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〔1〕Secondhand smoke is a byproduct of cigarette, cigar or pipe smoking．Secondhand smoke occurs when tobacco burns or when smokers exhale, and it is inhaled involuntarily by non-smokers．
〔2〕Secondhand smoke___________________．The first is called side stream smoke, which is the smoke released from the burning end of a cigarette or cigar, or from tobacco burning in the bowl of a pipe．The second is called mainstream smoke, which is exhaled by a smoker．
〔3〕When nonsmokers are exposed to secondhand smoke, they inhale many of the same cancer-causing chemicals that smokers inhale．According to the U．S．Surgeon General, cigarette smoke contains more than 4,000 chemical compounds, including more than 50 cancer-causing chemicals, and at least 250 chemicals that are either toxic or carcinogenic．
〔4〕Both side stream and mainstream smoke are dangerous to nonsmokers．Side stream smoke is generated at lower temperatures and under different conditions than mainstream smoke．As a result, it contains higher concentrations of many of the toxins found in cigarette smoke．
〔5〕Secondhand smoke has been designated as a known human carcinogen by the U．S．Environmental Protection Agency, the National Toxicology Program, and the International Agency for Research on Cancer．Secondhand smoke also is listed as an occupational carcinogen by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health．
〔6〕According to the 2006 report by the U．S．Surgeon General, there is no risk-free level of exposure to secondhand smoke: even small amounts of secondhand smoke exposure can be harmful to people’s health．Separating smokers from nonsmokers, cleaning the air, and ventilating buildings can help．However, they cannot eliminate the exposure of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke．
1.What is the main idea of the text? （no more than 10 words）
2.Which sentence in the text is closest in meaning to the following one?
In whatever way, people can’t get rid of the risk of nonsmokers to secondhand smoke completely．
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3.Fill in the blank in Paragraph 2 with proper words．（no more than 8 words）
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4.Name at least three ways that will help reduce the harm of secondhand smoke．（no more than 12 words）
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5.Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese．
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The Weekly Telegraph is Britain’s global newspaper, the home-grown quality newspaper that delivers the best of The Daily Telegraph and The Sunday Telegraph to the British around the world and adds its special articles, features and reports designed to be of real value to foreign readers．Telegraph．co．uk/expat, the website, increases the value of the newspaper, thus creating a complete expatriate（国外的）support system, both online and offline．
Order a gift subscription（订阅）for a friend or relation overseas this Christmas and they will begin to recognize what a useful investment your subscription represents, and you’ll receive a FREE bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port to enjoy at home in the UK．
Subscriptions will start early January 2010．Port can only be delivered to a UK address and receivers must be over 18 years of age．
For more details or for 6-month subscriptions, please contact our subscriptions department on Tel +44 （0） 1622 335080 or email weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph．co．uk Office hours: 09:00-17:00 GMT）．
Please contact weeklytelegraphsubs@telegraph．co．uk with any questions regarding your subscription．
Your money back if you are not satisfied
Our “no quibble” money-back policy means that we guarantee to return the money for your subscription in full if you are not satisfied with the first four issues．
YOUR PAYMENT
Select a zone of payment．Price is for 52 issues．
United Kingdom 105．00 GBP （Great Britain Pound）
USA 125．00 GBP
Canada/ Australia/ New Zealand 108．00 GBP
Zambia/ Zimbabwe /Tanzania 85．00 GBP
South Africa 80．00 GBP
Middle East/ Europe/ Rest of the world 80．00 GBP
1.The Weekly Telegraph in the advertisement is mainly intended for ______．
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A．the British at home and abroad |
B．the British in the UK |
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C．the foreigners in Britain |
D．English learners across the globe |
2.If you want to receive a free bottle of 10-year-old Tawny Port, you must ______．
a．live in the United Kingdom b．have an overseas friend who is over 18
c．order a subscription of the Weekly Telegraph
d．offer your friend or relation’s address overseas
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A．a, b |
B．c, d |
C．a, c |
D．b, c |
3.What do we know about the Weekly Telegraph from the passage?
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A．The content of it can’t be read online． |
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B．One can subscribe to it 24 hours a day． |
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C．Your money can partly come back if you’re not satisfied． |
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D．The prices for different countries are probably different． |
4.To order a 6-month subscription for a friend in Tanzania, you should ______．
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A．contact the subscriptions department |
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B．subscribe to the Daily Telegraph for a year |
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C．tell your friend to visit telegraph．co．uk/expat |
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D．pay 85．00 GBP |
5.Which of the following statements is true based on the text?
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A．Telegraph．co．uk/expat receives support from online readers only． |
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B．Subscriptions of the paper can be made starting from January 2010． |
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C．Telegraph．co．uk/expat mainly solve your subscription problems． |
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D．US and Middle East readers can enjoy equal price for 52 issues． |
A growing number of health, hunger, and sustainable （可持续的）agriculture groups today announced plans for Food Day-a nationwide campaign to change the way Americans eat and think about food．Food Day will encourage people around the country to sponsor or participate in activities that encourage Americans to “eat real” and support healthy, affordable food grown in a sustainable, humane way．
Organizers hope Food Day will inspire Americans to hold thousands of events in schools, college campuses, houses of worship and even in private homes aimed at fixing America’s food system．A Food Day event could be as small as a parent organizing a vegetable identification contest at a kindergarten class-or as massive as a rally（集会）in a city park, with entertainment and healthy food．Health departments, city councils and other policy makers could use Food Day to launch campaigns, hold hearings, or otherwise address communities food problems．
The campaign will advocate progress toward five central goals:
·Reducing diet-related disease by promoting healthy foods．The American diet is too low in fruits, vegetables, and whole grains and too high in fatty meat, soft drinks and salty packaged and restaurant foods-contributing to hundreds of thousands of premature deaths each year．
·Supporting sustainable farms and stopping subsidies to agribusiness．Billions of federal
dollars a year would be better spent helping environmentally conscious family farmers than
hugeagribusiness operations．
·Expanding access to food and alleviating hunger．Far too many Americans don’t know where their next meal is coming from, or have access to fresh produce in their neighborhood．
·Reforming factory farms to protect animals and the environment．Farming of animals can and should be done without cruelty, and without degrading the quality of life．
·Curbing junk-food marketing to kids．Food companies should not be targeting children with foods that promote tooth decay, obesity and other health problems．
1.What is the best title of the text?
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A．Food Day Campaign |
B．Eat Real and Keep fit |
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C．How to Observe Food Day |
D．Food Problems in the USA |
2.What can we learn from Paragraph 2?
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A．Food problems are not easy to deal with． |
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B．Food Day events should be held in public places． |
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C．Kindergarten kids are unable to identify vegetables． |
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D．People are invited to create their own Food Day events． |
3.One of the aims of Food Day is to ____．
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A．target children with junk food |
B．operate more agribusiness |
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C．increase access to food |
D．cancel a series of events |
4.The underlined word "curbing" in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to “ ”．
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A．controlling |
B．enlarging |
C．evaluating |
D．providing |
5.We can infer from the text that _____．
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A．Food Day will not help preserve natural resources． |
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B．Food Day can be an opportunity to solve food problems． |
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C．Food Day has so far achieved all the central goals． |
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D．there are different ideas and views about Food Day． |
What makes a house a home?
Not size, of course．I've been in some of the grandest houses in America, and it's readily apparent no one lives there．Earlier this year, I had dinner in a mud hut in Ethiopia, where we sat on chairs next to the hostess' bed -- a home that had more warmth than any house I've been in since．
Now John Edwards is exploring what makes a house a home in his just-released Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives．There Edwards writes, " This is a book about homes, the values they rest on, the dreams they are filled with, and the people they have shaped．The houses and circumstances are different, but much of what you find inside will be familiar．"
Whether you're sitting in an airport right now, waiting to fly to your childhood home for Thanksgiving, or in your own home waiting for the relatives to arrive, you know what he's talking about．
We've lived in our townhouse for 21 years．The loose windows that make noise in the wind．The fireplace so shallow it holds only one log．The kitchen window that offers a view of the world passing by．It's where friends sit on the kitchen counter drinking wine while dinner is being fixed．I lived there for only 18, but it will always be my true home．Even the lamp in the west living room window, which I could see far down the road when driving home late at night, still shines．
While all this talk about childhood memories can be warm and comforting, home is whom you're with, not where you are．As Edwards writes, "Home is family．Home is safety．Home is faith．"
Happy homecoming．
1.What would be the best title for the text?
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A．Home Means Everything |
B．What's Inside Makes Us Feel at Home |
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C．Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives |
D．The Importance of the Home |
2.The purpose of the second paragraph is to __
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A．mean the author likes living in grandest houses |
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B．prove the author got along well with the hostess |
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C．mean the feeling of home isn't related to the size |
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D．show the author's different feelings about houses |
3.About the book Home: The Blueprints of Our Lives, we know that __
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A．it was the description of Edwards' houses |
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B．it is mainly about houses |
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C．it helps us understand the concept of home |
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D．it was written by the author of the text |
4.What did the author mainly mean when he mentioned the loose windows and the shallow fireplace ?
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A．His house was too old to live in． |
B．He missed the feelings of home． |
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C．He hated living there． |
D．He missed his old friends too much． |
5.It can be inferred according to the text that __
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A．the author's family were very rich |
B．every happy home is the same |
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C．the author has been living a hard life |
D．the author and Edwards hold similar ideas |
WHAT happens to a teenage kid when the world he thought he knew suddenly changes? Find out in Little Brother by American author Cory Doctorow．It is a fascinating book for a new generation of sci-fi readers．
Marcus Yallow, 17, from San Francisco is much more comfortable in front of a computer than obeying the rules of society．Smart, fast and wise to the ways of the networked world, he has no trouble outwitting （骗过） his high school's monitoring system．This way he and his friends get to head off to play a popular online game in real life．
While they are playing, a bomb explodes on the Bay Bridge．Marcus stops a military vehicle to get help for his injured friend, but this simple act throws him into a Department of Homeland Security （DHS） secret prison．There he is treated as a possible terrorist．He is eventually let go after four days, but his injured friend disappears．
When he returns, Marcus discovers that there are many "security measures" in place and that now all citizens are treated like potential terrorists．While some consider this government action necessary for public safety, Marcus sees this as a complete destruction of the rights he is supposed to have as a citizen．
He knows that no one will believe his story, which leaves him with only one thing to do: to take down the DHS himself．He helps organize a large network called Xnet to spread the truth, anonymously （匿名地）．
The book presents a young man who is irresponsible, but learns about himself, and grows, in the course of the story．As part of this learning and growing he becomes aware of very serious issues about his society．
1.What kind of article does this passage belong to?
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A．A fascinating story |
B．A book review |
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C．A News report |
D．A TV programme |
2.The underlined word “destruction” in the passage means ．
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A．damage |
B．reward |
C．ruin |
D．protection |
3.Marcus Yallow was sent to prison because ．
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A．he killed his friend |
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B．he bombed a military vehicle |
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C．he did something that a possible terrorist could do |
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D．his injured friend disappeared |
4.From the second paragraph we can infer that ．
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A．Marcus Yallow is much more comfortable obeying the rules of society |
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B．Marcus Yallow is smart, fast and wise in real life |
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C．Marcus Yallow always plays online games in real life |
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D．Marcus Yallow is expert at the network world |
5.At the end of the book, Marcus Yallow ．
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A．is supposed to be more irresponsible |
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B．becomes aware of very serious issues about his society |
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C．presents a young man who is irresponsible |
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D．plays a popular online game in real life |
The Making of a Surgeon
How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon”? As my year as chief resident （进修医生） drew to a close, I asked myself this question 36 more than one occasion．
The answer, I concluded, was 37 ．When you can say to yourself, “There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently, treat just 38 or better than any other surgeon”-- then, and not until then, you are 39 a surgeon．I was 40 that point．
41 , for example, the emergency situations that we met almost every night．The first few months of the year I had 42 the ringing of the telephone．I knew it meant another critical decision to be 43 ．Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular 44 , I'd have trouble getting back to sleep．I'd 45 all the facts of the case and, often, wonder 46 I had made a poor decision．More than once at two or three in the 47 , after lying awake for an hour, I’d get out of 48 , dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient myself．It was the only 49 I could find the 50 of mind I needed to relax．
Now, in the last month of my residency, 51 was no longer a problem．Sometimes I still couldn’t be sure of my decision, but I had learned to 52 this as a constant problem for a surgeon．I knew that with my knowledge and experience, any decision I'd made was bound to be a 53 one．It was a nice feeling．
This all sounds conceited （自负的） and I guess it is -- 54 a surgeon needs conceit．He needs it to encourage him in trying moments when he's bothered by the 55 and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine．He has to feel that he's as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world．Call it conceit -- call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it．
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