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NANJING, Nov. 4 (Xinhua) ? Xi Jinping and Ma Ying-jeou will shake hands in their historic meeting scheduled in Singapore on Saturday, head of the Taiwan Affairs Office of the State Council said on Wednesday.

The two-part meeting includes one session open to the media and another behind closed doors, said Zhang Zhijun, who is also head of the Taiwan Work Office of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, when interviewed at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait.

According to Zhang, Xi and Ma, as "leaders of the two sides" of the Taiwan Strait, will exchange views during the closed-door meeting.

After the meeting, press conferences will be held by both sides. Later, the two leaders are expected to attend a dinner, said Zhang.

Zhang said the meeting will lift cross-Strait communication to a new high.

The landmark meeting is a breakthrough in face-to-face exchange and communication between the leaders across the Taiwan Strait after the relationship became strained following the events of 1949.

Zhang said the meeting will improve mutual trust and allow for an exchange of opinions on handling the cross-Strait ties.

In addition, the meeting will help strengthen the 1992 Consensus(共识), which was reached in talks between the two sides in 1992 and recognizes the one-China principle, and safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties, according to Zhang.

Zhang added that the scheduled meeting will also benefit regional peace and stability.

Also at Wednesday's summit, Chiang Pin-kung, former chairman of the Taiwan-based Straits Exchange Foundation, hailed the upcoming meeting between the two leaders as a milestone for cross-Strait ties.

Chiang told the media that he believed the meeting will give a boost to the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

29. According to the article, the meeting of the two leaders will _____.

be held at the Zijinshan Summit for Entrepreneurs across the Taiwan Strait

be the first face-to-face communication between people across the Taiwan Strait

improve mutual trust and benefit regional peace and development

be all open to the media

30. Which of the following statements about the 1992 Consensus is not true?

A. It was reached in 1992.

B. It is an agreement between China and Japan.

C. It recognizes the one-China principle.

D. It safeguards the peaceful development of cross-Strait ties.

31. Which of the following can best substitute the word “hailed” in the last paragraph but one?

A. was impressed with B. was concerned about

C. sang high praise for D. got well prepared for

32. Which might be the right sequence of the following events?

a. The two leaders shake hands in front of the media.

b.The two leaders hold press conferences.

c.The two leaders exchange views during the closed-door meeting.

d.The two leaders have dinner together.

A. a; c; b; d B. a; b; c; d

C. a; d; b; c D. b; a; c; d

D

Researchers found that women who had given birth might have a reduced risk of death from several common conditions than those who had not, according to a study released Friday by the Imperial College London (ICL).

The study, led by ICL researchers, was published in the journal BMC Medicine. It investigates the association between the so-called reproductive factors ? such as having children and breastfeeding ? and a woman's risk of death.

Researchers analyzed data from 322,972 women across 10 countries, including the UK, France, Germany and Sweden, with an average age of 50. Each woman was followed for an average of 12.9 years. During this period, there were 14,383 deaths overall, which included 5,938 deaths from cancer and 2,404 deaths from circulatory system diseases, according to the study.

The team compared reproductive factors with risk of death from several common conditions, such as breast cancer, stroke and heart disease.

The researchers found that women who had given birth had a 20 percent reduced risk of death than those who had not. It was also found that there was a reduced risk of death (eight percent) in women who had breastfed compared to those who did not.

The risk of death from cancer was lower in those that had given birth compared to those that had not. Within this group, the risk was reduced even further in women that gave birth to two or three children in comparison to those who had only one child.

"Hormonal mechanisms may explain the lower risk of death that we observed with breastfeeding, and having given birth, as these factors are associated with changes in hormone levels," said Dr Melissa Merritt from ICL, who led the study.

According to the passage, the risk of death from cancer is the lowest in women who _______.

have given birth to more than one child.

have given birth to no child.

have given birth to one child.

have breastfed.

According to the research, if a woman has given birth and breastfed, her risk of death will decrease by_____.

20% B. 12% C. 28% D. 16%

Which of the following might be one of the findings of the research?

Several common conditions lead to women’s death.

Having children might reduce women’s risk of death from some diseases.

Reproductive factors are associated with changes in hormone levels.

Women who have given birth live longer than those who have not.