C.O.P.D(慢性障碍性肺病) blocks air flow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause of C.O.P.D. is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say there is no cure to the damage to the lungs.

Dawn Demeo is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She said, “By 2020, C.O.P.D. may be the third leading cause of death across the world.”

C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema（肺气肿） and chronic bronchitis（慢性支气管炎）. These are the two most common forms of the disease. Many people with C.O.P.D. have both of them. And Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.

She is the lead author of a study by a team from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway. The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.

The team examined results from a Norwegian study of 954 people with C.O.P.D. Inga-Cecilie Soerheim co-wrote the team’s findings. Doctor Soerheim says they show that women suffered the same level of C.O.P.D.as men. But the female smokers were younger and had smoked a lot less.

The team also looked at two groups among the people in the study. These were people under the age of 60 and those who had smoked for less than 20 years. In both cases, women had more serious C.O.P.D. and a greater loss of lung function (功能）than men.

1.Which of the following statements about C.O.P.D is NOT true ______.

A. Cigarette smoking is likely to cause C.O.P.D.

B. C.O.P.D. makes it hard for a person to breathe

C. C.O.P.D will be one of the most life-threatening diseases.

D. Many people with C.O.P.D. have either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

2.It can be known from the study that_____.

A. female smokers die faster than male ones.  

B. women are more likely to suffer from the damaging effects of smoking than men.

C. women who suffer the same level of C.O.P.D as men were older and weaker.

D. in the group of people under the age of 60, men suffered more from C.O.P.D than women.

3.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A .Smoking Kills

B. Smoking Triggers Diseases

C. The Leading Causes of C.O.P.D.

D. Women Suffers More from C.O.P.D. than Men  

4.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A. Science      B. Health report      C .Education      D. Business report

In Pride and Prejudice five sisters overcome __________ （障碍） to their happiness and marriage．

Over the years, thanks to my life’s obstacles(障碍), I understood the meaning of faith and the strong will to survive. It was Hurricane Ike that made me fully____ the beauty of our strength and a human’s motivation to ____.

?? Mom had a two-week ____ in summer. While we enjoyed our holiday in Southeast Texas, we didn’t realize the fact that Ike ____ cause months and likely years of “labor”. By September 7th, the “eyes of Texas” were watching Hurricane Ike more ____, making the typical mad rush for last-minute hurricane ____. Two days later, both oil and ice were in ____ demand.

?? In the early hours of September 11th, some neighbors were planning to ____the storm in their homes, ____ others were making final preparations to get away. At first, we decided to stay. But that afternoon, the Houston-Galveston area would be on the more ____ side of the storm. Mom and I packed some of our most ____ belongings in the car and ____ the East Texas town of Lufkin.

?? As Ike pushed farther inland, we ____power in Lufkin. On Sunday, our next-door neighbor told us via cell phone that our ____ had remained well. Our hopes could not have been ____. But a few hours later, the neighbors reported that our brick chimney had ____, and it was sitting on our living room, ____ a hole in the roof between two skylights (天窗).

We wouldn’t be allowed to return home ____ September 17th. I climbed upstairs, and looked toward the hole in the roof which showed a beautiful blue sky.

Without hesitation, I shouted, “Wow! A third skylight!”

My neighbors could not believe I was making jokes ____ crying, but ____ is always good medicine. It was with that joke that I knew, given time, everything would be okay.

1.A. observe????????????? ????????????? B. appreciate????????????? ????????????? C. explore????????????? ????????????? D. improve

2.A. work????????????? ????????????? B. apologize????????????? ????????????? C. recover????????????? ????????????? D. change

3.A. vacation????????????? ??? B. journey????????????? ????????????? C. meeting????????????? ????????????? D. schedule

4.A. must????????????? ????????????? B. might????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. should ????????????? ????????????? D. would

5.A. closely????????????? ????????????? B. constantly????????????? ????????????? C. warningly????????????? ????????????? D. differently

6.A. adventure????????????? B. equipment????????????? ????????????? C. supplies????????????? ????????????? D. reports

7.A. basic????????????? ????????????? B. high????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. pure????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. neat

8.A. get through????????????? B. put away????????????? ????????????? C. test out????????????? ????????????? D. suffer from

9.A. since????????????? ????????????? B. when????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. until????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. while

10.A. dangerous????????????? B. abundant????????????? ????????????? C. peaceful????????????? ????????????? D. awesome

11.A. available????????????? B. concrete????????????? ????????????? C. prized ????????????? ????????????? D. potential

12.A. set out????????????? ????????????? B. headed????????????? for????????????? ????????????? C. settled down????????????? D. watched out

13.A. provided????????????? B. reduced????????????? ????????????? C. produced????????????? ????????????? D. lost

14.A. garden????????????? ????????????? B. house????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. pool????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. yard

15.A. clearer????????????? ????????????? B. wilder????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. lower????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. higher

16.A. passed????????????? ????????????? B. stood????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. gone????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. followed

17.A. leaving????????????? ????????????? B. digging????????????? ????????????? C. filling????????????? ????????????? ????????????? D. kicking

18.A. by ????????????? ????????????? B. before ????????????? ????????????? C. until? ????????????? ????????????? D. after

19.A. in spite of????????????? B. instead of????????????? ????????????? C. apart from????????????? ????????????? D. in terms of

20.A. faith????????????? ????????????? B. will????????????? ????????????? ????????????? C. strength????????????? ????????????? D. laughter?????????????

Life is full of _______.School is thought as the most ­­­_______ obstacle(障碍) in the lives of youth today.

Life is full of _______.School is thought as the most ­­­_______ obstacle(障碍) in the lives of youth today.

A．challenge; challenging                   B．challenges; challenged

C．challenges; challenging                   D．challenging; challenges