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【题目】 Mr. Johnson was so much afraid of losing his job that he had to _______ his pride when the boss called him names in public.

A. abuse B. clarify

C. decline D. swallow

【答案】D

【解析】

试题分析：考查动词辨析。A. 滥用；虐待；辱骂 B. 使清楚，澄清 C. 降低；衰落；谢绝 D. 吞，咽；忍耐，忍受。句意：杰森非常害怕丢掉工作以至于当老板在公共场合骂他时，他不得不放下他的自尊。填swallow，取“吞”，引申为放下。故选择D。

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A-myo-trophic comes from the Greek language. "A" means no or negative. "Myo" refers to muscle, and "Trophic" means nourishment--"No muscle nourishment." When a muscle has no nourishment, it "atrophies" or wastes away. "Lateral" identifies the areas in a person's spinal cord where portions of the nerve cells that signal and control the muscles are located. As this area degenerates it leads to scarring or hardening ("sclerosis") in the region.

As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers that normally result in muscle movement. Early symptoms of ALS often include increasing muscle weakness, especially involving the arms and legs, speech, swallowing or breathing. When muscles no longer receive the messages from the motor neurons that they require to function, the muscles begin to atrophy (become smaller). Limbs begin to look "thinner" as muscle tissue atrophies.

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The body has many kinds of nerves. There are those involved in the process of thinking, memory, and of detecting sensations (such as hot/cold, sharp/dull), and others for vision, hearing, and other bodily functions. The nerves that are affected when you have ALS are the motor neurons that provide voluntary movements and muscle power. Examples of voluntary movements are your making the effort to reach for the phone or step off a curb; these actions are controlled by the muscles in the arms and legs.

The heart and the digestive system are also made of muscle but a different kind, and their movements are not under voluntary control. When your heart beats or a meal is digested, it all happens automatically. Therefore, the heart and digestive system are not involved in ALS. Breathing also may seem to be involuntary. Remember, though, while you cannot stop your heart, you can hold your breath-so be aware that ALS may eventually have an impact on breathing.

Although the cause of ALS is not completely understood, the recent years have brought a wealth of new scientific understanding regarding the physiology of this disease.

While there is not a cure or treatment today that halts or reverses ALS, there is one FDA approved drug, riluzole, that modestly slows the progression of ALS as well as several other drugs in clinical trials that hold promise.

Importantly, there are significant devices and therapies that can manage the symptoms of ALS that help people maintain as much independence as possible and prolong survival. It is important to remember that ALS is a quite variable disease; no two people will have the same journey or experiences. There are medically documented cases of people in whom ALS ‘burns out,’ stops progressing or progresses at a very slow rate.

【1】What does the underlined word “their” in Paragraph 1 refer to___________?

A. ALS patients B. nerve cells

C. motor neurons D. muscle action

【2】What’s the main idea of Paragraph 2___________?

A. introduce the meaning of ALS

B. why does a muscle have no nourishment

C. where portions of the nerve cells are located

D. what leads to scarring or hardening

【3】Which is NOT involved in the early symptoms of ALS__________?

A. arms B. speech C. breathing D. heart

【4】What can we learn from the passage__________?

A. As motor neurons degenerate, they can no longer send impulses to the muscle fibers.

B. If muscles can’t receive the messages sent by motor neurons, limbs begin to look "thinner".

C. The heart and the digestive system are also affected by ALS.

D. the cause of ALS has been completely understood.

【5】The passage most probably comes from____________.

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The nuclear energy issue is very complex. And it doesn’t look like it’ll be resolved anytime soon. As a Japanese commentator recently said, “it’s been a bad year for the ‘nuclear village’, but I don’t think they’re down and out yet.” The battle continues.

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A. Nuclear energy doesn’t produce any greenhouse gases.

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