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He knew that cholera would never be controlled _____ its cause was found.

A．tillB．stillC．untilD．kill

C

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　　It is hard to predict how science is going to turn out, and if it is really good science it is impossible to predict. If the things to be found are actually new, they are by difinition unknown in advance. You cannot make choices in this matter. You either have science or you don’t and if you have it you are obliged to accept the surprising and disturbing pieces of information, along with the neat and promptly useful bits.

　　The only solid piece of scientific truth about which I feel totally confident is that we are profoundly ignorant about nature. Indeed, I regard this as the major discovery of the past hundred years of biology. It is, in its way, an illuminating piece of news. It would have amazed the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment to be told by any of us how little we know and how bewildering seems the way ahead. It is this sudden confrontation with the depth and scope of ignorance that represents the most significant contribution of the 20th century science to the human intellect. In earlier times, we either pretended to understand how things Worked or ignored the problem, or simply made up stories to fill the gaps. Now that we have begun exploring in earnest, we are getting glimpses of how huge the questions are, and how far from being answered. Because of this, we are depressed. It is not so bad being ignorant if you are totally ignorant, the hard thing is knowing in some detail the reality of ignorance, the worst spots and here and there the not-so-had spots, but no true light at the end of the tunnel nor even any tunnels than can yet be trusted.

　　But we are making a beginning, and there ought to be some satisfaction. There are probably no questions we can think up that can’ t be answered, sooner or later, including even the matter of consciousness. To be sure, there may well be questions we can’t think up, ever, and therefore limits to the reach of human intellect, but that is another matter. Within our limits, we should be able to work our way through to all our answers, if we keep at it long enough, and pay attention.

1．According to the author, really good science ________.

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A．would surprise the brightest minds of the 18th century Enlightenment

B．will produce results which cannot be foreseen

C．will help people to make the right choice in advance

D．will bring about disturbing results

2．It can be inferred from the passage that scientists of the 18 th century ________.

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A．thoutht that they knew a great deal and could solve most problems of science

B．were afraid of facing up to the realities of scientific research

C．knew that they were ignorant and wanted to know more about nature

D．did more harm than good in promoting man’ s understanding of nature

3．What is the author’s attitude towards science?

[　　]

A．He is depressed because of the ignorance of scientists.

B．He is doubtful because of the enormous difficulties in scientific research.

C．He is confident though he is aware of the enormous difficulties in scientific research.

D．He is delighted because of the illuminating scientific findings.

4．The author believes that ________.

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A．man can find solutions sooner or later to whatever questions concerning nature he can think up

B．man can not solve all the problems he can think up because of the limits of human intellect

C．sooner or later man can think up all the questions concerning nature and answer them

D．questions concerning consciousness are outside the scope of scientific research

One of my wonderful memories is about a Christmas gift． Unlike other gifts，it came without wrap（包装）．
On September 11 th , 1 958，Mum gave birth to Richard．After she brought him home from hospital，she put him in my lap，saying, “I promised you a gift, and here it is．” What an honor! I turned four a month earlier and none of my friends had such a baby doll of their own．I played with it day and night． I sang to it, I told it stories．I told it over and over how much I loved it!  
One morning, however，I found its bed empty． My doll was gone! I cried for it．Mum wept and told me that the poor little thing had been sent to a hospital．It had a fever． For several days，I heard Mum and Dad whispering such words as “hopeless”，“pitiful"，and “dying”, which sounded Ominous．
Christmas was coming, “Don’t expect any presents this year,” Dad said, pointing at the socks I hung in the living room． “If your baby brother lives, that’ll be Christmas enough．” As he spoke，his eyes filled with tears． I’d never seen him cry before．
The phone rang early on Christmas morning．Dad jumped out of bed to answer it．From my bedroom I heard him say, “What? He’s all right?” He hung up and shouted upstairs． “The hospital said we can bring Richard home!” “Thank God!” I heard Mum cry．
From the window upstairs，I watched my parents rush out to the car．I had never seen them so happy． And I was also full of joy． What a wonderful day! My baby doll would be home． I ran downstairs． My socks still hung there flat．But I knew they were not empty: they were filled with love !
【小题1】What happened to the author on September 11th,1958?

A．He got a baby brother．B．He got a Christmas gift．
C．He became four years old．D．He received a doll．
【小题2】What does the underlined word “ominous” in Paragraph 3 probably mean?
A．Impossible．B．Boring．C．Difficult．D．Fearful．
【小题3】Which word can best describe the feeling of the father when Christmas was coming?
A．Excitement．B．Happiness．C．Sadness．D．Disappointment．
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     Treasure hunts (寻宝) have excited people's imagination for hundreds of years both in real life and
in books such as Robert Louis Stevenson's Treasure Island. Kit Williams, a modern writer, had the idea
of combining the real excitement of a treasure hunt with clues (线索) found in a book when he wrote a
children's story, Masquerade, in 1979. The book was about a hare,and a month before it came out
Williams buried a gold hare in a park in Bedfordshire. The book contained a large number of clues to help
readers find the hare, but Williams put in a lot of "red herrings", or false clues, to mislead them.
     Ken Roberts, the man who found the hare, had been looking for it for nearly two years. Although he
had been searching in the wrong area most of the time, he found it by logic (逻辑), not by luck.His
success came from the fact that he had gained an important clue at the start. He had realized that the
words: "One of Six to Eight" under the first picture in the book connected the hare in some way to
Katherine of Aragon, the first of Henry VIII's six wives. Even here, however,Williams had succeeded in
misleading him. Ken knew that Katherine of Aragon had died at Kimbolton in Cambridgeshire in 1536 and
thought that Williams had buried the hare there. He had been digging there for over a year before a new
idea occurred to him.He found out that Kit Williams had spent his childhood near Ampthill, in Befordshire,
and thought that he must have buried the hare in a place he knew well, but he still could not see the
connection with Katherine of Aragon,until one day he came across two stone crosses in Ampthill Park
and learnt that they had been built in her honor in 1773.
     Even then his search had not come to an end. It was only after he had spent several nights digging
around the cross that he decided to write to Kit Williams to find out if he was wasting his time there.
Williams encouraged him continue, and on February 24 th 1982, he found the treasure. It was worth
￡3000 in the beginning, but the excitement it had caused since its burial made it much more valuable.
1. The underlined word "them"(paragraph1) refers to _____. 
A. red herrings
B. treasure hunts
C. Henry VIII's six wives
D. readers of Masquerade

2. What is the most important clue in the story to help Ken Roberts find the hare?

A. Two stone crosses in Ampthill
B. Stevenson's Treasure Island
C. Katherine of Aragon
D. Williams' hometown
3. The stone crosses in Ampthill were built _____.
A. to tell about what happened in 1773
B. to show respect for Henry VIII's first wife
C. to serve as a roadsign in Ampthill Park
D. to inform people where the gold hare was
4. Which of the following describes Roberts' logic in searching for the hare?
a. Henry VIII's six wives
b. Katherine's burial place at Kimbolton
c. Williams' childhood in Ampthill
d. Katherine of Aragon e.stone crosses in Ampthill Park
A. a-b-c-e-d
B. d-b-c-e-a
C. a-d-b-c-e
D. b-a-e-c-d
5. What is the subject discussed in the text?
A. An exciting historical event
B. A modern treasure hunt
C. The attraction of Masquerade
D. The importance of logical thinking
阅读理解。

     When I was young and going to school, a joke was played on me. My friend said, "What is black and
white and red all over?" Of course I said, "I do not know." My friend said, "The newspaper." And he started
to laugh. Those were the days before I read the newspaper. That was before I knew what was ahead and
how important the newspaper would become in my life.
     The first American newspaper was published in Boston in 1690. The paper had only one issue (期刊).
The next newspaper was the Boston Newsletter, printed in 1704. During the following years several other
papers were printed in different parts of America. Today there are thousands of newspapers throughout the
world that report world, national and local news in many different languages. There are morning and evening
papers, all of which have material for every reader. You automatically (自动的) think of the newspaper if you
want to know what is happening in the community (社会).
     But what is a newspaper? A newspaper is a piece of printed paper that presents the current news in the
local community as well as news of national and world events. The world events and important local events
are usually reported on the front page. As you go through the paper, you find sports news, comics, news on
deaths, and news of sqcial events. Often the important speech of a public officer is printed in the paper. You
can even find out who got married in the community.

1. What is black and white and red all over according to the author's friend?
[     ]
A. The newspaper.
B. A picture-book.
C. A storybook.
D. An examination paper.
2. When was the first American newspaper published?
[     ]
A. In 1704.
B. In 1690.
C. In 1540.
D. In 1890.
3. Which of the following can you find in the newspaper?
[     ]
A. Sports news.
B. Important local events.
C. Important speeches.
D. Above all.
4. Which of the following most probably is the hest title for the passage?
[     ]
A. Newspapers.
B. Newspaper Types.
C. Newspaper Jokes.
D. Newspaper News.
5. Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
[     ]
A. Newspapers contain all kinds of colourless contents on the front page.
B. The front page contains the world events and important local events.
C. Sports news,comics,news on deaths are reported on the front page.
D. Th'e front page contains the current news in the local community.