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  For nearly half a century, Mary Lasker, who died last week at 93, was America's leading crusader (社会活动参与者) against cancer. Yet much of the money she used to fight the disease came from a product which is now considered as a cancer cause—the cigarette.

  Her fortune first took shape in 1992 when advertising genius Albert Lasker was trying to raise American Tobacco Co. sales.“Get women to smoke”, a friend suggested,“and you'll double your market.”Lakser hired actresses and opera singers to support Lasker Strikes. For women worried about extra pounds, he coined the word,“Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet.”Lucky Strike sales increased 312 percent in a year.

  By the time he met Mary Woodard in 1939, Lasker was one of America's richest men, thanks to Luckier and ads that brought in orange juice, facial tissue and sanitary napkins.“What do you want most out of life?”he asked her. She replied,“To help to develop the research in cancer, tuberculosis (结核病) and the major diseases.”They got married, and in 1942 she persuaded him to retire and devote his time and money to philanthropy (慈善业), especially medical research, which then had little private funding (利息) and almost not any support from the government.

  Albert's 1952 cancer death left Mary with one goal: a cancer cure. She sold off several painting—Matisses, Renoirs and Van Goghs—and gave the money to researchers. For ten years, she managed to persuade to give a high position to the National Institutes of Health. Result: NIT's funding rises quickly from $ 2.4 million in 1954 to nearly $ 11 billion in 1994. Richard Nixon, moved and encouraged by Lasker, declared a $ 100 million“War on cancer”and promised a cancer vaccine (疫苗) by 1976. That proved a different goal, but research has scored advances against several cancers. And Mary Lasker's advice remains a laboratory watchword:“If there are no leads, let us make them.”

1.The words“Reach for a Lucky instead of a Sweet”were coined by Albert Lasker for the purpose of ________.

[  ]

A.tempting(劝诱)women to smoke so as to lose weight

B.persuading women not to eat sweets

C.telling women to smoke Lucky Strikes only

D.advertising Lucky Strikes

2.Albert gained his fortune by ________.

[  ]

A.selling orange juice

B.producing facial tissue and napkins

C.running tobacco businesses

D.none of the above

3.The money Mary used to fight cancer was from ________.

[  ]

A.The Lucky Strikes Co.

B.the government

C.her husband

D.her parents

4.Mary Lasker died ________.

[  ]

A.of cancer

B.from poverty

C.of T. B.

D.not mentioned in the passage

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  If you have a watch, don’t repair it! I know it   1  .Once I had a beautiful watch.And this watch   2   perfect time.But one night it happened that I forgot to   3   it up.Next morning I went to a watchmaker as I wanted my perfect watch to   4   by the exact time.The watchmaker examined my watch and said:“The regulator(校准器)is to be pushed up   5   your watch is four minutes   6  .”

  I tried to stop him, tried to   7   him understand that my watch kept perfect time, but he did not listen to me and pushed the regulator.

  My beautiful watch began to gain time.It   8   faster and faster day by day.By the end of the second month it   9   all the clocks and watches of the town far behind.

  What did I have to do? To take it to another watchmaker to be regulated.I expected him to regulate the watch immediately   10   he asked me to come in a week’s time.When at last I took my watch from him it began to   11   down.And I began to be late for trains, business appointments and even missed my dinners.

  Now I went to   12   watchmaker.While I waited for him to repair my poor watch, he   13   it to pieces and said that he could finish this work   14   three or four days.I could do nothing but   15  .That time my watch went for half a day and then stopped.

  So I kept   16   my watch from one watchmaker to another for a considerable period of time.

  And as a result of it the cleverest man in the world could not   17   the time by my watch.The thing was getting   18  .My watch had   19   two hundred dollars originally but I paid for repairs more than two hundred.At last I decided to buy   20   watch, which I did.

(1)

[  ]

A.

for reality

B.

for truth

C.

for certain

D.

for certainty

(2)

[  ]

A.

kept

B.

told

C.

observed

D.

struck

(3)

[  ]

A.

turn

B.

wind

C.

pick

D.

put

(4)

[  ]

A.

be turned

B.

be taken

C.

be put

D.

be set

(5)

[  ]

A.

as

B.

as if

C.

when

D.

if

(6)

[  ]

A.

fast

B.

slowly

C.

faster

D.

slow

(7)

[  ]

A.

get

B.

persuade

C.

make

D.

explain

(8)

[  ]

A.

gained

B.

lost

C.

went

D.

won

(9)

[  ]

A.

had remained

B.

had left

C.

had stayed

D.

had fallen

(10)

[  ]

A.

however

B.

and

C.

but

D.

therefore

(11)

[  ]

A.

go

B.

walk

C.

slow

D.

take

(12)

[  ]

A.

the third

B.

the second

C.

the first

D.

the fourth

(13)

[  ]

A.

broke

B.

took

C.

tore

D.

cut

(14)

[  ]

A.

after

B.

before

C.

over

D.

in

(15)

[  ]

A.

to agree

B.

agree

C.

agreeing

D.

agreed

(16)

[  ]

A.

taking

B.

bringing

C.

carrying

D.

fetching

(17)

[  ]

A.

recognize

B.

tell

C.

know

D.

understand

(18)

[  ]

A.

seriously

B.

pleasant

C.

badly

D.

serious

(19)

[  ]

A.

spent

B.

took

C.

cost

D.

paid

(20)

[  ]

A.

another

B.

the other

C.

one

D.

one more

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阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从41~60各题所给的四个选项(A.B.C和D)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题纸上将该选项标号涂黑。
Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  41  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  42  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  43  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  44 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  45  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him £100 to start his own 46 .
It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  47 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  48  plenty of money. Jack  49  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  50  the £100.
  By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  51  his first million, and he wanted to  52  this achievement by doing something “ 53 ”. With all his money it was  54  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  55  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
   Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for £500 million,  56  Jack still can’t get used to  57  the good life. He can  58  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub(酒吧).
“I remember being very  59  as a child, but never  60  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

【小题1】
A.job
B.work
C.company
D.house
【小题2】
A.able
B.glad
C.unable
D.eager
【小题3】
A.offer
B.like
C.expect
D.afford
【小题4】
A.wrong
B.hungry
C.ill
D.bad
【小题5】
A.seeing
B.wondering
C.doubting
D.preparing
【小题6】
A.school
B.farm
C.business
D.store
【小题7】
A.problem
B.purpose
C.future
D.principle
【小题8】
A.spent
B.borrowed
C.wasted
D.earned
【小题9】
A.enjoyed
B.preferred
C.promised
D.hated
【小题10】
A.developing
B.saving
C.repaying
D.paying
【小题11】
A.given
B.made
C.taken
D.lost
【小题12】
A.remember
B.honor
C.celebrate
D.recognize
【小题13】
A.common
B.simple
C.interesting
D.great
【小题14】
A.impossible
B.possible
C.obvious
D.basic
【小题15】
A.ground
B.front
C.spot
D.heart
【小题16】
A.so
B.and
C.or
D.but
【小题17】
A.using
B.sparing
C.living
D.keeping
【小题18】
A.often
B.never
C.sometimes
D.seldom
【小题19】
A.rich
B.poor
C.healthy
D.well
【小题20】
A.proud
B.satisfied
C.unhappy
D.happy
 

Jack Baines is a self-made millionaire, but his beginnings were very lowly. He was the youngest of eight children. His father had a  16  in a cotton mill (纱厂), but he was often  17  to work because of poor health. The family couldn’t  18  to pay the rent or bills, and the children often went  19 . After leaving school at the age of 14, Jack was  20  what to do when Mr Walker, his old teacher, offered to lend him £100 to start his own 21 .
  It was just after the war. Raw materials were not enough, and Jack saw a  22 in scrap metal(废弃金属). He bought bits of metal and stored it in an old garage. When he had built up a large amount, he sold it and  23  plenty of money.
  Jack  24  working hard. After one year he succeeded in  25  the £100.
  By the time Jack was 30 years old he had  26  his first million, and he wanted to  27  this achievement by doing something “ 28 ”. With all his money it was  29  to build a beautiful home for himself and his parents. In 1959, “Baines Castle” was built in the  30  of the Lancashire countryside. It was one of the finest buildings in the country.
   Jack has recently sold “Baines Castle” for £500 million,  31  Jack still can’t get used to  32  the good life. He can  33  be found drinking with the locals at the local pub(酒吧).
“I remember being very  34  as a child, but never  35  as a child,” says Jack, “and I will never forget where I came from and who I am.”

【小题1】
A.jobB.workC.company D.house
【小题2】
A.ableB.gladC.unable D.eager
【小题3】
A.offer B.likeC.expectD.afford
【小题4】
A.wrongB.hungryC.illD.bad
【小题5】
A.seeingB.wonderingC.doubtingD.preparing
【小题6】
A.school B.farmC.businessD.store
【小题7】
A.problem B.purposeC.futureD.principle
【小题8】
A.spentB.borrowedC.wastedD.earned
【小题9】
A.enjoyed B.preferred C.promised D.hated
【小题10】
A.developingB.savingC.repayingD.paying
【小题11】
A.givenB.madeC.takenD.lost
【小题12】
A.rememberB.honorC.celebrateD.recognize
【小题13】
A.commonB.simpleC.interesting D.grand
【小题14】
A.impossibleB.possibleC.obviousD.basic
【小题15】
A.ground B.frontC.spotD.heart
【小题16】
A.soB.andC.orD.but
【小题17】
A.using B.sparingC.livingD.keeping
【小题18】
A.often B.neverC.sometimesD.seldom
【小题19】
A.richB.poorC.healthyD.well
【小题20】
A.proudB.satisfied C.unhappyD.happy

“We’ve been good friends for so many years. And I don’t think you meant to do that ...” I said to myself, looking at Jack, my friend who was running across the   36   field.

How I wish I could join them! But it was impossible because of the pain in my left foot, caused by Jack.

I first met Jack in a football match in the elementary school. When my team looked as if we were  37  , Jack, who was watching, volunteered to join us. He was so confident and skilled that we won. From then on, Jack and I often played together and became best friends.

But something happened before an important football match between Class Six and my class. My class had so many good players that we had to   38   the best ones. Jack and I were in  the same  team. The match was close in the first half. I saw my chance and was ready to score a goal. Suddenly, Jack   39   me. He slid to stop the ball, but collided  with my left foot. I knew I had lost the chance to score and was   40   the field. But what really hurt me was that Jack didn’t say sorry.  And when some of my teammates said he did it on purpose to   41   me from scoring, I felt even   42 .

Now I stand here, with tears in my eyes. I don’t want to   43   those words but I don’t know how to persuade myself they are   44  . Then everything changes when Jack scores and wins! How excited I am!

 While I am still   45   in excitement, someone pats my shoulder. It is Jack, with a smile on his face. “I’m sorry that you can not join in because of my   46   . But you see, Jason, we beat them! No matter whether you joined in or not, you’ve made a contribution. Come on, let’s celebrate!” Suddenly, I am   47   by the players. The sunshine is so bright that I close my eyes. Riding high above my teammates, I feel so happy. And I know the  friendship  between Jack and me will last forever.

1.A. basketball        B. volleyball      C. badminton      D .football

2.A. lost                     B .winning         C. leading       D. beaten

3.A. replace         B. award            C. decide on         D. call in

4.A. ran into          B. ran to          C .ran across        D. ran away

5.A. sent away            B. carried off       C. stuck to        D. hold on

6.A. break              B. interrupt       C. make              D. keep

7.A. amused            B. comfortable     C. depressed         D. scared

8.A. believe         B. say               C. deny           D. hear

9.A. right               B. false                C. true                D. bad

10.A. lost                   B. fallen              C. caught         D. drawn

11.A. score             B. pride               C. reason          D. carelessness

12.A. raised up        B. pulled away    C. picked up        D. pushed off

 

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