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Kieron Williamson, a seven-year-old British boy, is being recognized as an art genius after selling 16 paintings for 18,000 pounds in just 14 minutes．This boy has artistic skills that would be the envy of any serious painter and drawn comparisons to Pablo Picasso, a child prodigy （神童） who became one of the most recognized artists of the 20th century.
It all began on a family holiday to Cornwall on the southwest English coast when Kieron was five．Inspired by the view, he asked his parents for his first sketch-pad （速写纸）．From that moment on, he became deeply interested．While supportive, Kieron’s parents are careful not to push their son．He only paints when and what he wants.
He has a waiting list of hundreds and requests for his work have been flooding in．His father said a sale of Kieron’s works held in November even drew a buyer from Japan．“We had people driving down that night, there were people on the door waiting to come in the morning who had been standing outside, the phones were going mad as soon as the door opened at nine o’clock and within 14 minutes all the 16 pictures had gone,” he said.
All this talent, money and high praise could so easily go to a young boy’s head, but Kieron said his friends keep him grounded．“Some of them want to be as good as me and some of them think… Umn, ‘you are not too special’,” he said.
Kieron’s favourite painter is British artist Edward Seago and he has spent some of his earnings buying a work by his hero．The rest is being invested by his parents until he reaches 25．Kieron’s parents and his younger sister Billi-Jo don’t see him as anything other than a normal seven-year-old who likes to tear around the house and who’s mad about football．But for now, with so much still to learn, there’s only one thing he wants to be when he grows up．He said, “I think I’ll definitely be an artist.”
1．According to Paragraph 1, we can know Kieron Williamson .
A．painted 16 paintings in only 14 minutes
B．draws as well as Picasso did
C．is one of the most recognized artists
D．has unusual ability in paintings
2．What made Kieron Williamson begin to love painting?
A．His first sketch-pad． B．His parents’ encouragement.
C．The view at the seaside． D．His swimming near the coast.
3．In Kieron Williamson’s friends’ opinion, he .
A．is famous but a little proud
B．isn’t very special from other children
C．isn’t worth praising at all
D．is hard to get along with
4．It can be inferred from the last paragraph that .
A．Edward Seago thinks highly of Kieron’s f painting
B．Kieron likes do sports and painting instead of studying
C．Kieron’s family is very poor
D．Kieron wants to be a great painter
5．The passage mainly tells us .
A．a seven-year-old painting genius
B．how to be a great painter
C．Kieron Williamson may become the second Pacasso
D．the painting changed Kieron Williamson’s life greatly
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Dr. Shetty came from a rich family in India. He had a good education and then trained as a doctor in India. After qualifying（具备资格）, he went to Birmingham in the UK where he received his first training in heart surgery（外科；手术）. Later, he moved to London where he worked as a cardiologist in Guy's Hospital. He enjoyed working in England but he knew that there was a great need for cardiologists in India. Dr. Shetty knew that there were very few hospitals in India providing good medical care for poor people.
Many very poor people cannot afford the cost of hospital care so they cannot receive good health care. Dr. Shetty believed that this was wrong and he set out to provide hospital care for poor people. In Kolkata there are well-equipped hospitals but they only provide health services for those who can pay. In 1987, he set up a hospital in that city and, in 1997, he founded the Manipal Heart Foundation with 450 beds for patients who need heart operations.
Later, he was able to set up the Rabindranath Tagore International Institute of Cardiac Sciences in Kolkata. This center provides general health care but in particular it provides treatment for patients with heart diseases. However, he wanted to do more; he wanted to provide for people in the countryside. Now he has set up Coronary Care Units (CCUs) in the far-away areas of the northeast of India which are linked（联系）by television to the hospital in Kolkata. Patients can now go to a local hospital with a CCU and receive treatment from a doctor far away through this link.
The cost of running the hospital is far cheaper than in many other countries. One of the reasons for this is that the doctors are specialists in particular operations. They may perform five heart operations in one day while in other countries a heart specialist will only perform one a day. Dr. Shetty's idea is clear. He says,“I have never practised medicine for my personal gain. I began as a social worker and I am continuing in that way. I dream, breathe and live healthcare.”He operates free on children and has conducted more than 5000 operations on young people from poor families out of more than 13000.
(1)We may know from this passage that a cardiologist is ________.
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A．a doctor who is specially good at treating heart diseases
B．a person who cares the health for poor people
C．a doctor who receives his training in a foreign country
D．a person who works as a doctor in a foreign country
(2)Shetty founded the Manipal Heart Foundation ________.
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A．to offer health care for poor people
B．because there was no well-equipped hospitals for heart disease patients
C．because there was no good health care for poor people in that city
D．to offer his special help to people
(3)The setting up of CCUs can ________.
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A．offer general health care to all the people in Kolkata
B．cure（治愈）more patients with heart disease
C．offer help to those patients living far away from big cities
D．help people to receive treatment directly from Shetty
(4)By saying“... I dream, breathe and live health-care.”Shetty means ________.
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A．he lives a happy life because of his good health
B．be wants to give healthcare to more people
C．he would give all his life to people's healthcare
D．he could only do things about people's health- care
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The dog, called Prince, was an intelligent animal and a slave to Williams. From morning till night, when Williams was at home, Prince never left his sight, practically (几乎) ignoring all other members of the family. The dog had a number of clearly defined duties, for which Williams had patiently trained him and, like the good pupil he was, Prince lived for the chance to demonstrate (举出实例证明) his abilities. When Williams wanted to put on his boots, he would murmur “Boots” and within seconds the dog would drop them at his feet. At nine every morning ran off to the general store in the village, returning shortly not only with Williams's daily paper but with a half- ounce packet of Williams's favorite tobacco. John Rhiney's Mixed, a gun-dog by breed (牲畜等的种), Prince possessed a large soft mouth specially evolved (进化) for the safe carrying of hunted creatures, so the paper and tobacco came to no harm, never even showing a tooth mark.
Williams was a railway man, an engine driver, and he wore a blue uniform smelled of oil and oil fuel. He had to work at odd (临时的) times棥—days” or “nights”. Over the years Prince got to know these periods of work and rest, knew when his master would leave the house and return, and the dog did not waste this knowledge. If Williams overslept, as he often did, Prince barked (狗叫) at the bedroom door until he woke, much to the annoyance (恼怒) of the family. On his return, Willams's slippers were brought to him, the paper and tobacco too if previously undelivered.
A curious thing happened to Williams during the snow and ice of last winter. One evening he slipped and fell on the icy pavement (人行道) somewhere between the village and his home. He was so badly shaken that he stayed in bed for three days; and not until he got up and dressed again did he discover that he had lost his wallet containing over fifty pounds. The house was turned upside down in the search, but the wallet was not found. However, two days later-that was five days after the fall Prince dropped the wallet into Williams' hand. Very muddy, stained and wet through, the little case still contained fifty-three pounds, Williams's driving license and a few other papers. Where the dog had found it no one could tell, but he had found it and recognized it probably by the faint oil smell on the worn leather.
1．Which of the following is true about Prince?
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A．The dog had few chances to do his duties
B．The dog protected Williams from the others in the family.
C．Prince behaved as he did through fear of Williams.
D．The dog would de anything for Williams.
2．It can be learned from the passage that gun-dogs ________.
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A．are the fastest runners of all dogs
B．dogs whose teeth are removed when they are young
C．can carry birds, etc. without hurting them
D．breed well, producing many young dogs
3．It upset Williams's wife and family when ________.
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A．Williams had to go to work at night
B．the dog tried to wake up Williams.
C．Williams made them all get up early
D．the dog would not let them see the newspaper
4．Williams did not realize his loss for several days because ________.
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A．he trusted the dog to find the wallet
B．he was unconscious all that time
C．he thought the wallet was in the house
D．he had no occasion to feel in his pockets
5．The dog thought it was Williams's wallet because ________.
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A．he found it where Williams had fallen
B．he had seen it before and recognized it
C．of the mud that was on it
D．the scent of it was familiar to him
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在某访谈节目中，五位嘉宾分别回答了来自主持人的五个问题，对少年儿童提出建议。请从下列提问（A, B, C, D, E和F）中选出与嘉宾的回答相匹配的问题。
Questions:
| A．Whatwouldyousaytoteenswhoaresufferingfromdepression? | B．Doyouhaveanysuggestionsforsomeoneinterestedinyourjob? |
| C．Doyouhaveanysolutionsforteens’writingdifficulty? | |
| D．What advice can you give a young person on how to be a filmmaker or a writer? |
F. After all these years in the limelight, how do you deal with critics?
1._________________________________________
George Lucas’ answer
Well, I would say you have to be persistent first of all, because it’s a very hard thing to get into, and it’s very hard to make it because the odds are against you. So you have to really love it; kids who get into it because they think they’re going to make a lot of money or be famous or tell a lot of people what to do all the time will never make it. But if you’re obsessed with film and you love to tell stories and you love writing in that medium, then that will give you the strength to be persistent and make it happen.
2. _________________________________________
Tom Fontana’s answer
I’ve never had writer’s block. I’m trying my luck because I’m hoping never to have it. As far as suggestions, I don’t know. If you write at the same time every day, your brain and your heart will be there, ready to go to work. It’s like how you eat at the same time over the course of the day – you should be available to write at the same time every day. If you have nothing to write, you should still write. Whether you write your name 100 times or describe a banana. If you write for five minutes, and you just get the words down, at least you’re doing something.
3. _________________________________________
Drew Barrymore’s answer
I would just say to persevere and find people who are safe and honest and who will give you tough love and guide you through, because you really can’t do everything on your own. You need love and support around you, and to believe that you will get past these hard times. You will overcome. Things will get better. Life is a series of ups and downs, and the good news is that when you’re in a low, it will always go up again. Life is not a free journey. There are a lot of lessons you have to learn along the way, but just appreciate the gift of it and find people who will be honest with you.
4. _________________________________________
Richard Seltzer’s answer
Become a doctor first because a writer doesn’t make a living – you have to support yourself and your family. But writing is a very individual thing. It’s like your fingerprint – on one else has exactly your style. A lucky writer will discover his or her style but an unlucky one will always be trying to force himself into an unnatural writing style. It’s uncomfortable, and for them, writing is painful. I’ve never suffered. My life has been a series of small, everyday events. If I feel I have rendered on little bit of life in the most compelling language I can find and am satisfied with it, that is an event I cherish.
5. _________________________________________
Ms. Jamie Hobart’s answer
It is a long road after medical school and internship but my job is different every day and very interesting. Not everyone can do this job. Autopsies are very different from any other medical job. Here we don't really let anyone under 18 watch or participate in an autopsy. So take a basic anatomy course in college and if you don't mind the cadavers, then you might follow it further. You have to have a very strong stomach and a strong interest in the science. If you decide you really like forensics (the work of scientists who examine evidence in order to help the police solve crimes) but don’t want to do autopsies there are lots of other things in the forensic field like the DNA labor various evidence – related specialties. 查看习题详情和答案>>