The Nobel Prizes are awards that are given each year for special things that people or groups of people have achieved. They are awarded in six ___21___ : physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics. 

The prizes come from ___22___ that was created by the Swedish inventor Alfred Nobel. He wanted to use some of his money to help make the world a ___23___ place to live in. 

Many organizations, chosen by Alfred Nobel himself, ___24___ who receives the prizes. Each award ___25___ a gold medal,a diploma and a lot of money. Prizes can only be given to ___26___ of all races, countries and religions. Only the Peace Prize can ___27___ be given to a group. 

The first Nobel Prizes were handed out ___28___ December 10,1901--five years after Alfred Nobel's death. Nobel was a chemist, engineer and inventor ___29___ most famous invention, dynamite(炸药), made him a ___30___ man. Although he gave the world such a ___31___ weapon, Nobel was always against wars and ___32___ . He therefore left a lot of money that was to go to those who did a lot for the peace of ___33___. 

Officials at first handed out only five prizes a year. The prize for economics was first awarded in 1969. In some ___34___ prizes were not awarded because there were no ___35___ candidates. 

你(Li Yuan)的班级即将组织一次郊游(picnic),请你给你的外籍教师(Steve)写封信,内容包括：

·邀请他参加此项活动;

·介绍活动的具体安排和内容(如时间、地点等);

·告知需要做的准备(如着装、自备午餐等);

·希望他参加并尽快给予答复。

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Father: How's your day at school, Costa? 

Costa: ___56___, Daddy! It's a day I will never forget. 

Father:Oh,is it? ___57___,my son? 

Costa:I have been made the chairman of the Students' Association. 

Father:That's great.___58___ ! 

Costa: ___59___. 

Father:That's really nice. You stood first in the examination and now you have won the chairmanship, ___60___, my son. 

Costa : Thank you, Daddy. 

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What column of a newspaper is most likely to have this article?

Which of the following suggests that you have pre-diabetes?

To prevent or delay a diabetes diagnosis,people with pre-diabetes should pay most attention to ______.

Passage Five

 About 79 million Americans have pre-diabetes(糖尿病前期).That means they have blood sugar that's higher than normal but not high enough to be diagnosed(诊断)with type 2-at least not yet. One long-term study reposed by the American Diabetes Association found that 11%of people with pre-diabetes develop the full-blown disease each year. Another study shows that pre-diabetes will probably become type 2 in lo years or less.

 Yet,that process is not inevitable. Last year,scientists in Colorado found that people with pre-diabetes who lowered their blood sugar to normal levels--even briefly--were 56% less likely to reach type 2 levels. 

If you have pre-diabetes, here are four steps to help prevent or delay a diabetes diagnosis：Lose 7%of your body weight. That is about 15 pounds for the persons who weigh 200. Dropping that small percentage has been shown to lower the risk of developing type 2 by close to 60%. 

Exercise 30 minutes five days a week. Whether you do the 30 minutes in one shot or in three 10-minute sessions,the benefit is the same. Choose certain exercises,such as fast walking, playing tennis or lifting weights. Physical activity such as sweeping floors works,too.

 Turn to your doctor. In some cases,pre-diabetes raises the risk of heart disease and stroke by 50%. Your doctor may use some medicine to control your glucose(葡萄糖)levels and keep your blood pressure in check. 

Know your numbers. To see if your pre-diabetes is improving,have your blood sugar checked regularly. A fasting blood sugar of 100 to 125 mg/dl suggests pre-diabetes;126 mg/dl or above is diabetes;and below 100 is normal. Other tests,including glucose tolerance and AIC,also are used to monitor blood sugar. 

What do we learn from the two studies mentioned in Paragraph 1?