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  "Can I see my baby?" the happy new mother asked.When the   1   was placed in her arms and she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she   2  .The doctor turned quickly and   3   the tall hospital window.The baby had been born without ears.

  Time proved that the baby's hearing was perfect.It was only his appearance that was   4  .When he rushed home from school one day and   5   himself into his mother's arms, she sighed, knowing that his life was to be a series of   6  .He cried out the tragedy."A boy, a big boy...called me a freak(不正常的人)."

  He grew up, handsome, a favorite with his fellow students.He might have been class president,   7   that.He developed a   8   for literature and music.

  The boy's father had   9   with the family physician…"Could nothing be done?" "I believe I could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears if they could be   10  ," the doctor decided.And then the search began   11   a person who would make such a sacrifice for a young man.Two years went by.One day, his father said to the son, "You're going to the hospital, son.Mother and I have someone who will donate the   12   you need.But it's a secret." The operation was a brilliant   13  , and a new person emerged.His talents blossomed into genius, and school and college became a series of   14  

  Later he married and entered the diplomatic service.One day, he asked his father, "Who gave me the ears?Who gave me so much?I could never do   15   for him or her." "I do not believe you could," said the father, "  16   the agreement was that you are not to know...not yet."

  The years kept their profound secret, but the day   17   come, one of the darkest days that ever pass through a son.He stood with his father over his mother's coffin.Slowly, tenderly, the father stretched forth a hand and   18   the thick, reddish brown hair to reveal the mother had no outer ears."Mother said she was glad she never let her hair   19  ," his father whispered gently, "and nobody ever thought mother   20  , did they?"

(1)

[  ]

A.

pocket

B.

bag

C.

package

D.

parcel

(2)

[  ]

A.

gasped

B.

signed

C.

glimpsed

D.

sighed

(3)

[  ]

A.

climbed up

B.

knocked at

C.

watched out

D.

looked out of

(4)

[  ]

A.

hurt

B.

spoiled

C.

broken

D.

harmed

(5)

[  ]

A.

drew

B.

pushed

C.

threw

D.

got

(6)

[  ]

A.

heartbreaks

B.

joys

C.

successes

D.

disasters

(7)

[  ]

A.

regardless of

B.

apart from

C.

except for

D.

but for

(8)

[  ]

A.

present

B.

gift

C.

prize

D.

reward

(9)

[  ]

A.

words

B.

a speech

C.

a talk

D.

an agreement

(10)

[  ]

A.

obtained

B.

bought

C.

made

D.

discovered

(11)

[  ]

A.

with

B.

to

C.

of

D.

for

(12)

[  ]

A.

blood

B.

heart

C.

ears

D.

money

(13)

[  ]

A.

challenge

B.

success

C.

competition

D.

test

(14)

[  ]

A.

triumphs

B.

failures

C.

sadness

D.

unhappiness

(15)

[  ]

A.

a bit

B.

much

C.

enough

D.

many

(16)

[  ]

A.

so

B.

and

C.

but

D.

or

(17)

[  ]

A.

eventually

B.

finally

C.

did not

D.

did

(18)

[  ]

A.

raised

B.

took

C.

rose

D.

carried

(19)

[  ]

A.

set

B.

grow

C.

be cut

D.

be done

(20)

[  ]

A.

wise

B.

less beautiful

C.

less friendly

D.

friendly

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B
  Fever has usually been regarded as a threat to health.However,no one has actually proved that fever is dangerous.This fact attracted the attention of Matthew J.Kluger.Imagining that fever might not be as harmful as it had been supposed,Kluger set up a series of experiments with lizards(蜥蜴).
  What Kluger and his team did his team did in their first experiment was simple.They put some lizards in a sand-box,one end of which was heated to 44℃,while the other was at a room temperature.It was found that the lizards moved form one part of the box to the other in order to keep a constant temperature of about 38℃.Having shown that normal lizards regulate(调节) their own temperature,Kuger,in a second experiment,then set out to show that lizards,like most other animals,develop fever when infected.This was done by making lizards infected with bacteria (细菌) that were known to cause disease.As the team expected,the infected lizards remained longer in the heated part of the box,until they had raised their body temperatures to two or three degrees above normal.In other words,the sick lizards gave themselves fever.
  In a third experiment,the team observed the effect of temperature on the survival of the lizards.One group of infected lizards was given a fever - suppressing(退烧) drug.The other group was given no drug and ran a fever,that is to say,they kept a highter temperature for four or five days before seeking a cooler environment.The results were impressive.Of those which raised their body temperature,all but one remained alive.Of those given the fever - suppressing drug,more than half died.Similar results have since been produced in other animals.For example,infeced fish swim to warmer water,and will die if not allowed to do so.
  An important conclusion can be drawn from these experiments.As Kluger points out,lizards have been on earth for hundreds of millions of years.It is reasonable to suppose that a response that is so old has been kept by nature for some purpose.It would appear, therefore, that fever does not make disease worse.Rather it its part of the mechanism(机能) by which infection is controlled.
  60.In his experiments,Kluger was hoping to prove that fever ________.
   A.is not harmful to lizards
   B.is not necessarily bad
   C.is necessary for both humans and animals
   D.has the same effect on humans and animals
  61.The lizards put in the sand - box in the first experiment _____.
   A.had a fever B.were not sick C.recovered from disease D.died of heat
  62.In the third experiment,the lizards given a fever - suppressing drug died because _____.
   A.they had no more fever that they needed
   B.they were normal ones and had no fever
   C.the drug had no iffect on sick lizards
   D.the drug made their body temperature too low
  63.How would you understand the underlined words"a response" in the last paragraph?
   A.Gause of disease. B.Recovery from disease.
   C.Relationship between living D.Natural defense in the body against disease.

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第二节 信息匹配(共5小题;每小题2分,满分10分)

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         以下是儿童读物的信息:

 You and Me, Baby

Reading level: Baby-Grade 1

Hardcover: 40 pages

Language: English

List Price: $15.95

Price: $12.44 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. 

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Availability: In Stock. Ships from and sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

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B. Ruff! Ruff! Where's Scruff?

Reading level: Baby-Preschool

Hardcover: 16 pages

Language: English

Price: $11.16 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.

Availability: In Stock. Sold by Amazon.com. Gift-wrap available.

Want it delivered Thursday, September 2.

Book Description: It’s bath time for Scruff. But does anyone know where he’s hiding? Have the cows seen him? Moo-no! How about the pigs? Oink-no! Looking for that dog is just too tough! But not for toddlers. If they look carefully, they’ll find Scruff hiding on every pop-up page!

C. The Giving Tree

Reading level: Ages 4-8

Hardcover: 64 pages

Language: English

Price: $11.55

Availability: Sold all year round and choose One-Day Shipping at checkout.

Book Description: Once there was a tree...and she loved a little boy. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples, swing from her branches, or slide down her trunk...and the tree was happy.

D. Where the Wild Things Are

 

Reading level: Ages 6-10

Hardcover Comic: 62 pages

Language: English

List Price: $16.95

Price: $11.53 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25.

You Save: $5.42 (32%)

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E. Goodnight Moon (Board book)

 

Reading level: Baby-Preschool

Board book: 30 pages

Language: English

List Price: $8.99

Price: $8.99.

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Book description: Perhaps the perfect children's bedtime book, Goodnight Moon is a short poem of goodnight wishes from a young rabbit preparing for — or attempting to postpone — his own slumber. He says goodnight to every object in sight and within earshot, including the "quiet old lady whispering hush."

 

F. Guess How Much I Love You (Board book)

 

Reading level: Ages 9-12

List Price: $6.99

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Book description: All children want reassurance that their parents' love runs wide and deep. In Guess How Much I Love You, a young rabbit named Little Nutbrown Hare thinks he's found a way to measure the boundaries of love.

 

以下是购书者或小读者的信息。请匹配购书者或小读者的信息与他们对应的读物。

56. Mrs. Green is a nurse in a hospital in London. She has a lovely daughter. She often says to her "Hey, Baby! Look at you, looking at me, looking at you looking at me". She is going to send her daughter to Grade 1 this September and buy a book with 40 pages for her.

57. Joe enjoys reading picture books about animals. He often buys some new ones. Last Saturday he bought a new book. There is such a sentence on the first page: “In a heartwarming twist on the ‘I-can-do-anything-you-can-do-better’ theme, Little Nutbrown Hare goes through a series of declarations regarding the breadth of his love for Big Nutbrown Hare”.

58. Tong Tong is five years and two months old now. His father bought him a story book for his birthday on July 2. Now he is reading “But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree, and the tree gave and gave and gave. … ”.

59. Mr. Smith lives in New York City. He has a two-year-old grandson, who likes to listen to some stories about animals and read picture books with a hide-and-seek adventure and lots of pop-up surprises on every page!

60. Susan’s mother bought her a new book today. In this book, there are many good bedtime activities — a reappearing little mouse is particularly pesky. By the end of the little rabbit's goodnight poem, the story has quieted to a whisper, and the drawings have darkened with nightfall. As you turn the last page, you can expect a sleepy smile and at least a yawn or two.

 

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In the United States, when one becomes rich, he wants people to know it. And even if he does not become very rich, he wants people to think that he is. That is what “keeping up with the Joneses” is about.  It is the story of someone who tried to look as rich as his neighbors.

The expression was first used in 1913 by a young American called Arthur Momand. He told this story about himself. He began earning $ 125 a week at the age of 23. That was a lot of money in those days. He got married and moved with his wife to a very wealthy neighborhood. When he saw that rich people rode horses, Momand went horseback riding every day. When he saw that rich people had servants. Momand and his wife also hired a servant and gave big parties for their new neighbors. 

It was like a race, but one could never finish this race because one was always trying to keep up. The race ended for Momand and his wife when they could no longer pay for their new way of life. They had to move back to an apartment in New York City. Momand looked around him and noticed that many people do things just to keep up with rich lifestyle of their neighbors. He saw the funny side of it and started to write a series of short stories. He called it “Keeping up with the Joneses” because “Jones” is a very common name in the United States. “Keeping up with the Joneses” came to mean keeping up with rich lifestyle of the people around you. Momand’s series appeared in different newspapers across the country for over 28 years.

People never seem to get tired of keeping up with the Joneses. And there are “Joneses” in every city of the world. But one must get tired of trying to keep up with the Joneses because no matter what one does, Mr. Jones always seems to be ahead.

Some people want to keep up with the Joneses because they ______.

A.want to be as rich as their neighbors

B.want others to know or to think that they are rich

C.don't want others to know they are rich

D.want to be happy

It can be inferred from the story that rich people like to ________. 

A.live outside New York City    B.live in New York City

  C.live in apartments            D.live with many neighbors

What's the author's attitude to keeping up with the Joneses?

A.Negative.                   B.Positive.

C.Supportive.                  D.Objective.

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B

  Fever has usually been regarded as a threat to health.However,no one has actually proved that fever is dangerous.This fact attracted the attention of Matthew J.Kluger.Imagining that fever might not be as harmful as it had been supposed,Kluger set up a series of experiments with lizards(蜥蜴).

  What Kluger and his team did his team did in their first experiment was simple.They put some lizards in a sand-box,one end of which was heated to 44℃,while the other was at a room temperature.It was found that the lizards moved form one part of the box to the other in order to keep a constant temperature of about 38℃.Having shown that normal lizards regulate(调节) their own temperature,Kuger,in a second experiment,then set out to show that lizards,like most other animals,develop fever when infected.This was done by making lizards infected with bacteria (细菌) that were known to cause disease.As the team expected,the infected lizards remained longer in the heated part of the box,until they had raised their body temperatures to two or three degrees above normal.In other words,the sick lizards gave themselves fever.

  In a third experiment,the team observed the effect of temperature on the survival of the lizards.One group of infected lizards was given a fever - suppressing(退烧) drug.The other group was given no drug and ran a fever,that is to say,they kept a highter temperature for four or five days before seeking a cooler environment.The results were impressive.Of those which raised their body temperature,all but one remained alive.Of those given the fever - suppressing drug,more than half died.Similar results have since been produced in other animals.For example,infeced fish swim to warmer water,and will die if not allowed to do so.

  An important conclusion can be drawn from these experiments.As Kluger points out,lizards have been on earth for hundreds of millions of years.It is reasonable to suppose that a response that is so old has been kept by nature for some purpose.It would appear, therefore, that fever does not make disease worse.Rather it its part of the mechanism(机能) by which infection is controlled.

  60.In his experiments,Kluger was hoping to prove that fever ________.

   A.is not harmful to lizards

   B.is not necessarily bad

   C.is necessary for both humans and animals

   D.has the same effect on humans and animals

  61.The lizards put in the sand - box in the first experiment _____.

   A.had a fever B.were not sick C.recovered from disease D.died of heat

  62.In the third experiment,the lizards given a fever - suppressing drug died because _____.

   A.they had no more fever that they needed

   B.they were normal ones and had no fever

   C.the drug had no iffect on sick lizards

   D.the drug made their body temperature too low

  63.How would you understand the underlined words"a response" in the last paragraph?

   A.Gause of disease. B.Recovery from disease.

   C.Relationship between living D.Natural defense in the body against disease.

 

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