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       Britain is facing a sharp rise in its rat population as growing numbers of people leave fast food scraps in the street ,an environment group warned .Keep Britain Tidy said the rodents(啮齿动物)were stopping their traditional hunts underground and were roaming the streets ,tempted by discarded burgers ,pizzas and crisps. “The rat population is on the rise and soon it’ll be as common to see a rodent on our street as it is to see a dog or a cat,” said group Director ,Sue Nelson. The practice of dumping fast food litter and scraps on the street rather than in the trash—with young men the worst offenders—was behind the rise. According to the National Rodent Survey in 2005, Britain’s rat population has grown by nearly one quarter since 2000 and is now estimated at 60 million ,two million more than the human population. On average a rat can give birth every 24—28 days and just a single pair of rats can produce a colony of 2,000 a year. Around 200 people a year get Weil’s Disease –an infection which can lead to liver or kidney(肝肾)failure and eventually death and which is arrived in rat’s waste. To highlight the issue ,Keep Britain Tidy launched a cinema ad entitled “How close do you want them to get?” The ad gave a shocking image of a young woman sleeping in a bed of rots –echoing the nightmare scene from James Herbert’s classic horror tale The Rats, in which mutant rodents begin to prey on(捕食)humans.

64.Where did the rodents use to search for food?

       A.In the Street .          B.Under the ground.

       C.From the trash cans. D.In burger shops. 

65.What is the human population now according to the writer?

       A.60 million.      B.58 million.       C.35 million.       D.2 million.

66.We may infer from the passage that      .

       A.Weil’s Disease will finally end the world

       B.pizzas and crisps will become poisonous

       C.rats will endanger human beings’ life    

       D.young people are blame for the rat population

67.By writing the passage, the author tries to       .

       A.close some of the burger and pizza restaurants

       B.draw the public attention to the problem of rats

       C.prevent the rats from growing up

       D.making advertisement for the classic horror film The Rats

The justification for a university is that it preserves the connection between knowledge and the zest of life, by uniting the young and the old in the imaginative consideration of learning. The university imparts information, but it imparts it imaginatively. At least, this is the function which it should perform for society. A university which fails in this respect has no reason for existence. This atmosphere of excitement, arising from imaginative consideration, transforms knowledge. A fact is no longer a burden on the memory, it is energizing as the poet of our dreams and as the architect of our purposes.

Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts: it is a way of illuminating the facts. It works by eliciting the general principles which apply to the facts, as they exist, and then by an intellectual survey of alternative possibilities which are consistent with those principles. It enables men to construct an intellectual vision of a new world, and it preserves the zest of life by the suggestion of satisfying purposes.

Youth is imaginative, and if the imagination be strengthened by discipline, this energy of imagination can in great measure be preserved through life. The tragedy of the world is that those who are imaginative have but slight experience, and those who are experienced have feeble imagination. Fools act on imagination without knowledge; pedants(学究)act on knowledge without imagination. The task of university is to weld together imagination and experience.

1. The main theme of the passage is ____.

   A. the access to knowledge in university   B. the function of universities

   C. the role of imagination in our lives

   D. the relationship between imagination and experience

2. According to the passage, the justification for a university is that ____.

   A. it presents facts and experience to young and old

   B. it imparts knowledge to imaginative people

   C. it combines imagination with knowledge and experience

   D. it enables men to construct an intellectual vision of the world

3. The word “eliciting” in paragraph 2 probably means ____.

   A. applying       B. challenging     C. drawing forth      D. preserving

4. Which of the following is NOT discussed as one of the things imagination can do?

  A. It makes our life exciting and worthwhile.    B. It helps us to understand the world.

  C. It helps us to formulate Laws about the facts.  D. It provides inspiration to the artists.

5. According to the author, the tragedy of the world is that ____.

   A. our energy of imagination cannot be preserved  B. our imagination is seldom disciplined

   C. we grow old inevitably     D. too many people are either fools or pedants

Brian knew he had been drinking more and more, but he was convinced that he'd return to more moderate drinking when he wasn't so pressured at work, and that "a few too many drinks now and then" wasn't a major problem.

"My wife and father were on me to stop drinking, but you know how critical and protective family can be," said Brian. "So I blew them off."

It wasn't until his friend Jack spoke up that Brian started to think differently. "That really hit home, because I wouldn’t expect a friend to confront me with something that personal unless it was very important," said Brian. "Jack said he was really concerned about me. He pointed out that my personality changed after I had a few beers--that I became belligerent(寻衅的). For a normally easy-going guy, that was a dramatic change in behavior."

Jack could see that Brian's numerous drinking binges(放纵) were causing problems. Brian was frequently calling into work sick and falling behind in his work, and his marriage was seriously on the ropes. Brian was teetering(摇摇欲坠) on the edge of disaster. "I didn't want to see a good life and a good friendship ruined," said Jack, "so I approached Brian, shared my honest observations with him, and suggested that he seek help."  

After a couple days of soul searching, though still reluctant, Brian took Jack's suggestion and was assessed by an addiction professional. The expert recommended that Brian check into a treatment center, and one day later Brian did so.

Many people fear taking the path that Jack took. Speaking up to a friend who may have a problem with alcohol or other drugs can be a tricky undertaking.

Yet it's true that a concerned friend can do a lot. Most people don't recognize they have a substance abuse problem and most don't seek help for a problem until someone close to them intervenes(干预).

1.What happened to Brian according to the passage?

A. He suffered from an illness called alcohol addiction.

B. He changed so much that he was deserted by his family.

C. He became morally corrupted drinking too much all day.

D. He drank a little more than normal to escape the pressure.

2.What does “that” in the 3rd paragraph refer to?

A. Brian’s drinking binges.                  B. Jack’s talk with Brian.

C. Wife and father’s intervention.            D. Brian’s different thoughts.

3. Brian could accept Jack’s suggestions mainly because ____________.

   A. he found his friend was very critical and protective

   B. Jack’s suggestions were professional and persuasive

   C. Jack and Brian’s family had different opinions

   D. he knew his friend wouldn’t easily intervene his personal affair

4. Brian’s alcohol abuse brought him many problems EXCEPT ____________.

   A. his refusal to listen to his family    B. his bad temper and aggressiveness

   C. his failure to do his work well             D. his marriage problems

5. The writer narrates Brian’s story in order to ____________.

A. tell us the bad results of alcohol addiction     

B. warn us not to fall into the habit of drinking

C. show friends have real power to intervene  

D. prove a friend in need is a friend indeed

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