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14．In 1988，a company in Ohio invented an alcohol-based hand cleaner，which was meant to be used by health-care worker； when soap and water were unavailable．Joe Kanfer，the company's C．E．O．，told me recently，"there were a couple of other alcohol products out there，but they were really ugly．Either they were greasy （油腻的） or they burned your hands white．"Kanfer took a year and a half to develop this product which is visually appealing and does almost no harm to one's skin．Still．Kanfer lost money on it for mare than a decade because people couldn't get what it was for．
The product was called Purell．Today，you see it everywhere．My doctor uses it several times during every office visit．You can aer it in almost every office in the U．s..and school picnics would be impossible without it．The former president Grorge W．Bush was called a racist for using hand cleaner after first shaking hands with Barack Obama，but Bush also gave some of it to Obama and recommended it as a cold preventative （预防药）．What was once barely even a product is now a growing product category，worth hundreds of millions per year．
The rise of Purell makes some health professionals uneasy，Some claimed that promoting hand cleaner may worsen"our culture's irrational （非理性的） fear about bacteria．"Still，the clear agreement among experts is that unclean hands pose a serious health risk，and are one of the main reasons in the spread of infectious in hospitals．A 2007study estimated that，in America in 2002，such infections resulted in more than a million and a half patient illnesses and caused or contributed to nearly a hundred thousand patient deaths-about double the number of U．S．deaths currently caused each year by AIDS and guns combined．
However，I asked a food microbiologist whether clean hands might have a medical drawback．He said．"We might have a much healthier population if we adopted the kinds of condition that we see in many Third World countries，with poor-quality food and poor-quality water and lots of bacteria．If we did that，we would have adults who were very healthy and have very strong immune systems．Unfortunately，the price that we would pay would be extremely high child death rate．"

28．Why did Joe Kanfer lose money on his product according to Paragraph 1？A
A．Because people didn't think it useful．
B．Because people thought it was ugly．
C．Because it was harmful to the skin．
D．Because it burned the hands white．
29．What does Paragraph 2mainly talk about？B
A．Purell brings in lots of money for Kanfer．
B．Purell has been widely used in the US．
C．Purell is a cold preventative．
D．Purell meets different needs．
30．What mainly caused patient deaths according to the figures in Paragraph 3？C
A．People's fear about bacteria．
B．Hand cleaner．
C．Bacteria on the dirty hands．
D．AIDS and guns．
31．What can we learn about the people in Third World countries？D
A．They adopt healthy living habits．
B．They have poor immune systems．
C．They eat food with fewer hacteria．
D．Their child death rate remains high．

13．I was ____ excited at that moment _____ I didn't know what to say．（　　）

12．I had my doubts about hiring Stevie at my truckstop diner．He had Down syndrome（唐氏综合症），and I wasn't sure how my truker customers would react to him．
I shouldn't have worried．Stevie took pride in doing his job exactly right，and you had to love how hard he tried to please each person he met．The truckers loved him．
Over time，we learned that he lived with his mother，a widow（寡妇） who was disabled after repeated surgeries（手术） for cancer．They didn't have much money to live on．
Then for the first morning in three years，Steve missed work．He was getting a new valve（心脏瓣膜） or something put in his heart．His social worker said that this wasn't unexpected，and there was a good chance he would come through the surgery and be back at work in a few months．
The staff were excited later that morning when they heard he was out of surgery，in recovery and doing fine．Frannie，my head waitress，did a little dance．
Belle Ringer，one of our regular trucker customers，grinned（咧嘴而笑）．"OK，Frannie，what was that all about？"he asked．"We just got word that Stevie is out of surgery and going to be okay，"she replied．"But I don't know how he and his mom are going to pay all the bills．"Belle Ringer nodded thoughtfully，and Frannie hurried off to wait on the rest of her tables．
Stevie was thinner and paler when he came back to work，but couldn't stop grinning as he came in．I led him and his mother toward the back of the room．
We stopped in front of a bit table．Its surface was covered with coffee cups，saucers and dinner plates，all sitting on folded paper napkins （餐巾）．
"First thing you have to do，Steve，is clean up this mess，"I said．I tried to sound stern．
Stevie looked at me．And then at his mother，then pulled out one of the napkins．It had"something for Stevie"printed on the outside．As he picked it up，two 10billsfellontothetable．Steviestaredatallthenapkinsbeneaththetableware，eachwithhisnameonit．Iturnedtohismother．"There'smorethan10，000in cash and checks on that table，all from truckers and trucking companies that heard about your problems．"
While everybody else was busy shaking hands and hugging each other，Stevie，with a big smile on his face，was busy clearing all the cups and dishes from the table．Best worker I ever hired．
24．How did the author feel when he first hired Stevie？C
A．He was afraid that Stevie would not work hard．
B．He was confident that his customers would love Stevie．
C．He wasn't sure if Stevie would get on well with the truckers．
D．He was worried that Stevie would often have to ask for leave for physical checkups．
25．When Frannie learned that Stevie was out of surgery and going to be okay，sheB．
A．passed on the good news to all the truckers in the diner
B．felt excited but also worried if he could afford the bills
C．wanted to invite the other staff to visit him in the hospital
D．tried to persuade Belle Ringer to donate some money for Stevie
26．The first day Stevie came back to work，B．
A．the author asked him to clean up all the mess at the truckstop
B．the staff prepared a great surprise for him
C．he was still weak and not in a good mood
D．many truckers came to welcome him back
27．The underlined word"stern"in Paragraph 9is closest in meaning toA．
A．strict B．angry C．cheerful D．surprised．

11．When the question _____ at the meeting，no one could answer it．（　　）

10．假如英语课上老师要求同学们交换修改作文，请你修改你同桌写的以下作文．文中共有10处语言错误，要求你在错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词．增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（Λ），并在其下面写上该加的词．刪除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉．修改：在错的词下划一橫线，并在该词下面写上修改后的词．注意：1．每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；2．只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分．
My free time is filled with interested activities．I read all kinds of books in the reading-room whenever I am free．I learn much in the library than in class in this way．Meanwhile，I took part in many sports activities，of that my favorite is volleyball．I often play volleyball after the school．Sports and games keep me healthy and energetic enough to get across a variety of difficulties．Sometime I go in for social practice with my classmates outside school．Thus，I can gain much social experiences．Out-of-class activities are quite necessary for our students．Through these activities we can learn many things can not be learned in class．

9．-Professor Johnson，I've won the first place in the Final English Speech Competition．
-__________．It's really something．（　　）

	A．	Come on		B．	Absolutely
	C．	That's a good point		D．	Good for you

8．---Shall I give you some advice on how to play magic tricks？
---__________．I hope to become a magician in the future like Liu Qian．（　　）

	A．	That's all right		B．	It's up to you
	C．	It's your turn		D．	That couldn't be better

7．The Jade Rabbit is also ______ with special heater units，allowing it to function during the cold lunar nights when temperatures drop as low as-180°C （-292°F）．（　　）

6．Nowadays，some hot network languages are even in some official media，such as CCTV and People's Daily．（　　）

5．---How can I you at the station？
---Well，I'm wearing a hat and I've got a big black umbrella with me．（　　）

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