44. From the passage, we learn that ______.

A. Defen’s family has difficulty in paying her treatment

B. Defen has suffered from a brain tumor for 36 years

C. Defen is the tallest woman in the Guinness Book of World Records

D. Defen’s bones have already broken quite a few times

43. It can be inferred from the text that the woman ______.

A. may still be the focus of attention for some time

B. will never live a normal life after the operation

C. dislikes the journalists’ disturbing of her privacy

D. needn’t wear a mask any more

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　 C

Shanghai, China, is home to the world’s tallest woman. Yao Defen, a 36-year-old woman, suffers from a brain tumor(肿瘤) which is believed to be the reason behind her huge height and size. Defen stands at 7.75 feet tall, which is 2 inches more than Sandy Allen of the United States, who is listed as the world’s tallest woman in the Guinness Book of World Records.

Defen’s brain tumor is located in a gland(腺) of the brain that regulates the outlet of growth hormones(荷尔蒙). Because of her tumor, her body was forced to let out an excess(过量) of growth hormones, which lead to her extreme height. This excess of growth hormones has made many of her bones weak and brittle, making it hard for this 36-year-old woman to sit or stand.

Defen’s family are poor farmers living in eastern China. And after the story of her extreme height tumor was broadcasted internationally by the Discovery Channel, many doctors in China were willing to award Defen free treatment for her illness. She is now reportedly taking medicine to stop the gland from producing more growth hormones, so she won’t continue to grow.

Doctors expect that after her treatment and surgery Defen will shrink 30%. This shrinkage will ease the osteoporosis, a disease that makes bones in the body weak and more likely to break, which will hopefully allow Defen to lead a more normal life.

42. Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the text?

A. The operation on the woman proved successful.

B. The woman felt amazed when she saw her new face.

C. The media have reported a lot about the woman and the operation.

D. Before operation, the people who hated to meet her most were her husband and children.

41. The underlined word “recoil” in Paragraph 5 probably means “______”.

A. laugh at　　　　　 B. move back　　　　　 C. whisper　　　　 D. scream

40. What made the French woman so disfigured?

A. Her falling over.　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　 B. A big fire.

C. A car accident.　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Her pet’s attack.

39. What does the third paragraph tell us?　

A. Importance of tail movement.　 　　　　　　 B. Movement of other body parts.　

C. Movement of ears. 　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Movement of legs.　

　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　　　　 B

LONDON(Reuters)-A French woman who had the world’s first partial(部分的) face transplant has spoken of her surprise at seeing her new appearance, the Daily Mail newspaper said on Saturday.

The 38-year-old woman underwent(接受) the operation to give her a new nose, chin and mouth at a hospital in the northern French city of Amiens last month.

“When I looked at my new face, I knew straight away that it was me,” the paper quoted the woman, who was disfigured(毁容) after her dog injured her badly, as saying. “It was simply amazing to see a nose and mouth on my face.”

The woman, who is recovering in a hospital in Lyon, told the paper that the attack of the dog had left her so disfigured that she had been forced to wear a dental mask.

People in the street would recoil from her in horror, she said, and even one of her own two daughters found her appearance unbearable. “Old people were the worst, they used to stop and stare at me all the time,” she said. “My elder daughter Lucie just didn’t want to see me-I had to wear a mask. If I didn’t she refused to see me.”

Earlier this week the woman asked journalists to respect her privacy after her operation attracted the media.

The paper said the woman now wanted to live a normal life but was worried about what reaction there might be when she leaves hospital.

38.　 If you find the cat’s ears are back and the body is low, ________.

A. it will show that your cat is boredom and disappointed

B. it means that your cat is feeling disappointed　

C. something around is drawing its attention

D. you may see a fight between cats very soon

37.　 The underlined word “bat” refers to ________.

A. a kind of animal 　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. a flying bird

C. a hit with something　 　　　　　　　　　 D. a wooden stick　

36.　 Your cat is impatient with your petting when it is ________

A. raising its tail　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. lowering its tail between her legs

C. sweeping its tail in broad gestures 　 D. extending its tail upwards