An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56
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An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.
James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia. He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father"s blood.
Mr. Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars.
He was also nicknamed the “man with the golden arm” or the “man in two million”. He said: “I"ve never thought about stopping. Never.” He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 litres of blood. “I was in hospital for three months,” he said. “The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18.”
Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition. The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother"s blood and her unborn baby"s blood. It stems from one having Rh-positive blood and the other Rh-negative.
His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. “They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of,” he said. “I wasn"t scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away.”
Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease.
It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now.
小题1:How old is James Harrison？小题2:What does the underlined phrase “two million” refer to?| A．babies | B．mothers | C．dollars | D．all of the above |
小题3: Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because _____.| A．his daughter asked him to help her son | | B．he has a golden arm worth a million dollars | | C．a vaccine called Anti-D is to be developed | | D．someone else’s blood saved his life |
小题4:The sentence “The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother"s blood and her unborn baby"s blood” (underlined in Paragraph 5) suggests that _____.| A．babies suffer permanent brain damage before born | | B．the mother and the baby have different types of blood | | C．Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage | | D．all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood |
小题5: What can we infer from the sixth paragraph?| A．Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous. | | B．His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then. | | C．Mr. Harrison was glad to help develop a new vaccine. | | D．His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests. |
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给四个选项（A、B、C、D）中选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Sam’s uncle had an old bird which sat in its cage all day. One day his uncle said, “It is too expensive to 36 that bird. We will get rid of it.” But Sam wanted to 37 the bird.
Sam’s grandfather told him that the bird was once a famous 38 bird. Now 39 people knew it. His grandfather took the bird out, and then quickly took his arms away. The bird opened its huge 40 and flew into the sky. After a few minutes, it 41 with a small rabbit, cut it open and started to 42 it.
The next morning, Sam asked his uncle out. Sam did 43 his grandfather had done, but the bird 44 to the ground and stood still. Sam’s uncle 45 . Later his grandfather told him that the bird only hunted in late afternoon when light was less 46 . Sam asked his uncle to come out before 47 . This time the bird caught a mouse. His uncle was quiet with 48 , but laughed again, “We can’t eat mice, so this bird is 49 .” And he sold the bird without telling Sam.
Before Sam found the bird was 50 , two angry men arrived in a car. They 51 his uncle and said, the bird couldn’t hunt and they wanted their money back. Sam’s uncle looked 52 and said, “I have spent it. But… don’t worry!” He 53 at Sam, “Sam will show you 54 to make the bird hunt! It’s a great bird, isn’t it, Sam?” Sam opened the door of the car and took out the 55 . It flew away and disappeared forever.
| 小题3: | | A．singing | B．sleeping | C．eating | D．hunting |
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| 小题5: | | A．mouth | B．wings | C．tail | D．eyes |
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| 小题6: | | A．dealt | B．returned | C．met | D．parted |
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| 小题7: | | A．watch | B．search | C．eat | D．help |
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| 小题9: | | A．fell | B．rose | C．walked | D．ran |
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| 小题10: | | A．shouted | B．cried | C．laughed | D．nodded |
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| 小题11: | | A．attractive | B．pleasant | C．poor | D．strong |
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| 小题12: | | A．bed | B．supper | C．lunch | D．breakfast |
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| 小题13: | | A．patience | B．surprise | C．joy | D．sadness |
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| 小题14: | | A．harmful | B．strange | C．cheap | D．useless |
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| 小题15: | | A．leaving | B．gone | C．dying | D．cooked |
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| 小题16: | | A．shouted at | B．smiled at | C．looked after | D．took after |
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| 小题17: | | A．impressed | B．worried | C．satisfied | D．bored |
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| 小题18: | | A．waved | B．pointed | C．aimed | D．jumped |
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| 小题20: | | A．money | B．coat | C．bird | D．everything |
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Peggy Hilt wanted to be a good mother. But day after day, she got out of bed feeling like a failure. No matter what she tried, she couldn’t connect with Nina, the 2-year -old girl she’d adopted from Russia as an infant （幼儿). The preschooler （学龄前儿童）pulled away whenever Hilt tried to hug or kiss her. Nina was physically aggressive with her 4-year-old sister, who had been adopted from Ukraine, and had violent tantrums（发脾气). Whenever Hilt wasn’t watching, she destroyed the family’s furniture and possessions. “Every day with Nina had become a struggle,” she recalls now.
As the girl grew older, things got worse. Hilt fell into a deep depression. She started drinking heavily, something she’d never done before. Ashamed, she hid her problem from everyone, including her husband.
On the morning of July 1, 2005, Hilt was packing for a family vocation, all the while swallowing one beer after another and growing increasingly angry and impatient with Nina’s deeds. “Everything she did just got to me,” Hilt said. When Hilt caught her reaching into her diaper（尿布）and smearing feces（粪便）on the walls and furniture, “a year and a half of frustration came to a head,” Hilt says. “I snapped（崩溃). I felt this uncontrollable rage.”
Then Hilt did something unthinkable. She grabbed Nina around the neck, shook her and then dropped her to the floor, where she kicked her repeatedly before dragging her up to her room, punching her as they went. “I had never hit a child before,” she says. “I felt horrible and promised myself that this would never happen again.” But it was too late for that. Nina woke up with a fever, and then started throwing up. The next day she stopped breathing. By the time the ambulance got the child to the hospital, she was dead.
Hilt is now serving a 19-year sentence for second-degree murder in a Virginia prison. She and her husband divorced, and he is raising their other daughter. She realizes the horror of her crime and says she isn’t looking for sympathy. “There is no punishment severe enough for what I did,” she told NEWSWEEK in an interview at the prison.
小题1: This story mainly tells us __________.| A．a cruel mother who killed her daughter | | B．a social problem of adoption | | C．a family problem in Western countries | | D．an unlucky child’s fortune |
小题2:How did Hilt let out her depression at the beginning?| A．By hitting her adopted girl. | | B．By showing her more love. | | C．By drinking heavily. | | D．By hugging and kissing her. |
小题3: What does the underlined sentence in Para.4 mean?| A．It was too late to hit the girl in order to make her good. | | B．It was too late to save the girl’s life. | | C．It was too late to regret hitting the girl. | | D．It was too late to regret adopting the girl. |
小题4:“NEWSWEEK” in the last sentence of this text refers to a __________.| A．magazine | B．journalist | C．book | D．policeman |
小题5: Why do some adoptions go so wrong？| A．It’s the kid’s fault. | B．It’s the mother’s fault. | | C．It’s the fault of the society. | D．The writer doesn’t mention the reason. |
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完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上涂黑。
“You will never walk again．You will have to use a wheelchair．” I heard his 36 fall heavily on my ears, numbing my soul．If I had never felt hopeless before, I felt hopeless then．
The car accident has left me unconscious．When 37 , I found both legs in casts（石膏）．While I had other serious injuries, my 38 were my first concern．Working as a special needs teacher and busy and active by nature, I couldn’t imagine being 39 in a wheelchair．
Lying in my bed, I wondered how I 40 give my ten-year-old son hope that mom would 41 ．He’d been cheerful on every visit, but I saw 42 in his eyes． He needed the ray of hope that I would not be in a wheelchair forever．
Just maybe, I thought, I could use this experience to teach him what to do when misfortune 43 ．
It didn’t take me long to become 44 with my limited movements and even with the pace the doctors were willing to go with me．I was determined to learn everything they showed me．
Every night in my private room, as soon as I knew I wouldn’t be 45 or discovered, I would move myself from the bed to the floor, 46 on to the bed rail（床栏杆） for dear life, and slowly putting my weight 47 my feet．After several weeks of such difficult 48 , my strength and confidence continued to 49 ．
It came the time to share my accomplishments with the person most 50 to me．One night, when I heard my son greet the nurses at the station, I 51 myself up．As he opened the door, I took a few small steps． 52 , he could only watch as I turned and started back to bed．All of the pain, the fear, and the struggle 53 as I heard the words I had longed to hear, “Mommy, you can walk!”
I am now able to walk alone, sometimes using a stick．I am able to take public transportation to shop and visit friends．My life has been blessed with many 54 of which I am proud．But none has ever brought me the satisfaction and joy 55 by those four little words of my son．
| 小题1: | | A．words | B．report | C．explanations | D．decision |
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| 小题2: | | A．hit | B．awakened | C．asked | D．discovered |
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| 小题3: | | A．legs | B．parents | C．activities | D．surroundings |
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| 小题4: | | A．placed | B．caught | C．carried | D．stuck |
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| 小题5: | | A．might | B．should | C．could | D．must |
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| 小题6: | | A．change | B．recover | C．adjust | D．succeed |
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| 小题7: | | A．curiosity | B．surprise | C．fear | D．puzzle |
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| 小题8: | | A．strikes | B．passes | C．continues | D．remains |
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| 小题9: | | A．familiar | B．strict | C．discouraged | D．impatient |
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| 小题10: | | A．punished | B．interrupted | C．accepted | D．protected |
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| 小题11: | | A．falling | B．setting | C．holding | D．ping |
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| 小题13: | | A．efforts | B．lessons | C．acts | D．curs |
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| 小题14: | | A．appear | B．survive | C．build | D．add |
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| 小题15: | | A．useful | B．important | C．popular | D．pleasant |
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| 小题16: | | A．opened | B．dressed | C．woke | D．dragged |
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| 小题17: | | A．Disappointed | B．Embarrassed | C．Frightened | D．Shocked |
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| 小题18: | | A．faded | B．spread | C．backed | D．sank |
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| 小题19: | | A．expectations | B．challenges | C．achievements | D．supports |
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| 小题20: | | A．proved | B．offered | C．taught | D．suggested |
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I had looked forward to this day for a long time．Finally I, Kirsty Sturart, would stand on the top of Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe．Although I climbed often in my native Scotland, this was my first trip to the Alps．My companions—Jean Pierre Barton, Maurice Gautier, and Mary Sargent—and I left our camp early and planned to reach the top by late morning．
As we neared the top, large clouds gathered and it began to snow．We found shelter and decided to wait for the snow to stop．After three hours, however, we decided to go back and try again the next day．We started down the mountain in the thick snow．Jean-Pierre forgot his sunglasses and went back to look for them．As he was returning to us, he started to fall．
His fall started an avalanche（雪崩） and it was falling towards us! I was swept away by the heavy snow. Jean-Pierre hurried down to me．“Are you OK?” he asked．
“I think I broke my leg,” I answered．
“I’d better radio for help!” he said．“Where are the others?” We couldn’t see Maurice or Mary anywhere．
Jean-Pierre called the emergency radio number, and the police said they would send help right away．It seemed like hours, but only minutes later we heard the welcome sound of a helicopter． The helicopter couldn’t land on the mountainside, so they lowered two men, two dogs, and a stretcher（担架）．One man ran to me, but I told him to search for the others．The dogs were trained for avalanche rescue and soon began to dig crazily in the snow．
Bernardo, the lead dog, found Mary’s scarf and led the rescuers to her．Maurice was nearby．The men gave us hot drinks and warm blankets and then prepared to lift us into the helicopter．Two men inside the helicopter pulled us up with the ropes．I went first on the stretcher．
Once we were safely inside, the helicopter flew to the hospital in Chamonix．Our poor rescuers and their dogs had to climb all the way back down the mountain．Later we would find these brave men and thank them for saving our lives．
小题1:What prevented the climbers from reaching the top?| A．The terrible weather． | | B．The loss of the sunglasses． | | C．The injury of the team members． | | D．The unexpected height of the mountain． |
小题2:How did the writer break his leg?| A．The road was covered with snow． | | B．His companion knocked into him． | | C．The heavy clouds blocked his view． | | D．The avalanche caused a fall for him． |
小题3:How did the writer feel while waiting for help?| A．Anxious． | B．Crazy． | C．Sorry． | D．Annoyed． |
小题4:What do we learn from the passage?| A．Mary was the leader of the team． | | B．The team was upset about their failure． | | C．It was several hours before the rescue team arrived ． | | D．The writer was excited thinking of climbing Mount Blanc． |
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This is an open letter to the three people who stole my handbag from the department store I am employed as a shop assistant ．
When you took my bag, I don"t know what you thought you were going to get．With my wages, there"s not much left on a Tuesday．I hope the ￡5 was useful to you ．I have informed the social security office so you won"t be able to cash the child benefit next week ．I hope that won"t leave you too short．But if you really need a couple of pounds, I suppose you could always cash one of the two checks left in my check book．Of course,I phoned the bank right away and the check-casing card is no longer valid, so it won’t be much use to you ．
Actually I don"t mind about the money too much．We single parents who work to support our families understand only too well what it means to be short of cash ．However, I don’t suppose it went very far among the three of you．Sorry about that!
I wish you had left the bag behind and just taken the wallet and check book．There were all kinds of papers in it, and notes and things that I really need．I really think that was very inconsiderate of you ．I mean, how would you like something like that to happen to you?
Well, perhaps the bag will turn up．It wasn"t even an expensive one．just a plain, old brown leather shoulder bag．You probably dumped it in the nearest rubbish bin or threw it into the bushes. We"ve looked around, of course, but no one saw which way you went after you left the shop．
I"m not really angry with you．I know how the pressures of modern living can affect us, but I am sad at the loss of my personal things．I feel violated and helpless．The police were very icy, and they just shrugged（耸） their shoulders．"It happens all the time," they told me ．Some small comfort, I suppose．But I"ve lost just a little more faith in human nature．And as my young son said when I told him what had happened, "Why? Mummy, why us?" I couldn"t answer that question．I wonder if you can．
小题1:In writing Paragraph 2, the writer wants to ．| A．describe the contents of the bag in detail． | | B．give some suggestions to the three thieves | | C．tell the thieves hardly any money was available | | D．state the fact that she was careless with the money |
小题2:Which of the following is the most valuable to the writer?| A．The cash in her bag． | B．The papers and notes in the bag． | | C．The handbag itself． | D．The check books in the bag． |
小题3:What can we conclude about the police?| A．They have doubts about human nature． | | B．They show sympathy for the woman． | | C．They think the case quite common． | | D．They are unable to find the thieves． |
小题4:Why does the author write the letter?| A．To give the thieves a serious warning． | | B．To complain about the fall of morality． | | C．To call people’s attention to their belongings． | | D．To express her affection for her valuable bag． |
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