1 . As a child, I didn’t enjoy cartoons like other girls my age, but I did love listening to discussions about politics (政治). I was very talkative and asked too many questions, which wore out the patience of my friends and sometimes even the adults around me. My Grade 4 report summarized my social relations with “needs improvement”.
It wasn’t until I turned 46 that I learned my uniqueness has a name — autism (自闭症). My diagnosis (诊断) was like discovering a missing piece of my brain, picking it up, putting it in place and feeling whole for the first time. From then on, I started to fully enjoy life. What I’ve found out since is that there are a number of others like me — people who weren’t diagnosed as having autism until midlife.
In my 20s, I talked with a doctor about my growing anxiety. But autism never entered the conversation. In early 2017, I began a new job in which I was being praised and recognised as never before, so I didn’t know how to deal with it. As I neared the end of my one-year work, all the symptoms (症状) of my undiagnosed condition appeared in my working environment: becoming so stressed out because of overwork. Then, two months later, I received my diagnosis. Finally everything started to make sense.
Today, I have my own company called Liberty Co., which suggests that facing the facts brings us freedom. Our goal is to increase the population of people like me in the workplace. It gives me a chance to be a supporter for women with autism.
1. What do we know about the author as a child?| A．She was patient. | B．She was different. |
| C．She got good grades in school. | D．She tried to stand out from her classmates. |
| A．Thankful. | B．Concerned. |
| C．Doubtful. | D．Dissatisfied. |
| A．No recognition from her co-workers. | B．Not seeing doctors very often. |
| C．The anxiety about her social relations. | D．The stress of her new job. |
| A．To support women’s equal rights. |
| B．To help people in the workplace connect more. |
| C．To include more autistic people at work. |
| D．To teach women with autism survival skills. |
2 . Winter is often quite cold, which often makes us stay indoors more instead of heading out to exercise. Worse still, there are many viruses(病毒) doing their best to make you sick. And sneezing, coughing and nose blowing make the rooms a habitat for viruses.
Wash your hands. You pick up viruses everywhere and they live on your hands, so wash your hands and do it often.
Get the flu shot(疫苗).
Avoid sick people.
| A．It is easy for viruses to spread from person to person |
| B．Take care of your face |
| C．It’s not absolutely safe |
| D．Keep your hands away from your face |
| E．If someone around you is sick, then keep your distance |
| F．The best way is to use regular soap and water |
| G．Because there are always some unexpected things in life |
3 . We are surrounded by the news about COVID-19 and other viruses (病毒), but how much do you really know about them? Viruses that infect (传染) humans nearly always cause illness. Fortunately, just as we know a lot about how viruses harm us, so do we know how to prevent them. These facts are a good place to start.
·Being infected without signs is possible
Some viruses, including those that cause herpes, COVID-19, and AIDS, can be spread through asymptomatic (无症状的) people and presymptomatic (症状发生前的) people, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Some of them may even be “super-spreaders”, infecting dozens to hundreds of other people without even realizing it. Take action to prevent spreading viruses even when you don’t feel sick.
·Hand washing is protective
Wash your hands. This is a piece of advice given by World Health Organization (WHO). Make sure to wash your hands with soap for at least 20 seconds and dry your hands on a clean towel. Don’t use air dryers in public restrooms.
·Regular exercise is helpful
Do regular exercise. Regular exercise, which can include taking quick walks, has been shown to improve your immune system, thus reducing your possibilities of developing a cold or the flu. But don’t overdo it, for example, training for a long marathon without professional guidance.
·Herd immunity (群体免疫) is hard to achieve
You may have read that you needn’t get vaccinated (疫苗) if you live in a place where most people have had the disease or the vaccine, allowing you to make use of herd immunity. But effective herd immunity requires that more than 90 percent of the population be vaccinated against a disease.
1. Which of the following is TRUE about “super-spreaders”according to the text?| A．They have many signs of the illness. |
| B．They may infect a lot of people. |
| C．They prevent spreading the viruses. |
| D．They realize they are spreading viruses. |
| A．washing hands for enough time |
| B．doing exercise regularly |
| C．avoiding using air dryers in public restrooms |
| D．training for a long marathon without professional guidance |
| A．lots of people in his place have the vaccine |
| B．over 9/10 of the people in his place are vaccinated |
| C．people in his place are fighting against the disease |
| D．most people in his place are infected by the disease |
| A．Some virus facts that we should know. |
| B．Some news about COVID-19 and other viruses. |
| C．Some facts about how to fight against COVID-19. |
| D．Some facts that cause COVID-19 and other viruses. |
4 . My father was the kind of guy who could walk into a room full of strangers and leave with new best friends for life! He was a hard worker and was known as “Mr Fix-It” to everyone. He was also one of the most cheerful, affable (和葛可亲的) and gentle people you would ever meet, which made us, his beloved daughters feel proud.
But when Dad was in his fifties, my family began to notice him struggling. His work and skills began to become worse and worse, and he became depressed and withdrawn. This was not the man I knew. At the age of fifty-eight, Dad was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. As for our family, it was the worst.
Our first step was to attend a meeting hosted by the Alzheimer’s Association to learn more about the disease and programs that might help us. That meeting inspired me to start a Walk to End Alzheimer’s® team. But I still wanted to do more. In 2017, I became a board member of the Alzheimer’s Association Delaware Valley Chapter.
The loss from this disease is gradual. My father’s decline continued for several years. Losing my father more and more each day was leaving a big hole in my heart and my life. I decided to fill that hole with action to honor my father.
That’s why I recently decided to leave a gift to the Alzheimer’s Association by naming it as a beneficiary of my retirement plan. My future gift will provide money to support research because I don’t want another person in my family or someone in other families to have to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
I am so proud to be able to honor my father and other family members who lost their fights to Alzheimer’s in this way. My dad was an inspiration to me, and I hope, through my gift, I can inspire others to join in the fight to end Alzheimer’s.
1. What can we infer about the author’s father before having Alzheimer’s?| A．He was an outgoing man. | B．He hiked with strangers. |
| C．He made a living by sales. | D．He was a popular repairer of cars. |
| A．She consulted many experts. | B．She established a research team. |
| C．She gained more relevant information. | D．She funded the Alzheimer’s Association. |
| A．Research funds for the disease. | B．A record of her father’s mental state. |
| C．Her research papers on families like hers. | D．Experts’ suggestions on her father’s disease. |
| A．Her precious gift. | B．Her father’s firm confidence. |
| C．Her future expectation. | D．Her father’s original motivation. |
5 . Flu is killing us. The usual response to the annual flu is not enough to fight against the risks we currently face, let alone prepare us for an even deadlier widespread flu that most experts agree will come in the future. Yes, we have an annual vaccine , and everyone qualified should get it without question. The reality, however, is that less than half Americans get the flu vaccines. And the flu vaccines we have are only 60% effective in the best years and 10% effective in the worst years. We urgently need a much more effective flu vaccine.
In the U.S. alone, seasonal flu can cause up to 36 million infections, three-quarters of a million hospitalizations and 56,000 deaths. We are not investing the resources needed to protect ourselves, our loved ones and our communities.
Why not? We haven’t been hit by a truly destructive widespread disease in a long time. So as individuals, we let down our guard as our leaders quietly defund and destaff the services we need to protect us.
The risk of continued foot dragging is huge. In a severe widespread disease, the U.S. health care system could be defeated in just weeks. Millions of people would be infected by the virus, and would die in the weeks and months following the initial outbreak.
The cost of preventing epidemics is roughly a tenth of what it costs to cope with them when they hit. In 2012, a call was issued for an annual billion-dollar U.S. commitment to the development of a universal flu vaccine. Six years later, the search for a universal vaccine remains seriously underfunded.
The simple reason lies in our collective satisfaction. As soon as headlines about the flu are gone, hospitals are emptied of flu patients, and school and workplace absence rates decline, we go back to business as usual.
Leading scientists and public health officials have the capability to keep us much safer from flu. They need your quick and decisive support to succeed. Your action today may be a matter of life and death for you and your loved ones.
1. The problem of the current flu vaccines is that _______.| A．they are not available every year |
| B．most Americans are not allowed to get them |
| C．not everyone is qualified for them |
| D．many people still catch flu after getting them |
| A．Hospitals cannot meet the needs of patients during flu outbreaks. |
| B．Individuals aren’t alert enough to the underinvestment in flu prevention |
| C．The leaders continue to drag the feet of the patients infected with flu. |
| D．Flu will certainly become a severe widespread disease in the near future. |
| A．Science is currently not so developed as to keep us safer from flu. |
| B．The death rate from flu is much higher than that from other diseases. |
| C．The general public is partially to blame for the neglect of flu prevention. |
| D．Developing a universal flu vaccine will cost more than dealing with flu. |
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7 . When I was two years old, I was diagnosed with a hearing loss. My mother cried when she found out—she wanted her son to be happy and able to experience everything life had to offer. I went to a special playgroup twice a week where a nurse discovered I had taught myself to read. At the age of five I attended a school for the deaf from age three to six.
I remember looking around the room there. People talked and signed to each other. I had a best friend and I did very well in class. But I told my mother that I wanted to go to the regular school with hearing people, because I felt more like a hearing person than a hearing-impaired (听力受损) one. I didn’t even use sign language! I lip-read and listened with my hearing aids. After visiting a public school for a day, my mother agreed to let me go. Without doubt, I have functioned very well.
Many people don’t even know I am hearing-impaired until they see my hearing aids. My girlfriend often forgets that I have any problem, and I feel fortunate that she does not look down upon people like me. The only problem I have with this hearing loss is that some people discriminate against me. The fact is that I am just as normal as anyone else. The only differences are that others need to speak up, and I have some help from my hearing aids.
The next time you see hearing-impaired people, don’t feel sorry for them that just gives them an excuse to mistreat themselves and hurt their own advantages. Instead, encourage them and tell them that a disability only hurts a person if he or she lets it.
1. Which is TRUE about the author when he was 5?| A．He was diagnosed with hearing loss. |
| B．He stayed at home with his mother. |
| C．He attended a school for the deaf. |
| D．He went to a special playgroup. |
| A．He even didn’t know sign language. |
| B．He had few friends at the deaf school. |
| C．He didn’t believe his handicap was a big problem. |
| D．He found it very hard to get along with his classmates. |
| A．performed. | B．translated. | C．challenged. | D．remembered. |
| A．He couldn’t catch up with others. |
| B．Some people looked down upon him. |
| C．His girlfriend discriminated against him. |
| D．He performed poorly with hearing aids. |
| A．A disabled person should be well treated. |
| B．If a person is disabled, he will hurt himself. |
| C．A normal person is disabled, he will hurt himself. |
| D．The disabled should regard themselves as normal. |
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Dear Jack,
From the TV I know coronavirus broke out and more than twenty million cases have been reported recently in the United States.
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Yours,
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9 . The rising costs of health care have become a problem for many countries in the world. To deal with the problem, it is suggested that the government should spend more money on disease prevention. Actually, many kinds of diseases can be prevented in many ways and preventing a disease is usually much cheaper than treating.
One effective way of disease prevention is to eat more healthy food. For instance, keeping a balanced diet, such as not eating too much animal fat and regularly eating vegetables and fruits, seems to be quite important.
Another useful and costless way of prevention is to exercise often, which is necessary for a healthy mind and body. Regular exercise, such as running, walking, playing sports is a good way to make people feel better.
In addition, health education, included in disease prevention, plays a key role in improving people's health. By giving people more information about health, the government could help people understand the importance of disease prevention and ways to achieve it.
However, stressing disease prevention does not mean medical treatment is unimportant. After all, prevention and treatment are just two different means towards the same effect. In a word, we could save money on health care and treat patients more successfully if the government spends more money on disease prevention.
1. What does the text mainly talk about?| A．A balanced diet. | B．Disease prevention. |
| C．Rising costs of health care. | D．Modern medical development. |
| A．Two. | B．Three. | C．Four. | D．Five. |
| A．In fact. | B．In case. | C．For example. | D．What's more. |
| A．Different ways of exercise should be introduced. |
| B．Some solutions to medical treatment should be provided. |
| C．Medical treatment is not as important as disease prevention. |
| D．Disease prevention is of great importance to people's health. |
| A．A travel journal. | B．An advertisement. |
| C．A shopping website. | D．A health care magazine. |
10 . How to Avoid the Flu
The flu (流感) can easily spread from one person to another. This is especially true for people who are weak. When you are weak, you are more likely to catch the flu. Do you know how to avoid it?
Wash your hands
Washing your hands is an easy way to avoid the flu. You should wash your hands when coming home, before eating, after using the toilet, etc.
Eat healthy food
Another good way to avoid the flu is to have healthy food, because healthy food can provide you with rich nutrition. For example, milk, eggs, vegetables and fruits are good choices for you. They will benefit your health.
Do exercise
Keeping away from people with the flu is an effective way. If your classmates or friends have the flu, keep away from them until they are well. You may catch it easily by staying close with them. Besides, you'd better wear a mask (口罩) in crowded places.
| A．Talk with friends happily |
| B．Keep away from people with the flu |
| C．Here are some suggestions for you |
| D．Doing exercise will make you stronger |
| E．You should use running water to wash your hands |
| F．You can donate some money to help people in need |
| G．So it is good for you to eat healthy food every day |
