Jim suffered heart problems. In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was
drawing to a close.
When his heart  problems led to an operation, Jim went through it successfully, and a full recovery
was expected. Within days, however, his heart was not beating properly. Jim was rushed back to
operation, but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness. He died on the operating table on
the day before his 48th birthday.
Dr. Bruce Smoller, a psychologist, had had many conversations with him, and the more he learned,
the stranger he realized Jim"s case was. When Jim was a child, his father, a teacher, suffered a heart
attack and stayed home to recover. One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework,
promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up. His father agreed, but when Jim returned
his father had died. Jim"s father was 48.
"I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father," Dr. Smoller says. "He felt that if he had not
asked him to look at his homework, his father would not have lived. Jim had been troubled by the idea.
The operation was the trial he had expected for forty years." Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not
to live to the age of 48.
Jim"s case shows the powerful role that attitude plays in physical health, and that childhood
experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups. Although most cases are less
direct than Jim"s, studies show that childhood events, besides genes, may well cause such midlife
diseases as cancer, heart disease and mental illness.
1. Jim was rushed back to operation because .
A. his heart didn"t work well
B. he expected a full recovery
C. his life was drawing to a close
D. the first one wasn"t well performed
2. What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim"s case?
A. Jim died at a young age.
B. Jim died on the operating table.
C. Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.
D. Jim"s death is closely connected with his father"s.
3. From Smoller"s words, we can infer that .
A. Jim"s father cared little about his study
B. Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father
C. Jim thought he would be punished some day
D. Smoller believed Jim wouldn"t live to the age of 48
4. Which of the following could have strong effect on one"s physical health according to the text?
a．One"s genes. b．One"s life in childhood. c．One"s physical education.
d．The date of one"s birthday. e．The opinions one has about something. |
答案
| 1-4: ADCB |
举一反三
| 完形填空 | It was a cold winter"s night when I stopped for gas on my way home from work. I was tired and had
a slight 1 .
I worked in a 2 doctor"s office and this was one of those days when the unexpected happened,
making the schedule run 3 than usual. It seemed I was going to be late 4 home and my husband,
being the 5 person, would be ready to pronounce me late once again. Maybe 6 I hurried, I could
still make it home.
I was heading inside to 7 for my gas when I noticed an older couple at the counter. I heard them
asking for 8 to the local hospital. It was the same hospital that I had just 9 a few minutes ago.
The young man at the counter was trying to be 10 in explaining how to get there, with two other
people making 11 . One of them was 12 trying to give them a whole different route back. It was
then that I walked over to the couple and said, "Would you like to follow me to the 13 ?"
A look of 14 crossed the woman"s face.
"I"m going right by there," I said, which wasn"t a(an) 15 since I had just made up my mind to do
16 that.
I got in my car and began the journey back. I was trying to watch to be sure they were right 17 me.
It took only fifteen minutes to get there as rush hour traffic was beginning to 18 . I felt better than I had
all day and my headache was nearly gone.
Later, as I arrived home, my husband 19 , "So you aren"t ever late any more."
I said, "Sometimes it"s 20 to be late." | ( )1.A. break
( )2.A. foreign
( )3.A. earlier
( )4.A. getting
( )5.A. tough
( )6.A. as
( )7.A. pay
( )8.A. opinions
( )9.A. reached
( )10. A. skilled
( )11. A. comments
( )12. A. only
( )13. A. station
( )14. A. panic
( )15. A. duty
( )16. A. partly
( )17. A. across
( )18. A. go up
( )19. A. teased
( )20. A. possible | B. fever
B. common
B. later
B. cooking
B. punctual
B. since
B. change
B. trouble
B. visited
B. helpful
B. promises
B. still
B. office
B. relief
B. fact
B. properly
B. before
B. die down
B. shouted
B. special | C. cold
C. busy
C. easier
C. calling
C. generous
C. while
C. wait
C. directions
C. called
C. experienced
C. jokes
C. even
C. hospital
C. sadness
C. reason
C. exactly
C. beside
C. speed up
C. burst
C. good | D. headache
D. noisy
D. simpler
D. working
D. careful
D. if
D. search
D. money
D. left
D. active
D. offers
D. ever
D. hotel
D. peace
D. lie
D. perfectly
D. behind
D. turn down
D. laughed
D. safe | | 完形填空 | It took George quite a while to find a 1 place for his car and in the end he had to leave it in a narrow
street, 2 from the dentist"s. As he got out, he glanced at his 3 . His appointment(约会)was at five
and he still had twenty minutes to 4 . He crossed into the square and 5 on a bench, partly to 6
the last of the atternoon sun, 7 to calm his nerves(神经). He hated these visits 8 the dentist(牙医).
As he sat there, watching the children at play and 9 to the old women talking to each other, he
turned around to see a red car like his own come out of the 10 where he had parked. The car
gathered speed and was soon 11 of sight. George 12 in his pockets for the keys:
They were not there. "My car!" he cried 13 a loud voice, which made several people stare at
him. He got up and ran across the 14 and then down the narrow street.
His car was not to be seen-but then he discovered it concealed (被隐藏) 15 a large one. He was
relieved (使宽慰) to find his 16 , still in his car.
By the time he reached the dentist"s it was already five. "I had rather an odd (奇特的) 17 ," he
said to the dentist to explain his 18 "I thought my car had been
19 "
"It"s quite 20 sir," said the dentist. "As a matter of fact I have only just got here myself." | ( )1. A. leaving
( )2. A. in a way
( )3. A. watch
( )4. A. leave
( )5. A. stopped
( )6. A. shine
( )7. A. but also
( )8. A. by
( )9. A. listen
( )10. A. car
( )11. A.disappeared
( )12. A.looked
( )13. A. with
( )14. A.square
( )15. A. with
( )16. A. bags
( )17. A. chance
( )18. A.carelessness
( )19. A. robbed
( )20. A. true | B. parking (停车)
B. far away
B. teeth
B. sit
B. stepped
B. enjoy
B. so
B of
B. listening
B. place
B. out
B. felt
B. at
B. hospital
B. behind
B. money
B. luck
B. reason
B. stolen
B. good | C. wide
C. some way
C. car
C. spare
C. stood
C. get
C. in order
C. to
C. to listen
C. street
C. left
C. found
C. in
C. street
C. after
C. keys
C. thing
C. lateness
C. lost
C. often | D. special
D. near
D. place
D.see the doctor
D. sat down
D. receive
D. for
D. with
D. listened
D. way
D. lost
D. searched
D. by
D. bench
D. in
D. card
D. experience
D. car
D. there
D. all right | | 阅读理解 | In the spring of 1926, Yan Qingbao, a 43-year-old farmer, discovered a circular piece of jade(玉)
while digging a hole. Driven by curiosity, he dug deeper and found a group of about 400 colourful jade
pieces.
At the time, he had no idea that his discovery would be as important as other wonders of the world
such as China"s Great Wall and Egypt"s pyramids. Since then more than 10000 relics, dating back to
between 5000 and 3000 BC have been unearthed at Shanxingdui. These relics include gold, pottery,
bone tools and ivory objects. They prove that Shanxingdui contains the ruins of an ancient city that was
once thepolitical, economic and cultural center of the ancient Shu Kingdom-the old name for Sichuan.
It has helped modern historians realize that Sichuan"s human history goes back more than 5000 years. And, located on the upper part of the Yangtze River, the site challenges the common. idea that Chinese
civilization rose from a single source-the Yellow River valley.
Shanxingdui was named the Scientific Education Base for China"s Youth in March this year.
But still, only four of the Shanxingdui Ruins 12 square kilometers have been uncovered. Who knows
what other big surprises are waiting to be shown to the world.
1. The farmer dug a hole and found a group of about 400 colourful jade pieces because___.
A. he wanted to look for treasure
B. he was curious about it
C. he knew there were many relics in the hole
D. he wanted to be famous for doing so
2. The underlined word "challenge" here means___.
A. change
B. agree with
C. compete with
D. disappoint
3. The main idea of the passage is___.
A. Shanxingdui was named the Scientific Education Base for China"s Youth
B. Shanxingdui was once the political, economic and cultural center of the ancient Shu Kingdom
C. the importance of the discovery of Shanxingdui
D. it has helped modern historians realize that Shichuan"s human history goes back more than
5000 years
4. Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. About 10400 relics have been unearthed at Shanxingdui.
B. The farmer didn"t know his discovery would be as important as other wonders of the world.
C. Modern historians realize that Sichuan"s human history goes back more than 5000 years.
D. Chinese civilization rose from a single source-the Yellow River valley. | | 阅读理解 | Some time ago I discovered that one of my chairs had a broken leg. I didn"t think there would be any
difficulty in getting it mended, as there are a whole lot of antique (古董) shops near my home. So I left
home one morning carrying the chair with me. I went into the first shop expecting a friendly reception. I
was quite wrong. The man wouldn"t even look at my chair.
The second shop, though slightly more polite, was just the same, and the third and the fourth- so I
decided that my approach must be wrong. I entered the fifth shop with a plan in my mind. I placed the
chair on the floor and said to the shopkeeper, "Would you like to buy a chair?" "Twenty pounds," I
said. "OK,"he said. "l"ll give you twenty pounds." "It"s got a slightly broken leg," I said. "Yes, I saw that.
It"s nothing."
Everything was going according to the plan and I was getting excited. "What will you do with it?" I
asked. "Oh, it will be easy to sell once the repair is done. " "I"ll buy it," I said. "What do you mean?
You"ve just sold it to me," he said. "Yes, I know but I"ve changed my mind. I am sorry. I"ll give you
twenty-seven pounds for it." " You must be crazy," he said. Then, suddenly the penny dropped. "I
know what you want. You want me to repair your chair."
"You"re right," I said. "And what would you have done if I had walked in and said, "Would you
mend this chair for me?"" "I wouldn"t have agreed to do it," he said. "We don"t do repairs, not enough
money in it and too much trouble. But l"ll mend this for you. Shall we say for a fiver?" He was a very
nice man and was greatly amused by the whole thing.
1. We can learn from the text that in the first shop the writer___.
A. was rather impolite
B. was warmly received
C. asked the shopkeeper to buy his chair
D. asked the shopkeeper to repair his chair
2. The underlined word "approach" in the second paragraph means___.
A. plan for dealing with things
B. decision to sell tings
C. idea of repairing things
D. way of doing things
3. The expression "the penny dropped" in the last paragraph means the shopkeeper____.
A. changed his mind
B. accepted the offer
C. saw the writer"s purpose
D. decided to help the writer
4. How much did the writer pay?
A. 5.
B. 7.
c. 20.
D. 27.
5. From the text, we can learn that the writer was___.
A. honest
B. careful
C. smart
D. funny | | 阅读理解。 | In 1937, Disney"s cartoon, Snow White and Seven Dwarfs, was produced. It was the first full-length
movie cartoon ever made. The film remains popular today. Snow White was followed by a number of other
cartoon films, including Pinocchio, Fantasia and Bambi.
In 1950, Disney"s company began to make non-cartoon films of the best novels in the world for young
people. The company became not only one of the main producers of films but also a publisher (出版商) of
books for children.
In 1955, Disney opened a large amusement park called Disneyland in Los Angeles. Very quickly the park
became an attractive place for both men and women, young and old.
Disney died in 1966. He didn"t live to see the opening of another Disney amusement park. The new park,
opened in Florida in 1971, is called Walt Disney World. It is even larger than Disneyland and has become one
of the world"s most popular holiday places.
In both of the parks, visitors can ride, walk, or boat as they like. There is fairyland (仙境), where you can
meet the characters from fairy tales and Disney"s cartoons and films. If you want something more exciting,
you may experience your own adventures (冒险).
Since its opening, Disney World has been made larger and larger. It is made up of several wonderful and
magic parts. Besides, Disney amusement parks have been built in other parts of the world. Tokyo Disneyland,
for example, was opened to public in 1983. | | 1. Disneyland was successful, because ______. | | [ ] | A. it became an attractive place for both men and women, young and old
B. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs was popular
C. people could not only see films but also read books there
D. there were few amusement centers at that time | | 2. Which of the following words can be used to describe Disney? | | [ ] | A. Nervous.
B. Common.
C. Successful.
D. Unknown. | | 3. Which of the following is true? | | [ ] | A. Disney died before the 1960s.
B. Disney died before Walt Disney World was set up in Florida.
C. Snow White and Seven Dwarfs were not produced by Disney.
D. Walt Disney world is smaller than it used to be. | | 4. "Both of the parks" in Paragraph 5 refers to parks ______. | | [ ] | A. in New York and in Los Angeles
B. in Los Angeles and in Florida
C. in Florida and in Tokyo
D. in Tokyo and in Los Angeles | 最新试题
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