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I noticed the woman when I entered the newsroom. My secretary told me she wanted to put an ad to   36  a baby. So I suggested several    37 lines for these ads to her:   38 , Baby to love; or Dear Birth Mother, Let Us Help You. The ad would contain   39  about her and her husband: they were   40 , could afford to raise a child. But then something   41  me: the major newspapers carried ads like this and their 42  were larger than ours. “Have you tried the major ones?” I asked. “Yes, but all failed and one more wouldn’t   43 .” She handed me a check and left with a   44  smile.
A week later the woman called in a    45  of delight: “Please don’t run the ad again. We ’ve connected with   46 . The baby is due in a month.” Good news. I asked her if she   47  keep in touch if the adoption   48  to have a happy ending. She agreed but added when the adoption was final she was   49   to give me the story.
One day my phone rang. I   50  her voice immediately. “The adoption is final. Would you like to come and meet him?” Happily, I made a (an ) 51 with her for the next day. “His name is Ben,” she said, as I started to take                  52 . “He slept through the night from the start. Now he’s smiling and starting to turn over. Of course I’m not   53  him. If he is a little slow.” She paused. “ Oh, I should tell you Ben has Down’s Syndrome.(唐氏综合症)” I stopped writing . I wasn’t sure how to   54 . But she smiled “Ben was meant for us, don’t you see? He needs me more than a   55  developing child would.” She sat on the sofa, holding her son. Both of them smiled. “You wanted a story with a happy ending,” said the woman “ You got it.”

Imagine a boy from a small village in East Africa. He, since a very early age, has been looking after cattle. At twelve years old he knows more about cattle than most of you. However, he has never been to school. Has this boy had any education?
Education is discovering about ourselves and about the people and things around us. All the people who care about us — our parents, brothers, sisters, friends — are our teachers. In fact, we learn something from everyone we meet. We start learning on the day we were born, not on the first day we go to school. Every day we have new experiences, like finding a bird’s nest, discovering a new street in our neighborhood, making friends with someone we didn’t like before. New experiences are even more fun when we share them with other people.
Encouragement from the people around us enables us to explore things as many as possible. As we grow up, we begin to find out what we are capable of doing. You may be good at cooking, or singing or playing football. You find this out by doing these things. Just thinking about cooking doesn’t tell you whether you are good at it.
We learn so much just living from day to day. So why is school important? Of course you can learn some things better at home than at school, like how to do the shopping, and how to help old or disabled people who can’t do everything for themselves. At school, teachers help us to read and write. With their guidance, we begin to see things in different ways.
【小题1】 The writer takes the African boy as an example to show that _______.

A．African children are very poor.	B．some children are unlucky.
C．there are many kinds of education.	D．schools are of great importance.

【小题2】In the opinion of the writer, .

A．we have to learn from the people around us.	B．the school is not important at all.
C．only people who care for us can teach us.	D．education takes place everywhere.

【小题3】 One can find out what he / she is good at by _.

A．what people encourage him/ her to do.	B．the teachings of those he / she meets.
C．thinking about it when growing up.	D．trying and practising things.

【小题4】 The passage tells us that _ .

A．everyone gets education from the day he or she was born.

B．different classes of people receive different kinds of education.

C．the school is absolutely necessary if one wants to understand the world.

D．everyone will find out what he or she is good at.

【小题5】According to the last paragraph, we know that .

A．the school is not so important as our living places.

B．the school

enables us to understand the world in other ways.

C．the school teaches us things which are useless at home.

D．the school cannot prepare us for our daily lives.

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The average human experiences a lot of dreams while they sleep at night. But what exactly do they mean? The following explanations deal with four most common dreams and some of the possible meanings behind them, according to experts. Please note that, while certainly interesting, dream analysis is a highly subjective(主观的) field of study.

Dreams about being chased (追逐)

Dreaming about being chased generally means you may be avoiding a person or something painful, annoying or fearful.

It could be a reminder that trying to avoid the problem could lead to more such dreams. Most people dream about being chased at one point or another. It’s both common and natural.

Dreams about death

According to Jeffrey Sumber, a psychotherapist (精神治疗师) and author, dreams about death often indicate “the ending of something, whether that’s a job or a relationship”. He suggests a dream about death can also indicate attempts to remove anxiety or anger. These dreams don’t suggest a person will actually die, he explains.

There are no tricks when it comes to avoiding such dreams. The only way is to do our inner work and make peace with it.

People who have dreams about death tend to be those who are entering an uncertain period in their life. It could be a life-changing event that creates anxiety and fear of the unknown.

Dreams about falling

Dreaming about falling can have a physiological basis, according to Cathleen O’ Connor, Ph. D. As the body goes deep into sleep and the nervous system begins to be quiet, blood pressure and heart rate drop and this change can cause a falling dream.

O’Connor says that dreaming about falling is the mind’s way of warning the dreamer of a situation in his or her waking life where they feel out of control.

“If dreams of falling bring feelings of fear, you should realize that the goal is not to avoid them but rather to work with those dreams in your waking state and deal with the fear so you can regain your balance,” O’ Connor says.

Dreams about celebrities (名人)

“Celebrities carry some kind of message that’s associated with personal achievements or lack,” says Shelley Smith, founding director of the Yoga Health & Therapy Center. “A person dreaming about a celebrity is looking for inspiration … or some characteristic that is associated with that celebrity.

“That’s one of the features of dream images, and they are not under our control,” Smith says. “Your experience while you’re sleeping is coming from a place that’s totally unconscious (无意识的).”

“There is no one group that we can say has this particular dream more than another,” she says, “The image is energetic and specific to what the person’s need is. For example, accomplishment, health, and rising to the top --- whatever is associated with that celebrity.

Title	Four common dreams and why we have them
Introduction	Experts think that dreams may have possible meanings behind them, the analysis of which is1. _______ but subjective.
Dreams	Meanings	2._______ to deal with such dreams
About being3. _______after	Maybe you’re trying to4._______someone or something that is painful, annoying or fearful.	5.______ the problem bravely and realize that such dreams are natural and common.
About being dead	● You will6.______ what you are experiencing, such as a job or a relationship. ● Your anxiety or fear from a life- changing event will be7._____from your life.	Do the inner work and make peace with it.
About falling	● It may result from the8.______ of the nervous system. ● You find something out of control.	Work with such dreams when you are awake and 9._______ the fear.
About celebrities	Maybe you are looking for something you want to achieve or 10._______.	Let them alone, because they come out of unconsciousness.

Cancer researchers urged people on Wednesday to take more vitamin D to lower risk of cancer, saying studies showed a clear link. “Our suggestion is for people to increase their intake (吸入，摄入), through diet or a vitamin supplement,” Dr. Cedric Garland said in a telephone interview.

Garland's research team reviewed 63 studies, including several large long-term ones, on the relationship between vitamin D and certain types of cancer worldwide between 1966 and 2004. “There's nothing that has this ability to prevent cancer,” he said, urging governments and public health officials to do more to fortify (增强) foods with vitamin D. Garland is part of a University of California at San Diego Moores Cancer Center team that published its findings this week online in the American Journal of Public Health. Vitamin D is found in milk, as well as in some fortified orange juice, yogurt and cheeses, usually at around 100 international units（IU）a serving. “People might want to consider a vitamin supplement to raise their intake to 1000 IUs per day” Garland said, adding that it was well within the safety guidelines established by the National Academy of Sciences.

The authors said that taking more vitamin D could be especially important for people living in northern areas, which receive less vitamin D from sunshine.

“African Americans, who don't produce as much of the vitamin because of their skin colour, could also benefit significantly from a higher intake,” the authors said.

1.According to the passage, people are advised to take more Vitamin D, because__.

A. it is nutritious B. it can’t harm people’s health

C. it can lower cancer risk D. it is not taken enough every day

2.Which of the following can not help people get more Vitamin D?

A. Have some sunshine B. Have more meat

C. Have more fortified cheese D. Have a vitamin supplement

3.Who can Garland probably be?

A. A health researcher B. A doctor

C. A scientist D. A public health official

4.Which of the following food can lower people‘s chance of getting cancer?

A. Milk B. Fortified orange juice

C. Fortified yogurt D. All of the above

5.People from which area should take more Vitamin D according to the passage?

A. Asian people B. African people

C. American people D. European people

I noticed the woman when I entered the newsroom. My secretary told me she wanted to put an ad to 36 a baby. So I suggested several 37 lines for these ads to her: 38 , Baby to love; or Dear Birth Mother, Let Us Help You. The ad would contain 39 about her and her husband: they were 40 , could afford to raise a child. But then something 41 me: the major newspapers carried ads like this and their 42 were larger than ours. “Have you tried the major ones?” I asked. “Yes, but all failed and one more wouldn’t 43 .” She handed me a check and left with a 44 smile.

A week later the woman called in a 45 of delight: “Please don’t run the ad again. We ’ve connected with 46 . The baby is due in a month.” Good news. I asked her if she 47 keep in touch if the adoption 48 to have a happy ending. She agreed but added when the adoption was final she was 49 to give me the story.

One day my phone rang. I 50 her voice immediately. “The adoption is final. Would you like to come and meet him?” Happily, I made a (an ) 51 with her for the next day. “His name is Ben,” she said, as I started to take 52 . “He slept through the night from the start. Now he’s smiling and starting to turn over. Of course I’m not 53 him. If he is a little slow.” She paused. “ Oh, I should tell you Ben has Down’s Syndrome.(唐氏综合症)” I stopped writing . I wasn’t sure how to 54 . But she smiled “Ben was meant for us, don’t you see? He needs me more than a 55 developing child would.” She sat on the sofa, holding her son. Both of them smiled. “You wanted a story with a happy ending,” said the woman “ You got it.”

1.A. afford B. affect C. adopt D. adapt

2.A. ordinary B. standard C. effective D. ridiculous

3.A. Wanted B. To Want C. Wanting D. Want

4.A. address B. data C. picture D. information

5.A. rich B. stable C. considerate D. lonely

6.A. occurred to B. turned to C. referred to D. wrote to

7.A. titles B. circulations C. names D. columns

8.A. kill B. work C. hurt D. do

9.A. warm B. weird C. weak D. wild

10.A. spirit B. tone C. way D. sound

11.A. a birth mother B. a lovely baby C. an ad company D. an orphanage

12.A. might B. should C. would D. dared

13.A. turned over B. turned up C. turned out D. turned down

14.A. safe B. comfortable C. brave D. honest

15.A. classified B. identified C. picked D. recognized

16.A. look B. appointment C. appearance D. call

17.A. pains B. pictures C. clues D. notes

18.A. rushing B. speeding C. pressing D. running

19.A. reply B. react C. restore D. release

20.A. steadily B. gradually C. normally D. regularly

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