根据首字母及中文填写正确的单词（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）
1. I could see a tall f_______ over there, but when I came near, I found it wasn’t a person.
2. After a few days’ stay in hospital, Mr. Green r_______  from his illness. 
3. In China, young children are usually taught to r_______ the old people.
4. He is a f_______ as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.
5. After g_____________ from university, he worked as a newspaper reporter.
6. The students are making p__________ for the coming mid- examination.    
7. Attention should be paid to m_______ good use of English newspapers rather than selling materials to students.
8. I am trying to lose weight because I’m so a________ of my body.
9. The children had an a_______ about what game to play, but they reached an agreement in the end.
10. He is so shy that he often feels e____________ about making speeches in public.

By day he is just a normal cat but when the lights go out, he glows (发光) in the dark.

Scientists have genetically modified (更改) a cat as part of an experiment that could lead to treatments for diseases.

   Named Mr. Green Genes, he looks like a six-month-old cat but, under ultraviolet (紫外线的) light, his eyes, gums (牙龈) and tongue glow green. That is the result of a genetic experiment at the Audubon Center for Research of Endangered Species in New Orleans, US.

   Mr. Green Genes is the first fluorescent (荧光的) cat in the US and probably the world, said Betsy Dresser, the center's director.

   The researchers made him so they could learn whether a gene could be introduced harmlessly into a cat's genetic sequence (次序).

   If so, it would be the first step in a process that could lead to the development of ways to treat diseases via gene therapy (治疗).

   The gene, which was added to Mr. Green Genes' DNA, has no effect on his health, Ms Dresser said.

   Cats are ideal for this project because their genetic makeup is similar to that of humans, said Dr Martha Gomez, a scientist at the center.

   To show that the gene went where it was supposed to go, the researchers settled on one that would glow.

   The gene "is just a marker"， said Leslie Lyons, an assistant professor at the University of California, Davis. Lyons is familiar with the center's work.

   "The glowing part is the fun part," she said.

   Glowing creatures made international news earlier this month when the Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to three scientists who had discovered the gene through their work with jellyfish (水母).

51. Which of the following might be the best title for the passage?

A. A Glowing Cat         B. Mr. Green Genes

C. One Cat’s Life         D. An experiment on cats

52. What can we conclude from the passage?

A. Fortunately, scientists have found ways to treat diseases via gene therapy.

B. Scientists think cats’ genetic makeup is the same as that of human beings.

C. Three scientists who had discovered the gene were given Nobel Prize in  Physics.

D. Scientists have managed to introduce a gene into a cat’s genetic sequence.               

53. What does “settled on”  most probably mean in Paragraph 9?

A. chose       B. killed     C. took        D. raised

54. From the passage we can see that ____.

A. Mr. Green Genes was made by researchers to treat diseases

B. the cat named Mr. Green Genes can glow when it is dark

C. Mr. Green Genes is the first fluorescent cat in the world

D. Mr. Green Genes is a cat of seven months old up to now

55. Which of the following is WRONG according to the text?

A. The gene added to Mr. Green Genes’ DNA doesn’t affect its health at all.

B. The scientists came up with the idea of the glowing genes totally for fun.

C. Earlier this month glowing creatures became news all through the world.

D. Scientists had discovered the gene from the jellyfish they worked with.

Mr. Green is said _____ an experiment to prove the new method of solving　the problem when young.

A. to do             B. to have done       C. to be doing        D. to have been doing

根据首字母及中文填写正确的单词（共10小题；每小题0.5分，满分5分）

1. I could see a tall f_______ over there, but when I came near, I found it wasn’t a person.

2. After a few days’ stay in hospital, Mr. Green r_______  from his illness. 

3. In China, young children are usually taught to r_______ the old people.

4. He is a f_______ as an artist, but a success as an art teacher.

5. After g_____________ from university, he worked as a newspaper reporter.

6. The students are making p__________ for the coming mid- examination.    

7. Attention should be paid to m_______ good use of English newspapers rather than selling materials to students.

8. I am trying to lose weight because I’m so a________ of my body.

9. The children had an a_______ about what game to play, but they reached an agreement in the end.

10. He is so shy that he often feels e____________ about making speeches in public.

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23—The House of Representatives, which prides itself on being “the People’s House” has been turning into a rich man’s club.

The representatives newly elected in 1984 were almost four times as wealthy as the first term lawmakers elected only six years before, according to a new study on the members’ financial reports.

Behind this remarkable swing, the study says, are two main factors: a court decision that outlawed limits on what candidates could give to their own campaigns, and the enormous growth in the cost of pursuing a seat in congress. As a result, it is increasingly difficult for candidates of modest means, particularly women to amount successful challenge to entrenched office holders.

One solution, the authors contend, is a system of public financing for campaigns, but congress seems in no mood to change the political rules any time soon.

“The lower chamber is going upper class,” said Mark Green, the president of The Democracy Project, a public policy institute based in New York. “But this evolution from a House of Representatives to a House of Lords denies the diversity of our democracy. It establishes a de facto property qualification for office that increasingly says: low and middle income need not apply.

The Democracy Project produced the study in cooperation with the United States Public Interest Research Group, a similar institute situated in Washington. But their research was not entirely theoretical. In 1980 Mr Green was the unsuccessful Democratic candidate for Congress in New York’s 15th District, in Manhattan. The winner was Bill Green, one of the wealthiest members of Congres

What can we know from the passage?

A. The House of Representatives is poor men’s club.

B. The House of Representatives was made up of people with low and middle income.

C. The House of Representatives was rich men’s club.

D. The House of Representatives is made up of people with low and middle income.

What does “this remarkable swing” in the second paragraph refer to?

A. The House of Representatives prides itself on being “the people’s House”.

B. The new study based on the members’ financial reports.

C. A court decision that outlawed limits on what candidates could give to their own campaigns.

D. The representatives elected now are much wealthier than those elected a few years ago.

Which of the following is NOT true according to the study?

A. Any honest man can become a representative of the House.

B. Women are more difficult than men to be an entrenched office holder.

C. Limits on what a candidate could give to his campaign are outlawed.

D. One must spend much money getting a seat in the Congress.

What is the United States Public Interest Research Group like?

A. The House of Representatives.

B. A public policy institute based in New York.

C. A public policy institute based in Washington.

D. The House of lords.