题目内容
Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (长凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “That is not so hard. Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.”
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I’m up there, in that big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”
- 1.
The poor man lived in_____ before he met the rich man.
- A.the hotel
- B.his home
- C.the park
- D.the car
- A.
- 2.
Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and _____
- A.waited for the rich man
- B.looked at the rich man’s hotel
- C.looked at the rich man’s car
- D.enjoyed the clean air
- A.
- 3.
The poor man moved out of the hotel because_______
- A.he didn’t want to live in such a fine room
- B.he didn’t like the rich man
- C.he couldn’t pay for the room
- D.he couldn’t get any sleep at all there
- A.
- 4.
In the end, the poor man found it _____to sleep in the hotel.
- A.sorry
- B.nice
- C.sad
- D.terrible
- A.
Our bodies are wonderfully skillful at keeping balance.When the temperature jumps, we sweat to cool down.When our blood pressure falls, our hearts can do something.As it turns out, though, our natural state is always changing.Researchers are finding that everything from blood pressure to brain function changes regularly with the cycles of sun, moon and seasons.And their insights (洞察力) are getting new ways for keeping away such common killers as heart disease and cancer.Only one doctor in 20 has a good knowledge of the scientific use of time in medicine.But according to a new American Medical Association, three out of four are eager to change that.“The field is exploding,” says Michael Smolensky.“Doctors used to look at us like, What spaceship did you get off ? Now they're thirsty to know more.”
In medical school, most doctors learn that people with chronic conditions should take their medicine regularly.“It’s a terrible way to treat disease,” says Dr Richard Martin.For example, asthmatics (气喘患者) are most likely to suffer during the night.Yet most patients try to keep a constant level of medicine in their blood day and night, whether by breathing in on an inhaler (吸入器) four times a day or taking a pill each morning and evening.In recent studies, researchers have found that a large mid afternoon dose of a bronchodilator (支气管扩张剂) can be as safe as several small doses, and better for preventing nighttime attacks.
If the night belongs to asthma, the dawn belongs to high blood pressure and heart disease.Heart attacks are twice as common at 9 a.m.as at 11 p.m.Part of the reason is that our blood pressure falls at night, then rises as we start to work for the day.“Doctors know that,” says Dr.Henry Black of Chicago's Medical Center, “but until now, we haven't been able to do anything about it.” Most blood - pressure drugs provide 18 to 20 hours of relief (减缓).But because they’re taken in the morning, they're least effective when most needed.“You take your pill at 7 and it's working by 9,” says Dr.William White of the University of Connecticut Health Center “But by that time you've gone through the worst four hours of the day with no protection.” Bedtime medicine would prevent high blood pressure, but it would also push blood pressure to dangerously low levels during the night.
【小题1】Researchers are finding that _________ .
| A.heart disease and cancer are the most common killers of human beings |
| B.only blood pressure and brain function are decided by cycles of sun, moon and seasons |
| C.the functions of human bodies have much to do with nature |
| D.any change in human bodies goes with changes in the surroundings |
| A.at certain time |
| B.each morning and evening |
| C.when the disease occurs |
| D.at midafternoon |
A.Doctors know more about illnesses than before.
B.Doctors in the U.S.used to be thirsty to know more about the new medical field.
C.The researchers' insights are providing new methods to prevent common killers.
D.The correct use of time in medicine attracts more attention in medical circle in the U.S.A.
【小题4】The suggested title for this passage might be _________.
| A.Medicine Is Everything | B.Treatment Is Everything |
| C.Timing Is Everything | D.Prevention Is Everything |
Before going outside in the morning, many of us check a window thermometer(温度计)for the temperature. This helps us decide what to wear.__【小题1】__. We want our food to be a certain coldness in the refrigerator. We want it a certain hotness in the oven. If we don’t feel well, we use a thermometer to see if we have a fever. We keep our rooms a certain warmth in the winter and a certain coolness in the summer.
Not all the thermometers use the same system to measure temperature. We use a system called the Fahrenheit scale. But most other countries use the Centigrade scale.
Both systems use the freezing and boiling points of water as their guide.__【小题2】__.
The most common kind of thermometer is made with mercury(水银)inside a clear glass tube. As mercury (or any other liquid ) becomes hot, it expands. As it gets colder, it contracts(收缩). That is why on hot days the mercury line is high in the glass tube.__【小题3】__.
First. Take a clear glass juice bottle that has a cap ; fill the bottle with coloured water. Tap a hole in the center of the cap using a hammer and thick nail. Put the cap on the jar. Then stick a plastic straw(吸管) through the nail hole.____【小题4】____.
Finally. Place a white card on the outside of the bottle and behind the straw. Now you can see the water lever easily. ____【小题5】____.
As the temperature goes down, the water will contract, and the lever in the straw will come down. Perhaps you will want to keep a record of the water lever in the straw each morning for a week.
| A.People use thermometers which are made by themselves when travelling around the world. |
| B.We use and depend on thermometers to measure the temperature of many other things in our daily lives. |
| C.Thermometers measure temperature, by using materials that change in the same way when they are heated or cooled. |
| D.Now that you know this rule you can make a thermometer of your own that will work. |
F.They label these in different ways. On the Fahrenheit scale water freezes at 32 degrees and boils at 212 degrees. On the Celsius scale water freezes at 0 degrees and boils at 100degrees.
G.Take wax (you may use an old candle if you have one) and melt some of it right where the straw is struck into the cap to seal(把..粘住) them together.