Directions: In this section, you will hear a passage Three times. When the passage is read for the first time, you should listen carefully for its general idea. Then listen to the passage again. When the passage is read for the second time, you are required to fill in the blanks numbered from S1 to S7 with the exact words you have just heard. For blanks numbered from S8 to S10 you are required to fill in missing information. You can either use the exact words you have just heard or write down the main points in your own words. Finally, when the passage is read for the third time, you should check what you have written.
If you are a young college student, most of your concerns about your health and happiness in life are probably (S1) _________ on the present. Basically, you want to feel good physically, mentally, and (S2)_______now. You probably don't spend much time worrying about the (S3)_______future, such as whether you will develop heart disease, or (S4)________,how you will take care of yourself in your (S5)_______years, or how long you are going to live. Such thoughts may have (S6)_______your mind once in a while, however, if you are in your thirties, forties, fifties, or older, such health related thoughts are likely to become(S7)________important to you.
(S8)_________that will help you feel better physically and mentally. Recently researchers have found that, even in late adulthood, exercise, strength training with weights, and better food can help elderly individuals significantly improve their health and add happiness to their life. (S9)_________ giving us the opportunity to avoid some of health problems that have troubled them. (S10)____________
(S1) focused (S2) emotionally (S3) distant (S4) cancer (S5) retirement (S6) crossed (S7) increasingly (S8)Regardless of your age, you can make a number of important changes in your current life style (S9)We know much more about preventive health today than our parents and grandparents did in the past, (S10)And this new knowledge can be transmitted to our children to help them become healthier than our generation.
(1) present-now-future (2) Para. 1 Changes of people's concerns (young——older) (3) Para. 2 how to feel better and avoid some health problems