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1、英语任务型阅读 （A）请认真阅读下列短文，并根据短文的内容要点完成文章后的表格。注意：补全填空应符合语法和搭配要求，每空只填一个单词。Happiness is U-shaped, for we are happier at the start and end of our lives but hit a slump when we are middle-aged, British and US researchers say.Economists from the University of Warwick, central England, and from Dartmouth Colleg
2、e, New Hampshire, looked at data on the mental health of two million people from 80 countries.In Britain, the probability of depression for men and women peaks at around 44 years of age, Warwick University said in a press release.In the United States, though, there was a big difference between men a
3、nd women.Among women, unhappiness peaked at around the age of 40, whereas among men, it was about 50.But the U-shape of happiness is constant around the world, and mid-life depression takes place regardless of marital status, changes in job or income.The study appears in Social Science & Medicine, p
4、ublished by the Dutch publishing house Elsevier.It happens to men and women ,to single and married people, to rich and poor and to those with and without children. said co-author Andrew Oswald.One possibility may be that people realize theywont achieve many of their aspirations at middle age, the re
5、searchers said.Another reason could be that after seeing their fellow middle-aged peers begin to die, people begin to value their own remaining years and embrace life once more.But the good news is that if people make it to aged 70 and are still physically fit, they are on average as happy and menta
6、lly healthy as a 20-year old.For the average persons in the modern world, the dip in mental health and happiness comes on slowly, not suddenly in a single year, Oswald said. Only in their fifties do people emerge from this low period,Title: People happiest at start and end of lives, but slump in mid
7、dleThemeHappiness is in the (1) of U, for we are happier when are young and old but unhappy when we are middle-aged.FindingsFor (2) men and women, depression is most (3) to peak when they are about 44 years old.For American people, men and women are very (4) . Most women feel (5) at around the age o
8、f 40. Among men, unhappiness peaks at about 50.The U-shape of happiness is constant around the world, and mid-life depression (6) regardless of marital status, changes in job or income.(7) Possibly because people realize they are (8) to achieve many of their aspirations at middle age.Possibly becaus
9、e after they have seen their fellow middle-aged peers deaths, people begin to value their own years (9) and embrace life once more.Good newsIf people are still in good (10) when they reach 70, they are on average as happy and mentally healthy as a 20-year old.1. shape/ form 2. British/ English3. Lik
10、ely 4. different 5. unhappy 6. happens/ occurs 7. Reasons 8. unable 9. left10. condition/ health（B）请认真阅读下面短文，并根据所读内容在文章后表格中的空格里填入一个最恰当的单词。注意：每空只填一个单词。Bisphenol A is a chemical widely used to make hard, polycarbonate （聚碳酸酯） plasticFood storage containers, reusable water bottles and baby bottles are a
11、mong the many different products that may contain BPABPA is also commonly used in protective coverings inside metal food and drink cansPeople can swallow small amounts of BPA as they eat or drinkAn industry Web site says more than forty years of safety research shows that products made with bispheno
12、l A are safeBut others question the safety of BPANow, a large study has linked it to diabetes and heart disease in adultsResearchers divided almost one thousand five hundred American adults into four groups based on BPA levels in their urine （尿液）All the levels were within the limits considered safe
13、by the United States Food and Drug AdministrationYet the study found that the highest group was more than twice as likely as the lowest group to have heart disease or diabetes, or bothThe Food and Drug Administration and chemical industry officials said the study does not show that bisphenol A cause
14、d the diseasesThe researcher who led the study, David Melzer at Englands University of Exeter, agreesHe says the findings must be reproduced and that other studies are also neededBut he also says that if BPA is a cause of these conditions, then just reducing contact with it might prevent some casesT
15、he study appeared last week in the Journal of the American Medical AssociationEarlier this month, the United States government scientists from the National Toxicology Program released a final report on BPAThey found that the chemical is of “some concern” for effects on development of the brain in fetuses （胎儿）, infants and childrenThey made the same finding for behavioral （动作的） effectsThe scientists based their findings mostly on studies of laboratory animalsEven so, the program director said “the possibility that BPA may affect human development cannot be dismissed”
