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What kind of life do you want? And what would you do if you were born with an illness like Cystic Fibrosis (囊胞性纤维症)?Charley was such a man．He was born with Cystic Fibrosis, a serious disease of the muscles．Without properly functioning muscles, eventually you’re unable to breathe．However, Charley was fortunate to have many care- givers, including his wife who helped him a lot．He became an engineer and helped plan structures that would allow streets and buildings to give better access to the disabled．Charley couldn’t live without a wheelchair, and could only use one hand to move it．His speech was also difficult to understand．However, Charley had a sharp mind．He could see, hear, use a few fingers and think, and that was enough to allow him to make an important contribution to his city．He made those around him more aware of their physical health．
In the movie JackandJillvs．theWorld, Jill is a 25-year-old girl who has just arrived in New York City．She has Cystic Fibrosis, but she doesn’t let it control her life．She’s happy, in fact! She meets a young man, Jack, and changes his life forever．One day she has to tell him about her illness．He’s angry and disappointed, but later he realizes that it’s their relationship that matters．They decide to be together, and live as happily as possible．
Charley’s story is true．Jack and Jill’s story is made up．How do you want to live your life? Use your imagination, and enjoy your life and all its wonders．Create your picture of a happy life．
小题1:The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _____．

A．test the readers’ attitude about life

B．draw the readers’ attention to the topic

C．invite the readers to answer them

D．tell readers how to make a living

小题2:About Charley, which of the following is TRUE?

A．He is a father of two boys．

B．He can live well without wheelchair．

C．He is a lucky because many people give him care．

D．He can speak as others do．

小题3:From the passage, we can infer that _____．

A．health is the origin of happiness

B．the attitude to life decides your happiness

C．Cystic Fibrosis a serious disease of the muscles

D．Charley’s story is made up

小题4:The film JackandJill vs．theWorld is set in _____．

A．three young people	B．New York City
C．Paris	D．a place that we don’t know

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:B
小题4:B

解析

小题1:考查写作目的。位于文章的开头，且又根据下文所讲述的内容：查理就是一个天生有囊胞性纤维症的人，以及他是如何与疾病抗争并过着快乐生活，同时又用一部电影中的人物的故事讲述了生活态度的重要。故所设问题是为了吸引读的对话题的关注，故选B。
小题2:细节理解题。由Charley was fortunate to have many care- givers可知。A没有被提及。B与D与文章所述不符。
小题3:推理判断题。由第一段知Charley身患疾病但仍进其所能地为社会做贡献，因此他很幸福；从第二段知，一位患病的女孩没有让病痛控制她的生活，而且还得到了真爱。从而得知，虽身患疾病，但仍坚强，快乐的生活。故态度决定幸福。C虽正确但并非推论得出。
小题4:细节推理题。由第二段的In the movie JackandJillvs．theWorld, Jill is a 25-year-old girl who has just arrived in New York City．可知，故事发生在纽约市。

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The amazing image shows the world’s largest ever cruise ship, complete with beach pool, shopping mall, rock-climbing walls, outdoor amphitheater（圆形剧场）and New York-style loft suites（套间）．The “traveling city” is being built on dry-docks in Finland by Royal Caribbean International, and she is named Oasis of the Seas．
Almost 1,200 feet long, 154 feet wide and rising 213 feet above the water line, the Oasis of the Seas will be able to host 3,000 crew to service every passenger’s need．In addition to the size, the Oasis of the Seas will also be the first ship that attracts people by the cruise line’s new neighborhood concept: 7 distinct themed areas, including Central Park, Boardwalk, the Royal Promenade, the Pool and Sports Zone, Vitality at Sea Spa and Fitness Center, Entertainment Place and Youth Zone．Of all these areas, the excellent zone will be “Central Park”．
Protected from the weather by a clear screen to let in the light, the Central Park area will be themed on Caribbean plants and leaves reflecting the area which the ship will eventually cruise in．And the park zone will have different restaurants, bars and boutique shops, bringing the idea of “floating city” to reality．
In addition, Oasis of the Seas will also include a rock wall, over 15 restaurants and bars, a casino(娱乐场), a theatre, two night-clubs and the largest freshwater pool on any cruise liner．
“Royal Caribbean is proud to introduce a number of ‘firsts’ that the world has never seen before,” said Adam Goldstein, “Oasis of the Seas is the ultimate expression of the creativity and imagination found on all of our ships, providing guests with a collection of experiences that will offer an incredible cruise vacation．”
小题1:In the passage, Oasis of the Seas refers to ______．

A．a traveling city

B．a cruise ship

C．a deserted island

D．an ocean park

小题2:It can be inferred from the passage that ______．

A．the Oasis of the Seas hasn’t been built well so far

B．7 distinct themed areas are being built on dry-docks

C．the “traveling city” can hold 3,000 passengers

D．the “traveling city” is a beauty spot

小题3:The main idea of the third paragraph would be _____．

A．what the Central Park is	B．the location of the Central Park
C．the features of the Central Park	D．the theme of the Central Park

小题4:The Oasis of the Seas includes a number of ‘firsts’ EXCEPT _____．

A．the world’s largest ever cruise ship

B．its way of attracting tourists

C．the largest freshwater pool on any cruise liner

D．its most delicious food in the world

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Can you believe your eyes? A recent experiment suggests that the answer to that question may depend on your age.
Martin Doherty, a psychologist at the University of Stirling in Scotland, led the team of scientists. In this experiment, Doherty and his team tested the perception(观察力) of some people, using pictures of some orange circles. The researchers showed the same pictures to two groups of people. The first group included 151 children aged 4 to 10, and the second group included 24 adults aged 18 to 25.
The first group of pictures showed two circles alone on a white background. One of the circles was larger than the other, and these people were asked to identify the larger one. Four-year-olds identified the correct circle 79 percent of the time. Adults identified the correct circle 95 percent of the time.
Next, both groups were shown a picture where the orange circles, again of different sizes, were surrounded by gray circles. Here’s where the trick lies in. In some of the pictures, the smaller orange circle was surrounded by even smaller gray circles — making the orange circle appear larger than the other orange circle, which was the real larger one. And the larger orange circle was surrounded by even bigger gray circles — so it appeared to be smaller than the real smaller orange circle.
When young children aged 4 to 6 looked at these tricky pictures, they weren’t fooled — they were still able to find the bigger circle with roughly the same accuracy as before. Older children and adults, on the other hand, did not do as well. Older children often identified the smaller circle as the larger one, and adults got it wrong most of the time.
As children get older, Doherty said, their brains may develop the ability to identify visual context. In other words, they will begin to process the whole picture at once: the tricky gray circles, as well as the orange circle in the middle. As a result, they’re more likely to fall for this kind of visual trick.
小题1:Doherty and his team of scientists did an experiment to evaluate .

A．children’s and adults’ eye-sight

B．people’s ability to see accurately

C．children’s and adults’ brains

D．the influence of people’s age

小题2:When asked to find the larger circle, .

A．children at 6 got it wrong 79 % of the time with no gray ones around

B．only adults over 18 got it right 95% of the time with gray ones around

C．children at 4 got it right about 79 % of the time with gray ones around

D．adults got it right most of the time with gray ones around

小题3:According to the passage, we can know that .

A．a smaller orange circle appears bigger on a white background

B．an orange circle appears bigger than a gray one of the same size

C．a circle surrounded by other circles looks bigger than its real size

D．a circle surrounded by bigger ones looks smaller than its real size

小题4:Visual context may work when children get older than .

A．4

B．6

C．10

D．18

小题5:Why are younger children not fooled?

A．Because they are smarter than older children and adults.

B．Because older people are influenced by their experience.

C．Because people’s eyes become weaker as they grow older.

D．Because their brain can hardly notice related things together.

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Seasonal influenza is characterized by a sudden fever, cough, headache, muscle and joint pain, sore throat and runny nose. Most people recover from fever and   1 symptoms within a week without requiring medical attention. But influenza can 2 severe illness or death in people at high risk. The time from infection to illness is about two days.
Yearly influenza epidemics can 3  affect all age groups, but the highest risk of complications occur among children younger than age two, adults age 65 or older, and people of 4  age with certain medical conditions, such as chronic heart, lung, kidney, liver, blood or metabolic diseases, or weakened immune systems.
Seasonal influenza 5  easily and can sweep through schools, nursing homes or businesses and towns. When an  6   person coughs, infected droplets get into the air and another person can breathe them 7   and be exposed. The virus can also be spread by hands infected with the virus. 8   transmission, people should cover their mouth and nose with a tissue when coughing, and 9  their hands regularly.
Drugs for influenza are   10  in some countries and effectively prevent and treat the illness. Some influenza viruses develop 11   to the antiviral medicines, limiting the effectiveness of treatment.
Influenza epidemics occur    12  during autumn and winter in temperate regions. Illnesses result in hospitalizations and deaths mainly among high-risk groups. Worldwide, these annual epidemics result in about three to five million   13    of severe illness, and about 250 000 to 500 000 deaths.
Influenza can cause serious public health and economic problems. In   14   countries, epidemics can result in high levels of worker absenteeism and productivity  15  .   16   most people recover from a bout(轮) of influenza, there are large numbers of people who need hospital treatment and many   17   die from the disease every year.   18    is known about the effects of influenza epidemics in developing countries.
The most    19  way to prevent the disease or severe outcomes from the illness is vaccination. Vaccination is especially important for people at higher risk of serious influenza complications, and for people who live with or care 20   high risk individuals.
( ) 1. A. its                 B. it’s                    C. all                    D. other
( ) 2. A. cause                B. lead                  C. result                D. bring
( ) 3. A. lightly           B. slightly             C. seriously           D. heavily
( ) 4. A. all                 B. any                   C. no                    D. both
( ) 5. A. goes              B. spreads              C. comes        D. happens
( ) 6. A. to infect        B. infecting           C. infected          D. infect
( ) 7. A. off                B. away                 C. out                   D. in
( ) 8. A. To prevent     B. To protect          C. To prepare         D. To prefect
( ) 9. A. wash             B. washing            C. to wash             D. washed
( ) 10. A. free             B. available           C. useful               D. helpful
( ) 11. A. assistance     B. resistance          C. consistence        D. preference
( ) 12. A. monthly              B. weekly              C. daily                 D. yearly
( ) 13. A. pieces          B. states                C. conditions         D. cases
( ) 14. A. developed    B. developing        C. big                   D. small
( ) 15. A. lose             B. losses                C. loose                 D. lost
( ) 16. A. For             B. Because             C. While               D. Whether
( ) 17. A. /                 B. which               C. do                    D. who
( ) 18. A. Little           B. Much                C. Few                  D.Lot
( ) 19. A. affective      B. effective            C. attractive           D. aggressive
( ) 20. A. about           B. of                     C. for                    D. to

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Are you a social butterfly, or do you prefer being at the edge of a group of friends? Either way, your genes and evolution may play a major 1 , US researchers reported on Monday.
While it may come as no surprise that genes may help explain 2 some people have many friends and others have 3 , the researchers said, their findings go just a little farther than that.
"Some of the things we find are 4   uncommon," said Nicholas Christakis of Harvard University in Massachusetts, who helped  5 the study.
"We find that how interconnected your friends are  6   on your genes. Some people have four friends who know each other and some people have four friends who don"t 7 each other. 8     Dick and Harry know each other depends on Tom"s 9    ," Christakis said in a telephone interview.
Christakis and colleague James Fowler of the University of California San Diego are 10    known for their studies that show obesity, smoking and happiness spread in networks.
For this study, they and Christopher Dawes of UCSD used national data that  11  more than 1,000 identical(同卵的) and fraternal（异卵的） twins’ genes. Because 12 share an environment, these studies are good for showing the impact that genes have 13 various things, because identical twins 14 all their genes while fraternal twins share just half.
"We found there appears to be a genetic tendency to introduce your friends 15 each other," Christakis said.
There could be good, evolutionary reasons 16 this. People in the middle of a social network could be secret to useful gossip, 17  the location of food or good investment choices.
But they would also be at risk of catching effects from all sides -- in which case the advantage would 18  more cautious social behavior, they wrote in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"It may be that natural selection is 19 not just things like whether or not we can resist the common cold, but also who it is that we are going to come into 20   with," Fowler said in a statement.
(    ) 1. A. role                 B. rule           C. roll                  D. pole
(    ) 2. A. where              B. why          C. when                D. how
(   ) 3. A. a few                      B. several      C. few                  D. some
(    ) 4. A. generally          B. mainly      C. mostly              D. frankly
(    ) 5. A. conduct            B. introduce C. conflict            D. instruct
(    ) 6. A. depends            B. bases         C. take                 D. put
(    ) 7. A. see                   B. inspect      C. learn                D. know
(    ) 8. A. When               B. Where       C. What                D. Whether
(    ) 9. A. genes                      B. brains        C. appearances      D. figures
(   ) 10. A. much             B. best           C. very                 D. least
(   ) 11. A. recorded         B. illustratedC. described          D. compared
(   ) 12. A. brothers          B. sisters        C. twins                D. cousins
(   ) 13. A. with                      B. on             C. for                   D. to
(   ) 14. A. share              B. have          C. own                 D. show
(   ) 15. A. into                B. to             C. in                    D. from
(    ) 16. A. for                 B. with          C. to                    D. at
(    ) 17. A. in addition toB. due to       C. as for                      D. such as
(   ) 18. A. lie on             B. bring in     C. lie in                D. send in
(    ) 19. A. acting on               B. putting onC. relying on         D. sending on
(    ) 20. A. contract          B. face          C. join                  D. contact

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It is said that Abraham Lincoln searched for exactly the right words to say to his audience in that history-making speech that   1 less than three minutes.
Your speech probably won"t be as long-remembered,   2 you can still strive to give your audience the best speech possible by   3 these simple tips:
Write and rewrite the material in your speech until it sounds exactly right to your own ears. Don"t use words that are hard to   4 . Avoid technical   5 or keep them to a minimum whenever possible.
Remember to use descriptive phrases so your listeners can get a mental picture in their   6 of what you are talking about. People don"t want to be told, they want to be given a   7 picture so they can better understand your words.
Avoid using a lot of statistics that will put your audience asleep in their seats. Keep necessary   8 in your speech to a minimum amount.
Humor can be an effective way to   9 your audience, Humor can also effectively lessen   10 , especially yours. You can use short jokes or personal anecdotes for this purpose. Just make sure your humorous material is appropriate for the audience you are   11 to.
Your speech will probably either inform or   12 your listeners to take action in order to help a charitable organization, etc. Be sure to include localized information in your speech that meet your audience"s specific needs.
Read your speech out loud several times to hear how it will sound to your audience. Practice giving your speech in front of a mirror. That way you can see   13 you are going to look to the audience. This technique can help you   14 and feel more comfortable.
Make sure to speak a little louder than   15 conversation when you are giving your speech so that you can be easily heard by the entire   16 , not just the first few rows.
When you are giving your speech to your listeners, remember to   17 your speech down a little bit and don"t rush through the words.
You can arrange to have helpful visual aids    18 before, during, or right after the end of your speech. This way the audience will have written information they can take home with them and   19 later.
Remember to be an appreciative speaker and to   20 the person or persons who asked you to give the speech. Also remember to thank the audience for listening.
(   ) 1. A. continued           B. lasted                      C. broadcast                 D. went
(   ) 2. A. but                    B. though             C. and                         D. therefore
(   ) 3. A. accepting           B. following         C. copying                   D. remembering
(   ) 4. A. pronounce          B. understand        C. learn                       D. listen
(   ) 5. A. sentences            B. terms                      C. pronunciations         D. meanings
(   ) 6. A. minds                B. notes                C. words                      D. tapes
(   ) 7. A. intellectual         B. physical            C. mental                     D. visual
(   ) 8. A. information               B. terms                      C. statistics                  D. words
(   ) 9. A. amuse                B. control             C. persuade                  D. drive
(   ) 10.A. attention           B. terror                      C. sorrow                    D. tension
(   ) 11. A. speaking           B. referring           C. leading                    D. owing
(   ) 12. A. help                 B. persuade           C. force                       D. trap
(   ) 13. A. what                B. how                 C. why                        D. where
(   ) 14.A. sleep                 B. rest                  C. comfort                   D. relax
(   ) 15. A. normal             B. later                 C. previous                  D. intentional
(   ) 16. A. speeches          B. actors               C. friends                    D. audience
(   ) 17. A. slow                B. speed                      C. stop                        D. burn
(   ) 18. A. checked out      B. passed out         C. brought out              D. left out
(   ) 19. A. sell                  B. review              C. throw                      D. mail
(   ) 20. A. thank                      B. find                 C. teach                       D. assist

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