New York China's Yao Ming leads Lakers center Sharquill O'Neal in voting for the National Basketball Association All-star Game to be played on February 9 in Atlanta．

　　After the first two rounds of fan voting, the Houston rookie (新秀) leads all centers with 841,393 votes, more than 158,000 votes over O'Neal．

　　Yao, the first overall pick in last year's NBA entry draft, also ranks fourth overall in the latest reports released on Thursday．

　　O'Neal, of the three-time NBA championship Lakers, missed the first 12 games of the season while recovering from toe surgery．

　　Yao, who has had a shining rookie season so far, may have also benefited from new voting procedures．This season marks the first time that fans can go online and vote in Chinese．

　　Carter, Toronto Raptors forward, has been sidelined for most of the season with a left knee strain but has 871, 189 votes．He is second overall in the fan ball voting, trailing only Lakers guard Kobe Bryant, who has 958,695．

(Agencies via Xinhua)

1．This message is probably taken from________．

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2．O'Neal has got about ________ votes．

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3．The way to vote for All-star Game players ________．

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A．remains the same as before

B．changes because of Yao Ming

C．changes because of China

D．changes because of O'Neal

4．How many NBA stars are mentioned in the passage?

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　　Without proper planning, tourism can cause problems．For example, too many tourists can crowd public places that arc also enjoyed by the inhabitants of a country．If tourists create too much traffic, the inhabitants become annoyed and unhappy．They begin to dislike tourists and to treat them impolitely．They forget how much tourism can help the country's economy．It is important to think about the people of a destination country and how tourism affects them．Tourism should help a country, keep the customs and beauty that attract tourists．Tourism should also advance the wealth and happiness of local inhabitants．

　　Too much tourism can be a problem．If tourism grows too quickly, people must leave other jobs to work in the tourism industry．This means that other parts of the country's economy can suffer．

　　On the other hand, if there is not enough tourism, people can lose jobs．Businesses can also lose money．It costs a great deal of money to build large hotels, airports, air terminals, first-class roads, and other support facilities (配套设施) needed by tourist attractions．For example, a major international class tourism hotel can cost as much as 50 thousand dollars per room to build．If this room is not used most of the time, the owners of the hotel lose money．

　　Building a hotel is just a beginning．There must be many support facilities as well, including roads to get to the hotel, electricity, sewers to handle waste, and water．All of these support facilities cost money．If they arc not used because there are not enough tourists, jobs and money are lost．

1．Which of the following do you think has been discussed in the part before this selection?

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A．It is extremely important to develop tourism．

B．Building roads and hotels is essential．

C．Support facilities are highly necessary．

D．Planning is of great importance to tourism．

2．The underlined word inhabitants probably means ________．

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3．Too much tourism can cause all these problems EXCEPT ________,

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A．a bad effect on other industries

B．a change of tourists' customs

C．over-crowdedness of places of interest

D．pressure on traffic

4．It can be inferred from the text that ________．

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A．the author doesn't like tourism developing so fast

B．local people will benefit from tourist attraction

C．other parts of a country's economy won't benefit from tourism

D．we can't build too many support facilities

5．The author thinks it is good for local people to know that tourism will________．

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A．waste a lot of money

B．weaken their economy

C．help establish their customs

D．help improve their life

　　A few years ago it was popular to speak of a generation gap, disagreement between young people and their elders．Parents said that children did not show them proper respect and obedience, while children complained that their parents did not understand them at all．What had gone wrong? Why had the generation gap suddenly appeared? Actually the generation gap has been around for a long time．Many people argue that a gap is built into the fabric (结构) of our society．

　　One important cause of the generation gap is the chance that young people have to choose their own ways of life．In more traditional societies, when children grow up, they are expected to live in the same area as their parents, to marry people that their parents know and agree to, and to continue the family occupation (职业)．In our society, young people often travel great distances for their education, move out of the family home at an early age, marry or live with people whom their parents have never met, and choose occupations different from those of their parents．

　　In our easily changing society, parents often expect their children to do better than they did: to find better jobs, to make more money, and to do all the things that they were unable to do．Often, however, the strong desire that parents have for their children are another cause of the disagreement between them．Often, they discover that they have very little in common with each other．

　　Finally, the speed at which changes take place in our society is another cause of the gap between the generations．In a traditional culture, elderly people are valued for their wisdom, but in our society the knowledge of a lifetime may become out of date overnight．The young and the old seem to live in two very different worlds, separated by different skills and abilities．

　　No doubt, the generation gap will continue to be a feature (特点) of American life for some time to come．Its causes are rooted in the freedom and changes of our society, and in the rapid speed at which society changes．

1．The main idea of the first paragraph is that________．

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A．the generation gap suddenly appeared

B．the generation gap is a feature of modern social life

C．people can reduce the generation gap

D．many critics argue over the nature of the generation gap

2．Which cause of the generation gap is NOT mentioned in the passage?

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A．Young people like to choose their own life styles．

B．American society is changing very fast．

C．Parents place high hopes on their children．

D．Modern education makes them think differently．

3．In American society, young people often________．

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A．depend on their parents to make a living

B．stay with their parents in order to get a chance for higher education

C．seek the best advice from their parents

D．have very little in common with their parents

4．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?\

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A．Parents should be strict with their children．

B．The younger generation should value the older generation for their wisdom．

C．The generation gap is partly caused by the older generation．

D．The generation gap does not exist in American society．

　　Today, air travel is far safer than driving a car on a busy motor-way．But still there is a danger that grows every year．Airliners get larger and larger．Some airplanes can carry over 300 passengers．And the air itself becomes more and more crowded．If one large airliner struck into another in midair, 600 lives could be lost．

　　From the moment an airliner takes off to the moment it lands, every movement is watched on radar screens．Air traffic controllers tell the pilot exactly when to turn, when to climb, and when to come down．The air traffic controllers around a busy airport like London-Heathrow may deal with 2,500 planes a day．Not all of them actually land at the airport．Any plane that flies near the airport comes under the orders of the controllers there．Even a small mistake on their part could cause a terrible accident．

　　Recently such a disaster almost happened．Two large jets were flying towards the airport．One was carrying 69 passengers from Toronto, the other 176 passengers from Chicago．An air traffic controller noticed on his radar screen that the two planes were too close to each other．He ordered one to turn to the right and to climb．But he made a mistake．He ordered the wrong plane to do this．So, instead of turning away from the second plane, the first plane turned towards it．Fifteen seconds later it flew directly in front of the second plane．They avoided each other by the smallest part of a second．The distance between them was less than that of a large swimming pool．This is an example of the danger that grows every year．

1．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?

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A．Traveling by air is as safe as by car．

B．Traveling by air is not as safe as by car．

C．Traveling by car is as dangerous as by air．

D．Traveling by car is more dangerous than by air．

2．The air traffic controllers of an airport________．

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A．control all the planes flying near the airport

B．give orders to planes leaving the airport

C．only deal with the planes that want to land there

D．are allowed to handle 250 planes a day

3．The danger of air crashes grows every year because ________．

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A．airliners are getting larger and air traffic is becoming heavier

B．a pilot does not always hear a controller's order

C．a controller is likely to make more and more mistakes

D．airports can hardly serve the growing number of airplanes

4．The example in the passage is to show that ________．

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A．air traffic controllers are often careless

B．air traffic controllers should pay much attention to avoiding accidents

C．it is difficult for airplanes to avoid terrible accidents

D．two planes should not fly too close to each other

　　Many people believe the glare from snow causes snowblindness．Yet, with dark glasses or not, they find themselves suffering from headaches and watering eyes, and even snowblindness, when exposed to several hours of “snow light”．

　　The United States army has now determined that glare from snow does not cause snowblindness in troops in a snow-covered country．Rather, a man's eyes frequently find nothing to focus on in a broad space of snow-covered without grass land．So his gaze continually moves and jumps back and forth over the entire landscape in search of something to look at．Finding something, hour after hour, the eyes never stop searching and the eyeballs become tired and the eye muscles ache．Nature makes up for this discomfort by producing more and more fluid (流体) which covers the eyeball．The fluid covers the eyeball in increasing quantity until it makes eyes difficult to see dearly, and the result is total, even though for a short time, snowblindness．

　　Experiments led the Army to a simple method of overcoming this problem．Scouts (侦察兵) ahead of the troops are trained to shake snow from evergreen bushes, creating a dotted line as they cross completely snow-covered landscape．Even the scouts themselves throw lightweight, dark-colored objects ahead on which they can focus too．The men following can then see something．Their gaze is arrested．Their eyes focus on a bush and having found something to see, stop searching the snow-blanketed landscape．By focusing their attention on one object at a time, the men can cross the snow without becoming hopelessly snowblind or lost．In this way the problem of crossing a continuous white land is overcome．

1．To prevent snowblindness caused by the strong light from snow, wearing glasses or not________．

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A．depends on whether the snow is white enough

B．makes no difference

C．makes much difference

D．depends on whether the snow is thick

2．When the eyes are tired, tears flow out ________．

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A．to clear the vision

B．to make the eyes stop searching

C．to make the vision unclear

D．to produce more and more liquid

3．Snowblindness can be avoided ________．

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A．by moving one's gaze back and forth

B．by walking ahead and keeping looking around

C．by making up for the discomfort of one's eyes

D．by providing the eyes with something to focus on

4．What is the probable meaning of the underlined part Their gaze is arrested?

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A．They get something to look at．

B．They can only look at one spot．

C．Their eyes are clear．

D．They can't see freely．

　　Want a glance of the future of health care? Take a look at the way various networks of patient care are being connected to one another, and how this new connectivity is being exploited to deliver medicine to the patient, no matter where he or she may be．

　　Online doctors offering advice based on normal symptoms are the most obvious example．Increasingly, however, remote diagnosis (远程诊断) will be based on real physiological data (生理数据) from the actual patient．A group from the University of Kentucky has shown that by using personal data assistance plus a mobile phone, it is perfectly practical to send a patient's important signs over the telephone．With this kind of equipment, the cry asking whether there was a doctor in the house could well be a thing of the past．

　　Other medical technology groups are working on applying telemedicine to rural (countryside) care．And at least one team wants to use telemedicine as a tool for disaster need ?especially after earthquakes．On the whole, the trend is towards providing global access to medical data and experts' opinions．

　　But there is one problem．Bandwidth (宽带) is the limiting factor for sending complex medical pictures around the world, CU photos being one of the biggest bandwidth users．Communication satellites may be able to deal with the short-term needs during disasters such as earthquakes or wars．But medicine is looking towards both the second generation Internet and third generation mobile phones for the future of remote medical service．

　　Doctors have met to discuss computer-based tools for medical diagnosis, training and telemedicine．With the falling price of broadband communications, the new technologies should start a new time when telemedicine and the sharing of medical information, experts' opinions and diagnosis are common．

1．The writer chiefly talks about________．

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A．the use of telemedicine

B．the on-lined doctors

C．medical care and treatment

D．communication improvement

2．Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the text?

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A．Patients don't need doctors in hospitals any more．

B．It is impossible to send a patient's signs over the telephone．

C．Many teams use telemedicine dealing with disasters now．

D．Broadband communications will become cheaper in the future．

3．The “problem” in the fourth paragraph refers to the fact that________．

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A．bandwidth isn't big enough to send complex medical pictures

B．the second-generation of Internet has not become popular yet

C．communication satellites can only deal with short-termneeds

D．there is not enough equipment for spreading the medical care

　　The common cold is the world's most widespread illness, which is plagues (疫病) that flesh receives．

　　The most widespread fallacy (谬误) of all is that colds caused by cold．They are not．They are caused by viruses (病毒) passing on from person to person．You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one．If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever．But they do not．And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes．

　　During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches (战壕)，cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds．

　　In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp (奥斯维辛集中营) naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds．

　　At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time．After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room．Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion．Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose．

　　If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter? Despite the most painstaking research, no one has yet found the answer．One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on．

　　No one has yet found a cure for the cold．There are drugs and pain suppressors (止痛片) such as aspirin, but all they do is to relieve the symptoms．

1．The writer offered ________examples to support his argument．

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2．Which of the following does NOT agree with the chosen passage?

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A．The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time．

B．Colds are not caused by cold．

C．People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors．

D．A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already had one．

3．Arctic explorers may catch colds when________．

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A．they are working in the isolated arctic regions

B．they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C．they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

D．they are coming into touch again with the outside world

4．Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit________．

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5．The passage mainly discusses________．

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A．the experiments on the common cold

B．the fallacy about the common cold

C．the reason and the way people catch colds

D．the continued spread of common colds

April 11, 2003 12:44 a．m．PST Associated Press

　　The respiratory (呼吸的) virus known as SARS has appeared to spread in the United States only to family members of health workers with close contact to a sick person．

　　On Tuesday, the head of the Center for Disease Control and Prevention said there might be a case of severe respiratory syndrome (综合征) spreading through the workplace．

　　Dr．Julie Gerberding said a suspected SARS virus patient who became ill after traveling to Asia might have infected a coworker in Florida, which made her “very worried”．

　　So far, a dozen people nine family members and three health workers were infected after coming into close contact with the person with SARS．The rest of the 166 suspected American cases have something to do with people who were infected while traveling in Asia．

　　In the Gainesville area, a 47-year-old woman was believed to have been infected at work by a 60-year-old woman who was the nation's first suspected SARS case, said Tom Belcuore, director of the Alachua County health department．

　　Since the World Health Organization announced a worldwide warning last month about SARS, the United States has started infection control in hospitals and among families of suspected cases．

　　Florida officials said a school in Okaloosa County went through a cleaning after a 6-year-old boy suspected of having SARS appeared at school with slight symptoms．“Health officials are watching the boys' contacts at school to make sure no one else is infected,” said Rob Hayes, health department spokesman．“The boy may have been infected from a family member, and his infection cannot be ruled out．” Hayes said, “We immediately became aware of it and had the child sent home．He's staying at home with his family until 10 days after symptoms disappear．”

1．The best title for this passage is________．

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A．A Worldwide Warning

B．Possible Spread of SARS at Workplace

C．What is SARS

D．Suspected SARS Cases

2．The writer wrote this article mainly to________．

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A．discuss the danger of SARS

B．report research result about SARS

C．inform people of the spread of SARS

D．explain to the readers what SARS is

3．The underlined phrase rule out has the closest meaning to ________．

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A．make rules

B．have control of

C．make a decision

D．think something not possible

4．How many cases of suspected SARS are reported in the USA now according to the passage?

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　　Feel tired lately? Has a doctor said he can't find anything wrong with you? Perhaps he sent you to a hospital, but all the advanced equipment there shows that there is nothing wrong with you．Then, consider this: you might be in a state of sub-health (亚健康)．

　　Sub-health, also called the third state or gray state, is explained as a borderline state between health and disease．According to the investigation by the National Health Organization, over 45 percent of sub-healthy people are middle aged or elderly．The percentage is even higher among people who work in management positions as well as students around exam week．

　　Symptoms (征兆) include a lack of energy, depression, slow reactions, insomnia (失眠), agitation, and poor memory．Other symptoms include shortness of breath, sweating and aching in the waist and legs．

　　The key to preventing and recovering from sub-health, according to some medical experts, is to form good living habits, alternate work and rest, exercise regularly, and take part in open air activities．

　　As for meals, people are advised to eat less salt and sugar．They should also eat more fresh vegetables, fruits, fish because they are rich in nutritional elements vitamins and trace elements that are important to the body．

　　Nutrition experts point out that it is not good to eat too much at one meal because it may cause unhealthy changes in the digestive tract (消化道)．They also say that a balanced diet is very helpful in avoiding sub-health．

1．When you are in a state of sub-health, you probably should ________．

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2．Middle-aged people may easily get sub-healthy because ________．

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A．they have used up their energy

B．they have lost their hopes

C．they have more pressure in life and work．

D．they have changed their way of life

3．The key to preventing sub-health is to________．

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A．keep on working regularly

B．go to sleep a bit earlier

C．form good living habits

D．take medicine if necessary As

4．for food, experts suggest that________．

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A．we should never eat meat

B．we should have a balanced diet

C．we should eat less

D．we should have meals without sugar

5．The underlined word alternate in this passage is closest in meaning to________．

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1．This passage is mainly about________．

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A．how people keep fit

B．a healthy diet program

C．why people should have a simple lifestyle

D．ways to lose weight

2．What does the phrase “lose inches” mean in the passage?

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3．What is the aim of this diet program?

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A．To keep healthy first and to lose weight second．

B．To lose weight in a short time．

C．T o lose weight at the cost of the health．

D．To lose weight first and to keep healthy second．

4．Which of the following is NOT true?

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A．This program makes a change in your lifestyle．

B．This program can stop you from feeling hungry．

C．This program allows you 1,700 to 2,000 calories for each meal．

D．This program focuses on proper levels of nutrients．

5．If you “Click Here”, what will you read on the Internet?

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A．Some other programs．

B．The details of this program．

C．Some interesting foods．

D．Some products you can buy．