About ten years ago, a young and very successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street．He was going a bit too fast in his shiny, black, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE, which was only two months old．
He was watching for kids rushing out from between parked cars and slowed down when he thought he saw something．As his car passed, no child came out, but a brick sailed out and-WHUMP!-it hit the Jag’s shiny black side door! SCREECH．．．!!!! Immediately Josh stopped the car, jumped out, seized the kid and pushed him up against a parked car．He shouted at the kid, “What was that all about and who are you? Just what the heck are you doing?!” Building up a head of steam, he went on．“That’s my new Jag, and that brick you threw is gonna cost you a lot of money．Why did you throw it?”
“Please, mister, please…I’m sorry! I didn’t know what else to do!” begged the youngster．“I threw the brick because no one else would stop!” tears were streaming down the boy’s face as he pointed around the parked car．“It’s my brother, mister,” he said．“He rolled of the curb(路沿)and fell out of his wheelchair and I can’t lift him up．” Sobbing, the boy asked the businessman, “Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair?” he’s hurt and he’s too heavy for me．”
Moved beyond words, the young businessman tried hard to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat．Straining, he lifted the young man back into the wheelchair and took out his handkerchief and wiped the scrapers and cuts, checking to see that everything was going to be OK．He then watched the younger brother push him down the sidewalk toward their home．
It was a long walk back to the black, shining, 12 cylinder Jaguar XKE－a long and slow walk．Josh never did fix the side door of his Jaguar．He kept the dent(凹痕)to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention．Feel for the bricks of life coming at you．
(1)
The boy threw a brick at the businessman’s car because ________．
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A．
the businessman drove at a high speed
B．
he envied the brand-new car very much
C．
he wanted to ask for some money
D．
he wanted to get help from the driver
(2)
Which of the following is the right order of the story?
a．The younger brother threw a brick at Josh’s car．
b．The elder brother fell out of his wheelchair．
c．The younger brother begged Josh for help．
d．Josh lifted the elder brother back into his wheelchair．
e．Josh shouted at the younger brother．
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A．
b, a, e, c, d
B．
a, c, d, b, e
C．
b, a, c, e, d
D．
a, c, b, e, d
(3)
What can we learn from the passage?
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A．
Josh would accept the money from the kids．
B．
The two kids were Josh’s neighbors．
C．
Josh was a kind-hearted man．
D．
Josh’s new car broke down easily．
(4)
According to the passage, the last sentence means ________．
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A．
trying to get ready for the trouble in your future life
B．
driving fast in a neighborhood street is dangerous
C．
trying to be more understanding seeing others in trouble
When you donate blood, a small amount is usually taken in advance to test your blood type．If you are O＋, the O is your ABO type and the＋is your Rh type．It is possible to be A,B,AB, or O as well as Rh＋or Rh-．
The ABO system was discovered by Karl Landsteiner in the early 1900s．He was awarded the Nobel Prize for his achievements．There are four basic types of blood in the ABO system：A,B,AB and O．Everybody is born with one of these four types of blood．We get blood type, just like hair color and height from parents．Because of the substances(物质)contained in each type, the four groups must be transfused carefully．If two different blood types are mixed together, it may put a person into an extremely dangerous situation．Basically, A and B cannot be mixed．A and B cannot receive AB, but AB may receive A or B．In an emergency, type O blood can be given because it is most likely to be accepted by all blood types，so it is often called the universal donor．However，there is still a risk．For the opposite reason，AB is sometimes called the universal receiver．However，because there can be so many reactions in transfusions，patients usually receive only salt until their blood can be matched as exactly as possible in the blood bank of the hospital．
There is a relationship between your blood type and your nationality．Among the Europeans, about 45 percent have type O while 42 percent have type A．The rarest is type AB．Other races have different percentage．For example, some American Indian groups have nearly 100 percent type out of 100 donors in the world．
(1)
Which of the following shown the correct relationships in blood transfusions?
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A．
B．
C．
D．
(2)
The underlined word “transfuse” most probably means ________．
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A．
to put the blood into a container
B．
to move the blood from one place to another
C．
to put the blood of one person into the body of another
D．
to give power to another person
(3)
The text mainly tells us ________．
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A．
about the basic types of human blood
B．
what kind of blood is the most common
C．
about Karl Landsteiner who won the Nobel Prize
D．
the relationship between blood type and nationality
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