[填空题]Japanese people continue to work after retirement because they need the income.

[简答题]Some people live to work. 2. Other people work to live. 3. Your opinion.

[单项选择]

Mark went to the neighborhood meeting after work. The area’s city councilwoman (女议员) was leading a discussion about how the quality of life was decreasing. The neighborhood faced many problems. People were supposed to suggest solutions to the councilwoman. It was too much for Mark. "The problems are too big," he thought. He turned to the man next to him and said, "I think this is a waste of my time. Nothing I could do would make a difference here. "
On his way back, Mark saw a woman carrying a grocery bag and baby. She was trying to unlock her car, but she didn’t have a free hand. As Mark got closer, her other child, a little boy, suddenly darted into the street. The woman tried to reach for him, but as she moved, her bag shifted and groceries started to fall out. Mark ran to take the boy’s arm and led him back to his mother. Then he picked up the groceries while the woman smiled in relief. "Thanks!" she said. "You&rsqu
A. nobody was so able as to solve these problems
B. many people were too selfish to think about others
C. he was not in the position to solve such problems
D. he already had more than enough work to do

[单项选择]People who work night shifts are constantly fighting against an “internal clock” in their bodies. Quite often the clock tells them to sleep when their job requires them to remain fully awake. It’s no wonder that more accidents happen during night shifts than at any other time. Light therapy(光照治疗法)with a bright light box can help night-shift workers adjust their internal clock. However, many doctors recommend careful planning to help improve sleep patterns For example, night-shift workers often find it difficult to sleep in the morning when they get off work because the body’s natural rhythm(节律)fights back, no matter how tired they are. Some experts recommend that night-shift workers schedule two smaller sleep periods-one in the morning after work, and another longer one in the afternoon, closer to when the body would naturally need to sleep. It’s also helpful to ask friends and family to cooperate by avoiding visits and phone calls during the time when you are sleeping.
Night-shift
A. have to pay on their internal clock
B. need to re-adjust their clock
C. fall asleep late at night
D. have to work at night

[简答题]

1. Some people live to work.
2. Other people work to live.
3. Your opinion.

[填空题]People who work rotating night shifts appear to have a lower (47) of Parkinson’s disease, the results of a study published in the American Journal of Epidemiology. And (48) , an increased risk of developing this condition is linked to a longer average duration of sleep.
"Working rotating night shifts disrupts rhythms and may have a wide (49) of physiologic (理疗) effects on shift workers," Dr. Honglei Chen, of the National Institutes of Health, writes.
"In the (50) studies, some inference has been confirmed. Shift work has been (51) to higher risks of some chronic diseases, including certain types of cancers," they note, but any effect on the risk of developing Parkinson’s disease has not been (52) .
The researchers therefore (53) data from the U.S. Nurses’ Health Study, which enrolled 84, 794 female nurses, to see if there was an association between working rotating night shifts and Parkinso