第二篇
Sino-Japan Animosity (敌意) Lessens
Chinese and Japanese people view each other slightly more positively than last year, according to a survey released on Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing.
The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily and Genron NPO (非营利性的组织 ) , a Japanese think tank similar to the American Council on Foreign Relations. It also found overwhelming; a greement in both countries that Sino-Japanese relations werewww.med126.com important
The survey is a pan of the Beijing-Tokyo Forum, an annual gathering of senior govemment officials and representatives from Chinese and Japanese NGOs(非政府组织) designed to improve communication and understanding between the two countries.
Conducted every year for five years now, the survey focused on two different groups of people:ordinary citizens, and intellectuals. In China, the intellectual group was comprised mainly of university students from well-known schools like Peking University. In Japan, the "intellectual" group was mainly made up of previous members of Genron NPO.
Among ordinary Chinese polled, 35. 7 percent said they have "very good" or "relatively good" impressions of Japan, a 5. 5-percentage-point increase compared with last year. 45. 2 percent of Chinese students had a positive impression of Japan, two percentage points more than last year. Only 26. 6 percent of Japanese have a positive impression of China, however.
Still, an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country said Sino-Japanese relations were "important" and wanted their leaders to deepen talks and cooperation with each other.
But 51. 9 percent of ordinary people and 42. 4 percent of students in China said they saw no change in relations between the two countries over the last year. In Japan, 64. 8 percent of those ordinary people and 53.4 percent of intellectuals surveyed shared the view that there was no improvement in bilateral ties this year.
Historical issues and territorial disputes remain two major obstacles to improving bilateral relations, the survey found. What concems the Chinese most are historical issues, visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine(靖国神社) , and the Nanjing Massacre(大屠杀) .
Perceptions on economic and trade relations have improved, though. About 47 percent of ordinary Japanese said China had been "helpful" this year in fighting the global economic crisis, compared with just 30 percent last year. The percent of Japanese intellectuals who said Chinese economic growth was good for Japan increased from 65. 8 percent to 81.4 percent this year.
Cooperation in East Asian issues, trade and investment, energy, and the environment and climate change top the list of common concerns that people inwww.med126.com China and Japan want their leaders to talk about in bilateral(双边的) meetings, the survey found.
Civil exchanges were regarded by the most people from the both countries as an important way to improve relations. 90. 7 percent of the students and 85. 7 percent of the ordinary people in China and 95. 8% of intellectuals and 74. 8% of the ordinary people in Japan viewed civil exchanges as " important" or " relatively important" .
Chinese and Japanese both learn about each other's countries mostly through television news and newspapers, the survey found.
36. Which of the following statements about the survey is true?
A. The survey was conducted on Wednesday at a press conference in Beijing.
B. The survey is jointly sponsored by China Daily, Genron NPO and the American Council on Foreign Relations.
C. The survey found that people in both China and Japan generally agree that the relationship between the two countries is important.
D. The survey mainly focused on two different groups of people: ordinary citizens, and the university students.
37. According to the passage, the Beijing-Tokyo Forum .
A. is held every year in Beijing
B. aims at promoting communication between the two countries
C. mainly attracts representatives from the governments of the two countries
D. releases a survey on Sino-Japanese relation every five years
38. In the last year,_______% of ordinary Chinese and_______% of Chinese students have a positive impression of Japan.
A. 35.7; 45.2
B. 51.9; 42.4
C. 5.5; 26.6
D. 30.2; 43.2
39. Which of the following is NOT mentioned as the major obstacles to improving bilateral ties?
A. Territorial disputes.
B. Trade frictions.
C. Visits by Japanese officials to Yasukuni Shrine.
D. The Nanjing Massacre.
40. The survey found that ________.
A. most Japanese had good or relatively good impressions of China
B. the bilateral relationship was perceived as being improved over last year by the majority of respondents from the both countries
C. an overwhelming majority of the respondents from each country believed that the Civil exchanges were an important way to improve relations
D. the territorial issue ranked among the top list of common concems that people in both coun tries want their leaders to talk about in bilateral meetings
第三篇
Holding on to hope may not make patients happier as they deal with chronic illness or diseases, according to a new study by University of Michigan Health System researchers.
" Hope is an important part of happiness, " said Peter A. Ubel M. D. , director of the U-M Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine and one of the authors of the happily hopeless study, "but there's a dark side of hope. Sometimes, if hope makes people put off getting on with their life, it can get in the way of happiness. "
The results showed that people do not adapt well to situations if they are believed to be shortterm. Ubel and his co-authors-both from U-M and Carnegie Mellon University-studied patients who had new colostomies: their colons were removed and they had to have bowel movements in a pouch that lies outside their body.
At the time they received their colostomy, some patients were told that the colostomy was reversible-that they would undergo a second operation to reconnect their bowels after several months. Others were told that the colostomy was permanent and that they would never have normal bowel function again. The second group-the one without hope-reported being happier over the next six months than those with reversible colostomies.
" We think they were happier because they got on with their lives. They realized the cards they were dealt, and recognized that they had医学全在.线www.med126.com no choice but to play with those cards, " says Ubel, who is also a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine.
"The other group was waiting for their colostomy to be reversed, " he added. "They contrastedtheir current life with the life they hoped to lead, and didn't make the best of their current situation. "
" Hopeful messages may not be in the best interests of the patient and may interfere with the patient's emotional adaptation, " Ubel says. "I don't think we should take hope away. But I think we have to be careful about building up people's hope so much that they put off living their lives. "
41 Chronically ill patients may be happier ________.
A. if they keep thinking of their past
B. if they believe they'll recover
C. if they put off moving on
D. if they manage to get on with their life
42 What had happened to the patients under study?
A. They had just survived an accident.
B. They had just had an operation.
C. They had just injured their colons.
D. They had just made some pouches.
43 One group of the patients was happier because ________.
A. they made the best of their current situation
B. they were good at playing function
C. they regarded normal bowel function
D. they were promised another operation
44 The other group was not as happy because ________.
A. they accepted their current situation
B. they were anxious to get better
C. they missed their previous life
D. they refused to play cards
45 What could be the message of the passage?
A. Giving up hope means giving up happiness.
B. Letting go of hope is at times a better choice.
C. Hope is what makes people move on.
D. Hope frequently gets in the way of happiness.
