24年6月四级听力原文 NEWS 1 Six people had to move away from their home toanother place after a fire broke out in a building onMain Street Saturday,officials said.Firefightersresponded to the three story building shortly after 1 pm. for a reported structure fire. According to NorwalkDeputy Fire Chief Adam Markiewicz. Markiewicz said crews encountered heavy smokecoming from the second floor when they arrived. Ateam of about 25 firefighters then spent about 25minutes extinguishing the flames. Officials describedthe structure as a mixed use building that featurescommercial businesses onthe first floor andresidential on the second and third floors. Town records list four apartments in the building. Dueto smoke and heat damage, the four apartments weredeclared uninhabitable, and the six residents had tomove to another place, officials said. No iniuries werereported in connection with the fire. The Norwalk FireMarshal is investigating the cause and origin of thefire. Q1: Why did the 6 residents have to find another placeto stay? Q2:What does the news report say the Norwalk FireMarshal is doing? NEWS 2 A new study has cast doubt onhistoric researchsuggesting that the season or month of someone's birth isassociated with an increased risk of certain mental healthconditions. The study looks at symptoms of anxiety anddepression among more than 70,000 older adults inEurope. A number of past studies have found the linkbetween season of birth and mental health diagnoses. Researchers have suggested that such links could arisefrom various things. These include nutrient intake, sunexposure,climate, and disease exposure varying across thecourse of the year. However, evidence has been mixed.More recent studies have suggested that factors such associal class or economic background have more to do withthese diagnoses than month of birth. Overall, the new study found no significant relationshipbetween participants month of birth and symptoms ofdepression or anxiety. There was some variability in somecountries.In Poland,depressive symptoms fluctuated alittle depending on birth month. In the Czech Republic, thesame was true of anxiety symptoms. But on the whole.there was no systematic pattern. Q3:What have a number of past studies found aboutseason of birth? Q4:What did the new study find about the relationshipbetween participants'month of birth and symptoms of depression?上一页 [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] 下一页
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