Soccer star David Beckham will be there with his pop star wife Victoria. Elton John is attending with partner David Furnish.
The guest list for the April 29 union of Prince William and Kate Middleton is still being kept secret, but details have begun to leak out, with some coming forward to say they are attending and the Mail on Sunday newspaper claiming to have  the  official  invitation  roster (名单).
The palace dismissed the newspaper's list as speculation (猜测) Sunday.
It won't be clear until the day how the royal couple has balanced the protocol demands (王室规则) that they invite statesmen, diplomats, religious leaders, politicians and the like with invitations to the people they really want to see, particularly the crowd they made friends with when they met and fell in love at St. Andrews University in Scotland.
Kate Reardon, editor of high-society magazine Tatler, said many prominent Britons acted as if they didn't really care about receiving an invitation while secretly checking the mail every day to see if the invitation had arrived.
"Everyone's been hoping," she said.
William and Middleton have showed their modern side by inviting a number of close friends, including some former sweethearts, the newspaper said.
The wedding is not technically a state event, which somewhat limits the protocol requirements applied to the guest list. But royal obligations (职责) still order that a large number of the 1,900 or so seats go to guests from the world of politics, not actual friends of the couple.
The couple have also invited many guests from the charities they work with, and Middleton has used her influence to invite the butcher, shopkeeper and pub owner from her home village of Bucklebury.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were not invited and many other international leaders are also expected to be watching on TV, not from a seat at Westminster Abbey.
It is not clear if treasured Brits from the world of stage and screen and pop music will be on the list.
【小题1】 Who were not invited to Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding?    

A．David Beckham and his wife.

B．Elton John and his partner David Furnish.

C．People from the charities they work with.

D．President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle.

【小题2】Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?     

A．The guest list for the wedding is officially announced.

B．The wedding is technically a state event.

C．Only the actual friends of the couple will be invited to the wedding.

D．A large number of guests from the world of politics will be invited.

【小题3】The word "prominent" in paragraph 5 probably means         .  

A．honest	B．modern
C．well known and important	D．busy and hardworking

【小题4】It can be inferred from the passage that         .  

A．their wedding will be held at Westminster Abbey on April 29th.

B．Kate Reardon was invited to the wedding.

C．journalists will not be allowed to attend the wedding.

D．their former sweethearts are sure to attend their wedding.

【小题5】The best title for the passage might be         .   

A．Prince William and Middleton fall in love at St. Andrews University

B．British royal wedding guest list details leaks out

C．Prince William and Middleton prepares for their grand wedding

D．British singers and movie stars invited to the wedding

PEOPLE who have had a painful experience may wish they could wipe the memory from their minds. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, US, say that this may someday be possible.

A drug remains far off, but researchers have laid a foundation with their discovery that proteins can be removed from the brain’s fear center to cut memories forever.

Previous research had already shown that a special behavior therapy (治疗) could cut painful memories. But relapse (复发) was possible because the memory hadn’t necessarily disappeared.

By looking at that process, Richard Huganir and Roger Clem, two researchers from Johns Hopkins University, discovered a “window of vulnerability (脆弱的窗口)” when proteins are created. The proteins help signals travel within the brain as painful memories are made. Because the proteins are unstable, they can be easily removed with drugs or behavior therapy to cut memories.

Researchers used mice to find the window, but think the process would be the same in humans. They used electric shocks to make the mice fear a certain sound. The sound triggered (触发) the creation of the proteins, called calcium-permeable (钙通透性) AMPARS, which formed for a day or two in the fear centers of the mice’s brains.

The researchers are working on ways to reopen the window by recalling (唤醒) the painful memory and using drugs to remove the protein. They published their report online last month in Science Express.

Their research has drawn interest and concern from experts in mental healthcare.

Kate Farinholt, a mental health expert with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Maryland, US, said many people suffering from a painful event might benefit from erasing a memory. “Erasing a memory and then everything bad built on that is an amazing idea, and I can see all sorts of potential ,” she said.

But there are a lot of unanswered questions, too.

“Completely deleting a memory is a little scary. How do you remove a memory without removing a part of someone’s life,” Farinholt said. “And is it best to do that, considering that people grow and learn from their experiences?”

What have researchers at Johns Hopkins University found recently?  

A. A new drug to erase painful memories from human brains.

B. A special behavior therapy to erase painful memories.

C. Removing certain proteins from the brain can wipe painful memories.

D. Erasing memory damages a patient’s brain functions.

What makes it possible to erase painful memories according to Paragraph 4? 

A. The way the brain cells are created.

B. The unstable character of the proteins in the brain.

C. The strength of the signals the proteins send.

D. The drugs that can stop the formation of memories.

Which of the following shows the stages of the process done on mice? 

a. removal of fear proteins            b. making mice fear a certain sound

c. fear proteins created in mice brains   d. making mice recall painful memories

A. a-b-c-d    B. d-a-c-b    C. b-c-d-a    D. c-b-d-a

What is Kate Farinholt’s opinion of the research? 

A. People may lose the chance to learn from their bad experiences.

B. The research will be a great breakthrough in treating painful memories.

C. People could suffer long-term memory loss.

D. People could forget happy memories as well.

PEOPLE who have had a painful experience may wish they could wipe the memory from their minds. Researchers at Johns Hopkins University, US, say that this may someday be possible.

A drug remains far off, but researchers have laid a foundation with their discovery that proteins can be removed from the brain’s fear center to cut memories forever.

Previous research had already shown that a special behavior therapy (治疗) could cut painful memories. But relapse (复发) was possible because the memory hadn’t necessarily disappeared.

By looking at that process, Richard Huganir and Roger Clem, two researchers from Johns Hopkins University, discovered a “window of vulnerability (脆弱的窗口)” when proteins are created. The proteins help signals travel within the brain as painful memories are made. Because the proteins are unstable, they can be easily removed with drugs or behavior therapy to cut memories.

Researchers used mice to find the window, but think the process would be the same in humans. They used electric shocks to make the mice fear a certain sound. The sound triggered (触发) the creation of the proteins, called calcium-permeable (钙通透性) AMPARS, which formed for a day or two in the fear centers of the mice’s brains.

The researchers are working on ways to reopen the window by recalling (唤醒) the painful memory and using drugs to remove the protein. They published their report online last month in Science Express.

Their research has drawn interest and concern from experts in mental healthcare.

Kate Farinholt, a mental health expert with the National Alliance on Mental Illness, Maryland, US, said many people suffering from a painful event might benefit from erasing a memory. “Erasing a memory and then everything bad built on that is an amazing idea, and I can see all sorts of potential ,” she said.

But there are a lot of unanswered questions, too.

“Completely deleting a memory is a little scary. How do you remove a memory without removing a part of someone’s life,” Farinholt said. “And is it best to do that, considering that people grow and learn from their experiences?”

1.What have researchers at Johns Hopkins University found recently?  

A. A new drug to erase painful memories from human brains.

B. A special behavior therapy to erase painful memories.

C. Removing certain proteins from the brain can wipe painful memories.

D. Erasing memory damages a patient’s brain functions.

2.What makes it possible to erase painful memories according to Paragraph 4? 

A. The way the brain cells are created.

B. The unstable character of the proteins in the brain.

C. The strength of the signals the proteins send.

D. The drugs that can stop the formation of memories.

3.Which of the following shows the stages of the process done on mice? 

a. removal of fear proteins            b. making mice fear a certain sound

c. fear proteins created in mice brains   d. making mice recall painful memories

A. a-b-c-d    B. d-a-c-b    C. b-c-d-a    D. c-b-d-a

4.What is Kate Farinholt’s opinion of the research? 

A. People may lose the chance to learn from their bad experiences.

B. The research will be a great breakthrough in treating painful memories.

C. People could suffer long-term memory loss.

D. People could forget happy memories as well.

 

--Kate, what’s wrong with your pen again? There isn’t enough time.

--The ink _____ come out.

A. doesn’t      B. won’t  C. hasn’t D. can’t

Ban Fur? Then Why Not Leather?

    Much to the displeasure of some local businesses, the City Council in West Hollywood, California, voted without opposition last week to ban the sale of fur products. Should laws be involved in this issue? Is it unfair to ban sales of fur, but not sales of leather and hides (兽皮)?

    Animals Do Not Have Rights

    By Tibor R. Machan

    My view is that animals do not have basic rights. It is a matter of ethics (伦理学) and not of the laws of human societies. If animals had such rights as human beings do, they would have to be held responsible for killing fellow animals in the wild. That way of thinking about animals makes a category mistake. Using animals, including their fur or organs, to improve people's lives is acceptable.

    A Small Step Against Cruelty

    By Kate Carter

    Both fur and leather are the skins of dead animals. Why should we think that the lovable furry ones deserve more of a life than the less pleasing ones? Some say leather is  less cruel because it's a byproduct (副产品) of the meat industry. But this isn't really true. Some cheap leather may be a byproduct of the meat industry, but often it's the other way round. In South Africa, where there is a developing market for ostrich(鸵鸟)farms, the skins account for roughly 80 percent of the slaughtered (宰杀)birds' value, a mere 20 percent of which comes from the meat.

    "Who" Are You Wearing?

    By Marc Bekoff

    West Hollywood's ban is a move in the right direction. However, we must work to ban the sales of leather and hides, too. Furs come from animals who are attacked to become clothing, while some leather and hides come from slaughterhouse(屠宰场) animals. We must remember that when people choose to wear fur, leather and hides, they are wearing formering conscious beings. So it's a matter of who they are wearing, not what they are wearing because these animals must be referred to as who and not what or that.

1.What is the passage mainly about?

    A. West Hollywood's ban on fur products.

    B. Differences between fur and leather sales.

    C. The government's role in protecting animals.

    D. The ecological imbalance in West Hollywood.

2.Tibor R. Machan seems to believe that          .

A. laws should be passed to protect animals

B. humans are respornsible for killing animals

C. it is not reasonable to use animals to improve life

D. animals and humans aren't supposed to share equal rights

3.What is Kate Carter's opinion about wearing fur and wearing leather?

A. Both are decided by the meat industry.

B. There is little distinction (区别) between them.

C. Wearing fur is generally more acceptable.

D. Wearing leather is cheaper than wearing fur.

4.What is Marc Bekoff’s attitude towards sales of fur?

A. Sympathetic.       B. Careless.         C. Tolerant.         D. Opposed.