Part of David's heart muscle grew thick and stiff, keeping the flow of blood．The disease David had lived with for 17 years was slowly strangling(抑制)his heart．
The doctor explained that the traditional treatment was open－heart surgery(＝operation)．
That night Flora bent forward in front of her computer; everybody else was asleep．For the prize, or keeping her husband alive?To do that, she needed to search for the data(资料)：a place and someone to fix David's damaged heart．And she needed to be lucky．
Finally, she found them on a magazine's website(网址)．She began printing articles．When David came into the study early in the following morning, she said,“I've found it,”and handed him the papers．
David wondered if there was any other way．then he thought about his wife and kids．He stared at the papers．Only he could make the choice：should he have the same surgery that had killed his father, or the one that no one was sure works?This experimental treatment might be his best hope．
The operating theatre was kept freezing cold．David was not frightened, just nervous．He felt a burning pain, like a burning knife cutting through his heart…
On the EKG screen, the tiny valley in the middle of each peak(＝pointed top of a mountain)－David's disease－smoothed out．For the first time in years, he had a normal arterial pressure．“That's the most unusual thing,”said Flora, excited by the result．
Three days later, David and Flora drove home after the flight from Houston．Their kids ran out to meet them．
(1)
What does the underlined word“stiff”here mean?
[ ]
A．
Run smoothly．
B．
Be unfit．
C．
Seriously injured．
D．
Difficult to move or bend．
(2)
What was Flora doing that night?
[ ]
A．
She was surfing on the Internet．
B．
She was on a hunt for useful data．
C．
She was looking for a hospital．
D．
She wanted to win the prize．
(3)
What does the underlined sentence in the third paragraph mean?
[ ]
A．
She wanted to try her best to be lucky．
B．
Only a good doctor can save her husband．
C．
What she discovered was probably unsuccessful．
D．
She needed to be helped by God．
(4)
What is the result of the operation?
[ ]
A．
David died just like his father．
B．
David was saved．
C．
The operation is successful．
D．
Both B and C．
(5)
Which of the following titles do you think is the best for the passage?
I fell in love with England because it was quaint(古雅)－all those little houses, looking terribly old-fashioned but nice, like dolls' houses．I loved the countryside and the pubs, and I loved London．I've slightly changed my mind after seventeen years because I think it's an ugly town now．
Things have changed．For everybody, England meant gentlemen, fair play, and good manners．The fair play is going, unfortunately, and so are the gentlemanly attitudes and good manners－people shut doors heavily in your face and politeness is disappearing．
I regret that there are so few comfortable meeting places．You're forced to live indoors．In Paris I go out much more, to restaurants and nightclubs．To meet friends here it usually has to be in a pub, and it can be difficult to go there alone as a woman．The cafes are not terribly nice．
As a woman, I feel unsafe here．I spend a bomb on taxis because I will not take public transport after 10 p.m．I used to use it, but now I'm afraid．
The idea of family seems to be more or less non-existent in England．My family is well united and that's typically French．In Middlesex I had a neighbour who is 82 now．His family only lived two miles away, but I took him to France for Christmas once because he was always alone．
(1)
The writer doesn't like London because she ________．
[ ]
A．
is not used to the life there now
B．
has lived there for seventeen years
C．
prefers to live in an old-fashioned house
D．
has to be polite to everyone she meets there
(2)
Where do people usually meet their friends in England?
[ ]
A．
In a cafe．
B．
In a restaurant．
C．
In a nightclub．
D．
In a pub．
(3)
The underlined part“it”(in Par A．4)refers to ________．
[ ]
A．
a taxi
B．
the money
C．
a bomb
D．
public transport
(4)
The writer took her neighbour to France for Christmas because he ________．
[ ]
A．
felt lonely in England
B．
had never been to France
C．
was from a typical French family
D．
didn't like the British idea of family
阅读理解
Shopping is not as simple as you may think!There are all sorts of tricks at play each time we reach out for that particular brand of product on the shelf．Colouring, for example, varies according to what the producers are trying to sell．Health foods are packaged(包装)in greens, yellows or browns because we think of these as healthy colours．Ice cream packets are often blue and expensive goods, like chocolates, are gold or silver．
When some kind of pain killer was brought out recently, researchers found that the colours turned the customers off because they made the product look weak and ineffective．
Eventually, it came on the market in a dark blue and white package－blue because we think of it as safe, and white as calm．The size of a product can attract a shopper．But quite often a bottle doesn't contain as much as it appears to．
It is believed that the better-known companies spend, on average, 70 per cent of the total cost of the product itself on packaging!
The most successful producers know that it's not enough to have a good product．The founder of Pears soap, who for 25 years has used pretty little girls to promote(推销)their goods, came to the conclusion：“Any fool can make soap, but it takes a genius to sell it．”
(1)
Which of the following may trick a shopper into buying a product according to the text?
[ ]
A．
The cost of its package．
B．
The price of the product．
C．
The colour of its package．
D．
The brand name of the product．
(2)
The underlined part“the colours turned the customers off”(in Par A．3)means that the colours ________．
[ ]
A．
attracted the customers strongly
B．
had weak effects on the customers
C．
tricked the customers into shopping
D．
caused the customers to lose interest
(3)
Which of the following is the key to the success in product sales?
[ ]
A．
The way to promote goods．
B．
The discovery of a genius．
C．
The team to produce a good product．
D．
The brand name used by successful producers．
(4)
Which of the following would be the best title for this text?
[ ]
A．
Choice of Good Products
B．
Disadvantages of Products
C．
Effect of Packaging on Shopping
D．
Brand Names and Shopping Tricks
阅读理解
阅读下列四篇短文，从每小题后所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
A mouse looked through a crack in the wall to see the farmer and his wife opening a package; what food might it contain? He was astonished to discover that it was a mouse trap!
Retreating(撤退)to the farmyard, the mouse declared the warning, "There is a mouse trap in the house, there is a mouse trap in the house．"
The chicken clucked and scratched, raised her head and said, "Mr．Mouse, I can tell you this is a grave concern to you, but it is of no consequence to me; I cannot be bothered by it．"
The mouse turned to the pig and told him, "There is a mouse trap in the house．" "I am so sorry, Mr．Mouse," sympathized the pig, "but there is nothing I can do about it but pray; be assured that you are in my prayers．"
The mouse turned to the cow, who replied, "Like wow, Mr．Mouse, a mouse trap; am I in grave danger, huh?"
So the mouse returned to the house, head down and depressed to face the farmer's mouse trap alone．
That very night a sound was heard throughout the house, like the sound of a mouse trap catching its prey．The farmer's wife rushed to see what was caught．In the darkness, she did not see that it was an evil snake whose tail the trap had caught．The snake bit the farmer's wife．The farmer rushed her to the hospital．She returned home with a fever．Now everyone knows you treat a fever with fresh chicken soup, so the farmer took his hatchet to the farmyard for the soup's main ingredient(成分)．His wife's sickness continued so that friends and neighbors came to sit with her around the clock．To feed them, the farmer butchered the pig．The farmer's wife did not get well, in fact, she died, and so many people came for her funeral the farmer had the cow slaughtered(屠杀)to provide meat for all of them to eat．
So the next time you hear that someone is facing a problem and think that it does not concern you, remember that when the least of us is threatened, we are all at risk．And traps are usually well disguised．
(1)
We could see from the passage that the mouse was ________．
[ ]
A．
cunning
B．
well-informed
C．
warm-hearted
D．
wise
(2)
Which of the following is TRUE of the passage?
[ ]
A．
The farmer's wife caught hold of the evil snake．
B．
The mouse trap that the mouse discovered was not a practical one．
C．
The pig was comparatively more friendly than the others in the farmyard．
D．
The farmer's family were in fact a happy, wealthy and popular family．
(3)
The soup's main ingredient in Par．7 refers to the ________．
[ ]
A．
mouse
B．
pig
C．
snake
D．
chicken
(4)
What can we learn from the story?
[ ]
A．
Traps are usually the best challenge．
B．
We should be ready to take anything at risk．
C．
To help others is just to save yourselves．
D．
To keep the balance of nature is the duty of us all．
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