure was actually transformed by the daily need to carry textbooks. For me and my fellow students, these weighty books would draw our shoulders back and our chests forward.
Educational fashions come and go, so maybe the return of traditional books won’t last. But for the moment, I find myself welcoming their wonderful return.
1. Which can best replace the underlined “ditching” in paragraph 1?| A．Referring to. | B．Getting used to. |
| C．Getting rid of. | D．Making use of. |
| A．Bookmarks. | B．Fingers. | C．The progress bar. | D．The opening part. |
| A．It has a handy search function called a bookmark. |
| B．It is convenient for us to search whatever you want. |
| C．It is lighter than a paper book to help change our body shape. |
| D．It tells you how much of the book has been read by a progress bar. |
| A．Why the Printed Book Is Back? | B．How the Printed Book Benefits us? |
| C．What Future the Printed Book Faces? | D．Which Is Better, Printed Book or E-book? |
【推荐3】How many things can you see in the night sky? A lot! On a clear night you might see the Moon, some planets, and thousands of stars.
But scientists believe there are some things in the sky that we will never see. We won’t see them with the biggest telescope (望远镜) in the world, on the clearest night of the year. That’s because they are invisible (看不见的). They’re the mysterious dead stars called black holes.
You might find it hard to imagine that stars die. After all, our Sun is a star. Year after year we see up in the sky, burning brightly, giving us heat and light. The Sun certainly doesn’t seem to be getting old or weak. But stars do burn out and die after billions of years.
As a star’s gases burn, they give off light and heat. But when the gases run out, the star stops burning and begins to die.
As the star cools, the outer parts of the star pull in toward the center. The star is squashed (挤压) into a smaller and smaller ball. If the star was very small, the star ends up as a cold, dark ball. If the star was very big, it keeps being squashed inward until it’s packed together tighter (紧的) than anything in the universe.
Imagine if the Earth collapsed until it was the size of a tiny marble (玻璃球). That’s how tightly this dead star, a black hole, is packed. What pulls the star in toward its center with such power? It is the same force that pulls you down when you jump – the force call gravity. A black hole is so tightly packed that its gravity absorbs everything – even light. The light from a black hole can never come back to your eyes. That’s why you see nothing but blackness.
So the next time you look up at the night sky, remember: there’s more in the sky than meets the eye! Scattered (散落) in the silent darkness are black holes – the great mystery of space.
1. What might happen after a star dies?| A．The star might become a black hole. | B．The Earth might be hit by the star. |
| C．The sky might become much darker. | D．The gravity might totally disappear. |
| A．Its gases run out. | B．It hits other stars. |
| C．It gets too hot. | D．Its light fades away. |
| A．Rolled. | B．Ran. | C．Fell inward. | D．Spread out. |
| A．Most black holes are too far away. | B．We don’t have a powerful enough telescope. |
| C．Black holes can travel as fast as light. | D．Light can not escape a black hole’s gravity. |
Olga now has more than 30 world records to her name and has won more than 750 gold medals. But she sees herself as nothing special, describing herself as just a plain Jane. As one of 11 children brought up on a farm, she has always been active, milking cows and doing other housework.
She has now outlived all her brothers and sisters and most of her friends but when asked what her secret is, she says there isn’t one. “I think your age is just a number. It’s not your birthday; it’s how you age that makes the difference. It’s your attitude to all the things that happen in your life that plays the biggest part.”
So can we all turn ourselves into nonagenarian (九十多岁的) superheroes? Research from Newcastle University suggests that as every 24 hours pass, we add an extra five hours to our lives — that’s over 2 months each year—partly because of improving living conditions and medical development. And in the UK the number of people who are living into their 100th year has nearly increased by four times since the 1980s. So ageing is not a terrible thing.
While Olga’s genes (基因) might help her, we’re not all prisoners to our own. After all, 75% of our later lives could be down to the lifestyle we choose to lead. A good diet (饮食) and regular exercise are key. Besides, developing friendships in mid-life also works. Dr Holland, director of Aston University’s research centre for healthy ageing, says: “The more friends you have when you’re 50-60 years old, the less likely you’re to be lonely in later life; the less lonely you are, the less likely you’re to be ill as the years go by.”
1. Olga Kotelko was well-known at the World Masters Athletics Championships because .
| A．she was the oldest sportswoman there |
| B．she competed in several events |
| C．she set a new world record |
| D．she won a gold there |
| A．She was hard-working. |
| B．She was once named Jane. |
| C．She was very active. |
| D．She was very common. |
| A．we shouldn’t count our age up like numbers |
| B．we shouldn’t celebrate our birthday as we get old |
| C．we should try to have a positive attitude towards life |
| D．we should learn to change according to what happens |
| A．how long we live doesn’t completely depend on genes |
| B．Olga Kotelko succeeded because of her good genes |
| C．it’s hard for the middle-aged to make friends |
| D．it’s unavoidable for people to get old |
【推荐2】Magnetic fields are promising to be a useful tool in the hunt for human settlements that have been lost to the sea off the coast of the UK. An upcoming project is set to use magnetometry (磁力测定) data to seek Doggerland, the flooded land that connected Britain to mainland Europe until the end of the Ice Age, but there’s hope that this technique could be used to find long-lost civilizations all over the world.
The study comes from the University of Bradford in the UK. Their plan is to closely look at magnetometry data gathered from a portion of the North Sea and attempt to identify any strange anomalies (异常) that could suggest the presence of archaeological structures.
The team is especially keen to use these techniques to look for traces of human activities beneath the North Sea since it’s thought to have been home to some of the largest prehistoric settlements in Europe. Before it was flooded over 8,000 years ago. Doggerland was a rich and diverse habitat that likely attracted prehistoric humans and others. Despite its potential that lays beneath the North Sea, we know relatively little about the culture that once was developed here.
“As the area we are studying used to be above sea level, there’s a small chance this analysis could even reveal evidence for hunter-gatherer activity. That would be the most important part.” Ben Urmston, PhD student at the University of Bradford, said in a statement. “We might also discover the presence of middens, which are rubbish dumps that consist of animal bones, shells and other biological material. that can tell us a lot about how people lived.”
Remarkably little of the world’s oceans have been explored, let alone for the purposes of archaeology. Nevertheless, advances in technology are continuing to show that the coastlines are hiding countless traces of ancient human activities, even evidence of long-lost civilizations.
Thanks to projects like the one at the University of Bradford, as well as many others, the future of marine archaeology is looking promising. Nevertheless, we have to be patient. Just don’t expect to stumble across the sunken city of Atlantis anytime soon.
1. Why is magnetometry data used in this project?| A．To trace the ice movement. | B．To measure Doggerland. |
| C．To find a lost ancient land. | D．To explore the history of Britain. |
| A．Its civilization is little known to us. | B．It was a place that was often flooded. |
| C．It was a deserted island with few people. | D．Its location has not yet been confirmed. |
| A．Uncaring. | B．Subjective. | C．Shocked. | D．Favourable. |
| A．Display. | B．Assess. | C．Restore. | D．Discover. |
【推荐3】How many of the phone numbers of your closest and dearest can you remember? How about birthdays or the addresses of post offices?
If you suspect the numbers you can remember are fewer than you have ever been able to before, there is a very good chance that you are right. It’s likely that you are exhibiting a phenomenon known as “digital amnesia” or “Google effect” — a phrase created by a cyber-security group Kaspersky Lab to describe forgetting information that you trust a digital device to store and remember for you.
According to a study carried out last year, digital technology is not just transforming the way we live and work; it is changing the way we think, learn, behave, and remember. More than half of the 6,000 European adults surveyed in the study remembered the phone number of the house they had lived in when they were 10 years old but they were unable to recall the phone numbers of their current workplaces due to the development of digital technology.
When faced with a question, 36 percent of those surveyed said they would jump online to locate an answer before they even bothered trying to recall whether they already knew the answer. Travelers have no problem using electronic map-readers to find remote locations, but almost one in four reported that as soon as the thing stopped working, they didn’t know what to do.
Dr Maria Wimber, a lecturer at the University of Birmingham’s School of Psychology, said, “Looking up information online, instead of trying to recall it ourselves, makes us shallower thinkers. Given that our brains clearly have a capacity limit, smartphones can strengthen our memory, because they store information outwards, and thereby free up our brain capacity.” She said, “Forgetting is in no way a bad thing.”
Across the world, scientists are currently trying to work out how our addiction to high-tech devices is affecting us. They are studying everything from what technology is doing to cognitive (认知的) development in the young to whether adults have started using their smartphones instead of thinking to puzzle things out.
1. What does “digital amnesia” refer to?| A．People pay less attention to cyber security. |
| B．People enjoy recalling their past experiences. |
| C．People lack the motivation to learn something new. |
| D．People turn to digital devices for stored information. |
| A．Digital technology is developing very badly. |
| B．People benefit much from technology in every aspect. |
| C．People’s thinking ability weakens due to technology. |
| D．The simplified life is more suitable for modern people. |
| A．Supportive. | B．Objective. | C．Unclear. | D．Worried. |
| A．The level of people’s addiction to their phones. |
| B．The relationship between technology and mental health. |
| C．The possibility of technology replacing humans’ thinking. |
| D．The related studies about people’s reliance on technology. |
【推荐1】Sure, it’s good to get along well with your teacher because it makes the time you spend in the classroom more pleasant.
And yes, it’s good to get along well with your teacher because, in general, it’s smart to learn how to get along well with the different types of people you’ll meet throughout your life.
In fact, kids who get along well with their teachers not only learn more, but they’re more comfortable about asking questions and getting extra help. This makes it easier for them to understand new materials and do their best on tests. When you have this kind of relationship with a teacher, he or she can be someone to turn to with problems, such as problems with learning or school issues.
Here is a question: what if you don’t get along well with your teachers? In fact, teachers want to get along well with you and enjoy seeing you learn.But teachers and students sometimes have personality clashes (个性冲突), which can happen between any two people. If you show your teacher that you want to make the situation better, he or she will probably do everything possible to make that happen. By dealing with a problem like this, you learn something about how to get along with people who are different from you.
However, if a certain teacher isn’t your favorite, you can still have a successful relationship with him or her, especially if you fulfill your basic responsibilities as a student. Here are some of those responsibilities:
Attend class ready to learn.
Be prepared for class with the right pencils, books, and completed assignments.
Listen when your teacher is talking.
Do your best, whether it’s a classroom assignment, homework, or a test.
1. According to the passage, getting along well with your teachers will make you____.| A．get the best scores in the exams |
| B．have more pleasant time in the classroom |
| C．have no problems with study |
| D．get a better seat in the classroom |
| A．getting along very well with classmates |
| B．the disappearance of personality differences |
| C．a better relationship between you and your teacher |
| D．the happy time you have in the classroom |
| A．The importance of friendships in schools. |
| B．The importance of a good relationship with your teachers. |
| C．Studying skills for students. |
| D．Useful skills to get along well with your teachers. |
【推荐2】What can make your life more meaningful? Aava Murto, only 16 years old, decided to pursue meaning by campaigning on gender (性别) equality issues. Recently, the girl from southern Finland did this in an unexpected way.
She became the country's Prime Minister (总理) for one day on Oct 7. As she took the seat of Finnish PM, Sanna Marin, she met politicians to spread her message that girls “need to realize more how important they are, and how they are just as good at technology as boys," she told AFP.
This was part of an international campaign called Girls Takeover. It invites girls across the globe to step into the shoes of leaders in different fields of society for a day, according to the BBC. This year, the focus is on promoting digital skills and technological opportunities for girls.
Finland always tops lists for gender equality and is now on its fourth year taking part in Girls Takeover. This year, the young campaigner Aava Murto also posted her speech on Finland's government website to criticize gender stereotypes (刻板印象) about technology.
According to Murto, girls around the world fear being rejected and discriminated (歧视) against for getting involved in IT and technology.
As Murto explained in the speech, if a girl says she plays video games, she is often considered strange. On the other hand, if a boy says he does not play video games or have a game machine, he is considered weird for that reason.
Saying that “Girls, too, have a digital future," Murto called for more help so that many issues can be solved.
1. Why did Aava Muto take part in Girl's Takeover?| A．To make her life more colorful. |
| B．To call for gender equality in technology. |
| C．To improve girls' digital skills |
| D．To speak highly of girls' political power. |
| A．The campaign only invites girls in Finland. |
| B．Finland has no experience in the campaign. |
| C．The focus of Girls Takeover may be different each year. |
| D．The campaigners were once looked down upon by men. |
| A．An International Campaign | B．Acting as PM for a Day |
| C．No More Discrimination | D．Political Chances for Girls |
【推荐3】It was Halloween（万圣节）, which is a big deal when you’re seven. I was sitting in my Sleeping Beauty costume, eagerly waiting for my dad to come home so he could take me to go trick or treating. My father had been away on a business trip. He was supposed to return earlier that day, but it was midnight…Finally I nodded off.
The next morning I guessed that my mom had already known something I didn’t find out for another couple of days. It was my dad who had a new identity（身份）: plane crash survivor. He told us about it later. It had been raining as he got on the plane for home. The plane was cleared for taking off on one runway but turned too far and ended up taking off on another runway, which was closed. Because of the rain, the pilot couldn’t see the heavy construction equipment（施工设施）blocking the runway, and the plane crashed right into it. The left wing was torn off, the fuselage（机身）split in two, and fire shot through the plane. Nearly half of the passengers died, but amazingly, my dad was unhurt. He couldn’t breathe because of the smoke, so he ran toward the exit and walked out.
My father told me when the plane crashed, he first thought of us. As sad as he felt at the thought of never seeing us again, he also felt a sense of relief（解脱）that all his business and financial（财务的）worries would be over. When he survived, he saw it as a second chance. He valued his second life, so he sold his business and started a new one. Now he is a successful businessman. I’m so proud of my dad for this.
1. The author was waiting for her father to return home so she could ________.| A．share his business trip story. | B．buy a Sleeping Beauty costume with him. |
| C．listen to his trick-or-treating stories. | D．celebrate Halloween with him. |
| A．a fire broke out in it. | B．the pilot couldn’t see the runway clearly. |
| C．it turned onto a wrong runway. | D．it hit a building while taking off. |
| A．He thought everyone would die. |
| B．He thought he wouldn’t be troubled by his business problems. |
| C．He thought he wouldn’t have to be controlled by his boss. |
| D．He thought he could escape the quarrels with his wife. |
| A．You are blessed if surviving a disaster. |
| B．Life is short and time is flying. |
| C．Where there is a will, there is a way. |
| D．Nothing is difficult if you put your heart into it. |
