[单项选择]A person’s dietary consumption of cholesterol and fat is one of the most important factors determining the level of cholesterol in the person’s blood (serum cholesterol). Serum cholesterol levels rise proportionally to increased cholesterol and fat consumption until that consumption reaches a threshold, but once consumption of these substances exceeds that threshold, serum cholesterol levels rise only gradually, even with dramatic increases in consumption. The threshold is one fourth the consumption level of cholesterol and fat in today’s average North American diet.
The statements above, if true, most strongly support which one of the following
A. The threshold can be lowered by lowering the dietary consumption of cholesterol and fat.
B. People who consume an average North American diet cannot increase their consumption of cholesterol and fat without dramatically increasing their serum cholesterol levels.
C. People who consume half as much cholesterol and fat as in the average North American diet will not necessarily have half the average serum cholesterol level.
D. Serum cholesterol levels cannot be affected by nondietary modifications in behavior, such as exercising more or smoking less.
E. (E) People who consume less cholesterol and fat than the threshold cannot reduce their serum cholesterol levels.

[单项选择]A person’s psychosocial needs during the dying process of a relative may include（）
A. flexible visitation, participation in client care, and rest breaks.
B. flexible visitation, denial of imminent death, and rest breaks.
C. limited visitation, participation in client care, and rest breaks.
D. short, frequent, limited periods of visitation; participation in client care; and rest breaks.

[简答题]While people claim that a person’s essential qualities are inherited at birth, others hold that the circumstances in which a person grows up are mainly responsible for the type of person he/she later becomes. ESSENTIAL QUALITIES: INHERENT OR NOT 2. Changes are being seen in the social values held by the Chinese in the 1990s. What do you think is the most essential value for China in the 21(上标) century ON THE MOST ESSENTIAL SOCIAL VALUE 3. Nowadays with the development of economy, existing cities are growing bigger and bigger and new cities are appearing. What do you think is ONE of the major problems that may result from this process of urbanization ONE MAJOR PROBLEM IN THE PROCESS OF URBANIZATION

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PRESTIGE

1 Prestige refers to a person’s social standing--the level of respect that other people are willing to show. A person with high prestige is honored or esteemed by other people, while a person with low prestige is disrespected or marginalized. Prestige is a valued resource for people at all levels of a society, and this can be seen among inner-city youth, where to disrespect or "diss" someone has negative consequences. Exactly what qualities are respected will vary from one society to another.
2 In the United States, the top-status occupations are the professions--physicians, lawyers, professors, and clergy--requiring many years of education and training. At the other end of the hierarchy, the lowest prestige is associated with occupations requiring littie formal education--for example, bus drivers, sanitation workers, and janitors. Prestige is linked to income, but there are exceptions, such as college professors

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PRESTIGE

1 Prestige refers to a person’s social standing--the level of respect that other people are willing to show. A person with high prestige is honored or esteemed by other people, while a person with low prestige is disrespected or marginalized. Prestige is a valued resource for people at all levels of a society, and this can be seen among inner-city youth, where to disrespect or "diss" someone has negative consequences. Exactly what qualities are respected will vary from one society to another.
2 In the United States, the top-status occupations are the professions--physicians, lawyers, professors, and clergy--requiring many years of education and training. At the other end of the hierarchy, the lowest prestige is associated with occupations requiring littie formal education--for example, bus drivers, sanitation workers, and janitors. Prestige is linked to income, but there are exceptions, such as college professors, who ha
A. The most valuable resource in any society is prestige, but young people who disrespect others reject this.
B. People at all social levels value prestige, and to disrespect another is punished, for example, among urban youth.
C. The disrespectful behavior of some young people shows that prestige is not valued equally throughout a society.
D. There are serious consequences when teenagers from the inner city do not show respect for other groups.

[简答题]While some people claim that a person’s essential qualities are inherited at birth, others hold that the circumstances in which a person grows up are mainly responsible for the type of person he/she later becomes. Write a composition of about 400 words on the following topic, expressing your views.
ESSENTIAL QUALITIES: INHERITED OR NOT
In the first part of your writing you should present your thesis statement, and in the second part you should support the thesis statement with appropriate details. In the last part you should bring what you have written to a natural conclusion or a summary.
Marks will be awarded for content, organization, grammar and appropriateness. Failure to follow the above instructions may result in a loss of marks.
Write your response on ANSWER SHEET FOUR.

[单项选择]Both a person’s heredity and his environment help to shape his character.（　）
A. relative
B. education
C. nationality
D. surroundings

[填空题]Condition of a person’s body or mind.

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A person’s wealth is often in inverse proportion to their happiness. 

A. equal
B. certain
C. large
D. opposite

[单项选择]If after vigorous exercise a person’s pulse rate remains high for a long while, he or she ______.
A. has an unusually strong heart
B. must be suffering from some disease
C. should go to the hospital to have a check-up
D. needs to reduce the intensity of the exercise

[填空题]Net tax is the difference between a person’s gross tax liability and any______.

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Sleep is part of a person’s daily activity cycle. There are several different stages of sleep, and they too occur in cycles. (46) When you first drift off into slumber, your eyes will roll about a bit, your temperature will drop slightly, your muscles will relax, and your breathing will slow and become quite regular. Your brain waves slow down a bit too, with the alpha rhythm of rather fast waves predominating for the first few minutes. (47) For the next half hour or so, as you relax more and more, you will drift down through stage 2 and stage 3 sleep. (48) . Then about 40 to 60 minutes after you lose consciousness you will have reached the deepest sleep of all. Your brain waves will show the large slow waves that are known as the delta rhythm. This is stage 4 sleep. You do not remain at this deep fourth stage all night long, but instead about 80 minutes after you fall into slumber, your brain activity leve