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★new weapon to fight cancer1.British scientists are preparing to launch trials of a radical new way to fight cancer, which kills tumours by infecting them with viruses like the common cold.2.If succ...

★How a Frenchman is reviving McDonald’s in EuropeA. When Denis Hennequin took over as the European boss of McDonald’s in January 2004, the world’s biggest restaurant chain was showing signs of...

★Sun’s fickle heart may leave us cold25 January 2007From New Scientist Print Edition.Stuart Clark1.There’s a dimmer switch inside the sun that causes its brightness to rise and fall on timescale...

★Food agency takes on industry over junk labelsFelicity LawrenceThursday December 28，2006The Guardian1.Consumers are to be presented with two rival new year advertising campaigns as the Food Stand...

This reading test contains 14 questions. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.To make it more authentic, download the test and do it with pen and paper.Read the passage below and answer 14 q...

This reading test contains 11 questions. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.To make it more authentic, download the test and do it with pen and paper.Read the passage below and answer 11 q...

People often ask which is the most difficult language to learn， and it is not easy to answer because there are many factors to take into consideration. Firstly， in a first language the differences...

“Business is war.” The traditional language of business certainly makes it sound that way： winning the competition， getting market share， beating up suppliers， locking up customers. There ...

Here‘s an unusual story：a diamond ring was recently found in an egg.The magician，Liu Qian，discovered it，in front of an audience of millions at CCTV’s Spring Festival Gala.Liu‘s magic tri...

From The Economist print editionHow shops can exploit people’s herd mentality to increase sales1. A TRIP to the supermarket may not seem like an exercise in psychological warfare—but it is. Shopke...