Susan Sontag(1933-2004)was one of the most outstanding figures in the world of literature·For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything,to read every book worth reading,and to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s,she published essays in important magazines like Partisan Review.She appeared as the symbol of American culture life,trying hard to follow every new development in literature,film and art. With great effort and serious judgment,Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.

Seriousness was one of Sontag’s lifelong mottos,but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In Notes on Camp, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings, through which she could not have been more famous. “Notes on Camp”, she wrote, represents “ a victory of ‘form’ over ‘content’, ‘beauty’ over ‘morals’”.

By belief she was a sensualist(感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist, In Illness as Metaphor —published in 1978, after she suffered cancer—she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities, a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

In America, her story of a19thcentury Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000.But it was as a all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. “Sometimes,” she once said, “I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending …is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.” And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

1.The underlined sentence in paragraph 1 means Sontag_________.

A.was a symbol of American cultural life

B.developed world literature, film and art

C.published many essays about world culture

D.kept pace with the newest development of world culture

2.Sontag first won her name through ___________.

A.her story of a Polish actress

B.her book Illness as Metaphor

C.her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

D. publishing essays in magazines like partisan Review

3.Which of the following statements is TRUE?

A.Sontag looked down upon the pop culture·

B.Sontag was a sensualist as well as a moralist.

C.Sontag blamed the victim of cancer for the disease.

D.Sontag thought content was more important than form.

4.What would be the best title of the text?

A.Susan Sontag,a Leading Figure in Culture

B. Susan Sontag,a Productive and Tireless Writer

C.Susan Sontag,an Examiner of the Old Concepts

D. Susan Sontag,a Writer Defending Seriousness

Dear Dr.Servaas,

I was diagnosed with histoplasrnosis(组织胞浆菌病)30 years ago .At that time, my doctor told me that it was lung fungus(真菌)that could affect my eyesight.This has happened·Can it affect other organs of the body?

F.Buongiorne

Delta Junction,Arkansas,

Most people have no symptoms resulting from the lung infection,explains histo expert Dr.L.Joseph Wheat,when symptoms do develop,they are usually mild and will disappear without treatment

In some cases,however,histo can spread from the lungs and cause more serious problems.

“Histo is more severe in persons with diseases that reduce thcir immunity or who are receiving immunosuppressive(免疫抑制)medications,”says Dr.Wheat,"In such cases,histo can spread from lungs to other parts of the body.Patients with this type of histoplasmosis usually have constant fever,sweats,and weight loss·Excellent tests are available to diagnose this type of histo,and the treatment is highly effective·”

As mentioned by our Arkansas reader,eye problems accompanied by vision loss have been reported long after the first infection.

"Histo is thought by some to be a cause of spots on the back of the eye,called ‘histo spots’,”notes Dr·Wheat.“These injuries cause no problems in some patients, while in others they cause visual loss.There is no proof that histo causes these spots, however,as the organism is not found in the injured parts,and treatment for histo is not effective for the eye spots.”

People catch histoplasmosis by breathing extremely small spores(孢子)of the histoplasma fungus into their lungs·This fungus is commonly found in areas polluted by bird or bat droppings such as caves,chicken cages,barns(谷仓),and under bridges.It will spread through the air during construction or whenever plowing,sweeping,or digging disturbs the soil.

1.What’s the problem with F.Buongiorne?

A.He has recently been diagnosed with his to.

B.He is having difficulty in breathing.

C.He is worried about his health.

D.He has become totally blind.

2.Which of the following is Dr.Wheat’s opinion about“histo"?

A.The disease is equally harmful to all people.

B.The disease will make people put on weight.

C.The disease won’t cause serious problems and no medicine is effective for it·

D.The disease doesn’t,t necessarily have a serious effect on every patient with it·

3.How is“histo" related to“histo spots"?

A."Histo spots" may not be caused by“histo".

B.Patients with“histo" will have“histo spots".

C."Histo spots" will cause visual loss to all patients.

D.“Histo spots" can be cured by the same medicine as cures“histd

4.We can infer from the passage that_

A.“histo" spreads through water

B."histo" originates from animals

C.you may have the disease by eating affected chicken

D.workers in a close office are most likely to have“histo"

Many teenagers feel that the most important people in their lives are their friends.They believe that their family members, especially their parents, don’t know them as well their friends do.In large families, it is often for brothers and sisters to fight with each other and then they can only go to their friends for advice.It is very important for teenagers to have one good friend or many friends.Even when they are not with their friends, they usually spend a lot of time talking among themselves on the phone.This communication is very important in children’s growing up, because friend can discuss something difficult to say to their family members.

However, parents often try to choose their children’s friends for them.Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends.The question of “choice” is an interesting one.Have you ever thought of the following questions?

Who choose your friends?

Do you choose your friends or your friends choose you?

Have you got a good friend your parent don’t like?

1.Many teenagers think their _______ know them better than their parents do.

A.friends

B.teachers

C.brothers and sisters

D.classmates

2.When teenagers stay alone, the usual way of communication is to _________.

A.go to their friends

B.talk with their parents

C.talk with their friends on the phone

D.have a discussion with their family

3.Which of the following is DIFFERENT in meaning from the sentence “Some parents may even stop their children from meeting their good friends.”?

A.Some parents may want their children to stop to meet their good friends.

B.Some parents may even ask their children to stay away from their good friends.

C.Some parents may even not let their children meet their good friends.

D.Some parents may even not allow their children to meet their good friends.

4.Which of the following sentences is TRUE?

A.Parents should like everything their children enjoy.

B.In all families, children can choose everything they like.

C.Parents should try their best to understand their children better.

D.Teenagers can only go to their friends for help.

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