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Everybody may have seen the film Death on the Nile(《尼罗河上的惨案》) , but nobody can imagine that the writer of the story, Agatha Christie, saved a baby in a most unusual way.
In June 1977, a baby girl became seriously ill in Deleville. Doctors there were unable to find out the cause of her illness, so she was sent to a famous hospital in London, where there were many excellent doctors. The baby was so seriously ill that a team of doctors hurried to examine her without any delay. The doctors, too, were puzzled by the baby's illness, and they also became discouraged. Just then a nurse asked to speak to them.
“I think the baby is suffering from thallium poisoning(铊中毒) ,” said the nurse, “A few days ago, I read a story A Pale Horse written by Agatha Christie. Someone uses thallium poison, and all the symptoms(症状) are written in the book. They are exactly the same as the baby's.”
“You're very good at observing things,” said a doctor, “and you may be right. We'll carry out some tests and find out whether the cause is thallium poisoning or not.”
The tests proved that the baby had indeed been poisoned by thallium. Once they knew the cause, the doctor' were able to give her correct treatment. The baby soon got well and was sent back to Deleville. A week later it was reported that the poison might have come from an insecticide(杀虫剂) used in Deleville.
1．The baby was sent to a famous hospital in London because ________.
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A．the doctors in Deleville couldn't find the cause of the illness
B．there was a nurse who knew about the girl's illness
C．the girl's parents trusted doctors in the big hospital in London
D．Agatha Christie was a good friend of the nurse in the big hospital in London
2．The baby's illness puzzled ________.
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A．Agatha Christie
B．only the doctors in Deleville
B．the nurse
D．both doctors in Deleville and in London
3．Who first suggested the correct cause of the baby's illness?
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A．A doctor in Deleville．
B．An ordinary nurse.
C．A doctor in London．
D．Agatha Christie.
4．From the passage we learned that the baby's illness has something to do with ________.
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A．the poisoned water in Deleville
B．a murder case
C．a kind of medicine to kill pests
D．a famous writer
5．As far as we can tell from the story, Agatha Christie ________.
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A．studied the baby's illness
B．had never met this baby
C．wrote about the baby's illness in Death on the Nile
D．gave some advice to the nurse to save the baby
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Last summer I went through a training program and became a literacy volunteer（扫盲志愿者）．The training I received，though excellent，did not tell me how it was to work with a real student，however．When I began to discover（发现）what other people's lives were like because they could not read，I realized the true importance of reading．
My first student Marie was a 44-year-old single（单身的）mother of three．In the first lesson，I found out she walked two miles to the nearest supermarket twice a week because she didn't know which bus to take．When I told her I would get her a bus schedule（时刻表），she told me it would not help because she could not read it．She said she also had difficulty once she got to the supermarket because she couldn't always remember what she needed．Since she did not know words，she could not write out a shopping list．Also，she could only recognize（认出，识别）items by sight，so if the product had a different label（标识），she would not recognize it as the product she wanted．
As we worked together，learning how to read built Marie's self-confidence（自信心），which encouraged her to continue in her studies． She began to make rapid progress and was even able to take the bus to the supermarket．After this successful trip，she reported how self-confident she felt．At the end of the program，she began helping her youngest son，Tony，a shy first grader，with his reading．She sat with him before he went to sleep and together they would read bedtime stories．When his eyes became wide with excitement as she read，pride was written all over her face，and she began to see how her own hard work in learning to read paid off．As she described（描述）this experience，I was proud of myself as well．I
found that helping Marie to build her self-confidence was more rewarding（值得做的）than anything I had ever done before．
As a literacy volunteer，I learned a great deal about teaching and helping others．In fact，I may have learned more form the experience than Marie did．
1．What did the author do last summer？
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A．She worked in the supermarket．
B．She helped someone to learn to read．
C．She gave single mothers the help they needed．
D．She went to a training program to help a literacy volunteer．
2．Why didn't Marie go to the supermarket by bus at first？
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A．Because she liked to walk to the supermarket．
B．Because she lived far away from the bus stop．
C．Because she couldn't afford the bus ticket．
D．Because she couldn't find the right bus．
3．How did Marie use to find the goods she wanted in the supermarket？
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A．She knew where the goods were in he supermarket．
B．She asked others to take her to the right place．
C．She managed to find the goods by their looks．
D．She remembered the names of the goods．
4．Which of the following statements is TRUE about Marie？
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A．Marie could do things she had not been able to do before．
B．Marie was able to read stories with the help of her son．
C．Marie decided to continue her studies in school．
D．Marie paid for her own lessons．
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Turn on your television set to CCTV-1 and what do you find? It's Shui Junyi, a well-known TV reporter, bringing you the latest news on the war in Iraq.
Shui left Baghdad on March 19, a day before the US-led war against Iraq broke out. But, he returned on March 26. Now , as things heat up , it is uncertain at this time just where he will be reporting from.
Shui was one of the reporters traveling alone in Iraq. These journalists are not among the more than 500 who are “embedded” （随军的） with US or British troops. The Pentagon （五角大楼，指美国国防部） in Washington has tried to discourage such risky reporting, saying it is too dangerous.
However, the journalists say “No” because they want to get a different side of the story. They say they especially hope to give a true report on what is in the mind of ordinary Iraqi people and the results of the shooting and bombing.
“If you are embedded, you are surrounded by troops. You can't talk to those ordinary people because they are running away from you ,” said John Donvan , an ABC （ Australian Broadcasting Corporation ） reporter.
But these reporters have to face many more dangers than the embedded journalists. For example, there is a greater risk of being attacked by Iraqis, being mistakenly fired upon by troops or getting caught in a crossfire.
Already, six journalists have been killed or are reported missing and believed killed in this war. All of them were non-embedded, including a 51-year-old British journalist and a 39-year-old Australian cameraman. Both died while working on March 22.
Reporters Without Borders , an organization that defends the interests of journalists around the world , was shocked to learn of the deaths. General secretary （秘书长） Robert Monard said these men have paid a high price for their willingness to report fully on the war in Iraq. The search for true news is a necessary battle to ensure that world reporting can be free of bias（偏见）.
During the 1991 Gulf War, four journalists were killed. German photographer Gad Gross was shot by the Iraqi army. And three British journalists covering the war for BBC were killed, possible by their Turkish （土耳其的） guide.
The latest deaths add to a long list of journalists killed while doing their job. Between 1992 and 2002, more than 500 journalists were killed throughout the world, almost half of them in wartorn areas.
1．The US-led war against Iraq broke out ________.
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2．Some war journalists hoped to work independently ________.
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A．to escape being attacked by Iraqis
B．to give a true report on what was going on in the war
C．because it was very risky to stay with the troops
D．because US or UK troops couldn't accept any more reporters
3．Which can be learned from the news?
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A．The Pentagon encouraged more reporters to cover the war.
B．Shui Junyi was among the more than 500 journalists embedded with the troops.
C．Few of the ordinary Iraqi people dared talk to US or UK soldiers.
D．The embedded journalists faced more dangers than those who worked alone.
4．Which is true about the journalists who were killed in the wars?
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A．Six embedded journalists are reported to have been killed or missing in the war.
B．Compared to the past, more journalists were killed in wars in the recent years.
C．More than 250 journalists were killed in the wars around the world between 1992 and 2002.
D．Four journalists were killed during the 1991 Gulf War.
查看习题详情和答案>>A powerful earthquake struck the northeastern coast of Japan at two forty-six p.m. local time on March eleventh.2011. Japan's Meteorological Agency released its first tsunami（海啸） warnings just three minutes later. The country has one of the best earthquake early warning systems in the world.
There are more than four thousand Seismic Intensity Meters in place throughout Japan to measure earthquake activity. These meters provide information within two minutes of an earthquake happening. Information about the strength and the center of the earthquake can be learned within three minutes.
There are also concrete(混凝土) sea walls around much of the Japanese coastline. But these measures proved no match for the powerful earthquake and tsunami.
Costas Synolakis ，a tsunami expert at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles said，"Japan is one of those most well-prepared countries on earth in terms of tsunami warning. They had a warning. I think what went wrong is that they had not expected the size of this event."
He says there are two reasons for this. Japan has not had any event anywhere near as big as this one in the last one hundred fifty years. And scientists had not expected such a large earthquake happening off the coast of Japan.
The nine point zero magnitude earthquake was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded worldwide. It was also the worst earthquake ever to hit Japan. The tsunami waves that followed were reported to have reached as high as thirteen meters in some areas.
Costas Synolakis says Japan's concrete sea walls were not built to handle such high waves.
Experts say early warning systems will continue to be limited by these facts until earthquakes and tsunamis can be predicted
Where can this passage probably be adapted from?
A．A magazine on science B．A fairy Tale
C．A scientific fantasy book D．A newspaper
Which of the following statements NOT true ?
A. A terrible earthquake hit the northeastern coast of Japan
B. It was also the worst earthquake in Japan
C. The 9.0 earthquake was the fourth most powerful earthquake ever recorded in Japan
D. Japan's concrete sea walls was unable to handle such high waves.
According to Costas Synolakis, why did Japan suffer such a loss?
A. The country has never experienced any event as big as this one over the past 150 years
B. Japan has the best earthquake early warning systems in the world.
C. There are not concrete sea walls around all of the Japanese coastline
D. The government didn’t announce its first tsunami warnings three minutes earlier.
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