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　　For many people the subject of hiccups(嗝)is a joke, but for Harry Mendes, a fifteen year old schoolboy from Birmingham, it was something quite different．

　　His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime after an Indian meal and continued day and night for two weeks．After the first week, Harry’s parents took him to hospital, but it took another week for the doctors to cure his attack．

　　Harry, who is now back at school, described what happened to him．

　　“When I began to hiccup, I drank a glass of water but that didn’t do any good．That evening I had hiccups every four seconds．We tried everything to stop them．I held my breath and drank cold drinks．My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn’t work either．”

　　After a week of sleepless nights, he went to hospital．The doctors took an X ray of his chest but they couldn’t find anything wrong．

　　“They gave me some medicine and my hiccups slowed down, but it was another week before the medicine worked completely and my hiccups stopped．”

　　Harry was very lucky．The world record holder is the American farmer Charles Osborne, who hiccupped for sixty eight years．He stopped in 1990 at last, but nobody knows why．

(1)

Harry’s hiccups lasted ________．

[　　]

A．

a week

B．

fourteen days

C．

twenty eight days

D．

one month

(2)

His hiccups started after he ________．

[　　]

A．

drank a glass of water

B．

went to hospital

C．

ate an Indian meal

D．

finished his homework

(3)

His parents decided to take him to hospital when he ________．

[　　]

A．

hiccupped for four seconds

B．

held his breath

C．

hiccupped at night

D．

couldn’t stop hiccupping

(4)

His hiccups completely stopped one week after the doctor ________．

[　　]

A．

gave him some medicine

B．

took an X-ray of his chest

C．

gave him a shock

D．

let him drink cold drinks

(5)

What does “shock” in this passage mean?

[　　]

A．

震惊

B．

休克

C．

喷嚏

D．

哈欠

答案：1．B;2．C;3．D;4．A;5．A;
解析：

(1)

由文中第二段“His hiccups began one Sunday lunchtime and continued day and night for two weeks．”一句可知His hiccups lasted fourteen days．

(2)

文章第二段首句对此题有很大的启示作用，亨利是因为吃了Indian food才开始打嗝的。

(3)

去医院的原因是不停地打嗝，其他选项提供的理由不充分，也不全面。

(4)

亨利服药一周后痊愈，其他方法均无效。

(5)

可用“惊吓”治疗打嗝，文中提到“My father even tried to give me a shock but that didn’t work either．”


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　　Why do human beings still risk their lives under ground and doing one of the dirtiest and most dangerous jobs in this world?A small group of emgineers and robotics experts picture a day in the not-too-distant future when robots and other technology do most of the dangerous mining work．

　　One of the first mining robots was developed five years ago at Carnegie-Mdllon University’s Robotics Institute．It was called Groundhog and it looked like a golf cart,．It used lasers(激光)to“see”in the dark and map given up mines-some of the most dangerous work in the business．

　　The latest model is called Cave Crawler, It’s a bit smaller than grouondhog．and even more Advanced．It can take photos and videos and has sensors that can discover the presence of dangerrous gasses．Amazingly．the robot has a real sense of logic(逻辑性)．If it comes acorss something difficult, it gets monentarily punded．It has to think about what to do and where to go next．Sometimes it throws a fit just like a real person．

　　Myles and his colleagues hope that robots like Cove Crawler will one day be used in rescue(营救)operations“A robot could speed up the rescue process by doing discovery(侦察),”says Chuck Whittaker, a roboties engineer at Carnegie-Mellon．“The robot can go ahead and, with its sensors, report what it has found and whether jit is safe for humans to proceed．”

　　Using robots in rescue operations, though, is probliematic, The lasers that guide the robots don’t work in smoky environments so the engineers at Carnegie Mellon have experimnted with sonar(声纳)and radar guidance systems, and with some success．

　　Some experts predict that robots do the most repetitive and dangerous jobs, but won't get rid fo the need for human workers．

(1)

The underlined phrase“throws a fit”in Paragraph 3 probably means ________

[　　]

A．

gets angry

B．

gets shocked

C．

becomes confused

D．

becomed cheerful

(2)

The latest robot is more advanced than Groundhog mainly because ________

[　　]

A．

it can map given up mines

B．

it can see in the dark tunnels

C．

it’s smaller than Groundhog

D．

it has a real sense of logic

(3)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

Mining robots do most of the mining work at present．

B．

Groundhog can discover the persence of dangerous gases．

C．

Experts are trying to make robots save miners in danger．

D．

robots can work in smoky areas with the help of a laser．

(4)

We can infer from the last paragraph that ________

[　　]

A．

the mine robots will have a very bright future

B．

robots in the sutomotive industry must be improved

C．

there will be no need for human workers in mines

D．

robots in mines will cost a lot

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　　The“talking picture”has a special pen．It is actually a pen-shaped scanner．It can scan information yhin special-made pictures．A connected player will then play the information out loud．

　　First, you need to take a picture and record what you want to say with the company．The will then make special barcodes(条形码)onto your picture(you can’t see those codes)．Those codes are your voice and your words．When you hold up the pen to scna your piture with barcodes．a player connected to the pen will start to play．It plays things you’ve recorded．That way the invention makes the“you”in the picture speak!

　　Do you want your friends and families talking out of pictures?Have them make pictures like that, and yu can hear them whernever you want, only with the“talking picture”system．The systm can play messages fo rup to 12minutes．

　　“The pictures would be useful for those who hope to hear the voice of someone living far away,”said Mayumi Fuji, a spokeswoman for the company．“Grandparents, for example．longing to kow about their grandchildren would be happy to hear their voices when they see the picture．”Fuji said．

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　　Now．just raise a finger, lonely people can have their loved ones speak put of pictures, But, whether the“talking picture”is practical or not, let’s wait and see．

(1)

What does“talking pictures”mean according to this article?

[　　]

A．

The picture can play what’s been recorded as if the person in the picture“talks”

B．

You can have a talk with the person in the picture whenever you want to．

C．

The picture can tell you wonderful stories to ease your pain．

D．

The picture can tell what’s on your mind when you are looking at it

(2)

If you want to make a talking picture, you need to do all things except ________

[　　]

A．

take a picture and record what you want tjo say with the company

B．

make special barcodes onto your picture

C．

have a pen-shaped scanner to go with the picture

D．

dial numbers to make a long-distance call

(3)

Which of the following is no true according to the passage?

[　　]

A．

The talking picture system can play messages for 12minutes at most

B．

It will cost you more to take a larger talking picture

C．

It might take a lot of trouble to make a talking picture．,

D．

You can make a talking picture by just raising a finger．

(4)

What is the attitude of the author toward the“talking picture”?

[　　]

A．

Subjective．

B．

Uncertain

C．

Positive

D．

Negative．

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　　Since more and more foreigners come to China every day, many restaurants around China are providing English translations of their menus．They want to make it easier for foreigners to order Chinese dishes when they travel．Some restaurants also hope that the translations will increase foreigners’ knowledge of Chinese cuisine(烹饪)．

　　But an article in China Youth Daily says the English menu translations haven’t live up to public expectation(期望)．It argues most of the English names of Chinese dishes lack the cultural meaning and attraction of the dishes they describe．Instead, the translations only provide a list of each dish’s ingredients, the article notes．For example, one English name of a Chinese dish appears as “stir-fried mutton slice with Chinese onion and green scallion(葱爆羊肉)”．

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　　The article suggests that translators provide more beautiful translations of the names of Chinese dishes．It also notes a more vivid(生动的)English translation is very important to provide international visitors with a better understanding of Chinese cuisine．

(1)

Why do many restaurants provide English translations of their menu?

[　　]

A．

Because they want to show their ingredients in dishes．

B．

Because the public expect them to do so．

C．

Because Chinese dishes are popular．

D．

Because it is convenient for foreigners to order food．

(2)

According to China Youth Daily, what is the main problem of the English menu translation?

[　　]

A．

They are too long to remember．

B．

Many of them are not correct．

C．

They lack cultural meaning and attraction．

D．

They are difficult to learn．

(3)

What can we infer from the story of “Fo Tiao Qiang” dish?

[　　]

A．

Monks can jump high．

B．

Monks lived a poor life．

C．

Old China had little meat for people．

D．

The dish attracted many people because it’s delicious．

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(1)

The tomato was shut out of the door of early Europeans mainly because ________．

[　　]

A．

it made Christive evil

B．

it was the apple of Eden

C．

it came from a forbidden land

D．

it was religiously unacceptable

(2)

What can we infer the underlined part in Paragraph 3?

[　　]

A．

The process of ignoring the tomato slowed down

B．

There was little pregress in the study of the tomato

C．

The tomato was still refused in most western countries

D．

Most western people continued to get rid of the tomato

(3)

What is the main reason for Robert Johnson to eat the tomato Publicly?

[　　]

A．

To manke imself a hero

B．

To remove people's fear of the tomaoto

C．

To speed up the popularityt of the tomato

D．

To persuade people to buy products fo\rom his factory

(4)

What is the main purpose of the passage?

[　　]

A．

To challenge people's fixed concept of the tomato

B．

To give an explanation to people's dislike of the tomato

C．

To present the change of people's attitudes to the tomato

D．

To show the process of freeing the tomato from religious influence

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　　In the teenage years the concept of happiness changes．Suddenly it's conditional on such things as excitement, love and popularity．I can still recall the excitement of being invited to dance with the most attractive boy at the school party．

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　　I experienced my little moments of pleasure yesterday．First I was overjoyed when I shut the last lunch-box and had the house to myself．Then I spent an uninterrupted morning writing, which I love．When the kids and my husband came home, I enjoyed their noise after the quiet of the day．

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　　Happiness isn't about what happens to us-it's about how we see what happens to us．It's the skillful way of finding a positive for every negative．It's not wishing for what we don't have, but enjoying what we do possess．

(1)

As people grow older, they

[　　]

A．

feel it harder to experience happiness

B．

associate their happiness less with others

C．

will take fewer risks in pursuing happiness

D．

tend to believe responsibility means happiness

(2)

What can we learn about the author from Paragraph 5 and 6?

[　　]

A．

She cares little about her own health

B．

She enjoys the freedom of traveling

C．

She is easily pleased by things in daily life

D．

She prefers getting pleasure from housework

(3)

What can b informed from Paragraph 7?

[　　]

A．

Psychologists think satisfying work is key to happiness

B．

Psychologists’opinion is well proved by Grandma’case

C．

Grandma often found time for social gatherings

D．

Grandma's happiness came from modest expectations of life

(4)

People who equal happiness with wealth and success

[　　]

A．

consider pressure something blocking their way

B．

stress then right to happiness too much

C．

are at a loss to make correct choices

D．

are more likely to be happy

(5)

What can be concluded from the passage?

[　　]

A．

Happiness lies between the positive and the negative

B．

Each man is the master of his own fate

C．

Success leads to happiness

D．

Happy is he who is content

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