職稱英語一：Old And Active
It is well—known that life expectancy is longer in Japan than in most other countries. A 1 report also shows that Japan has the longest health expectancy in the world.A healthy long life is the result of 2 in social environment.
Scientists are trying to work 3 exactly what keeps elderly Japanese people so healthy, and whether there is a lesson to be 4 from their lifestyles for the rest of us. Should we 5 any changes to our eating habits, for instance, or go jogging each day before breakfast? Is there some secret 6 in the Japanese diet that is particularly 7 to the human body?
Another factor 8 to the rapid population aging in Japan is a decline in ough longer life should be celebrated, it is 9 considered a social number of older people had 10 in the last half century and that has increased pension and medical country could soon be 11 an economic problem, if there are so many old people to be looked 12 and relatively few younger people working and paying taxes to support them.
13 the retirement age from 65 to 70 could be one solution to the problem. Work can give the elderly a 14 of responsibility and mission in life. It’s important that the elderly play active 15 in the society and live in harmony with all generations.
詞彙:
expectancy / ik'spektənsi,-təns/ 期望, 預期
life expectancy 預期壽命, 平均壽命
health expectancy 預期健康壽命
elderly /'eldəli / n. 年長者, 老年人 adj. 上了年紀的, 稍老的.
population aging人口老齡化
decline / di'klain / n.下降, 衰落 vi. 下降, 衰 退
pension / 'penʃən / n. 退休金, 養老金, 津貼
retirement / ri'taiəmənt / n. 退休, 退役
responsibility / ɔnsə'biliti / n. 責任, 職 責, 義務
註釋:
1. A healthy long life is the result of . . .健康長壽是……的結果。
2. . .. could be one solution to the problem. ……是解決問題的可能方法之一。
練習：
1.A late B recent C contemporary D new
2.A increase B progress C growth D improvement
3.A for B out C in D off
4.A learnt B gathered C understood D gained
5.A do B make C set D give
6.A ingredient B component C portion D helping
7.A helpful B supportive C advantageous D beneficial
8.A contributing B helping C resulting D causing
9.A therefore B actually C even D however
10.A reduced B added C doubled D multiplied
11.A facing B meeting C adopting D encountering
12.A for B after C over D 0ut
13.A Putting B Moving C Rising D Raising
14.A sense B sentiment C feeling D characteristic
15.A roles B posts C positions D parts
職稱英語二：Young Adults Who Exercise Get Higher IQ Scores
Young adults who are fit have a higher IQ and are more __1__ to go on to university， reveals a major new study carried out at the Sahlgrenska Academy and Sahlgrenska University Hospital.
The results were recently published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). The study involved 1.2 million Swedish men doing military service who were born between 1950 and 1976. The research group analyzed the __2__ of both physical and IQ tests the youngsters took right after they started serving the army.
The study shows a clear link __3__ good physical fitness and better results for the IQ test. The strongest links are for __4__ thinking and verbal comprehension. But it is only fitness that plays a __5__ in the results for the IQ test，and not strength. “Being fit means that you also have good heart and lung __6__ and that your brain gets plenty of __7__ ，” says Michael Nilsson, professor at the Sahlgrenska Academy and chief physician at the Sahlgrenska University Hospital. “This may be one of the reasons __8__ we can see a clear link with fitness, but not with muscular __9__. We are also seeing that there are growth factors that are important. ”
By analyzing data for twins, the researchers have been __10__ to determine that it is primarily environmental factors and not genes that explain the link between fitness and a __11__ IQ.
“We have also shown that those youngsters who __12__ their physical fitness between the ages of 15 and 18 increase their cognitive performance,” says Maria Aberg, researcher at the Sahlgrenska Academy and physician at Aby health centre. “This being the case6, physical __13__ is a subject that has an important place in schools, and is an absolute must if we want to do well in maths and other theoretical subjects.”
