“You have cancer” are the three words you never want to hear. Unfortunately, over 5, 000 people in North America do hear those words --- every single day. Even worse, cancer has become the second leading cause of death for Americans. America’s health practitioner (从业人员), David Brownstein, M. D., has spent much of his medical career studying cancer, and learning the best ways to avoid becoming its victim.
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1.We can learn from Paragraph 1 that ________.
A. David Brownstein makes no progress in preventing cancer
B. cancer is the leading cause of death for Americans
C. David Brownstein himself is suffering from cancer
D. cancer victims are increasing in North America
2.What do we know about cancer in America?
A. Cancer death rates are dropping.
B. Cancer industry is very profitable.
C. Traditional cancer treatments are effective.
D. Cancer medicine was invented 80 years ago.
3.What does the underlined part “the hard truth” refer to in Paragraph 2?
A. David Brownstein’s video is unpopular.
B. It needs another 80 years to cure cancer.
C. People don’t know cancer death rates.
D. People’s inability to defeat cancer.
4.What does Dr. Brownstein’s video include?
a. Some signs that you’ll get cancer.
b. Some people who are fighting against cancer. ’
c. Some ways to avoid factors that can cause cancer.
d. Some steps to prevent cancer controlling your body.
A. abc B. bcd C. acd D. abd
5.What’s the purpose of the passage?
A. To recommend a video.
B. To introduce some doctors.
C. To teach US how to make a video.
D. To give US some tips on dealing with cancel.
During the last fifteen years of my mother's life she suffered with Alzheimer's disease (老年痴呆). Until then she had been a bright, cheerful woman deeply interested and involved in the world around her. I would go home to visit her in Virginia and she would look at me in a puzzled way and ask, “Who are you?” I would answer, “I'm your son.” “Where do you live?” She would ask. “In California”, I would tell her. “Isn't that interesting,” she would say, “I have a son in California.”
She seemed simply forgetful and confused at the beginning of the disease, but later on she would go through periods of intense anxiety. She would pace through the house she had lived in most of her life crying uneasily that she wanted to go home. Or she would leave home and wander away if she were unattended for a short time.
Hoping to please her and put her mind at ease, I would take her for a drive, visiting sites where she had lived as a child. In the yard of the hillside house in Shipman I sat in the car and admired the view of the old oaks and long green lawn. I pictured my mother there was a little girl playing with the pet lamb she had been so fond of. I looked to her for some response. She shook her head and said “ I want to go home.”
Over the years I have decided that what my mother was calling home was not a place, but a time. I suspect it was a time when she was much younger, when her children were still underfoot, when her husband was still vigorous and attentive.
Watching my mother's suffering set me wondering where I would have gone in mind if someday I couldn’t find home and wanted to go there. In this family we tend to be long-lived and we grow fuzzy (糊涂的) minded as the years go by. At eighty I have already noticed some alarming symptoms. My doctor says the forgetfulness is only natural and that it comes with age. Still the fear of Alzheimer's is haunting there. Someday if and when I become even more cloudy minded than I am now, unable to drive and unable to tell you where "home" is, my dear son, I expect I will ask y to take me home, I know you will do your best to find the place I need to be. I leave these notes for your guidance.
1.What's the main idea of the first two paragraphs?
A ou. The author’s mother suffered with serious Alzheimer's disease.
B. The author’s mother forgot who’s his son.
C. The author didn’t know how to cure his mother.
D. The author’s mother couldn’t find her home.
2.What is not the symptom of the author’s mother ?
A. cheerful B. confused
C. forgetful D. uneasy
3. What’s the meaning of the underlined word “pictured”?
A. photographed B. appeared
C. described D. painted
4. What can you infer from the third paragraph?
A. The author cares much about his mother.
B. The author’s mother was fond of pet lambs.
C. The author saw a little girl playing with a pet lamb.
D. The author’s mother didn’t like her usual home.
5.What’s the best title of the passage?
A. Take Mother Home.
B. Everyone will suffer with Alzheimer's disease.
C. A story about a son and a mother.
D. Where Is Home?
My students often tell me that they don’t have “enough time” to do all their schoolwork.
My reply is often a brief “You have as much time as the president.” I usually carry on a bit about there being twenty-four hours in the day for everyone, and suggest that “not enough time” is not an acceptable explanation of not getting something done.
Once in graduate school(研究院), I tried to prove to one of my professors by saying that I was working hard. His answer to me was, “That’s irrelevant. What’s important is the quality of your work，Since then I have had time to think carefully about the “hard worker” dodge (诀窍), and I have come to some conclusions — all relevant to the problem of how much time we have.
If you analyze(分析) the matter, you can identify two parts of the problem: There is, of course, the matter of “time”, which we can think of as fixed. Then there is the problem of “work” during that time. But, as my professor suggested, it’s not how hard one works but the quality of the product that’s important.
That led me to a new idea: the quality of the work. That concept is perhaps best explained by a sign I once saw on the wall in someone’s office: “Don’t work harder. Work smarter.” There is a lot of sense in that idea.
If you can’t get more time, and few of us can, the only solution is to improve the quality of the work. That means thinking of ways to get more out of the same time than we might otherwise get. That should lead us to an analysis of our work habits. Since “work” for students usually means “homework”, the expression “work habits” should be read as “study habits”.
Then, as a smart student, you will seek to improve those skills that you use in study, chiefly reading and writing. If you learn to read better and write better, there are big benefits that pay off in all your studies.
1.From the passage, we know that the author is probably _______ .
A. an educator B. a poet
C. a novelist D. an engineer
2.We can infer from the second paragraph that we students still _______ .
A. can meet the president
B. have enough time
C. can get everything done well
D. should accept the explanation
3.Which of the following is closest in meaning to the underlined word in paragraph 2?
A. unnecessary B. different
C. irrelated D. funny
4.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A. The author’s students make good use of their time to do all their homework.
B. The author tried to tell the professor that he/she (author) had done a good job.
C. You’ll try to improve your skills in reading and writing if you’re a clever student.
D. You can’t improve the quality of the work if you can’t get more time.
5.What’s the passage mainly about?
A. Don’t work harder; work smarter.
B. Students don’t have enough time.
C. No one can get more time.
D. Read better and write better.
I was having my dinner at McDonald’s one evening when an old couple slowly walked in. They _ their meal, took a table near the window and started _ food out of the plate. There was one hamburger, one order of French fries and one drink. The man_ _ the food into two halves and carefully placed_ before his wife.
He took a sip of the drink. His wife also took one and then _ the cup down between them. “That __ __ old couple. All they can _ is one meal for the two of them,” thought I. _ _ the man began to eat his French fries, I _ to my feet, went over and said that I was _ to buy another meal for them. But he ___ refused me and said that they made it a _ to share everything.
_ , the lady didn’t take a bite. She sat there _ her husband eat, and taking turns sipping the drink. Again I _ to buy them something but was refused. When the man finished eating and was _ _ his face with a napkin, I _ no longer stand it. I made an offer to them a third time. _ being politely refused, I asked the lady __ _, “Madam, why aren’t you eating? You said that you share everything. _ is it that you are waiting for?” “The teeth,” she answered.
1.A. served B. requested C. collected D. ordered
2.A. carrying B. taking C. fetching D. bringing
3.A. divided B. cut C. changed D. formed
4.A. it B. this C. that D. one
5.A. got B. gave C. set D. turned
6.A. funny B. crazy C. strange D. poor
7.A. afford B. pay C. demand D. choose
8.A. While B. Since C. As D. Until
9.A. came B. struggled C. rushed D. rose
10.A. anxious B. willing C. satisfied D. quick
11.A. warmly B. proudly C. kindly D. seriously
12.A. way B. habit C. case D. model
13.A. Surprisingly B. Sadly C. Shockingly D. Bitterly
14.A. seeing B. noticing C. watching D. finding
15.A. wanted B. offered C. planned D. attempted
16.A. wiping B. touching C. bathing D. washing
17.A. should B. could C. might D. would
18.A. In B. before C. After D. With
19.A. curiously B. carefully C. naturally D. plainly
20.A. How B. Who C. Why D. What
Only if you have a permit to park here. Otherwise you’ll get fined.
A. you will be allowed B. will you be allowed
C. will you allow D. you will allow
George is going to talk about the geography of his country, but I’d rather he ____ more on its culture.
A. focus B. focused
C. would focus D. had focused
