1 . Miss Green was watching TV. Suddenly the program stopped. “Now we broadcast an important notice from the
Suddenly the man
Just then there came the whistle of a police car. Then
A few minutes later, the sound of the
“Miss Green, what you said made us take action right away, ” said Bull, “for we know that you have no brother.”
1.A.police | B.government | C.army | D.prison |
A.hit | B.stolen | C.robbed | D.cheated |
A.announce | B.inform | C.provide | D.report |
A.terrible | B.exciting | C.strange | D.funny |
A.anger | B.fear | C.surprise | D.sadness |
A.feel | B.observe | C.hear | D.notice |
A.came | B.appeared | C.walked | D.ran |
A.say | B.make | C.do | D.deal |
A.decide | B.consider | C.intend | D.doubt |
A.protect | B.scare | C.free | D.calm |
A.touched | B.switched | C.rang | D.struck |
A.against | B.at | C.to | D.on |
A.knock | B.shut | C.lean | D.open |
A.belief | B.idea | C.help | D.voice |
A.anything | B.something | C.anyone | D.someone |
A.excitedly | B.anxiously | C.loudly | D.bravely |
A.my friend | B.my neighbor | C.the robber | D.my brother |
A.policeman | B.police car | C.robber | D.footsteps |
A.turned | B.brought | C.broken | D.changed |
A.slipped | B.went | C.fell | D.hurried |
2 . “In only six days I lost seven pounds of weight.”
“Two full inches in the first three days!”
These are the kinds of statements used in magazine,newspaper, radio and television ads, promising new shapes and new looks to those who buy the medicine or the device. The promoters of products say they can shape the legs, slim the face, smooth wrinkles, or in some other way to add to beauty or desirability.
Often such products are nothing more than money-making things for their promoters. The results they produce are questionable, and some are dangerous to health.
To understand how these products can be legally promoted to the public, it is necessary to understand something of the laws covering their regulation. If the product is a drug, FDA(Food and Drug Administration)can require proof under the Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act that is safe and effective before it is put on the market. But if the product is a device, FDA has no authority to require premarketing proof of safety or effectiveness. If a product already on the market is a danger to health, FDA can request the producer or distributor to remove it from the market voluntarily, or it can take legal action, including seizure(查封)of the product.
One notable case a few years ago involved an electrical device called the Relaxacisor, which had been sold for reducing the waistline. The Relaxacisor produced electrical shocks to the body through contact pads. FDA took legal action against the distributor to stop the sale of the device on the grounds that it was dangerous to health and life.
Obviously, most of the devices on the market have never been the subject of court proceedings(法律诉讼),and new devices appear continually. Before buying, it is up to the consumer to judge the safety or effectiveness of such items.
1. It can be inferred that the ads mentioned in the text are . .A.objective | B.costly | C.unreliable | D.illegal |
A.The court is in charge of removing dangerous products. |
B.New products are more likely to be questionable. |
C.The production of a device must be approved by FDA. |
D.The promoters usually just care about profits. |
A.if it is a drug |
B.if it is a device |
C.if its consumers make complaints |
D.if its distributors challenge FDA’s authority |
A.a product which was designed to produce electricity |
B.a product whose distributor was involved in a legal case |
C.a successful advertisement of a beauty product |
D.an example of a quality beauty product |
A.make consumers aware of the promoters’ false promises |
B.show the weakness of the law on product safety |
C.give advice on how to keep young and beautiful |
D.introduce the organization of FDA |
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Dear Editor,
I’m writing to tell you about a food poisoning accident. Several days ago, my neighbor ate a bag of food buying from the market. After the meal, they had stomachaches and their faces turn pale. Lucky, one of their friends found the accident and immediately called an ambulance, which carried them quickly to a hospital. After several hours’ treatment they finally escaped of death.
As some businessmen are only interested in making money to become rich quickly, we seldom care about the necessary safety measures or which happens to buyers. They must be have charged by law. Meanwhile, I do hope whole society can realize the important of food safety.
The swimmers were surrounded by the dolphins for forty minutes before they were able to make them safety back to the beach. It was an uncomfortable experience as they were circled by a group of white sharks, which came within a couple of meters of them. Lifeguard Rob Howes was in the water with a colleague and his teenage daughter. He said around half a dozen dolphins suddenly appeared and forced them to gather together. The mammals swam in tight circles to create a protective wall between the white sharks and the lifeguards as the great white sharks were under the surface.
The swimmers said the dolphins were extremely upset and repeatedly slapped (拍打) the water with their tails as if to try to prevent the white sharks from attacking them. It’s a day they’ll never forget, especially for one who was on her first day as
1. How many swimmers are attacked by the white sharks?
A.Two. | B.Three. | C.Four. | D.Five. |
A.attack the white sharks and the lifeguards |
B.play with water together for pleasure |
C.stop the lifeguards being harmed by the sharks |
D.attract the white sharks to kill the lifeguards |
A.a lifeguard | B.Rob Howes’s workmate |
C.Rob Howes | D.Rob Howes’s daughter |
A.Dolphins Protect Swimmers from Sharks |
B.Sharks Protect Swimmers from Dolphins |
C.Lifeguards Protect Dolphins from Sharks |
D.Lifeguards Protect Sharks from Dolphins |
The American self-image is spread with the golden glow of opportunity.We think of the United States as a land of unlimited possibility,not so much a classless society but as a place where class is mutable—a place where brains,energy and ambition are what counts,not the circumstances of one's birth.
The Economic Mobility Project, an ambitious research led by Pew Charitable Trusts, looked at the economic fortunes of a large group of families over time, comparing the income of parents in the late 1960s with the income of their children in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Here is the finding: "The 'rags to riches' story is much more common in Hollywood than on Main Street. Only 6 percent of children born to parents with family income at the very bottom move to the top.
That is right, just 6 percent of children born to parents who ranked in the bottom of the study sample, in terms of income, were able to bootstrap their way into the top. Meanwhile, an incredible 42 percent of children born into that lowest are still stuck at the bottom,having been unable to climb a single rung of the income ladder.
It is noted that even in Britain---a nation we think of as burdened with a hidebound class system-children who are born poor have a better chance of moving up. When the studies were released,most reporters focused on the finding that African-Americans born to middle-class or upper middle-class families are earning slightly less,in inflation-adjusted dollars,than did their parents.
One of the studies indicates,in fact,that most of the financial gains white families have made in the past three decades can be attributed to the entry of white women into the labor force.This is much less true for African-Americans.
The picture that emerges from all the quintiles,correlations and percentages is of a nation in which,overall,"the current generation of adults is better off than the previous one",as one of the studies notes.
The median income of the families in the sample group was $55,600 in the late 1960s; their children's median family income was measured at $71,900.However,this rising tide has not lifted all boats equally.The rich have seen far greater income gains than have the poor.
Even more troubling is that our nation of America as the land of opportunity gets little support from the data.Americans move fairly easily up and down the middle rungs of the ladder,but there is "stickiness at the ends" —four out of ten children who are born poor will remain poor,and four out of ten who are born rich will stay rich.
1. What did the Economic Mobility Project find in its research?
A.Children from low-income families are unable to bootstrap their way to the top. |
B.Hollywood actors and actresses are upwardly mobile from rags to riches. |
C.The rags to riches story is more fiction than reality. |
D.The rags to riches story is only true for a small minority of whites. |
A.perfect its self-image as a land of opportunity |
B.have a higher level of upward mobility than Britain |
C.enable African-Americans to have exclusive access to well-paid employment |
D.encourage the current generation to work as hard as the previous generation |
A.The US is a land where brains,energy and ambition are what counts. |
B.Inequality persists between whites and blacks in financial gains. |
C.Middle-class families earn slightly less with inflation considered. |
D.Children in lowest-income families manage to climb a single rung of the ladder. |
A.Social Upward Mobility. |
B.Incredible Income Gains. |
C.Inequality in Wealth. |
D.America Not Land of Opportunity. |
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A survey basing on 1,000 students found that 80% of senior students sleep
less than nine hours every night.One main reason lies at students' bad habits.
Too much homework is given by school teachers is another main cause.Some students
are absent-minded while doing their homework,and some wasting their after-class time.
The third cause is that some students have to get up earlier on weekday to get toschool that was far away from home.Experts think an amount of homework for the students should be cut down.Beside,teachers should encourage their students makegood use of their spare time.Only in this way can the students improve our study efficiency.
DHAKA - A heat wave sweeping India, Bangladesh and Nepal has killed nearly 100 people over the past two weeks, officials said on June 3, 2005.
A third of the people died in northern Bangladesh, mostly women and children from dehydration(脱水), heat stroke and diarrhoea(腹泻).
"We are getting reports of several deaths due to heat wave and related diseases almost every day," an official said, as temperatures touched 43℃.
The weather office in Dhaka said the hot weather will last for another week until the monsoon(季风) rains which are normally due by the middle of June.
Severe heat conditions in the southern Indian have killed at least 55 people, officials in the two states said.
While temperatures have fallen from a high of 45℃ in Andhra Pradesh to around 40℃, giving a respite(休息) to people, they are still on the rise in Orissa with Talcher town registering 48.5℃, a weather official said.
At least five people have died in Nepal from extreme heat, the government said.
1. We can infer that the heatwave can cause ______.
A.heat stoke | B.dehydration | C.diarrhoea | D.all above |
A.remain the same | B.go on to rise sharply |
C.begin to drop obviously | D.rise a little |
A.Dhaka | B.Talcher | C.Andhra Pradesh | D.Nepal |