Alia Sabur, from North, NY, US, went to college at the age of 10．And by at the age of 14, Sabur was earning a bachelor of science degree in applied mathematics from stony Brook University－the youngest female in US history to do so．Her education continued at Drexel University, where she earned an MS and a Phd．(博士学位)in materials science and engineering．
With an unlimited future ahead of her, Sabur directed her first career choice to teaching．“I really enjoy teaching, ” she said．She was three days short of her 19th birthday in February, 2008, when she was hired to become a professor at Konkuk University in Seoul, South Korea．This distinction(差异)made her the youngest college professor in history, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, beating the previous record held by Colin Maclaurin, a student of physicist Isaac Newton, in 1717．
Although she doesn’t start until next month, Sabur has taken up teaching math and physics courses at Southern University in New Orleans．Sabur is old enough to teach, but not to join her fellow professors in a bar after work．In South Korea, where the drinking age is 20, she might have more luck．In traditional Korean culture, children are considered to be 1 year old when they are born, and add a year to their age every New Year instead of their actual birthday, so in Korea Sabur is considered 20．
On top of her unprecedented(空前的)academic achievements, Sabur has a black belt in Tae Kwon Do(跆拳道)．She is also a talented clarinet(竖笛)player who has performed with musicians like Lang Lang and Smash Mouth．So is there anything Sabur can’t do?
(1)
We learn from the passage that Sabur is ________．
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A．
the world’s youngest female teacher
B．
Drexel University’s youngest student
C．
the world’s youngest college professor
D．
American’s youngest bachelor of science
(2)
What does the author mean by saying “she might have more luck” in Paragraph 3?
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A．
Sabur is lucky to be hired by Konkuk University．
B．
Sabur will be permitted to drink in Korean bars．
C．
Sabur would be allowed to attend parties in South Korea．
D．
Sabur is old enough to teach at Konkuk University．
(3)
What does the author mainly want to show in the last paragraph?
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A．
Sabur has her own way of relaxing．
B．
Sabur spends little time on her studies．
C．
Sabur is talented in a lot of ways．
D．
Sabur likes music more than sports．
(4)
It can be inferred from the passage that ________．
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A．
Sabur went to college when she was ten years old
B．
by aged 14, Sabur got a bachelor of science degree
C．
the drinking age in South Korea is twenty years old
D．
Alia Sabur was born in February 1989 in the United States
Nervousuncertainty surrounds the fate(命运)of US journalist Daniel Pearl, with no clear communication from his kidnappers(绑匪)and no sign of his whereabouts after three separate police searches for his body in the troublesome port city Karachi, Pakistan．
Pearl, a 38-year-old Wall Street Journal reporter, disappeared two weeks ago on his way to an interview in Karachi．An e-mail allegedly from his kidnappers contained four photos of him and a variety of demands, including one for there lease of Pakistani prisoners being held at the US naval base in Cuba．
The searches were started last Friday night by an email claiming that Pearl had been killed and his body thrown“in the graveyards of Karachi．
Pearl has worked for The Wall Street Journal for 12 years and is now their South Asiabureau chief．He was born in Princeton, New Jersey and graduated from Stanford University with a bachelor’s degree in communications．
He joined The Wall Street Journal in November 1990, first as a reporter in the Atlanta bureau．In 1993 he moved to the Washington office to cover transportation before beginning a series of overseas postings．
The members of a radical(激进的)Islamic group in Pakistan who admit having kidnapped him say Pearl is a member of the Israeli intelligence service, Mossad．But Pearls employers have angrily denied(否认)that he is the agent(代理)of any government．
Pearl’s French wife, Marianne, is six months pregnant with their first child．
For the past few weeks the couple have been living in Karachi while Pearl tried to arrange an interview with Mubarak Ali Shah Gilani, head of the small militant Islamic group Tanzeemul-Fuqra．
(1)
We can see from the text that ________．
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A．
Pearl has been murdered
B．
Pearl has escaped from his kidnappers
C．
Pearl is in danger
D．
Pearl’s fate still remains in question
(2)
Accordingto the text, Pearl most probably disappeared ________．
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A．
on January 24, 2002
B．
on January 26, 2002
C．
on January 4, 2002
D．
on January 11, 2002
(3)
Pearl’s disappearance has something to do with ________．
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A．
Tanzeemul-Fuqra
B．
a radical Islamic group in Pakistan
C．
the US naval base in Cuba
D．
the Israeli intelligence service
阅读理解
Ali is from a Middle Eastern country．He now stays in the USA．He smokes a lot of cigarettes(香烟)every day．He has smoked for nine years．Ali says, “ I tried to quit(放弃)smoking in my hometown, but it was impossible．My brothers smoke．All my friends smoke．At parties and at meetings, almost all the men smoke．Here in the United States, not as many people smoke．It will be easier to change my habit here．”
Many smokers are like Ali：they want to stop smoking．The smokers know that smoking is bad for their health．They know it can cause cancer and heart disease．But it is difficult for them to give up smoking because cigarettes have a drug in them．The drug is nicotine(尼古丁)．People who smoke a lot need nicotine．
When a person first begins to smoke, he usually feels terrible．The nicotine makes him sick．In a few days, the smoker's body is used to the nicotine, and he feels fine．Later, the smoker needs nicotine to keep feeling fine．Without nicotine, he feels bad．
It is very hard to quit smoking, and many people who quit will soon smoke again．At a party or at work they will decide to smoke “just one” cigarette．Then they will smoke another cigarette, and another．Soon they become smokers again．Maybe there is only one easy way to quit smoking：never start．
(1)
How long has Ali smoked?
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A．
Nine years．
B．
Seven years．
C．
Five years．
D．
Three years．
(2)
How do the smokers feel without nicotine?
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A．
Fine．
B．
Happy．
C．
Worried．
D．
Bad．
(3)
According to Paragraph 2, many smokers want to stop smoking because they ________．
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A．
want to go to parties
B．
can't smoke at work
C．
may suffer from cancer
D．
need nicotine and drugs
(4)
By writing this text, the writer hopes that people will ________．
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A．
stay in their hometown
B．
never start smoking
C．
eat less and smoke more
D．
not live in the United States
阅读理解
Teofilo Stevenson was born in 1952 and grew up in a small town in Cuba．He started boxing as a teenager and, when he was 13, went to Havana to train at the national sports complex．"I lost 14 of my first 20 fights," said Stevenson．"I hated getting hit．What happened was that I decided I hated losing even more．"
When he was just 20, Teofilo went to the Olympic Games in Germany and won a gold medal．He was tall and powerful with a long "reach"．His long arms could hit opponents(对手)before they could hit him．At the Games in Canada in 1976 he won the gold again．In the ring, boxers were afraid of Teofilo, they tried to stay away from him and not get too close to his powerful punches(拳)．He won another gold medal in Moscow in 1980．Only two of the fights he had at the Olympic Games lasted for the full three rounds．That means he either knocked his opponents to the floor and they were counted out or the referee stopped the fight because it was dangerous for the other boxer．
Stevenson was such a good boxer that people wanted him to turn professional．After he had won his first gold medal, managers and famous promoters started to offer him money to fight around the world．Teofilo turned them all down．He wanted to stay in Cuba and didn't want to fight for money or fame．
Lots of people think that Teofilo Stevenson was as good as the famous boxer Muhammad Ali, but the two fighters never fought each other．They did meet outside the ring and the two men are now friends．Teofilo thinks "it would have been a draw" if they had fought．
Teofilo now works for the Cuban Ministry of Sport and he is also the vice president of the Cuban Boxing Federation．He likes spending his time with his family and he is still regarded as a legend(传奇)around the world．
(1)
We can learn from Paragraph 1 that Stevenson ________．
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A．
was an excellent boxer as a teenager
B．
hated boxing very much when he was young
C．
lost most of his fights when he started boxing
D．
refused to fight because of getting hit as a teenager
(2)
What does Paragraph 2 aim to tell us?
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A．
Stevenson's way of winning fights in the Olympic Games．
B．
Stevenson's great success in Olympic Games．
C．
The number of fights that Stevenson had in the Olympic Games．
D．
Stevenson never lost a fight after he was 20 years old．
(3)
Stevenson refused to turn professional because ________．
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A．
he was afraid of being defeated
B．
he hated the managers and promoters
C．
he was not short of money
D．
he didn't want to fight for money or fame
(4)
From Stevenson's words "it would have been a draw" in Paragraph 4 we can infer that Stevenson ________．
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A．
was a boxer as great as Muhammad Ali
B．
was eager to have a fight with Muhammad Ali
C．
thought the fight with Muhammad Ali would be dull
D．
predict that he would lose the fight with Muhammad Ali
