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Are you suffering from RAGWEED ALLERGIES
Are you one of those people who suffer from:

Sneezing
runny, itchy noses
red, watery, itchy eyes
During the latter part of the summer months...
The Research Institute of Ragweed Allergies is currently conducting a study and is asking volunteers
to participate in testing an experimental drug.
Those who pass the qualification procedure will receive compensation for his/her part in contributing
to the study.
Call: 905-629-3333 (ext.1) or Toll free: 1-800-RIRA-5544
E-mail: volunteer@researchinstitute-ragweed.com
Regular hours of operation: Monday to Friday: 9 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
Research Institute of RA
4520 Dixie Rd in Missisauga
2 blocks south of Eglington Ave
www.researchinstitute-ragweed.com

What is the pri
A. To announce a medical breakthrough in curing ragweed allergies
B. To inform the public about the spread of a new type of an allergy
C. To recruit people who are willing to come forward for a medical cause
D. To provide the results of a test conducted by the research institute

[单项选择]If you are suffering from high stress ______, or wish to ______ after a tiring day, it is generally advisable to have a change of scene.
A. rates; draw back
B. levels; wind down
C. ratios; peter out
D. layers; hold up

[单项选择]The patient suffering from cancer looked dead but the faint pulse proved that he was still （）
A. live
B. life
C. alive
D. lively

[填空题]Even farmers are suffering from some hearing losing just because of ______.

[单项选择]How many people are suffering from labor market problems This is one of the most critical yet contentious social policy questions. In many ways, our social statistics exaggerate the degree of hardship. Unemployment does not have the same dire (可怕的) consequences today as it did in the 1930s when most of the unemployed were primary breadwinners, when income and earnings were usually much closer to the margin of subsistence, and when there were no countervailing social programs for those failing in the labor market. Increasing affluence, the rise of families with more than one wage earner, the growing predominance of secondary earners among the unemployed, and improved social welfare protection have unquestionably mitigated (减轻) the consequences of joblessness. Earnings and income data also overstate the dimensions of hardship. Among the millions with hourly earnings at or below the minimum wage level, the overwhelming majority is from multiple earners, relatively affluent families. Most
A. Innovative programmes using multiple approaches should be set up to reduce the level of unemployment.
B. A compromise should be found between the positions of those who view joblessness an evil greater than economic control and those who hold the opposite view.
C. New statistical indices should be developed to measure the degree to which unemployment and inadequately paid employment cause suffering.
D. Consideration should be given to the ways in which statistics can act as partial causes of the phenomena that they purport to measure.

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A land not suffering from destruction, plus wealth, natural resources, and labour supply--all these were important factors in helping England to become the center for the Industrial Revolution. (21) they were not enough. Something else was needed to start the industrial process. That "some thing special" was men-- (22) individuals who could invent machines, find new (23) of power, The men who (24) the machines of the Industrial Revolution (25) from many backgrounds and many occupations. Many of them were (26) inventors than scientists. A man who is pure scientist is primarily interested in doing his research (27) . He is not necessarily working and that his findings can be used. An inventor or one interested in applied science is usually trying to make something that has a real and specific (28) . He may try to solve a problem by using the theories of science or by experimenting through trial and error. Regardless
A. came
B. arrived
C. developed
D. appeared

[单项选择]The nurse is assessing a client suffering from stress and anxiety. A common physiological response to stress and anxiety is（）
A. sedation.
B. diarrhea.
C. vertigo.
D. urticaria.

[填空题]More and more people are suffering from the problem of eating disorders.