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1、成立市决策咨询委员会，是市委、市政府推进行政管理体制改革、提高执政能力的重要举措，是推动XX经济社会科学赶超跨越发展的重要保障。Unit 2 The United Kingdom.阅读理解(建议用时16)A2017山东泰安模拟Death rates for heart disease in Britain have dropped by more than 40 percent in a decade， UK scientists will report today.Wide uptake of cholesterolbusting statin drugs(降胆固醇药), healthier
2、 lifestyles and better medical practices have seen a huge reduction in deaths caused by heart attacks, stroke and other cardiovascular(心血管的) problems.However, heart disease remains Britains biggest killer.The new study, by experts at Oxford University, shows there has been a 44.4 percent drop in dea
3、th rates among men in the UK and a 43.6 percent drop among women linked to heart problems in the ten years to 2011.The team compared death rate associated with cardiovascular disease across Europe. They found that Britain has one of the best records in Europe, with 342 deaths as a result of heart di
4、sease per 100,000 men in 2011, and 232 per 100,000 women.Some nationsincluding Ukraine, Macedonia and Moldovasee more than 1,000 heart deaths per 100,000 of the population.Overall， heart disease causes 45 percent of all deaths across Europe, but only 27 percent in the UK. The study, led by Dr Nick T
5、ownsend, showed that cardiovascular disease is mainly a disease of old age.But researchers said that across Europe it still causes more than 1.4 million deaths in those aged under 75 and nearly 700,000 deaths in under 65s. Dr Townsend said, “Cardiovascular disease results in 49 percent of deaths amo
6、ng women and 41 percent among men.”篇章导读：本文是一篇科普类阅读文，文中讲述英国的心脏病死亡率在近十年来下降了百分之四十多，但心脏病仍然是英国国民健康的最大杀手。1From the text we can know _.Aheart disease no longer threatens the BritishBthe heart death rate among British men is lower than among womenCthe old mainly dies of stroke in EuropeDthe heart death rate
7、 in Ukraine is higher than that in Britain答案：D 推理判断题。由第五段第二句可知，英国男人在2011年因心脏疾病致死的死亡率是十万分之342，女人的死亡率是十万分之232。由第六段可知，乌克兰的死亡率是十万分之一千多。故选D项。2What does the word “it” in the last paragraph refer to?AStroke. BCardiovascular disease.CLung disease.DHeart attacks.答案：B 词义猜测题。由倒数第二段“The study, led by Dr Nick To
8、wnsend, showed that cardiovascular disease is mainly a disease of old age.”可知，研究表明，心血管病是种老年病。再根据最后一段中的“But researchers said that across Europe it still causes more than 1.4 million deaths in those aged under 75 and nearly 700,000 deaths in under 65s.”可知，it指的就是心血管疾病。故选B项。3How does the author support
9、his idea?ABy analyzing data.BBy following processes.CBy describing his own experiences.DBy discussing research experiments.答案：A 推理判断题。根据第四段中可知，该研究结果及作者的观点都是通过分析数据得出的。故选A项。1rate n. 率；比率 2.decade n. 十年3overall adv. 全部地；总体来说4mainly adv. 主要地；首要地5aged adj. 岁的；年老的1be associated with 与有关/有联系2result in 导致BI
10、f theres one thing the British are good at, its watching telly. You may think the Americans would beat us at that, but weve taken and turned it into an art form. Like most people, our favorite TV subject is ourselves, which has led to a number of shows aiming to be as British as possible. So if you
11、want to learn how to be British, sit down to a few episodes of these distinctly British shows.DOCTOR WHOPolitical aside, Doctor Who owes its long television life not only to a brilliant central character, terrifying alien foes and intelligent scriptwriting, but also to a distinctly British way of do
12、ing things. If the Earth is the Doctors favorite planet, its clear that Britain is his favorite country.SHERLOCKThe global popularity of the modernized Sherlock Holmes series has proven yet again that no amount of big blockbuster allgunsblazing cop shows can compete with the reserved and sharp detec
13、tive work of one of Britains most wellloved characters. Benedict Cumberbatch has been rightly lauded for his depiction of the fastthinking private eye, which has proven again we British are good at more than drinking tea.BLACKADDERSimilar to the Pythons, the brilliance of Blackadder is set in its ge
14、nius application of witty and classically British humor. From the dulcet tones of lead man Rowan Atkinson to the clumsy sidekick Tony Robinson, theres no better show for telling what makes the British British and having a good laugh at it, including an entire season of pointing fun at the French, on
15、e of the most British activities.FRIENDSI know what youre thinkingFriends is an American show, about Americans living in America! How can it be distinctly British? But perhaps youre not aware that, apart from Season 1, Friends is written entirely by British writers, and if you watch the first season
16、 in comparison to the others, the difference really shows. British sense of humor cant be replicated artificially. Its a fine art by a natural hand. As an English student, I figureFriends is, and although they speak in American accents, a British!篇章导读：本文通过介绍英国四部十分受欢迎的电视剧来分析真正的英国人的国民性格。4If you hunger to laugh, _
