Maybe you know floods, droughts, earthquakes, sandstorms and so on. But have you ever heard of typhoons?
Typhoons are some of the worst storms, usually around the Pacific Ocean and the South China Sea. Most happen in July, August and September.
How does a typhoon happen? When lots of sea water gets hot in the summer sun, it evaporates into the air. This makes the air hotter. When the air gets warm enough, it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in. It fills the space that is left. After the air gets warmer, it starts to move quickly, making wind. The wind goes in circles, and it keeps moving higher in the sky. The warmer the air gets, the quicker the wind moves. And when the wind moves faster than 30 meters a second, a typhoon begins.
A typhoon has two parts. One is called the "eye". In the eye, the wind does not move so fast. The other part is the wall of clouds around the eye. This is where the strongest wind and hardest rains are.
Typhoons are very dangerous. In 2004, Typhoon Yunna killed 164 people in Zhejiang, and 24 people were missing. In May 2006, Typhoon Pearl hit Guangdong and Fujian, and thousands of houses were damaged.
What to do when a typhoon hits:
·Stay inside, close all the windows and stay away from them.
·Try to bring all of your things inside. Strong winds could even blow away your bikes!
·Listen to the radio or TV for important information.
·If you're told to go to a safer place, do so right away.
1.Which picture can tell meaning of the underlined sentences "... it starts to move higher up into the sky. Then, cooler air around it rushes in. '?
2.When a typhoon comes, we cannot
A．close all the windows
B．listen to typhoon news
C．stay outside with our bikes
D．stay inside the strong house
3.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A．The warmer the air gets, the slower the wind moves.
B．This year Typhoon Peal killed 164 people in Zhejiang.
C．The strongest winds and hardest rains are in the eye of typhoon.
D．A typhoon will happen when the wind goes faster than 30 meters a second.
NOT all memories are sweet. Some people -- all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars (伤痕).
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce, or possibly erase, the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain (大脑). So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of discussion. Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
"Some memories can destroy people's lives. They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare (噩梦). They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our identity (特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I'm not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
1.The passage is mainly about
A．a new medical invention
B．a new research on the pill
C．a way of erasing painful memories
D．a discussion about the research on the pill
2.The drug tested on people can
A．cause the brain to fix memories
B．stop people remembering bad experiences
C．prevent body producing certain chemicals
D．erase the emotional effects of memories
3.We can infer from the passage that
A．people doubt the effects of the pills
B．the pill will stop people's bad experiences
C．taking the pill will do harm to people's health
D．the pill has probably been produced in America
4.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?
A．Some memories can destroy people's lives.
B．People want to remove bad memories.
C．Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.
D．The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.
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A group of class friends successful in their careers got together to visit their old university professor. Their talk soon turned into complaints about 1 in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and a couple of(几个) 2 ——porcelain(瓷的), plastic(塑料的), glass, crystal(水晶的), some common, 3 expensive and some delicate (精美的)-telling them to help themselves to the coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in hand, the professor said, "If you noticed,all the nice-looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the common and 4 ones. While it is 5 for you to choose only the best for ourselves, that is the __6 of your problems and stress. The cup itself 7 no quality to the coffee. 8 all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously (自觉地) went 9 the best cups. And then you began eyeing other people’s cups. Now consider this: life is the 10 ; the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain life, and the type of cup which we have will not 11 the quality of life we live. Sometimes, by fixing our attention only on the cup, we 12 to enjoy the coffee which God (上帝) has 13 for us. God brews(冲泡) the coffee, not the cups...Enjoy your coffee!"
The happiest people don't have the best of everything. They just 14 the best use of everything.
Live 15 . Love generously. Care deeply. Speak kindly. Leave the rest to God.
1. A．changes B．duties C．experiences D．stress
2. A．cups B．pans C．bowls D．cans
3. A．others B．some C．another D．other
4. A．fashionable B．cheap C．expensive D．nice-looking
5. A．wise B．important C．natural D．necessary
6. A．use B．disagreement C．answer D．cause
7. A．waves B．reduces C．adds D．leads
8. A．As B．What C．That D．Which
9. A．for B．into C．by D．on
10. A．tea B．water C．wine D．coffee
11. A．remove B．beat C．change D．enjoy
12. A．fail B．succeed C．wish D．try
13. A．sold B．gave C．bought D．provided
14. A．keep B．say C．make D．do
15. A．wildly B．simply C．specially D．successfully
He hasn’t been here the evening of March 1st.
A．until B．since C．in D．on
We can make a fire ____ the room warm so that we can chat for a while.
A．to keep B．keeping C．keep D．kept
He had to retire(退休)early poor health.
A．as a result B．because C．so D．because of
