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  The 2003 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is awarded jointly to PaulC.Lauterbur(USA)and Peter Mansfielf(UK), for their discoveries concerning”Magnetic resonance imaging(磁共振成像技术)”.Imaging of human internal organs with exact and non-invasive(非侵入人体的)methods is very important for medical diagnosis, treatment and follow-up.

  The Norwegian Nobel Committee has decided to award the Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 to Shirin Ebadi(Iran),”for her efforts for democracy and human rights.”She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children.Her principal arena is the struggle for basic human rights, and she believes no society deserves to be labeled civilized unless the rights of women and children are respected.In an era for violence, she has consistently supported nonviolence.It is fundamental to her view that the supreme political power in a community must be built on democratic elections.She favors the methods of dialogue and freeing the public from ignorance as the best path to changing attitudes and resolving conflict.

  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided that the Bank of Sweden Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, 2003, is to be shared between Robert F.Engle(USA),”for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying changeability, and Clive W.J.Granger(UK),”for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends.”

  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics for 2003 jointly to AlexeiA.Abrikosov(USA), Vitaly L.Ginzburg(Russia)and Anthony J.Leggett(USA).The Nobel Prize in Chemistry for 2003 has been awarded with one half jointly to Peter Agre(USA), and the other half to Roderick Mackinnon(USA).

(1)

PaulC.Lauterber(USA)and Peter Mansfielf’s discoveries may likely deal with the following ________.

[  ]

A.

the skin disease

B.

the mad-cow disease

C.

the lung disease

D.

the common cold

(2)

The Nobel Peace Prize for 2003 was rewarded to Shirin Ebadi, because she made a special contribution to ________.

[  ]

A.

fighting against racism

B.

fighting against the Iranian government

C.

avoiding the Iraqi war

D.

fighting for the basic human rights

(3)

The following Nobel Prizes for 2003 were jointly shared between the two persons EXCEPT in the field of ________.

[  ]

A.

physics

B.

chemistry

C.

economic sciences

D.

physiology

(4)

What does”principal arena”in the passage mean?

[  ]

A.

Key aim.

B.

Only task.

C.

Great idea.

D.

Main field.

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In today’s Internet age, online games can be a change from the pressure of school and work. However, they can also cause problems and unhealthy addictions. This is most clearly seen in the example of South Korea. This country has the world’s highest percentage of high – speed Internet services. It has also a high number of game players who are addicted to online games.

In 2004, a young man died after playing online games almost nonstop for 86 hours. A 12 – year – old boy stole $ 16,000 from his father to continue online games which he could not get away from. Such problems are spreading to other parts of Asia as well. In 2005, it was reported that about 80 percent of China’s 13.8 million online game players were under 25. And many of these were said to be addicted. Such numbers point toward a growing problem among Chinese youth.

Dr. Sue – Huei Chen, a psychologist , discovered some signs of at – risk people. Such people often go online to escape from their problems. And they usually have no friendship or good social skills. They feel the need to spend more and more time online, so they may be absent from school or family. And they become upset if anyone tries to limit their online game playing.

The passage is mainly about          .

      A.online games        B.problems caused by online games

       C.computer problems in Asia     D.problems caused by young people

In the passage, the writer tells us a fact that         .

       A.South Korea has a large number of Internet schools

       B.More and more young men are stealing money for online games

       C.China’s online game players are all under the age of 25

       D.Online game addiction is a very common problem in South Korea

After reading the passage, we know that in China         .

       A.many young people are playing online games for fun

       B.many young people are getting addicted to online games

       C.only those under 25 like to play online games for long periods

       D.80 percent of the Chinese depend on online games to get relaxed

According to the passage,      are more likely to become addicted to online games.

      A.people under great pressure from school and work.

       B.people well known in the field of computer games

       C.people with unsolved problems and few friends

       D.people who’d like to take a risk in computer games

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