Do you know HFMD? It’s short for Hand-Foot-Mouth Disease. This year, in China, thousands of children were suffering from it. What’s HFMD? How to prevent it? Now, read the passage please.

HFMD usually affects babies who are 1~4 years old, but adults can also be infected. Both EV71 and Cox A16 can cause HFMD, which usually starts with a slight fever followed by blisters (水泡) and ulcers (溃疡) in the mouth and rashes (皮疹) on the hands and feet.

It can be spread through people with the mucus (唾液) or feces (粪便) of an infected person. It usually appears during the summer and autumn months. HFMD isn’t Bird Flu, SARS or Mad Cow Disease, but it’s not a new one, either. It first appeared in New Zealand in 1957. About forty years later, it appears in Asia. It’s reported that it breaks out every 2 or 3 years.

HFMD is very terrible and there is no vaccine (疫苗) now, but we can do something helpful to prevent it. ‘Children with HFMD should seek medical treatment as early as possible’, experts say. They also suggest that parents keep the air fresh in a child’s room, which should be kept clean, tidy and dry. Children should be taught to wash their hands regularly. Staying away from crowded public places is also basic.

(     ) 56. HFMD is usually spread with ____________.

A. feces                                                       B. feces of an infected person

C. water                                                      D. mucus

(     ) 57. Which isn’t helpful to prevent HFMD?

A. to keep the air fresh in a child’s room         B. wash hands regularly

C. see a doctor                                             D. stay in crowded public places

(     ) 58. Can you guess the meaning of the underlined word ‘infected’ in paragraph 3?

A. 传染的                B. 感染的                    C. 正常的                    D. 康复的

(     ) 59. About HFMD, which one is right?

A. It’s the same as Mad Cow Disease      .             B. It first appeared in China.

C. Adults can be infected too.                         D. There is vaccine now.

(     ) 60. Can you give a title for the article?

A. The history of SARS                             B. What’s and how to prevent HFMD

C. HFMD in China                                    D. How to prevent HFMD

One morning, Wu Liang discovered that her classroom had changed. She found that the desks were no longer in rows, but pushed together to make eight bigger desks. She was too excited about it for the first two days and she couldn’t listen to the teachers carefully. But soon she and her classmates got used to this new classroom arrangement (安排). ‘Now our class is quieter,’ said Wu Liang. ‘What’s more, we can come up with our own ideas and learn more through discussion. It’s a better way to study.’

Li Yu liked it, too. He said, ‘Group members first discuss, and then show ourselves in front of the whole class. It makes us believe in ourselves.’ It was part of a reform (改革) at Li’s school. The school made this reform because they wanted to provide students with easier ways to study and more chances to discuss. ‘Our school hopes it can improve students’ abilities (能力) to study by themselves and work in groups,’ said Zhang Ming, an English teacher.

However, the reform has demanded (要求) more from teachers. Now they have only 15 minutes to give the lesson which should be taught in 45 minutes before. It is difficult to teach in such a short time. The teachers have to find better ways to teach more effectively.

‘The reform demands more, but I’m sure it is helpful,’ added Zhang Ming.

(  )52. After the new classroom arrangement, it was easier for Wu Liang and her classmates to _____________ in class.

A. discuss with each other         B. sit in the classroom

C. push desks together D. teach a lesson

(  )53. The school made the reform in order to provide students with ____________ to study.

A. noisier classes   B. easier ways   C. more seats   D. fewer chances

(  )54. The Chinese meaning of the word ‘effectively’ in this passage is ______________.

A.简单地             B. 明确地        C. 有效地       D. 认真地

(  )55. The best title of this passage may be ‘________________’.

A. Students’ Friendship              B. Teachers’ Hope

C. Discussion in Class               D. New Look in Class

Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.‘I don't sing,’ said the man. But the lady told the waiter, ‘I'm tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!’The waiter shouted across the room, ‘Hey, friend! If you want to get your money, sing a song!’So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!

He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.

You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.

(  )49. The lady asked the player to sing a song because ______________.

A. she had paid him for this         B. she knew him very well

C. she wanted to have a change       D. she enjoyed his singing

(  )50. Nat King Cole succeeded because ______________.

A. the lady helped him a lot        B. he caught the chance

C. he continued to play in the bar      D. he stopped playing the piano

(  )51. From the story we know if you have some talent, you should ______________.

      A. hide it and wait B. ask others for help

C. pay no attention to it D. work hard to improve yourself

Everybody dreams. Some people think dreams can tell us about the future. Other people think dreams tell us about ourselves. It's like our  36 is talking to us. Why are dreams  37 strange and hard to understand? Some people think our brain uses  38 to talk to us. When we fly, swim, or fall down in our dreams, it has a  39 meaning. Lots of doctors help people 40 their dreams. They find that dreams tell us about our  41 and fears.

These days, many scientists  42 that dreams are very important. During the day, we have many  43 ,and our brain receives a lot of information. When we dream, our brain  44 information that is not important, and puts the most important information into our  45 .As we learn more about the brain, we may find answers to our questions about dreams.

(  )36. A. body            B. spirit            C. brain         D. heart

(  )37. A. never           B. seldom           C. ever         D. often

(  )38. A. symbols         B. examples         C. numbers      D. pictures

(  )39. A. special           B. serious           C. different      D. great

(  )40. A. finish           B. forget            C. understand    D. continue

(  )41. A. hopes           B. rights            C. positions      D. abilities

(  )42. A. answer          B. believe        C. doubt        D. worry

(  )43. A. experiences B. dreams C. mistakes D. inventions

(  )44. A. passes on        B. looks into         C. throws away   D. asks for

(  )45. A. feelings B. stories C. lives D. memories

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