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A new study by a Penn State College of Medicine research team found that honey is a better and safer treatment for children than cough medicines.
Ian Paul, the study’s lead researcher, was motivated to test honey because treating coughs in children has recently become a sticky subject. Coughing is the body’s way of clearing irritated (受刺激的) airways to help you breathe. But too much coughing can irritate your lungs and throat even more. It can also make it tough to get the sleep your body needs to heal. Hoping to ease the suffering of their children, parents often give them cough medicines.
But there have never been any good studies showing that they work. Cough and cold medicines may also cause serious side effects. Hundreds of kids die in the hospital each year after receiving too much cough medicine by mistake. Last October, the US Food and Drug Administration suggested that parents should not give cough medicines to children under 6.
In order to search for a different solution, Paul designed a study that involved 105 kids who were sick with coughs and other cold conditions. At bedtime, the kids took buckwheat (荞麦) honey, honey-flavored (蜂蜜味的) DM (one of the most common ingredients in cough medicines)
, or no treatment. Parents and kids in the no--treatment group knew they weren’t getting anything, but the other two groups weren’t told which treatment they were getting.
The surveys showed that kids who swallowed about 2 teaspoons of buckwheat honey before bedtime coughed less and slept better than kids in the other groups. “When parents want something for their kids to take,” Paul says, “honey seems like the best option”.
But what gives honey its healing power? Substances called antioxidants (抗氧化剂) may be
part of the answer. All honey contains antioxidants that protect our cells from damage. Studies show that antioxidant levels in the body rise after someone swallows honey. 68. Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?
A. No cough medicines to children
B. Sweet solution to kids’ coughing
C. Best treatment for your cold
D. Cough medicines don’t work
69. We can learn from Paragraph 2 that coughing ______.
A. sometimes does good to people
B. can cure lung and throat diseases
C. is more harmful to children
D. helps improve children’s diet
70. During Paul’s experiment, the kids who received treatment ______.
A. seemed much worse than before
B. knew they weren’t getting anything
C. coughed less and slept better
D. had no idea what they swallowed
答案
小题1:B
小题2:A
小题3:D
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举一反三
A child-like robot, Wakamaru, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries of Japan and combining the roles of nurse, companion and security guard, will soon be in the market to look after the growing number of old people with no one to look after them.
Cameras implanted under the “ eyebrows” of the robot enable it to “see’’ as it moves around in a house. The images can be sent to the latest mobile telephones, which can show the pictures. Wakamaru speaks with either the voice of a boy or a girl. It is also designed to provide companionship, greeting its “ papa”, when he comes home. Based on a vocabulary of around 10 000 words, it is the first household robot which is able to hold simple conversations. It can not only speak, but also understand answers and react accordingly. It will ask“ Are you all right?” if its owner does not move for some time. If the answer is no, or there is no answer, it will telephone preset numbers, send images and work as a speakerphone. It can recognize up to 10 faces. It can be set to remind forgetful people when it is time to take medicine, eat and sleep.
However, like most robots, it cannot climb stairs. Mitsubishi developed Wakamaru from robots which have already been made to go around nuclear power facilities(设施). “ Looking at the ageing of society and the falling birth rate we decided that this could work as a business. We want to offer it as a product that helps society,’’ said the project chief. The developers plan to sell the robot from April next year at between 5,000 and 6,000 pound.
The life expectancy of Japanese women has shot up to almost 85, the highest in the world. At the same time, extended families are being replaced by nuclear families. This has left many Japanese anxious about their elderly parents. Therefore, the technology has gained nation-wide publicity in Japan.
68.Which of the following is TRUE about Wakamaru?
A. It is used in some nuclear power faciliti
es.B. It can speak but cannot understand answers.
C. It can go up and down the stairs easily.
D. It can recognize as many as 10 people.
69.The passage is written with the purpose to ______.
A. introduce a new product
B solve the aging problems.
C. tell people how to use the robot
D show the rapid development of technology
70. What can be inferred from the passage ?
A. The robot can dial proper numbers for help
B. The robot is likely to have a promising market.
C. The robot enables the Japanese to live longer
D. Many elderly Japanese are anxious about their future
三.完型填空(共20个小题,每题1.5分)
Almost every office has an office trouble-maker. My friend Jenny said there was a woman in her team whom everyone 36 . For months my friend had been thinking about what she could do to get 37 to this person. 38 she tried hard, she could come up with no good idea.
One Saturday morning, she woke up and had a 39 desire to bake a cake for
the trouble-maker. She had no idea 40. this thought had come to her or what cake
she could bake. The only thing that she had ever heard this woman say about what she
liked was 41 So that morning my friend 42 her day by baking a chocolate cake. After 43 the woman"s address in the phone book, she took the cake to her 44 .
You can imagine the trouble-maker"s __45 when she opened the door. "What
are you 46 here?" the woman asked.
"Well," my friend said, "it is kind of hard to 47 . I know you like chocolate
and I woke up this morning 48 to bake you a cake, so I did." She held the cake out
49
The woman smiled very slightly and 50 her to go in. They spent the next
hour
together at the kitchen table. They did not talk about the woman"s 51 or herbehavior toward team members. They simply 52 small talk and ate the cake.
On Monday morning the woman arrived at work as usual, but she was 53 to my friend. 54 by my friend, the woman 55 started becoming friendly to others.
The change took months, but it did happen.
36. A. feared B. disliked C, knew D. disagreed
37. A. ready B. tired C. close D. right
38. A. So B. As C. Since D. Although
39.A. clear B. funny C. sudden
D. bad40. A. why B. when C. what D. where
41. A. milk B. vegetable C. fruit
D. chocolate42. A. started B. spent C. planned D. reached
43. A. pointing out B. looking up C. looking in D. settling down
44. A. office B. house C. team D. school
45. A. anger B. worry C. surprise D. relief
46. A. doing B. asking C. finding D. Trying
47. A. begin B. pretend C. admit D. explain
48. A. choosing B. wanting C. advising D. learning
49. A. proudly B. silently C. carefully D. gratefully
50. A. invited B. refused C. expected D. ordered
51. A. opinion B.hobby C. feeling D. attitude
52. A. gave B. enjoyed C. joined D. organized
53. A. rude B. selfless C. hopeful D. nice
54. A. Educated B. Protected C. Forced D. Encouraged
55. A. slowly B. easily C. swiftly D. Quietly
In front of a popular restaurant, a line of
customers wait for taxis. And wait. Most of the cabs(taxis) are full. That’s nothing unusual in this city of 4 million people. But it’s 2:30 in the morning.Visitors to the Olympic Games may leave disappointed if they see Athens only through the eyes of the typical tourist, who makes a beeline of the islands after the visit to the Acropolis(雅典卫城) and the unusual and attractive Plaka district. To fully appreciate and discover Athens’
many charms(魅力), do as the Greeks do: walk out into the neighborhoods, find the packed nightclubs, eat at one of the innumerable(数不清的) restaurants, or see Hollywood stars under real stars in a romantic outdoor cinema. The Greek capital is named for the ancient goddess Athena, whose favourite animal was the owl(猫头鹰). It’s a fitting symbol for the city’s nocturnal (夜里的) nature, which often reaches its highest point in summer with a rush hour just before dawn.
As native Athenian Panos Demestiha said, Athens by day is unlivable(不宜居住的), but it’s magical at night. Athenians face up to heavy traffic block, decreasing green space, dusty streets… City officials are using the momentum(契机) of the August 13-29 Olympics to fix some of these problems and make city life morebearable.
72. To the surprise of the visitors to Athens , ____.
A．most of the cabs are often full all day long
B. the cabs are often empty
C. the cabs are almost full even at 2:30 am
D. there is no cab in the street at 2:30 am.
73. The name of Athens came from ____.
A. a goddess B. a famous athlete C. a kind of animal D. a kind of plant
74. The typical visitors will often visit the following places EXCEP ____.
A. the neighborhood B. the Plaka district C. the Acropolis D. famous islands
75. The underlined word “bearable” in the last paragraph can be replaced by “____”.
A. astonishing B. forgettable C. exciting D. comfortable
第二节 完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项
K_S_5_UYears ago, when Barbara started looking for her first job, wise advisers urged, "Be enthusiastic! Enthusiasm will take you further than any amount of experience." How right they were. Enthusiastic people can 36 a boring drive into an adventure, extra work into opportunity and strangers into friends.
"Nothing great was ever 37 without enthusiasm," wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson. 38 is the paste that helps you hang on there when the going gets tough. It is the 39 voice that whispers, "I can do it!" when others shout, "No, you can"t!"
It 40 years and years for the early work of Barbara McClintock, a geneticist who won the 1983 Nobel Prize in medicine, to be generally accepted. Yet she didn"t 41 on her experiments. Work was 42 a deep pleasure for her that she never thought of stopping.
As author and poet Samuel Ullman once wrote, "Years wrinkle(使起皱纹) the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul." How do you rediscover the enthusiasm of your childhood? The answer, I believe, 43 the word itself. “Enthusiasm” comes from the Greek and means "God within." And what is God within is but a long-lasting sense of 44 -- proper love of self and, from that, love of others.
Enthusiastic people also love what they do, 45 money or title or power. Patricia McIlrath, retired director of the Missouri Repertory Theater in Kansas City, was once asked where she got her enthusiasm. She replied, "My father, a lawyer, long ago told me, `I never made a dime until I stopped working for money."" If we cannot do what we love as a full-time career, we can as a part-time hobby 46 the head of state who paints, the nun(修女) who runs marathons, and the executive who handcrafts furniture.
Elizabeth Layton of Wellsville was 68 47 she began to draw. This activity ended periods of depression that had 48 her for at least 30 years, and the quality of her work led one critic to say, " I have to say, Layton is 49 a genius." Elizabeth has 50 her enthusiasm. ￥高#考#资%源*网
We can"t 51 to waste tears on "might-have-beens." We need to turn the tears into sweat as we go after "what-can-be". We need to live each moment 52 with all our senses -- finding pleasure in the fragrance of a back-yard garden, the 53 picture of a six-year-old, and the enchanting beauty of a rainbow. It is such enthusiastic love of 54 that puts a sparkle(火花) in our eyes, a lift in our steps and 55 the wrinkles from our souls.
36. A. put B. make C. turn D. get
37. A. expected B. adopted C. predicted D. achieved
38. A. It B. That C. This D. As
39. A. slight B. outside C. inner D. low
40. A. spent B. took C. cost D. paid
41. A. give off B. give in C. give out D. give up
42. A. such B. so C. too D. rather
43. A. links with B. refers to C. lies in D. leads in
44. A. responsibility B. humor C. trust D. love
45. A. in case B. regardless of C. for fear of D. in terms of
46. A. like B. namely C. as D. likewise
47. A. after B. since C. before D. until
48. A. pleased B. shocked C. worried D. annoyed
49. A. nothing but B. anything but C. everything but D. something but
50. A. recalled B. reflected C. rediscovered D. remembered
51. A. pay B. afford C. affect D. provide
52. A. thoroughly B. absolutely C. wholeheartedly D. warm-heartedly
53. A. colored B. white C. green D. red
54. A. money B. title C. power D. life
55. A. pushes B. softens C. smoothes D. folds
第三部分：阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中。选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Alice watched from her brother’s New Orleans house as Hurricane Katrina split trees, broke windows, and swallowed cars, including her own, A few miles away ,her best friend ,Pat also a nurse. was supervising patients in the high-risk hospital when the river banks broke, For the next six days, Pat and her crew lived there until a rescue boat picked them up,
Both of them were evacuated to safer parts of the States, Weeks later, they ,like thousands of others,returned to find their homes uninhabitable, their jobs gone,
The following spring, as she was rebuilding her life, Alice contacted an information centre for returning, residents, When asked if she would head a desperatedly needed clinic, Alice said she’d do ti ,but only with Pat ,It took Pat less then five minutes to say yes, And after consulting with her children, she offered her damaged home as the new clinic.
As word spread ,help poured in , Groups raised money and donated medical equipment ,exam tables, free ductwork, other supplies and even labor, Bedrooms were transformed into exam rooms and Pat’s living room into a waiting room.
On February 27,2007,the clinic opened, with patients lined up around the block, Those who came in that first day were very sick with problems from not taking their medicine for a year after Katrina, Over 1,200 people have made their way to the clinic, whose decoration passes what Pat calls the mama test.:”Would your mama feel comfortable here?” Until recently, it was the only health-care facility in there, “It’s a relief to have a clinic right here in the neighborhood where I can check my pressure.”says Latoya Owens, 30, who suffers from hypertension.
“This is the most rewarding thing I ‘ve ever done ,” says Alice .Adds Pat ,”I ‘m alleviating（减轻）some suffering in an underserved population. I listen to their stories, and I cry a lot, People outside New Orleans think things are back to normal here, but we are far from that.”
56 When Hurricane Katrina arrived， ．
A Alice was driviilg to her brother’s hous B．Pal was visiting in a hospital
C houses were destroyed D peoplc were rescued to safety
57．What does the fifth paragraph mainly 1elI us?
A．The clinic opened a year after Hurricane Katrina．
B．The clinic helped local people a lot．
C．The clinic was the only one of its kind in the neighborhood．
D．The clinic was decorated to people’s satisfaction．
58．Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the passage"
A．Things in New Orleans were much worse than people thought．
B．Alice felt happy and satisfied about what she was doing．
C．Pat thought a lot before agreeing to work together with Alice．
D．People were ready to help when disasters happened．
59．Pat cried a lot probably because ．
A．she was sad about what people had suffered
B．she was moved by people’s help to the clinic
C．work in the clinic was too difficult
D．she lost her job and home during Hurricane Katrina
60．The underlined word“evacuated’’in the second paragraph most probably means“ ”
A．foreed B．attached C．related D．moved
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