Last week, I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth Hospital. In one of the rooms a patient, an old man, got up from his bed and moved slowly towards me. I could see that he hadn’t long to live, but he came up to me and placed his right foot close to mine on the floor.

“Frank!” I cried in surprise. He couldn’t answer, as I knew, but he tried to smile, all the time keeping his foot close to mine.

My thoughts raced back more than thirty years - to the dark days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The scene was an air-raid shelter (防空洞), in which I and about a hundred other people slept every night. Among them were Mrs West and her son Frank, who lived nearby. Sharing wartime problems, we got to know each other very well. Frank interested me because he was not normal. He had never been normal, ever since he was born. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had less of a mind than a baby has. Mrs West, then about 75, was a strong, able woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank depended on her completely. He needed all the attention of a baby.

One night a policeman came into our shelter and told Mrs West that her house had been all destroyed. That wasn’t quite true, because the Wests went on living there for quite some time. But they certainly lost nearly everything they owned.

When that kind of thing happened, the rest of us helped the unlucky ones. So before we separated that morning, I stood beside Frank and measured my right foot against his.

They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a spare pair of shoes to the shelter for Frank. As soon as he saw me, he came running - and paced his right foot against mine. After that, he always greeted me in the same way.

How did the writer know that the patient was Frank?

A. He was told that Frank was in the hospital.  B. He was invited to study Frank’s illness.

C. Frank’s name was written on the door.      D. Frank greeted him in a special way.

When and where did the writer first meet Frank?

A. In Mrs West’s house in 1941.

B. In an air-raid shelter during the war.

C. At the Ruth Hospital about ten years ago.

D. In London after he Wests’ house was destroyed.

The unlucky ones mentioned by the doctor were ______.

A. those who suffered from illness       B. those who slept in the air-raid shelter

C. those who were killed during the war   D. those whose homes were destroyed in air-raids

The writer placed his foot against Frank’s before he left the shelter ______.

A. to be friendly towards Frank

B. to see if Frank’s feet were normal

C. to find out if Frank could put on his shoes

D. to teach Frank to greet people in a special way

A Strange Greeting, a True Feeling Last week I was invited to a doctor’s meeting at the Ruth hospital for incurables. In one of the wards a patient, an old man, got up shakily from his bed and moved towards me. I could see that he hadn't long to   1   , but he came up to me and placed his right foot close mine on the floor.

“Frank!” I cried in astonishment. He couldn’t   2  , as I knew, but all the time   3   his foot against mine.

My   4   raced back more than thirty years to the   5   days of 1941, when I was a student in London. The   6   was an air-raid shelter, in which I and about hundred other people slept every night. Two of the regulars were Mrs. West and her son Frank.

  7   wartime problems, we shelter-dwellers got to   8   each other very well. Frank West   9   me because he wasn’t   10  , not even at birth. His mother told me he was 37 then, but he had   11   of a mind than a baby has. His “  12  ” consisted of rough sounds——sounds of pleasure or anger and   13   more. Mrs. West, then about 75, was a strong, capable woman, as she had to be, of course, because Frank   14   on her entirely. He needed all the   15   of a baby.

One night a policeman came and told Mrs. West that her house had been flattened by a 500-pounder. She   16   nearly everything she owned.

When that sort of thing happened, the rest of us helped the   17   ones. So before we   18   that morning, I stood beside Frank and   19   my right foot against his. They were about the same size. That night, then, I took a pair of shoes to the shelter for frank. But as soon as he saw me he came running and placed his right foot against mine. After that, his   20   to me was always the same.

1. A. work     B. stay    C. live     D. expect

2. A. answer   B. speak  C. smile         D. laugh

3. A. covering        B. moving      C. fighting      D. pressing

4. A. minds     B. memories   C. thoughts     D. brains

5. A. better     B. dark    C. younger            D. old

6. A. cave      B. place   C. sight          D. scene

7. A. Discussing       B. Solving  C. Sharing            D. Suffering

8. A. learn from       B. talk to   C. help          D. know

9. A. needed          B. recognized  C. interested          D. encouraged

10. A. normal         B. common       C. unusual     D. quick

11. A. more           B. worse  C. fewer         D. less

12. A. word          B. speech C. sentence           D. language

13. A. not             B. no      C. something         D. nothing

14. A. fed             B. kept    C. lived          D. depended

15. A. attention       B. control   C. treatment          D. management

16. A. lost             B. needed       C. destroyed          D. left

17. A. troublesome   B. unlucky   C. angry         D. unpopular

18. A. separated      B. went       C. reunited            D. returned

19. A. pushed        B. tried       C. showed      D. measured

20. A. nodding        B. greeting  C. meeting            D. acting

 A film was at the Circle Five Ranch to film a Marlboro commercial. This is in 1868, before they prohibited cigarette ads from American television. Darrell Winfield was watching the crew set up the equipment. The scene included an actor crossing a river on horseback, but when the time came to shoot, the man was too drunk to ride. Someone from the crews saw Winfield and asked him if he would ride the horse for  50. “Hell, ” said Winfield, “for 50 bucks, I'll jump that damn horse over the moon!”

  To people in many countries, Winfield is just a familiar but nameless face, a simple cowboy with an advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is advertising message about a connection between the West and a brand of cigarettes. Few people know that he is 55, a family man who’s been married to the same woman for 37 years and has 5 children and 7 grandchildren. Most surprisingly, he’s a real, working cowboy who raises horses in his ranch in Wyoming.

  One of the most striking things about the Marlboro Man is that success hasn’t changed him much. He says that complete strangers sometimes come up to him and say, “I’ve met you. know you from somewhere. ”Whenever it happens, he says that he gets embarrassed.

  60.Which of the following statements is true?

  A. Cigarette ads were prohibited in America.

  B. Cigarette ads are prohibited on television in America.

  C. Marlboro commercial was prohibited on television.

  D. Marlboro commercial was produced on television.

  61.What does the word“prohibited”in the first paragraph mean?

  A. broadcast           B. forbidden

  C. produced           D. provided

  62.When they filmed the ad, ________.

  A. Winfield was too drunk.

  B. The actor in the ad was too drunk.

  C. Winfield was setting up the equipmet.

  D. Winfield was riding a horse.

  63.From the passage, we know that Winfield was ________.

  A. an ordinary man

  B. a superstar

  C. an actor

  D. a rich man

  64.When people recognized Winfield, he felt________.

   A. excited            B. happy

  C. interested           D. uncomfortable

  65.A train car moves along a long straight track. The graph (曲线) shows the position as a function of time for this train. The graph shows that ________.

  A. slows down all the time

  B. speeds up all the time

  C. speeds up part of the time and slows down part of the time

  D. moves at a constant speed

  66.As the diagram shows, there is a fixed superconductor ring, on the right of which lies a bar magnet. There is no electric current. When the magnet is moved to the right, because of electro-magnetic, induction, a certain electric current is produced. Thus the direction of the electric current is________ .

   A. as indicated by the arrowhead in the diagram. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will soon disappear.

  B. as indicated by the arrowhead in the diagram. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will still remain.

  C. in the opposite direction. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will soon disappear.

D. in the opposite direction. When the magnet is moved away, the electric current will still remain.

A new report by the International Monetary Fund(the I. M. F. )estimates(估计) that the world economy will shrink by one and three-tenths percent this year. That would be the worst performance in more than sixty years.  Three months ago, the I. M. F. predicted a small growth for this year.

Major industrialized economies are expected to see the biggest decreases, shrinking by almost four percent. The I. M. F. predicts developing economies will continue to grow for the year, but only by about one and one-half percent.

The I. M. F. says the world will slowly return to growth of almost two percent next year. But the lending organization warns that strong policies to supervise(监管) and support the financial system are needed if the world economy is to fully recovery.

Olivier Blanchard is the chief economist for the I. M. F.  He has said that banks are still in the process of rebuilding their financial positions. He added that securities markets(证券市场)are still operating poorly

Economic experts believe the world financial industry is moving towards recovery but with more losses to come. In all, the I. M. F. says worldwide financial losses could be as high as four trillion dollars by the end of next year.  World trade is expected to drop eleven percent this year, after expanding by three percent last year.

The I. M. F. report says international lending may not fully recover until two thousand eleven. The financial crisis has made the I. M. F. more important than ever. The world's largest economies promised to increase the size of the fund by about five hundred billion dollars. They did so at the G-Twenty meeting in London earlier this month. This week, President Obama proposed that the United States lend the I. M. F. one hundred billion dollars as part of that promise

Last week, Mexico became the first nation to borrow from the I. M. F. under a new program to provide emergency credit to nations with strong economies. Mexico received a forty-seven billion dollar line of credit for one year. Poland and Colombia are also seeking loans from the program.

 

59. Because of ______, the I. M. F is playing an even more important role than ever.

   A. the G―20 meeting in London        B. the financial crisis

   C. Olivier Blanchard                          D. President Obama

60. The world economy won’t full recover until_________________.

   A. developing economies play a more important role than major industrialized economies

   B. the International Monetary Fund lends more money to more countries

   C. there has been a strong supervising and supporting financial system

   D. securities markets operate well enough

61. We can know from the passage that ________________.

   A. at least three countries have borrowed from the I. M. F. since last week

   B. the world financial industry is recovering and will suffer no more losses

   C. developing economies are likely to continue to grow slowly for the year

   D. worldwide financial losses have been as high as four trillion dollars so far

62. What is this news report mainly about?

   A. The biggest decreases that the world economy is suffering.

   B. The slow recovery that the world financial industry is moving towards.

   C. The steadily growing International Monetary Fund.

   D. The recent world economic situation.

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