[单项选择]Even sensible men do ______ things sometimes.


A. abrupt
B. absurd
C. acute
D. apt

[单项选择]The passage listed many things we can do for the elderly people EXCEPT ______.


A. Redecorate their homes
B. Read books for them
C. Prepare food for them
D. Doing exercises with them.

[单项选择]The author do not do which of the following things
A. Give some facts.
B. Point out the underlying causes of some problems.
C. Raise some problems.
D. Give some suggestions.

[单项选择]Why do men and women share household tasks


A. Because women play an equal role as men.
B. Because women play a dominant role in the family.
C. Because women have less time to spend on housework.
D. Because men spend more time on housework.

[单项选择]What do men care about the fit of new clothes


A. They like their clothes to be bigger than the average size.
B. Most men just assume that the size is right for them.
C. They make sure a thing fits before they buy it.
D. They do not worry whether a thing fits well or not.

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Why do men die earlier than women The latest research makes it known that the reason could be that men’s hearts go into rapid decline when they reach middle age.
The largest study of the effects of ageing on the heart has found that women’s longevity may be linked to the fact that their hearts do not lose their pumping power with age.
"We have found that the power of .the male heart falls by 20--25 percent between 18 and 70 years of age," said the head of the study, I)avid Goldspink of Liverpool John Moores University in the UK.
"Within the heart there are millions of cells that enable it to beat. Between the age of 20 and 70, one third of those cells die and are not replaced in men," said Goldspink. "This is part of the ageing process."
What surprises scientists is that the female heart sees very little loss of these cells. A healthy 70-year-old woman’s heart could perform almost as well as a
A. men's heart cells
B. women's ageing process
C. the gender difference
D. hearts and long life