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 The very last topic any parent wants to discuss is cancer. In fact,wouldn't it be wonderful if the topic never had to be broached? Unfortunately,few among us haven't been touched,in some way,by the disease.

  One teacher at Howell's,Land O'Pines School decided last year to make a learning experience out of cancer awareness,and with the help of his fellow teachers,has succeeded in taking a terrible subject and turning it into something that allows the children to make a difference while helping others.

  The Hats on Day project began a decade ago in Missouri when a fifthgrade class wanted to raise money to help a fellow classmate battling cancer. The children wanted to raise awareness about the effects of chemotherapy (化疗) and decided to wear hats to show their support for people who lose their hair while undergoing treatment for cancer.

  During the 10 years since the first Hats on Day,the project has raised hundreds of thousands of dollars for children with cancer. Raymond Gredder,a fifthgrade teacher at Land O'Pines,heads up the program locally. As part of the project,Land O'Pines students are asked to bring in monetary donations this week that will be contributed to the Foundation for Children with Cancer.

  This is the second year Land O'Pines is participating in the Hats on Day project. Last year the Student Council organized the weeklong collection and raised more than $2,000. This year Gredder is running the program through the fifth grade health curriculum. He believes it is extremely important for children to be involved in events such as Hats on Day that promote an awareness and understanding of people in need.

(   ) 1. What is the best title of the passage?

   A. Pupils Put on Their Hats to Show Off

   B. Pupils Put on Their Hats to Help Other Youngsters

   C. How to Deal with the Children with Cancer

   D. How to Get Along with the Children with Cancer

(   ) 2. From the first two paragraphs,we call learn        .

   A. parents are unwilling to discuss the disease cancer

   B. it is unfortunate for some children to develop cancer

   C. few people have been touched by cancer

   D. the students helped a teacher with cancer

(   ) 3. The underlined word "broached" in the first paragraph probably means        .

   A. ignored   B. discussed   C. felt   D. avoided

(   ) 4. Which of the following is true according to the passage?

   A. Gredder is head of Hats on Day project in the country.

   B. Gredder helps students to understand people in need through the project.

   C. Howell's Land O'Pines School sets up a health curriculum to prevent cancer.

   D. Howell's Land O'Pines School is the first one to practice Hats on Day project.

1. B见文章第3段：孩子们戴帽子的目的是声援那些经历化疗的癌症病患者。

2. A见文章的第1段：父母亲一般不愿与孩子讨论癌症这一话题。

3. B仔细阅读画线部分的前后文，不难发现broach意为"提及"。

4. B见文章最后两段。

A项错：Gredder是heads up the program locally ;C项错：文章没有说到该校开办健康课程防癌;D项错:文章第3段说到The Hats on Day project began a decade ago in Missouri ...

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 Since the 1970s,scientists have been searching for ways to link the brain with computers. Braincomputer interface (BCD technology could help people with disabilities send commands to machines.

  Recently,two researchers,Jose Millan and Michele Tavella from the Federal Polytechnic School in Lausanne,Switzerland,demonstrated (展示) a small robotic wheelchair by a person's thoughts.

  "Our brain has billions of nerve cells. They send signals through the spinal cord (脊髓) to the muscles to give us the ability to move. But spinal cord injuries or other conditions can pre?vent these weak electrical signals from reaching the muscles," Tavella says. "Our system allows disabled people to communicate with external world and also to control devices."

  The researchers designed a special cap for the user. This head cover picks up the signals from the scalp (头皮) and sends them to a computer. The computer interprets the signals and commands the motorized wheelchair. The wheelchair also has two cameras that identify objects in its path. They help the computer react to commands from the brain.

  Prof. Millan,the team leader,says scientists keep improving the computer software that re?ceives brain signals and turns them into simple commands. "The practical possibilities that BCI technology offers to disabled people can be grouped into two categories,communication and controlling devices. One example is this wheelchair."

  He says his team set two goals. One is testing with real patients,so as to prove that this is a technology they can benefit from. And the other is to guarantee that they can use the technolo?gy over long periods of time.

(   ) 5. BCI is a technology that can         .

   A. help to update computer systems   B. link the human brain with computer

   C. help the disabled to recover   D. control a person's thoughts

(   ) 6. How did Tavella operate the wheelchair in the laboratory?

   A. By controlling his muscles. B. By talking to the machine.

   C. By moving his hand. D. By using his mind.

(   ) 7. Which of the following shows the path of the signals described in Paragraph 4?

   A. scalp—computer—cap—wheelchair   B. computer—cap—scalp—wheelchair

   C. scalp—cap—computer—wheelchair   D. cap—computer—scalp—wheelchair

(   ) 8. The team will test with real patients to         .

   A. make profits from them   B. prove the technology useful to them

   C. make them live longer   D. learn about their physical condition

(   ) 9. Which of the following would be the best title for the test?

   A. Switzerland,the BCI Research Center

   B. New Findings about How the Brain Works

   C. BCI Could Mean More Freedom for the Disabled

   D. Robotic Vehicles Could Help to Cure Brain Injuries

  Few Asians are Christian but people across the vast continent are embracing the holiday as a great excuse for shopping,partying and even romance.

Christmas lights brighten shopping streets in cities from Beijing to Colombo,while images of Santa Claus and deer decorate office buildings,shops and restaurants.

  Shopping malls in Indonesia,the country with the largest number of Muslims,play carols like Silent Night and Jingle Bells through speakers during the yearend holiday season.

  "Most workers here are Muslim,but we also celebrate Christmas just like we celebrate Id al-Fitr (开斋节) .We are complementing each other with these clothes and decoration," said Jakarta restaurant receptionist Lina Novianti,wearing a red Santa Claus hat.

  Every year the Indonesian president and top officials attend national Christmas celebrations with church groups.

  In China,Christmas Eve has become one of the biggest party nights of the year for young professionals.

  "Bars,karaoke halls,restaurants,they all get completely packed on Christmas Eve,"

said Zu Min,who sells Christmas trees and wreaths (花环) ."More and more Chinese people are buying Christmas trees now."

Tinsel (金属线条) has even been put up inside commercial aircraft that fly from Colombo to Jaffna.

  "We celebrate Christmas because my kids insist on it. We decorate the house and have a Christmas tree so my kids will be happy," said a mother-of-two,laden with gifts.

  In Japan,Christmas Eve has taken on a meaning similar to Valentine's Day being the time for romance among young couples.

(   ) 5. The best title of this article can be         .

   A. The Coming of Christmas Day

   B. Asia Celebrates Christmas Happily

   C. Are You Shopping at the Christmas Day

   D. The Chinese Are Embracing the Christmas

(   ) 6. We can infer from the passage that         .

   A. the presidents and top officials from all the Asian countries will attend their national Christmas

   B. not only the Christian but also people all over the world enjoy the Christmas Day

   C. Christmas Eve has not yet become the colorful party nights of the year for the youth

   D. young Japanese regard only Valentine's Day as the time for romance

(   ) 7. According to the passage,which of the following activity will the people NOT do to celebrate Christmas Day?

   A. Ladies rush into the town for their Christmas shopping.

   B. People invite many friends to a big party.

   C. Lovers send gifts,such as roses,chocolates,to each other.

   D. People all wear red Santa Claus hat,walking in the street.

(   ) 8. When you visit Indonesia on the Christmas Day,you will probably find         .

   A. all the Muslims stay at home,celebrating Eid al-Fitr

   B. all the residents join together in the street,enjoying delicious dinner

   C. the shops and supermarkets are all closed

   D. the Christmas songs float here and there

 Shopping for clothes is not the same experience for a man as it is for a woman. A man goes shopping because he needs something. His purpose is settled and decided in advance. He knows what he wants,and his objective is to find it and buy it; the price is a secondary consideration. All men simply walk into a shop and ask the assistant for what they want. If the shop has it in stock,the salesman promptly produces it,and the business of trying it on follows at once. All being well,the deal can be and often is completed in less than five minutes,with hardly any chat and to everyone's satisfaction.

  For a man,slight problems may begin when the shop does not have what he wants,or does not have exactly what he wants. In that case the salesman,as the name implies,tries to sell the customer something else,he offers the nearest he can to the article required. No good salesman brings out such a substitute impolitely;he does so with skill:"I know this jacket is not the style you want,sir,but would you like to try it for size? It happens to be the color you mentioned." Few men have patience with this treatment,and the usual response is：" This is the right color and may be the right size,but I should be wasting my time and yours by trying it on."

  Now how does a woman go about buying clothes? In almost every respect she does so in the opposite way. Her shopping is not often based on need. She has never fully made up her mind what she wants,and she is only" having a look round". She is always open to persuasion;indeed she sets great store by what the saleswoman tells her,even by what companions tell her. She will try on any thinks suits her. Contrary to a lot of jokes,most women have an excellent sense of value when they buy clothes. They are always on the lockout for the unexpected bargain. Faced with a roomful of dresses,a woman may easily spend an hour going from one rail to another,to and from often retracing her steps,before selecting the dresses she wants to try on. It is a laborious process,but apparently an enjoyable one. Most dress shops provide chairs for the waiting husbands.

(   ) 1. The passage mainly talks about         .

   A. how women go about buying clothes

   B. women are better at shopping than men

   C. differences between men and women shoppers

   D. a man goes shopping because he needs something

(   ) 2. The underlined sentence "the price is a secondary consideration" in the first paragraph means when a man is shopping         .

   A. he buys good quality things,so long as they are not too dear

   B. he does not mind how much he has to pay for the right things

   C. he often buy things without giving the matter proper thought

   D. he buys whatever he likes without considering its value (       ) 3. 1 What does a man do when he cannot get exactly what he wants?

   A. He usually does not buy anything.

   B. So long as the style is right,he buys the thing.

   C. He buys a similar thing because of the color he wants.

   D. At least two of his requirements must be met before he buys.

(   ) 4. What is the most obvious difference between men and women shoppers?

   A. Men go shopping based on need,but women never.

   B. Men do not try clothes on in a shop while women do.

   C. Women bargain for their clothes,but men do not.

   D. The time they take over buying clothes.

  George Black's father died in1889. George was eleven years old. His brother was fourteen. "We will not be able to go to school," his brother said, "we are going to have to work for a living. If we work hard and make men out of ourselves,even if we do not know the difference between A and   B. people will call us Mr. Black someday."George repeated his brother's words proudly more than 80 years later. By then he was a very old man,everybody called him Mr. Black.

 The two little boys,George and his brother,set out on their own in1889. They walked 40 miles from their village in North Carolina to the nearest big city Winston-Salem. They worked for a brickmaker for a while. After they learned how to make bricks,they started their own business. By the time I met George Black,he had been making bricks for a very long time. He still used the same method. He tied a mule to what he called a"mudmill (磨) ". The mule walked slowly in a circle turning the mill. The mill mixed dirt and water creating the wet mud from which bricks are made. Mr. Black gathered up the mud in his big hands and put just the right amount in each form. It was then ready to be heated in a hot fire. Each form made six bricks.

  "How many bricks do you think you have made in your life?" I asked him.

"Oh”， he said, "I do not know,I would be afraid to know. I made a million bricks one year. Mr. Arge Renals wanted to build a tobacco factory. He asked me if I thought I could make a million bricks. I studied and said' Yes,I could.,I did too. You can go see them if you want to. That building is still there. They are all my bricks,yes sir."I found myself filled with great respect for this man. He was standing in a hole in the ground covered in mud. He had made a life of earth and water and fire. He had made the building blocks of a city.  

(   ) 5. George Black became a brick maker because         .

   A. his brother was a brickmaker

   B. he had been old enough to find a job

   C. he had to support himself

   D. he wanted to start his own business

(   ) 6. All the following statements are true EXCEPT         .

   A. George made a million bricks every year

   B. Both George and his brother were ambitious people

   C. George insisted on making bricks by hand all his life

   D. George was over90 years old when he was interviewed

(   ) 7. From the passage we know that George is a person who is         .

   A. educated and hardworking   B. oldfashioned and lonely

   C. intelligent and easygoing   D. strong and struggling

(   ) 8. Which of the following is the best title of this passage?

   A. A Brick maker   B. Mr. Black

   C. A Million Bricks   D. Builder of the City

  When I was in seventh grade,I worked at a local hospital in my town. I 1 about thirty to forty hours a week during the summer. Most of the time I spent there was with Mr. Gillespie. He never had any 2       ,and nobody seemed to care about his condition. I spent many days there 3        his hand and talking to him,helping with anything that needed to be done. He became a close friend of mine,even though he 4        with only an occasional squeeze of my hand. Mr. Gillespie was in a coma        (昏迷) .

  I left for a week to vacation with my parents,and when I came back,Mr. Gillespie was 5       . I didn't have the 6        to ask any of the nurses where he was,for fear they might tell me he had died. So 7       many questions unanswered,I continued to volunteer there through my eighthgrade year.

  Several years later,when I was a junior in high school,I was at the gas station when I noticed a 8       face. When I realized who it was,my eyes filled with tears. He was 9       !I asked him if his name was Mr. Gillespie,and if he had been in a ( n) 10       about five years ago. With an 11        look.on his face,he replied yes. I explained how I knew him,and that I had spent many hours talking with him in the hospital. His eyes welled up with tears,and he gave me the warmest 12        I had ever received.

  He began to tell me how,as he 13        there comatose (昏睡的) ，he could hear me talking to him and could feel me holding his hand the whole time. He thought it was an/a 14      ,not a person,who was there with him. Mr. Gillespie firmly believed that it was my voice and touch that had 15        him alive.

  Then he told me about his 16        and what happened to him to put him in the conia. We both cried for a while and 17 a hug,said our goodbyes and went our separate ways.

  Although I haven't seen him since,he 18 my heart with joy every day. I know that I made a 19       between his life and his death. More important,he has made a tremendous difference in 20        life. I will never forget him and what he did for me: he made me an angel.

(   ) 1. A. volunteered   B. afforded   C. provided   D. killed

(   ) 2. A. partners   B. visitors   C. companions   D. friends

(   ) 3. A. washing   B. patting   C. holding   D. waving

(   ) 4. A. dealt   B. fooled   C. reacted   D. responded

(   ) 5. A. gone   B. lost   C. dead   D. revived

(   ) 6. A. idea   B. feeling   C. fear   D. courage

(   ) 7. A. against   B. with   C. for   D. beyond

(   ) 8. A. strange   B. familiar   C. unique   D. lovely

(   ) 9. A. energetic   B. tough   C. alive   D. stout

(   ) 10. A. condition   B. situation   C. coma   D. operation

(   ) 11. A. confusing   B. uncertain   C. pleased   D. frightened

(   ) 12. A. handshake   B. kiss   C. thanks   D. hug

(   ) 13. A. lived   B. lay   C. slept   D. spent

(   ) 14. A. monster   B. spirit   C. angel   D. volunteer

(   ) 15. A. caught   B. return   C. kept   D. sent

(   ) 16. A. job   B. life   C. family   D. friends

(   ) 17. A. exchanged   B. gave   C. offered   D. received

(   ) 18. A. moves   B. encourages   C. fills   D. fulfills

(   ) 19. A. difference   B. deal   C. deed   D. contribution

(   ) 20. A. their   B. his   C. our   D. my

 Something roared like thunder. The earth shook a little and we heard the rat-a-tattat of gunfire. "Father!" Hassan cried. We sprung to our feet and raced out of the living room.

  "Father!What's that sound?" Hassan screamed,his hands outstretched toward Ali. Ali wrapped his arms around us. A white light flashed and lit the sky in silver. It flashed again and was followed by rapid sharp sounds of gunfire.

  "They're hunting ducks, ”Ali said in a hoarse voice. "They hunt ducks at night,you know. Don't be afraid."

  A siren (警报声) went off in the distance. Somewhere glass broke and someone shouted. I heard people on the street,awakened from sleep. Hassan was crying. Ali pulled him close and held him with tenderness.

  We stayed huddled (蜷缩) that way until the early hours of the morning. The shootings and explosions had lasted less than an hour,but they had frightened us badly,because none of us had ever heard gunshots in the streets. They were foreign sounds to us then. The generations of Afghan children whose ears would know nothing but the sounds of the bombs and gunfire were not yet born. Huddled together in the dining room and waiting for the sun to rise,none of us had any idea that a way of life had ended. The end came when Russian tanks were rolling into the very same streets where Hassan and I played,bringing the death of the Afghanistan I knew and marking the start of a still ongoing era of bloodletting.

  Just before the sunrise,Baba's car pulled into the driveway. His door slammed shut and his running footsteps pounded the stairs. Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. Something I didn't recognize right away because I'd never seen it before：fear. "Amir!Hassan！" He cried as he ran to us,opening his arms wide. "They blocked all the roads and the telephone didn't work. I was so worried！"

  We let him wrap us in his arms and,for a brief moment,I was glad about whatever had happened that night.

(   ) 1. Who is the author of this passage?

   A. Hassan. B. Ali. C. Baba. D. Amir.

(   ) 2. By saying "They're hunting ducks"，Ali         .

   A. told the children the truth   B. tried to calm the children

   C. played a joke on the children   D. cheered the children up

(   ) 3. We can infer from the passage that         .

   A. there were thunderstorms that night

   B. Afghan children were used to the war

   C. that night was the end of people's peaceful life

   D. people on the street shouted and broke the windows

(   ) 4. From the last sentence of the passage,we know         .

   A. the author was glad to see his father come home safe

   B. there was a chance that a world in peace was to come

   C. what happened that night seemed nothing to the author

   D. Baba's arms gave the author temporary comfort and joy 

 Working women over 70 caught in the retirement trap at 74 ,Marie Maes is struggling to find work.

  Even though she spent four 1        working in Colorado hospitals and Seattle nursing homes,the retired licensed practical 2        lives just above the poverty line on little more than $12 a day after she pays her rent.

  She is among a nearrecord and 3        number of women working well into their 70s,thanks to smaller Social Security checks,4 careers,smaller pensions,longer life spans than men and bad 5        planning.

  "Of course I need to 6        to work," said Maes,a direct and optimistic woman. Asked whether she 7        herself poor,she replied, "I never gave it a thought,but I guess I am."

  Over the past 14 years,the number of women 8        in the United States between the ages of 70 and 74 nearly 9        from 324,000 to 618,000,according to the Labor Department.

  More elderly Seattleites are looking for work these days,10       city job fairs not necessarily because they want to,11       because they need the money.

  Single older women like Maes are particularly vulnerable (易受伤害的) .Nearly one in five of them lives in 12       ,more than three times the rate of the 13        people of the same age,according to a National Women's Law Center analysis of 2002 Social Security data. And many carry fewer resources into their 70s than men.

  The gap suggests the nation's retirement system is 14        Maes and plenty of other women. Instead of 15 the New Mexico native for decades of hard work,it left heir with no pension,an empty bank account, $824 a month from Social Security and 16        to get back to work.

  Maes' 1      7 is not uncommon. She started work later in life,18       less money and relied on her husband to prepare for their retirement.

  "We're still in that Beaver Cleaver generation," said Marge Hampton,70, chairwoman for Crone of Puget Sound,a community group for older 19      . "We looked to the man to take care of us ... Then we 20        up one day and said, ' Oh my God,what is here?'"

(   ) 1. A. years   B. months   C. weeks   D. decades

(   ) 2. A. nurse   B. doctor   C. teacher   D. professor

(   ) 3. A. decreasing   B. extending   C. spreading   D. growing

(   ) 4. A. longer   B. better   C. earlier   D. shorter

(   ) 5. A. working   B. family   C. financial   D. studying

(   ) 6. A. get back   B. come back   C. fall back   D. hold back

(   ) 7. A. made   B. implied   C. considered   D. kept

(   ) 8. A. living   B. playing   C. working   D. staying

(   ) 9. A. doubled   B. developed   C. lifted   D. improved

(   ) 10. A. taking   B. covering   C. packing   D. seeking

(   ) 11. A. but   B. and   C. so   D. then

(   ) 12. A. richness   B. poverty   C. happiness   D. sorrow

(   ) 13. A. single   B. married   C. rich   D. poor

(   ) 14. A. preventing   B. discouraging   C. failing   D. stopping

(   ) 15. A. saying   B. paying   C. prizing   D. rewarding

(   ) 16. A. pressure   B. force   C. ability   D. pleasure

(   ) 17. A. condition   B. situation   C. event   D. state

(   ) 18. A. saved   B. wasted   C. made   D. spent

(   ) 19. A. women   B. men   C. workers   D. employees

(   ) 20. A. made   B. got   C. put   D. woke

   Crying babies,buzzing mosquitoes,ringing car alarms,they're all annoying noises. But what's the worst? A recent survey lists the things we hate to hear.

However,numberone on the list was the sound of a dentist's drill. "That lust sends shivers down my spine ," said one respondent. " After a visit to the dentist,I sometimes wake up at night with that sound in my head. It's horrible," said another. " I've seen patients shaking with fear when I bring out the drill," explained a dentist. Of course,anyone who has actually been to the dentist and heard the sound will probably agree with that.

  But there's some good news,a new device developed by experts at College London,Brunei University and London South Bank University can cancel out the sound of the frightening drill. The tiny machine allows patients to listen to music on an MP3 player while the sound of the drill is eliminated. However,patients are still able to hear the dentist's voice because not all sounds are filtered out (滤除) .

  The theory behind it is fairly straightforward. Microphones are placed close to the dental drill. These pick up any sounds and transform them into digital signals. Then,electronic filters cancel out any unwanted sound waves. This can be done even if the wave's amplitude (振幅) and frequency changes. However,the great thing is that this technology also allows other noises,such as the dentist's voice to come through.

  It's easy to use,too. Patients simply plug the soundfiltering machine into their MP3 players. Then,via headphones,they can listen to music and hear the dentist's voice without being disturbed by the noise of the drill. Fantastic！

  So,next time you go to the dentist,remember to bring your MP3 player.

(   ) 5. What is the purpose of the text?

   A. To announce a recent survey.

   B. To introduce a new product.

   C. To list some annoying noises.

   D. To remind to bring your MP3.

(   ) 6. What does the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 most probably mean?

   A. It makes me surprised. B. It makes me delightful.

   C. It makes me wide awake. D. It makes me scared.

(   ) 7. What technology is the tiny machine based on?

   A. It can get rid of all the sounds.

   B. It can transform sound waves into digital signals.

   C. It can filter out the unwanted sounds.

   D. It can change the sound wave's amplitude and frequency.

(   ) 8. Which of the following words best describe the tiny machine?

   A. Heavy and useless. B. Simple and practical.

   C. Clear but frightening. D. Fantastic but noisy.

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