Jack Andraka from Maryland won the grand prize at the 2012 Intel International S

Jack Andraka from Maryland won the grand prize at the 2012 Intel International S

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Jack Andraka from Maryland won the grand prize at the 2012 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair. It is the largest high school science competition in the world. The Maryland teenager is the youngest winner of the $75,000 prize. He was chosen from among 1,500 students in 70 countries.Jack Andraka invented a test for pancreatic cancer (胰腺癌). He started to learn it after losing a close family friend to the disease. “I went on the Internet and I found that 85%of all pancreatic cancers are found late, when someone has less than 2% chance of survival(生存), ” he says, “and I was thinking,’ That’s not right. We should be able to do something.’” He found that early discovery is important to increasing the chances of surviving the disease.
The Maryland teenager asked to work in a laboratory at Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore and was allowed. There he developed a simple paper test, which can recognize the disease in a single drop of blood. His test has proved correct 90% of the time. It also is 100 times more sensitive(敏感的)than other tests. “It costs 3 cents per test, and then it takes only 5 minutes to run,” he said.
Jack’s success wouldn’t have been possible without Anirban Maitra, a professor at Johns Hopkins. He was the only person among the 200 researchers Jack wrote to who showed interest in his project. “I was very surprised that this was a 15-year-old who was writing this. I wanted to meet this clever young man and see what he wanted to talk about and so I called him over for an interview(会面). ”
Jack worked in Professor Maitra’s laboratory, completing his project in 7 months. The government has given the Maryland teenager patent rights(专利权)to the pancreatic cancer test. He is now talking with companies about developing the test into a simple product.
Whatever happens, the professor believes Jack Andraka’s name is one we will be hearing again over the next 10 to 20 years.
小题1: What made Jack Andraka research pancreatic cancer?
A.A high school task.B.A professor’s encouragement.
C.Losing a friend.D.Doubts about the present test.
小题2: Jack Andraka’s research on pancreatic cancer __________.
A.proved to be very successful
B.was 100 times cheaper than other tests
C.gave patients a 90% chance of survival
D.was finished at the high school of Maryland
小题3: We can infer(推断)from the text that Jack Andraka __________.
A.left a deep impression on Professor Maitra
B.was thought highly of by companies
C.got support from others easily
D.wasn’t afraid of failure
小题4: The underlined sentence in the last paragraph suggested Jack Andraka will __________.
A.become rich
B.make contributions(贡献)continually
C.get a good job
D.make products to treat cancer
小题5: What’s the best title for the text?
A.Intel International Science and Engineering Fair
B.Jack Andraka’s Fights Against Cancer
C.Research on Pancreatic Cancer
D.Teenager Cancer Researcher

答案

小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:A
小题4:B
小题5:D
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试题分析:文章主要讲了一个叫Jack的男孩因为自己发明的胰腺癌纸测而获得了国际科学和工程奖,并得到专利权。
小题1:细节题。根据文章第二段He started to learn it after losing a close family friend to the disease,可得知Jack Andraka失去了一个朋友后,他决定研究胰腺癌,应选择C。
小题2:细节题。根据文章第三段There he developed a simple paper test, which can recognize the disease in a single drop of blood. His test has proved correct 90% of the time. It also is 100 times more sensitive(敏感的)than other tests,我们能发现这个paper test很成功,可得知应选A
小题3:细节题。根据文章第四段Professor说的话:I was very surprised that this was a 15-year-old who was writing this,可知Maitra教授对他印象深刻,所以应该选择A
小题4:句意理解题。划线句直译就是接下来我们还会有机会听到Jack的名字,即他会继续在科学领域做贡献,所以选B
小题5:标题选择题。文章主要讲了Jack对于胰腺癌的研究,所以应该选D
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A heartless thief is believed to have crashed a fund-raiser and made off with a bag of cash meant to help a New York City firefighter pay for life-changing surgery for his 9-year-old son. But little Aidan Sullivan -- who was born with a facial defect and no right ear -- yesterday put up a brave front, with a message for the crook(thief): "I"m going to kick your butt!"
"I want to look normal," said Aidan, whose father, Tim, is a firefighter in the Bronx. The third-grader has hemi facial micro soma, in which one half of the face doesn"t develop correctly.
Last weekend, family friend Peter Drake, a Ridgefield, Conn., firefighter, hosted a fund-raiser, collecting between $8,000 and $9,000. But when the party at a Danbury, Conn., Irish cultural center was over, the money had disappeared.
"At the end of the night, all the money that was donated was put in a zippered bag," said Tim Sullivan. "A bartender gave the bag to Pete... He had it in his hands. He put it down to go do something, and when he came back, he saw that it was missing."
Sullivan said his longtime friend -- who has had fund-raisers to pay for Aidan"s 10 previous surgeries -- is "devastated."
"Pete was so upset. He kept saying, "I let Aidan down, I let Aidan down,” Colleen Sullivan, 40, recalled.
"We even went Dumpster diving, in case it was thrown out."
The Sullivans plan to go ahead with the March 1 surgery led by specialists at NYU"s Langone Medical Center in Manhattan. The money would have offset the $10,000 to $15,000 that insurance doesn"t cover. Yesterday, Aidan said he"s not a fan of hospitals and doesn"t like to be away from his sister, Kaylee, 4. But he"s willing to do it. "I"m excited," he said. "Finally, an ear."
小题1: Where do you probably read this text from?
A.A magazine.B.A newspaper.C.A book.D.An advertisement.
小题2: How did little Aidan Sullivan feel when he knew the money was missing.
A.He felt excited. B.He felt surprised.
C.He felt upset.D.He felt annoyed.
小题3:What is the money used for according to this text?
A.To help Aidan Sullivan to have another operation.
B.To help pay for Aidan Sullivan’s life insurance.
C.To return the money the Sullivans owed to the hospital.
D.To help a firefighter who got hurt in the ear.
小题4: What is true of little Aidan Sullivan?
A.He hates going to hospital.
B.He will go to New York for the surgery.
C.He didn’t care too much about the lost money.
D.He has received 10 surgeries before.
小题5: What can we infer about Pete from the text?
A.He was heartless.B.He was kind.
C.He was caress.D.He was a firefighter.

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Beijing today, first published in May, 2001, is the capital’s only English weekly newspaper and is published with the help of the Information Office of the Beijing Municipal Government and run by Beijing Youth Daily. Its readers include English-speaking foreigners living in Beijing and local Chinese who have great interest in English or take English as a working language.
The paper’s main content deals with metropolitan life, explaining the differences and similarities between Eastern and Western culture. Its culture and lifestyle part is regarded as a guide to metropolitan life in Beijing.
The paper has 24 pages in four main sections:
NEWS: Select stories that discuss cultural differences.
COMMUNITY: Reports on developments related to foreigners in the city and a platform(平台)by which they can communicate with a bigger audience.
CULTURE and LIFESTYLE: Highlights from international lifestyle and fashion trends in Beijing
STUDY: Cheerful and humorous pieces to help English-language students improve their skills
Beijing Today circulates 50,000 copies published every Friday. It is one of Beijing’s most authoritative(权威的) English media sources, and is sold at post newsstands and distributed in hotels, apartment complexes, etc.
Price: 2 yuan per issue
小题1:Which of the following sections would be the best choice to exchange thoughts with others?
A.NEWSB.COMMUNITYC.CULTURE and LIFESYLED.STUDY
小题2:If you want to subscribe to Beijing Today for half a year, you need to pay ________.
A.52 yuan B.24 yuanC.104 yuan D.48 yuan
小题3:What CANNOT you read in Beijing Today?
A.News abou foreign cultural festivals
B.fashion trends in Paris.
C.Discussions with foreigners
D.Skills in improving English

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Michelle Obama made a daring decision to return to the same designer who created her Inaugural(就职)Ball dress four years ago --- and the risk paid off.
The First Lady looked extremely attractive in a red dress by designer Jason Wu. She teamed the dramatic dress with heels by Jimmy Choo and a diamond ring by Kimberly McDonald.
She surprised the fashion world by returning to a Wu design which had been made for her.
Four years ago at her first Inauguration Ball, Michelle shone in a white, one-shouldered floor-length dress by the designer.
Wu, who was 26 at the time and had only been working in fashion for three years, saw his career take off after the First Lady’s surprise decision to wear one of his dresses.
He said at the time that he was unaware she had chosen the dress and had been watching at home on his couch and eating pizza when she appeared.
After her 2013 decision, Wu told Women’s Wear Daily: “Mrs. Obama likes to keep her secrets. She fooled me again.”
Wu released a women’s clothing and accessories(配饰)collection at Target last year and continues to be popular with the First Lady for official appointments.
The sleeveless dress with low-cut back flattered (突出)49-year-old Michelle’s arms and neat waist.
It had been created especially for her by Wu and was a departure from the dark and plain color tone she stuck to at earlier inauguration events.
Vice-President Joe Biden’s wife Jill also looked attractive in a blue silk dress by Vera Wang at the Inauguration Ball.
小题1:What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Mrs. Obama’s 2013 decision.
B.Wu, a great designer.
C.The First Lady’s secrets.
D.Michelle Obama’s inaugural ball dress.
小题2: Michelle Obama’s brave decision proved to be a _________.
A.riskB.successC.surpriseD.danger
小题3:Which of the following best describes Jason Wu?
A.Daring and gifted.B.Unusual and cautious.
C.Talented and lucky.D.Careful and brave.
小题4:We can infer from the passage that _________.
A.Wu was aware that Mrs. Obama had chosen his work again
B.Being First Lady, Mrs. Obama hasn’t stuck to her dark and plain color tone.
C.Mrs. Obama told Wu to give away her secrets
D.Mrs. Obama should have told Wu the truth

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Climate change,pollution,overuse of water and development are killing some of the world’s most famous rivers including China’s Yangtze.India’s Ganges and Africa’s Nile.WWF said on Tuesday.At the global launch of its report “World’s Top 10 Rivers at Risk”,the group said many rivers could dry out, affecting hundreds of millions of people and killing unique aquatic(水生的)life.
“If these rivers die,millions will lose their livelihoods,biodiversity(生物多样性)will be destroyed on a massive scale,there will be less fresh water and agriculture,resulting in less food security,”said.Rayi Singh,secretary—general of WWF—India.The report launched ahead of “World Water Day” today,also cited the Rio Grande in the United States,the Mekong and Indus in Asia,Europe’s Danube, La Plata in South America and Australia’s Murray—Darling as in need of greater protection.
Rivers are the world’s main source of fresh water and WWF says about half of the available supply is already being used up.Dams have destroyed habitats and cut rivers off from their flood plains.while climate change could affect the seasonal water flows that feed them,the report said.Fish populations,the top source of protein and overall life support for hundreds of thousands of communities worldwide,are also being threatened, it found..The Yangtze basin is one of the most polluted rivers in the world because of decades of heavy industrialization,damming and huge influxes(流入)of sediment(积淀)from land conversion.
Climate change,including higher temperatures,also means serious consequences for fishery productivity,water supply and political security in Africa’s arid Nile basin.Tributaries(支流)flowing into the Ganges are drying up because of irrigation,WWF said.
小题1:hat is the text mainly about?
A.Saving fresh water in our life.B.How to protect our rivers.
C.An important discovery.D.World’s top 10 rivers are at risk.
小题2:We can infer from the text that _____.
A.rivers’ dying out could affect food security
B.there are four Asian rivers mentioned in the passage
C.the Yangtze is polluted thanks to the lack of enough tributaries
D.higher temperatures couldn’t affect fishery productivity
小题3:The top 10 rivers are fast dying as a result of the following EXCEPT _____.
A.climate change B.wasting waterC.pollutionD.dams
小题4:WWF is probably a name of _____.
A.an organizationB.a newspaperC.a magazineD.a report

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A Hollywood movie was met with an awkward situation last Saturday in China. While fans are standing in long queues to watch the first show, others are advocating a boycott(抵制)on the American movie with Chinese story elements.
  After "Kung Fu Panda", a cartoon movie telling about a panda’s Kung Fu master journey, hit China’s silver screens in 2008, its sequel (续集), Kung Fu Panda 2, was released in China just ahead of International Children’s Day, adding more Chinese elements such as shadow play (皮影戏) and lion dancing.
  However, some Chinese artists and scholars argue that the movie has twisted (扭曲) Chinese culture and serves as a tool to "kidnap (绑架)" the mind of the Chinese people.
  “Children’s Day should be pure. Don’t turn it into a money-making day for Hollywood, and don’ t fool our next generation with American fast food,” according to an open letter to Chinese cinema managers written by Zhao Bandi, an artist hoping to boycott the “Americanized” movie. His move is backed by Kong Qingdong, a professor of the Chinese language in Beijing University, who said Chinese elements have become advertising products to advocate American culture. "It is a cultural invasion," said Kong.
  In the movie, the main character called “Po,” a panda, is talkative, humorous, lovely, and is widely believed to be a typical American figure.
  However, the panda has won millions of fans in China. On China’s most popular website, comments on the movie reached nearly 270 million entries.
  “I won’t call it a cultural invasion,” said Li Jiayi, a Beijing university student. “I see nothing bad for others to use our cultural elements to make a movie. I’ m a huge fan of Po. In spite of being a cartoon, it is still loved by many adults like me,” said the 25-year-old after watching the first show at midnight.
  Cao Hui, general manager of Shenzhen Global Digital Creations company, said: “instead of a
‘boycott’, movie producers should learn from the movie to make better use of Chinese story elements. Technically, Kung Fu Panda is not more advanced than Chinese movies, but as for story telling skills, Chinese movies have a long way to go”.
小题1:Some artists and scholars are against "Kung Fu Panda" because they think_____.
A.it has added too many Chinese elements
B.it has ruined Chinese image deliberately
C.it is an exact copy of Chinese culture
D.it is advertising American culture
小题2:What does the underlined word “backed” in the fourth paragraph mean?
A.supportedB.criticizedC.releasedD.resisted
小题3:This passage can be classified as _________.
A.an advertisementB.a feature storyC.a news reportD.a film review

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