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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
What do you think of that? One man donated(捐赠) his stem cells (干细胞)to a(n) _______ living on the other side of the world.
A man working as a taxi driver in Shanghai _______ an activity about stem cell donation. Shortly after, he received the ____ that his stem cells had been matched to a boy in England. The receiver is just seven years old. The driver, Jiang Yongfeng, _____ to donate his stem cells at once. “I did not expect it to happen so ____. I was so excited to get a match so soon.” He says. “_____ I learned the boy was only born in 2008, I was silent. And I ____ I made the right decision. I must help him.”
Some people ____ stem cell transplants to treat cancer. They must ______ a donor with nearly the same genes(基因). It means the matched _____ must have the very similar gene. The possibility of the long-distance match between Jiang Yongfeng and the little boy is _____. It sounds like a ____miracle（奇迹）. “ The little boy receiving Jiang’s donation is very ____, ” doctors said.
Some donors were ____ to donate stem cells in out-dated ways because of poor health care systems years ago. It was a(n) _____ experience that many people couldn’t stand. ____, Mr. Jiang was able to use a simpler and safer method.
Usually donors and receivers do not meet, nor do they know each other’s _____. Does Jiang Yongfeng mind that he doesn’t even know the little boy’s name? “ No,” he shakes his ____. “ I just want the operation to be done as soon as possible so that they can send my _____ to the UK and help the little kid _____ as soon as possible. I hope he can be brave and strong and that he can live a good life.
1.A. baby B. friend C. stranger D. animal
2.A. took part in B. came up with C. caught up with D. gave in to
3.A. invitation B. survey C. donation D. news
4.A. remembered B. agreed C. needed D. afford
5.A. nervously B. patiently C. secretly D. quickly
6.A. When B. Before C. Though D. Because
7.A. accepted B. realized C. remembered D. forgot
8.A. need B. sell C. change D. provide
9.A. help B. treat C. find D. visit
10.A. team B. group C. pair D. family
11.A. big B. high C. clear D. small
12.A. medical B. chemical C. special D. natural
13.A. brave B. lucky C. healthy D. shy
14.A. offered B. awarded C. required D. planned
15.A. painful B. easy C. practical D. expensive
16.A. Firstly B. Sadly C. Quickly D. Luckily
17.A. name B. address C. hospital D. number
18.A. body B. hands C. head D. eyes
19.A. information B. cells C. money D. letter
20.A. smile B. understand C. learn D. recover
根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
How to teach a child to respect
As a child grows out of being an infant and begins to notice and react to the world around him, you may find yourself wondering how you possibly impart all of the things that he needs to become a responsible, respectful adult. 1._____ A child who learns to respect all he meets not only receives respect from others, but also learns to respect himself as well.
●Show your child respect. This is perhaps the best way to teach your child how to respect others. Listen to your child by giving him your full attention and he will learn to listen to you, understanding how important this is in communication.
●2.______ The more you say “please” and “thank you” to your child, the more likely he will learn to use them with you and others. Politeness then becomes a normal part of any conversation.
●Agree to disagree. 3._____ Explain your decision so that he will understand your reasoning and expect respectful responses. Disagreeing with you doesn't equate to disobedience.
●Control your impulse to overact. When a situation arises between you and your child that requires calmness, keep in mind that you are supposed to be modeling correct behavior. 4.________
●Praise, praise, praise! So much is focused on what a child does wrong and how to correct it that the accomplishments are not celebrated enough. 5._______
A．Teach manners by using polite requests and responses.
B．Try to remember that a child won't always agree with you.
C．Respect is necessary for a meaningful and successful life.
D．If he sees you lose temper, he is more likely to respond that way in future.
E．A child may act like he pleases, but will respect being given limits.
F．When you see your child exhibit respectful behavior, make sure he knows just how proud you are of him.
G．Setting a good example is the best way to start a child on the path to respect.
Children have their own rules in playing games. They seldom need a referee(裁判) and rarely trouble to keep scores. They don’t care much about who wins or loses, and it doesn’t seem to worry them if the game is not finished. Yet, they like games that depend a lot on luck, so that their personal abilities cannot be directly compared. They also enjoy games that move in stages, in which each stage, the choosing of leaders, the picking-up of sides, or the determining of which side shall start, is almost a game in itself.
Grown-ups can hardly find children’s games exciting, and they often feel puzzled（迷惑的）at why their kids play such simple games again and again. However, it is found that a child plays games for very important reasons. He can be a good player without having to think whether he is a popular person, and he can find himself being a useful partner to someone of whom he is ordinarily afraid. He becomes a leader when it comes to his turn. He can be confident, too, in particular games, that it is his place to give orders, to pretend to be dead, to throw a ball actually at someone, or to kiss someone he has caught.
It appears to us that when children play a game they imagine a situation under their control. Everyone knows the rules, and more importantly, everyone plays according to the rules. Those rules may be childish, but they make sure that every child has a chance to win.
1.What is true about children when they play games?
A. They can stop playing any time they like.
B. They can test their personal abilities.
C. They want to pick a better team.
D. They don’t need rules.
2.To become a leader in a game the child has to ________.
A. play well
B. wait for his turn
C. be confident in himself
D. be popular among his playmates
3.Why does a child like playing games?
A. Because he can be someone other than himself.
B. Because he can become popular among friends.
C. Because he finds he is always lucky in games.
D. Because he likes the place where he plays a game.
4.The writer believes that _____.
A. children should make better rules for their games.
B. children should invite grown-ups to play with them.
C. children’s games can do them a lot of good.
D. children play games without reasons.
Terrible disasters in the last 50 or 100 years have become increasingly common. Over the last 30 years, the number of weather-related disasters has increased quickly, and the disasters have also affected more people and caused more economic loss. However, much of this could be avoided through disaster risk reduction(DRR降低灾难风险).
A meeting, held in Sendai, Japan last month, opened one day after Cyclone Pam（飓风Pam）hit Vanuatu, which struck the islands with winds of up to 340km/h and destroyed the island nation. The speech by the President of Vanuatu was given shortly after that. He begged the international community for support and stronger commitment (承诺)to helping them manage climate and disaster risks. In the face of disasters, it is always the developing countries that suffer most. Damage in these countries is often worse and unluckily, there is limited money and technique to prevent these disasters.
In fact, we have seen Asian countries-especially those that have suffered a lot in disasters can’t pay the price. Great loss Asia has suffered comes to a total of almost $ 53 billon yearly over the past 20 years.
At the same time, studies have shown once again that proper prevention saves lives and damage. With this in mind, people at the Sendai meeting were able to come up with new agreements that effective ways of disaster risk reduction will be carried out in the coming years for those who easily get damaged in disasters.
1.According to the first paragraph, disasters ________.
A. can all be prevented
B. have become more frequent
C. are all weather-related ones
D. affect fewer people than before
2.We can know from the passage that_______.
A. The Sendai meeting was held one day after a cyclone hit Vanuatu
B. Vanuatu was terribly destroyed by an earthquake
C. The president of Vanuatu begged his country to prevent the disaster
D. Vanuatu is a small island in Japan
3.Which of the following can be the title of this news report?
A. Proper ways that save lives and damage have come up.
B. The Sendai meeting has made new commitments.
C. Natural disasters have become more common.
D. Some natural disasters can be reduced and avoided.
Hilton Head Island, in South Carolina, is a popular vacation spot on the East Coast of the US. There are 250 restaurants on the island. You can try the following excellent restaurants.
Skull Creek Boathouse
397 Squire Pope Road
843-681-3663
It’s a good place for seafood lovers. Lunch is served daily from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., dinner from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m., and weekend lunch is served from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The menu is mostly seafood.
Quarterdeck
32 Greenwood Road
1-866-561-8802
The view from this restaurant is wonderful. You have many choices, such as beef, burgers and soups. Open for lunch and dinner, the hours are 11:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for lunch, and 5 p.m. to 9 p.m. for dinner.
Frankie Bones
1301 Main Street
843-842-4033
They are open 7 days a week for lunch and dinner from 11:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and Sunday lunch is served from 11:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. For lunch you can enjoy sandwiches, salads, rice, and pasta dishes. The entrée (主菜) is served with soup or salad. The salad also has cheese, pine nuts and dried berries.
Mellow Mushroom
33 Office Park Road
843-686-2474
If you want something different, stop in at the Mellow Mushroom. They have specialty (特色菜) pizzas, salads, and sandwiches. If you enjoy wines, you’ll surely find something you like. It is open 7 days a week — Sunday through Thursday from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. and Friday and Saturday 11:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.
1.What is special about Skull Creek Boathouse?
A. It offers breakfast on weekends.
B. It is closed on Sundays.
C. It mainly offers seafood.
D. It is next to the sea.
2.If you want a restaurant that has a good view, you’d better phone .
A. 843-681-3663 B. 1-866-561-8802
C. 843-842-4033 D. 843-686-2474
3.Where is the restaurant that closes the latest on Saturdays?
A. At 397 Squire Pope Road.
B. At 32 Greenwood Road.
C. At 1301 Main Street.
D. At 33 Office Park Road.
4.We can learn from the passage that .
A. all the four restaurants have their own specialties
B. the mealtimes of the four restaurants are different
C. you can drink free wine in Mellow Mushroom
D. Hilton Head Island is a very small island
You may know the English letters A, B and C. But do you know there are people called ABC? You may like eating bananas. But did you know there is such thing as a “banana person”? How strange! Are these people from “another earth”? No. They are just Chinese people like you and me.
ABC means American-born Chinese. An ABC is a Chinese, but was born in the United States. Sometimes, people call an ABC a “banana person”. A banana is yellow outside and white inside. So, when a person is a banana, he or she is white inside-thinking like a Westerner and yellow outside-looking like a Chinese.
Do you know why? Usually, ABCs know little about China or the Chinese language. Some of them don’t speak Chinese. Also, they are not interested in Chinese politics.
But if ABCs cannot speak Chinese, can we still call them Chinese people? Yes, of course. They are Chinese. They are overseas (海外的) Chinese. These people may be citizens(公民) of another country like the US, Canada or Singapore. But they have Chinese blood. Their parents, grandparents or even great-grandparents were from China. They all have black eyes and black hair. But they are not Chinese citizens. They are not people of the People’s Republic of China. For example, we all know the famous scientist C. N. Yang (杨振宁). He got the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1957. Chinese people love him. But he is an American citizen.
1.“ABC” in this text stands for “_______”.
A. three English letters
B. a kind of banana
C. Chinese born in America
D. Americans born in China
2.Chinese in Western countries are called “banana persons” because __________.
A. their bodies are white inside but yellow outside
B. they think like Westerners but look like Chinese
C. they were born in China but go to study in America
D. they are Chinese who look like bananas
3.C. N. Yang is mentioned here to show that ________.
A. American Chinese are great
B. we love American Chinese
C. Chinese people can win Nobel Prizes
D. American Chinese are not Chinese citizens
4.This text is mainly about _________.
A. different kinds of bananas
B. overseas Chinese
C. the Nobel Prize
D. the life story of C. N. Yang
