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A
London
—
Lazy
students
can
now
give
up
on
work
altogether
as
two
Oxford
University
students have
made scores of A
－
grade
essays
（
论文）
on the
website
（网站）
for students to
copy
．
The essays are on the new
website
，
“revise
it
．
”
The
website
includes
an“Essaylab”
designed
to
make
cheating
（舞弊）
as
effective
and
effortless as
possible
．
Its homepage announces to
surfers
（网上冲浪者）：
“The revise
it Essaylab is a
bank of
hundreds of
A
－
Level essays covering
popular topics
．
”
“
Next time you are asked to
write an essay
，
why not see
what we have on the
subject
？
If
you
are in a lazy state of mind you can even use our
guide to write the essays and then just hand
them in
．
”
Nick Rose and Jordan
Mayo
，
both 19 and first from
Manchester
，
spent much of
their first
year as students at the
university setting up the
website
．
There is no charge
for downloading the
essays
．
“
I have never
been very good at essay
writing
，
”Rose
admitted
．
“We don't see the
essay
bank as a cheating
way
．
It's a surprising
valuable resource
．
You can
learn a lot by reading other
people's
work on the subject
．
”
Among other
tips
，
the website suggests
inventing important speeches to give essays extra
weight
，
“Popular
people to quote
（引用）
are
Douglas Hurd or Disraeli
．
”
Hurd was a foreign
secretary in the 1980s and Disraeli a 19th century
prime minister
．
Teachers
are
expressing
their
opinions
by
email
that
they
are
angry
about
the
website
that“encourages
students to cheat
，
” but
students disagree
．
According to
Rose
，
“Exams are a
fight
．
It's us against
them
．
”
1
．
It can be
inferred from this passage that ____
．
A
．
students who
visit the website“revise it”are all lazy
B
．
students in
Oxford University are all lazy
C
．
websites in
Oxford University are all set up by students
D
．
websites can
provide people with different kinds of information
2
．
Nick Rose and
Jordan Mayo set up their website for the purpose
of ____
．
A
．
helping
students to cheat in exams
B
．
helping
students to improve their writing
C
．
making money to
pay for their schooling
D
．
making their
teachers free
3
．
What Rose said
at last suggests that in England ____
．
A
．
it is difficult
for students to pass their exams
B
．
it is difficult
for teachers to finish their teaching
C
．
students are
not satisfied with the education system
D
．
students are
too lazy to learn anything
B
Old Americans
are separated into two classes
．
< br>Retirement
（退休）
can be
either heaven or
hell
．
“I do
believe on the whole the
retiree
（退休者）
of tomorrow will
be wealthier and healthier
than the
same group of 30 years
ago
，
”says Robert Friedlan
d
，
director of the
National Academy on
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Ageing
．
“But
that's only part of the
picture
．
”There is also a
large group whose household income
hasn't been growing very
much
．
For them the future is
unhappy
．
“
Nature
is not
always
kind
，
”says
Dr
．
Robert
Butler
，
an
expert
in
medical
care
of old
people
，
who was
founding director of the National Institute on
Ageing
．
The relationship
between
socio-economic position and
life expectancy
（预期寿命）
has
been known for a long
time
．
Race is
also
connected
．
And education is a
powerful tool in lengthening
life
．
The
reality
is
that
poor
people
are
sicker
as
they
age
because
they
live
in
dirty
neighbourhoods and
have dirty jobs
，
they are
left unprotected from environmental
pollution
，
and
the
pressure of being poor wears down people's
health
，
”accor
ding
to Karen Davis
，
president of
the Commonwealth
Fund
，
which studies health
issues
．
“
Cigarette smoking has a
great effect because it is more common in lower
socio-economic
groups
，
”says
Elizabeth Whelan
，
president
of the American Council on Science and
Health
．
“If
you
live in a state of hopelessness and helplessness
and don't think about the
future
，
you are more
likely to take up
life
－
threatening
habits
．
”
“
Race and income have large
effects on death
，
”a team of
researchers reported in the New
England
Journal of Medicine in
1996
，
after researching on 24
million whites and 2
．
1
million
blacks
．
With the
exception
（例外）
of black
women
，
the highest income
group had the lowest death
rates and
the lowest income group had the highest death
rates regardless of race
．
For black women there was
no consistent pattern across income
groups
．
4
．
“Retirement can
be either heaven or hell” means
“
____”
．
A
．
if an American
is out of work
，
he or she
will feel happy
B
．
if an American
retires from his post
，
he
will lead a miserable life
C
．
old people in
America have to choose a life-style
D
．
some old people
in America lead a hard life
5
．
According to
Dr
．
Robert Butler's
opinion
，
____ plays the most
important role in people's
life
expectancy
．
A
．
nature
B
．
race
C
．
education
D
．
colour
6
．
Poor people
often get ill as they grow
old
．
The reason is that ____
．
A
．
they live in
the countryside
B
．
they work with
their hands
C
．
their families
are too large
D
．
they become
weaker
7
．
What Elizabeth
Whelan says means that ____
．
A
．
smoking makes
people poor and hopeless
B
．
smoking is very
popular with poor people
C
．
poor people
should give up smoking
D
．
rich people in
America never smoke
C
London
—
A
morning's train ride
away
，
across the
channel
，
English kids discuss
the fact of
Liverpool's football team
in a Paris pub
．
Some
Parisians
（巴黎人）
even started
to travel to work in London
．
In the 19th
century
，
Charles Dickens
compared the two
cities
，
London and
Paris
，
in“A Tale
of Two
Cities”
．
These
days
，
it might be“A Tale of
One City”
．
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As jobs grew
scarce
（
not equal to the
demand
）
at home over recent
years
，
perhaps
250
，
000 Frenchmen moved
across the channel
．
With an
undersea tunnel
，
they could
travel between
cities in three
hours
．
The European Union
freed them from immigration and
customs
．
Paris
，
rich in
beauty
，
is more
stylish
．
But London feels
more full of life
，
and more
fun until
the pubs shut
down
．
“
For
me
，
the difference is that
London is real
，
alive
< br>，
” said Trevor
Wheeler
，
a finacial
consultant
．
Chantal
Jaouen
，
a professional design
er
，
agrees
．
“I am French
，
but I'll
stay in London
，
”she
said
．
There is
，
of
course
，
the other
view
．
Julie Lenoux is a
student who moved to London two
years
ago
．
“I think people laugh
more in Paris
，
”she
said
．
“
Both
cities
have
changed
beyond
recognition
，
”said
Larry
Collins
，
an
author
and
sometimes a
Londoner
．
Like most people who know both
well
，
he finds the two now
fit together comfortably
．
“
I first fell in
love with Paris in the
1950s
．
Things are so much
more ordered
，
and life is
better
．
”
But certainly not
cheaper
．
In some parts of
London
，
rents can be twice
those on Avenue Foch in
Paris
．
Deciding between London and Paris
requires a lifestyle choice
．
Like Daphne
Benoit
，
a French journalism
student with perfect
English
，
many young people
are happy to be close enough so they
don't have to choose
．
“
I love
Paris
，
my little
neighborhood
，
the way I can
walk around a centre
，
but
life is so
organized
，
”she
said
．
“In
London
，
you can be who you
want
．
No one
cares
．
”
8
．
According to
people's opinions
，
we can
find that ____
．
A
．
Parisians enjoy
English food more than their own
B
．
Londoners
seldom travel to Paris on holidays
C
．
both cities
have their advantages
D
．
young people
prefer to live in London
9
．
If more people
move to a city
，
the result is
that ____
．
A
．
people become
closer than before
B
．
the city
becomes a wonderful place
C
．
everything is
cheaper than before
D
．
they have to
pay more money to live in a hotel
10
．
What's the
meaning of the last
sentence
？
A
．
People can do
everything in London
．
B
．
People will
feel lonely in London
．
C
．
People in
London enjoy living in different
ways
．
D
．
People in
London enjoy a lawless life
．
D
Until
late
in
20th
century
，
most
Americans
spent
time
with
people
of
generations
．
Now
mid-aged Americans may not keep in
touch with old people until they are old
themselves
．
That's
because
we
group
people
by
age
．
We
put
our
three-
year-olds
together
in
day-care
centers
，
our
13-year-olds in schools and sports
activities
，
and our 80-year-
olds in senior-citizen
homes
．
Why
？
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