1 . With only a click of the mouse, rumors（谣言）can be forwarded between micro- blogs（微博）very quickly. As an example, recently, sensitive netizens discovered that some photos displayed on microblogs describing Beijing’s June rainstorm had actually been fabricated（伪造）.

Sina.com is one of the major Internet portals （入口）in China with hundreds and thousands of users, and a majority of celebrities and famous citizens have their microblog accounts on this portal. As recently as six months ago, the website decided to establish a specialized team to prove rumors and provide accurate information for its users. Tan Chao is in charge of the team.

“Before I took the job, I usually couldn’t identify what information was real and what was fake. But during the process of identification, we discovered that a lot of information was false, including fake photos, fake news stories and rumors that had been spread through microblogs.”

It’s not just website portals which are taking on fact-checking responsibilities, but also a number of civic-minded netizens, who recently set up a Rumor Identification Federation on Sina.com’s microblog system to help netizens identify fake information online.

Dian Zizheng is the team leader of the federation. He says they’ve publicized more than 150 pieces which contradict rumors, which attracted more than 10 thousand visitors within two months.

“We live in an age of new media, so we can’t use the old methods to prove rumors. We can’t wait for the media to prove the facts with related administrative（行政） departments and then release a formal announcement. We can’t allow rumors to run wild and then deal with it, we need to fight rumors while they’re spreading. I think that this is the best way to deal with rumors nowadays.”

Some experts say this displays the advantages of the internet compared to other traditional media. The open platform allows information to be examined and clarified by netizens. But experts like Ding Wengguo, President of the Journalism and Communication College at the China University of Political Science and Law says this self-correction function of the Internet is still quite limited.

“It’s still quite different to tell which information is true in such an open environment by just reading a number of different opinions on the same issue. This is something which we need to pay attention to. If society is flooded with too much false information, and it’s allowed to spread in such a fast manner, then people will be suspicious（怀疑的） of all kinds of information including important information from authorities. It also worsens problems relating to social communications and mutual-understanding, which in turn harms society as a whole.”

Experts suggest that the government should react more quickly in the Internet age. Once a rumor begins to spread, administrative departments should make announcements as early as possible to drive away rumors before they lead to bad outcomes.

1. Sina.com decided to found a specialized team to ________.

A．prevent the spread of rumors on the Internet

B．advance the development of microblog

C．limit the number of microblog

D．urge the government to react quickly to the rumors

2. What is the best way to prove rumors on microblogs?

A．Shutting down the website immediately.

B．Substituting the Internet for traditional media.

C．Examining and checking while they are spreading.

D．Making announcements after they are spread.

3. The writer cited Ding Wenguo’s words in Paragraph 8 to________.

A．draw a conclusion	B．introduce a topic
C．support an argument	D．describe a scene

4. What’s the writer’s attitude towards the rumors from microblogs according to the passage?

A．Negative.	B．Sympathetic.
C．Supportive.	D．Changeable.

2 . The Dangers of Secondhand Smoke

Most people know that cigarette smoking is harmful to their health. Scientific research shows that it causes many kinds of diseases.     1     However, Edward Gilson has lung cancer, and he has never smoked cigarettes. He lives with his wife，Evelyn，who has smoked about a pack of cigarettes a day throughout their marriage. The Gilsons have been married for 35 years.

    2     However, doctors believe that secondhand smoke may cause lung cancer in people who do not smoke because nonsmokers often breathe in the smoke from other people’s cigarettes. The US This smoke is called secondhand smoke.

Environmental Protection Agency reports that about 53，000 people die in the United States each year as a result of exposure to secondhand smoke.

The smoke that comes from a lit cigarette contains many different poisonous chemicals. In the past, scientists did not think that these chemicals could harm a nonsmoker’s health.       3     They discovered that even nonsmokers had unhealthy amounts of these toxic (有毒的) chemicals in their bodies.     4     For example，we cannot avoid secondhand smoke in restaurants，hotels and other public places. Even though many public places have nonsmoking areas，smoke flows in from the areas where smoking is permitted. It is even harder for children to avoid secondhand smoke. In the United States，nine million children under the age of five live in homes with at least one smoker.

Research shows that children who are exposed to secondhand smoke are sick more often than children who live in homes where no one smokes and that the children of smokers are more than twice as likely to develop lung cancer when they are adults as the children of nonsmokers. The risk is even higher for children who live in homes where both parents smoke.

    5     As a result，they have passed laws which prohibit(禁止) people from smoking in many public places.

A．Recently, though, scientists changed their opinion after they studied a large group of nonsmokers.

B．As a matter of fact, almost all of us breathe tobacco smoke at times, whether we realize it or not.

C．In fact, many people who smoke get lung cancer.

D．However, secondhand smoke is dangerous to all people, old or young.

E．People are becoming very aware of the dangers of secondhand smoke.

F．No one knows for sure why Mr. Gilson has lung cancer.

G．Many people, including doctors, parents, teachers, and others, are concerned about the health risks of cigarette smoking.

3 . 假如你是李华，你的美国朋友David给你发来一封E-mail,，想知道你高中毕业后想选择学习什么专业，你告诉他你打算学习医学，并讲述你选择从医的原因，请根据下面要点用英语给David回复一封电子邮件。要点如下：
1. 选择医学专业；
2. 从医的原因；
3. 努力实现梦想。
注意   1 词数120左右，开头和结尾已给，不计入总词数。
2 可以适当增加细节，以使行文连贯。
3.短文中不能出现与本人相关的信息。
Dear David,

In your letter, you want to know what major I want to choose after graduating from senior high school.

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Yours,

Li Hua