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　　Some inventions are so useful, but seem so simple, that we wonder why no one thought of them long ago. Post-it Notes--the pieces of paper that you can fasten almost any where and then remove without leaving any sign that they were there--are an example of such an invention.

　　Post-it Notes were invented about twenty years ago by Art Fry, a scientist at 3M Corporation. The idea for the product came from a frustrating(令人沮丧的)experience he often had while singing in his church choir(唱诗班). Fry used pieces of paper as bookmarks to mark the places in his book of songs, but these bookmarks were always falling out. He knew he needed a bookmark that would stay where he put it, but that he could remove without damaging the pages.

　　Around that time, Fry heard about a new adhesive(粘合剂) that a colleague(同行), Dr. Spence Silver, had created. This adhesive was special because it was sticky，but not too sticky. It was strong enough to hold papers together, but weak enough to not tear the paper when it was removed. Fry saw that the new adhesive could help solve his bookmark problem. One morning, Fry put some of the adhesive on the edge of a piece of paper. Just as he hoped, it made a perfect bookmark.

　　A short time later, Fry realized that his new invention had even more uses than being a great bookmark. He came to this realization when he wrote a note on one of his new“bookmarks”and attached(附着)it to a report he was going to give to a colleague. Soon, co-workers were asking Fry for more samples(样品)of his invention so that they could use the new type of notes themselves.

　　Fry and some other people at 3 M believed so much in the new product that they persuaded the company to give away thousands of the“sticky pieces of paper”for trial use. When some salespeople at 3M went to offices and showed workers just how helpful the new type of notes could be, they immediately received many orders. As more and more people discovered how useful Post-it Notes could be, the product took off.

1．The invention of Post-it Notes showed that Art Fry _____.

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A．had a lot of knowledge

B．was very hard-working

C．was good at creative(创造性的)thinking

D．loved his job in the church

2．In what way did Dr. Spence help Art Fry?

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A．They worked together and often discussed science.

B．His invention of a special adhesive made Art's invention possible.

C．He persuaded 3M Corporation to give away lots of Post-it Notes for trial use.

D．He cooperated with Art by providing the new adhesive for Art.

3．Which of the following is a possible use of Post-it Notes?

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A．A note on a friend's door.

B．An e-mail to a friend.

C．A postcard from abroad.

D．An ad in a newspaper.

42The underlined phrase“took off”means _____.

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A．started to leave the ground

B．disappeared from the market

C．had even more uses

D．became popular very quickly

Diamonds may be forever. But what’s a girl to do when she gets dumped (失恋) or divorced (离婚) and those rings, necklace and love gifts lose their emotional (情感) sense?

Help is just a click away on new Web sites that provide an outlet for selling jewelry(珠宝) from past relationships, sharing break-up stories and helping broken hearts heal (愈合).

“You go through a divorce. What do you do with that ring? Maybe you have a child you can pass it on to. Maybe you don’t. It just sits there, ” said Megahn Perry, who with her stepmother (继母) Marie Perry runs www.exboyfriendjewelry.com.

Three months after its start with the slogan(口号) “You Don’t Want It. He Can’t Have It Back,” the web site has 3,000 registered users and more than 600 postings of rings, bracelets and earrings for sale—all with a personal tale attached.

As one woman posting a diamond ring for $3,500 wrote:

“Beautiful ring came with a wrong man. Decided to sell to regain the money that I spent finishing payments on the ring that my ex didn’t.”

The idea was born when Megahn Perry, a Los Angeles actress and writer, was looking for a safe place to sell a wedding set after a divorce and realized others might have former boyfriends’ jewelry with memories(记忆) that make them too painful to wear.

The local pawn shop(当铺) proved an unattractive choice. So she teamed up with her stepmother Marie, researched the market and found a gap in it.

1. The passage is mainly about _____.

2.How long is it since the start of this website?

3.How many people have registered on this website within three months?

4.Who set up this website?

5.What’s the meaning of the underlined word “gap” in the last sentence?

That art centre is______used to be a factory,________millions of cars were made in.

A.  what;  which   B.  where；where    C.  what; where      D.where;  which

单词（共20小题；每题0.5分，满分10分）
【小题1】The children are doing well a____________ (学业上).
【小题2】Her abilities are not fully a____________ (欣赏) by her employer.
【小题3】They brought back a few s____________ (纪念品) from their holiday in Greece.
【小题4】Her husband’s death left a v____________ (真空) in her life.
【小题5】Kids e____________ (精疲力竭) themselves by running wildly around the park.
【小题6】Crowds poured into the Beijing Worker’s S____________ (体育场) to watch the performance.
【小题7】She knew she hadn’t done enough r____________ (复习) for tomorrow’s exam.
【小题8】 With winter a____________ (临近), many animals are storing food.
【小题9】 I didn’t want to ask her a lot of e____________ (尴尬的) questions in front of her friends.
【小题10】The singer got an e____________ (热情的) reception at the airport.
【小题11】She’s a very i____________ (印象深刻的) public speaker.
【小题12】 “Artificial I____________ (智能)” is a famous science fiction directed by Steven Spielberg.
【小题13】 Many modern arts are being displayed in that art g____________ (美术馆).
【小题14】 A lot of small companies have to fight for s____________ (生存).
【小题15】The captain gave the order to a____________ (遗弃) the ship since it was sinking fast.
【小题16】The hotel room had a g__________ (美丽的) view over the lake.
【小题17】He first went to France as an e__________ (交换) student from Beijing.
【小题18】The baby was f_________ (害怕) of being left by itself in the house.
【小题19】 In general, the bride’s father gave her away at the wedding c____________ (仪式).
【小题20】 Is there a good restaurant in the n____________ (周围)?

Bringing Art into Hospitals

The medical world is gradually realizing that the quality of the environment in hospitals may play an important role in helping patients to get better.

As part of nationwide effort in Britain to bring art out of the museums and into public places,　some of the country’s best artists have been called in to change older hospitals and to soften the hard edges of modern buildings. Of the 2500 national health service hospitals in Britain, almost 100 now have very valuable collections of present art in passages, waiting areas and treatment rooms.

These recent movements first started by one artist, Peter Senior, who set up his studio at a Manchester hospital in northeastern England during the early 1970s.He felt the artist had lost his place in modern society,　and that art should be enjoyed by a wider audience(观众).

A common hospital waiting room might have as many as 5 000 visitors each week. What a better place to hold regular exhibitions of art!　Senior held the first exhibition of his own paintings in the out—patient’s waiting area of the Manchester Royal Hospital in 1975.Believed to be Britain’s first hospital artist. Senior was so much in demand that he was soon joined by a team of six young art school graduates.

The effect is striking. Now in the passages and waiting rooms the visitor experiences a full view of fresh colours, playful images(形象)and restful courtyards.

The quality of the environment may reduce the need for expensive drugs when a patient is recovering from an illness. A study has shown that patients who had a view onto gardens needed half the number of strong pain killers compared with patients who had no view at all or only a brick wall to look at.

1. Some best artists of Britain have been called in to__________.

2.After the improvement of the hospital environment,__________.

3.It can inferred from the passage that__________.