Researchers have announced the result of two studies on the health effects of the drug aspirin(阿斯匹林). One study shows aspirin can sharply reduce the chance that a healthy, older man will suffer from a heart attack.

     The study offered two new results from earlier findings. It said taking one aspirin pill every other day helped only healthy men over the age of fifty. It also said aspirin gave the greatest protection against heart attacks to men with low blood cholesterol(胆固醇) levels.

     Earlier in the United States began a major aspirin study in the early 1980s. it included 22,000 healthy men doctors. All were between the ages of forty and eighty-four. More than 11,000 of the doctors took a harmless pill that contained no drug. The men did not know which kind of pill they were taking.

 

 

    The doctors who took aspirin suffered 44% fewer heart attacks than those taking the harmless pill. 139 men who took aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Ten of them died. 239 men who didn’t take aspirin suffered from heart attacks. Twenty-six of them died.

The researchers said the doctors’ study provides clear proof that taking aspirin can prevent a first heart attack in healthy, older men. They said ,however, the result does not mean every man over the age of fifty should take aspirin. They said aspirin couldn’t help men who do not eat healthy foods, who smoke cigarettes and who are fat. The researchers said men who think they would be helped by taking aspirin should talk with their doctors first.

1. The passage tells us that the new use of aspirin is___________.

A.to treat heart disease.

B.to reduce pain while one suffers from a heart attack.

C.to help old people to be more healthy.

D.to reduce the chance of a heart attack in old men.

2.Aspirin can help those who___________.

    A. work as doctors                  B. are under 40 years old      

C. are fat and smoke cigarettes     D. are older and healthy

3.From the experiment we can conclude that about _________ of people who suffered from heart attacks without aspirin died.

    A.7%                        B. 11%

    C. 19%                      D. 44%

 

 

My life is always filled with sadness and little joy. However, no matter what happens, I can always ______it bravely.

         Last year, I couldn’t believe the ______that I was allowed to enter the only key high school in my hometown. Then I rushed to my home and told my ______. But my father didn’t seem as ______as I was. He just kept smoking without saying a word and my mother put her head down and couldn’t help ______.

         I knew very well what my family was ______. My mum had been ill in bed for 2 years. We lived a ______ life and I couldn’t continue my schooling. I felt so upset but I could say ______to my parents. I decided to help my father with his work ______my family.

         To my surprise, things completely changed ______the beginning of the new term. My head teacher came to my family with some money, which had been ______by my schoolmates. He encouraged me, “Always have a dream.” ______tears in my eyes, I stepped into the key high school.

         I have been studying hard since I entered the high school. Whenever I meet difficulties, I always ______ my teacher and schoolmates. I have a college dream and I must work hard for it, no matter ______ hard life is. Just as a great man says, “When one door shuts, ______opens in life.”

1.A. solve              B. meet                     C. face              D. make

2.A. idea                               B. news                                 C. story                                 D. thought

3.A. teachers             B. parents                   C. grandparents             D. brothers

4.A. nervous                                 B. interested                        C. excited                    D. worried

5.A. laughing                            B. crying                                 C. saying                               D. shouting

6.A. about                                      B. before                              C. like                                    D. against

7.A. hard                 B. happy                C. nice                      D. rich

8.A. everything                   B. something                        C. anything                           D. nothing   

9.A. to leave                                  B. to stop                              C. to support                        D. to fire

10.A. after                                     B. since                                 C. before                              D. on

11.A. spent                                    B. raised                               C. planned                            D. saved

12.A. From               B. Between                C. With              D. Without

13.A. think of                                B. dream of                          C. hear of                             D. talk of

14.A. what                                     B. which                                C. how                                   D. that

15.A. other              B. others                   C. the other                    D. another

 

Some years ago there was an old woman.  She had no children because she did not like children at all.  But she loved cats.  She had mother cats and baby cats.  She had black cats and white cats.  The children in the neighborhood came to her house to play with the cats.  More and more cats came to the woman’s house.  There were too many cats.  The old woman couldn’t feed them at all.

Then she had an idea.  “The children love my cats, ” she thought.  So she gave each child a cat.  Then she was very happy.  And the children were very happy,  too.  And cats were pleased,  too.  Because they each had a room. 

1. The old woman didn’t like ________.

A. old cats                             B. baby cats

C. old people                           D. children

2. Why did the children come to the woman’s house? 

A. To look at her house.

B. To help the old woman.

C. To play with the cats.

D. To play young cats. 

3. The word “feed” in the passage means ________. 

A. give food to                     B. look after

C. live with                            D. play games

4. The woman gave each child a cat because ________.

A. the children liked the cats        

B. she couldn’t feed so many cats

C. more cats came to her house

D. children came to her house every day

5. Finally(最后)the woman ________.

A. began to love children

B. sold(卖掉)all her cats to children

C. bought enough food for the children’s cats

D. gave each child a cat

It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign __36__.

    Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed __37__ of himself, and was so pale that it __38__ us to look at him.

    He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know __39__ to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:

 

   

 

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I __40__ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地) and __41__said “Sign!”

My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and __42__ to let him sign.

    It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and __43__. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.

    In that moment, my __44__ changed completely.

    I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature __45__ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.

    I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most __46__ guy in school. Whenever I’m __47__, I still look back at that yearbook.

1. A. mine          B. his              C. ours             D. theirs

2. A. unafraid          B. unsure           C. proud        D. tired

3. A. worried       B. surprised        C. taught           D. hurt

4. A. how           B. which        C. where        D. what

5.A. saw            B. noticed          C. thought          D. believed

6. A. still             B. ever         C. even         D. just

7. decided          B. meant        C. began        D. prepared

8. A. smiled        B. waited           C. left             D. rose

9. A. sense         B. value        C. attitude         D. idea

10. A. lists            B. pages        C. boxes        D. tables

11. A. different        B. patient          C. popular          D. important

12. A. away         B. out              C. behind       D. down

 

It was yearbook day and we were given an hour to sign each other’s yearbooks in the cafeteria. I was president of the class and I played sports. When I sat down at a table, people started to come over to get their yearbooks signed and to sign __36__.
Among them, a weak boy with ugly teeth and thick glasses kept shaking. I had seen him around, and I knew he was always laughed at. He seemed __37__ of himself, and was so pale that it __38__ us to look at him.
He came up and asked me nervously, “Can you sign this?” I took his yearbook but I didn’t know __39__ to write. I saw that there was the name “Ricky Sanders” written on the front of it. So I wrote:

I put down the yearbook and turned around to get some signatures from some of my friends when I __40__ my yearbook was gone. I saw that Ricky had sat down with my yearbook. “What are you doing?” I asked him. He looked up calmly(平静地) and __41__said “Sign!”
My friends broke into a loud laugh, and I saw that he was carefully frying to put a signature in my yearbook. He hadn’t even finished the “R” yet. I thought for a while and __42__ to let him sign.
It took him nearly five minutes to sign and when I got my yearbook back, there was a very shaky “RICKY”. He hugged(紧抱) his yearbook and __43__. I couldn’t help but smile back at him.
In that moment, my __44__ changed completely.
I gave him a high five and suddenly everyone at my table wanted his signature. He was asked politely to write in their yearbooks and the signature __45__ of his yearbook were filled up. He was smiling so big that it lit up the whole room.
I changed school the next year, and I never saw Ricky again. However, I will never forget the day that he became the most __46__ guy in school. Whenever I’m __47__, I still look back at that yearbook.

【小题1】

A．mine B．his C．ours D．theirs

【小题2】

A．unafraid B．unsure C．proud D．tired

【小题3】

A．worried B．surprised C．taught D．hurt

【小题4】

A．how B．which C．where D．what

【小题5】

A．saw B．noticed C．thought D．believed

【小题6】

A．still B．ever C．even D．just

【小题7】decided               B. meant            C. began             D. prepared

【小题8】

A．smiled B．waited C．left D．rose

【小题9】

A．sense B．value C．attitude D．idea

【小题10】

A．lists B．pages C．boxes D．tables

【小题11】

A．different B．patient C．popular D．important

【小题12】

A．away B．out C．behind D．down