Two men, both seriously ill, occupied the same hospital room. One man was allowed to _____ in his bed for an hour each afternoon for treatment. His _____ was next to the room's only window. The other man _____ spend all his time flat on his back. Every _____ when the man in the bed by the window could sit up, he _____ pass the time by describing to his _____ all the things he could see outside the window. The window overlooked a _____ with a lovely lake. Ducks and swans played on the water while children _____ their model boats. Young lovers walked _____ among flowers. As the man by the window described all this beautifully, the other man would close his eyes and _____ the scene.
One morning, the day nurse arrived to bring water for their baths only to find the _____ body of the man by the window, who had died _____ in his sleep. She was saddened and _____ the hospital attendants (服务员) to take the body away. _____ it seemed appropriate (合适的), the other man asked if he could _____ next to the window. The nurse was happy to make the switch, and after _____ he was comfortable, she left him alone. Slowly and painfully, he sat up to take his _____ look at the world outside. Finally, he would have the _____ of seeing it for himself. He strained (紧张地) to slowly turn to _____ the window beside the bed. It faced a blank(空白的) wall.
The man asked the nurse what could have forced his dead roommate to _____ those wonderful things outside this window. The nurse answered that the man was blind and could not even see the wall. She said, “Perhaps he just wanted to encourage you.”
1.A.stand up B.lie down C.sit up D.sit down
2.A.room B.table C.seat D.bed
3.A.had to B.would rather C.prefer to D.rather than
4.A.morning B.evening C.afternoon D.dawn
5.A.will B.would C.should D.might
6.A.nurse B.workmate C.roommate D.doctor
7.A.park B.street C.garden D.field
8.A.played B.made C.started D.sailed
9.A.face to face B.shoulder to shoulder C.arm in arm D.back to back
10.A.describe B.tell C.hear D.imagine
11.A.strong B.warm C.sick D.lifeless
12.A.peacefully B.sadly C.secretly D.completely
13.A.looked B.found C.called D.ordered
14.A.However B.As soon as C.But D.Except
15.A.changed B.sit C.be moved D.be taken
16.A.making sure B.depending on C.making up D.accounting for
17.A.next B.first C.last D.another
18.A.surprise B.feeling C.try D.joy
19.A.look out of B.look C.glare at D.stare at
20.A.remember B.describe C.write D.talk
The Winner’s Guide to Success
Do you know what makes people successful? To find out the answers, an American scholar recently visited some of the most successful people around the world. 1.
Be responsible for yourself
Sometimes you may want to blame others for your failure to get ahead. In fact, when you say someone or something outside of yourself is stopping you from making success, you’re giving away your own power. 2.
Write a plan
It is very difficult to try to get what you want without a good plan. It is just like trying to drive through strange roads to a city far away. 3. Without this “map”, you may waste your time, money and also your energy; while with the “map” you’ll enjoy the “trip” and get what you want in the shortest possible time.
Be willing to pay the price
4. So you must be ready to work hard — even harder than you have ever done. If you are not willing to pay the price, you won’t get anything valuable.
5.
It seems to us that everyone knows this. But it is easier said than done. When you are doing something, you must tell yourself again and again: Giving up is worse than failure because failure can be the mother of success, but giving up means the death of hope.
A. Never give up.
B. Nothing is easy to get.
C. A good plan is like a map to you.
D. Here are some keys to success that they give.
E. Some people achieve success much later in life.
F. You’re saying, “You have more control over my life than I do.”
G. Someone else’s opinion of you doesn’t have to become your reality.
One of the greatest killers in the Western world is heart disease.The death rate( 率) from the disease has been increasing at an alarming speed for the past thirty years.Today in Britain,for example,about four hundred people a day die of heart disease.Medical experts know that people can reduce their chances of getting heart disease by exercising regularly,by not smoking,by changing their diets,and by paying more attention to reducing stress(压力) in their work.
However,Western health-care systems are still not paying enough attention to the prevention of the disease.There is a need for more programs to educate the public about the causes and prevention of heart disease.Instead of supporting such programs,however,the U.S.health-care system is spending large sums of money on the surgical( 外 科 的 ) treatment of the disease after it develops.This emphasis( 强 调 ) on treatment clearly has something to do with the technological advances that have taken place in the past ten to fifteen years.In this time,modern technology has enabled doctors to develop new surgical techniques.Many operations that were considered impossible or too risky(有风险的) a few years ago are now performed every day in U.S.hospitals.The result has been a huge increase in heart surgery.
Although there is no doubt that heart surgery can help a large number of people,some people point out that the emphasis on the surgical treatment of the disease has three clear disadvantages.First,it attracts interest and money away from the question of prevention.Second,it causes the costs of general hospital care to rise.After hospitals buy the expensive equipment that is necessary for modern heart surgery,they must try to recover the money they have spent.To do this,they raise costs for all their patients,not just those patients whose treatment requires the equipment.The third disadvantage is that doctors are encouraged to perform surgery—even on patients for whom an operation is unnecessary—because the equipment and expert skills are there.A government office recently stated that major heart surgery was often performed even though its chances of success were low.In one type of heart surgery,for example,only 15 percent of patients improved their conditions after the surgery.However,more than 100,000 of these operations are performed in the United States every year.
1.What effect has modern technology had on medicine?
A.It has reduced the costs of medical treatment.
B.It hasn’t helped save any patients.
C.It has encouraged doctors to do more heart surgeries.
D.It has helped educate people about the prevention of heart disease.
2.“To do this”(in Paragraph 3) means _____ .
A.to help patients recover
B.to increase the number of heart surgeries
C.to get back the money spent on the equipment
D.to buy new equipment for the treatment of heart disease
3.The author would agree that _____ .
A.more money should be spent on the prevention of heart disease
B.heart surgery has helped most patients improve their conditions
C.modern technology has made heart surgery more risky than before
D.the public have known a great deal about the causes of heart disease
4.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A.The Greatest Killer in the West
B.Heart Disease:Treat or Prevent
C.Old Technology and Heart Surgery
D.Heart Surgery:Advantages
Have you wondered why different animals or pests have their particular colours? Colours in them seem to be used mainly to protect themselves.
Birds, especially seagulls are very fond of locusts (蝗虫), but birds can’t easily catch locusts because locusts change their colours together with the change of the colour of crops. When crops are green, locusts look green. But when crops are ripe, locusts take on exactly the same brown colour as crops have. Some other pests with different colours from plants are usually easily found and eaten by their enemies. So they have to hide themselves in terror for lives and appear only at night.
If you study the animal life in any part of the world, you will find the main use of colouring is to protect them. Bears, wolves and other beasts move quietly through forests. They are usually invisible(can’t be seen) to the eyes of hunters, because they have the colour much like the bark（树皮）of trees.
An even more strange act remains to be noticed. A kind of fish living in seas can send out a kind of very black liquid when it faces danger. While the liquid is over, its enemies cannot find it, and it quickly swims away. Thus, it has existed up to now though it is not powerful at all.
1.This passage mainly talks about _______.
A.the change of colour in locusts
B.animals or pests can dye（染色）themselves different colours
C.how a certain sea fish protects itself
D.the protective colour of animals and pests
2.Locusts are pests but they aren’t easily wiped out by their enemies because _______.
A.they change colors with the crops
B.they are dangerous to their enemies
C.they fly very fast
D.they are powerful enough
3.The pests that have different colours from plants usually appear at night because _______.
A.their enemies can easily find them and eat them
B.they have the habit of coming out in darkness
C.it’s easy for them to destroy plants in darkness
D.birds take their rests when night comes
4.A certain fish living in seas has lived through millions of year because _______.
A.it is the most powerful in the sea
B.no other fishes can swim as fast as it can
C.it can send out a kind of liquid which makes its enemies unable to find it
D.the liquid it sends out can kill its enemies
Two men were sitting together in a plane. They were on a long journey. One of the men was a businessman.The other was a farmer.They sat without talking for a while, then the farmer said, " Let's do something to pass the time."
"What do you want to do? " the businessman asked."We can ask each other riddles."
The farmer said, "You start." "Let's make the rules first, " the businessman said." That's not fair. You are a businessman with much knowledge. You know more things than I do.I am just a farmer."
"That's true." The businessman said."What do you want we should do? " "If you don't know the answer to a riddle, you pay me ﹩100.And if I don't know the answer, I'll pay you ﹩50." The farmer said. The businessman thought about this, then he said, "OK.
That's fair.Who will go first? "
"I will, " The farmer said." Here is my riddle.What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? " The business man repeated the riddle, "What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? Mm, that's a good one.I'm afraid I don't know the answer." He gave the farmer ﹩100, then said, " Tell me the answer.What has three legs when it walks, but only two legs when it flies? " "I don't know." The farmer said and gave him ﹩50.
1.The story happened _____.
A.on a farm B.between two passengers
C.before a long train journey D.in a shop.
2.What does the word "riddle" mean in this story？
A.A difficult question to find the answer to.
B.Something to help to make rules.
C.Something to win money.
D.a kind of game in doing business..
3.The farmer _____.
A.enjoyed himself on his long journey.
B.didn't want to pay even one dollar
C.spent all his money on the plane ticket.
D.won fifty dollars by playing the riddle game.
4.Which of the following is NOT true？
A.The two men made rules for their riddle.
B.The businessman knew the answer to his riddle.
C.The two men made their riddle game more interesting by paying it for money.
D.The farmer was much cleverer than the businessman.
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A.leave a note B.show a document(文件)
C.carry an advertisement D.send an e﹣mail.
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A.You will provide people with learning disabilities with all aspects of their daily lives
B.You will help them to protect their rights and their safety
C.You will help them to develop new skills
D.All of the above.
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A.A girl can't get the position
B.You can get money from the position
C.It is a full time job
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