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  Two year s ago, Wendy Ha snip, 47,experienced a brain injury that left her speechle s s for two week s.When she finally recovered, she found her self talking with what seemed to be a French accent.“I phoned a friend the other day, and she spent the fir st ten minute s laughing, ” Ha snip said at the time, “while I have nothing again st the French.”

  Ha snip suffered from foreign accent syndrome(外国口音综合症), a rare condition in which people find them selve s speaking their own language like someone from a foreign country.The condition u sually occur s in people who have experienced a head injury or a stroke-a sudden lo s s of con sciou sne s s, sen sation, or movement cau sed by a blocked or broken blood ve s selin the brain.

  The condition wa s fir st identified during the Second World War in a Norwegian woman who se head wa s injured during an attack by the German military.The woman recovered but wa s left with a German-sounding accent, to the horror of fellow villager s who avoided her after that.

  Re searcher s have di scovered that the combined effect of the damage to several part s of the brain make s victim s lengthen certain syllable, mi spronounce sound s, and change the normal pitch(音高)of their voice.Tho se change s in speech add up to what sound s like a foreign accent.

  Another re searcher, a phonetician, say s victim s of the syndrome don't acquire a true foreign accent.Their strangely changed speech only re semble s the foreign accent with which it ha s a few sound s in common.

  When an Engli sh woman named Annie recently developed foreign accent syndrome after a stroke, she spoke with what seemed to be a Scotti sh accent.However, Annie' s Scotti sh coworker s said she didn't sound at all like a Scot.

(1)

According to the pa s sage, people ________ may have foreign accent syndrome.

[  ]

A.

who se parent ha s experienced a head injury

B.

who have lived in a foreign country for a long time

C.

who have lo st their con sciou sne s s owing to a stroke

D.

who have learned foreign language from their coworker s

(2)

If a per son suffer s foreign accent syndrome, ________.

[  ]

A.

hi s coworker s will be afraid of him and avoid contacting with him

B.

he ha s more chance of suffering stroke again

C.

he will speak a fluent foreign language like native speaker s

D.

hi s speech only ha s a few sound s in common with the foreign accent

(3)

Writing thi s pa s sage, the writer' s main purpo se i s to ________.

[  ]

A.

introduce foreign accent syndrome and some related information

B.

warn people not to be at the ri sk of experiencing a stroke

C.

make it clear that foreign accent syndrome can be cured

D.

tell a story of an injured woman during the Second World War

As parents, we like to make sure that our children are eating well and getting all the nutrients(营养)they need. Children need two to three kinds of vegetables every day.

A simple way to get our children to eat vegetables is by eating them ourselves. Following our example, they may start eating vegetables themselves. Don't say things like, "If you eat your vegetables, you can have dessert. "These methods work for a little while but can possibly lead them to hate vegetables more. Give your children new varieties of foods which will help them develop a taste for trying new things.

Sometimes the simple things just don't work. We have to start becoming a little creative to make our children eat vegetables. By doing this in the beginning when children are small, we will help them learn to love vegetables.

Think of creative ways to make children eat vegetables. For example, cut up vegetables like carrots, cucumbers and place them in a creative way on a plate for an afternoon snack(零食). Or try using cheese sauce either by dipping(蘸) the vegetables in it or by putting the cheese right on top of cooked or raw vegetables.

If you prefer, you can also add a teaspoon (茶匙)of sugar on top of cooked green beans and peas to make them taste a little sweeter. Doing this shouldn't lead to a sweet tooth as long as you only give them a small amount.

If you have children that refuse to eat vegetables, some of these suggestions I've listed will help to turn that around. In the end, you're not only just getting them to eat vegetables, you're also helping them to live a healthier lifestyle.

65. According to the passage, all the following ways to get children to eat vegetables are creative EXCEPT________

A. preparing carrots in an attractive way           

B. adding some cheese sauce to vegetables

C. putting cheese on top of vegetables      

D. making vegetables very sweet

66. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A. Children need to eat vegetables every day for their health.

B. It is necessary to think of creative ways to make children eat vegetables.

C. Sugar can make children keep a healthy diet.

D. Parents should help children live a healthy lifestyle.

67. If you want your children lo develop the habit of eating vegetables, you should_____.

A. set an example to them          

B. be very patient with them

C. give dessert to them as an award   

D. cut vegetables into different shapes to meet their tastes

68. The best title for the passage would probably be_______.

A. Vegetables are very important to children's health

B. More and more children like eating vegetables

C. How to make children eat more vegetables

D. There are many kinds of vegetables for children

阅读短文,并按照题目要求用英语回答问题。

Big storms, high waves, technical failures, loneliness, After battling hard times and danger for over nine months. British teenager Mike Perham made history last month as the youngest person to sail solo (单独) around the world.

     The 17-year-old made the record after he cleared the Panama Canal ( 巴拿马运河) and then sailed through the Caribbean and home across the Atlantic.

     Mike is only three months younger than Zac Sunderland. the 17-year-old American boy who had taken the crown as the youngest solo around-the-world sailor in July.

     The two youngsters met in Cape Town in South Africa as they crossed the globe in different directions. Mike insisted they were not rival (竞争对手). "No. It's two teenagers going out there, living their dream and having the adventure of a lifetime." he said.

     Mike may be young, but he is no stranger to sailing adventures. He picked up the hobby at age 6 when his father took him out in a small boat on a local lake. Father and son sailed separate boats across the Atlantic when Mike was 14, making him the youngest person to cross that ocean solo. That record gave him the taste for this even greater challenge.

     On the recent journey. the scariest moment for Mike came when his sailboat was hit by storms in the southem Indian Ocean.

     "We were picked up by what felt like a 60-foot wave and threw down on our side at 90 degrees," he said.

     "It felt like I was going right over. Stuff was flying around and I just thought 'Oh no'".

     At other times, he had to dive into the Pacific and fix problems. He tied himself to the boat, jumped into the water and went to work with a knife in 30-second dives undemeath (在......之下) the boat to cut a rope away.

     Mike said he felt proud that he made his dream come true. "You've got to have confidence in yourself that you will make it." he said.

1.What's the main idea of the passage?  (No more than 15 words)

2.Which canal did Mike Perham cross? (No more than 3 words)

3.What does the underlined word "taste" in the fifth paragraph mean? (1 word)

4.What did Mike believe in? (No more than lO words)

5.What do you think of Mike Perham? (No more than 10 words)

 

阅读理解。
    Bernice Gallego sat down one day this summer, as she
does pretty much every day, and began listing items on eBay.
She dug into a box and pulled out a baseball card. She stopped
for a moment and admired the picture. "Red Stocking B.B Club
of Cincinnati," the card read, under the reddish brown color
photo of lo men with their socks pulled up to their knees. 
    As a collector and seller, it's her job to spot old items that
might have value today. It's what Bernice, 72, and her husband,
Al Gallego, 80, have been doing since 1974 at their California
antique (古玩) store.
     This card, she figured, was worth selling on eBay. She took a picture, wrote a description and put it up for
auction (拍卖). She put a $10 price tag on it, deciding against $15 because it would have cost her an extra 20
cents. Later that night she got a few odd inquiries-someone wanting to know whether the card was real,
someone wanting her to end the auction and sell him the card immediately.
     The card is actually 139 years old. Sports card collectors call the find "extremely rare" and estimate the card
could fetch five, or perhaps, six figures at auction.
     Just like that, Bernice is the least likely character ever for a rare-baseball card story. "I didn't even know
baseball existed that far back," Gallego says, "I don't think that I've ever been to a baseball game." The theory is
that the card came out of a storage space they bought a few years back. It is not uncommon in their line of work
to buy the entire contents of storage units for around $200.
     When she met with card trader Rick Mirigian, she found out what the card was-an 1869 advertisement with
a picture of the first professional baseball team, the Cincinnati Red Stockings.
     "When I came to meet her and she took it out of a sandwich bag and she was smoking a cigarette, I almost
fainted," Mirigian says. "They've uncovered a piece of history that few people will ever be able to imagine. That
card is history. It's like unearthing a Mona Lisa or a Picasso."
1. What can we conclude from Paragraph 3?
[     ]
A. Bernice had to pay some fees for her card on eBay.
B. Bernice wanted to end the auction that night.
C. Bernice decided to sell the card for $15.
D. eBay charged her 20 cents for the card.
2. The underlined word"fetch" in Paragraph 4 most probably means "_____".
[     ]
A. go and bring
B. add up to
C. go down to
D. be sold for
3. From the passage, we may learn that _____.
[     ]
A. Bernice is a baseball fan
B. Bernice is the last person to purchase the rare-baseball card
C. Bernice unexpectedly became the owner of the rare-baseball card
D. Bernice didn't realize the value of the card until she put it up for auction
4. What would be the best title for the passage?
[     ]
A. A Surprisingly Valuable Discovery
B. Bernice Gallego-A Lucky Collector
C. Sports Card Collectors
D. The History of the Baseball Card

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