题目内容
The chairman tried to _______ the audience_______. But failed.
settle; down
The vote was completed．The chairman announced the result．
The chairman thought________necessary to invite Professor Smith to speak at the meeting .
A．that B．it C．this D．him
The chairman said in the meeting that he would be ________ towards all opinions
and consider them seriously.
A．respectful B．proud C．capable D．careful
A Charlotte, N.C., man was charged with first-degree murder of a 79-year-old woman whom police said he scared to death. In an attempt to evade policemen after a bank robbery, the Associated Press reports that 20-year-old Larry Whitfield broke into the home of Mary Parnell. Police say he didn’t touch Parnell but that she died after suffering a heart attack that was caused by terror. Can the guy be held responsible for the woman’s death? Prosecutors(公诉人) said that he can under the state’s murder rule, which allows someone to be charged with murder if he or she causes another person’s death while committing or fleeing from a severe crime like robbery—even if he or she doesn’t kill someone on purpose.
But, medically speaking, can someone actually be frightened to death? We asked Martin Samuels, chairman of the neurology department at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Absolutely, no question about it.
The body has a natural protective method called the fight-or-flight response(战或逃反应), which was originally described by Walter Cannon，the chairman of Harvard University’s physiology department from 1906 to 1942. If, in the wild, an animal is faced with a life-threatening situation, the autonomic nervous system responds by increasing heart rate, increasing blood flow to the muscles, and slowing digestion, among other things. All of this increases the chances of succeeding in a fight or running away from an aggressive beast. This process certainly would be of help to primitive humans. However, in the modern world there is obvious decline of the fight-or-flight response.
The autonomic nervous system uses the chemical messenger to send signals to various parts of the body to activate the fight-or-flight response. This chemical is toxic in large amounts; it damages the organs such as the heart, lungs, liver and kidneys. It is believed that almost all sudden deaths are caused by damage to the heart. There is almost no other organ that would fail so fast as to cause sudden death. Kidney failure, liver failure, those things don’t kill you suddenly.
By the way, any strong positive or negative emotions such as happiness or sadness can cause the same result. There are people who have died in intercourse or in religious passion. There was a case of a golfer who hit a hole in one, turned to his partner and said, “I can die now”, and then he dropped dead. For about seven days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon there was an increase of sudden cardiac death among New Yorkers.
1. Why the Charlotte, N.C., man was charged?
A. Because he threatened the policemen to kill an old woman.
B. Because he caused an old woman’s terror and she died.
C. Because he beat an old woman and caused her heart attack
D. Because he murdered an old woman while robbing a bank.
2. Which of the following about the fight-or-flight response is true?
A. The fight-or-flight response was raised and proved by Martin A. Samuels.
B. It is a natural protective method that can’t be found in all creatures but humans.
C. The ancient humans had a superior fight-or-flight response than modern ones.
D. The fight-or-flight response is beneficial to both our actions and organs.
3.What activity can we infer is less likely to damage the organs?
A. Winning a big lottery. B. Missing a dead family.
C. Watching a horror movie. D. Listening to a sweet song.
4. The purpose of the passage is_________.
A. to explain why people will die of a heart attack
B. to offer some advice on protecting us from heart failure
C. to compare different kinds of feelings to cause a death
D. to show strong emotions can cause a sudden death
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请将下列各小题中的人物与A-F中的工作匹配起来。
A. Employer: an International School in Beijing
Position: Administrative Assistant
Requirements:
1. Bachelor Degree or above majoring in English; A high-level of Chinese-English and English-Chinese oral and written proficiency
2. Computer proficiency (i.e.: Word, Excel)
3. Minimum 2 years relevant experience as a professional translator or
administrative assistant
B. Employer: An International Foreign Trade Company in Shenzhen
Position: foreign trade clerk (males only)
o Be familiar with foreign trade business processes, work experience
preferred
o Good at speaking, reading and writing in English
o Travelling often both at home and abroad
4. Strong business sense and negotiation skills
C. Employer: Good Day travel Agency in Guangzhou
Position: Tour Guides
1. Aged less than 30
2. Easygoing, open-minded, willing to meet and good at getting along with people of different kinds, especially foreigners
3. Good at spoken English, acquisition of one more foreign language preferred
4. Fit, adaptable enough for frequent travelling abroad
D. Employer: Bright Foreign Languages School
Position: English Teachers
1. College graduates with at least Bachelor degree in English; and those from
teaching universities are preferred
2. Enthusiastic about teaching and have a will for life-long devotion to
education
3. Working in the suburban Senior campus. Males preferred
E. Shanghai Daily
Position: English editors
1. A recognized degree in English or a related discipline
2. Excellent writing skills, preferably with editing/journalism experience
3. Teaching or training experience in English or related subjects
F. Duran Education Group
Position: Teachers
1. Native English speakers
2. At least 1 year’s teaching experience in college; major in various subjects like
math, accounting, physics, economy, English etc
3. Teaching in the branches of this group in Asia
4. Comfortable with living in foreign cultures for a long time.
1.Mary, an English major, will graduate from college this July. As the chairman of the Students Union, she is thought highly of as good leadership, outgoing, extraverted. She herself looks forward to a job that allows her to travel as much as possible around the world, instead of a sedentary job in the office.
2. Sarah majored in English and American Literature in a college in Texas and continued to teach there after graduation. She is quite curious about Chinese culture and desires to have a profound understanding of it by staying there for a long time. At the same time, however, loss of income is one concern that holds her back from making her dream come true.
3. Tim didn’t go to college. He started as an office clerk in a trade company and later rose to get involved in the business due to his hard work and intelligence. He also has taken part-time course of English to improve his competence. Now, he is seeking to make a change in a large-scale company.
4.Helen, a quiet girl, has been an English-Chinese translator for 3 years. Now tired of spending the whole day translating documents in the office, she wants a new job that involves more responsibilities in addition to written translation.
5. Jeff is about to graduate with a double degree in Journalism and English. He has taken a 3-month internship in a local newspaper, which arouses his strong interest in working with press. Of course, the ideal job is one that can also use his English proficiency to the full advantage.
