I lost my sight when I was four years old by falling off a car and landing on my head. Now I am thirty-two. I can vaguely remember the brightness of __36____ and what color red is. It would be ___37____ to see again, but a(n) __38____ can do strange things to people. I don’t mean I would __39___ to go without my eyes. I simply mean that the loss of them made me appreciate more what I had _40_____.
My parents and my teachers saw something in me ----- a __41____ to live ---- which I didn’t see, and they made me want to fight in out with _42____.
The __43___ lesson I had to learn was to believe in myself. I am not talking about simply the kind of __44____ that helps me down so unfamiliar staircase alone. I __45___ something bigger than that: a confidence that I am, despite being __46____, a real, positive person; that there is a special place where I can make myself fit.
It took me years to discover and strengthen this confidence. It had to start with the easy and simple things. __47____ a man gave me an indoor baseball. I thought he was laughing at me and I was __48____. “I can’t use this,” I said. “Take with you,” he urged me, “and roll it around.” The words __49___ in my head. “Roll it around!” By rolling the ball I could _50_____ where it went. This gave me an idea how to achieve a goal I had thought _51____ before playing baseball. At Philadelphia’s Overbrook School for the Blind I _52___ a successful variation of baseball. We called it ground ball.
I have set ahead of me a series of goals and then tried to reach them, one at a time. I had to be clear about my _53____. It was no good crying for something that I knew at the start was __54___ out of reach because that only invited bitterness of failure. I would fail something anyway, __55___ on the average I made progress.
1.A. sky B. cloud C. sunshine D. mist
2.A. helpful B. wonderful C. hopeful D. successful
3.A. disaster B. environment C. incident D. wonder
4.A. manage B. try C. want D. prefer
5.A. lost B. left C. used D. cared
6.A. purpose B. potential C. pressure D. preparation
7.A. energy B. happiness C. luck D. blindness
8.A. hardest B. dullest C. simplest D. easiest
9.A. self-respect B. self-control C. self-confidence D. self-defence
10.A. think B. consider C. guess D. mean
11.A. imperfect B. perfect C. unfair D. fair
12.A. Later B. Soon C. Once D. Then
13.A. worried B. encouraged C. shocked D. hurt
14.A. stuck B. impressed C. occupied D. held
15.A. see B. hear C. notice D. observe
16.A. important B. unimportant C. possible D. impossible
17.A. invented B. discovered C. instructed D. directed
18.A. experience B. advantages C. knowledge D. limitation
19.A. hardly B. wildly C. highly D. deeply
20.A. so B. for C. but D. and
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1.John, a fourteen-year-old young boy, is poor at math and physics and has to improve them in order to pass the final exam at school.
2.Mr. Black Smith, a labor worker on dock who would like to change to some technological job since he is already 43 and a bit too old for hard labor work. He has to work from Monday to Saturday but is free after 5:00 in the afternoon.
3.Chen Hua, a Chinese middle school student who has just moved to the USA. She will have to finish the course all in English at school there but her English is not good enough.
4.Tim, a graduated college student who wanted to quit his job and go on his study for M. A. He planned to take the MBA courses and would have to improve his math because he majored in Art at college.
5.Mrs. Tumer, a working mother with two young kids. She thinks education is a race and it's better to prepare kids more and earlier. Her neighbors, several other families share the same opinion and they are all thinking about sending their young kids to some pre-school education program.
When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn't understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laughs turned into crying.
So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing are controlled by the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so does crying.
Whatever helps us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional health, and crying seems to work well. One study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.
Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.
Just as crying can be healthy, not crying---holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering---can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can 1ead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illness. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural, healthy and emotional response.
1.Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?
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A．Because her father did not want her to feel too sad. |
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B．Because she did not love her grandmother. |
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C．Because she was too shy to cry at that time. |
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D．The author doesn't give the explanation. |
2.It can be inferred from the text that _______________________.
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A．there are two ways to keep healthy |
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B．emotional health has a close relationship to physical health |
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C．crying and laughing play the same roles |
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D．crying does more good to health than laughing |
3.According to the author, which of the following statements is true?
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A．Crying is the best way to get help from others. |
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B．Fighting back tears may cause some health problems. |
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C．We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry. |
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D．We must cry if we want to reduce pressure |
4.What might be the most suitable title for the text?
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A．Why We Cry |
B．How to Keep Healthy |
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C．Power of Tears |
D．New Scientific Discovery |
5.What is the author's attitude to "crying"?
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A．Positive. |
B．Negative. |
C．Touched. |
D．Upset. |
LONDON (Reuters)—New faces given to a Chinese man after a bear tore off part of his face and a FrenchCaribbean man disfigured by a rare tumor show that such transplants can work and are not medical oddities (怪异)，researchers said.
The findings give hope to some people with severe facial disfigurement and suggest the transplants could prove longlasting without major problems.Despite the tissue rejection in the first year after their transplants，neither men had psychological problems accepting their new faces and have been able to rejoin society，they reported.
Only three people have received face transplants.The world’s first was carried out on French woman Isabelle Dinoire in November 2005 after she was disfigured in an attack by her dog.In 2007，her doctors reported that she had recovered slowly and steadily，overcoming two periods of rejection.
In 2006，Chinese doctors performed a face transplant on a 30yearold hit by a bear.While there were some complications with tissue rejection following the operation，two years later the man was doing well，his doctors said.“This case suggests that facial transplantation might be an option for restoring a severely disfigured face，and could enable patients to bring themselves back into society，” Shuzhong Guo and colleagues at Xijing Hospital in China wrote.
A French team described their work on a 29yearold man who suffered from Von Recklinghausen disease，an illness that changes the shape of his face.“The man，who was not named，was given a new nose，mouth and chin in a 2007 operation.He began to work 13 months after the transplant has more function in his face and has not rejected the new tissue，” his doctors said.
“Our case confirms that face transplantation is practical and effective for the correction of specific disfigurement，” Dr.Laurent Lantieri and colleagues at the HenriMondor hospital outside Paris wrote.
1.What’s the main idea of this passage?
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A．Face transplants can work. |
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B．Face transplants help regain confidence. |
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C．Three people have received face transplants. |
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D．Disfigured people need face transplants. |
2.What happened to the Chinese patient mentioned in the passage?
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A．He got a strange illness when he was young. |
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B．He received several operations in hospital. |
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C．He was the first person to receive a face transplant. |
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D．He was once attacked by an animal. |
3.From the passage we can learn that ________.
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A．doctors have different opinions on facial disfigurement |
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B．patients could regain selfconfidence after face transplants |
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C．the new face of every patient has more functions than expected |
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D．it is easy for disabled people to be accepted by society |
4.The underlined word “restoring” in Paragraph 4 means “________”．
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A．removing |
B．recovering |
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C．repairing |
D．rejecting |
5.What problem resulted from the facial operations?
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A．The patients wouldn’t accept the facial change. |
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B．It was hard for the patients to get along with others. |
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C．It took some time for the patients to recover from the operation. |
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D．The patients usually suffered from tissue rejection. |
Although April did not bring us the rains we all hoped for, and although the Central Valley doesn’t generally experience the sound and lightning that can go with those rains, it’s still important for parents to be able to answer the youthful questions about thunder and lightning.
The reason these two wonders of nature are so difficult for many adults to explain to children is that they are not very well understood by adults themselves. For example, did you know that the lightning we see flashing down to the earth from a cloud is actually flashing up to a cloud from the earth? Our eyes trick us into thinking we see a downward motion when it’s actually the other way around. But then, if we believed only what we think and we see, we’d still insist that the sun rises in the morning and sets at night.
Most lightning flashes take place inside a cloud, and only a relative few can be seen jumping between two clouds or between earth and a cloud. But, with about 2,000 thunderstorms taking place above the earth every minute of the day and night, there’s enough activity to produce about 100 lightning strikes on earth every second.
Parents can use thunder and lightning to help their children learn more about the world around them. When children understand that the light of the lightning flashing reaches their eyes almost at the same moment, but the sound of the thunder takes about 5 seconds to travel just one mile, they can begin to time the interval (间隔) between the flash and the crash to learn how lose they were to the actual spark (闪光).
1.According to the author, in the area of the Central Valley____.
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A．rains usually come without thunder and lightning. |
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B．it is usually dry in April |
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C．children pay no attention to the two natural wonders. |
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D．parents are not interested in thunder and lightning. |
2.We believe that lightning is a downward motion because_______.
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A．we were taught so by our parents from our childhood. |
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B．we are taken in by our sense of vision. |
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C．it is a common natural sight. |
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D．it is a truth proved by science. |
3.What is TRUE about lightning according to the passage?
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A．Only a small number of lightning flashes occur on earth. |
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B．Lightning flashes usually jump from one cloud to another. |
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C．Lightning travels 5 times faster than thunder. |
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D．There are far more lightning strikes occurring on earth than we can imagine. |
4.The underlined word “activity” is most closely related to the word (s) _____.
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A．cloud |
B．lightning strikes |
C．lightning flashes |
D．thunderstorms |
5.It can be concluded from the passage that _______.
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A．we should not believe what we see or hear. |
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B．things moving downward are more noticeable. |
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C．people sometimes may have wrong ideas about ordinary phenomena. |
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D．adults are not as good as children in observing certain natural phenomena. |
Dear NMAI(National Museum of the American Indian) Supporter，
Old stereotypes(思维定式) die hard. And when it comes to the way Native Americans have been viewed throughout history and continue to be viewed today, the stories about life in Indian Country are sadly overshadowing the truths. Most Native Americans don't live in tipis(圆锥形帐篷), and we don't greet one another by saying, “How.”
To combat misconceptions like these, I need help from people who understand there's more to Native American cultures than the offensive cartoons that you see in movies and television.
I think that you might be one of these people.
Please join NMAI today and enjoy exclusive benefits like our full－color quarterly magazine American Indian, and Members－only discounts at all Smithsonian, NMAI Museum Stores, and at our Zagat－rated Mitsitam Native Foods Café.
Plus, through this email, you can take advantage of our special price of $22－more than 10% off our regular membership charge.
With your support, the National Museum of the American Indian can tell the story both past and present of Native life and culture in North, Central, and South America.
In just one visit to either of our Museums in Washington, DC, or New York City, you can watch a performance by traditional Native dancers... attend a lecture by a leading voice from the world of Native literature... spend an afternoon taking an informative audio tour of the Museum's distinctive grounds... and try your hand at Native crafts like pottery and beadwork. And for those who are unable to visit the museums in person, much of our extensive collection of more than 800，000 objects is cateloged on our website.
Only with your generosity can we share the Native story, awaken children to an interest in Native culture, and bring the Museum experience to people who can't travel to our Museums in person.
By joining the Museum today, you will take the first step in putting an end to the old stereotypes and long－held prejudices that have contributed to an incomplete picture of Native traditions and accomplishments.
Sincerely，
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Director
1.What is the author's intention in writing this letter?
A. To call for more people to join in volunteer work.
B. To carry out researches on Native Americans.
C. To invite more people to be members of the museum.
D. To raise more donations for the museum.
2.Which of the following statements describes the life and culture of Native Americans correctly?
A. They are good at pottery and beadwork.
B. Most of them live in tipis.
C. They greet others by saying, “How.”
D. They like designing offensive cartoons.
3.If you join NMAI, you can enjoy the following benefits except ________．
A. free full－color quarterly magazine American Indian
B. Members－only discounts at all Smithsonian
C. Members－only discounts for buying in NMAI Museum Stores
D. a free meal at Zagat－rated Mitsitam Native Foods Café
4.Regular membership fee of the NMAI is about ________．
A. $30 B. $20 C. $15 D. $25
