_________ (17)
A.alter
B.evolve
C.develop
D.change

B. Reading comprehension: Read the text and choose the best answer.
A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week. The researchers at Harvard Medical School in Bostonhave just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women. Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men. The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years. The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not.
Most of the earlier studies have been done on __________.
A.babies
B.children
C.women
D.men

B. Reading comprehension: Read the text and choose the best answer.
A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week. The researchers at Harvard Medical School in Bostonhave just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women. Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men. The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years. The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not.
The word suffering is closest in meaning to _________.
A.training
B.experiencing
C.resulting
D.receiving

Susan, remember to apply this sun cream ______ two hours.
A.every
B.each
C.some
D.several

He gave ______ his job in order to go back to university.
A.in
B.up
C.out
D.away

The police have begun an ______ into the accident which happened this afternoon.
A.investigating
B.investigation
C.investigatory
D.investigate

College students are becoming less dependent ______ their teachers.
A.on
B.to
C.of
D.with

______ he was tired, he still watched the final match on TV.
A.Despite
B.Because B. Because C. Though D. However
C.Though
D.However

That cannot be a true story. He ______ it up.
A.can have made
B.must have made
C.should have made
D.would have made

II. GRAMMAR, VOCABULARY AND COMMUNICATIVE FUNCTIONS
Choose the best answer.
Collecting stamps from _________ envelopes is my hobby.
A.occupied
B.interested
C.discarded
D.accomplished