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[单项选择]It wasn’t all hard work at the G8 summit of the world’s most powerful leaders. There was good food, lots of glad-handing. If there’s one thing you can say about the French, it’s that they know how to put on a good lunch. French President Jacques Chirac offered his colleagues a lunch Monday that featured specialties from the Haute Savoie region of southeastern France.
The assembled heads of state or government from Britain, Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Russia and the United States joined Chirac for crayfish, char — lake trout — from the nearby Lake Geneva, pigeon accompanied by new potatoes, assorted cheeses and a soft and creamy cake. The wine, Roussette de Savoie, was a regional white.
The meal was prepared by a culinary school in Thonon, several kilometers from the summit site.
Afterwards the leaders posed for pictures with the young chefs.
German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder was a late arrival at the summit after facing critics in his Social Democrats a
A. They are good hosts.
B. Their lunch is always great.
C. They are experts of food.
D. They know what food their guests like.
[填空题]Our years of hard work are all in vain, ____________________ (更别提我们所花费的大量金钱了).
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Hard Work Is Good for Health
Scientists find that hardworking people live longer than average men and women. Career women (职业女性) are healthier than housewives. Evidence shows that the jobless are in poorer health than the job-holders. An investigation (调查) shows that whenever the unemployment rate increases by 1%, the death rate increases by 2%. All these seem to support one point: work is helpful to health.
Why is work good for health It is because work keeps people busy, away from loneliness. Researches show that people feel unhappy and worried when they have nothing to do. Instead, the happiest are those who are busy. Many high achievers who love their careers feel that they’re happiest when they are working hard. Work serves as a bridge between man and reality. By work, people come into contact with each other. By collective (集体的) activity, they find friendship and warmth. This is helpful to health. The loss of work means the los
A. Working women are in better health than housewives.
B. People leading a hard life live longer than others.
C. Hardworking people live a longer life.
D. The death rate rises with the unemployment rate.
