Q: People taking the stairs instead of lifts  at work can expect to live longer, according to a Swiss study .      Regularly walking from floor to floor in an office building decreased death risk by 15 percent, said Dr. Philippe Meyer, the main author of the study, which was done at the University Hospital of Geneva.      Stopping the use of lifts led to better fitness, less body fat, thinner  waistlines and a drop in blood pressure, the study found.  "Using the stairs improves fitness, body shape, blood pressure" Meyer said to the  fitness website  Swissinfo .  "The challenge remains to increase the people's awareness," he said. For the study, 77 employees who don't enjoy sports and exercise from prefix = st1 /GenevaUniversitywere asked to take only the stairs over a three-month period, Swissinfo reported.       Results showed an increase in a  _   in waist , weight, fat , blood  pressure and cholesterol .   "This suggests that stair climbing can have major public health effects." Meyer said.     Professor Adam Timmis, at The London NHS Trust, said: "It's a small study but valuable because it provides a practical way for busy working people to increase their exercise. Although the amount of exercise appears small, the benefits were clear in improving physical fitness and reducing body fat and blood pressure. " We can see from the passage that  _ A) Swissinfo is a name of a Swiss university B) Meyer is from the London NHS Trust C) Some people from GenevaUniversitytook part in the study D) Professor Timmis is from a Swiss university
A: C


Q: The earth is the only planet that scientists think has life. Why does the earth have life while the other planets   don't? For one thing, the earth is just the right temperature. As from the sun, the earth seems to be just the right distance away. The planets which are closer to the sun are hot that their surfaces bake   in the sun. The farthest planets are cold balls. When the earth developed -- which scientists believe may have happened about 4 billion years ago -- many gases covered the earth. The gases caused the earth to be hot. But something wonderful happened. The temperature was just right for thick clouds to form. It rained very hard for a very long time. This gave the earth its oceans. Water made it possible for plants to grow. The plants created oxygen in the atmosphere. Oxygen is the gas that humans and animals breathe. Only one other planet in the solar system seems to be something like the earth. That planet is Mars  . Mars is smaller than the earth, and it is quite a bit cooler. But it is not too cold for humans. On some days, the temperatures are as low as a winter day in the northern United States. If you wore a special space suit, you could walk around on Mars. You would have to bring your own air to breathe, the air on Mars is too thin to breathe. Mars has the largest volcano   in the solar system. It is sixteen miles high. The highest volcano on the earth is five miles high. The most unexpected   sight on Mars is dried up river beds. Scientists believe that Mars was once much better than it is now. Does this mean there could have been living things on Mars? Scientists are not sure, but there has been no sign so far. Which of the following about the Mars is NOT true? A) There could have been living things on Mars. B) Mars has the largest volcano in the solar system. C) There is almost no oxygen in the air on Mars. D) Mars is smaller than the earth, and it is quite a bit cooler.
A: A


Q: A sixth of undergraduates in Beijing this year have registered at driving school. The students, mostly from majors such as business management or international trade, will finish their driving courses within 20 days or so. Training costs have dropped to 2, 600 yuan for students, according to the Haidian Driving School in Beijing. The price is not really low, but students will accept it, seeing it as an investment  in their future. Familiarity with the operation of computers and fluent English are the basic skills graduating students need to find a job. But a driver's permit has become another factor  . "In the job market, owning a driver's permit sometimes strengthens a graduating student's competitiveness for a good position, "says Zhou Yang, an undergraduate at the China University of Political Science and Law. Cars will become a necessary part of many people's lives in the coming years, and it is difficult to get a permit of campus because of the pressures on working people's time. "Having a fulltime job after graduation offers limited time to learn to drive. We senior students have plenty of spare time, plenty of opportunity to learn. "Zhou says. Xu Jian, an official at the driving school, said undergraduates were very able and serious, and could grasp in an hour what ordinary people took four hours to learn. In this driving school, middle -aged people, young women and college students are the main customers. To get a driver's permit, a beginner is now required to have at least 86 hours'practice before the final road test. _   in Beijing want to learn to drive. A) Most of the undergraduates B) Many undergraduates C) Many students in the driving school D) Most of the students who learn business or international trade
A: B


Q: Sun Li has bumped into the headline of the press recently not because of her role of an actress but of a sponsor   of a university student.  The student named Zhang Haiqing, who studies in prefix = st1 /ShanghaiFisheriesUniversity, wrote a letter to a reporter named Qiu Zhaoju working in Chongqing Satellite TV , saying that Sun, who had sponsored him for two years, stopped the financial aid after his entry into university and insulted him with words like "you are no better than a pet dog. " In 2002, Sun decided to sponsor the student who had lived in a poverty-stricken area when she shot a TV series in YunnanProvince. According to Sun's spokeswomen Ms. Wang, the actress and her mother bought pens, notebooks, even a mobile phone and a camera besides tuitions for him. Qiu revealed the complaint in his blog, which has soon set off a heated debate over whether Sun should stop or continue her aid to Zhang. Most of netizens who responded to the news expressed strongly different views to-wards the issue.  The issue has answered for an old Chinese saying that longtime sponsorship will lead to hatred, an article written by a reader named Yin Guo'an on people. com. cn. The saying tells us that longtime contacts will set off conflicts. If Sun had donated 5,000 yuan to Zhang once and for all, the student would have had heartfelt gratitude for her. Now, however Sun's two -year-old funding has induced his complaint.  It could be seen, the article said, that Sun had planned to shoulder Zhang's tuition until his graduation from university, as showed the actress' responsible attitude.  As a student being sponsored, Zhang should have some self-control so he could neither feel justified to ask for constant help nor return kindness with hatred, the article suggested.  The reporter Qiu also voiced his own views on kindness. There is no real kind and enmity between Sun and Zhang, he said. Both parties have not done something wrong, the reporter believed,  _ , which results in mis-understanding and such a result no one could expect... Which of the following is the best sentence to be put into the blank in the text? A) they just lack some communication B) they don't want their matter solved C) the key between them lack honesty D) they both think themselves

A: A