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Watchingtelevisionisthemostpopularleisure-timeactivityinBritain.Peakviewingtimeisbetween7:

30and10o’clockintheevenings.

Thetwoagegroupswhichwatchtelevisionmostarechildrenbetween5and14andpeopleover50.Childrenaged5to14watchtelevisiononaveragefor23hoursaweek.Theover-fiftieswatchonaveragefor17hoursaweek.

TelevisionisdividedbetweenBBC1,BBC2andthecommercialstation,ITV.ThereisnogreatdifferencebetweenBBC1andBBC2andITV,butprogrammesonBBC2tendtobeofamoreintellectualorculturalnature.

Programmesbefore9pmarealsosuitableforchildren,soprogrammeswithscenesofviolenceorsexareusuallyshownafterthistime.MostviewersinBritainswitchoffthetelevisionafterabout10:

30andgotobed.Thosewhowanttostayupcanoftenwatchafilmora"

chatshow"

aninterviewwithafamouspersonality,until1am.

However,themostpopularprogrammesofallarethenewsbulletins

Unit12：

Whenyougetoldinlife,thingsgettakenfromyou.That'

spartoflife.Butyouonlylearnthatwhenyoustartlosingstuff.Youfindoutlife'

sthisgameofinches.Soisfootball.Becauseineithergame,lifeorfootball,themarginforerrorissosmall:

onehalfasteptoolate,ortooearly,andyoudon'

tquitemakeit;

one-halfsecondtooslow,toofast,youdon'

tquitecatchit.Theinchesweneedareeverywherearoundus.They'

reineverybreakofthegame,everyminute,everysecond.

Onthisteam,wefightforthatinch.Onthisteam,wetearourselvesandeveryoneelsearoundustopiecesforthatinch.Weclawwithourfingernailsforthatinch,becauseweknowwhenaddupallthoseinchesthat'

sgoingtomakethefuckingdifferencebetweenwinningandlosing,betweenlivinganddying!

Unit13：

MusicexpertssayJohnLennondidnotinventrockandroll.Yethedidmorethananyoneelsetochangeit,moveitforwardandaddsocialmeaningtoitssongs.Manyexpertscallhimoneofthegreatestsongwritersinthehistoryofrockandroll.

TheRockandRollHallofFameandMuseumorganizedanexhibitaboutJohnLennon.VisitorscanseehundredsofobjectsfromLennon'

slife.Therearereportsfromhisteacherswhenhewasaboyabouthisschoolwork.Morethanthirtypaintingsanddrawingshemadethroughouthislifeareshown:

thesuitheworeasamemberoftheBeatles,hisguitarsandpiano,andthehandwrittenwordsfortwenty-fiveofhismostfamoussongs.

JohnLennonhelpedformtheBeatlesinthe1960s.Thegroupchangedthesoundofrockandrollmusic.

Later,JohnLennonwrotesongsthatexpressedhiseffortsfortruth,peaceandhumanrights.

Recently,aBritishmusicmagazineaskedseveralsongwriters,producersandmusicianstonamethebestsongsofthelastcentury.TheychoseJohnLennon'

s"

InMyLife"

asthetopsong.

Unit15：

There'

sbeenaperceptionthattherecentriseinoilpriceswasbecauseofthesituationinIraqandbecauseofspeculation—thatis,temporaryfactors.OfficialsinG7nowsay,though,thatoilisscarcerthanpreviouslythought.Inotherwords,thatthere'

salonger-termshortagepushingpricesup.Ontopofthat,theyrecognizethatstrongChineseeconomicgrowthwillputmorepressureonscarcesupplies.

AstheG7-plus-Chinameetinggetsunderway,ministersfromBritainandGermanywanteffortsmadetogetmoreinformationouttotrytodiminishthelargeamountofspeculationintheoilmarket.LasttimetheG7ministersmet,theBritishfinanceministerledanattempttotalkthepricedownbyurgingproducerstoincreasesupply.Theexhortationhadlittleeffect,withthepricerisinganyway.Nowitseemsthatministersmaybeacceptingthatwe'

removingintoaworldofpermanentlyhigheroilpricesthatwilldampeneconomicgrowth.

新闻：

Task1

【答案】

A.1）c）2）b）3）a）4）c）

B.

seventeenBritishbeaches,AtlanticOcean,microscope,verysmalloceananimalsandplants,particlesofplastic,threetimes,1990s,1960s,howplasticaffectstheenvironment,poison,Science.

【原文】

Scientistshaveknownforalongtimethatplasticisharmfultooceananimals.ButanewBritishstudyshowsthatplasticmaycontinuetodoharmevenafterithasbrokenintoextremelysmallparticles.

BritishscientistscollectedpiecesofplasticonseventeenBritishbeachesaswellasdeepintheAtlanticOcean.Thepiecesaresosmalltheycanonlybeseenwithamicroscope.Thescientistsfoundthatninekindsofplasticwerecommon.Theseincludednylonandpolyester.

Theresearchersalsoexaminedplankton,verysmalloceananimalsandplants.ThesehadbeencollectedofftheBritishcoastduringthepastfortyyears.Thescientistsfoundparticlesofplasticintheplankton.Theyfoundthreetimesmoreplasticinplanktonfromthe1990sthaninplanktonfromthe1960s.

ProfessorRichardThompsonoftheUniversityofPlymouthledthestudy.ProfessorThompsonsayshisteamwillinvestigatehowplasticaffectstheenvironment.Forexample,theywanttolearniftheplasticinplanktoncouldpoisonfishandothersealifeeatenbyhumans.ThestudyappearedinthemagazineScience.

AspokesmanfortheAmericanPlasticsCouncilsaysalotoftheinformationfromtheBritishstudywasold.Buthesaysthegroupwillre-examineit.Healsosaysindustrymusteducatepeopleabouttheirresponsibilitytokeepallwasteoutofoceans.

ProfessorThompsonagreesthathumansneedtobemoreresponsible.Plasticisapopularsubstanceforcontainersandotherobjectspartlybecauseitisnoteasilydestroyed.Theprofessorestimatesthatplasticlastsfromahundredtoathousandyears.

Task2

A.

ASwedishstudysuggeststhatpeoplewhousecellphonesforatleasttenyearsmightbeatgreaterriskfordevelopingarare,non-canceroustumor.

1）Theygrowonthenervethatleadsfromtheinnereartothebrain.

2）Theyaffectfewerthanonehundredthousandpeopleayear.

3）Theresearchersfoundthatthosepeoplewhohadusedcellphonesforatleasttenyearshadalmosttwicetheriskofdevelopingthesetumors.Inaddition,thetumorriskwasalmostfourtimeshigheronthesideoftheheadwherethephonewasusuallyheld.

4）Becausechildren’sbrainsarestilldeveloping.

5）Itistryingtofindoutifelectromagneticradiationfromcellphonesdamageshealth.

6）TheWorldHealthOrganization’scancerresearchinstitute.

7）Earlynextyear.

C.1）T2）F3）T4）T5）T6）T7）F

ASwedishstudysuggeststhatpeoplewhousecellphonesforatleasttenyearsmightbeatgreaterriskfordevelopingarare,non-canceroustumor.Thesetumorsgrowonthenervethatleadsfromtheinnereartothebrain.Theriskwashigheronthesideoftheheadwherethephonewasusuallyheld.

Thesetumorsaffectfewerthanonehundredthousandpeopleayear.Theygrowslowlyandcantakeseveralyearstobediscovered.Thetumorpushesonthesurfaceofthebrain,butdoesnotgrowintothebrainitself.

ResearchersattheKarolinskaInstituteinStockholm,Swedenledthestudy.ItwaspublishedintheInternationalJournalofEpidemiology.

ThestudyinvolvedsevenhundredandfiftySwedes.Aboutonehundredandfiftyofthemhadthesetumors.Aboutsixhundredotherpeopledidnot.Researchersaskedallofthepeopleabouttheircellphoneuse.

Theresearchersfoundthatthosepeoplewhohadusedcellphonesforatleasttenyearshadalmosttwotimestheriskofdevelopingthesetumors.Inaddition,thetumorriskwasalmostfourtimeshigheronthesideoftheheadwherethephonewasusuallyheld.

Therewasnoincreasedriskforthosewhohadusedcellphonesforfewerthantenyears.Atthetimethestudywasdone,onlyanalogphoneshadbeeninusefortenyears.

Almostallearlyanalogcellphonesreleasedmoreelectromagneticradiationthanthedigitalphonesnowbeingsold.Butresearcherssaytheycannotbesureiftheresultsarejustlinkedtotheuseofanalogphones.Theysayfurtherstudyisneeded.

Severalearlierexperimentshaveshownradiationfromcellphonescanaffectbraincellsinalaboratory.Butstudiesonpeoplehavefoundnoevidencethatthephonespresentahealthrisk.However,expertssaychildrenshouldavoidusingthephonesforlongperiodsbecausetheirbrainsarestilldeveloping.

Thestudyispartofawiderresearchprogramknownasthe“InterphoneStudy”.TheWorldHealthOrganization’scancerresearchinstituteorganizedtheresearch.Itistryingtofindoutifelectromagneticradiationfromcellphonesdamageshealth.

Finalresultsofthestudyareexpectedtobereleasedearlynextyear.

Task3

SomeUNreportsshowconditionsareworseningindevelopingcountries.

Ⅰ.

A.hungry,unhealthy

B.poverty,war,HIV/AIDS

C.1.shelter,food,safewater,healthcare,cleanlivingconditions,education,information.

2.700million

D.Half

E.highchilddeathrates,shorterlifeexpectancy.

Ⅱ.

A.five

B.852,18

C.lostproductivity,nationalearnings

Ⅲ.

A.Half,two,1,400

B.Foreignaid,ha