【题目】It is difficult for doctors to help a person with a hurt brain. Without enough blood, the brain lives only three to five minutes. Sometimes the hurt brain gets better by itself. More often the doctors can't fix the hurt brain. Sometimes they are afraid to try something to help. It is dangerous to work on the brain. The doctor might make the person worse if he works on the brain.

Dr. Robert J. White, a famous professor and doctor, thinks he knows a way to help. He thinks doctors should try to make the brain become very cold. If it is very cold, the brain can live without blood for 30 minutes. This gives the doctors a longer time to do something for the brain.

Dr. White tried his idea on 13 monkeys. First he taught them to do different jobs. Then he opera-ted on them. He made the monkeys' blood go through a machine. The machine cooled the blood. Then the machine sent the blood back to the monkeys' brains. When the brain temperature was 10 degrees. Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations, the monkeys were like they were before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.

Dr. White's idea works well on the monkeys. Are there other problems with human beings? Dr. White thinks doctors will use his idea on human beings. He thinks it will help people who have heart problems, too. A person doesn't have to die when his heart stops? doctors can start it again. The problem comes when the brain is without blood for three to five minutesthe person has a living body, but a dead brain. Maybe in the future, doctors will try Dr. White's idea. When the person's heart stops, the doctors will quickly try to cool the brain. They will have 30 minutes to start the heart again. Maybe there will be no problem with the brain.

1 People probably die when __________.

A. their brain dies

B. their heart stops

C. they stop breathing

D. their brain becomes very hot

2 Dr. White thinks his idea about cooling the brain will work because __________.

A. he has tried it on people

B. he has tried it on monkeys

C. he has tried it on heart problems

D. he has tried it on himself

3 Which of the following is not true?

A. Doctors can begin the heart again in five minutes.

B. Doctors can begin the heart again after 30 minutes.

C. Doctors can change patients' hearts.

D. Doctors can change a person's face.

4 According to the writer__________.

A. it is not difficult to repair the brain damage

B. it is worse to make a mistake on the brain than any other part of the body

C. brain is not an important part in one's body

D. brain doesn't need blood

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Living in a foreign country is fun, but it isn’t always easy. There are many differences between cultures and although some of these differences are unimportant, they can cause a lot of embarrassments. I spoke to a few foreign friends about how they experienced culture shock in China.

Aubin arrived two months ago from Europe to take part in a language programme in Shanghai. Before he left, he was actually taught the differences between European and Chinese cultures, including everything from table manners to classroom behavior. However, some things have still taken him by surprise. For example, he couldn’t understand why waiters did not want to accept the tips he gave them after meals in restaurants. I had to explain to him that people don’t usually tip in China and that this comes from the Confucian (儒家的,孔子的) idea that one must avoid accepting any undue(不适当的) income.

Another friend, Julia, came to Guangzhou from London to teach at a language school. After a month, she told me that she was really let down(失望的) by her students. I asked her why and she told me that they were so quiet that she was the only person talking in class and it felt like the children were punishing her by making her talk to the walls! I explained to her that the children were simply respectful, but she said that it would be more respectful if they answered her questions.

And it is not only the West and the East that have cultural differences. Even Korea and China, two countries that are very close to each other, have differences too. “I thought Chinese and Korean people were similar in some ways,” said my friend Ji-Hyun in perfect Chinese, “but I was wrong. In ancient times the Chinese used to take their shoes off before entering a house. They don’t do that anymore, but Korean people still do! I keep getting that wrong even though I’ve been here for five years!”

Luckily, whether we take our shoes off or not, or leave unnecessary tips, the world still runs perfectly. In my opinion, cultural differences should simply be seen as a way of making life interesting. Imagine how boring it would be if we all did everything in exactly the same way! Learning to understand and respect differences is, after all, what life is all about.

Living with differences

Theme

People will meet a 【1】___ culture while living in a foreign country, which can make them feel2___.

3____ of foreign friends in China

Aubin couldn’t understand why waiters refused to4______ the tips he gave them after meals in restaurants.

Julia felt really5_____ because no one talked in class except herself and thought that if the students6____her, they should answer her questions.

Ji-Hyun believed there were some similarities between Chinese and Korean people and thought it was wrong that people wore their shoes when they7________ a house.

8___________

We should consider cultural differences as a way to9______ life interesting.

We would be 【10____ with life if we did everything in the same way.

【题目】A couple had a son eleven years after they married. They were a loving couple and the boy was the apple of their eye. When the boy was around four years old, one day the father was very tired after work so he asked his wife to pick up their son. The mother, who was very busy in the kitchen, totally forgot about it.

Later the boy lost his way on the street. When the son was found missing, the mother hurried to look for him, but she didn’t find him. The mother felt very sad and didn’t know how to face her husband.

When the father went to the police station after hearing that the son was missing, he looked at his wife and said just four words. What do you think the four words were? The husband just said "I love you, darling."

The son was missing. If she had picked him up earlier, this would not have happened. There is no point in blaming (责备) anyone. His wife had also lost her only child. What his wife needed at that moment was comfort and understanding from her husband. That is what the husband gave his wife. Several weeks later, with the help of the police, the couple finally found their lost son. The family’s relationship became stronger over that time.

Sometimes we spend lots of time asking who is to blame. We miss many chances to give each other support and let each other feel the warmth of human relationships. Get rid of all your unwillingness to forgive, selfishness, and fears and you will find the world is much more wonderful.

【1】What is the meaning of the underlined phrase “the apple of their eye”?

A. A person who always has a sweet smile in their opinion.

B. A person who is as pretty as an apple in their opinion.

C. A person who is loved more than anyone else in their opinion.

D. A person who looks like an apple in their opinion.

2Why didn’t the father pick the boy up himself?

A. He was very lazy.

B. He thought the mother had picked him up.

C. He forgot to pick him up.

D. He was too tired to do it.

3What can we learn from this passage?

A. Be careful in everything you do.

B. Love is the most important thing.

C. Learn to forgive others.

D. Everyone can make mistakes.

4What do you think of the husband?

A. Warm-hearted. B. Careful.

C. Hard-working. D. Broad-minded.

【题目】When Gretch en Baxter gets home from work as a New York City book editor, she checks her cellphone at the door. "I think we are attached to these devices (装置)in a way that is not always positive, " says Baxter, who'd rather focus at home on her husband and 12-year-old daughter. "It's there but we get crazy sometimes and we don't know where it should stop. "

Americans are connected at unprecedented (前所未有的)levels—93% now use cellphones or wireless devices; one-third of those are "smartphones" that allow users to surf the Internet and check e-mails, among other things. The benefits are obvious checking messages on the road, staying in touch with friends and family, efficiently using time once spent waiting around.

The downside Often, we're effectively disconnecting from those in the same room.

That's why, despite all the technology that makes communicating easier than ever, 2010 was the Year We Stopped Talking to One Another. From texting at dinner to posting on Facebook at work or checking e-mails while on a date, the connectivity revolution is creating a lot of divided attention. Many analysts say it's time to step back and reassess.

"What we're going to see in the future is new opportunities for people to be connected like never before, " says Scott Campbell, assistant professor of communication studies at the University of Michigan, who studies the social implications (暗示)of using mobile devices. "It can be a good thing. But I also see the traditional social structure is getting somewhat torn apart. "

Sherry Turkic, director of the MIT Initiative on Technology and Self in Cambridge, Mass, wants to remind people that technology can be turned off. "Our human purpose is to really have connections with people," she says. "We have to reclaim (收回)it. It's not going to happen naturally."

1 According to the first paragraph, Gretchen Baxter thinks _____ .

A. cellphones are not always helpful

B. we benefit a lot from the invention of cellphones

C. using cellphones too much may be bad for health

D. cellphones play an important role in her life

2 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

A. People communicate more now than in the past.

B. Using mobile devices can focus people's attention quickly.

C. 93% of Americans often use cellphones to surf the Internet.

D. The use of mobile devices has a negative effect on the traditional social structure.

3 What is Sherry Turkle’s attitude towards using mobile devices?

A. Positive.

B. Negative.

C. Confused.

D. Uncertain.

4 The main purpose of the passage is to tell readers that _____ .

A. something must be done for people to get a real connection with others

B. cellphones may be replaced by new devices

C. cellphones should be turned off on some occasions

D. people should have more connections with others

【题目】They were sitting together on a dull afternoon when Hannah hurried in with a telegram. Mrs March read and dropped it with her hands shaking. Jo picked up the telegram and read it in a frightened voiceMrs March, your husband is very ill. Come at once. S. Hale, Blank Hospital, Washington.

The girls moved close to their mother. All their happiness vanished in a moment.

I shall go at once said Mrs March. Oh, my children For several minutes, there was only the sound of crying, and then Hannah hurried away to get away to get things ready for the long journey.

"Where's Laurie? " Mrs March asked. "Here" said the boy. "Oh, let me do something! " "Send a telegram back" said Mrs March. The next train goes early in the morning. Now, I must write a note to Aunt March.

Jo knew that the money for the journey must be borrowed from Aunt March, and she wanted to do something to help her father. Laurie went off to take the note to Aunt March and to send the telegram. Jo got some things from the shops.

Father will need good food and wine to help him get better, and there won't be much at the hospital" said Mrs March. "Beth, go and ask Mr Laurence for a couple of bottles of wine. ,,

Laurie came back with a letter and money from Aunt March, but Jo did not return. It was in the late afternoon that Jo came back and gave her mother some money.

That's to help make Father comfortable and bring him home99 she said.

Twenty-five dollars! said Mrs March. My dear, where did you get it? Jo took off her hat. "My dear, there was no need for this" said Mrs March. "Don't cry, Beth" said Jo. I'll soon have curly hair again.

After their mother went away, they all helped Hannah with housework. News of their father came, telling them he was slowly getting better.

1 The underlined word vanished in Paragraph 2 probably means __________.

A. burst

B. disappeared

C. jumped

D. rushed

2 What can be inferred from the passage?

A. Mrs March was not rich.

B. Hannah was younger than Jo and Laurie.

C. The children didn't care about their father.

D. Mrs March left for the hospital immediately.

3 How did Jo get the money?

A. By asking her friends for help.

B. By helping others work.

C. By selling her nice hair.

D. By breaking her pig bank.

4It can be learned from the passage that Mrs March's children were __________.

A. selfish

B. kind

C. helpful

D. delighted

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