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A few years ago, SARS  __16__ out in the mainland of China, causing some people __17__ (kill) or nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe that there was __18___ time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find ____19__the cause of this deadly disease. They invited all the most ___20___  (experience) experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _____21____ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope_____22____ picking up and had the new medicine tested on him. _____23_____ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, ____24___ (tell) him this exciting news. For convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the ___25____ hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.

A few years ago, SARS _1.______ out in the mainland of China, causing some people _2.________ (kill) or nearly got close to death. The situation was so severe that there was_3.______ time to debate who is to blame. The most important thing for the government to do is to find out the __4.________ of this deadly disease. They invited all the most  __5._______ (experience) experts in this field to discuss and quite a few suggestions were put forward. Some of the top experts then tested them to see _6._______ they were available. Doctor Zhong Nanshan chose one patient who was seriously ill and had little hope_7._______ picking up and had the new medicine tested on him. __8.______ his great joy, this patient recovered! He made his way to his office and telephoned the top official, __9._______ (tell) him this exciting news. For convenience, he moved to live in his office. His method did make sense. Not soon after that, the __10.___ hospitals also controlled this terrible disease and kicked it out finally.

       "Have you ever been out on a boat and felt it lifted up by a wave? Or have you jumped in the

water and felt the rush of energy as waves came over you?" asked Jamie Taylor of the Wave Energy Group at the University of Edinburgh．"There is certainly a lot of energy in waves," he said．Scientists are working to use that energy to make electricity．Most waves are created when

winds blow across the ocean．"The wind starts out by making little ripples (涟漪) , but if they

keep on blowing, those ripples get bigger and bigger and turn into waves," Taylor said．" Waves

are one of nature 's ways of picking up energy and then sending it off on a journey.

       When waves come toward the shore, people can set up dams to block the water and send it

through a large wheel called a turbine (涡轮机) ．The turbine can then power an electrical
generator to produce electricity .

       "The resource is huge," said Janet Swain of the World watch Institute．"We will never run out of wave power．" Besides, wave energy does not create the same pollution as other energy sources, such as oil or coal．Oceans cover three-quarters of the Earth's surface - that would make wave power seem ideal for creating energy throughout the world, though there are some weak points yet to overcome．

       Swain said that wave power still costs too much money．She also said that its effects on sea animals are still unknown．What is more, wave power could affect fishing and boat traffic.

       Traditional sources of energy like oil and gas may someday run out．" Demand for energy to

power our TVs and computers, drive our cars, and heat and cool our homes is rising rapidly throughout the world," Swain said．In the future when you turn on a light, an ocean wave could be

providing the electricity!

64．The writer uses the two questions at the beginning of the passage to _______.

       A．test the readers' knowledge about waves

       B．draw the readers' attention to the topic

       C．show Jamie Taylor's importance

       D．invite the readers to answer them
65．The underlined phrase "picking up" (paragraph 2) is closest in meaning to _______.

       A．starting again       B．speeding up         C．gathering             D．improving
66．We can make better use of wave energy if we _______.

       A．shorten its journey to thousands of homes

       B．build more small power stations on the oceans

       C．reduce the cost of turning it into electric power

       D．quicken the steps of producing electricity

67．It can be inferred that some day we might not worry about ________.

       A．air pollution                                         B．our boat traffic    

       C．our power supply                                D．our supply of sea fish

Have you ever thought about what you would like to do after school? Perhaps one of these rather different jobs will suit you.

TASTER: Food companies need people to taste the products that they are making. So many kinds of no bad-tasting food are put onto the supermarket shelves. All tasters do all day is take small bites of food. They make notes of what tastes good and what tastes bad. It is not a job for those who would like to stay thin.

SNAKE MILKER: This involves taking the poison out of a snake’s teeth. You hold the snake over a glass and make it open its mouth very wide. The poison will then drip from the back of the teeth into the glass; this is known as milking the snake. You have to be very brave if you want to try this.

GOLF BALL HUNTER: You will spend your day diving into waterholes at different golf courses to hunt for lost golf balls. You could be picking up as many as 5,000 balls a day. Many golfers are willing to buy used golf balls and you could be making a lot of money.

CLOCK CLEANER: Every day you will be climbing to the top of the clock towers in the city. Your responsibilities will be to oil, wind and repair the clocks. This is not a job for someone who is afraid of heights.

1. If you are a taster, you will          .

A. pick up golf balls                                   B. oil and repair the clocks

C. get some milk from snakes                              D. try different kinds of food

2. If you are afraid of heights, you’d better not choose the job as a          .

A. taster                  B. snake milker               C. clock cleaner                D. golf ball hunter

3. You can probably find this passage in a          .

A. newspaper       B. textbook                    C. report                            D. novel