Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his

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Microsoft founder Bill Gates said that he planned to give away almost all of his vast^① fortune, largely to the cause of global health, during the course of his lifetime. With an estimated^②worth of more than $ 40 billion, according to Forbes, the project will be no small feat^③for Gates. Having already provided the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation with $ 24 billion to address global health issues, Gates said that eventually his entire fortune will be put towards the cause except “a few percent left for the kids.”
So what has made the richest man in the world to channel his resources so heavily into one interest? Gates believes that “the equality of opportunity” in which Americans take such pride needs to extend to other nations around the world. Improving the health of the populations, he says, has proven to be an essential method in helping poor countries to be financially^④ successful. “National borders allow inequalities,” said Gates, “We all need to take a more global view, rather than just saying my country is doing well. We have to step up these health issues, knowing how few resources are going into them.”
Gates said that both his parents set good examples to him as a child. His father, William H. Gates, was the head of the local Planned Parenthood, and his mother, Mary, volunteered for the United Way. As he gathered his fortune, Gates knew he would eventually want to give back as well, but he didn’t expect to devote himself whole-heartedly to one project until he was about 60.
However, Gates, 47, began to question his ability to wait that long. “It seemed there was a real time urgency,” Gates said, “I started to think, how many lives could I save before then?”
Notes:
①    vast adj. 巨额的
②    estimate v. 估计，估价
③    feat n. 功绩，壮举
④    financially adv. 财政上，金融上
Choose the best answers according to the above:
小题1: Why will Bill Gates give away his vast fortune?

A．to improve the health of population in America alone

B．to improve the health of population all over the world

C．to avoid leaving his children too much money

D．to spare the American government the burden of health care

小题2:According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A．Americans should care about people in other countries

B．Americans should treat fellow citizens well

C．Americans should devote themselves to certain projects

D．Americans can be world-famous by giving away vast fortune

小题3:Bill Gates gave away his vast fortune earlier than he had expected because of __.

A．his weakening health condition

B．his parents’ suggestions

C．his great success in business

D．his concerns for suffering people

小题4:According to the passage, which word can be used to describe Bill Gates?

A．brave

B．kind-hearted

C．strong-minded

D．confident

答案

小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
小题4:B

解析

小题1:细节理解题。从第二段第三句Improving the health of the populations可知正确答案。
小题2:推理判断题。从第二段后两句可以推断，盖茨认为美国人应该关心其他国家的人们。
小题3:推理判断题。从最后一段可以推测，他之所以提前捐献出他的财产是因为他很关心广大的受苦受难的人们。
小题4:推理判断题。从文章描述的内容我们知道，比尔盖茨把巨大的财富捐献出来，用于帮助世界各地需要帮助的人们，充分说明他极富有爱心，非常善良。

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It came as something of a surprise when Diana, Princess of Wales, made a trip t Angola in 1997, to support the Red Cross’s campaign for a total ban on all anti-personnel landmine landmines(地雷)Within hours of arriving in Angola, television screens around the world were filled with images of her comforting victims injured in explosions caused by landmines. “I knew the statistics,” she said. “But putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me; like when I met Sandra, a 13-year-old girl who had lost her leg, and people like her.”
The Princess concluded with a simple message: “We must stop landmines”. And she used every opportunity during her visit to repeat this message.
But, back in London, her views were not shared by some members of the British government, which refused to support a ban on these weapons. Angry politicians launched an attack on the Princess in the press. They described her as “very ill-informed” and a “loose cannon”(乱放炮的人).
The Princess responded by brushing aside the criticisms: “This is a distraction(干扰), we do not need. All I’m trying to do is help.”
Opposition parties, the media and the public immediately voiced their support for the Princess. To make matters worse for the government, it soon emerged(显现出来)that the Princess’s trip had been approved by the Foreign Office, and that she was in fact very well-informed about both the situation in Angola and the British government’s policy regarding landmines. The result was a severe embarrassment for the government.
To try and limit the damage, the Foreign Secretary, Malcolm Rifkidnd, claimed that the Princess’s views on landmines were not very different from government policy, and that it was “working towards” a worldwide ban. The Defense Secretary, Michael Portillo, claimed the matter was “a misinterpretation or misunderstanding.”
For the Princess, the trip to this war-torn country was an excellent opportunity to use her popularity to show the world how much destruction and suffering landmines can cause. She said that the experience had also given her the chance to get closer to people an their problems.
小题1:Princess Diana paid a visit to Angola in 1997

A．to clarify(澄清)the British government’s stand on landmines

B．to establish her image as a friend of landmine victims

C．to investigate the sufferings of landmine victims there

D．to voice her support for a total ban of landmines

小题2:What did Diana mean when she said “…putting a face to those figures brought the reality home to me”(Line 5, Para. 1)?

A．Meeting the landmine victims in person made her believe the statistics.

B．She just couldn’t bear to meet the landmine victims face to face.

C．The actual situation in Angola made her like going back home.

D．Seeing the pain of the victims made her realize the seriousness of the situation.

小题3:Some members of the British government criticized Diana because

A．They were actually opposed to banning landmines.

B．She was ill-informed of the government’s policy.

C．She had not consulted the government before the visit.

D．They believed that she had misinterpreted the situation in Angola.

小题4:How did Diana respond to the criticisms?

A．She made more appearances on TV.

B．She paid no attention to them.

C．She rose to argue with her opponents.

D．She met the 13-year-old girl as planned.

小题5:What did Princess Diana think of her visit to Angola?

A．It had caused embarrassment to the British government.

B．It had greatly promoted her popularity.

C．It had brought her closer to the ordinary people.

D．It had affected her relations with the British government.

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On the New York set of the film Hide and Seek, ten-year-old Dakota Fanning spends her time playing a deeply disturbed girl who deals with her mother"s suicide (自***) by creating an imaginary friend, who may not frighten her family.
Today, though, she has the day off. "This week I only worked two days,"says Fanning, sitting in a sofa in her hotel"s library, "but I get bored when I"m not working. Especially because it"s cold here and I can"t do anything, you know? So, I"ve been knitting (编织) --- all day, every day."The actress, who"s held her own opposite Oscar winners such as Sean Penn and Denzel Washington, recently mastered the fine art of scarves (围巾). Though she"s about ready to move on to hats, she first plans to make a souvenir (纪念品) scarf for Robert De Niro, who plays her father in the film. "He"s the nicest guy you"d ever meet in your entire life,"she says, her voice dropping to a whisper. "I would make him a brown one.”
Like any other fifth-grader, Fanning spends several hours a day going to school. In addition to her personal trailer (活动住房) --- which is kept well-supplied with hot chocolate packets, lemon Gatorade, and a TV that doesn"t always work --- she has another trailer where her teacher, Jan, conducts classes in history, spelling, reading, math, science and health. "We have this big board where we have a calendar (日历),"Fanning says. "When we were here in January, I wrote the calendar in all blue. February was red, and March was green.”
On this particular morning, she had a spelling test. "There was a topic for each of the word lists,"she says, sitting on her knees. "This one was flowers --- they were all names like oxygen, carbon dioxide, chrysanthemum (菊花)..."Chrysanthemum? "Well, they didn"t make me spell that one. They just had me fill in the ‘e". But I can spell it: c-h-r-y-s-a-n-t-h-e-m-u-m.”
小题1:Which of the following is NOT true?

A．Dakota Fanning is a young gifted actress.

B．Dakota Fanning is a lonely orphan.

C．Dakota Fanning is a creative pupil.

D．Dakota Fanning has many interests.

小题2: Dakota Fanning has to knit all day in order to _____.

A．kill time

B．make money

C．master a skill

D．make a scarf for her boyfriend

小题3:By saying that "He"s the nicest guy you"d ever meet in your entire life”, Dakota Fanning really means that _____.

A．she is the daughter of Robert De Niro

B．she has fallen in love with Robert De Niro

C．she is in love with Robert De Niro

D．she admires Robert De Niro very much

小题4:What would be the best title for the text?

A．Dakota Fanning"s Role

B．Dakota Fanning"s Knitting Art

C．Dakota Fanning"s Day Off

D．Dakota Fanning"s Spelling Test

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I am my mother’s third child. When I was born, her doctor gently explained to my mother that my left arm was    41   , below the elbow (肘部). Then he gave her some    42  . “Don’t treat her any    43   from the other girls. Demand more.” And she    44  .
My mother had to work to support our family. There were five girls in our family and we all had to    45  . Once when I was about seven, I came out of the    46  , “Mom, I can’t peel (削皮) potatoes. I only have one hand.”
“You get back to peel those potatoes, and don’t ever use that as a(n)    47   for anything again!”
Of course I could peel potatoes with my good hand while holding them down with my other arm. There was always a    48  , and Mom knew it. “If you try hard 49  ,” she’d say, “You can do anything.”
Once in the second grade, our teacher had each of us race across the monkey bars (高低杠). When it was my turn, I    50   my head. Some kids    51  . I went home crying.
After work the next afternoon, Mom took me to the school play-ground.
“Now, pull up with your right arm,” she advised. She stood by as I practiced, and she    52    me when I made progress.
I’ll never forget the    53   time I was crossing the bars. The kids were standing there with their mouths open.
It was the way with everything. When I    54   I can’t handle (处理) things, I see Mom’s smile again. She had the heart to    55   anything. And she taught me I could, too.
41. A. missing               B. broken                 C. diseased            D. short
42. A. warning                B. medicine             C. help                 D. advice
43. A. badly                 B. differently         C. well                  D. normally
44. A. did                      B. refused          C. cried               D. was
45. A. find out                B. work out             C. carry out          D. help out
46. A. kitchen              B. bedroom        C. house               D. school
47. A. idea                   B. change               C. excuse               D. tool
48. A. chance               B. way                 C. time                 D. success
49. A. enough              B. too                  C. again               D. often
50. A. hurt                   B. nodded             C. shook               D. turned
51. A. cheered               B. whispered          C. joked               D. laughed
52. A. helped               B. raised               C. praised              D. protected
53. A. first                    B. last                  C. wondered         D. next
54. A. admit                B. fear                 C. find                 D. realize
55. A. face                   B. teach                C. learn                D. solve

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Devra Davis was an American epidemiologist (流行病学家) and writer. In When Smoke Ran Like Water, Devra Davis takes the reader from killer smoke to the serious problems of the present including breast cancer and climate change. Davis has been devoted to decreasing illness and loss of life from environmental pollution for decades. She is determined not to let figures and numbers hide the people whose lives are in danger.
One of the things that makes When Smoke Ran Like Water, her book on the battle against pollution, so powerful is that she hasn’t just only studied the statistics (数字统计), but she’s lived them. As a child in the Monongahela River town, she survived the 1948 smog (烟雾) pollution that was reported to have killed 20 people. She writes, “The 50 people who died in the month following decade are nowhere counted. And there is no counting of the thousands called the non-killed － all those who went on to suffer in various poorly understood ways.”
For Davis, counting counts. She focuses on epidemiology, the science which is rooted in numbers. Her book is a series of related stories, which uses a convincing (具有说服力的) method to support her conclusions. For anyone interested in the future of human health, When Smoke Ran Like Water also provides a valuable basis for understanding and action.
67. We can learn from the text that Davis cares most about_____.
A. the measures taken by governments to fight environmental pollution
B. the lasting damage to health caused by environmental pollution
C. the number of people died in environmental pollution
D. the environmental pollution caused by the smog in 1948
68.The author thinks that When Smoke Ran Like Water is a powerful book because_______.
A. Davis was an expert in the study of pollution
B. Davis used real numbers to study pollution
C. Davis was good at writing interesting stories
D. Davis put her real-life experience into the book
69. What kind of method is used by Davis to support the conclusion?
A. The reasoning method B. The storytelling method
C. The statistic method D. The experiment method
70. The purpose of the text is to________.
A. show the damage caused by pollution
B. explain why When Smoke Ran Like Water is popular
C. introduce When Smoke Ran Like Water to readers
D. tell the life of the American writer Devra Davis

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I"ll be the first to admit that I am a technophobe(对技术有恐惧感的人）.Who would have guessed that a website would help repay a 20-year-old loan?
I"1l always remember my last day at school. My best friend, Jenny, had organized a party in the Sixth
Form Common Room;
Jenny asked me to go to the supermarket with her to buy all the snacks. "I"m really looking forward to this party, Stingy," she said. Everyone called me Stingy instead of Debbie because they thought I didn"t like to spend money. Actually, it was true.
"There"s lots of money in the kitty(零星凑起的一笔钱）. Let"s go crazy!" Going crazy meant buying enough snacks to feed an army. It came to ￡ 19.90,which was a lot of money in 1982.
Jenny gave me a guilty( 内疚的) look. "I"ve left-the kitty money in the common room. Can you pay and I"ll give you back the money?"
"Sure," I replied, trying to look relaxed. " Neither a lender or a borrower be" was my motto but I didn"t want to look stingy(小气). I gave ￡20 to the impatient shop assistant.
Well, the Party was a great success. So great that I completely forgot about my loan until I was flying to America the next day. I was going to live with my uncle"s family until I started university.
I tried to get in touch with Jenny but her family had moved. My ￡20 was lost. Until...
I"d heard about a website called Friends Reunited which helped people contact old school friends. My husband helped me log on and find my school. There she was,Jenny Frost.
I"m now married with a beautiful daughter called Debbie. Does anyone know how to get in touch with Debbie "Stingy" Jones? I still owe her ￡20!
We met two months later and the ￡20 was returned, plus interest(利息)of course. After all, I"m a bank manager now, so loans are my business.
小题1:Why did Jenny spend a lot of money on the snacks?

A．Debbie had money.	B．There was money she could use.
C．She wanted Debbie to stop being stingy.	D．She wanted to be crazy.

小题2: How did Debbie get her money at last?

A．Her husband found Jenny.	B．Jenny had a website on the Internet.
C．Debbie met Jenny.	D．Debbie put a message on the Friends Reunited website.

小题3:We know from the passage that Jenny .

A．liked parties at school and felt guilty about borrowing money

B．had fun at school but soon forgot about her school friends

C．forgot her best friend at school until she saw the Friends Reunited website

D．was forgetful about the money

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