I remember that when I was in my teens, I used to go against many of the Dos and Don’ts my parents taught. For example, when I kept playing jazz records on the player, my father would think of such music as making noise and replace them with disks of classical music that I always considered extremely dull.

My mom and dad were also very particular about the friends I went out with, always saying that “One rotten(腐烂) apple could ruin a whole barrel of apples.” When I insisted on sleeping with my pet dog, they immediately said NO because they thought that I would be bitten by fleas(跳蚤).

These are just a few examples of many of the things that I thought my parents were unreasonable about. Today, however, I am also the father of a boy of sixteen, and I find that I, too, am pressuring my son with a lot of rules that he seems to find hard to accept. The other day, I noticed that my son’s hair was too long, so I told him to go to the barber’s and get it cut short. Usually, he is fairly obedient, but this time he put his foot down. “What’s wrong with my long hair? I don’t think you have the right to order me to cut it short, even if you’re my father!”

When I was a boy, if I had spoken in such a way to my father, he would have taught me a good lesson. But now we are living in a world with more freedom. My son’s insistence on wearing his long hair was only an example of the generation gap that existed between us. So I tried to be more understanding and now he still wears his long hair.

49. The writer’s parents thought it proper for him to ________.

sleep with his pet dog

listen to Jazz

be careful making friends

wear long hair

50. Which of the following is true?

The writer gave more freedom to his son.

The writer’s son often went against him.

The writer always obeyed his parents as a child.

The writer liked wearing long hair

51. The underlined word “put his foot down” in the third paragraph means ________.

obeyed

insisted

accepted

left

52. The writer thinks that ________.

Parents should be more strict with their children

No generation gap exists between parents and children

Parents have the right to order their children

Parents should show more respect to their children

第二节完形填空(共20小题;每小题1 5分,共30分)

    阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。

    I believe in miracles(奇迹)because I've seen so many of them.One day,a patient was referred to me who was one hundred and two years old.“There’s a  36 in my upper jaw,”she said.“I told my own dentist it's nothing,but he   37  I come to see you”

Her eighty-year-old son accompanied her.He would  38 to add something,but she stopped him.She wanted to tell everything herself.I found a large cancer that spread over much of the

 39 of her mouth.A careful examination later   40  that it was a particularly bad sort of cancer.

    During her next appointment,I explained to her the   41  of the problem She clasped my

hand in hers and said,“I know you’re worried about me,but I’m just  42 .”

    I thought otherwise.After considerable  43 on my part,and kindness on her part because she wanted to  44 me,she agreed to have me refer her to a cancer surgeon.She saw him,but as I expected, 45 treatment.

  About six months later she returned to my office,still energetic and  46 

  “How are you?”I asked.

  “I’m just fine,honey,”she responded  47  high spirits.“When can I get stared on fixing

my dentures(假牙)?”

       Surprised to see her at all,I answered   48  ,“Let me take a look in your mouth and we’ll

see about it. ”

       I couldn’t believe my eyes.The cancer that had  49  nearly the entire roof of her mouth was gone—only one small area of redness  50

       I had read of such things happening,but had  51 seen them with my own eyes.That was my first miracle.Since then I've seen many others,because they keep getting  52 to see.In fact,miracles are daily events for me now.And people are n miracle,  53  through them we have a chance to know ourselves and to  54  the miracles of one another.

       Since my first miracle,I've come to understand that the time and place for a miracle is 55 we choose to find it.

36.A.cut                                     B.pain                          C.wound                D.cancer

37.A.declared                           B.suspected               C.promised           D.insisted

38.A.refuse                               B.continue                  C.attempt             D.manage

39.A.roof                                    B.coiner                      C.bottom               D.surface

40.A.confirmed                        B.convinced               C.considered        D.concluded

41.A.possibility                         B.importance            C.seriousness      D.resolution

42.A.old                                      B.sick                           C.fine                      D.glad

43.A.permission                       B.support                   C.approval            D.effort

44.A.persuade                          B.please                      C.encourage         D.astonish

45.A.declined                            B.provided                  C.received             D.required

46.A.healthy                             B.elegant                    C.optimistic          D.humorous

47.A.to                                       B.in                               C.with                    D.by

48.A.worriedly                          B.confusedly    C.patiently            D.confidently

49.A.covered                            B.reached                   C.spread                D.grown

50.A.cured                                 B.faded                       C.expanded                    D.remained

51.A.ever                                   B.also                          C.never                  D.already

52.A.easier                                B.rarer                        C.happier              D.closer

53.A.or                                       B.so                              C.yet                       D.for

54.A.read                                   B.make                        C.keep                    D.see

55.A.whatever                         B.wherever                C.whoever            D.whichever

Healthy knees aren’t the main consideration in choosing high heels, but new research says chunky heels are just as bad for the knees as spindly stilettos(细高跟鞋).“It takes a long time to feel the effects of knee osteoarthritis(骨关节炎)—and once you do it, it is too late,”said Dr.Casey Kerrigan, leading researcher of the study and associate professor at Harvard Medical School’s department of physical medicine.“I compare it to smoking—one cigarette is not painful, but over a lifetime it is. Wide-heeled shoes feel comfortable, so women wear them all day long,”Kerrigan said.“They are better for your feet than stiletto heels, but just as bad for your knees.”

In the study, researchers had twenty women wear two pairs of shoes with three-inch heels, one with a narrow heel and the other with a thick one. The scientists compared how much pressure was put on the women’s knees by both types of shoes. The women also walked bare-foot to test normal pressure. The scientists found that both types of shoes applied equal amounts of pressure to the knees. Compared with walking barefoot, the heels increased pressure on the inside of the knee by 26 percent. Increased pressure on the knee eventually leads to arthritis, experts say.

The idea that high heels are bad for your health isn’t new—scientists have warned women for years that they contribute to problems ranging from corns to hammer toes, tendonitis, knee pain, sprained(扭伤)ankles and back problems. But in 1998,Kerrigan and a team of Harvard researchers were the first to link high heels and knee osteoarthritis, a painful joint disease that destroys cartilage(软骨)surrounding the knee. The first study looked only at stiletto heels, and Kerrigan said she wanted to study the chunky high-heeled shoes she noticed many women wearing.“This study confirms what we all intuitively(直觉地)know that high-heeled shoes of any kind are not good for our health,” said Dr.Glem Pfeffer, a San Francisco doctor and member of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons who was not connected to the study.

61.We learn from the passage that women choose chunky heels because _________.

       A.they want to walk comfortably

       B.chunky heeled shoes are cheaper than stiletto heeled pairs

       C.chunky heels do less harm to knees

       D.chunky heels are not painful at all

62.The study mentioned in the second paragraph found that _________.

       A.pressure on the foot is caused by high heels

       B.the pressure is abnormal while walking barefoot

       C.arthritis is always caused by pressure on the knees

       D.both types of shoes have the same harm to the knees

63.It can be inferred from the passage that _________.

       A.people got to know the high heels are bad for health recently

       B.people have known the high heels are bad for health for years

       C.people haven’t known the high heels are bad for health yet

       D.people will be warned that the high heels are bad for health soon

64.Kerrigan’s late study looked at the chunky high-heeled shoes because _________.

       A.they feel more comfortable

       B.they are related to knee osteoarthritis

       C.they are worn by many women

       D.they are different from stiletto heels

65.The best title for the passage may be _________.

       A.Talking Healthy Knees into Consideration

       B.High-heels Do Harm to Knees

       C.Chunky Heels and Stiletto Heels

       D.When Wearing High-heels

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