Health experts have discovered that adding low-calorie vegetable soup to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight. Because you feel full sooner, you eat less of your main course. The soup regime was tested by researchers at Pennsylvania State University, led by Dr Barbara Rolls. They found that when people ate a first course of soup before lunch they reduced their total calorie intake by 20 per cent, compared with those who did not begin the meal with soup. But those who _ creamy soups should be careful.Researchers stressed the soup must be low-calorie and based on stock , not cream. All of the soups tested in the study were made from identical ingredients - chicken stock , broccoli , potato, cauliflower and carrots. They were mixed together to create four different textures and thickness from separate stock and vegetables through to pureed soup. Scientists thought that thick soups with chunks of vegetables which required chewing might be more filling, but to their surprise they found all forms had the same effect. The findings were presented to the Experimental Biology conference in Washington, DC, and the research was part-funded by the National Institutes of Health. What's the reason that adding low-calorie vegetable soup to the start of a meal can actually help to lose weight? A) You can take in large quantities of vegetables. B) You can absorb high calories from the soup. C) You can take in low calories from the soup. D) You can feel full soon after having the soup.
D

Editors/Designers Wanted  China Daily,a national English newspaper,is looking for English language senior editors/designers. Senior Business Editor You must: *  assist the Business editor in setting goals and working on achieving them; *  be an excellent team person who can come up with ideas and think creatively,be able to rewrite totally if needed and advise junior workers; *  be working or have worked in a leading position and understand what leadership means; *  have had at least five years' editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Business Copy-editor You must: *  work on shifts in the Business Desk and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; *  edit or rewrite copy and give brief headlines and captions ; *  have had at least two years' editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Copy-editor You must: *  be good at editing or rewriting copy and writing brief headlines and captions; *  be able to work on shifts for different pages, and usually have the last word before the page is sent to print; *  have two years of editing experience and be familiar with industry software. Senior Graphic Designer Yon must: *  have excellent skills in information graphics; *  be good with illustrations and freehand drawings; *  be experienced in newspaper or magazine designs; *  have a good sense of typography ; *  have good news judgment. If hired,you will be offered a competitive salary package,a room with furniture paid for,90 percent medical reimbursement ,seven days of paid leave,11 public holidays and a return ticket to your native land. To be familiar with industry software is required in   _     of the jobs provided. A) one B) two C) three D) four
C

Once when I was a teenager, my father and I were standing in line to buy tickets for the circus. Finally, there was only one family between the ticket office and us. This family made a big impression on me. There were eight children, all probably under the age of 12. You could tell they didn't have a lot of money. _ The children talked excitedly about the clowns. It was clearly a very important day out for them. The father and mother seemed happy as they could be. The tickets lady asked how many tickets the father wanted, he proudly answered, "Please let me buy eight children's tickets and two adults' tickets, so I can take my family to the circus." The ticket lady told him the price. The man's wife lowered her head. There was no longer a smile on the man's face. He quietly asked, "How much did you say?" The ticket lady again told him the price. The man obviously didn't have enough money. But how could he tell his kids the bad news? Seeing what was happening, my dad took a $20 note from his pocket and dropped in on the ground. (We were not rich ourselves at all!) He then tapped the man on the shoulder and said, "Excuse me, sir, you dropped this." The man understood my father was helping him. He picked up the money, looked straight into my dad's eyes, and in tears replied. "Thank you. This really means a lot to me and my family." Although we did not go to the circus that night, we didn't go without. Who did the $20 note belong to? A) The poor man  . B) The writer's father. C) The poor man's wife. D) The ticket lady.

B