It"s no secret that many children would be healthier and happier with adoptive parents than with the
parents that nature dealt them. That"s especially__1__of children who remain in homes where they"re
badly treated__2__the law blindly favors biological parents. It"s also true of children who__3__for years
in foster (寄养) homes because of parents who can"t or won"t care for them but__4__to give up custody (监护) rights.
Fourteenyearold Kimberly Mays__5__neither description, but her recent court victory could__6__
help children who do. Kimberly has been the__7__of an angry custody battle between the man who
raised her and her biological parents, with whom she has never lived. A Florida judge__8__that the
teenager can remain with the only father she"s ever known and that her biological parents have "no legal
__9__"on her.
Shortly after__10__in December 1978, Kimberly Mays and another baby were mistakenly switched
and sent home with the__11__parents. Kimberly"s biological parents, Ernest and Regina Twigg, received
a child who died of a heart disease in 1988. Medical tests__12__that the child wasn"t the Twiggs" own
daughter, but Kimberly was, thus leading to a custody__13_with Robert Mays. In 1989, the two families
__14__that Mr. Mays would maintain custody with the Twiggs getting__15__rights. Those rights were
ended when Mr. Mays decided that Kimberly was being__16__.
The decision to__17__Kimberly with Mr. Mays caused heated discussion. But the judge made it
clear that Kimberly did have the right to sue (起诉)__18__her own behalf. Thus he made it clear that
she was__19__just a personal possession of her parents. Biological parentage does not mean an absolute ownership that cancels(取消) all the__20__of children. |
( )1. A. terrible
( )2. A. but
( )3. A. settle
( )4. A. have
( )5. A. likes
( )6. A. actually
( )7. A. victim
( )8. A. ruled
( )9. A. expectation
( )10. A. birth
( )11. A. biological
( )12. A. examined
( )13. A. battle
( )14. A. thought
( )15. A. equal
( )16. A. harmed
( )17. A. make
( )18. A. by
( )19. A. more than
( )20. A. freedom | B. sad
B. if
B. live
B. refuse
B. gives
B. eventually
B. object
B. believed
B. action
B. judgment
B. own
B. explained
B. right
B. quarreled
B. same
B. forbidden
B. leave
B. through
B. no more than
B. happiness | C. true
C. when
C. suffer
C. stick
C. fits
C. successfully
C. sacrifice
C. ordered
C. effect
C. operation
C. kind
C. decided
C. agreement
C. agreed
C. visiting
C. wounded
C. give
C. on
C. not more than
C. rights | D. natural
D. because
D. gather
D. fail
D. knows
D. abruptly
D. teenager
D. indicated
D. claim
D. school
D. wrong
D. showed
D. decision
D. prepared
D. speaking
D. hidden
D. keep
D. in
D. less than
D. ideas |
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| 阅读理解 | "In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight."
"Two full inches in the first three days!"
These are the kinds of statements used in magazine, newspaper, radio and television ads, promising
new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device.The promoters of products say
they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way to add to beauty or
desirability.
Often such products are nothing more than moneymaking things for their promoters.The results they
produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.
To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to
understand something of the laws covering their regulation.If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug
Administration)can require proof under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective
before it is put on the market.But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness.If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request
the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including
seizure(查封)of the product.
One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had
been sold for reducing the waistline.The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through
contact pads.FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds
that it was dangerous to health and life.
Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings(法律
诉讼), and new devices appear continually.Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or
effectiveness of such items.
1. It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are________.
A. objective
B. costly
C. unreliable
D. illegal
2.Which of the following is TRUE according to the text?
A. The court is in charge of removing dangerous products.
B. New products are more likely to be questionable.
C. The production of a device must be approved by FDA.
D. The promoters usually just care about profits.
3. FDA can ask for the proof of safety and effectiveness of a product________.
A. if it is a drug
B. if it is a device
C. if its consumers make complaints
D. if its distributors challenge FDA"s authority
4. The Relaxacisor is mentioned as________.
A. a product which was designed to produce electricity
B. a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case
C. a successful advertisement of a beauty product
D. an example of a quality beauty product | | 阅读理解 | Motorists who used to listen to the radio or their favorite tunes on CDs may have a new way to
entertain themselves, after engineers in Japan developed a musical road surface.
A team from the Hokkaido Industrial Research Institute has built a number of "melody roads",
which use cars as tuning forks(音叉)to play music as they travel.
The concept works by using grooves(凹槽). They are cut at very specific intervals in the road
surface. The melody road uses the spaces between to create different notes.
Depending on how far apart the grooves are, a car moving over them will produce a series of
high or low notes, and designers are able to create a distinct tune.
Patent documents for the design describe it as notches(刻痕)"formed in a road surface so as to
play a melody without producing simple sound or rhythm and reproduce melodylike tones".
There are three musical strips in central and northern Japan-one of which plays the tune of a
Japanese pop song. Reports say the system was invented by Shizuo Shinoda.He scraped some
markings into a road with a bulldozer(推土机)before driving over them and found that they helped
to produce all kinds of tones.
The optimal speed for melody road is 44 kph, but people say it is not always easy to get the
intended sound.
"You need to keep the car windows closed to hear well, "wrote one Japanese blogger."Driving
too fast will sound like playing fast forward, while driving around 12 mph[20 km/h]has a slowmotion
effect, making you almost carsick."
1. According to the passage, melody roads use________to create different notes.
A. cars
B. grooves
C. spaces between intervals
D. bulldozers
2. We can learn from the passage that the highness of notes is depended on________.
A. how far the grooves are
B. how big the grooves are
C. the number of the grooves
D. the speed of the car
3. The underlined word "optimal" in the passage might mean________.
A. fastest
B. possible
C. best
D. suitable
4. In order to hear the music well, you have to________.
A. drive very fast
B. drive slowly
C. open the windows wide
D. keep the windows closed | | 阅读理解 | 根据短文内容, 从下框的A～F选项中选出能概括每一段主题的最佳选项, 选项中有一项
为多余项。
A. Ask as many questions as possible.
B. Gym problem.
C. Stay the course.
D. Have a clear destination.
E. Record everything.
F. Have a plan. | | 阅读理解 | Ask savvy investors(投资者) how they learned their first lessons about money, and they"ll probably tell you lessons their parents taught them.
The money values we learn as children stay with us the rest of our lives. If you are a parent, teaching
your children the value of saving and investing will benefit them the rest of their lives. Here"s what you can
do:
Help your child begin to save. Open savings accounts for your children, and teach them how the bank
adds interest to their savings that makes their money grow. Encourage your children to save a little from
every bit of money they receive, such as allowances, birthday gifts, etc. You may even want to set up a
matching program, contributing fifty cents for each dollar your child saves.
Teach your child about stocks(股票). A child in elementary school can start learning about how
businesses work. Once your child understands the basics, ask him or her to think about some of the
businesses that might be good stock investments. Then use Morningstar Mutual Fund Guide(available
at your library) to find a quality mutual fund that holds some of these companies, or a mutual fund that
caters to children such as the Stein Roe Young Investor Fund. Many funds accept regular monthly
investments as low as $50 a month, so these funds can be a good way to teach children about the stock
market while saving for their college education.
Encourage early IRA(个人退休金账户)saving. The new Roth IRA is a great way for children who
are working in summers or after school to begin saving for their future. Imagine how much money you"d
have today if you had saved $3,000 a year since you were a teenager!
Let your kids handle their own money. We all learn by doing, so letting your kids manage a segment
of their budget(预算)will let them earn valuable financial lessons.They may make mistakes, but they will
be small mistakes that may help them avoid larger mistakes as adults. | | 1．Which would be the best title for this passage? | A．Why to Teach Your Children to Save
B．How to Teach Your Children to Save
C．Tips for Saving for Children
D．Start Good Saving Habits Early | | 2．A matching program means ________. | A．that you should set a good example to your children
B．that you should provide enough money for children so that they can save some
C．that you encourage your children to compete with each other in saving
D．that you encourage your children by giving some extra money for them to save | | 3．According to the author, you should teach your children about investment when he/she is ________. | A．in the kindergarten
B．in primary school
C．in middle school
D．in college | | 阅读理解 | The Beatles were the most influential band in pop history. In their 8year, 12 album history, Paul Mc
Cartney, John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Starr altered (改变) popular culture dramatically.
And it wasn"t just the suits and changing lengths of hair the four Liverpool boys wore that had such an
impact, but what they seemed to stand for. The world saw them as the voice of a new generation, one
with a very different attitude to life.
Their influence was at its height in the 1960s, but their music continues to stir listeners today.
However, up until recently one aspect of the Beatles was struck in Yesterday: The music had never
been remastered (重新灌录). But on September 9 that situation came to an end, with the release of
the entire band"s music in a digital makeover. It is probably the biggest reissue (重新发行) in pop
music history, said British newspaper the Financial Times.
The albums were remastered at Abbey Road Studios in London, the location where the band
produced much of their work. The cover of their last album, Abbey Road of 1969, featured the four
young men striding (大步行走) across a zebra crossing on Abbey Road itself. It is one of the most
famous of all Beatles images.
Recently, to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the album, hundreds of Beatles lovers gathered there
to show their appreciation.
Pop groups come and go. The boy band pursued by screaming fans one year will be forgotten the
next. But the Beatles are one of the few groups whose music seems to have endured (持久). Why?
Paul McCartney"s biographer Barry Miles has an explanation: "They were the first rock band… and
they just happened to be the best. They were the first band to play stadiums, to have their own products.
They were groundbreaking in every way," he says.
1. Why did the Beatles change popular culture?
A. Because of the suits of the four Liverpool boys.
B. Because of changing lengths of hair the four Liverpool boys wore.
C. Because of their albums.
D. Because of their different attitude to life.
2. Which of the following statements is FALSE according to the second paragraph?
A. The Beatles influenced people at its height in the 1960s.
B. Their music Yesterday had never been remastered.
C. The entire band"s music in a digital makeover will be remastered.
D. On September 9, their music came to an end.
3. What is their last album?
A. Yesterday.
B. Abbey Road of 1969.
C. Come Together.
D. In My life.
4. What is NOT the reason why their music can endure?
A. They were the first rock band.
B. They were the best one.
C. They were the first band to play stadiums and to have their own works.
D. They wore special suits. | 最新试题
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