“Depend on yourself”is what nature says to every man．Parents can help you．Teachers can help you．Others still can help you．But all these only help you to help yourself．
There have been many great men in history．But many of them were very poor in boyhood, and had no uncles, aunts, or friends to help them．Schools were few and low．They could not depend on them for an education．They saw how it was, and set to work with all their strength to know something．They worked their own way up to fame．
One of the most famous teachers in England used to tell his pupils,“I cannot make worthy men of you, but I can help you make men of yourselves．”
Some young men have no ambitions(雄心)to do anything, and they are to be pitied．They can never succeed unless they see their foolishness, and change their courses．They are nothing now, and will be nothing as long as they live, unless they accept the advice of parents and teachers and depend upon their own honesty and serious efforts．
(1)
The best title for this passage is ________．
[ ]
A．
Depend on yourself
B．
Don't depend on your parents
C．
Help yourself
D．
The Good Advice
(2)
From the passage we know that many great men in history ________．
As De Witt Wallace lay in bed recovering from injuries that he unfortunately came by in World War I, he found there was a wealth of interesting information to read．Realizing few people would have the time to get through all this information, he knew exactly what to do．In 1920, this young American presented a sample magazine containing shortened articles to publishers across America．However, all turned him down．
Undeterred, De Witt and his new bride Lila Bell Acheson published the first issue of Reader’s Digest in February 1922．Working from home, the Wallaces printed 5,000 copies, which were sold by mail to 1,500 people and priced at 25 cents．From these humble(卑微的)beginnings grew the world’s most widely – read magazine．
The magazine became popular and, by 1935, sales topped one million．In 1938, the first international edition was published in the United Kingdom．During World War Ⅱ, editions were published for the first time in Latin America and Sweden．After the war Reader’s Digest moved into Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Norway, South Africa and Switzerland．In 1950, Reader’s Digest published its shortened Books(now known as Select Editions in Australia)．In 1959, music, the first non – print product line, was introduced．In 1962, Reader’s Digest revolutionized direct mail by introducing easy – to – enter Sweepstakes and a year later the first Reader’s Digest general book was published．In 1986, video was added to the Reader’s Digest product line．
In 1973, the Wallaces gave up active management of Reader’s Digest．De Witt died in 1981, aged 91; Lila in 1984, aged 94．With no heirs(继承人)to the Wallace empire to take control, Reader’s Digest became a public company in the early 1990s and is now headed by a Chief Executive Office and Chairman of the Board．
(1)
What is the purpose of De Witt Wallace creating the earliest magazine?
[ ]
A．
To become wealthy．
B．
To offer people information．
C．
To heal the wounds from the war．
D．
To turn down uninteresting stories．
(2)
When did De Will make his first trial of the magazine?
[ ]
A．
Before World War I．
B．
In 1920．
C．
In 1922．
D．
In 1935．
(3)
What is mainly talked about in the first two paragraphs?
[ ]
A．
The first issue of Reader’s Digest．
B．
The first trial of De Witt Wallace’s dream．
C．
De Witt Wallace’s character and marriage．
D．
The humble beginnings of Reader’s Digest．
(4)
Which of the following is the right order for the history of Reader’s Digest?
a．The Select Edition came out．
b．The Wallaces retired from the management of Reader’s Digest．
c．The magazine sold over million copies．
d．The product line was improved by means of videos．
e．Editions in other languages were published．
[ ]
A．
c－e－a－b－d
B．
e－a－c－b－d
C．
c－e－a－d－b
D．
a－c－e－d－b
(5)
What can be known about Reader’s Digest from the passage?
[ ]
A．
Reader’s Digest only published shortened or general books．
B．
After World War ⅡReader’s Digest was published all over the world．
C．
Reader’s Digest was first private – owned and later public – owned．
D．
Reader’s Digest has always been headed by a Chief Executive Office．
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Researchers who helped discover a new species of Mexican butterfly are offering to sell the naming rights to raise money to fund more research．
Codiscoverer Andrew Warren is hoping to raise at least ＄50,000 by auctioning off(拍卖) the rights to name the 4-inch “owl eye” butterfly, which lives in Sonora, a Mexican state bordering Arizona．
“
That would support at least two years of research for our team down in Mexico,” Warren said．“Money goes a long way down here in Mexico．”
According to the scientific tradition, discoverers of a new species have the right of naming it．In recent years, some discoverers have auctioned off their naming rights to raise money．
Warren said the amount being sought for the butterfly isn’t out of the question, noting that naming rights for a new monkey species brought in ＄650,000 two years ago．A group of 10 new fish species that went on the naming auction block at the same time earlier this year brought in a total of ＄2 million．
The butterfly discovered by Warren and researcher George Austin ranges as far north as Magdalena de Kino, about 120 miles south of Tucson, but the discovery itself wasn’t made in Mexico．
The butterfly was actually in a collection, misidentified(误认为) as an example of another species, at the McGuire Center for Lepidoptera and Biodiversity at the Florida Museum of Natural History in Gainesville, said Warren．
Warren, a researcher specializing in Mexican butterflies, said fellow McGuire researcher Austin spotted the impostor(错误) early this year．They soon began the hard process of determining that it was indeed a “new” model of butterfly．
After checking photos and comparing it with other known species, they determined it was a separate species．It’s in the Opsiphanes group, near the morphos and monarch branches on the butterfly section of the tree of life．
(1)
Where did the researchers discover the new species of butterflies?
[ ]
A．
In Sonora．
B．
In a Mexican state．
C．
In a place of the US．
D．
Near the USMexico border．
(2)
Why will the researchers sell the naming rights of the butterfly?
[ ]
A．
To raise money for wildlife protection．
B．
To raise money for more research．
C．
To cause people’s attention to the new discovery．
D．
To cover the cost of the research．
(3)
When the butterfly was first discovered, people thought ________．
[ ]
A．
it was a new species at once
B．
it wasn’t a species of American butterfly
C．
it belonged to the monarch branches
D．
it belonged to a known species
(4)
“
Opsiphanes” mentioned in the last paragraph is probably the name of ________．
[ ]
A．
a kind of tree
B．
a kind of wild animal
C．
a kind of butterfly
D．
the researching group
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The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help prove hospitals who are accused of wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients ease discomfort and pain．
A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli．They were then asked to look at either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly painting, or a blank panel(板)while the team put a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been stuck by a pin．The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense(剧烈的)while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when looking at the ugly paintings or the blank panel．Electrodes(电极)measuring the brain's electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings．
While distractions, such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part．
The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process．
"Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their artistic aspects should be taken into account too," said the neurologist．"Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not．But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse．I think these results show that more research is needed into the field how a beautiful environment can alleviate suffering．"
Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis Birth of Venus．Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero．"These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world," said Prof de Tommaso．
(1)
The underlined word “alleviate” in the fifth paragraph probably means “________”．
[ ]
A．
cure
B．
relieve
C．
improve
D．
kill
(2)
Which of the following is TURE about the view of Prof Marina de Tommaso?
[ ]
A．
Beautiful surroundings could help to heal sufferings completely．
B．
Hospitals must take their artistic aspects into consideration first．
C．
Ugly surroundings will surely make the pain worse．
D．
Both music and beauty can reduce pain in hospital patients．
(3)
From the last paragraph, we know that ________．
[ ]
A．
some artists' paintings were beautiful, so they were masterpieces
B．
only art experts could judge they were masterpieces or not, though ugly
C．
the artists mentioned above were not really art masters．
D．
some of them were art masters, while others were not．
(4)
Which of the following is the suitable title for the passage?
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