It had been a very disheartening day. The doctors had given us the worst of news. Our daughter, who had just completed her first brain surgery to remove a tumor (肿瘤) and was going through radiation treatment, was now officially given a two percent chance of survival as this type of cancer had no cure.
My wife and I decided to take our daughter to lunch before continuing our afternoon conversation. We went to a local restaurant where we sat in silence waiting for the waitress. I noticed a very elderly couple sitting a few booths away, who were also in silence and did not speak a word. I couldn’t help but wonder what challenges they had faced in their life and if they ever faced such terrible news about a child of theirs.
We eventually ordered our lunch and still sitting in silence we ate what we could. At some point I became intrigued by the old couple. I thought to myself that they hadn’t yet spoken to each other and I wondered if it was the peace they were enjoying or the food or maybe both. However, at some point I lost interest and put my focus back on my lunch.
Molly was still talking away and enjoying her meal. Her mom and I both listened and tried to be happy in her presence but it wasn’t going very well. All of a sudden I saw a hand come out of nowhere. It was huge and I could tell that it had been afflicted with arthritis (关节炎). I couldn’t take my eyes off that hand. It landed on my daughter’s tiny six-year-old hand and as it did I looked up; it was the old woman who had been sitting with the old man in silence eating their lunch.
I looked into her eyes and she spoke, but not to me. She looked at my daughter and simply whispered, “If I could do more for you I would…” and then she smiled and moved away to join her husband, who had moved towards the door.
“Look, a whole dollar,” Molly spoke with excitement as she discovered a crumpled one dollar bill left behind by the old lady. I looked up to thank her, but she was gone. I sat stunned, not sure what had just happened and then I looked over at my wife. In almost unison, we broke out into a smile. The sadness of the day had been wiped out by the crippled hand and generous touch of the old lady. The dollar, although exciting to Molly, was not what made us smile; it was the offer from the old lady, who felt our suffering. The crippled hand symbolized a healing touch and made us realize that we did not have to fight this battle alone.
41. The author was _______, when he first caught sight of the old couple in the restaurant.
A. curious B. confused C. upset D. indifferent
42. By saying “If I could do more for you I would…”, the old woman means_______.
A. she had the ability to cure the disease of Molly
B. she had the responsibility for the safety of Molly
C. she was an old friend of the author and can lend some money to them
D. she would like to help Molly as much as possible
43. What can we inferred from the passage?
A. The author and his wife were not satisfied with the food in the restaurant.
B. The old couple had once gone through the same trouble as the author did.
C. The one dollar bill made the author feel touched by the warmth from others.
D. The old woman sympathized with Molly because she suffered from serious arthritis herself.
44. What would be the best title of the text?
A. A girl with cancer B. A touch of heaven
C. A crippled hand D. A kind-hearted couple
心算口算巧算一课一练系列答案科目：高中英语 来源：2004全国各省市高考模拟试题汇编(天利38套)·英语 题型：050
阅读理解
An experiment was once done by Karl von Frish, in which he studied bee activities when they returned to their home called a hive (蜂房). The experiment showed that there was a means by which a bee communicated to other bees that it had found food. That was dance!
In fact, bees do two kinds of dances to tell other bees of their food discovery. First, there is a circle dance, in which the bee moves in a circle inside the hive. The circle dance is used when the food is not more than ten meters away. A second kind of dance done by the bee is a waggling (摇摆) dance. That is to say, the bee wiggles (摆动) the end of its body as it moves in a straight line, then it turns in a semicircle (半圆), runs straight again. The waggling dance is used when the food is more than ten meters away. Meanwhile, in the two dances, the bees smell the dancing bee that has found the food. The smell tells them where to find the flower and also what kind of flower to look for.
For this really interesting work, Karl von Frisch won a Nobel Prize.
1．Karl von Frisch won a Nobel Prize for ________.
[ ]
A．communicating with bees
B．having studied bees' activities
C．setting up an experimental base
D．the discovery of bees' looking for food
2．If the food is ________ away, the bee will move in a circle.
[ ]
3．Which of the following can show the waggling dance?
[ ]
4．The bees know where to find the food by the ________ of the bee that has found it.
[ ]
5．Which of the following statements may be true?
[ ]
A．Karl von Firsch did the experiment to find out if bees had a language of their own.
B．In their spare time, bees often do two kinds of dances.
C．Bees can communicate to one another as human beings do.
D．In the circle dance, the bee waggles the hind half of its body.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年北京市西城区高二下学期学业测试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解 (共5小题；每小题2分．满分10分)
根据短文内容，在相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息 (不多于七个单词)，完成对该问题的回答。答语要求结构正确，书写工整，字迹清楚。
The Fun They Had in School
On the page headed May l7，2517，Margie wrote in her diary，“Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book covered with dust．Margie’s grandfather once said that long ago all stories were printed on paper
“What is it about?” asked Margie
“School”
“School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school．”
Margie hated school now more than ever．The electric teacher had bee giving her drill after drill in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had finally sent for someone to fix the teacher
The man came with a whole box of tools．He turned off the elecuicity，and started to repair the teacher．There was a momtor that showed questions，and a hole where Margie had to put compositions and test papers．The electric teacher marked the paper quickly．
Margie asked Tommy，“Why would anyone write about school?”
“Because it’s the school they bad hundreds of years ago”
Margie read the book for a while，then said，“Anyway，they had a teacher？”
“Yes，but it was a man”
“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”
“Well，he just told the kids things and gave them homework”
“A man isn’t smart enough．”
“Sure he is．My father knows as much as my teacher’’
“But I wouldn’t want a strange in my house to teach me．”Margie argued
Tommy laughed．“The teacher didn’t live in the house．They had a special building and all the kids went there”
“And all the kids learnt the same thing?”
“Sure，if they were the same age”
They weren’t even half-finished when Margle’s mother called．“Margfa! School!”
Margie went into the school next to her bedroom，and the electric teacher was waiting far her them．It was the same way every day except Saturday and Sunday
The monitor lit up，and it said，“Please put yesterday’s homework in the proper hole”
Margie sighed and threw a dirty sock at the machine．She was thinking about the old days．All the kids from the whole neighborhood came to the school，Iaughing and shouting in the yard．They could even help one another with the homework
And the teachers were people!
How happy they were in the old days，Margie thought．
1．When did the story in the passage take place?
2．Wny did Margie hate school?
3．How did Margie feel when she heard that teachers of hundreds of years ago were people instead
of machines?
4．How did kids in Margie’s time receive education?
5．What does the underlined word“They”refer to in the title?
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
A woman suffering from cancer during pregnancy can pass the disease on to her unborn child, scientists have shown in a study that solves a puzzle that has confused doctors for a century.
The rare occurrence of a mother and child appearing to share the same cancer---of which there have been about 30 known cases---is a result of genetic mutation (基因突变) that allows the cancer to pass to the baby unnoticed.
There was previously no genetic evidence to explain why a child’s immune system would not recognize and destroy any invasive cancer cells that were of maternal---and therefore, foreign origin.
The new study, led by Mel Greaves, of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used advanced genetic fingerprinting to prove that infant’s leukaemic cells (白血病细胞) were unquestionably of maternal origin.
The case, involving a Japanese mother aged 28 and her daughter, showed that both patients’ leulaemic cells carried the identical transformed cancer gene BCR-ABL even though the infant had not inherited (遗传的) this gene.
This meant that the child, who had cancer diagnosed at 11 months, old, could not have developed this type of leukaemia in isolation.
To investigate how the cells could have crossed the placental barrier (胎盘膜) and survived in the offspring (后代), the scientists looked for evidence of some form of immunological (免疫学的) acceptance of tolerance of the foreign cells by the foetus (胎儿).
Professor Greaves, who worked with colleagues in Japan with funding from Leukaemia Reasearch, said that it had bee assumed that cancer spread was impossible because of the placenta’s role in preserving materno-foetal (母体-胎儿) health.
61. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. An Unborn child can be infected by the mother with cancer.
B. Scientists have solved a confusing puzzle for a century.
C. A genetic mutation leads to the cancer of the unborn child.
D. Women can’t be cured during pregnancy.
62. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. There are many cases of a genetic mutation causing cancer.
B. No genetic evidence is known why the unborn child was infected.
C. Mel Greaves’s study indicates the infant’s leukaemic cells were of maternal origin.
D. Based on Mel Greaves’s study, mothers may know cancer’s transportation.
63. What was used to prove the infant’s leukeaemic cells were from the mother?
A. genetic mutation B. placental barrier
C. immune system D. genetic fingerprinting
64. What does the underlined phrase “in isolation” mean in the 6 paragraph?
A. in a hurry B. in no way C. on purpose D. on its own
65. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The placental barrier doesn’t prevent any disease.
B. Earlier theories supposed cancer couldn’t go across placenta.
C. Scientists have got evidence for some diseases.
D. Professor Greaves gets money from the government.
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科目：高中英语 来源： 题型：阅读理解
A woman suffering from cancer during pregnancy can pass the disease on to her unborn child, scientists have shown in a study that solves a puzzle that has confused doctors for a century.
The rare occurrence of a mother and child appearing to share the same cancer---of which there have been about 30 known cases---is a result of genetic mutation (基因突变) that allows the cancer to pass to the baby unnoticed.
There was previously no genetic evidence to explain why a child’s immune system would not recognize and destroy any invasive cancer cells that were of maternal---and therefore, foreign origin.
The new study, led by Mel Greaves, of the Institute of Cancer Research (ICR), and published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, used advanced genetic fingerprinting to prove that infant’s leukaemic cells (白血病细胞) were unquestionably of maternal origin.
The case, involving a Japanese mother aged 28 and her daughter, showed that both patients’ leulaemic cells carried the identical transformed cancer gene BCR-ABL even though the infant had not inherited (遗传的) this gene.
This meant that the child, who had cancer diagnosed at 11 months, old, could not have developed this type of leukaemia in isolation.
To investigate how the cells could have crossed the placental barrier (胎盘膜) and survived in the offspring (后代), the scientists looked for evidence of some form of immunological (免疫学的) acceptance of tolerance of the foreign cells by the foetus (胎儿).
Professor Greaves, who worked with colleagues in Japan with funding from Leukaemia Reasearch, said that it had bee assumed that cancer spread was impossible because of the placenta’s role in preserving materno-foetal (母体-胎儿) health.
61. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. An Unborn child can be infected by the mother with cancer.
B. Scientists have solved a confusing puzzle for a century.
C. A genetic mutation leads to the cancer of the unborn child.
D. Women can’t be cured during pregnancy.
62. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?
A. There are many cases of a genetic mutation causing cancer.
B. No genetic evidence is known why the unborn child was infected.
C. Mel Greaves’s study indicates the infant’s leukaemic cells were of maternal origin.
D. Based on Mel Greaves’s study, mothers may know cancer’s transportation.
63. What was used to prove the infant’s leukeaemic cells were from the mother?
A. genetic mutation B. placental barrier
C. immune system D. genetic fingerprinting
64. What does the underlined phrase “in isolation” mean in the 6 paragraph?
A. in a hurry B. in no way C. on purpose D. on its own
65. What can we infer from the passage?
A. The placental barrier doesn’t prevent any disease.
B. Earlier theories supposed cancer couldn’t go across placenta.
C. Scientists have got evidence for some diseases.
D. Professor Greaves gets money from the government.
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科目：高中英语 来源：2010年北京市西城区高二下学期学业测试英语卷 题型：阅读理解
阅读理解(共5小题；每小题2分．满分10分)
根据短文内容，在相应题号后的横线上写下相关信息(不多于七个单词)，完成对该问题的回答。答语要求结构正确，书写工整，字迹清楚。
The Fun They Had in School
On the page headed May l7，2517，Margie wrote in her diary，“Today Tommy found a real book!”
It was a very old book covered with dust．Margie’s grandfather once said that long ago all stories were printed on paper
“What is it about?” asked Margie
“School”
“School? What’s there to write about school? I hate school．”
Margie hated school now more than ever．The electric teacher had bee giving her drill after drill in geography and she had been doing worse and worse until her mother had finally sent for someone to fix the teacher
The man came with a whole box of tools．He turned off the elecuicity，and started to repair the teacher．There was a momtor that showed questions，and a hole where Margie had to put compositions and test papers．The electric teacher marked the paper quickly．
Margie asked Tommy，“Why would anyone write about school?”
“Because it’s the school they bad hundreds of years ago”
Margie read the book for a while，then said，“Anyway，they had a teacher？”
“Yes，but it was a man”
“A man? How could a man be a teacher?”
“Well，he just told the kids things and gave them homework”
“A man isn’t smart enough．”
“Sure he is．My father knows as much as my teacher’’
“But I wouldn’t want a strange in my house to teach me．”Margie argued
Tommy laughed．“The teacher didn’t live in the house．They had a special building and all the kids went there”
“And all the kids learnt the same thing?”
“Sure，if they were the same age”
They weren’t even half-finished when Margle’s mother called．“Margfa! School!”
Margie went into the school next to her bedroom，and the electric teacher was waiting far her them．It was the same way every day except Saturday and Sunday
The monitor lit up，and it said，“Please put yesterday’s homework in the proper hole”
Margie sighed and threw a dirty sock at the machine．She was thinking about the old days．All the kids from the whole neighborhood came to the school，Iaughing and shouting in the yard．They could even help one another with the homework
And the teachers were people!
How happy they were in the old days，Margie thought．
1．When did the story in the passage take place?
2．Wny did Margie hate school?
3．How did Margie feel when she heard that teachers of hundreds of years ago were people instead
of machines?
4．How did kids in Margie’s time receive education?
5．What does the underlined word“They”refer to in the title?
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