People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather b
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People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may“be struck by lightning”，according to doctors．
Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park．The girl，aged 15，recovered，but a year later was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.
The girl also had a perforate eardrum(打孔耳膜)on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone．She was having general recovery in Northwick Park Hospital，Middlesex．
Swinda Esprit，a senior house officer, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims—who can experience heart attacks on being struck—the ear problems were not．
She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less serious lightning incidents，who might otherwise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone．
“We were shocked by the damage，which is why we wanted to draw attention to it，”Dr Esprit said．“A year on and she still was suffering these difficult hearing．”
They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China，South Korea，and Malaysia．In the Malaysian case，a sales executive was killed by lightning while talking on his phone during a thunderstorm near Kuala Lumpur．
“All these events resulted in death，”the doctors wrote．“This rare phenomenon is a public health issue，and education is necessary to stress the risk．”
The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects，including cordless or mobile phones，should not be carried outdoors during thunderstorms．However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”．
Paul Taylor, of “the Met Office"’，said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal，and not related to radio waves．
Mr. Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal，similar to carrying coins or wearing rings，and people need to be warned against the possible danger．
小题1:What do we know about the teenage girl?| A．She was struck by lightning at schoo1． | | B．She completely recovered from being struck． | | C．She still suffered from mental problems． | | D．She had to press her ear all day． |
小题2:It can be inferred that damage done by lightening while using mobile phones .| A．is more serious than that when one is not using a mobile phone | | B．can be healed quickly except for heart attacks | | C．is less serious because the victims can usually recover | | D．is mainly in the brain and muscle of the victims |
小题3:Why did doctors stress the risk about using phones outside in lightening?| A．Because more people are faced with it． | | B．Because some deaths have been caused． | | C．Because lightning is harmful for the brain． | | D．Because a teenage girl got killed． |
小题4:We can infer from the last three paragraphs that .| A．both cordless and mobile phones are safe to use outside in lightning | | B．there is no direct connection between lightning and ear injuries at all | | C．opinions differ as to whether it is safe to use mobiles phones in lightning | | D．ear injuries are the result of carrying coins or wearing rings in lightning |
小题5:The purpose in writing this passage is .| A．to draw attention to the risk of using mobile phones in lightening | | B．to focus on various damages done to lightning victims | | C．to tell us the news that a teenage girl was struck by lightning | | D．to stress the danger of making phone calls in lightning |
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答案
小题1:C
小题2:A
小题3:B
小题4:C
小题5:A |
解析
试题分析：
小题1:C 细节题。根据第二段The girl，aged 15，recovered，but a year later was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.说明她仍然遭受了很多痛苦，故C正确。
小题2:A 推理题。根据第五段She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less serious lightning incidents，who might otherwise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone说明如果没有使用手机可能就不会有如此严重的后果，故A正确。
小题3:B 细节题。根据文章倒数第四段“All these events resulted in death，”the doctors wrote．“This rare phenomenon is a public health issue，and education is necessary to stress the risk．说明这些事件都造成了人的死亡，引起了人们的广泛关注，故B正确。
小题4:C 推理题。根据文章倒数第三段However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”．说明美国的这个组织认为这和使用手机没有关系，说明人们对于这个问题有不同的意见，故C正确。
小题5:A 推理题。本文正是为了引起人们对于闪电的时候使用手机的危险的注意。故A正确。
点评：本文讲述了一个在闪电时使用手机而受到严重伤害的案件来引起人们对于闪电的时候使用手机的危险的注意。集中考查了推理题，如72,74,75，要准确定位考查点，认真辨析。 |
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[1]Keeping a busy social life among lots of friends may keep people slimmer than spending hours on a treadmill, according to scientists. They say that socializing and meeting with friends helps boost levels of ‘brown fat’ in the boby which burns calories to generate heat.
[2]Living in a stimulating, social environment was found to reduce abdominal fat in mice by half over four weeks, even if they ate more. US researchers say that social stimulation can
by converting white fat into brown, White stores calories and makes us fatter, while brown burns energy to generate heat .Converting white fat into brown is difficult, as we all know, normally requiring long term exposure to cold conditions or activating part of the body’s nervous system
[3]However, scientists from Ohio State University now think that having a busy social life is an even more effective way of changing white fat into brown, The team came up with their theory by studying the effects of various living environments on mice. Those who lived alongside a greater number of mice and had more space and toys to stimulate them lost far more weight over the course of the study than their ‘couch potato’ ones.
[4]Study author Dr. Mattew During, whose team’s findings appear in journal Cell Metabolism said: I’m still amazed at the degree of fat loss that occurs. Explaining how new technology had threatened face-to-face socializing, he added: ‘It’s not just a sedentary lifestyle and high calorie foods, but an increasing lack of social engagement.’
[5]Co-author Dr. Lei Cao said: ‘Loneliness is a profound factor for cancer and death; it’s on par with cigarette smoking. Social engagement is very important’.
小题1:What’s the main idea of this passage? (no more than 10 words)
小题2:Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words. (no more than 5 words)
小题3:What’s the purpose of the study of mice? (no more than 20 words)
小题4:How does socializing help make people slim? (no more than 15 words)
小题5:Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese.
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Morocco is located at the northwest of Africa and is bordered in the north by the strait of Gibraltar and the Mediterranean Sea. The Atlantic Ocean keeps the west and the north of the country more temperate(温和的). The country also offers the broadest plains some of which run along the Atlantic Ocean and the highest mountains in North Africa including the Atlas Mountains.
Starting with the symbol of Morocco, Marrakech is a beautiful city that has remained unspoiled by the volume of tourists that flock there each year. One of the finest monuments in Morocco is greatly benefited by this amount of tourism. Actually their high volume contributes in a positive way to preserve one of the greatest monuments of Morocco.
Fes is the third largest city in Morocco and is the capital of the Fes-Boulemane Region. It is separated into three parts, Fes el Bali more commonly known as the old walled city, now classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, Fes-Jdid and the Ville Nouvelle. Fes el Bali is believed to be the largest car-free urban area in the world. Fes is a splendid place to visit to heighten the senses with the colours, smells and sounds.
Casablanca is an enormous city which is near the capital of Morocco and a place where any European would feel at home. Casablanca was made famous by the movie and gives the impression of being a romantic place. Unfortunately like many other popular cities around the world, it is crowded, noisy, and polluted, a far cry from the romantic ideal of the film. Because it has the biggest port, Casablanca being the important city of Morocco, has everything that the tourists need.
Asilah is a city situated on the Atlantic Ocean and is one of the most stunning(出色的) old cities of Morocco. The city is set along the cliffs which make it beautifully presented and an ideal place to continue adding to its economy by the fishermen. The economy is also reliant on the trading of cattle, sheep and cereal. If you are having a holiday in Morocco during August then you will be fortunate enough to experience one of Asilah’s cultural festivals where you can enjoy the lively music and wonderful paintings.
小题1:How many cities in Morocco are introduced in the passage?小题2:If you want to live conveniently while you are on vacation, which city in Morocco could you choose?| A．Marrakech. | B．Fes. | C．Casablanca. | D．Asilah. |
小题3:Which of the following is true according to the passage?| A．If you want to enjoy music and paintings, you can visit Asilah at any time. | | B．Casablanca is as romantic as what is shown in the movie. | | C．Fes is the capital of Morocco. | | D．Marrakech is the symbol of Morocco. |
小题4:The passage most probably appears .| A．in a geography book | B．in a magazine | | C．in a history book | D．in an atlas（地图册） |
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Bursting into the classroom from recess(学生的课间休息), 15 children take their seats and face the woman they know as Ms. Yang.
“What day is it today?”she asks, in Mandarin(普通话的旧称) Chinese.
“Confucius’ birthday!”the fifth graders shout in Mandarin.
“Why do we celebrate Confucius’ birthday?”
“Because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China!”exclaims a brown-haired girl. She too is speaking Mandarin.
English is rarely heard in Lisa Yang’s class at the Chinese American International School(CAIS), despite the fact that few students are native speakers of Mandarin.
The United States is actively trying to increase the group of students in“critical languages”such as Mandarin. The students at CAIS are way ahead in such a trend.
Mandarin explosion in America
Founded 25 years ago, this small private school in San Francisco, USA, does what few other American schools do: It produces fully fluent speakers of Mandarin Chinese, by far the most commonly spoken language in the world.
Mandarin Chinese is suddenly hot in American schools. As China becomes the world’s leading economy sometimes this century, schools in the U.S. are scrambling to add Mandarin to their roster of foreign languages or expand Chinese programs already in place.
“It really is almost unprecedented(无前例的). People are looking at China as a force to be reckoned with…And to ensure that the U.S. has the ability to conduct trade, and to work with the Chinese, certainly having an understanding of Chinese language and culture is an advantage,”said Marty Abbott of the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages(ACTFL)(美国外语教学协会).
Cultural differences in teaching styles
To develop Chinese-language programs has not been smooth. A shortage of trained teachers has made it difficult for some schools to join the race. When schools do get teachers, they often hire them straight from China, and the teachers usually suffer culture shock when they come to the U.S.
Robert Liu remembers his first two years in an American classroom. It was not an easy adjustment. “In China, students respect their teachers,”he said. Liu found that American students, however, expect an active teaching style. He had to use games to engage them rather than lectures.
To avoid many of the problems with foreign teaching styles, the CAIS has been working with the Chinese government to improve training of teachers who are sent to the U.S.
小题1:Which of the following is the best title?| A．Mandarin speaks to a growing audience in America | | B．Chinese-language programs | | C．Mandarin Chinese | | D．The Chinese American International School(CAIS) |
小题2:What kind of problem is the most difficult to adjust in teaching Chinese in America?| A．To adapt to the life there. | | B．To communicate with the American students. | | C．To get along well with the American students. | | D．To be fit for the cultural differences in teaching styles. |
小题3:The meaning of the underlined word“scrambling”is similar to .| A．climbing | B．rushing | C．changing | D．beating |
小题4:It can be inferred from the passage that .| A．the students in Lisa Yang’s class usually speak Chinese | | B．there are few American students in Lisa Yang’s class | | C．we celebrate Confucius’ birthday because he’s the greatest teacher in the history of China | | D．in America the students don’t respect their teachers |
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Once upon a time in a land far away, there was a wonderful old man who loved everything：animals, spiders, insects．
One day while walking through the woods, the nice old man found a cocoon（茧）of a butterfly．He took it home．A few days later, a small opening appeared; he sat and watched the butterfly for several hours as it struggled to force its body through that little hole．Then it seemed to stop making any progress．It appeared as if it had gotten as far as it could and it could go no farther．Then the man decided to help the butterfly, so he took a pair of scissors and cut off the remaining bit of the cocoon．
The butterfly then appeared easily．
But it had a swollen body and small, fragile wings．The man continued to watch the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the wings would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would be smaller in time．Neither happened! In fact, the butterfly spent the rest of its life crawling （慢慢爬行）around with a swollen body and fragile wings．
It never was able to fly．
What the man in his kindness and hurry did not understand was that the limited cocoon and the struggle required for the butterfly to get through the tiny opening were Nature"s way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings so that it would be ready for flight once it achieved its freedom from the cocoon．
Sometimes struggles are exactly what we need in our life．If we were allowed to go through our life without any obstacles and difficulties, it would disable us．We would not be as strong as what we could have been．And we could never fly．
小题1:The butterfly could never fly because _______________．| A．it was too fat and strong． | | B．it loved crawling around． | | C．it got out of the cocoon easily． | | D．it didn’t get through the cocoon． |
小题2:The text is most likely to be found in a book about_______________．| A．popular science | B．humorous stories． | | C．successful people | D．philosophyevents |
小题3:What is the implied meaning of the passage?| A．Life without any obstacles and difficulties is perfect． | | B．Obstacles and difficulties contribute to success． | | C．Never help a butterfly to get out of the cocoon． | | D．A butterfly can never fly without going through the cocoon |
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For years children in the industrial areas of Europe and America seldom left their smoky cities to see the beauties of the countryside. Not that the woods and fields were always far away, but they were too far from the city to permit people to make a round trip between morning and nightfall. What"s more, factory workers did not have enough money to send their children on country holidays away from home.
In 1907 a young German schoolmaster had an idea which changed this state of affairs. He decided to turn his little schoolhouse into a dormitory for the summer holidays. Anyone who brought his sleeping bag and cooking equipment along could stay there for a very small amount of money. The idea was a success. A few years later the schoolhouse was far too small to hold so many young people who wanted to stay there. So, a dormitory was set up in an old castle nearby. This was the first Youth Hostel.
Today young students and workers of every country can meet in the hostels and get to know each other. Some spend a week or more in the same hostel, seeing the surrounding sights and meeting the people of the area. Other youths go on foot or by bicycle from place to place, spending a night or two in one hostel, then going to the next.
Sometimes an informal program will be organized after the meal, with dances, songs, or short talks followed by a question period. One can _____________________________ about other places, just by meeting people who come from these places. For this reason, a few weeks spent "hostelling" can be just as useful a part of one"s education as classes in school.
小题1:What does paragraph 2 mainly tell us? (Please answer within10 words.)
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小题2:Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?
Some youths stay in a hostel for several days, during which period they go sightseeing and visit the local people.
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小题3:Fill in the blank in the 4th paragraph with proper words to complete the sentence. (Please answer within 7 words)
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小题4:List 3 of the advantages of hostelling according to the text. (Please answer within 15 words.)
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小题5:Translate the underlined sentence in paragraph 1 into Chinese.
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