1 . Expressive arts therapy is a form of therapy that uses dance, drama, music, poetry, and art to enhance one's overall well-being. The arts are used to let go,
People have been using the arts as tools for
Through the arts, people can
Expressive arts therapists are professionally
A.admit | B.express | C.examine | D.trust |
A.explaining | B.proving | C.healing | D.judging |
A.recognized | B.relieved | C.affected | D.controlled |
A.results | B.experiences | C.causes | D.questions |
A.angry | B.bored | C.strict | D.free |
A.secret | B.technique | C.difficulty | D.process |
A.when | B.which | C.what | D.where |
A.as to | B.or rather | C.rather than | D.other than |
A.communicate | B.produce | C.reject | D.test |
A.offered | B.shown | C.guided | D.driven |
A.create | B.feel | C.reduce | D.recall |
A.tired | B.proud | C.afraid | D.unaware |
A.hired | B.served | C.awarded | D.trained |
A.basic | B.enough | C.impossible | D.strange |
A.finally | B.typically | C.luckily | D.hardly |
A.visit | B.life | C.education | D.money |
A.If | B.Although | C.Unless | D.Since |
A.unequal | B.friendly | C.known | D.similar |
A.goal | B.profession | C.clinic | D.theory |
A.unwelcome | B.seasonal | C.positive | D.cultural |
2 . The vaccine (疫苗) news continues to seem very encouraging. Britain started its mass vaccination effort and the U.S. isn’t far behind.
But there is still one dark cloud hanging over the vaccines that many people don’t yet understand.
The vaccines will be much less effective at preventing death and illness in 2021 if they are introduced into a population where the coronavirus is still severe—as is now the case in the U.S.
A vaccine is like a fire hose (消防龙头). A vaccine that’s 95 percent effective, as Moderna’s and Pfizer’s versions appear to be, is a powerful fire hose. But the size of a fire is still a bigger determinant of how much destruction occurs.
At the current level of infection in the U.S. (about 200,000 confirmed new infections per day), a vaccine that is 95 percent effective—distributed at the expected pace—would still leave a terrible toll (伤亡人数) in the six months after it was introduced. Almost 10 million or so Americans would catch the virus, and more than 160,000 would die.
This is far worse than the toll in a different situation where the vaccine was only 50 percent effective but the U.S. had reduced the infection rate to its level in early September (about 35,000 new daily cases). In that case, the death toll in the next six months would be kept to about 60,000.
It’s worth pausing for a moment on this comparison. If the U.S. had maintained its infection rate from September and Moderna and Pfizer had announced this fall that their vaccines were only 50 percent effective, a lot of people would have panicked.
But the reality we have is actually worse.
How could this be? No vaccine can get rid of a pandemic immediately, just as .no fire hose can put out a forest fire. While the vaccine is being distributed, the virus continues to do damage.
There is one positive way to look at this: Measures that reduce the virus’s spread—like mask-wearing, social distancing and rapid-result testing—can still have great consequences. They can save more than 100,000 lives in coming months.
1. How does the author mainly present his argument?A.By giving definitions. | B.By categorizing facts. |
C.By drawing comparisons. | D.By appealing to emotions. |
A.Improving the effectiveness of the vaccines. |
B.Producing a greater variety of vaccines. |
C.Looking at the situation in a positive way. |
D.Wearing masks and practicing social distancing. |
A.The vaccines are less effective than expected. |
B.The US have controlled the spread of the coronavirus. |
C.The death toll in the next six months will be about 60,000. |
D.Fewer people will die if the infection rate is lower. |
A.The vaccine is the hope of wiping out the pandemic. |
B.The public are optimistic about the effects of the vaccine. |
C.The public are concerned about the high infection rate. |
D.The distribution of vaccine will end the pandemic quickly. |
3 . What the scientists are saying…
The first primate (灵长目动物) clones
For the first time, scientists have used the technique that produced Dolly the sheep to clone monkeys. The Chinese researchers who produced the two macaques say that having access to genetically identical primates will be a huge
Herbal remedy danger
Herbal remedies such as St. John’s wort and ginseng may be
A.threat | B.damage | C.benefit | D.potential |
A.variations | B.diseases | C.structures | D.factors |
A.manufacturing | B.applying | C.testing | D.prescribing |
A.mess | B.differences | C.losses | D.recombination |
A.concerns | B.focuses | C.funds | D.suspicion |
A.translating | B.transferring | C.connecting | D.reversing |
A.magnificent | B.astonishing | C.limited | D.accurate |
A.theory | B.reality | C.advance | D.addition |
A.Attached | B.Related | C.Compared | D.Added |
A.access | B.key | C.barrier | D.contribution |
A.harmful | B.useful | C.helpful | D.purposeful |
A.methods | B.figures | C.problems | D.instances |
A.deal | B.interact | C.mix | D.identify |
A.put forward | B.moved up | C.held down | D.carried on |
A.claim | B.avoid | C.classify | D.mention |
Increasingly, Americans are becoming their own doctors by going to diagnose their symptoms, order home health tests or medical devices, or even self-treat their illnesses with drugs from Internet pharmacies(药店).Some avoid doctors because of the high cost of medical care, especially
Every day, more than six million Americans turn to the Internet
The problem is most people don’t know the safe way to surf the Web. “They use a search engine like Google, get 18 trillion choices and start clicking. But that’s risky, because almost anybody can put up a site that looks authoritative ( 权威的),so it’s hard to know if what you’re reading is
Then a visitor showed up. “Do you want to write a song?” asked Anita Kruse, 49, rolling a cart equipped with an electronic keyboard, a microphone and speakers. Simran stared. “Have you ever written a poem?” Anita Kruse continued. “Well, yes,” Simran said.
Within minutes, Simran was reading her poem into the microphone. “Some bird soaring through the sky,” she said softly. “Imagination in its head…” Anita Kruse added piano music, a few warbling (鸣, 唱) birds, and finally the girl’s voice. Thirty minutes later, she presented Simran with a CD of her first recorded song.
That was the beginning of Anita Kruse’s project, Purple Songs Can Fly, one that has helped more than 125 young patients write and record songs. As a composer and pianist who had performed at the hospital, Kruse said that the idea of how she could help “came in one flash”.
The effect on the kids has been great. One teenage girl, curling (蜷缩) in pain in her wheelchair, stood unaided to dance to a hip-hop song she had written. A 12-year-old boy with Hodgkin’s disease who rarely spoke surprised his doctors with a song he called I Can Make It.
“My time with the kids is heartbreaking because of the severity of their illnesses,” says Anita Kruse. “But they also make you happy, when the children are smiling, excited to share their CD with their families.”
Simran is now an active sixth grader and cancer-free. From time to time, she and her mother listen to her song, Always Remembering, and they always remember the “really sweet and nice and loving” lady who gave them a shining moment in the dark hour.
1. Simran Jatar lay in bed in hospital because ________.
A.most of her hair had fallen out |
B.she was receiving treatment for cancer |
C.she felt depressed and quit from school |
D.she was suffering from a pain in her back |
A.It helps young patients record songs. |
B.It is supported by singers and patients. |
C.It aims to replace the medical treatment. |
D.It offers patients chances to realize their dreams. |
A.Most children are naturally fond of music. |
B.He was brave enough to put up performance. |
C.The project has positive effect on young patients. |
D.Singing is the best way to treat some illnesses. |
A.Purple Songs Can Fly |
B.Singing Can Improve Health |
C.A Shining Moment in Life |
D.A Kind Woman—Anita Kruse |