A good friend of mine was complaining about her son the other day．“Did you notice,” she started, “how he didn’t wait for me to get my salad before he dove into his?”
True enough, the boy attacked his plate faster than a cat in the wild．Without manners, we’re no more than animals．Actually, that’s not true．I’ve been watching and feeding a group of wild cats, and they show unusual politeness toward each other．Even when food is scarce, they take turns, leaving at least a small part for the next in line．
My mother educated her three children to have good manners all the time．We were made to feel very uncomfortable as if we were sitting on pins and needles until we got used to saying please, thank you, pardon me, and I’m sorry．And I have to say, while it was a painful learning experience, it was one of the most valuable．
I can’t tell you how often I sat with my friends, eating at their dinner tables, and their parents thought highly of my good manners．While it was a little embarrassing, I knew even then that my mother’s teachings were paying off．
Many years later, when I was attending seminars across the country, my manners were quite useful．
While I regret that I haven’t been a perfect example, I’m still working on it．I suppose, in this regard, my mother lives on through me．I didn’t have her beautiful singing voice or her green eyes, but she did make sure I received one of her finest characteristics．
1.What did the writer’s friend most probably complain about?
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A．Her son’s eating too quickly． |
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B．Her son’s not having a healthy diet． |
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C．Her son’s not having good table manners． |
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D．Teenagers’ not having good manners． |
2.The underlined word “scarce” in Paragraph 3 probably means “________”．
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A．too much |
B．not delicious |
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C．not enough |
D．quite hot |
3.We learn that the writer’s mother __________．
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A．was strict about her children’s manners |
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B．never punished her children |
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C．had beautiful blue eyes |
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D．was not good at singing |
4.What does the writer think of her experience of learning good manners?
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A．Easy and relaxing |
B．Painful and valuable |
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C．Easy but useless |
D．Too horrible |
5.We can infer from the passage that the writer _________．
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A．is surely liked by everyone around her |
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B．is not satisfied with most people’s manners around her |
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C．thinks she has been a perfect example to the young |
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D．thanks her mother for teaching her the good manners a lot |
Not all think laughter is the best medicine, but it seems to help．So scientists carried on a new study of diabetes （糖尿病） patients who were given a good dose of humor for a year to prove it．
Researchers divide 20 high-risk diabetic patients into two groups．Both groups were given standard diabetes medicine．Group L viewed 30 minutes of humor of their choice, while Group C, the control group, did not．This went on for a year of treatments．
By two months into the study, the patients in the laughter group had lower level of the hormones epinephrine （肾上腺素）, considered to cause stress, which is known to be deadly．After the 12 months, HDL cholesterol rises 26 percent in Group L but only 3 percent in Group C．In another measure, C-reactive proteins, a maker of heart disease, drop 66 percent in the laughter group but only 26 percent in the control group．
“The best doctors believe that there is a physical good brought about by the positive emotion, happy laughter,” said study leader Lee Berk of Loma Linda University．And other research has found that humor makes us more hopeful．Still, more study is needed, Berk said．The research by Berk found that humor can bring about similar changes in body chemistry, which was proved in the new study．The research result will be presented this month at the meeting in the US．Research at the University of Maryland School of Medicine shows that laughter causes the inner lining of blood vessels to expand, increasing blood flow in a way thought to be healthy．
“Lifestyle choices have an important effect on health and these are choices which we and patients should pay attention to, rather than prevention and treatment,” Berk said in a statement this week．
1.Why did the scientists carry on the new research?
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A．To find out if laughter was good to health． |
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B．To discover the best medicine to cure diabetes． |
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C．Because the number of diabetic patients is the largest in the world． |
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D．Because diabetic patients need more laughter than other patients． |
2.After 12 months into the study, ___________．
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A．C-reactive proteins increase 66 percent in Group C |
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B．the level of the hormones epinephrine stays the same in both groups |
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C．the level of the hormones epinephrine has dropped |
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D．C-reactive proteins reduced 66 percent in Group L |
3.The underlined part “HDL cholesterol” in Paragraph 3 must be _______．
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A．something bad to our health |
B．something good to our health |
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C．a kind of wonderful medicine |
D．a kind of dangerous disease |
4.In what way does laughter benefit people’s health?
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A．Blood is made thick by laughter． |
B．Laughter makes blood vessels thin． |
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C．Laughter increases blood pressure． |
D．Laughter makes blood flow fast． |
5.According to Berk, we should _________．
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A．choose lifestyles carefully |
B．change our lifestyles |
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C．prevent our lifestyles in advance |
D．pay less attention to the positive emotion |
For centuries, the body’s blood has been linked closely with the emotions．People who show no human emotions or feelings, are said to be cold-blooded killer．For example, the police are searching for a cold-blooded killer．He seems to kill for no reason, and no emotion, as if taking someone’s life as nothing．
Cold can affect other parts of the body．The expression “get cold feet” has nothing to do with cold or your feet．The expression means being afraid to do something you have decided to do．For example, you agree to be president of an organization．But then you learn that all the other officers have resigned, and all the work of the organization will be your responsibility．You are likely to get cold feet about being president when you understand the situation．
The expression “give someone the cold shoulder” probably comes from the physical act of turning your back toward someone, instead of speaking to him face to face．You may give a cold shoulder to a friend who has not kept a promise he made to you．Or, to someone who has lied about you to others．
A cold fish is not a fish．It is a person．But it is a person who is unfriendly, unemotional and shows no love or warmth．A cold fish does not offer much of himself to anyone．Someone who is a cold fish could be cold-hearted．Now a cold-hearted person is someone who has no sympathy．Several popular songs in recent years were about cold-hearted men or cold-hearted women who, without feelings, broke the hearts of their lovers．
Out in the cold means not getting something that everybody else got．A person might say that everybody but him got a pay raise---he was left out in the cold．And it is not a pleasant place to be．
1.There are _________ expressions related to cold that are mentioned in the passage．
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B．4 |
C．6 |
D．7 |
2.When you refuse to speak to a man and treat him in a distant way, you may express by “_________”．
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A．I give him the cold shoulder |
B．I think he is a cold-blooded man |
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C．I think he is a cold fish |
D．I’m likely to get cold feet |
3. If Sue shows absolutely no reaction to those awful pictures of starving children in Africa, you will say _________．
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A．she is a cold-blooded killer |
B．she gets cold feet |
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C．she is a cold fish |
D．she is out in the cold |
4.We can use the expression “__________” to describe a man who abandons or hurts his lover without mercy．
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A．cold-blooded |
B．cold shoulder |
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C．cold feet |
D．cold-hearted |
5.The topic of this passage is about _________．
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A．the relationship between cold and our body |
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B．some expressions about friendship |
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C．some expressions connected with cold |
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D．how cold weather comes into being |
阅读下面短文，按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求，在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中词语的正确形式填空，并将答案填写在答题卡标号为16—25的相应位置上。
Many years ago, when I worked as a volunteer at Stanford Hospital, I got to know a little girl __16___ （name） Lisa who was suffering from a rare and serious disease．Her only chance of recovery appeared to be a blood transfusion __17___ her five-year-old brother, ___18__ had miraculously （奇迹般地） survived the same disease and had developed the antibodies （抗体） needed to fight the ___19__ （ill）．
The doctor explained the situation to her little brother, and asked the boy___20__ he would be willing to give his blood to his sister．I saw him hesitate for only a moment before taking ___21__ deep breath and saying, “Yes, I’ll do it if it can save Lisa．”
As the transfusion progressed, he lay in a bed next to his sister and ___22__ （smile）, as we all did, seeing the color returning ____23__ her cheeks．Then his face grew pale and his smile faded．He looked up at the doctor and asked with a trembling voice, “Will I start to die right away?”
Being young, the boy had ____24___ （understand） the doctor; he thought he was going to have to give her all ___25___ blood．
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意．然后从1—15各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
When I was about twelve years old, my mother told us that we would not be ___1___ Christmas gifts for lack of money．I felt sad and thought, “What would I say when the other kids asked what I’d ___2___?” Then，three women ___3___ at our house with gifts for all of us．For me they bought a doll．I would no longer have to be ___4___ when I returned to school．
Years later, when I stood in the kitchen of my new house, thinking how I wanted to make my ___5___ Christmas special and memorable there, I ___6___ remembered the women’s visit．I decided that I wanted to create the same feeling of ___7___ for as many children as I could possibly ____8__．
So I ___9__ a plan and gathered forty people from my company to help．We gathered about 125 orphans （孤儿） at the Christmas party．For every child, we wrapped colorful packages filled with toys, clothes, and school supplies, each with a child’s name．We wanted all of them to know they were ___10__．Before I called out their names and handed them their gifts, I ___11__ them that they couldn’t open their presents until every child had come forward．Finally the __12___ they had been waiting for came as I called out, “One, two, three．Open your presents!” As the children opened their packages, their faces beamed and their bright smiles ___13__ up the room．The __14___ in the room was obvious, and it wasn’t just about toys．It was a feeling---the feeling I knew from that Christmas so long ago when the women came to visit．I wasn’t forgotten．Somebody still remembered me．I know I___15___．
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阅读下面的短文，然后按照要求写一篇150词左右的英语短文。
Increased College Enrollment（入学）
In recent years, there is a steady increase in college enrollment. To many high-school students, it's definitely good news，for they would have better chance of receiving higher education.
You don't have to look very far to find out the advantages of the increased college enrollment. For one thing, it lessens the worries of both high school graduates and their parents. Besides，increased college enrollment can contribute to raise the educational level of our nation. What's more, increased college enrollment can provide more students with specialized knowledge, thus serving our development in a positive way.
On the other hand, we can not deny that there are some potential problems about increased college enrollment. To begin with, with the increased number of students, the shortage of teaching staff and facilities becomes clearly seen. Worst of all, increased college enrollment leads to increased competition in the job market.
It's not an easy task to tell whether the tendency should be encouraged. As to me, it's laudable to grant more students higher education. But a college degree is by no means a guarantee for a better job or future. To cast a promising career, we need a lot more abilities which we can not learn from college.
[写作内容]
1. 以约30个词概括短文的要点；
2. 然后用120个词写一篇文章, 包括一下要点：
1）高校扩招的益处： 1.缓解了父母和高中生们的心理压力;提高全国教育水平;
2.培养更多有专长的人才。
2）扩招造成的一些问题：造成大学里师资和教学设施短缺;使就业市场竞争更加激烈。
3）我对大学扩招的看法
[写作要求]
1）文章可参照阅读材料的内容,但不要抄袭阅读材料中的句子；
2）不能出现真实姓名和学校名称；
3）题目自定。
[评分标准] 概括准确, 语言规范, 内容合适, 篇章连贯。
