This exam is very difficult. Many students are concerned ________the results.
A. about B. with C. in D. of
— Can you help me _________ all the money that I should pay?
— Very sorry. Please wait a minute, madam.
A. add up B. add up to C. add to D. add together
______ get a better score, she has been studying hard all day.
A. So as to B. In order to
C. So that D. In order that
It is important to keep ______ in an emergency (紧急情况).
A. quiet B. calm C. silent D. still
Tim Burton attempts to work his gothic magic over one of the best loved stories of all time—Lewis Carroll’s Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass and What Alice Found There.
Alice, now 19, attends a party at a Victorian estate, only to find she is about to be proposed to by a rich suitor(求婚者)in front of hundreds of snooty(傲慢的)society types. She runs off, following a white rabbit into a hole and ending up in Wonderland—a place she visited many years before, yet she doesn’t remember. The white rabbit claims to have come back for Alice because she is the only one who can slay(杀死)the Jabberwock, the beast who guards the Red Queen’s empire. Alice remains completely unaware of why she is in Wonderland, and is confused about the fact that she had once visited Wonderland years before.
Now, Wonderland has changed into a dark, scarier place than it used to be. Alice then embarks on an adventure of self discovery, and to save Wonderland from the Red Queen’s reign(统治)of terror with the help of her Wonderland friends.
1.The story Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland was written by____________.
A. Tim Burton B. Lewis Carroll C. Alice D. the passage doesn’t tell us
2. Alice runs off because maybe___________.
A. she doesn’t like that party
B. she is too snooty
C. she doesn’t like the suitor
D. she wants to get married
3.In the last paragraph, the phrase “embarks on” means _________.
A. starts to do something
B. gets onto a ship
C. refuses to do something
D. finds something
4.This passage would most likely to be found __________.
A. on a film poster
B. in a government document
C. in a novel
D. in an entertainment magazine
The World Health Organization (WHO) planned to study the relationship between the eating habits of the people and the disease. Two doctors were chosen to make the study. They flew to Africa south of the Sahara and during the next two months visited ten countries. They found that serious diseases of poor eating, often mistaken for other diseases, existed in all parts of Africa. The diseases were similar and could therefore all be named kwashiorkor. The diseased children are usually from one to four years old. As the illness progresses, the child’s stomach becomes swollen by liquid collecting in the body. The skin changes color and may break out in open sores(疼痛). The hair changes color and starts to fall out. The patient loses all interest in his surroundings and even in food, and becomes so weak that he wants to lie down all the time. Stomach liquids are no longer produced.
The doctors reasoned that kwashiorkor was found in the young children of this age in many parts of Africa because of lack of milk or meat. Their mothers, after stopping their breastfeeding, gave them foods full of starches(淀粉)instead of greatly needed proteins. They found that the addition of milk to the food of the children suffering from kwashiorkor saved many lives.
The unbelievable thing about kwashiorkor is that the very existence of the disease—which has been killing thousands of children for centuries—was not even recognized in Latin America as recently as ten years ago. The deaths of those children were mistakenly listed as due to other diseases. It was the WHO’s work in Africa that led to the discovery of the problem in Central America.
1.From the passage we learn that kwashiorkor is a disease caused by __________ .
A. poor living conditions B. lack of proteins in food
C. breastfeeding D. lack of food
2. It is difficult to discover kwashiorkor because ____________________ .
A. it has no symptoms at all
B. it is hard to identify signs of it
C. it doesn’t last long enough for careful observation
D. it is hardly different from other diseases
3.What is mentioned as a simple but reasonable way of curing this disease?
A. Taking a special medicine.
B. Avoiding any food containing starch.
C. Having more meat or milk.
D. Taking medicine full of proteins.
4.What’s the best title for the article?
A. Milk and Meat Are Daily Necessities
B. Kwashiorkor and Improper Eating Habits
C. A New Form of Illness in Africa and Latin America
D. A Case of Eating Habits