Dr Asim Syed, 32, has performed more than 100 operations at London’s Hammersmith Hospital in the country’s busiest transplant unit, but never imagined that he would one day become a donor himself.
He stepped forward when was told his 64-year-old mother might be dead within months unless she got a new kidney (肾). The worried surgeon brought her to London to be cared for at his hospital. However, it was not all plain sailing. Tests showed Dr Syed was the wrong blood group, so the only way was to go through a special blood-washing process. He consulted colleagues about that, but they didn’t agree, because the risk of rejection is still too high. Dr Syed and his mother were then advised to consider a new way of donating and receiving, called an organ-paired. That is, Dr Syed donated his kidney to an unknown person and another donor in the chain was a successful match for his mother. The chain of three transplants took place at the same time on July 31 with Dr Syed’s kidney going to a recipient in the Midlands and Mrs. Syed receiving her kidney from a person in the south of England.
Just hours after donating his own kidney, Dr Syed found himself recovering in bed next to his mother. Mrs Syed said, “When I came round from my operation Asim was in the next bed and the first thing he said was, ‘Mum now all your worries are over.’ Tears fell down.”
Now mother and son are recovering well with Dr Syed already back at work. Mrs. Syed is staying with him for several months while the hospital monitors her progress.
He said, “I did what anyone would do when they see a relative suffering disease. Although I wasn’t able to help mum directly, by agreeing to be part of a chain, I was also very happy.”
【小题1】 Why isn’t it a plain sailing?

A．It is very dangerous.	B．It costs too much.
C．They didn’t know how to do it at all.	D．They didn’t have the relative equipment.

【小题3】 What can we learn about Mrs. Syed?

B．She has already recovered completely.

C．After operation, she went her own home.

D．She was in hospital in London for many years.

【小题4】What can be inferred from the text?

A．The hospital still needs improving.

B．Dr Syed has love and devotion to his parents.

C．The expense in the hospital is too high to afford.

D．Dr Syed donated his kidney to his mother directly.

American society is not nap (午睡)friendly . In fact , says David Dings , sleep specialist at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine , “There’s even a prohibition (禁止) against admitting we need sleep”. Nobody wants to be caught napping or found asleep at work . To quote a proverb : “Some sleep five hours , nature requires seven , laziness nine and wickedness(淘气的) eleven.”
The way not to fall asleep at work is to take naps when you need them . “We have to totally change our attitude toward napping ,” says Dr. William Dement of Stanford University , the godfather of sleep research .
Last year a national commission led by Dement identified(发现) an “American sleep debt” which one member said was as important as the national debt . The commission was concerned about the dangers of sleepiness : people causing industrial accidents or falling asleep while driving . This may be why we have a new sleep policy in the White House . According to recent reports , President Clinton is trying to take a half---hour snooze (瞌睡) every afternoon .
About 60 percent of American adults nap when given the opportunity . We seem to have “a mid afternoon quiet phase ,” also called “a secondary sleep gate .” Sleeping 15 minutes to two hours in the early afternoon can reduce stress and make us refreshed . Clearly , we were born to nap .
We superstars of snooze don’t nap to replace lost shut--eye or to prepare for a night shift . Rather , we “snack” on sleep ,whenever , wherever and at whatever time we feel like it . I myself have napped in buses , cars , planes and on boats ; on floors and beds ;and in libraries , offices and museums .
【小题1】The research done by the Dement Commission shows that Americans .

A．don’t like to take naps

B．are terribly worried about their national debt

C．think that lack of enough sleep causes many accidents

D．have caused many industrial and traffic accidents

【小题2】The purpose of this article is to .

warn us of the wickedness of napping

B. explain the danger of sleepiness
C. discuss the side effects of napping
D. convince the reader of the necessity of napping
【小题3】The “American sleep debt”(Line 1 , Para .3) is the result of .

the traditional misconception the Americans have about sleep
the new sleep policy of the Clinton Administration
the rapid development of American industry
the Americans’ worry about the danger of sleepiness

【小题4】The second sentence of the last paragraph tells us that it is .

preferable to have a sound sleep before a night shift
good practice to eat something light before we go to bed
essential (基本的) to make up for lost sleep
natural to take a nap whenever we feel the need for it

When I was a kid, I used to spend hours listening to Adam Carolla and Dr. Drew Pinsky on their Sunday night radio show Loveline. I listened so often that I began to use one of their well-known phrases—“good times”—in my daily conversations. Scientists have a name for this phenomenon: behavioral mimicry.
You’ve probably experienced this before: after spending enough time with another person, you might start to pick up on his or her behavior or speech habits. You might even start to develop your friend’s habits without realizing it. There is a large body of literature concerning this sort of phenomenon, and it regularly happens for everything from body gesture to accents to drink patterns（模式）. For example, one study found that young adults were more likely to drink their drink directly after their same-sex drinking partners, than for the two individuals to drink at their own paces.
And the effect isn’t limited to real-life face-to-face activities. Another study found that the same you-drink-then-I-drink pattern held even when watching a movie! In other words, people were more likely to take a drink of their drinks in a theater after watching the actors on the screen enjoy a drink. At least I don’t feel so strange anymore, having picked up on Adam Carolla’s “good times”.
New research published today in the journal PLOS ONE indicates that the same sort of behavioral mimicry is responsible for social eating, at least among university-age women of normal weight. That’s right: the young women were more likely to adjust their eating according to the eating pace of their same-sex dining companion.
As with most experiments, these results raise a whole new set of questions. However, the finding that behavioral mimicry may at least partly explain eating behavior is important, and has real effects on health. The researchers note that “as long as people don’t fully recognize such important influences on intake (eating), it will be difficult to make healthy food choices and keep a healthy diet, especially when people are exposed to the eating behavior of others”.
【小题1】The author takes his own example of using “good times” to_______.

A．express his love for radio shows

B．prove the popularity of the show

C．show the influence of the hosts’ words

D．introduce the topic of the passage

【小题2】Which of the following is NOT an example of behavioral mimicry?

A．A boy eats his popcorn after watching the actor eat.

B．A boy buys a Nike shirt when he finds his desk-mate has one.

C．A girl unconsciously sits straight just as others do.

D．A girl takes on the Yorkshire accent after a month’s stay.

【小题3】It can be inferred from the last paragraph that _______.

A．behavioral mimicry is beneficial to our health

B．behavioral mimicry decides our eating behavior

C．people have realized the effect of behavioral mimicry on our health

D．It’s impossible to keep a healthy diet without knowing behavioral mimicry

【小题4】What is probably the author’s purpose of writing this passage?

A．To draw readers’ attention to popular radio shows.

B．To introduce behavioral mimicry and its influence.

C．To appeal to readers not to fall into others’ habits.

D．To advocate healthy food choices among readers.

Dr Asim Syed, 32, has performed more than 100 operations at London’s Hammersmith Hospital in the country’s busiest transplant unit, but never imagined that he would one day become a donor himself.
He stepped forward when was told his 64-year-old mother might be dead within months unless she got a new kidney (肾). The worried surgeon brought her to London to be cared for at his hospital. However, it was not all plain sailing. Tests showed Dr Syed was the wrong blood group, so the only way was to go through a special blood-washing process. He consulted colleagues about that, but they didn’t agree, because the risk of rejection is still too high. Dr Syed and his mother were then advised to consider a new way of donating and receiving, called an organ-paired. That is, Dr Syed donated his kidney to an unknown person and another donor in the chain was a successful match for his mother. The chain of three transplants took place at the same time on July 31 with Dr Syed’s kidney going to a recipient in the Midlands and Mrs. Syed receiving her kidney from a person in the south of England.
Just hours after donating his own kidney, Dr Syed found himself recovering in bed next to his mother. Mrs Syed said, “When I came round from my operation Asim was in the next bed and the first thing he said was, ‘Mum now all your worries are over.’ Tears fell down.”
Now mother and son are recovering well with Dr Syed already back at work. Mrs. Syed is staying with him for several months while the hospital monitors her progress.
He said, “I did what anyone would do when they see a relative suffering disease. Although I wasn’t able to help mum directly, by agreeing to be part of a chain, I was also very happy.”

1.
Why isn’t it a plain sailing?
1. A.
  No one can treat his mother well.
2. B.
  Dr Syed was the wrong blood group.
3. C.
  They didn’t have money to be in hospital.
4. D.
  Mrs. Syed was unwilling to receive the operation.
2.
Why didn’t his colleagues agree to the method of blood-washing?
1. A.
  It is very dangerous.
2. B.
  It costs too much.
3. C.
  They didn’t know how to do it at all.
4. D.
  They didn’t have the relative equipment.
3.
What can we learn about Mrs. Syed?
1. A.
  She was touched by his son’s deed.
2. B.
  She has already recovered completely.
3. C.
  After operation, she went her own home.
4. D.
  She was in hospital in London for many years.
4.
What can be inferred from the text?
1. A.
  The hospital still needs improving.
2. B.
  Dr Syed has love and devotion to his parents.
3. C.
  The expense in the hospital is too high to afford.
4. D.
  Dr Syed donated his kidney to his mother directly.

Why isn’t it a plain sailing?

Why didn’t his colleagues agree to the method of blood-washing?

What can we learn about Mrs. Syed?

What can be inferred from the text?

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