Mark Twain once observed that giving up
smoking is easy. He knew, because he’ d done it hundreds of times himself.
Giving up for ever is a trifle more difficult, apparently, and it is well known
that it is much more difficult for some people than for others. Why is this
so Few doctors believe any longer that it is simply a question of will power. And for those people that continue to view addicts as merely "weak", recent genetic research may force a rethink. A study conducted by Jacqueline Vink, of the Free University of Amsterdam, used a database called the Netherlands Twin Register to analyze the smoking habits of twins. Her results, published in the Pharmacogenomics Journal, suggest that an individual’ s degree of nicotine dependence, and even the number of cigarettes he smokes per day, are strongly genetically influenced. The A. he is a man with very Strong will power. B. it is easy to give up smoking temporarily. C. famous writers are often heavy smokers. D. only few people have his determination. [单项选择]
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TEXT B Industry should get rid of half its bosses, says behavioral psychologist Alfred J. Marrow. "Adults are quite capable of handling their lives outside their homes, at their jobs," Marrow said in an interview. They need fewer supervisors and managers, not more. As president of the American Board of Professional Psychology, he’s heard the complaint from working people over and over again: too many bosses. If a shirt manufacturer’s customers are returning merchandise because the collars are crooked, he said, the people who make the shirts are more likely than management to identify the problem quickly if they get together to talk about it. But if the boss comes on as an adversary, bawling them out for bad work and threatening to or actually firing some, the remaining workers will probably react angrily and work will suffer. He recalled an insurance company in Hartford, Conn. that got about 50, 000 pieces of [填空题]
·Read the text below about Coca-cola and its advertising. ·For each question (31-40), write one word in CAPITAL LEI-I’ERS on your Answer Sheet. {{B}} COCA-COLA AND ITS ADVERTISING{{/B}}
John S. Pemberton invented Coca-Cola in 1886. His partner suggested running an advertisement which the drink in the Atlanta Journal that very year. In 1888, Asa candler bought the Coca-Cola business and decided to make the product well-known{{U}} (31) {{/U}}signs, calendars and clocks. The company began to build its global network. When Robert Woodruff was made president of the company in 1923, he succeeded{{U}} (32) {{/U}}transforming Coca-Cola{{U}} (33) {{/U}}a truly international brand by setting{{U}} (34) {{/U}}a foreign department, which exported Coca-Cola to the Olympic Games in Amsterdam in 1928. During World War II, he promised to bring Coca-Cola{{U}} (35) {{/U}}every soldier in every part of the world. Coca-Cola’s adver [单项选择] {{B}}TEXT C{{/B}}
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