Tu Youyou, the 85-year-old Chinese pharmacologist(药理学家),received the Nobel Prize for medicine in Stockholm on December 10,2015. Tu is the first Chinese Nobel winner in physiology(生理学)or medicine. Also, in 2011, she became the first Chinese person to receive the US-based Lasker Award for clinical medicine.
Based on a fourth-century Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) text, together with her team, she managed to get artemisinin(青蒿素)from sweet wormwood through trial and error and developed an important drug that has significantly reduced death rates among patients suffering from malaria. Tu delivered a speech titled Artemisinin is a Gift from TCM to the World. She has urged more research into the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine and called for joint efforts worldwide to fight against malaria and develop more potential uses for TCM, which she called a "great treasure" with thousands of years' history and empirical knowledge. She said that by combining TCM with modem scientific technologies, "more potential can be discovered in searching for new drugs " .
According to the WHO, more than 240 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have benefited from artemisinin, and more than l. 5 million lives are estimated to have been saved since 2000 thanks to the drug. Apart from its contribution to the global fight against malaria, TCM played a vital role in the deadly outbreak of SARS across China in 2003.
Besides treating viruses, TCM has been most effective in diagnosing diseases, cultivating fitness, treating difficult multisource illnesses, and using nonmedical methods such as acupuncture (钟刺疗法) and breathing exercises.
However, TCM, which is based on a set of beliefs about human biology, is seldom understood or accepted by the West. Tu's success will bring more recognition and respect for TCM, experts say. The Western world should learn to appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM, which will lead to more basic scientific research into ancient TCM texts and ways to explore research findings worldwide.
1.In this passage the author mentions _ prize( s) that Tu Youyou received.
A. one B. two C. three D. four
2.The underlined word "malaria" in Paragraph 2 refers to "a kind of ".
A. medicine B. animal. C. plant D. disease
3.What can we learn from the passage?
A. This success may encourage Easterners to learn more about Chinese medicine.
B. Nothing remains to be done in researching into TCM theories and texts.
C. More research into the value of TCM should be carried out worldwide.
D. TCM only contributes to the fight against malaria and SARS in China.
4.What's the passage mainly about?
A. TCM is based on thousands of years of practice in China.
B. Nobel winner, Tu Youyou, strongly supports TCM research.
C. Artemisinin is now widely used to fight against Malaria.
D. Westerners will appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM.
书面表达
假定你是小林,你的朋友李华马上要参加高考了,因此他很紧张,晚上经常睡不着觉。现在,请你给他发一封邮件,教他如何克服紧张情绪,内容包括:
1.对李华表示安慰和鼓励 2.介绍消除紧张情绪的方法 3.提一些生活和学习方面的建议
4.提出希望
注意:1. 短文要包括以上所有要点,可适当发挥;
2. 词数:120左右(开头和结尾已经给出,不计入总词数)
Dear Li Hua,
I’m sorry to learn that______________________________________________________
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Best wishes!
Xiao Lin
短文改错文中共有10处语言错误,每句中最多有两处。错误涉及一个单词的增加、删除或修改。增加:在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧),并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
删除:把多余的词用斜线( \)划掉。
修改:在错的词下划一横线,并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意:1.每处错误及其修改均仅限一词;
2.只允许修改10处,多者(从11处起)不计分。
Mental health is important to us and it decide our quality of life. Have such a state of mind is beneficial to our study and work. It can also help us be energy in life. Here are my advice, that may show what you should do every day. First, be aware your advantages and accept you. Remember: nobody likes loneliness and you should go out of your house to make friend with others. What’s more, enjoy your life and to work in your own way. Little by little much will be found to help you keep mental healthy.
单词拼写
1.The walk has given me a good __________.(胃口)
2.People have realized the need to be in ___________ (融洽;一致)with our environment.
3.She is always polite and c____________(考虑周到的;体贴的) towards her employees.
4.You ___________(应得;值得)a good rest after all that hard work.
5.She seems totally a____________(全神贯注) in her book.
6.As a child, he was _________(控制;支配)by his father.
7.Every one in the class seems e_________(热切的;渴望的)to learn.
8.Stores are getting _________ (绝望的)after two years of poor sale.
9.They have ___________ (任命)a new head teacher at my son’s school.
10.We didn’t receive any news during his long __________.(缺席;不在)
阅读下面材料,在空白处填入适当的内容(不多于3个单词)或括号内单词的正确形式。
My name is Wil Wheaton --- and I am a nerd (怪人). It’s awesome to be 1. nerd. When I was a little boy, people really teased me about that and 2. (make) me feel like there was something wrong with me for loving strange things. Now that I’m an adult, I’m a 3. (profession) nerd, and the world has changed. I think we 4. (realize) that being a nerd is not about what you love 5. about how you love.
So there’s going to be a thing in your life that you love. I don’t know what it’s going to be. It might be sports or science or reading or 6. (tell) stories --- it doesn’t matter what it is. Some of us love Game of Thrones, while others love Star Wars. But we all love those things so much that we travel 7. (thousand) of miles --- which is 8. (probable) easy for you, but we’re still using fossil fuels, so it’s difficult--- to be around people who love the things that we love the way that we love them. That’s 9. being a nerd is awesome.
I want you to work hard because everything worth 10. (do) is hard. I want you to be awesome, and I will do my very best to leave you a planet that you can still live on..
完形填空
阅读下面短文,从短文后所给各题的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
I grew up in a small town and the main entertainment was Friday night high school football. It was just a sleepy little town where parents wanted to raise their children away from crime and ________ of a big city, and where teenagers like me ________ leaving to find something bigger and better.
All that changed one summer night. My friend Lisa, Martin and Tyler held a party for my eighteenth birthday at Lisa’s house. ________ they kept handing alcohol to me I was pretty ________ . I asked Tyler to take me home. With some ________ , we made it out to his car and drove home. News came next morning. My friend Martin was ________ in a car accident. That night after Tyler and I left, Martin, who was________ more drunk than me, got into his car and ________ towards the highway to go home. Driving on the wrong side of the road, he never saw the truck coming. The driver didn’t see him ________ to avoid the car. They hit head on. Martin died immediately, and the driver was thrown ________ the truck windshield(挡风玻璃)and died a week later.
Whenever I ________ back on that day, I can’t help thinking that it was my ________ to drink so much that night. ________ things would be different. I know Martin ________ the choice to drink and drive that night, but a part of me will always feel ________ for what happened.
I may not change the world with my story, but I do hope that by ________ my story I can make you ________ that you not only have a responsibility for yourself but also for others. Don’t ever think that your choices are yours ________ . Every choice is like a stone dropped into ________ water—each ripple (涟漪) ________ someone who your choice affects. That’s quite an influence, isn’t it?
1.A. death B. fashion C. danger D. challenge
2.A. succeeded in B. agreed to C. applied for D. dreamed of
3.A. When B. As C. While D. Although
4.A. lost B. drunk C. frozen D. sleepy
5.A. difficulty B. fun C. hope D. method
6.A. died B. injured C. killed D. hurt
7.A. constantly B. frequently C. equally D. clearly
8.A. fled B. walked C. pushed D. headed
9.A. in time B. in trouble C. in danger D. in place
10.A. above B. below C. through D. into
11.A. turn B. hold C. get D. look
12.A. desire B. right C. fault D. chance
13.A. Meanwhile B. However C. Therefore D. Otherwise
14.A. made B. avoided C. regretted D. faced
15.A. guilty B. disappointed C. sensitive D. embarrassed
16.A. remembering B. sharing C. declaring D. stopping
17.A. explain B. escape C. realize D. limit
18.A. alone B. merely C. finally D. perhaps
19.A. clean B. still C. deep D. fresh
20.A. inspires B. represents C. attracts D. benefits