66. Owen’s experiment in the United States failed because _______.

A. he lost all his money

B. he did not buy enough land

C. people who visited it were not impressed

D. it was too far away for him to organize it properly

65. From the passage we may infer that Owen was born ___________.

A. into a rich family　　　　　　　　　 　 B. into a noble family

C. into a poor family　　　　　　　　　 D. into a middle class family

64. For Owen, his greatest achievement in New Lanark was _____________.

A. improving workers’ houses　　　　　　　　　　 B. helping people to save money

C. preventing men from getting drunk　　　　 D. providing the children with a good education

63. Which of the following does Rebecca Dresser agree with?

A. Some memories can ruin people’s lives.

B. People want to get rid of bad memories.

C. Experiencing bad events makes us different from others.

D. The pill will reduce people’s sufferings from bad memories.

C

Robert Owen was born in Wales in 1771. At the age of ten he went to work. His employer had a large private library so Owen was able to educate himself. He read a lot in his spare time and at nineteen he was given the job of superintendent(监工)at a Manchester cotton mill. He was so successful there that he persuaded his employer to buy the New Lanark mill in Scotland.

When he arrived at New Lanark it was a dirty little town with a population of 2,000 people. Nobody paid any attention to the workers’ houses or their children’s education. The conditions in the factories were very bad. There was a lot of crime and the men spent most of their wages on alcoholic drinks.

Owen improved the houses. He encouraged people to be clean and save money. He opened a shop and sold the workers cheap, well-made goods to help them. He limited the sale of alcoholic drinks. Above all, he fixed his mind on the children’s education. In 1816 he opened the first free primary school in Britain.

People came from all over the country to visit Owen’s factory. They saw that the workers were healthier and more efficient than in other towns. Their children were better fed and better educated. Owen tried the same experiment in the United States. He bought some land there in 1825, but the community was too far away. He could not keep it under control and lost most of his money.

Owen never stopped fighting for his idea. Above all he believed that people are not born good or bad. He was a practical man and his ideas were practical. "If you give people good working conditions," he thought, "they will work well and, the most important thing of all, if you give them the chance to learn, they will be better people."

62. We can infer from the passage that　　　　　　 .

A. people doubt the effects of the pills

B. the pill will stop people’s bad experiences

C. taking the pill will do harm to people’s health

D. the pill has probably been produced in America

61. The drug tested on people can　　　　　　 .

A. cause the brain to fix memories

B. stop people remembering bad experiences

C. prevent body producing certain chemicals

D. Wipe out the emotional effects of memories

60. The passage is mainly about　　　　　　　 .

A. a new medical invention

B. a new research on the pill

C. a way of erasing painful memories

D. an argument about the research on the pill

59. The purpose of the passage is to　　　　 .

A. call on people to protect wildlife

B. attract people to this preserved park

C. show you the formation of Paynes Prairie

D. introduce the recorded history of Paynes Prairie

B

NOT all memories are sweet. Some people spend all their lives trying to forget bad experiences. Violence and traffic accidents can leave people with terrible physical and emotional scars. Often they relive these experiences in nightmares.

Now American researchers think they are close to developing a pill, which will help people forget bad memories. The pill is designed to be taken immediately after a frightening experience. They hope it might reduce ,or possibly erase(抹去),the effect of painful memories.

In November, experts tested a drug on people in the US and France. The drug stops the body releasing chemicals that fix memories in the brain. So far the research has suggested that only the emotional effects of memories may be reduced, not that the memories are erased.

The research has caused a great deal of argument. Some think it is a bad idea, While others support it.

Supporters say it could lead to pills that prevent or treat soldiers’ troubling memories after war. They say that there are many people who suffer from terrible memories.

"Some memories can ruin people’s lives. They come back to you when you don’t want to have them in a daydream or nightmare. They usually come with very painful emotions," said Roger Pitman, a professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School. "This could relieve a lot of that suffering."

But those who are against the research say that changing memories is very dangerous because memories give us our(identity特质). They also help us all avoid the mistakes of the past.

"All of us can think of bad events in our lives that were horrible at the time but make us who we are. I’m not sure we want to wipe those memories out, "said Rebecca Dresser, a medical ethicist.

58. All of the following are true EXCEPT that __　　　 .

A. Paynes Prairie has changed little through time

B. Paynes Prairie is covered by wet prairie grasses

C. there used to be a big cattle farm on Paynes Prairie

D. William Bartram was the first person~ to visit Paynes Prairie

57. The underlined word "diversity" means “　　　　　　 .”

A. variety　　 　　　　B. society　　　　　 C. population　　　　 D. area