Previous unknown newsmakers from Egypt and Japan joined pop stars and politicians on Time magazine’s list of 100 most influential people in the world released on Thursday. The list includes pop culture giants such as Justin Bieber and Oprah Winfrey plus the lesser known Takeshi Kanno, a Japanese doctor who refused to leave behind victims of the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

“We’ve always, always tried to tell stories through people. We discovered it was a fantastic way to get people to think about what’s going on all over the world,” said Time deputy managing editor Michael Elliott. South Korean pop star Rain won the People’s Choice vote for the third straight year. Time editors chose the names on the list except for the People’s Choice, selected by online voters. “He has very determined fans,” Elliott said. The complete list can be seen on www.time.com.

World leaders such as British Prime Minister David Cameron, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, German Chancellor Angela Merkel and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff populate the list for how they have wielded (利用，使用) power. “The first time I met David Cameron, I knew we were political soul mates,” actor and former California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger wrote in a profile for Time, calling him “a centrist (政治上的中間派) who avoids the gutters of politics.”

Others include Gabrielle Giffords, the American congresswoman who survived a bullet wound to the head during a gunman’s rampage in Arizona, and Michele Bachmann, the Republican congresswoman from Minnesota who has energized the anti-tax, anti- spending Tea Party movement.

From the world of sport, Argentina soccer phenomenon Lionel Messi was joined by Indian cricket star Mahendra Singh Dhoni, whose charisma (魅力，感召力)and leadership united an ethnically diverse team that won the World Cup.

63. Takeshi Kanno is ___.

A. a well-known culture giant.

B. an ordinary Japanese doctor.

C. a victim of Japanese earthquake.

D. an editor of Time magazine.

64. According to deputy managing editor Michael Elliott, Time has been trying to ___.

A. tell funny stories. B. make up stories.

C. make people think.　 D. teach people how to think.

65. Top leaders from Britain, France, Germany and Brazil are on the list because they ___.

A. had the power to control Time.

B. did well in using the power.

C. used the power with iron hands.

D. misused their power.

66. Argentina soccer phenomenon Lion Messi ___.

A. was defeated by an Indian cricket star.

B. was chosen as a member of the team.

C. was a Tea Party member.

D. was listed as one of the 100 most influential people.

Shower every day? Rinse (漂洗) after brushing teeth? These “healthy” habits could be very bad for you. Could your daily routine be ruining your health? We all know that smoking, drinking and bingeing (狂飲，狂吃) on junk food are behaviors to avoid if we want to keep fit—but an increasing amount of research is emerging to suggest other seemingly good habits could also be bad for us. Here are some daily sins, and what we can do about them.

Daily sin 1: shower every day

The modern overemphasis on personal hygiene (衛(wèi)生，保健) could do harm to our skin, according to Dr. Nick Lowe, consultant doctor at the Cranley Clinic in London. He says, “Using hot water combined with harsh soaps can strip the skin of its oils, resulting in dryness, crashing and even infection.”

If the prospect of skipping a daily shower horrifies you, at least make sure you wash with cooler water, he says. If you have a tendency towards dry skin, use a soap-free shower gel or watery cream.

Daily sin 2: sleeping eight hours a day

The notion of getting eight hours of solid sleep each night is a “modern convention” that could leave you feeling more tired, says Professor Jim Horne, of Lough borough University’s Sleep Research Centre. “A short four to 15-minute power nap can be as effective as an extra hour at night.” He adds, “This modern notion that waking in the middle of the night is a bad thing can actually be destructive to the quality of our sleep. For instance we wake at 3 a.m. and lie there becoming anxious about not sleeping, whereas we should simply get up and occupy our minds with something distracting but relaxing—such as doing a jigsaw (拼圖) or reading a book—until our bodies tell us we’re ready to sleep again.”

Daily sin 3 : rinsing after brushing teeth

Fight the urge to rinse after cleaning your teeth, says dentist Dr. Phil Stemmer, from The Fresh Breath Centre in London. “Rinsing washes away the protective fluoride (氟化物) coating left by the toothpaste, which would otherwise add hours of protection.” And whatever you do don’t clean your teeth straight after eating, he says. “The best routine is to brush your teeth before meals, and then freshen up after using an alcohol-free mouthwash.”

59. Which can be a proper title of the passage?

A. Several bad habits in our daily life.

B. Several bad habits about taking showers.

C. Do’s and don’ts.

D. Sleeping too much is a sin.

60. What is a good way of taking showers according to the passage?

A. Take a hot water shower every day.

B. Use harsh soaps when taking showers in order to get rid of the oil on your skin.

C. Use cooler water if you take showers very frequently.

D. Always avoid soap when taking showers.

61. Which of the following statements on sleeping is right according to the passage?

A. Getting 8 hours of sound sleep is quite necessary for a fresh work day.

B. A half-hour snap is as effective as an extra hour at night.

C. It is a very bad habit to wake in the middle of night and read a book.

D. Getting 8 hours of sleep actually will make you feel less fresh than 7 hours of sleep do.

62. We should not rinse immediately after brushing teeth because__.

A. the mouthwash will react with something left by the toothpaste.

B. the mouthwash will take away something left by the toothpaste.

C. the mouthwash will left a coat of fluoride on the teeth.

D. the mouthwash will be useless if the teeth have already be brushed.

Middle class workers aged 50 and above are being forced to delay their retirement until they are “at least 70”, with many blaming their children, a report revealed yesterday.

The report, from the investment firm Heartwood, said the delay is “not driven by a love of their job, but by concerns of their ability to find their retirement”. It is not the soaring cost of living which is triggering (引起)the delay. Many blame the fact that they are constantly having to bail out their grown-up children at an age when they presumed they would be financially independent. Asked bout the reason for the delay, one in five middle class workers said they “needed to keep working in order to support their children”. Many grown-up children need help to get on to the property ladder, while others ask their parents to clear their university debts.

More than 40 percent said they plan to remain in work “for an average of five years longer that they had originally planned”. Around one in five said they will delay their retirement until they are aged 70 or above. Many are planning to “ semi-retire” , which means they will stop working full-time to switch to part-time work. Simon Lough, chief executive of Heartwood, said longer periods of semi-retirement are “increasingly becoming the norm” among wealthier people in their 50s and 60s.

He added: “In many cases, they are being faced with greater demands being placed on their pension pots, rises in the cost of living and unexpected financial commitments, such as supporting their children for longer than they had originally anticipated.(預(yù)料)”.

It comes as a separate report, from the pension giant Scottish Widows, found one in four women is saving “nothing at all” for their retirement, compared to 17 percent of men. This leaves many forced to rely on the state pension, which is just 102.15 pounds a week if they are eligible (合格的)for the full amount. To make matters worse, the age when a woman can claim her state pension is being increased. It used to be 60 but it will reach 66 in 2020, and will continue to rise in the future.

55. According to the report from the investment firm Heartwood, the major reason that so many middle class workers are delaying their retirement age is__.

A. the rising in the cost of living

B. their love for their jobs

C. supporting their grown-up children.

D. the pension reduce.

56. We can infer from the third paragraph that the average retirement age in Britain is about ___.

A. 70　　　 　　 B. 65　　　　　　 C. 60　　　　 D. 66

57. The underlined word “semi-retire” in paragraph 3 most probably means _____.

A. work full-time　　　　 B. work on weekends

C. work part-time　　　　 D. work day and night

58. What can we learn from this passage?

A. Many parents are blaming their children for their retirement dreams are crushed because of their inability to get a job.

B. More than 40 percent of the British people are planning to delay their retirement until they are 70 or above.

C. The women in Scotland will have to claim their state pension in an earlier age in the future.

D. The semi-retirement is only popular among a small number of wealthier people in their 50s and 60s.

If a new idea in America becomes a law, people who suffer from obesity (肥胖癥）could suffer financially too. The proposal (建議) aims to encourage people to be healthy.

The US state of Arizona wants to charge overweight citizens $ 50 (325 yuan) annually if they fail to follow their doctor’s advice. People with children or who are overweight because they suffer from a medical condition would be exempt(被豁免的). If the idea is approved by Congress, smokers and diabetics who fail to stick to a healthy lifestyle will also have to pay.

Medicaid, the organization which provides healthcare to the poor in the USA, costs the government $ 339 bn (2.2 trillion yuan) a year. Monica Coury, assistant director at Arizona’s Medicaid program, said that this proposal would ask people to give something back.

She said that Arizona would take a carrot and stick approach to the problem. As well as penalizing(懲罰) people who go against their doctor’s wishes, incentives (獎勵) would be offered for following advice, possibly a keep-fit video. Arizona’s senator Kyrsten Sinema has not backed the plans, saying that there isn’t a system to decide whether someone is or isn’t following medical advice. Other critics claim that people don’t need the government to look after them; if they want to be fat and smoke, the “nanny state” shouldn’t try to stop them. Wes Benedict of the Libertarian Party said: “If you want to save the state money, cut Medicaid across the board, but don’t single out overweight people and smokers.”

51. The state of Arizona wants to charge people who ____.

A. are fat parents　　　

B. are fat and obedient

C. are fat due to a medical condition.

D. are fat and don’t follow their doctor’s advice.

52. People who are ___ and don’t adopt a healthy life will NOT be charged if the proposal becomes law?

A. overweight　　　　 B. HIV carriers

C. diabetes　　　　　 D. smokers

53. What does “a carrot and stick approach” mean?

A. A kind of healthy diet

B. A kind of unhealthy diet.

C. A policy of offering a combination or rewards and punishment.

D. A policy of offering a combination of rewards and prizes.

54. What did Wes Benedict think of the proposal?

A. Biased.　　　　　 B. Just and fair.

C. Influential. D. Not practical.

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A man was exploring caves by the seashore when he found a bag with a bunch of hardened clay balls. It was like someone had 31 the balls and left them out in the sun to bake.

They didn’t look like much, but they 32 the man, so he took the bag out of the cave with him. As he walked along the beach, he 33 the clay balls one at a time out into the ocean as far as he could. He thought little about it 34 he dropped one of the clay balls and it cracked open (裂開) on a rock. Inside was a beautiful, precious stone! 35 , the man started breaking open the 36 balls. Each contained a similar treasure. He found thousands of dollars’ 37 of jewels in the 20 or so leftover ones.

Then it 38 him. He’d been on the beach a long time, throwing maybe 50 or 60 of the balls, with their hidden treasure, into the 39. Instead of thousands of dollars in treasure, he 　40 have taken home tens of thousands but he had just thrown it away!

It’s like that 41 people. We look at someone, maybe even ourselves, but we 42 see the clay shell. It doesn’t look like much from the 43 . It isn’t always beautiful and shining, so we 44 it. We see that person as less important than someone more 45 or stylish or well-known or wealthy. But we haven’t taken the time to find the treasure 46 inside that person.

There is a treasure in each and every one of us. If we take the time to get to know that person and ask God to show us that person the 47 He sees them, then the clay begins to 48 and the brilliant jewel begins to shine forth. May we not come to the 49 of our lives and find out that we’ve thrown away a 50 in friendships because the gems were hidden in balls of clay! May we see the people in our world as God sees them.

31. A. invented　　 　 B. rolled　　 　　　 C. handled　　 D. bounced

32. A. confused　 　　 　　　 B. encouraged　 　 C. interested 　　　 D. relaxed

33. A. dipped　 　　　　 B. pushed　 　　　　 C. kicked　 D. threw

34. A. until　　 　　　　　 B. when　 　　　　　 　　　 C. since　　 D. though

35. A. Frightened　 　　 　　　 B. Determined　 　 C. Excited　 D. Disappointed

36. A. shining　 　　　　 B. floating　 　　　 C. surviving D. remaining

37. A. worth　 　　　　　 　　　 B. value　　 　　　 C. cost　 　　　　　　 D. wealth

38. A. shocked　 　　　　 B. rejected　 　　　 C. struck　 　 　　　 D. delighted

39. A. caves　 　　　　　 　　　 B. waves　　 　　 　　　 C. seashore D. storms

40. A. might　 　　　　　 B. must　 　　　　　 　　　 C. could　 　 　　　 D. should

41. A. with　　 　　　　　 　　　 B. towards　 　　　　　　 C. about　 D. between

42. A. hardly　 　　　　　 　　　 B. actually　 　　　 C. simply　 D. luckily

43. A. distance　 　　　 　　　 B. outside　 　　　　 C. weight　 D. pattern

44. A. removed 　 　　　 B. suspected　 　　 　　　 C. ignored　 D. reserved

45. A. beautiful 　　　　 B. cautious　 　　 　　　 C. positive　 D. grateful

46. A. lost　　 　　　　 B. hidden　 　　　　 C. divided　 D. mixed

47. A. moment　 　　　 　　　 B. point　 　　　　 　　　 C. degree　 D. way

48. A. come off　 　　　 　　　 B. break away 　 C. take over　 　　 D. fall down

49. A. sight　 　　　　　　 　　　 B. best　 　　　　　　　　　 C. middle　 D. end

50. A. relation 　　 　　 　　　 B. position　 　　　 C. fortune　 D. memory

His sacrifices for the country were never officially 　　　　 , which made all of us feel discouraged.

A. appealed B. acknowledged C. recommended D. evaluated

-–I hear that a modern church is to be built near our school.

---I’m afraid that it doesn’t      the surroundings.

A. come up with                                 B. get along with                                     

C. fit in with                                       D. keep up with

We have a high regard for Mr. Smith because he always tries to 　　 his principles

A.look forward to B. live up to　　　　　

C. catch up with　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. live up with

Everyone must work to live, but many people are lucky enough to make more money than they      need. What should they do with this extra income?

A.eventually            B. naturally                   C. evidently                  D. immediately

Jennie was particularly       to personal criticism; thus, you’d better talk with her cautiously.

A.ridiculous                   B. opposed       C. unconditional         D. sensitive