A hospital is needed by every living person at the time of birth, death, physical injuries, or sickness. It is always a   16   place where family members can gather around the person who needs the   17   of well trained medical doctors and nurses.

As Nicole Hagen and Ricky Beebe were born into the Hagen family in 1998, the parents were both in the delivery (分娩) room. This is a   18   as the tradition has been for the father to be in the next room.   19   hospitals have a birthing room where there is an extra sofa and a chair for the father to either sit or even to sleep on next to his wife. Many   20   are taken of the new baby within a few minutes of his or her   21  . Even a video can be made with the proud father taking pictures of the doctor, nurses, mother, and baby. A nurse may take a   22   picture of the father, mother, and baby. Young children will not see the baby   23   the doctor and nurses allow them into the room many hours later.

At the death of Grandma Hagen, the adult children   24   at her bedside. As she was dying, her children talked to her, read the Bible, and even sang some of her  25   songs. The nurses would check on her very often and the doctor came as his time   26  . She was given pain pills   27   her last few hours would be as  28   as possible. When she died the family cried together in sorrow for the loss of their mother. Grandpa Hagen had died fourteen years   29  . Grandma Hagen was 82 when she died.

Doctors operate on broken bones   30   by accidents in factories or car accidents. Children sometimes fall down stairs where an arm is   31  . Athletes get hurt in   32   of football, basketball, baseball, track, and soccer. Most injuries are repaired very successfully   33   the great skill of the doctor.

Illness from disease, alcohol, or smoking often requires a person to stay a long period in the hospital. People like to recover   34  . However, if medical care is needed, a hospital may be the   35   home for some patients.

Cambodians are continuing to mourn the death of King-Father Norodom Sihanouk, who died in Beijing this week. In an exclusive interview with CCTV, China’s ambassador to Cambodia, Pan Guangxue, says Sihanouk made indelible(不可磨灭的) contributions to Sino-Cambodian relations and his death will not affect the friendship between the two countries.

Since its founding, the People’s Republic of China has maintained close contact with Cambodia. Bilateral(双边的) trade volume has increased rapidly in recent years, from 200 million US dollars in 2002 to nearly 2.5 billion US dollars in 2011.

China is now not only Cambodia’s third largest trading partner, but for many years has been Cambodia’s number one investor. Norodom Sihanouk, Cambodia’s “King-Father” pioneered the relationship.

Pan Guangxue said, “If we look back at previous decades, I think Sihanouk made the right choice, a choice good to Cambodian national development. It was because of his commitment to the development of Sino-Cambodia friendship that we’ve achieved what we have today.”

In 2010, the two countries established a comprehensive strategic partnership, during its Prime Minister Hun Sen’s visit to China.

And 2013 is set to be China-Cambodia Friendship Year.

Pan Guangxue said, “Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen said on many occasions that China does not tell Cambodia what to do or what not to do. China does not point fingers at Cambodia. I think this is a true evaluation of Sino-Cambodian relations. China pursues an independent peaceful foreign policy of non-alignment(不结盟) and non-interference in the internal affairs of other countries.”

The ambassador says Sihanouk’s death is a huge loss to both China and Cambodia, but that bilateral relations will not be affected.

Pan Guangxue said, “I believe the bilateral relationship will be sustained and grow even stronger.”

With both countries enjoying the benefits of the fruitful relationship, the governments of China and Cambodia have promised that Sihanouk’s legacy(遗产) will continue to be the foundation of even stronger ties.

1.We can learn from the passage that Sihanouk ________.

A．is the present Cambodian Prime Minister

B．went for an interview with CCTV the other day

C．made the right choice to encourage investment in China

D．had great influence on Sino-Cambodian relations

2.The following facts can prove the good Sino-Cambodian relations EXCEPT that _______.

A．Sihanouk was committed to Cambodian national development

B．the two countries has set 2013 to be China-Cambodia Friendship Year

C．the two countries has established a comprehensive strategic partnership

D．trade volume between the two countries has increased sharply in recent years

3.What is Pan Guangxue’s opinion on Sihanouk’s death?

A．It will more or less damage the bilateral relationship.

B．It will continue to be the foundation of even stronger ties.

C．It means a huge loss for both countries in economy.

D．It has very little negative effect on the bilateral relationship.

4.Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?

A．China-Cambodia Friendship Year

B．China-Cambodia friendship to continue

C．Sihanouk’s death—a great loss to Cambodia

D．China’s peaceful foreign policy to continue

People who put a smiley face at the end of a message, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air.
I had some bad news this week. My manager informed me of this news via email. It was like hearing about the death of a loved one via pigeon. Bad news should only ever be delivered face to face or voice to voice.
We seem to celebrate our numerous methods of communication, but really there is no communication at all. I talk to my plants more than I talk to my neighbors, I get text messages that take me three hours to read because they’re written like this: “Hi, I ope you av a gr8 day. Call me La8tr.” I had an email from someone this week that read, “Da ut ov 2day are really annoying me!” Ut? I had to say this 20 times before I understood it. Youth has now become ut. Haven’t we taken enough from them—now we have to take their letters?
I had an email recently from a girl who used to live over the road from me as a child. She wrote, “Hi Shazia, howz u? Im sure u used 2 live across the road from me. We sumtimes played tennis 2 gever at the park and you was in your eliment. I am married now wif 3 daughters.” Then, to my horror, she ended the email with: “Im now teachin in Leeds. Luv Clare.”
Teaching? With English like this. It’s like saying you’re a train driver when you’ve never seen a train. It was like reading modern Morse code.
Getting bad news via email makes it seem so much worse than it actually is. Just a few lines, no emotion, no comfort, not really an explanation. Just a few cold hard words. It’s an excuse. Just write a few words and the problem of delivering it is no longer yours. A close friend recently told me she was very happy to announce she was getting married—and made the announcement by email. I don’t know how she didn’t fall off her chair with excitement while writing it. If you are really happy or really sad to announce something important, wouldn’t you like a human reaction? Some euphoria, elation, tears, a punch in the face?
I receive long text messages every day with information and explanations that I don’t bother reading. They’re boring, and annoy me. In the time it took someone to write me three laborious texts, they could have called, spoken to me, made some tea. People who put a smiley face at the end of a sentence, in an attempt to show feeling, show no feeling. I wish there was a symbol for two fingers in the air, because that’s the one I’d send back.
The telegram has been responsible for reporting world-shattering events when there were very few other options(选择权). Now we have options, and people opt for the least humane one. My mum, in an attempt to get down with the ut of today, asked me to teach her to text. Now she constantly texts me in block capitals, so it looks as if she is still angry and annoyed with me after all these years.
People don’t even write by hand any more. My doctor prints out prescriptions from his computer; even my mechanic prints out a receipt. I get typed Christmas cards and my friends send me emails. I get very excited when hand-written letters come through my door, only because they rarely do.
When I was at school, the girls used to write letters to each other, even though we sat side by side and spoke to one another all day. I think it was a way of expressing private things we were afraid to say when we were 14 and too shy. We used to write things like, “You are my best friend, can’t wait to sit next to you in math.”
I miss the personal method of communication. Once the pen was mightier than the sword, now it seems the keyboard is mightier than the pen.

1. 1.

   We can learn from paragraph 3 and paragraph 4 that the writer wants to say ________.

   1. A.
      the spelling mistakes in the messages make her very annoyed
   2. B.
      only writing letters will bring friends and neighbors much closer
   3. C.
      she talks to plants more because no one shares her joys and sorrows
   4. D.
      gestures and the pen can express a lot more than the cold keyboard
2. 2.

   According to the writer, which of the following can support her opinion?

   1. A.
      She has been separated from all his classmates many years.
   2. B.
      No doctors write prescriptions by hand because of computers.
   3. C.
      In communication, we should write more letters than send messages.
   4. D.
      Less shy than school girls, boys rarely write letters to their friends.
3. 3.

   According to the passage, we can conclude that ________.

   1. A.
      the writer is a person full of emotions and treasures friendship and affections
   2. B.
      the writer becomes excited when she gets priceless gifts from other people
   3. C.
      her classmates would write to each other because they couldn’t send messages
   4. D.
      people put a smiley face at the end of a message just to show they are happy
4. 4.

   What message is conveyed in the passage?

   1. A.
      The writer wastes much time in reading many rubbish text messages every day.
   2. B.
      Few people can write letters well in modern society owing to texting messages.
   3. C.
      Now people are too busy to communicate with each other face to face often.
   4. D.
      The writer prefers personal communication rather than electronic equipment.
5. 5.

   Why does the writer mention the telegram?

   1. A.
      Because she thinks the annoyance of reading text messages is originated from it.
   2. B.
      Because we have more options to keep in touch with each other than ever before.
   3. C.
      Because advanced technology partly takes the blame for lacking the human touch.
   4. D.
      Because she thinks humans today become colder with the development of society.
6. 6.

   Which of the following best describe the tone of this passage?

   1. A.
      Optimistic.
   2. B.
      Critic.
   3. C.
      Sympathetic.
   4. D.
      Pessimistic.

More Chinese are seeking out the surgeon’s knife to improve their looks.Yet the tragic death of the former Super Girl Wang Bei has made people aware of the risks of cosmetic surgery, which is becoming increasingly popular.  Wang Bei，24，is said to have gone under the knife in Wuhan，to jump-start her stage-show career. It seems that the ambitious singer has finally achieved the fame and influence after her death.

For years Miss Lu expected a plastic surgery to make her jaw fashionable narrow and her face smaller. She finally decided against it after hearing of the death of Wang Bei. "Wang Bei’s death rang the warning bell for me，"Miss Lu said in her blog." It was frightening and I gave up the plan. "

A common thread of online discussion is why someone considered beautiful was so dissatisfied with her looks. Some netizens said Wang was a victim of society’s impractical standard of beauty：double eyelids，and the pointed chin typical of Western actresses. Others said her death indicated the limits to which people would go to achieve fame and fortune.

Last year 15 billion yuan was spent on cosmetic surgery and the figure is expected to rise  20％ annually. The International Society of Plastic Surgery ranks China first in Asia in terms of the number of cosmetic surgeries in 2009. Worldwide, China is third, after Brazil, while the United States is first.

Nowadays，people are living longer and better. But the effect of aging off their appearance affects their mood and confidence. Many older women want to look young and beautiful. Young people, on the other hand, see cosmetic surgery as the key to wealth and love. "They want to improve their appearance to find better opportunities at work and in marriage，"says a famous plastic surgeon. "We’re living in a highly competitive society. People regard appearance as a weapon in life battle. Those who are young and naturally good-looking tell me，‘I don’t care how much I spend. Just make me look more beautiful.’ "

Advice from a surgeon and psychologist：

1.Choose regular, qualified hospitals with a good reputation.

2.Try to find an expert surgeon who will not suggest several operations over time.

3.Don’t expect too much from changing your appearance. Safety should be the first.

4.Have a realistic understanding of the risks of the surgery (death，injury and failure)and make a balanced decision.

1.What’s the influence of Wang Bei’s death on the public?

2.It is mentioned in the passage that________.

3.What’s the main idea of the 5th paragraph?

4.According to a surgeon and psychologist,it is better to________.

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Jim used to have a  1  job as a chef. He always gets along well with others due to his generous __ 2_ . But this happy life was nearly destroyed. Two years ago, Jim had a terrible accident at a crossroads which is busy  3  at rush hours. Because of an  4   driver who didn’t get the driving license, Jim was terribly injured. Luckily, he survived the accident. After that Jim realized that it’s  5 _ for everyone to observe the traffic rules. He then  6  for a post as a human traffic signal and takes up his place in the street    7  the traffic every day. Sometimes he stops people who don’t  8  the rules; Sometimes, he helps the elderly or kids cross the street and they are 9  to him. Thanks to Jim’s effort, the death toll here has dropped to zero in __10 .