C

As A/H1N1 continues to spread, experts from the Centers for Disease Control to the World Health Organization to neighborhood doctors are calling on the people to practice smart flu prevention techniques. Here are some tips to keep body improved and immune（免疫）system ready to fight infection.

Wash Your Hands

And wash them often, in hot soapy water, and for the amount of time it takes you to sing “Happy Birthday” twice.

Get Enough Sleep

This means slightly different things to different people, but try to get 8 hours of good rest each night to keep your immune system in top flu-fighting shape.

Keep Hydrated

Drink enough water each day to clear poisonous matter from your system and keep up good moisture（湿度）production in your body.

Eat Immune-Improving Foods

Keeping you body strong and ready to fight infection is important in flu prevention. Fatty foods can slow your metabolism（新陈代谢）, make you feel inactive, and weaken your immune system. So stick with whole grains, colorful vegetables, and vitamin-rich fruits.

Avoid Alcohol

Alcohol is likely to decrease your resistance to infections and further damages the immune system. So avoid alcoholic drinks to keep your immune system strong.                         

Proper exercise-for example walking for 30-40 minutes 3-4 times a week-supports the immune system by increasing circulation, oxygenating the body, removing poisonous material through sweat, and reducing tension and stress. So get moving!

Avoid Contact with Sick People

If you’re coughing or sneezing, cover your mouth(and then wash your hands),and if you have to be around someone who is sick, try to stay a few feet away from them and avoid physical contact.

Know When to Get Help

A/H1N1 can look like regular flu, so don’t feel like you necessarily are infected if you’re exhibiting flu-like symptoms（症状）. But do go to your doctor if you live in an area where there are recorded cases, or if your symptoms are very serious.

44．To fight A/H1N1 infection, it’s helpful for us to_______ .

       A．sing “Happy Birthday” while washing hands

       B．eat more fatty foods and colorful fruits

       C．keep away from alcoholic drinks

       D．refuse communication with patients

45．A suitable title for paragraph 7 might be _______.

       A．Support the Immune System     B．Keep Physically Active

       C．Get Enough Sweat             D．Walk to Reduce Stress

46．The passage seems to suggest that we should_______.

       A．get enough sleep after eating fatty foods

       B．wash hands with soap after a cough or sneeze

       C．drink more water after drinking alcohol

       D．see a doctor immediately if you have flu-like symptoms

47．What can help clear poisonous matter from the body?

       A．Washing your hands.       B．Eating fatty foods.

       C．Getting enough sleep.      D．Drinking enough water.

B

While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states — at least in getting people off welfare. It’s estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls（名册） since 1994.

　　In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens Country poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent — twice the national average.

　　For advocates（代言人）for the poor, that’s an indication much more needs to be done.

　　“More people are getting jobs, but it’s not making their lives any better,” says Kathy Lairn, a  policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.

　　A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down.

　　But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.

　　“Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin（毒素）that was poisoning the family,” says

Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. It’s beginning to rebuild the work ethic（道德观）, which is much more important.”

　　Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked,” then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.

45. From the passage, it can be seen that the author _______.

　　A. believes the reform has reduced the government’s burden

　　B. insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poor

　　C. is overenthusiastic about the success of welfare reform

　　D. considers welfare reform to be basically successful

46. Why aren’t people enjoying better lives when they have jobs?

　　A. Because many families are divorced.

　　B. Because government aid is now rare.

　　C. Because their wages are low.

　　D. Because the cost of living is rising.

47. From the passage we know that welfare reform aims at _______.

　　A. saving welfare funds

　　B. rebuilding the work ethic

　　C. providing more jobs

　　D. cutting government expenses

48. According to the passage before the welfare reform was carried out, _______.

　　A. the poverty rate was lower

　　B. average living standards were higher

　　C. the average worker was paid higher wages

　　D. the poor used to rely on government aid

C

As Joe and Michael were heading towards the Drivers License place, Michael, who was behind the wheel, froze as he heard the voice on the radio saying that a man had been murdered by a bullet that had came from the sky. He immediately drove off and went to a secret place. Later on that day, after thinking that the shot they had fired possibly wasn’t the shot that killed Mr Ward, they headed back to the Drivers License place where Michael failed the driver’s test because he could not think straight. For the next two months, Michael and Joe hid the secret that the bullet had actually shot Mr Ward.

During this time, Jenna Ward started to realize life without her father. While Jenna mourned the death of her father, a strange boy started to appear at the front steps of the church across the street from her house. After many nights of watching this boy, she finally recognized that it was Michael who was sitting on the steps every night.

After months of finding out where the shot came, the police were able to narrow the search area down to within a four-block area. Among these four blocks were Michael’s house and Joe’s house. When the police arrived at Michael’s house, his dad mentioned the gun that Michael had received from his grandpa at his birthday party. Michael, trying to be sly, told the cops that Joe had borrowed the gun. Upon this, Joe said that the gun had been stolen out of his car along with his CD player. After the police were gone, Michael met Joe at a special spot and told Joe the gun was under the wood pile in his backyard.

One day, when Michael thought the police would not come back, he came home to find the police searching his backyard with metal detectors. When the Sergeant(警官) went into the woods behind the house, he came out with a bullet that Joe and he had shot off on his birthday. The bullet matched the one that they had recovered from Mr. Ward, but without the gun, the police could not place Michael as the killer.

With the pressure mounting, Michael finally broke down and realized he had to give up. On a Saturday morning, he went to Jenna’s house to confess to her and her mother and then turned himself in.

51. It can be inferred from the story that Michael and Joe _____.

   A. shot and killed Mr Ward by accident

   B. shot and killed Mr Ward deliberately

   C. fired a bullet that killed Ward from the sky

   D. were experienced professional murders

52. Michael and Joe drove to the Drivers License place ______.

   A. to find out whether Mr Ward was dead

   B. to find a secret place to hide themselves

   C. to take the driver’s licence test

   D. to have their car wheel repaired

53. Why did Michael sit on the steps of the church every night?

   A. He was monitoring Jenna’s whereabouts (行踪)

   B. He was probably feeling upset and guilty.

   C. He wanted to make sure that Ward was dead.

   D. He wanted to show sympathy for the Ward’s.

54. From the passage we can learn that _____.

   A. Michael lent the gun to Joe at his birthday party

   B. the gun together with a CD player was stolen from Joe’s car

   C. Michael hid the gun under the wood pile in his backyard

   D. the Sergeant discovered the bullet in the wood pile

55. The underlined phrase “turned himself in” in the last paragraph means _____.

   A. returned home           B. went into the room

   C. fled into the woods       D. delivered himself to the police

B

While still in its early stages, welfare reform has already been judged a great success in many states — at least in getting people off welfare. It’s estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls（名册） since 1994.

　　In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens Country have been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens Country poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent — twice the national average.

　　For advocates（代言人）for the poor, that’s an indication much more needs to be done.

　　“More people are getting jobs, but it’s not making their lives any better,” says Kathy Lairn, a  policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.

　　A center analysis of US Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down.

　　But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.

　　“Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin（毒素）that was poisoning the family,” says

Robert Rector, a welfare-reform policy analyst. “The reform is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. It’s beginning to rebuild the work ethic（道德观）, which is much more important.”

　　Mr. Rector and others argued that once “the habit of dependency is cracked,” then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.

45. From the passage, it can be seen that the author _______.

　　A. believes the reform has reduced the government’s burden

　　B. insists that welfare reform is doing little good for the poor

　　C. is overenthusiastic about the success of welfare reform

　　D. considers welfare reform to be basically successful

46. Why aren’t people enjoying better lives when they have jobs?

　　A. Because many families are divorced.

　　B. Because government aid is now rare.

　　C. Because their wages are low.

　　D. Because the cost of living is rising.

47. From the passage we know that welfare reform aims at _______.

　　A. saving welfare funds

　　B. rebuilding the work ethic

　　C. providing more jobs

　　D. cutting government expenses

48. According to the passage before the welfare reform was carried out, _______.

　　A. the poverty rate was lower

　　B. average living standards were higher

　　C. the average worker was paid higher wages

　　D. the poor used to rely on government aid

When a group of children politely stop a conversation with you, saying: “We have to go to work now,” you’re left feeling surprised and certainly uneasy. After all, this is the 1990s and the idea of children working is just unthinkable. That is, until you are told that they are all pupils of stage schools, and that the “work” they go off to is to go on the stage in a theatre.

　　Stage schools often act as agencies（代理机构）to supply children for stage and television work. More worthy of the name “stage school” are those few places where children attend full time, with a training for the theatre and a general education.

　　A visit to such schools will leave you in no doubt that the children enjoy themselves. After all, what lively children wouldn’t settle for spending only half the day doing ordinary school work, and acting, singing or dancing their way through the other half of the day?

　Then of course there are times for the children to make a name and make a little money in some big shows. Some stage schools give their children too much professional work at such a young age. But the law is very tight on the amount they can do. Those under 13 are limited to 40 days in the year; those over 13 to 80 days.

　The schools themselves admit that not all children will be successful in the profession for which they are being trained. So what happens to those who don’t make it? While all the leading schools say they place great importance on children getting good study results, the facts seem to suggest this is not always the case.

　People would stop feeling uneasy when realizing that the children they’re talking to________.

　　  A. attend a stage school　　　　  B. are going to the theatre

　　  C. have got some work to do 　　  D. love singing and dancing

　　 In the writer’s opinion, a good stage school should ________.

　　  A. produce star performers

　　  B. help pupils improve their study skills

　　  C. train pupils in language and performing arts

　　  D. provide a general education and stage training.

　“Professional work” as used in the text means ________.

　　  A. ordinary school work　　　　　  B. money-making performances

　　  C. stage training at school 　 　  D. acting, singing or dancing after class

　 Which of the following best describes how the writer feels about stage schools?

　　  A. He thinks highly of what they have to offer.　　　　

　　  B. He favours an early start in the training of performing arts.

　　  C. He feels uncomfortable about children putting on night shows.

　　  D. He doubts the standard of ordinary education they have reached.