There are now more than a thousand genetic tests, for everything from baldness to breast cancer, and the list is growing. Question is, do you really want to know what might eventually kill you? For instance, Nobel Prize-winning scientist James Watson, one of the first people to map their entire genetic makeup, is said to have asked not to be told if he were at a higher risk for Alzheimer’(老年痴呆症).
“If I tell you that you have an increased risk of getting a terrible disease, that could weigh on your mind and make you anxious, through which you see the rest of your life as you wait for that disease to hit you. It could really mess you up.” said Dr. Robert Green, a Harvard geneticist.
“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, could be understood as “the beginning of the end.” “That’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”
Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term,
1. The first paragraph is meant to__________.
A.ask some questions |
B.introduce the topic |
C.satisfy readers’ curiosity |
D.describe an academic fact |
A.He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests. |
B.He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease. |
C.He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease. |
D.He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease. |
A.advisable not to let him know |
B.impossible to hide his disease |
C.better to inform him immediately |
D.necessary to remove his anxiety |
A.break down | B.drop out |
C.leave off | D.turn away |
A.prefer to hear good news |
B.tend to find out the truth |
C.can accept some bad news |
D.have the right to be informed |
At work, I used to say hello to the president of the company and ask him how our business was doing. But I also spoke to the people in the cafe and people who cleaned the buildings, and asked them how their children were doing, for every single person deserves to be accepted, no matter how humble(低微的)they are. I remember that after a few years of passing by the president, I had the courage to ask him for a chat. We had a great talk. At some point, when I asked him how far he thought I could go in his company, he said that if I wanted to, I could get all the way to his seat.
I've become vice-president, but that hasn't changed how I treat people. I speak to people wherever I am. Speaking to people creates a pathway into their world, and it lets them come into mine, too.
The day you speak to someone who has his head down and then see him lift it up and smile, you will realize how powerful it is just to open your mouth and say hello.
1. What is the best title for this passage?
A.The power of being talkative |
B.My mother's influence on me |
C.The power of saying hello |
D.My way to become vice-president |
A.the writer didn't like Mr. Lee |
B.the writer didn't say hello to Mr. Lee on that occasion |
C.the writer didn't get along well with his mother |
D.the writer's mother stopped to say hello to everyone she met |
A.The writer didn't say hello to everyone in the company. |
B.The writer made a very good impression on the president of the company. |
C.The president of the company thought the writer was much better than him. |
D.The president of the company actually didn't like the writer at all. |
A.is a way to get what he wants |
B.has become a habit and a way of life |
C.is a way to show respect for his mother |
D.is important in making him remembered |
A.make our world much better |
B.make people much happier every day |
C.help people understand each other better |
D.help people work much better |
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.
A.The author’s mother forgot who’s his son. |
B.The author didn’t know how to cure his mother. |
C.The author’s mother couldn’t find her home. |
A.cheerful | B.confused |
C.forgetful | D.uneasy |
A.photographed | B.appeared |
C.described | D.painted |
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. |
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? |
4 . I am a good mother to three children. I have tried never to let my profession stand in the way of being a good parent.
I no longer consider myself the center of the universe. I show up. I listen. I try to laugh. I am a good friend to my husband. I have tried to make marriage vows (誓约)mean what they say. I am a good friend to my friends. And they are good to me. Without them, there would be nothing to say to you today.
So here’s what I wanted to tell you today: Get a life. A real life, not a desire of the next promotion, the bigger paycheck, the larger house.
Get a life in which you are not alone. Find people you love, and who love you. And remember that love is not leisure, it is work. Pick up the phone. Send an email. Write a letter. And realize that life is the best thing and that you have no business taking it for granted.
It is so easy to waste our lives, our days, our hours and our minutes. It is so easy to exist instead of to live. I learned to live many years ago. Something really, really bad happened to me, something that changed my life in ways that, if I had my choice, it would never have been changed at all. And what I learned from it is what, today, seems to be the hardest lesson of all.
I learned to love the journey, not the destination, I learned to look at all the good in the world and try to give some of it back because I believed in it, completely and totally. And I tried to do that, in part, by telling others what I had learned.
By telling them this: Read in the backyard with the sun on your face, Learn to be happy, And think of life as a deadly illness, because if you do, you will live it with joy and passion as it ought to be lived.
1. The best title of this passage probably is______ .A.Love your friends | B.Live a real life |
C.Don’t waste time | D.Be a good mother and wife |
A.Through social experience. | B.By learning from her friends. |
C.Through an unfortunate experience. | D.From her children and husband. |
A.Do it well to serve others |
B.Earn enough money to make life better |
C.Try your best to get higher position and pay |
D.Don’t let it affect your real life. |
A friend is moving house this weekend and would like some help, and you agree. But, what you really wanted was a couple of quiet days relaxing at home. Or a roommate spends the entire weekends playing video games and wants to borrow your homework for “reference”. But, you’ve just finished it after taking a whole day to work hard.
Many people say “yes” to these kinds of requests. They tend not to consider their own interests and feelings, and are often angry with themselves afterwards.
Saying “no” requires courage and considerable practice, in fact, according to psychologists.
“Everyone wants to be liked,” says Gabriele Steinki, a German psychologist. “Saying ‘no’ risks losing the affection of the person asking the favor or even a job.”
The result is that many people say “yes” just for keeping the peace. But experts say this is regrettable. Anyone should have the right to say “no”.
In fact, rejecting a request can even help to strengthen a relationship because it expresses a true feeling.
But, for people used to agreeing to every request, changing can be a long and uncomfortable learning process.
Most people believe that “If I say ‘no’, I’ll lose the affection of the person. But the affection is important to me.” This way of thinking can be replaced by this: “If he only likes me because I always do what suits him , then the price of his affection is too high in the long term.”
Steinki says the key is talking to the other person to find a mutual (相互的) solution. “One needs to present the situation from one’s own point of view, and to suggest how the situation can be dealt with to the advantage of both parties. The other person must have the feeling that his interests are being considered.”
When the refusal is not accepted, Steinki advises giving the reasons calmly again until the person gets the message.
1. Most people say “yes” much more readily than “no” because ________.
A.they don’t care about their own interests and feelings |
B.they don’t know they will regret afterwards |
C.they have already been used to saying “yes” |
D.they care more about others’ affection |
A.people need a lot of practice to say “no” |
B.people should say “yes” to keep the peace |
C.saying “no” means losing a job |
D.people have the right to be liked |
A.Just say you can’t help him. |
B.Say sorry to him. |
C.Refuse him clearly. |
D.Talk to the other person to find a mutual way. |
A.Say yes to him. |
B.Repeat your reason for his acceptance |
C.Just go away |
D.Say no to him |
A.You Need Courage To Say “No” |
B.“Yes” More Than “No” |
C.Nobody Has the Right To Say “No” |
D.It’s Easy To Say “Yes” |
Before World War I we spent out summer holidays in Hungary. I have only the dim(模糊的)memory of the house we lived in, of my room and my toys, Nor do I recall clearly the large family of grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins who gathered next door. But I do have a crystal clear memory of dogs, the farm animals, the local birds and above all, the insects.
I am a naturalist, not a scientist. I have a strong love of the natural world, and my enthusiasm has led me into various investigations. I love discussing my favorite topics and enjoy burning the midnight oil reading about other people’s observations and discoveries.Then something happens that brings these observations together in my conscious mind. Suddenly you fancy you see the answer to the riddle. Because it all seems to fit together. This has resulted in my publishing 300 papers and books, which some may light honor, with the title of scientific research.
But curiosity, a keen eye ,a good memory and enjoyment of the animal and plant world do not make a scientist: one of the outstanding and essential qualities required is self-discipline, a quality I lack, A scientist can be made a naturalist. If you can combine the two, you get the best of both worlds.
1. According to the author, a born naturalist should first of all be
A.full of ambition | B.self-disciplined | C.full of enthusiasm | D.knowledgeable |
A.lost his hearing when he was a child |
B.didn’t like his brothers and sisters |
C.was interested in flowers and insects in his childhood |
D.was born to a naturalist’s family |
A.just reads about other people’s observations and discoveries |
B.lacks some of the qualities required of scientist |
C.has a great deal of trouble doing mental arithmetic |
D.comes up with solutions in most natural ways. |
A.He didn’t live very long with them |
B.He was too young when he lived with them |
C.The family was extremely large |
D.He was fully occupied with observing nature |
A.The author believes that a born naturalist cannot be a scientist |
B.The author read a lot of books about the natural world and oil industry |
C.The author’s brothers and sisters were good at music and languages |
D.The author spent a lot of time working on riddles. |
An adventurer who became the first person to fly across the English Channel on a cluster(簇)of balloons has launched a house into the sky just like in the hit movie Up-in reparation for a more ambitious journey and a new record
Fearless Trappe , from North Carolina, stepped into the cartoon themed home before flying above the leon International Balloon Festivel in Mexico more than a week ago.
The 38-year-old Trappe was using the event as a warm-up for his planned trans-Atlantic flight scheduled for next summer ,He aims to complete the 2,500-mile journey in a seven-foot lifeboat carried by 365 huge helium(氦气)ballooms
The brave man is learning to sail a lifeboat ,in case he meeds to ditch (在海中迫降)into the ocean during the danger-filled adventure
He sill fly at between 18,000 feet and 25,000 feet , beating his previous world altitude record of 21,600 feet ,and must fly uninterrupted a distance ten times longer than his previous world record of 230 miles in order to succeed.
The adventurer Trappe ,who holes records for crossing the Alps, flying the most cluster balloons, and the longest distance , has opent his entire carreer ,building up to this ambitious plan.
“I didn’t wake up one day and think:‘I’ going to fly across the Atlantic, ’”he said “he said Every attempt before this was prepared for this fight ,I’ve been training for a long time”
1. The adventurer flew across the English Channel to
A.test the balloons |
B.launch a house |
C.shoot a hit movie |
D.prepare for breaking a record |
A.2500 miles | B.18,000 feet | C.25,000 feet | D.230 miles |
A.When he will fly | B.How high he sill fly |
C.How far he will fly | D.How long it will take him |
A.Two | B.Three | C.Four | D.Five |
A.Trappe can’t sleep worrying about the adventure |
B.Trappe was born to set world records |
C.Trappe always keeps his ambition in mind |
D.Trappe never thought of crossing the Ataantic before |
8 . On a cold winter morning I heard someone trying to get their car out of the snow after a snowstorm. After a few minutes I realized they needed a(n)
Months
So, I was walking back home from the store and that
As we
I didn't
A few days later I
Maybe one day soon I'll tell him he bought
Either way, it feels nice to help, and when you put
A.entry | B.push | C.handle | D.drag |
A.upward | B.downstairs | C.backwards | D.outside |
A.feeling | B.looking | C.proving | D.turning |
A.unless | B.until | C.without | D.by |
A.ago | B.later | C.within | D.away |
A.insisted | B.depended | C.reflected | D.held |
A.awkward | B.joyful | C.curious | D.pleasant |
A.offered | B.charged | C.reached | D.rang |
A.turned down | B.checked out | C.set aside | D.paid for |
A.strange | B.same | C.great | D.junior |
A.finds out | B.turns out | C.carries out | D.works out |
A.walked up | B.settled down | C.dried up | D.turned around |
A.whispered | B.shouted | C.declared | D.acknowledged |
A.No way | B.No wonder | C.No problem | D.No doubt |
A.expect | B.remember | C.mind | D.appreciate |
A.saw | B.heard | C.observed | D.sensed |
A.what | B.where | C.who | D.how |
A.offered | B.comforted | C.rewarded | D.helped |
A.stuff | B.car | C.beer | D.apartment |
A.good | B.quality | C.benefit | D.energy |
"Fish are sensitive, they have personalities," says the marine biologist. For Earle, eating a fish would be like eating a dog or a cat. "I would never eat anyone I know personally."
There's a lot more to fish than meets the eye: they talk to each other, they like to be touched, and they engage in behavior that can seem very human. They can remember things and learn from experience. Earle and a growing number of animal rights activists see these as strong arguments against eating fish altogether.
The activists also point out that fish feel pain and fish suffer horribly on their way from the sea to the supermarket. "While it may seem conspicuous that fish are able to feel pain, like every other animal, some people think of fish as swimming vegetables," says Dr. Lynne Sneddon. "Really, it's kind of a moral question. Is the enjoyment you get from fishing (or eating fish) more important than the pain of the fish?"
Fishermen and (fried) fish lovers are skeptical. "I've never seen a smart fish," says Marie Swaringen as she finishes off a plate of fish at a Seattle seafood restaurant. "If they were very smart, they wouldn't get caught."
"For years, everyone's been telling us to eat fish because it's so good for us," says another diner. "Now I've got to feel guilty while I'm eating my fish? What are they going to think of next? Don't eat salad because cucumbers have feelings?"
1. According to Dr. Sylvia Earle, he would stop eating fish as a result of the following reasons EXCEPT ___________ .
A.Fish are sensitive and have personalities |
B.He knows fish very well |
C.Fish are dangerous to eat because the water is polluted |
D.Fish are clever |
A.opposed | B.optimistic |
C.indifferent | D.supportive |
A.obvious | B.easy |
C.impossible | D.necessary |
A.Human beings should stop eating fish |
B.We would feel guilty if we continued eating fish |
C.People eat fish because fish are delicious |
D.Cucumber is a kind of vegetable or fruit |
A.To advise people to stop eating fish. |
B.To introduce a topic of whether people should eat fish. |
C.To advise people not to stop eating fish. |
D.To tell us that fish will feel pain when caught and transported. |
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从1-10各题所给的A.B.C.和D四个选项中,选出最佳选项。
We all know that some things are obviously right. For example, it is right to be
Rules can help the public make the right
If people follow rules without taking other matters into consideration, it will be
Sometimes it may not be so easy to know
Rules help us live together in harmony, because they show us the right way to treat others. However, some people argue that rules may be confusing, having observed that rules change all the time, and that some schools have some regulations and others have different ones---so who is to decide what is right?1.
A.kind | B.sensitive | C.fair | D.generous |
A.equally | B.slightly | C.clearly | D.increasingly |
A.suggestions | B.conclusion | C.turns | D.choices |
A.accidents | B.mistakes | C.falls | D.deaths |
A.interesting | B.vital (重要的) | C.easy | D.valuable |
A.seldom | B.rarely | C.merely (仅仅) | D.never |
A.trouble | B.power | C.prison | D.control |
A.roughly | B.eventually | C.deliberately (故意地) | D.exactly |
A.awful (可怕的) | B.cruel | C.unhealthy | D.unnecessary |
A.still | B.even | C.later | D.somehow |