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Directions:For Questions 6—10, you will hear a report about Valentine cards. While you listen, complete the sentences or answer the questions. Use not more than 3 words for each answer. You will hear the recording only once. Why do some people send cards to themselves on February 14

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If you want to stay young, sit down and have a good think. This is the research finding of a team of Japanese doctors, who say that most of our brains are not getting enough exercise—and as a result, we are aging unnecessarily soon.Professor Taiju Matsuzawa wanted to find out why otherwise healthy farmers in northern Japan appeared to be losing their ability to think and reason at a relatively early age, and how the process of aging could be slowed down.With a team of colleagues at Tokyo National University, he set about measuring brain volumes of a thousand people of different ages and varying occupations.Computer technology enabled the researchers to obtain precise measurements of the volume of the front and side sections of the brain, which relate to intellect (智能) and emotion, and determine the human character. (The rear section of the brain, which controls functions like eating and breathing, does not contract with age, and one can continue living without intellectual or emotional faculties.)Contraction of front and side parts—as cells die off—was observed in some subjects in their thirties, but it was still not evident in some sixty- and seventy-year-olds.Matsuzawa concluded from his tests that there is a simple remedy to the contraction normally associated with age—using the head. The findings show in general terms that contraction of the brain begins sooner in people in the country than in the towns. Those least at risk, says Matsuzawa, are lawyers, followed by university professors and doctors. White collar workers doing routine work in government offices are, however, as likely to have shrinking brains as the farm worker, bus driver and shop assistant. Matsuzawa’s findings show that thinking can prevent the brain from shrinking. Blood must circulate properly in the head to supply the fresh oxygen the brain cells need. “The best way to maintain good blood circulation is through using the brain,” he says, “Think hard and engage in conversation. Don’t rely on pocket calculators.” According to the passage, which people seem to age slower than the others ?()

A. Lawyers.
B. Farmers.
Clerks.
D. Shop assistants.

What’s the biggest mistake people make

A. They do not think $10 is a large sum of money.
B. They sacrifice movie, beer for bank deposit.
C. They seldom have fixed deposit.
D. They tend to live from paycheck to paycheck.

At first the company refused to purchase the equipment, but this decision was_________revised.

A. subsequently
B. successively
C. predominantly
D. preliminarily

Directions:You will hear three pieces of recorded material. Before listening to each one, you will have time to read the questions related to it. While listening, answer each question by choosing A, B, C or D. After listening, you will have time to check your answers. You will hear each piece once only.Questions 11—13 are based on the passage about ice phrases. You now have 15 seconds to read Questions 11—13. What is the meaning of "Skating on thin ice"

A. One may be doing something quite difficult.
B. One may be doing something quite risky.
C. One may be doing something quite annoying.
D. One may be doing something impossible.

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