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18．About ten years ago，a young and successful businessman named Josh was traveling down a Chicago neighborhood street．He was going a bit too fast in his new car．Suddenly，a brick sailed out and hit his car's side door．Josh jumped out of the car，grabbed the kid who had thrown the brick and shouted at him，"Just what on earth are you doing？That's my new car．That brick you threw is going to cost you a lot of money．Why did you throw it？""Please，sir．I'm sorry!I didn't know what else to do!"pleaded （恳求） the young boy．"I threw the brick because no one else would stop!"Tears were dripping down the boy's face as he pointed around the parked car．"It's my brother，sir，"he said．"He fell out of his wheelchair and I can't lift him up．"Sobbing，the boy asked Josh，"Would you please help me get him back into his wheelchair？He's hurt and he's too heavy for me．"
Moved beyond words，the young man tried desperately to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat．Josh helped lift the young man back into the wheelchair．He then watched the boy push his brother down the sidewalk towards their home．
It was a long walk back to his car-a long and slow walk．Josh never did fix the side door of his car．He kept the dent （凹痕） to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention．
21．When Josh's car was hit by a brick，he wasC．
A．repairing his car
B．playing with some kids
C．driving fast on the street
D．thinking about his business
22．Why did the boy throw the brick towards Josh's car？B
A．He hated those driving fast．
B．He wanted to get his attention．
C．He was careless and missed his target．
D．He wanted to get his brother's attention．
23．After listening to the boy's explanation，JoshB．
A．agreed to give him a lift
B．was touched and decided to help
C．helped send the boy's brother home
D．decided to fix his car with his own money
24．What would be the best title for the text？B
A．Help those in need B．Slow down in your life
C．Love people around you D．Forgive those who anger you．
分析 本文通过记叙十年前一个叫Josh的非常成功的企业家驾驶着他那崭新的汽车在芝加哥附近的街道上发生的故事，告诉人们应该多体谅他人疾苦．
解答 21．C．细节理解题．根据第一段He was going a bit too fast in his new car．Suddenly，a brick sailed out and hit his car's side door可知当Josh的车被砖头击中时，他正快速的开车在街上；故选C．
22．B．细节理解题．根据"I threw thebrick because no one else would stop!"tears were streaming down the boy'sface as he pointed around the parked car．他要寻求帮助，故选B．
23．B．细节理解题．根据倒数第二段Moved beyond words，the young man tried desperately to swallow the rapidly swelling lump in his throat．Josh helped lift the young man back into the wheelchair可知听了男孩的解释，Josh十分感动并决定提供帮助；故选B．
24．B．推理判断题．根据最后一段Josh never did fix the side door of his car．He kept the dent （凹痕） to remind him not to go through life so fast that someone has to throw a brick at him to get his attention可知最佳标题为放慢生活的节奏；故选B．
点评 考察学生的细节理解和推理判断能力，做细节理解题时一定要找到文章中的原句，和题干进行比较，再做出正确的选择．在做推理判断题不要以个人的主观想象代替文章的事实，要根据文章事实进行合乎逻辑的推理判断．
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First of all，before you go into work，ask yourself whether you are actually going to be productive．Do you have pressing work that really can't wait？Is your job so easy that you can relax while working？If going into work might make you worse，perhaps you had better have one day off and then work probably later．
Secondly，ask yourself whether you are contagious （患传染病的） and your suffering is caused by a virus．Viruses are highly contagious and can spread through the air．If you cough close to someone，you can very easily give him or her a cold．As a result，you'll end up infecting your colleagues，thus dramatically damaging the productivity of the whole workforce．
Another reason to take time off work is that it's important for your health．Even if you can work in your current condition，that doesn't necessarily mean that you should，as paying no attention to your symptoms could lead to you getting worse and catching other illnesses．Your immune system is weakened when you are ill，so if you travel on the bus with other possibly sick people，you can end up getting other serious infections．Worse still，if a viral infection makes it to your brain，it can result in serious brain damage．So listen to your body and take its warnings seriously!
Though it's better to take time off work in the vast majority of situations，you're most likely not to do it．Why？Because there is an important meeting tomorrow，or you're trying to impress the new boss，or you have a huge to-do list．In short，you're probably always feeling as though you have a huge mountain of work to do．However，in fact it was probably this pressure that caused you to get ill in the first place．So think it over：Can you really not take a single day off work for the sake of your health？If not，then there's probably something very wrong with your work-life balance．
First of all，before you go into work，ask yourself whether you are actually going to be productive．Do you have pressing work that really can't wait？Is your job so easy that you can relax while working？If going into work might make you worse，perhaps you had better have one day off and then work probably later．
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| Four factors to consider | Are you （73）productive？ | Take time off work if you feel illness can stop you from working properly． |
| Are you contagious？ | ●If your illness is （74）linked/relatedto a virus，you'd better not go to work to avoid making others ill． | |
| Is it good for your health？ | ●（75）Ignoringyour present symptoms can worsen your health． ●Your （76）weakened/weakimmune system means you could possibly get other infections on the way to work． ●What's worse，a viral infection can （77）damagethe brain． | |
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12．Alfred Nobel became a millionaire and changed the ways of mining，construction，and warfare as the inventor of dynamite（炸药）．On April 12，1888，Alfred's brother Ludwig died of heart attack．A major French newspaper（46）Chis brother for him and carried an article（47）Bthe death of Alfred Nobel．"The merchant of death is dead．"The article read．"Dr．Alfred
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| 48．A．famous | B．sick | C．rich | D．popular |
| 49．A．upset | B．anxious | C．excited | D．pleased |
| 50．A．death | B．disease | C．trouble | D．attack |
| 51．A．repaid | B．described | C．supported | D．remembered |
| 52．A．book | B．article | C．will | D．contract |
| 53．A．establish | B．form | C．develop | D．promote |
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| 55．A．generally | B．basically | C．usually | D．certainly |