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Last Friday a storm swept through two villages in the New Territories, 1. (destroy) fourteen homes. Seven others were so badly damaged _2._ their owners had to leave them, and fifteen others had broken windows or roofs. One person was killed, several were 3. (serious) hurt and taken to hospital, and a number of other people received smaller hurt. Altogether over two hundred people were homeless after the storm.
A farmer, Mr. Tan, said that the storm began early 4._ the morning and lasted for over an hour.
“I 5._ (eat) with my wife and children，” he said, “when we heard a loud noise. A few minutes later our house fell down on top of us. We tried our best _6. (climb) out but then I saw that one of my children was _7._ (miss). I went back inside and found him, safe _8. very frightened.”
Mrs. Woo Mei Fong said that her husband had just left for work when she 9._ (feel) that her house was moving. She ran outside at once with her children.
Soldiers helped to take people out of the flooded area and the welfare department brought _10. (they) food, clothes and shelter.
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Mr.Jackson was blind from birth. He owned a fruit ______ on a very busy street. _______ he was visually disabled, he ran his business pretty handsomely. He could see nothing and he could only ______ the things within his reach. ______, he was able to handle it and was content with everything he had.
One day his son came to him. He told Mr. Jackson in ______ that he read in the newspaper of a ______who could operate on his eyes and allow him to see. The father and son traveled to the doctor and paid for the _______ .
After the operation, the doctor asked Mr.Jackson: “What is the first thing you are ______to see when I take the bandages off？” He replied, “I really want to see my beautiful ______ on my stand！”
The doctor and the son ______ Mr.Jackson down to the busy street where his fruit stand had been located for so many years. The doctor ______ unwrapped the bandages _______ he could lay his eyes on the beautiful fruit! Mr.Jackson was so full of _______ that he could finally see his life's work — taking care of his fruit! After a few hours of _______his beautiful fruit stand, he looked down the street both ways and saw there were quite a few fruit stands in both directions. He looked _______ the street and saw many other fruit stands. He spent so much time looking at other people's fruit stands and _______ the competition that soon his own business _______.
From Mr.Jackson's failure, we should know that everyone is a ______ individual with different fingerprints, DNA and thinking. What we need to do is just be ourselves and ______ everyone else to be who they are. Mind our own business and we should never be afraid of the _______.
1.A.stand B．company C．store D．center
2.A.Because B．As C．Although D．When
3.A.remember B．describe C．imagine D．feel
4.A.Therefore B．However C．Otherwise D．Besides
5.A.pride B．doubt C．excitement D．surprise
6.A.doctor B．nurse C．chemist D．volunteer
7.A.information B．medicine C．service D．operation
8.A.nervous B．lucky C．eager D．afraid
9.A.flowers B．vegetables C．fruit D．clothing
10.A.sent B．accompanied C．followed D．invited
11.A.suddenly B．curiously C．carefully D．firmly
12.A.so that B．in case C．even if D．if only
13.A.regret B．joy C．courage D．relief
14.A.enjoying B．checking C．judging D．making
15.A.above B．within C．through D．across
16.A.preparing for B．focusing on C．worrying abou D．taking up
17.A.improved B．failed C．appeared D．expanded
18.A.simple B．reliable C．unique D．perfect
19.A.force B．require C．persuade D．allow
20.A.competition B．change C．difference D．disability
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Beginning to learn gymnastics even before she could barely walk, Svetlana had always dreamed to enter the Olympics scene some day.
However, her ________ ended in the car on the winding road when a lorry appeared out of nowhere. The last thing she ________ was a blinding flash of light. In hospital, when told she would never ________ again, she couldn't believe it. Three months later, she was ________ out of hospital on a wheelchair. Then a friend came to her house to visit her with an old children's storybook. A bookmark in it made her________ to page 117. The name of the _________ was ‘The Day Clara Walked’. She was determined to return to stage whatever it might cost.
_________， after a year's hard exercise, Svetlana recovered and was able to display her gymnastics. While she was sitting on the green bench ________ the Athens Olympic Stadium, memories _________： first, the pain and the tears, the book under her pillow, the words of relatives full of advice and comfort, and the pity in those eyes that had once held _________ for her talent. Then followed the trips to the gym where everyone looked on ________， their disbelief transforming slowly to wonder, ________ she could balance the hoop (圈) as well as her teammates. She registered for the 2004 Olympic Games, and finally she received _________ from the Olympic Committee.
Her _________ was interrupted by the attendant who said, “It's time”， two words that she had been ________ to hear for so long. Smoothing her dress, she walked into the stadium, each ________ firm and steady. Everything was ________， and the applause rang loud in her ears, her heart beating ________ in her chest.
Later that night, Svetlana pulled the gold medal out of her pocket and placed it on the old ________on the shelf, which opened to page 117, to the chapter ‘The Day Clara Walked’， tears ________ her vision.
1.A.intention B．dream C．life D．career
2.A.remembered B．forgot C．experienced D．suffered
3.A.see B．dance C．sing D．walk
4.A.wheeled B．rocked C．thrown D．rushed
5.A.point B．relate C．open D．adapt
6.A.bookmark B．page C．story D．chapter
7.A.Fortunately B．Surprisingly C．Suddenly D．Certainly
8.A.outside B．inside C．beneath D．opposite
9.A.squeezed out B．faded away C．mixed up D．flooded in
10.A.fright B．admiration C．sympathy D．regret
11.A.cheerfully B．thankfully C．nervously D．doubtfully
12.A.until B．while C．as D．once
13.A.approval B．praise C．support D．access
14.A.plan B．thought C．attempt D．sight
15.A.eager B．content C．upset D．proud
16.A.breath B．wave C．step D．look
17.A.unexpected B．perfect C．awful D．finished
18.A.immediately B．swiftly C．properly D．fiercely
19.A.hoop B．letter C．book D．dress
20.A.rolling B．filling C．clouding D．rushing
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We all face quantities of stresses in day-to-day living, whether at work, in the home, or anywhere in between. 1. Here's how stress can help us on an everyday basis.
◆ Sharpen your memory.
Did you ever notice that sometimes when you are stressed, your memory seems to improve? Remember that test you passed where the answers seemed to come out of nowhere? 2. It's because of stress hormones（荷尔蒙）that increase your alertness(机敏) when it's most needed.
◆ 3.
Successful employees turn stress into motivation. Have you ever noticed that you get the least amount of work done when you have the fewest deadlines? Too little stress can affect how much you actually get done. When you take risks and choose to get over the difficulty, it improves your mental toughness and self-confidence.
◆ Helping you resist the attack of illness.
4. Believe it or not, the right kind of stress can help your body's defenses against illness. When you get sick, stress causes you to make hormones that battle threats to your health. That burst of stress is helpful to your immune system when your body faces a threat.
◆ Making your life more interesting.
Think about some stressful situations that we consciously put ourselves in to make life more interesting and enjoyable, like asking someone out on a first date, conquering a known fear, or learning something new. These may not immediately come to mind when you think of stress because of the positive outcomes. 5.
A．Helping you get an advantage at work.
B．Helping you get through difficult times.
C．This will happen whenever you are stressed.
D．That's one way your brain responds to stress.
E. You need a healthy immune system to help fight off diseases.
F. But they're the types that can help you achieve fulfillment and happiness.
G. But handled properly, stress can have many benefits for the body and mind.
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Threedimensional printers are fast becoming everyday devices in the United States. ThreeD printers are used to make everything from automobile parts to bone replacements for human patients. American research scientists are now working on creating replacements for living tissue.
Researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina have been working on creating and manufacturing living tissue since 2003. This process is called biofabrication (生物制造). It requires special printing equipment and a special kind of ink.
Traditional printers require ink to produce an image or design on a piece of paper. For their threeD printer, the South Carolina researchers prepare complex nutritious solutions they call bioinks. Bioinks are made of proteins and glucose (葡萄糖), which normally provides energy for most cells of the body. The researchers also add living cells taken from the animal that will receive the new, printed tissue. The bioinks are then added to a device that researchers call the Palmetto bioprinter.
Sarah Grace Dennis is one of the researchers at the Medical University of South Carolina. She says new technology, like the Palmetto bioprinter, is a great help to the biofabrication process.
The bioinks are placed in three dispensers (分配器), containers, inside the printer. Lasers control both the position of the printing surface and the places where the bioink is released.
Michael Yost is a leader of the research team. He says the printing process is fully automated — machineoperated. He says that the Palmetto bioprinter makes it possible to create complex tissue types.
The researchers say bioprinting is still experimental. But they hope in a few years they may be able to print tissue to replace damaged human organs.
But there are still some problems which need to be solved. Some scientists worry about how to get blood to the replacement tissue. The flow of blood is important to keep the printed tissue alive.
Michael Yost hopes that more people will believe in the benefits of biofabrication.
“Tissue biofabrication is a reality, and it is a reality now, and if you come here and you get to see it. You will get to see it. You can't touch it, but you will see it and think this is real. And this is really human.”
1.What can we know about the bioinks?
A．They are the necessities of bioprinting.
B．They only contain proteins and glucose.
C．They can be placed in the traditional printers.
D．They are available in our local drugstores.
2.Which of the following is one of the concerns with biofabrication?
A．Researchers can't find enough living cells of animals to make the bioinks.
B．The price of the bioprinter is too high and most people can't afford it.
C．Scientists have some difficulty in getting the blood to the replacement tissue.
D．People are worried about the safety of the biofabrication process.
3.According to Michael Yost, we can infer that ________.
A．the Palmetto bioprinter can work without power
B．the Palmetto bioprinter has been used to treat the patients
C．the Palmetto bioprinter can only be found in the United States
D．the Palmetto bioprinter will have a bright future in medical use
4.The passage mainly tells us about ________.
A．the threeD printer and its working principles
B．the bioinks and their use in bioprinting
C．the spread use of the bioprinter in the USA
D．the growing demand for biofabrication
A GRANDMOTHER, Michelle Riotton, 78, survived after falling down a mountain valley. She set off for a walk alone dressed only in a light jacket and trousers. “I slipped into a valley！” said Mrs Riotton, who said the fall happened in a deep forest close to her home village.
It was warm and sunny when the accident happened, but temperatures dropped to very low when night fell, and it rained. “I wasn't afraid，” said Mrs Riotton. “But I was worried that my children and grandchildren would become too worried about me.” Mrs Riotton said she covered herself in leaves when feeling cold, taking very small bites of two biscuits which she had in her pocket and drinking rainwater which fell down her face.
She spent six nights before she was found on Saturday. She was lying at the bottom of the valley, which was less than a mile from her home. The search had once been stopped, but Patrice Fossard, one of her neighbors, insisted that the search continue. “There was no way we could give up her, even if deep inside we felt we had little hope of finding her alive，” said Mr Fossard. “It was a miracle that Michelle was finally found.”
Mrs Riotton said she would be taking life easier from now on. “Enough is enough！” she said. “No more forests — don't want to visit one again.”
A mountain policeman said walking alone in the mountain was not recommended and that Mrs Riotton should have carried a mobile phone with her. “The mountains are particularly dangerous at this time of year as sunny afternoons can quickly change into cold, wet and stormy evenings.” he said. “Anybody walking into the mountains should carry safety equipment and be prepared for any kind of emergency.”
1.When Michelle Riotton was in the valley, she ________.
A．was hurt too badly to move
B．missed her home very much
C．didn't feel afraid
D．felt very hungry
2.Michelle Riotton covered herself with leaves to ________.
A．keep warm during her suffering
B．prevent the harmful animals
C．make herself noticed by others
D．avoid getting wet in the rain
3.Michelle Riotton got lost on ________.
A．Sunday B．Saturday
C．Wednesday D．Monday
4.According to the mountain policeman, ________.
A．the mountains in the morning are very dangerous
B．one had better not walk in the mountains alone
C．people should carry safety equipment every day
D．people wouldn't be safe without a mobile phone
