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Cancer is a terrible disease. Every year in the UK, more than 330,000 people get cancer, and doctors usually use a kind of therapy called radiotherapy to treat people. This treatment uses high energy X-rays to destroy the disease, but the effects of treatment can be nearly as bad as the cancer. As the X-rays destroy the cancer cells, they also damage healthy cells that are next to them. It’s like using a shotgun to kill an insect. When really important parts of a person’s body are hurt by the X-ray energy, it can have very bad results. It can also make more cancer grow in the damaged places in the future.

A new therapy that uses protons(质子) instead of X-ray energy could be the answer to the problem. In a project called PRaVDA, scientists from the UK and South Africa are working to this. If X-ray energy is like a shotgun, then protons can work more like a laser. Scientists can make protons travel through someone’s body without hurting them, and only damage the cancer.

The PRaVDA scientists use computers to make a 3-D model of the cancer cells to make sure the protons go to the right places. “It’s more accurate,” said Michaela Esposito, PhD, from the University of Lincoln.

Building this technology was very difficult, though. Professor Nigel Allinson from the University of Lincoln, the project leader, has put together a team of many different kinds of scientists with different skills. Those skills were all needed to make what he calls “one of the most complex” medical machines ever. It’s also 10 times more expensive than X-ray radiotherapy. Even so, Allinson believes that most cancer treatment will be done by protons in the future. “I think it will improve the quality of life of many cancer patients,” he says.

1.What point does the first paragraph make?

A. Cancer is a really terrible disease.

B. Lots of people get cancer every year in the UK.

C. Radiotherapy isn’t a perfect way to cure cancer.

D. Radiotherapy is a commonly used therapy against cancer.

2.What can be concluded about the new therapy?

A. It’s much cheaper than X-ray radiotherapy.

B. It depends on protons to locate the cancer cells.

C. Damaging the cancer by replacing X-rays with lasers is much more accurate.

D. It uses protons to damage the cancer cells without damaging healthy cells.

3.According to Professor Allinson, the new therapy ________.

A. will enable cancer patients to enjoy a better life

B. will cure most cancers in the future

C. will ensure that cancer patients live longer

D. will replace radiotherapy completely

4.What can be inferred from the text?

A. Science and technology are a double-edged sword.

B. Not every cancer patient will be able to afford proton therapy.

C. Radiotherapy is completely the wrong way to cure cancer.

D. The complex medical machine mentioned will soon be put into use.

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Over a number of training trials, pigs learned to go to the bowl reliably when it was in the corner where they had figured out to expect M&Ms. On the contrary, they quickly learned to avoid the bowl when it wasn't in the corner where they would expect to find the coffee beans.

The rescearchers next placed an unfamimliar bowl in different locations, to see how the pigs would react. Some gaily dashed to the bowl no matter what, exhibiting optimism that it would contain their favorite foods. Others, however, behaved as though they expected it to contain coffee beans, displaying pessimism.

The findings suggest that a one-size-fits-all answer to animal welfare issues does not exist. Even if pigs are just equal to bacon or other meal for some people, there is still cause for concern. Students have suggested that how an animal is treated during its lifetime can directly affect meal quality and taste.

1.What was the study devoted to figuring out?

A. The influence of pigs' living environment.

B. The influence between humans and pigs.

C. The didferences of two types of pigs' personality.

D. The relationship between pigs' mood and judgment.

2.What does the underlined word “cushier” in Paragraph 2 mean?

A. simple. B. more comfortable.

C. non-profitable. D. less free.

3.Which bowl can test whether a pig is optimistic or pessimistic?

A. The bowl with chocolate sweets.

B. The bowl containing coffee beans.

C. The bowl full of both sweets and beans.

D. The bowl unfamiliar to two types of pigs.

4.What do the findings of the new research imply?

A. People should treat pigs equally.

B. People's health relies on meat quality.

C. People should meet pigs' various needs.

D. People's attitude toward pigs is totally wrong.

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During the first week of his _______, he went out one day to do some shopping. He came back in the late afternoon to discover that his suitcase was _______. He was extremely worried _______ the suitcase had all his important papers, _________ his passport.

He reported the _________ to the police and then sat there，lost and _______ in strange city, thinking of the terrible troubles of getting all the paperwork organized again from a distant country while trying to_______ in a new one.

Late in the evening, the phone rang. It was a(an) __________. He was trying to pronounce my husband’s name and was asking him a lot of questions. __________ he said they had found a pile of papers in their trash can（垃圾桶）__________had been left out on the footpath.

My husband__________ to their home to find a kind family holding all his papers and documents. Their young daughter had gone to the trash can and found a pile of __________papers. Her parents had carefully sorted them out, although they had found mainly __________ addresses on most of the documents. At last they had seen a half-written __________in the pile in which my husband had given his new __________ number to a friend.

That family not only restored(归还) the important documents to __________that day but also restored our faith and __________ in people. We still remember their __________ and often send a warm wish their way.

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4.A. gone B. shared C. cost D. returned

5.A. if B. as C. though D. after

6.A. including B. containing C. case D. holding

7.A. thought B. complaint C. case D. pain

8.A. happy B. lonely C. satisfied D. confident

9.A. grow up B. break down C. lie down D. settle down

10.A. officer B. stranger C. friend D. passenger

11.A. Then B. So C. But D. Yet

12.A. where B. what C. that D. it

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14.A. unfamiliar B. favorite C. similar D. expensive

15.A. suitable B. flexible C. convenient D. foreign

16.A. e-mail B. letter C. paragraph D. essay

17.A. flight B. bus C. telephone D. diploma

18.A. us B. you C. them D. me

19.A. friendship B. justice C. trust D. devotion

20.A. curiosity B. confidence C. patience D. kindness

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3. 活动内容：观灯、猜灯谜、欣赏文艺表演等

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2． 3.

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Failure is _____to your success. I won’t tell you to feel good about______. But I will tell you that every failure I’ve had along the way has absolutely made me _____

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3.A. discovered B. informed C. imagined D. developed

4.A. However B. Therefore C. Otherwise D. Meanwhile

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9.A. justice B. failure C. courage D. honesty

10.A. worse B. bad C. well D. better

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16.A. or B. so C. while D. but

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18.A. example B. star C. symbol D. model

19.A. anything B. nothing C. everything D. something

20.A. fold B. unfold C. cover D. uncover

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