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A CLASS OF THEIR OWN

Name : Susan Lane              Age : 22          Place : Reykjavik , Iceland , 1994.
Cost : $7 ,000                   Organization : AFS
Experience : “ I think it was a turning point in my life .I began to understand more about
my own culture by experiencing another culture and seeing how other people live.”
Name : Sara Small               Age : 23          Place : Crivitz , Germany , 1996.
Cost : $8,000                   Organization : EF Foundation 
Experience : “I love the traveling and I made a lot of friends .I found the European school
system to be hard but I am fluent now in German so it was worth it .I did miss my family 
and friends in Australia but I would love to do it again .”
Name : Leanne Smythe           Age : 20          Place : Minnesota , America , 1994 .
Cost : $6, 000                   Organization : Southern Cross Culture Exchange 
Experience : “I learnt how to be really responsible .It was great to be on my own and I got 
on really well with the family I was with .I will definitely go back some day .”
Name : David Links              Age : 16         Place : Stuttgart , Germany , 1996
Cost : $6,000                   Organization : Southern Cross Cultural Exchange 
Experience : “I wanted to try something that was very different from Australia in culture .
In Germany everything was different but I soon got settled .The family I was with were
great and I really feel as though I have a second family .”
Name : Tom Jennings            Age : 21         Place : Conflans , France , 1995.
Cost : $7,000                   Organization : Southern Cross Cultural Exchange 
Experience : “There were times when it was difficult but I liked it , experiencing a different 
culture.You just have to play each situation as it comes.If there is one thing you learn
when you are on a student-exchange program it is how to take care of yourself.”
Name : Linda Marks          Age : 19      Place : Chonburi Province , Thailand , 1994
Cost : $3,500                Organization : Rotary International 
Experience : “It’s like a roller-coaster ride , there are lots of ups and downs , but you always
come back for more .I had a few problems but there was always someone to turn to and
that was great .”
67.The students who refer to both the good time and the bad time include ______.
A.Susan Lane and Sara Small            B.Linda Marks and David Links 
C.Tom Jennings and Linda Marks         D.Leanne Smythe and Tom Jennings 
68.The writing above would probably be ______.
A.the records of students’ activities 
B.the foreign students’ name cards 
C.the notice about a visit to foreign countries 
D.the advertisement from an international travel service 
69.The student who values learning another language is ______.
A.Linda Marks        B.Sara Small          C.Tom Jennings   D.Leanne Smythe 
70.How many students mention the culture difference they have experienced ?
A.Three .      B.Four .        C.Five .        D.Six .

I made a promise to myself on the way down to the vacation beach cottage. For two weeks I would try to be a loving husband and father. Totally loving. No ifs, ands or buts.

The idea had come to me as I listened to a talk on my car radio. The speaker was quoting a Biblical passage about husbands and their wives. Then he went on to say, “Love is an act of will. A person can choose to love.” To myself, I had to admit that I had been a selfish husband. Well, for two weeks that would change.

And it did. On arriving at the beach cottage, I kissed Evelyn meeting me at the door and said, “That new yellow sweater looks great on you.” “Oh, Tom, you noticed”, she said, surprised and pleased. Maybe a little puzzled. After the long drive, I wanted to sit and read. Evelyn suggested a walk on the beach. I started to refuse, but then I thought, “Evelyn’s been alone here with the kids all week and now she wants to be alone with me.” We walked on the beach while the children flew their kites.

So it went. Two weeks of not calling the Wall Street firm where I am a director; a visit to the shell museum though I usually hate museums. Relaxed and happy, that’s how the whole vacation passed. I made a new promise to keep on remembering to choose love.?

There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment, however. Evelyn and I still laugh about it today. On the last night at our cottage, preparing for bed, Evelyn stared at me with the saddest expression.

“What’s the matter?” I asked her.

“Tom,” she said in a voice filled with distress, “I don’t?”

“What do you mean?”

“Well…that checkup I had several weeks ago…our doctor…did he tell you something about me? Tom, you’ve been so good to me…am I dying?”

It took a moment for it all to be understood. Then I burst out laughing.

“No, honey,” I said, wrapping her in my arms. “You’re not dying; I’m just starting to live.”

1.From the story we may infer that Tom drove to the beach cottage ______.

A.with his family      B.with Evelyn        C.alone             D.with his children

2.During the two weeks on the beach, Tom showed more love to his wife because ______.

A.he was determined to be a good husband

B.he had made a lot of money in his Wall Street firm

C.she looked lovely in her new clothes

D.the doctor said his wife was seriously ill

3.The author says, “There was one thing that went wrong with my experiment.” What does “one thing” refer to?

A.He praised her sweater, which puzzled her.

B.She insisted on visiting a museum, which he hated.

C.He knew something about her illness but didn’t tell her.

D.He was so good to her that she thought she must be dying.

 

An Australian man who has been donating(捐献) his extremely rare kind of blood(血液) for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.

James Harrison has an antibody(抗体) in his plasma(血浆) that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease, a form of severe anaemia(贫血). He has enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father's blood.

Mr. Harrison has been giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured(保险) for one million Australian dollars.

He was also nicknamed the “man with the golden arm” or the “man in two million”. He said, “I've never thought about stopping. Never!” He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 liters of blood. “I was in hospital for three months,” he said. “The blood I received saved my life so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18.”

Just after he started donating he was found to have the rare(稀有的) and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent(永久的) brain damage because of the condition. The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother's blood and her unborn baby's blood. It stems from one having Rh-positive(阳性) blood and the other Rh-negative(阴性).

His blood has since led to the development of a vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. “They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of,” he said. “I wasn't scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away.”

Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing the disease.

It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now.

1.How old is James Harrison?

A.74

B.70.

C.56

D.78

2.What does the underlined phrase “two million” refer to?

A.mothers

B.babies

C.dollars

D.blood

3.Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because _____.

A.his daughter asked him to help her son

B.he has a golden arm worth a million dollars

C.a vaccine called Anti-D is to be developed

D.someone else’s blood saved his life

4.The sentence “The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother's blood and her unborn baby's blood” (underlined in Paragraph 5) suggests that _____.

A.the mother and the baby have different types of blood

B.babies suffer permanent brain damage before born

C.Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage

D.all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood

5.What can we infer from the sixth paragraph?

A.His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then.

B.Mr. Harrison was not glad to help develop a new vaccine.

C.Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous.

D.His blood type was accidentally discovered after tests.

 

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