Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England, on January 8, 1942. At the age of 17, he entered University College, Oxford. He wanted to study mathematics, but took up the study of physics when math was unavailable. He received a Ph.D. in physics despite being diagnosed (诊断) with Ameliotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (肌萎缩性脊髓侧索硬化症) while at Oxford in 1963. In 1985 he became ill with pneumonia (肺炎), and since then has required 24-hour nursing. Dr. Hawking’s determination, along with the help of his family and associates, has allowed him to continue to work. In 1970 he began studying black holes. His research led him to predict that black holes send out radiation in the X-ray to gamma-ray(伽马射线) range of the spectrum (光谱). In the 1980s he returned to an earlier interest, the origins of the universe. He has co-authored many publications, such as 300 Years of Gravity and The Large Scale Structure of Space time. Dr. Hawking has also written books such as A Brief History of Time, Black Holes and Baby Universes and other Essays, The Universe in a Nutshell and others. He continues to give lectures, despite having been unable to speak since 1985, with the aid of a speech synthesizer (合成器) and a portable computer. He currently holds Isaac Newton’s chair as the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at Cambridge University in England.
1.Hawking went to University College, Oxford, in order to _____.
A. get a Ph.D. in physics
B. study mathematics
C. study the universe and black holes
D. seek help from the Lucasian Professor
2.Before Hawking started researching black holes, _____.
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A．he gave lectures with the help of a speech synthesizer |
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B．he finished his book The Universe in a Nutshell |
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C．he was made the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics |
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D．he was diagnosed with Ameliotrophic Lateral Sclerosis |
3.Which of the following books was NOT written by Dr. Hawking alone?
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A．300 Years of Gravity |
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B．A Brief History of Time |
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C．The Universe in a Nutshell |
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D．Black Holes and Baby Universes and Other Essays. |
4.When did Hawking enter University College, Oxford?
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A．in 1942 |
B．in 1970 |
C．in 1959 |
D．in 1963 |
Americans like to travel on their yearly holiday. Today, more and more travelers in the United States are spending nights at small houses or inns(客栈)instead of hotels. They get a room for the night and the breakfast the next morning.
Rooms for the night in private(私人的)homes with breakfast have been popular with travelers in Europe for many years. In the past five to ten years, these bed-and-breakfast places have become popular in the United States. Many of these America’s bed-and-breakfast inns have only a few rooms; others are much larger. Some inns do not provide telephones or televisions in the rooms, others do.
Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is much different from staying at a hotel. Usually the cost is much less. Staying at an inn is almost like visiting someone’s home. The owners are glad to tell about the areas and the interesting places to visit. Many vacationers say that they enjoy the chance to meet local families.
1.Americans take a holiday trip_________.
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A．all the year round |
B．for years |
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C．every year |
D．every other year |
2.According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
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A．Some Americans like to stay at bed-and-breakfast homes instead of at hotels. |
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B．The bed-and-breakfast inns are private homes open to vacationers. |
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C．The bed-and-breakfast inns have been popular in America for a long time. |
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D．The bed-and-breakfast inn owners provide a morning meal for their visitors and a room for the night. |
3.Staying at the bed-and-breakfast inns, __________.
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A．the travelers needn’t pay anything |
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B．the travelers don’t have to pay for the telephone or television |
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C．the travelers can meet and talk with the local people |
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D．the owners will show the travelers around the area |
4.Which is TRUE according to the passage?
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A．European and American vacationers like staying at bed-and-breakfast inns. |
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B．All Americans enjoy traveling. |
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C．These bed-and-breakfast inns are all old historic buildings. |
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D．Staying at a bed-and-breakfast inn is just like at the traveler’s home. |
Bringing Art into Hospitals
The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to get better.
As part of nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums and into public places, some of the country’s best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valuable collections of present art in passages, waiting areas and treatment rooms.
These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s.He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society, and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience(观众).
A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art! Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out—patient’s waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975.Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist. Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.
The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colours, playful images(形象)and restful courtyards.
The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto gardens needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.
1. Some best artists of Britain have been called in to__________.
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A．set up new hospitals |
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B．make the corners of the hospital collect paintings |
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C．bring art into hospitals |
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D．help patients recover from serious illnesses |
2.After the improvement of the hospital environment,__________.
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A．patients no longer take drugs to kill their pains |
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B．patients don’t have to stay long in hospital |
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C．patients need fewer pain killers when they suffer from an illness |
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D．patients feel happy in hospital |
3.It can inferred from the passage that__________.
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A．the role of hospital environment is important. |
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B．hospital artists have done more than doctors |
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C．exhibitions attract more audience in hospitals than in museums |
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D．the hospital is a better place for people. |
Last year, I met a little boy to whom my heart went out. He would talk to me every single day, and always seemed to have a smile on his face. His problem was that he stuttered (口吃) extremely badly when he tried to talk. It was really hard to understand what he was saying, although he loved to tell big tales!
One morning, I was talking to the teachers who ran the school store. The boy stopped by and said hello to all of us. Afterwards they told me that the boy would stop every day to ask if they would be there the next day. But of course, he never had money to buy anything.
I decided that I would get him a little something just as a surprise. So I picked out a pencil, a rubber, and a small notebook for just $1.00. I cannot describe the look on his face when I gave him the three little things. Then, without a stutter, he loudly said, "Thank you so much!" and just kept repeating, "Thank you! Thank you!" He gave me a big hug before going off to class.
I was touched to see someone appreciate something that much. As he walked off, he was showing his new stuff to other kids walking to class. I have to say that I have never spent a dollar that would mean so much to me.
1.Why did the boy never buy anything from the store?
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A．Because he couldn’t make himself understood. |
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B．Because the teachers were unwilling to sell him anything. |
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C．Because he couldn’t afford anything. |
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D．Because he could never decide what to buy. |
2.What do we learn from the third paragraph?
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A．Actually the boy had no stutter at all. |
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B．The boy was too excited to stutter at the moment. |
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C．What the author had bought helped the boy speak normally. |
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D．The author wanted to find out whether the boy really had a stutter. |
3.Which would be the best title for the passage?
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A．A Stuttering Boy |
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B．Kindness Can Do Wonders |
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C．One Dollar Can Buy Anything |
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D．The Best Dollar I Have Spent |
4.What is the boy’s attitude to his life?
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A．active |
B．passive |
C．disappointed |
D．fearful |
Once upon a
time, a Japanese man wanted to rebuild his house. First he had to tear the
walls open .Japanese houses 36 have hollow(空的)spaces between the wooden walls.
As he was 37 them down, he found a lizard(蜥蜴) 38 there because a nail(钉子)from the outside had been hammered into one of its feet. Seeing
this, he felt 39 for it, and at the same time was curious
about it.
He knew very well that the 40 had been hammered 10 years before
when the house was first 41 . What had happened
since? The lizard had 42 for 10 years! To be stuck in a
dark wall for 10 years without 43 —it hardly seems possible,
and is hard to 44 . Then he wondered how the
lizard could have lived for 10 years without moving a single step —since its 45 was
nailed! So he stopped work and began to 46 the
lizard. He wanted to know what it had been doing, and what and 47 it
had been eating.
A short time later another lizard 48 with food in
its mouth. He was shocked, and at the same time deeply 49 .
Another lizard had been feeding the stuck one 50 the past
ten years.
"What love 51 in this tiny creature! What can love do? It
can do 52 ! Just think, one lizard has been 53 another
untiringly for 10 long years, without 54 hope that its
partner would be saved,"the man marvelled.
If a small creature like a lizard can 55 like
this, just imagine how we could if we tried
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