C.O.P.D(慢性障碍性肺病) blocks air flow through the lungs. It makes breathing difficult. The leading cause of C.O.P.D. is cigarette smoking. Experts at the National Institutes of Health in the United States say there is no cure to the damage to the lungs.

Dawn Demeo is an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts. She said, “By 2020, C.O.P.D. may be the third leading cause of death across the world.”

C.O.P.D. is a new name for emphysema（肺气肿） and chronic bronchitis（慢性支气管炎）. These are the two most common forms of the disease. Many people with C.O.P.D. have both of them. And Doctor Demeo says more women than men now die from the disease.

She is the lead author of a study by a team from Harvard’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital and the University of Bergen in Norway. The new study adds to findings that women may be more at risk than men from the damaging effects of smoking.

The team examined results from a Norwegian study of 954 people with C.O.P.D. Inga-Cecilie Soerheim co-wrote the team’s findings. Doctor Soerheim says they show that women suffered the same level of C.O.P.D.as men. But the female smokers were younger and had smoked a lot less.

The team also looked at two groups among the people in the study. These were people under the age of 60 and those who had smoked for less than 20 years. In both cases, women had more serious C.O.P.D. and a greater loss of lung function (功能）than men.

1.Which of the following statements about C.O.P.D is NOT true ______.

A. Cigarette smoking is likely to cause C.O.P.D.

B. C.O.P.D. makes it hard for a person to breathe

C. C.O.P.D will be one of the most life-threatening diseases.

D. Many people with C.O.P.D. have either emphysema or chronic bronchitis.

2.It can be known from the study that_____.

A. female smokers die faster than male ones.  

B. women are more likely to suffer from the damaging effects of smoking than men.

C. women who suffer the same level of C.O.P.D as men were older and weaker.

D. in the group of people under the age of 60, men suffered more from C.O.P.D than women.

3.Which of the following can be the best title for the passage?

A .Smoking Kills

B. Smoking Triggers Diseases

C. The Leading Causes of C.O.P.D.

D. Women Suffers More from C.O.P.D. than Men  

4.In which part of a newspaper would you most probably read this passage?

A. Science      B. Health report      C .Education      D. Business report

 

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

注意：AB=E AC=F  AD=G

  (J=Jim  D=David)

  J: Hi, David. How are you? .

  D:  1.

  J: What are you going to do next weekend, David ?

  D: 2. How about you ?

  J: I don’t know, either.

D: 3.

  J: Good idea! But where shall we skate ?

  D: The lake near our school gate is icy now .Let ’ s skate there .

  J：All right. 4.

D: Let ’ s meet at the school gate .

J: 5.

D: Let ’ s meet at nine o ’ clock .

J: Great See you next Saturday

D: See you.

 

   Ａ.Where shall we meet ?

.   B. Fine, thank you .

   C. What time shall we meet ?

   D. How about skating on Saturday ?

   E. That ’s great. I agree with you .

   F. I have no idea .

G. I ’ m going to visit my grandparent .

 

 

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

注意：AB=E AC=F  AD=G

  (J=Jim  D=David)

  J: Hi, David. How are you? .

  D:  

  J: What are you going to do next weekend, David ?

  D: How about you ?

  J: I don’t know, either.

D:

  J: Good idea! But where shall we skate ?

  D: The lake near our school gate is icy now .Let ’ s skate there .

  J：All right.

D: Let ’ s meet at the school gate .

J:

D: Let ’ s meet at nine o ’ clock .

J: Great See you next Saturday

D: See you.

   Ａ.Where shall we meet ?

.   B. Fine, thank you .

   C. What time shall we meet ?

   D. How about skating on Saturday ?

   E. That ’s great. I agree with you .

   F. I have no idea .

G. I ’ m going to visit my grandparent .

根据对话内容，从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

(J = Jim  D = David)

J: Hi, David. How are you?

D:   

J: What are you going to do next weekend, David?

D:    How about you?

J: I don't know, either.

D:   

J: Good idea! But where shall we skate?

D: The lake near our school is icy now. let's skate there.

J: All right.     

D: Let's meet at the school gate.

J:   

D: Let's meet at nine o'clock.

J: Great. See you next Saturday.

D: See you.

A. Where shall we meet?

B. Fine, thank you.

C. What time shall we meet?

D. How about skating on Saturday?

E. That's great. I agree with you.

F. I have no idea.

G. I'm going to visit my grandparent.

Greg Woodburn, a student at the University of Southern California, spends a lot of time cleaning sneakers he collected. But soon the shoes will be sent to poor children in the United States and 20 other countries, thanks to Woodburn’s Share our soles (S.O.S) charity.

A high school track star in the town of Ventura, California, Woodburn was treated in hospital for months with foot injuries.

“I started thinking about the health benefits, the friendship and the confidence I got from running,” he says, “And I realized there are children who don’t even have shoes”.

Woodburn gathered up his old sneakers, and then asked his friends to donate. His goal was to have 100 pairs by Christmas 2006. When he collected more than 500 pairs, he decided to turn the shoe drive into a year-round effort.

Back then, the sneakers came from donation boxes and the local sporting goods store and from door-to-door pickups. Woodburn has now set up collection boxes at two high schools, city gym and recreation center. So far, S.O.S has collected and donated more than 3,000 pairs.

Woodburn has cleaned all the shoes. After sorting the shoes by size, Woodburn selects the good shoes for the washing machine and the worn-out ones for recycling.

For many recipients, the shoes represent opportunity. Two young boys in Southern California attended school every other day because they shared a pair of shoes. They were too big for one boy and too small for the other. Thanks to S.O.S, each brother received his own pair of shoes. The boys now attend school daily and enjoy their learning. When they graduate, they say, they will help a stranger, just as Woodburn helped them.

1.The text is mainly about    .

A．the attempts to collect sneakers            B．the school track star, Woodburn

C．Woodburn and his Share Our Soles          D．the recycling of the worn sneakers

2.What caused Greg Woodburn to donate old shoes for poor children?

A．News about some poor children.            B．The benefits from playing sports.

C．His memory of school life.                 D．The medical treatment he received.

3.When collecting more sneakers than expected. Woodburn decided to      .

A．collect shoes throughout the year           B．set up branches in different cities

C．put out a call to his friends                D．make his effort in the whole city

4.From the fifth paragraph we can learn that       .

A．Woodburn has changed his business

B．Few students are interested in his suggestion

C．Few people supported his career

D．Woodburn succeeded in this charity

5.Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．The two brothers would like to share a pair of shoes.

B．The shoes will protect poor children from injuries.

C．Woodburn gets tired of cleaning the old sneakers.

D．The shoes from S.O.S make a big difference to the two brothers.