People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may “be struck by lightning”, according to doctors.

Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park. The girl, aged 15, recovered, but a year later, was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.
The girl also had a perforate eardrum（打孔耳膜）on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone. She was having general recovery in Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex.Swinda Esprit, a senior house offi­cer, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims—who can experience heart attacks on being struck— the ear problems were not.
She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less seri­ous lightning incidents, who might other­wise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone.
“We were shocked by the damage, which is why we wanted to draw attention to it,” Dr Esprit said. “A year on and she still was suffering these difficult hearing.”
They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China, South Korea, and Malaysia. In the Malaysian case, a sales executive was killed by lightning while talking on his phone during a thun­derstorm near Kuala Lumpur
“All these events resulted in death,” the doctors wrote. “This rare phe­nomenon is a public health issue, and edu­cation is necessary to stress the risk.”
The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects, including cordless or mobile phones, should not be carried out­doors during thunderstorms. However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”.
Paul Taylor, of “the Met Office”, said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal, and not related to radio waves.
Mr. Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal, similar to carrying coins or wearing rings, and people need to be warned against the possi­ble danger.
【小题1】What do we know about the teenage girl?

 People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may “be struck by lightning”, according to doctors.

Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park. The girl, aged 15, recovered, but a year later, was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.

The girl also had a perforate eardrum（打孔耳膜）on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone. She was having general recovery in Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex.Swinda Esprit, a senior house offi­cer, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims—who can experience heart attacks on being struck— the ear problems were not.

She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less seri­ous lightning incidents, who might other­wise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone.

“We were shocked by the damage, which is why we wanted to draw attention to it,” Dr Esprit said. “A year on and she still was suffering these difficult hearing.”

They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China, South Korea, and Malaysia. In the Malaysian case, a sales executive was killed by lightning while talking on his phone during a thun­derstorm near Kuala Lumpur

 “All these events resulted in death,” the doctors wrote. “This rare phe­nomenon is a public health issue, and edu­cation is necessary to stress the risk.”

The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects, including cordless or mobile phones, should not be carried out­doors during thunderstorms. However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”.

 Paul Taylor, of “the Met Office”, said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal, and not related to radio waves.

Mr. Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal, similar to carrying coins or wearing rings, and people need to be warned against the possi­ble danger.

1.What do we know about the teenage girl?

 A. She was struck by lightning at school. 

B. She completely recovered from being struck.

 C. She still suffered from mental problems. 

 D. She had to press her ear all day

2.It can be inferred that damage done by lightening while using mobile phones ______.

A. is mainly in the brain and muscle of the victims                  

B. can be healed quickly except for heart attacks

C. is less serious because the victims can usually recover                       

D. is more serious than that when one is not using a mobile phone  

3. Why did doctors stress the risk about using phones outside in lightening?

A. Because more people are faced with it.  

B. Because some deaths have been caused.

C. Because lightning is harmful for the brain.  

 D. Because a teenage girl got killed.

4.We can infer from the last three paragraphs that ______.

A. both cordless and mobile phones are safe to use outside in lightning

B. there is no direct connection between lightning and ear injuries at all

C. opinions differ as to whether it is safe to use mobiles phones in lightning

D. ear injuries are the result of carrying coins or wearing rings in lightning

5. The purpose in writing this passage is ______.

A. to draw attention to the risk of using mobile phones in lightening

B. to focus on various damages done to lightning victims

C. to tell us the news that a teenage girl was struck by lightning

D. to stress the danger of making phone calls in lightning

People should be warned against using mobile phones outdoors in stormy weather because they may “be struck by lightning”, according to doctors.

Three experts have described how a teenage girl was struck by lightning while using her phone in a large London park. The girl, aged 15, recovered, but a year later was still wheelchair-bound and found to be suffering complex physical and emotional problems.

The girl also had a perforate eardrum（打孔耳膜）on the side where she had been holding the mobile phone. She was having general recovery in Northwick Park Hospital, Middlesex.

Swinda Esprit, a senior house offi??cer, said that while the brain and muscle damage was similar to that of many lightning victims—who can experience heart attacks on being struck— the ear problems were not.

She said that the damages were particularly relevant for people who might be involved in less seri??ous lightning incidents, who might other??wise recover, but would never get their full hearing back if struck while on the phone.

“We were shocked by the damage, which is why we wanted to draw attention to it,” Dr Esprit said. “A year on and she still was suffering these difficult hearing.”

They added that three other cases had been reported in newspapers in China, South Korea, and Malaysia. In the Malaysian case, a sales executive was killed by lightning while talking on his phone during a thun??derstorm near Kuala Lumpur.

“All these events resulted in death,” the doctors wrote. “This rare phe??nomenon is a public health issue, and edu??cation is necessary to stress the risk.”

The Australian Lightning Protection Standard recommends that metallic objects, including cordless or mobile phones, should not be carried out??doors during thunderstorms. However, “the United States National Weather Service says on its website that both are safe to use “because there is no direct path between you and the lightening”.

 Paul Taylor, of “the Met Office”, said the ear injuries were a consequence of mobile phones being metal, and not related to radio waves.

Mr. Taylor said that mobile phones should be treated as another piece of metal, similar to carrying coins or wearing rings, and people need to be warned against the possi??ble danger.

51. What do we know about the teenage girl?

   A. She was struck by lightning at school.

   B. She completely recovered from being struck.

   C. She still suffered from mental problems.

   D. She had to press her ear all day.

52. It can be inferred that damage done by lightening while using mobile phones ______.

A. is more serious than that when one is not using a mobile phone                         

B. can be healed quickly except for heart attacks

C. is less serious because the victims can usually recover                   

D. is mainly in the brain and muscle of the victims

53. Why did doctors stress the risk about using phones outside in lightening?

A. Because more people are faced with it.     B. Because some deaths have been caused.

C. Because lightning is harmful for the brain.   D. Because a teenage girl got killed.

54. We can infer from the last three paragraphs that ______.

A. both cordless and mobile phones are safe to use outside in lightning

B. there is no direct connection between lightning and ear injuries at all

C. opinions differ as to whether it is safe to use mobiles phones in lightning

D. ear injuries are the result of carrying coins or wearing rings in lightning

55. The purpose in writing this passage is ______.

A. to draw attention to the risk of using mobile phones in lightening

B. to focus on various damages done to lightning victims

C. to tell us the news that a teenage girl was struck by lightning

D. to stress the danger of making phone calls in lightning

阅读下列短文，从每题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项。

　　Susan Sontag (1933～2004) was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything---to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early thirties, publishing essays in such important magazines as. Partisan Review, she appeared as the symbol of American cultural life, trying hard to follow every new development in literature, film and art. With great effort and serious judgment, Sontag walked at the latest edge of world culture.

　　Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords, but at a time when the barriers between the well-edu-cated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasures of pop culture. In Notes on Camp, the 1964 essay that first made her name, she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult un-derstandings, through which she could not have been more famous. "Notes on Camp", she wrote, represents "a victory of 'form' over 'content', 'beauty' over 'morals'".

　　By conviction (信念) she was a sensualist (感觉论者), but by nature she was a moralist (伦理学者), and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s, it was the latter side of her that came forward. In Illness as Metaphor---published in 1978, after she suffered cancer---she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities (被压抑的个性), a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.

　　In America her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up perfect society in California, won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was tireless, all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame. "Sometimes," she once said. "I feel that, in the end, all I am really defending... is the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness." And in the end, she made us take it seriously too.

(1) The underlined sentence in Paragraph 1 means Sontag ________.

[　　]

A．was a symbol of American cultural life

B．developed world literature, film and art

C．published many essays about world culture

D．kept pace with the newest development of world culture

(2) She first won her name through ________.

[　　]

A．her story of a Polish actress

B．her book Illness as Metaphor

C．publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Reoiew

D．her explanation of a set of difficult understandings

(3) According to the passage, Susan Sontag ________.

[　　]

A．was a sensualist as well as a moralist

B．looked down upon the pop culture

C．thought content was more important than form

D．blamed the victim of cancer for being repressed

(4) As for Susan Sontag's lifelong habit, she ________.

[　　]

A．misunderstood the idea of seriousness

B．re-examined old positions

C．argued for an openness to pop culture

D．preferred morals to beauty

(5) Susan Sontag's lasting fame was made upon ________.

[　　]

A．a tireless, all-purpose cultural view

B．her lifelong watchword: seriousness

C．publishing books on morals

D．enjoying books worth reading and movies worth seeing