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Exam Date :1403/02/01 |
Start time :00:24 |
Deadline :8 Minutes |
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010U071M00104/ 2.5/34.7 | Konkoor/Reading Comprehension | کنکور کارشناسی، آزمون تخصصی زبان انگلیسی ، سال92 | |
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1) The oldest known person on record is a French woman, Jeanne Calment. She seemed to disprove the idea that healthy living was the key to her long life. Despite smoking for 100 years, she lived to the age of 122. She believed her long life was thanks to her diet.
The average life expectancy for all people in the world today is 63 years. This figure varies widely from country to country. Japan has the world's highest life expectancy; 85 for women and 78 for men. More than 20,000 of its population have celebrated their 100th birthday. Researchers believe part of the reason for this lies in the healthy Japanese diet and their good health care system.
People who live in developed countries generally live longer than those who live in poorer parts of the world. Factors like war, disease, quality of diet, and access to health care all affect life expectancy. When a country's health care and education improve, life expectancy goes up.
Another important factor is gender. Women, on average, live longer than men. Over 80 percent of people who live beyond the age of 100 are women. The reasons for this are not
fully understood. Some scientists believe that women are born with genes that help them live longer than men. Others argue that men often lead more risky lifestyles that put them at greater chance of dying than women. They have more dangerous jobs. Also, men generally drive more, and also smoke more than women. Men are even killed more often than women. Another area that researchers have looked at is marital status. They have not found a clear difference in life expectancy between married women and single women. However, one British study found that married men appeared to live longer, on average, than single men. This may be because married men tend to have a healthier lifestyle than single men. They eat more healthily, and, on average, take fewer risks.
1. What can be the best title for this passage?
A) A Healthy Lifestyle B) The Secret to a Long Life
C) Average Expectation of Life D) The Oldest Person in the World
2. The writer's purpose in the first paragraph is _____ . A) to emphasize the importance of healthy living
B) to tell people what to do to live beyond the age of 100
C) to clear up a misconception
D) to advise the reader to eat right
3. According to the passage, all of the following affect life expectancy EXCEPT _____ .
A) standards of living B) health problems
C) eating habits D) health insurance
4. It is stated in the passage that compared to women, men _____ .
A) take fewer risks B) tend to live longer
C) have a less healthy lifestyle D) are more prone to serious diseases
5. It can be understood from the passage that _____ .
A) marriage makes a big difference to life expectancy for men
B) factors that affect life expectancy are environmental factors
C) researchers are certain what the reasons for Japan's high life expectancy are
D) Japan's health care system provided a model that other developed countries followed |
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010U071M00223/ 2.5/32.7 | Konkoor/Reading Comprehension | کنکور کارشناسی، آزمون عمومی، گروه زبان های خارجی، سال91 | |
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2) Several general changes occur in the human body as it ages: hearing and vision becomes weak, muscle strength becomes less, soft tissues such as skin and blood vessels become less flexible, and there is a general decrease in body power.
Most of the body's organs perform less efficiently with advancing age. For example, the average amount of blood pumped by the heart drops from about 6.9 liters (7.3 quarts) per minute at age 20 to only 3.5 liters (3.7 quarts) pumped per minute at age 85. For this same age range, the average amount of blood flowing through the kidneys drops from about 0.6 liters (0.6 quarts) per minute to 0.3 liters (0.3 quarts). Not all people experience decreased organ function to the same degree .. some individuals have healthier hearts and kidneys at age 85 than others do at age 50.
The immune system also changes with age. A healthy immune system protects the body against bacteria, viruses, and other harmful agents by producing disease-fighting proteins
known as antibodies. A healthy immune system also prevents the growth of abnormal cells,
which can become cancerous. With advancing age, the ability of the immune system to perform these protective functions is decreased the rate of antibody production may decrease by as much as 80 percent between age 20 and age 85. This less-effective immune system explains why an attack of influenza, which may make a young adult sick for a few days, can be
deadly for an old person. Thus, it is as good for an older person to be vaccinated against the flu and pneumonia as it is for young people to be vaccinated against childhood diseases.
1. What does the passage mainly discuss?
A) The way to slow down this process of aging
B) What organs in the human body are more affected by old age
C) The relationship between age and some changes in the human body
D) What makes the human body less able to protect itself against disease
2. What is discussed as an example in paragraph 2 is true for _____ .
A) the majority of people
B) everyone that becomes old
C) people between 50 to 85 years of age
D) people who are not lucky enough to remain healthy despite old age
3. Which one of the following is true about paragraph 3?
A) It provides further evidence to support the main point of the passage.
B) It mentions a reason to explain the problems referred to in paragraph 2.
C) It somehow modifies the general idea of the passage by including new facts.
D) It brings in new facts, raising doubts about the main point supported by the first two paragraphs.
4. The word "others" in paragraph 2 refers to _____ .
A) organs
B) kidneys
C) individuals
D) both hearts and kidneys
5. The last sentence of the passage, "Thus, it is as .. diseases," includes all of the following EXCEPT
A) a comparison
B) some advice
C) disease
D) a change |
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100 |
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