Starting the day on an egg could keep your blood pressure(血压) under control, research suggests.Scientists have shown that eggs produce proteins with a function similar to that of powerful blood pressure-lowering drugs.

The research, from the University of Alberta in Canada, showed that when eggs come in contact with stomach enzymes(酶) they produce a protein that acts in the same way as Ace inhibitors, but more work is needed to show the effects outside a lab and in the human body.

Earlier this month, British researchers declared that, contrary to popular beliefs, it is healthy to go to work on an egg.They concluded that the type of cholesterol (胆固醇) found in eggs has little effect on increasing heart disease risks.

Researcher Professor Bruce Griffin, from the University of Surrey, said:“The wrong beliefs linking egg eating to high blood cholesterol and heart disease must be corrected .The amount of fat in our diet has an effect on blood cholesterol that is several times greater than the relatively small amounts of cholesterol found in eggs.The UK public do not need to be limiting the number of eggs they eat.They can be encouraged to include them in a healthy diet as they are one of nature’s most nutritious foods.”

The British Heart Foundation dropped its three-egg-a-week limit in 2005.However, almost half of Britons believe the limit still applies.

From the text we know that Ace inhibitors are         

A.a kind of medicine       B.a kind of protein  

C.a kind of illness     D.a kind of food

According to what Professor Brcue said, eggs        

A.are the most nutritious food.

B.have no effect on blood cholesterol

C.can be included in a healthy diet  

D.are forbidden to be eaten in the UK

We can infer from the text that           

A.drugs to lower blood pressure will be replaced by eating eggs

B.stomach enzymes mixed with eggs can cure heart diseases

C.most Britons agree the three-egg-a-week limit should be dropped

D.about 50% of Britons think eating an egg a day is bad for their health

The text is meant         

A.to introduce scientific findings about eggs

B.to introduce a medicine made from eggs

C.to tell people how to lower their blood pressure

D.to advise people to eat as many eggs as possible

阅读下面短文, 掌握其大意, 然后从1—10各题所给的从A、B、C和D四个选项中, 选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

Ero Carrera is watching the computer screen in a lab in California as he tracks a new computer virus slowly circling the globe, targeting cell phones. Working from the US office of the Finnish computer   1   firm, Carrera knows this virus could be the start of something big and   2  . He’s one of a couple of hundred “virus hunters” worldwide who guard computers and cell phones from   3  . That’s the job for these unlikely action heroes of the Internet age, where quick and curious minds are more important than strong   4  .

    Carrera works with Tzvetan Chaliavski to form the two-man team in California. Like that of other employees in the anti-virus companies in the world, their work is at the battle front of providing   5   from the damaging of computer virus, worms and Trojans. They break down software to discover a new virus and crack its code. Then they   6   and ship out a software update to customers. Roughly 300 new samples of viruses await the pair on a(n)  7   day.

    Carrera has created a mathematical formula(公式), to   8   easily the software structure of viruses. With it, he is better able to compare the many variants(变种) and families of malware(恶意软件). To his   9  , Chaliavski, it doesn’t even matter why someone would create a virus. All that   10   is the hunt.

A. advertising   B. commercial            C. printing                  D. security

A. admiring     B. exciting                  C. inviting                  D. threatening

A. attack          B. bombing                C. competition            D. struggle

A. heads          B. feelings                  C. muscles                  D. spirits

A. access          B. contact                   C. measures                D. protection

A. copy           B. create                     C. delete                     D. download

A. average      B. original                  C. previous                 D. special

A. get off         B. make out                C. pick up                  D. take in

A. assistant       B. manager                 C. partner                   D. secretary

A. ignores      B. matters                   C. overlooks               D. rejects

You’re standing in the dairy section at the grocery store, searching for your favorite brand. Suddenly, you catch a smell of chocolate cookies. You forget about dairy and head for the bakery (烘烤食品) section. Guess what? You just walked into an odor (气味) trap (陷阱)! The odor was cooked up by scientists in a lab.
For years, scientists have been studying the special powers of smell. They found that more than our other senses, smell changes our mood and helps us remember things.
So companies have begun spending thousands of dollars to scent (使充满香味) entire stores. Artificial (人造的) scents are being used to lead customers by the nose. These smells help to get people inside and put them in the mood to buy. They even make customers remember the store later, so they’ll come back for more. Also, many companies have smartly made use of product smells. A company added lemon fragrance to its dish cleaner. They wanted people to think the soap contained “natural” cleaners. It worked!
New uses for smells are being created every day. One bank, for example, gives customers coupons (优惠券) advertising car loans (贷款). To get people to take out a loan, bank officials hope to coat these coupons with the fresh leather smell of a new car. In Australia, telephone offices are putting sweat odor on unpaid bills. Since some people sweat when they’re scared, this smell might remind them of when they were frightened. And they’ll pay the bills right away!
What lies ahead for our noses? Smell scientists are working on some pretty far-out ideas. Would you believe TV sets that produce smells? Or how about scent diets? Certain food smells will fool your stomach into thinking it’s full. Alarm clocks will scent your bedroom with a strong pleasant smell designed to wake you up. Scientists are even working on ways to keep garbage from smelling. Researchers expect scents to help students make more sense of what they’re learning.
And just think. Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!
【小题1】How do sales methods affect customers in the stores?

A.They change customers’ preferences.
B.They persuade customers to use credit cards.
C.They make customers avoid bad and unsafe products.
D.They influence customers to make unplanned purchases.
【小题2】Why do telephone offices put sweat odor on unpaid bills?
A.Because the sweat odor is a reminder of terrifying experience.
B.Because the sweat odor can change people’s attitude.
C.Because most people don’t think much of sweating.
D.Because many people dislike paying bills.
【小题3】What does the author mean by saying “Someday soon, even your homework may smell nice!”?
A.Students would benefit more from smell research.
B.Students would be more willing to do homework.
C.Smell research would develop beyond our imagination.
D.Smell research would make great differences to our life.
【小题4】 Why does the author write this passage?
A.To encourage the store owners to use smells.
B.To expose wrong practices by smell scientists.
C.To inform the readers of an interesting subject.
D.To blame the advertisers that use smells to sell.

Dear Aunty,
After years of her crying. I finally gave in and allowed my daughter to have a cat. I now regret my decision. As someone needs to have a clean, tidy house, I no longer feel relaxed in my own home. If I tell her, “sorry, the cat has to go.” She will be heartbroken. What can I do?
-Feline Phobic
Dear Phobic,
I’m an animal lover and on your kid’s and cat’s side. Tell your daughter your problem. Ask her to help you come up with a plan. Perhaps you can agree to allow the cat only in certain areas of the house. This is a chance for your daughter to develop the sense of responsibility owning a pet requires.
Dear Aunty,
I got the highest grade on a biology test. Now the popular kids think I’m brainy, and want me in their lab group. I knew I was being used. Now, they want my homework. What should I do?
-Lily
Dear Lily.
Popularity can come at a price, but it’s no excuse to cheat. Offer to help new friends with their homework, but don’t give them yours.
Dear Aunty,
I’m one of six assistants in a dental(牙科的) office. But I’m new-there just four months. I’ve tried to join conversations, but they just ignore me. They go shopping together. No one invites me. How can I break into the circle?
-Crystal
Dear Crystal,
Humans run in packs like dogs. When a new dog enters the pack, a lot of discovery goes on. So bring cookies for everyone! Then try making friends with one co-worker. Invite her to lunch. When you get familiar with each other, tell her how hard you’re finding the situation at work. chances are, she’ll take you under her wing.
【小题1】Aunty thinks that Phobic should        .

A.try to persuade her daughter to give in.
B.spend more time cleaning the house.
C.ask her daughter to help tidy up
D.find a better way to keep the cat.
【小题2】The underlined word “brainy” in the passage means        .
A.excitedB.friendlyC.intelligentD.hard-working
【小题3】According to the passage,       .
A.Phobic can’t get along well with her daughter.
B.Aunty is fond of animals like cats.
C.Crystal’s coworkers are cheating her.
D.Lily has no interest in lab experiments.

Surgeons in Spain have successfully carried out the world’s first organ transplant using new stem cell technology. Some people are calling it the greatest medical breakthrough so far this century.

But what are stem cells? As we know, most cells in our bodies are designed to serve specific purposes – for example, a liver cell develops to work in the liver and cannot become a heart cell. But stem cells are different. They are very young, and in the laboratory scientists can grow them into different types of cell.

Claudia Castillo needed a new windpipe after getting a serious disease. Scientists from the University of Bristol in the UK took a donor windpipe, or trachea, from someone who had recently died. They used strong chemicals to remove the donor’s cells, leaving a tissue scaffold(组织支架). This was refilled with cells from Ms Castillo’s windpipe, and stem cells from her bone. After four days the cells had grown sufficiently for the windpipe to be transplanted into Ms Castillo.

Currently, transplant patients have to take drugs for the rest of their lives to prevent their bodies rejecting the new organs. These drugs can have bad side-effects, and do not always prevent rejection. But by using Ms Castillo’s own cells, doctors were able to trick her body into thinking the new windpipe was her own organ. Five months on, Claudia Castillo is in perfect health.

This ground-breaking procedure could be used in other transplant operations in the future. Scientists also believe stem cells might be used to treat Parkinson's disease, Alzheimer's disease, heart disease, stroke, arthritis, diabetes, burns and so on.

However, stem cell research is extremely controversial. The most effective stem cells do not come from adults but from embryos created in laboratories and which are just a few days old. Many people have religious or ethical objections to growing embryos, even if they can be used to cure diseases.

1.This transplant is considered the greatest medical breakthrough because _________.

A.this is the first organ transplant in the whole world

B.the patient is in perfect health after the operation

C.it is the first success with new stem cell technology

D.the stem cells are from an embryo developed in a lab

2.Stem cells are different from the other ceils in the way that __________.

A.they are grown in the lab only

B.they can grow into different types of cell

C.they are designed for a specific purpose

D.they can work in the liver not in the heart

3.What is the main idea of the third paragraph?

A.How Claudia survived in the operation

B.How to remove the cells from the donor’s organ

C.Why stem cells are needed in the transplant

D.How the windpipe is transplanted

4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A.Human bodies always reject transplanted organs even with their own cells

B.The donor’s cells had to be removed because they were unhealthy

C.The transplanted organ was refilled with the stem cells only

D.Claudia will not have to take drugs to prevent rejection.

5.Which word can best describe the scientists’ attitude towards the stem cell technology?

A.controversial                          B.confident

C.conservative (保守的)                    D.critical

 

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