A 34-year-old mother has spoken of how she woke up thinking she was 15 years old and living in 1992.

Naomi Jacobs, from Manchester, was convinced she was still a teenager. In her mind, John Major was Prime Minister and George Bush Sr. was running the White House. She also showed how she screamed when a boy appeared and called her “Mum”. Mobile phones and e-mails were puzzling and Google, Facebook and YouTube sounded like made-up words, she said.

Ms. Jacobs, who had no memory of the years, was told by doctors that she had Transient Global Amnesia (TGA). She has now written a book about the experience which happened in 2008.

“I fell asleep in 1992 as a brave, very confident know-it-all-15-year-old, and woke up as a 32-year-old single mum living in a rented house,” Ms. Jacobs said. “The last thing I remember was falling asleep in my bed, dreaming about a boy in my class. When I woke up, I looked in the mirror and had the fright of my life when I saw an old woman with wrinkles staring back at me. Then a little boy appeared and started calling me Mum. That’s when I started to scream. I didn’t know who he was. I didn’t think he was much younger than I was, and I certainly didn’t remember giving birth to him. I began sobbing uncontrollably. I just wanted my mum. I couldn’t get my head around going to bed one night and waking up in a different century.”

TGA is a rare type of amnesia which can occur suddenly, affecting around three people per 100,000 each year. Fortunately, permanent memory loss is rare. Ms. Jacobs’ memory started to return after eight weeks.

Some people who often suffer from migraines (偏头痛) also appear to be more likely to have TGA. The cause of TGA is unknown. Some think that it may be caused by a temporary cut of blood flow to parts of the brain involved in memory.

1.When a little boy came to call her “Mum”, Naomi Jacobs was _____.

A.excited           B.frightened         C.worried           D.embarrassed

2.What was the last thing Naomi Jacobs could remember?

A.She was a brave and confident girl.

B.She met an old woman with wrinkles.

C.George Bush Sr. was elected President.

D.She fell asleep dreaming of a boy in her class.

3.According to the text, TGA _____.

A.is quite common                        B.is caused by brain injuries

C.results in permanent memory loss           D.causes people to lose part of their memory

4.What’s the main idea of the text?

A. Naomi Jacobs has a poor memory.

B. Naomi Jacobs gets an amazing career after TGA.

C. Naomi Jacobs wakes up with the memory of her youth.

D. Naomi Jacobs succeeds in overcoming the disease.

5.According to the passage, we know _______.

A.Ms. Jacobs’ memory returned to normal now

B.Ms. Jacobs often doesn’t remember things

C.Ms. Jacobs has not got married yet

D.Ms. Jacobs is very young now in deed

 

Section One

The city is an accumulation of human civilization. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it, it is a special system which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilization. Many Western languages have developed their versions of the term “civilization” from the same Latin word “civitas”(meaning “city” ), and it is by no means a coincidence. The city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.

Section Two

The emblem(会徽), showing the image of three people ― you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character “世” (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizers' wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which shows the various urban cultures of the world.

Section Three

Created from the inspiration of Chinese character “人”, the design roots deeply in Chinese culture. It tells the world the eternal core (永恒的核心) and theme of Shanghai World Expo will be always human. The mascot “Haibao” will become the messenger for the theme of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China “Better City, Better Life”.

The basic structure of the Chinese character “人” in which each stroke supports each other also shows the concept that the beautiful life should depends on mutual-help(互相帮助). If the human are willing to support one another, the harmony among human, nature, and society will be available. Such an urban life will be nice.

Haibao’s confident smile is expressing his sincere greeting from China ― “World Expo 2010 Shanghai China welcomes you!”

1.The underlined word “it” in Section One refers to ______.

A.the civilization      B.the philosopher     C.the word          D.the city

2.Which correctly matches the sections with the pictures they describe?

Pictures           

A.          Section One      Section Two      Section Three

B.          Section Two      Section Three    Section One

C.          Section Three     Section Two      Section One

D.          Section Three     Section One     Section Two

3.In Section Three, the second paragraph explains how the creation is connected with the _____ of the Chinese word “人”.

A.story             B.meaning          C.shape            D.usage

4.The underlined word “stroke” in the second paragraph of Section Three means ______.

A.one of the ideas a word has

B.a line made by a writing tool

C.a member of a family or the society

D.a person who has met with trouble

 

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

1.Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A.in our eyes

B.only when we think very hard about something

C.only under the direction of a psychologist

D.in every person’s mind

2.People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A.they see different things

B.they can not agree about things

C.some have better eyesight

D.none of these

3. Psychologists study perception by ______.

A.setting up many experiments

B.asking each other what they see

C.looking out of windows

D.studying people’s eyes

4.The best title for this article is ______.

A.How We See

B.Learning About Our Minds Through Science

C.What Psychologists Perceive

D.How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

 

第三部分:阅读理解(共20小题,每题2分,满分40分)

阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中,选出最佳答案,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

Today most Chinese teenagers are happy to be favored by two parents and four grandparents

in their families. But have you ever thought about how to take care of four to twelve old people

when you grow up and get married? This could be a problem for most Chinese youths as China is

entering a new stage of an aging society.

An aging society refers to one where 10 percent or more of its population is over 60. By the end of 2007, Chinese over 60 years old have made up 11.7 percent of the nation’s total population.

“China is getting old before becoming rich,” said Cai Chuang, a professor at the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. The population increase that has powered Chinese growth for three decades will give way over the next ten years to a rapid aging of the society. This will lead to weaker economic growth, because of a lack of labor resources.

As a result of the family planning policy, it is expected that the country’s total working population will decrease after 2015.

China is not the only country getting old. More that 60 countries have become aging societies and one in three people in the European Union is a senior citizen.

However, experts said that China doesn’t have a highly developed social security network to support the old. Social security is an insurance program protecting those in need, including the old, the disabled and others.

56.An aging society is a society that        .

A.less that 10% of its population is over 60

B.10% or more of its population is over 60

C.there are four old people in a family

D.most of its population is over 60

57.If China enters an aging society,      .

A.there will not be enough labor resources

B.the family planning policy will be ended

C.everyone needs to take care of four to twelve old people

D.China will have a highly developed social security network

58.What does Cai Chuang mean by saying “China is getting old before becoming rich.”?

A.China will be an aging society, then be a developed country.

B.China will be a rich country before being an aging society.

C.An aging society will affect Chinese economy development.

D.China will stop developing because of its aging problem.

59.The passage mainly talks about         .

A.an aging society             B.Chinese social problem

C.family panning policy     D.aging problem in China

 

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