题目内容
NOT all memories are sweet.Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad
memories.Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars.
Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories.The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a scary events.They hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase ,the effect of painful memories.
In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France.The drug stops the body producing chemicals that fix memories in the brain.So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.
The research has caused a great deal of argument.Some think it is a bad idea, while others support it.
Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers' troubling memories after war.They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.
"Some memories can ruin people's lives.They come back to you when you don't want to have them in a daydream or nightmare.They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman.
But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories make us different from others.They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.
"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are.I'm not sure whether we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.
1.What does the underlined word “erase” mean?
A.change B.remove C.add D.forgive
2.The passage is mainly about ________.
A.a new medical invention
B.a new research on the pill
C.a way of erasing painful memories
D.the argument about the research on the pill
3.The drug tested on people can ________.
A.cause the brain to fix memories
B.stop people remembering bad events
C.prevent body producing certain chemicals
D.wipe out the bad memories
4.Which of the following statements is TRUE? .
A.Some people doubt whether the pills should be used to help people forget bad memories.
B.the pill will stop people's bad memories.
C.taking the pill will do harm to people's health
D.the pill has been produced in America
5.Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?
A.Some memories can ruin people's lives.
B.People want to get rid of bad memories.
C.Having bad events makes us different from others.
D.The pill will reduce people's sufferings from bad memories.
BDCAC
Dear Michelle:
Why can't my daughter manage her life better? She is 17 and an honor student, but she seems to be wasting her life away with a boyfriend who is holding her back.
He consumes every waking, minute of her precious time and smooth-talks her as well.
His goal is to get her to agree to go to the college of his choice, not her choice, and because his grades are lower, his choice will be limited.
I feel like I want to rescue her, but she pushes me away and shuts me out. She has only brought us pride and joy; and now this! Help!
A worried mother
Dear Mother of a 17-year-old Girl:
Hmmmmm. What's the matter with kids today? Remember that song from "Bye Bye
Birdie"?
Well if you do not, let me fill you in about teenagers and their life-management skills.Do not expect too much too soon because at the ripe age of 17, life-management is not within their reach, not should it be.
Life experience creates both the conditions and the skills for management, and if management went before experiene, there would be tittle of it.
Your daughter is an honor student for good reasons. She is smart, studies with
intelligence and you have given her good Values.
When the time comes for her to apply for college, and she visit the ones that were specifically desigened for student the top of their grade, she will most likely break away from her boyfriend's influenee.
It is rare for an honor student to change the path of their academic career for puppy love. That being said, them might be some adoldscent wisdom in her behavior after all.
Perhaps she is choosing to worry you, her parents, for unconscious reasons. Being such a good girl and being a steady source of joy might have become a bit too much for her.
Let your daughter have her own private moment of 11th grade rebellion. She deserves a break from perfection.
Michelle
【小题1】From the mother's letter we can learn that her daughter
A.is being fooled by the boy | B.has fallen behind in her studies |
C.doesn't talk much with her mother | D.has chosen which college to attend |
A.are too young to manage their life |
B.are old enough to live their own life |
C.should have managemnent before experience |
D.have reached the age of an adult |
A.false love | B.foolish love | C.pure love | D.adolescent love |
A.come up with the right decision |
B.follow her boyfriend's advice |
C.worry her parents for unconscious reasons |
D.influence her boyfriend's behavior |
A.College of kids' own choice |
B.How can I help my girl? |
C.How to manage teenagers' life? |
D.A 17-year-old girl and her mother |
Dear Mom and Dad,
I'm afraid I have some very bad news for you. I have been very naughty and the school master is very angry with me. She is going to write to you. You must come and take me away from here. She does not want me in the school any longer. The trouble started last night when I was smoking a cigarette in bed. As I was smoking, I heard footsteps coming towards the room .I did not want a teacher to catch me smoking, so I threw the cigarette away. Unfortunately, the cigarette fell into the waste-paper basket. It caught fire.
There was a curtain near the waste-paper basket. It caught fire too. Soon the whole room was burning. The master phoned the fire brigade. The school is a long way from the town and before the fire brigade arrived, the whole school was on fire. The master said that the fire was all my fault and I must pay for the damage. She will send you a bill for about a million dollars.
I'm very sorry for this.
Much love
Sarah
【小题1】Why did Sarah write to his parents?
A.He missed them very much for they hadn’t seen each other for a long time. |
B.He told his parents what he had done in school. |
C.He was tired of studying, and wanted to leave school. |
D.He thought he was old enough to help them do something. |
A.In the classroom | B.In the Dinning hall |
C.In the street | D.In the dormitory |
A.Because he was too naughty |
B.Because he was too lazy |
C.Because he caused a big fire |
D.Because he stole something from the school |
A.They should not smoke, because smoking is dangerous to them |
B.They should not dance, because dancing would waste a lot of money |
C.They should not make friends, because making friends would take them absent |
D.They should not wear expensive clothes because they would waste a lot of money |