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Tu Youyou, the 85-year-old Chinese pharmacologist(药理学家),received the Nobel Prize for medicine in Stockholm on December 10,2015. Tu is the first Chinese Nobel winner in physiology(生理学)or medicine. Also, in 2011, she became the first Chinese person to receive the US-based Lasker Award for clinical medicine.

Based on a fourth-century Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) text, together with her team, she managed to get artemisinin(青蒿素)from sweet wormwood through trial and error and developed an important drug that has significantly reduced death rates among patients suffering from malaria. Tu delivered a speech titled Artemisinin is a Gift from TCM to the World. She has urged more research into the benefits of traditional Chinese medicine and called for joint efforts worldwide to fight against malaria and develop more potential uses for TCM, which she called a "great treasure" with thousands of years' history and empirical knowledge. She said that by combining TCM with modem scientific technologies, "more potential can be discovered in searching for new drugs " .

According to the WHO, more than 240 million people in sub-Saharan Africa have benefited from artemisinin, and more than l. 5 million lives are estimated to have been saved since 2000 thanks to the drug. Apart from its contribution to the global fight against malaria, TCM played a vital role in the deadly outbreak of SARS across China in 2003.

Besides treating viruses, TCM has been most effective in diagnosing diseases, cultivating fitness, treating difficult multisource illnesses, and using nonmedical methods such as acupuncture (钟刺疗法) and breathing exercises.

However, TCM, which is based on a set of beliefs about human biology, is seldom understood or accepted by the West. Tu's success will bring more recognition and respect for TCM, experts say. The Western world should learn to appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM, which will lead to more basic scientific research into ancient TCM texts and ways to explore research findings worldwide.

1.In this passage the author mentions _ prize( s) that Tu Youyou received.

A. one B. two C. three D. four

2.The underlined word "malaria" in Paragraph 2 refers to "a kind of ".

A. medicine B. animal. C. plant D. disease

3.What can we learn from the passage?

A. This success may encourage Easterners to learn more about Chinese medicine.

B. Nothing remains to be done in researching into TCM theories and texts.

C. More research into the value of TCM should be carried out worldwide.

D. TCM only contributes to the fight against malaria and SARS in China.

4.What's the passage mainly about?

A. TCM is based on thousands of years of practice in China.

B. Nobel winner, Tu Youyou, strongly supports TCM research.

C. Artemisinin is now widely used to fight against Malaria.

D. Westerners will appreciate the value of the treasures of TCM.

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Art Beat in January 2016

Beijing

Youth choir to perform

The youth choir of China National Symphony Orchestra will soon perform classics including the Mexican folk song, The Golden Nightingale, and the Blue Danube, adapted from a waltz by Johann Strauss II. Pianists Zhao Lin and Wang Tianyang will join in the show.

7:30 pm, Jan 23. Forbidden City Concert Hall, inside Zhongshan Park, west of Tian'anmen Square, Xicheng district. 010-6559-8285.

Orchestra recitals

The China National Center for the Performing Arts Orchestra led by conductor Lyu Jia will give two recitals, featuring works including Beethoven's Coriolanus Overture and Mozart's Symphonies No 40 & No 41 Jupiter. Cellist Wang Jian will join in the performances, playing Schumann's Cello Concerto in A minor, Op 129 and Saint-Saens' Cello Concerto No 1 in A minor, Op 33.

7:30 pm, Jan 15; 2:30 pm, Jan 16. China National Center for the Performing Arts, No 2 West Chang'an Avenue, Xicheng District. 010-6655-0000.

Ballet from Paris

Paris Opera Ballet will present two gala performances in the city. Besides highlights of classical ballet, such as Swan Lake and Manon, the program will also include modern pieces from the company's repertoire. The leading etoiles are Ludmila Pagliero and Karl Paquette.

7:15 pm, Jan 15-16. Shanghai Oriental Art Center, 425 Dingxiang Road, Pudong district. 021-6854-1234.

Ensemble of swans

Shanghai Ballet will present two performances of Swan Lake. The production choreographed by British artist Derek Deane has just completed a tour in 26 cities of the Netherlands. The spectacular production features an ensemble of 48 dancers.

7:15 pm, Jan 22-23. Shanghai Grand Theater, 300 Renmin Avenue, Huangpu district. 400-106-8686.

1.If you only spare some time in the afternoon, you can enjoy ________.

A. Beethoven's Coriolanus Overture

B. Classical ballet Manon

C. The Golden Nightingale

D. Classical ballet Swan Lake

2.According to the text, we know that Ludmila Pagliero and Karl Paquette are ________.

A. Pianists B. ballet performers

C. cellists D. violinists

3.If you are interested in ballet performances, which of the following places can you go to enjoy yourself?

A. Forbidden City Concert Hall and China National Center

B. Forbidden City Concert Hall Shanghai Grand Theater

C. Shanghai Oriental Art Center and Shanghai Grand Theater

D. China National Center and Shanghai Oriental Art Center

完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中.选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Many years ago, I went to ________ my mother from work in the afternoon. I got there a little early so I parked the car by the road and waited for her.

As I looked outside the car window to my right, there was a small park where I ________ a little boy, around one and a half to two years old, ________ freely on the grass as his mother watched from a short distance. The boy had a big smile on his face _________ he had just been set free from some sort of prison. The boy would then fall to the grass, get up, and without ________ or without looking back at his mother, run as fast as he could, again, still with a smile on his face. It seemed ________ had happened!

For kids, ________ at an early age, when they fall down, they don't regard their falling down as a ________ ;instead, they treat it as a learning experience. They feel compelled to try and try again until they succeed. The answer must be that they have not ________ "falling down" with the word "failure" yet, thus they don' t know how to feel the state which accomparues failure. Therefore, they are not _________ in any way. In addition, they probably think to themselves that it's perfectly okay to fall down, and that it's not wrong to do so. ________ , they give themselves permission to make mistakes. Thus they remain energetic.

Touched as I was by the boy's ________ , I was equally touched by the manner in which he ran. With each attempt, he looked so ________ and natural. No ________ of fear and nervousness.

His only aim was to run freely and to do it as ________ as he could. He was just being a child-just being himself - being completely in the moment. He was not looking for ________ or was not worrying about whether someone was ________ or not. He wasn't concerned about being judged. He didn't seem to be bothered by the fact that maybe someone would see him fall ( as there were others in the park apart from him and his mother) and that it would be ________ if he did fall. No, all that ________ to him was to accomplish the task or activity at hand to the best of his ability. To run and to feel the experience of running fully and freely. I ________ a lot from that observation and experience, and have successfully brought that lesson with me in my many pursuits in life.

1.A. take up B. pick up C. bring up D. look up

2.A. realized B. understood C. saw D. helped

3.A. marching B. walking C. running D. moving

4.A. even if B. only if C. if only D. as if

5.A. hesitation B. competition C. situation D. motivation

6.A. everything B. something C. anything D. nothing

7.A. especially B. specially C. generally D. normally

8.A. success B. failure C. shame D. pity

9.A. announced B. abandoned C. assumed D. associated

10.A. encouraged B. shocked C. discouraged D. excited

11.A. In other words B. In conclusion C. For another D. On the contrary

12.A. faith B. honesty C. persistence D. loyalty

13.A. upset B. calm C. enthusiastic D. confident

14.A. symbols B. signs C. signals D. marks

15.A. effectively B. imaginatively C. relatively D. negatively

16.A. explanation B. approval C. curiosity D. opinion

17.A. listening B. glaring C. watching D. enjoying

18.A. embarrassing B. amazing C. confusing D. thrilling

19.A. referred B. came C. contributed D. mattered

20.A. won B. learned C. made D. knew

完形填空

阅读下面短文,从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

I know I should have told the headmaster at the time. That was my real ________ .

He had gone out of the study for some ________ , leaving me alone. In his absence I looked to see ________ was on his desk. In the ________ was a small piece of paper on which were written the ________ “English Writing Prize 1949. History Is a Series of Biographies (人物传记).”

A(n) ________ boy would have avoided looking at the title as soon as he saw the ________ . I did not. The subject of the English Writing Prize was kept a ________ until the start of the exam so I could not ________ reading it .

When the headmaster ________ , I was looking out of the window .

I should have told him what had ________ then. It would have been so ________ to say : “I’m sorry but I ________ the title for the English Writing Prize on your desk. You’ll have to ________ it.”

The chance passed and I did not ________ it. I sat the exam the next day and I won. I didn’t________ to cheat, but it was still cheating anyhow.

That was thirty-eight years ________ when I was fifteen. I have never told anyone about it before, ________ have I tried to explain to myself why not .

The obvious explanation is that I could not admit I had seen the title________ admitting that I had been looking at the things on his desk. ________ there must have been more behind it. Whatever it was, it has become a good example of how a little mistake can trap you in a more serious moral corner (道德困境).

1.A.plan B.fault C.grade D.luck

2.A.reason B.course C.example D.vacation

3.A.this B.which C.that D.what

4.A.drawer B.corner C.middle D.box

5.A.names B.words C.ideas D.messages

6.A.honest B.handsome C.friendly D.active

7.A.desk B.paper C.book D.answer

8.A.question B.key C.note D.secret

9.A.help B.consider C.practise D.forget

10.A.disappeared B.stayed C.returned D.went

11.A.existed B.remained C.happened D.continued

12.A.tiring B.easy C.important D.difficult

13.A.saw B.gave C.set D.made

14.A.repeat B.defend C.correct D.change

15.A.take B.have C.lose D.find

16.A.remember B.learn C.mean D.pretend

17.A.past B.ago C.then D.before

18.A.either B.never C.nor D.so

19.A.by B.besides C.through D.without

20.A.But B.Though C.Otherwise D.Therefore

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