and a FrenchCaribbean man disfigured by a rare tumor show that such transplants can work and
are not medical oddities (怪异),researchers said.
The findings give hope to some people with severe facial disfigurement and suggest the transplants
could prove longlasting without major problems.Despite the tissue rejection in the first year after their
transplants,neither men had psychological problems accepting their new faces and have been able to
rejoin society,they reported.
Only three people have received face transplants.The world"s first was carried out on French
woman Isabelle Dinoire in November 2005 after she was disfigured in an attack by her dog.In 2007,
her doctors reported that she had recovered slowly and steadily,overcoming two periods of rejection.
In 2006,Chinese doctors performed a face transplant on a 30yearold hit by a bear.While there
were some complications with tissue rejection following the operation,two years later the man was
doing well,his doctors said."This case suggests that facial transplantation might be an option for
restoring a severely disfigured face,and could enable patients to bring themselves back into society,"
Shuzhong Guo and colleagues at Xijing Hospital in China wrote.
A French team described their work on a 29yearold man who suffered from Von Recklinghausen
disease,an illness that changes the shape of his face."The man,who was not named,was given a new
nose,mouth and chin in a 2007 operation.He began to work 13 months after the transplant has more
function in his face and has not rejected the new tissue," his doctors said.
"Our case confirms that face transplantation is practical and effective for the correction of specific
disfigurement," Dr.Laurent Lantieri and colleagues at the HenriMondor hospital outside Paris wrote.
B.Face transplants help regain confidence.
C.Three people have received face transplants.
D.Disfigured people need face transplants.
B.He received several operations in hospital.
C.He was the first person to receive a face transplant.
D.He was once attacked by an animal.
B.patients could regain selfconfidence after face transplants
C.the new face of every patient has more functions than expected
D.it is easy for disabled people to be accepted by society
B.recovering
C.repairing
D.rejecting
B.It was hard for the patients to get along with others.
C.It took some time for the patients to recover from the operation.
D.The patients usually suffered from tissue rejection.
In 1933 an unknown American called Clarence Nash went to see the film-maker Walter Disney.
He had an unusual voice and he wanted to work in Disney"s cartoon film for children. When Walter
Disney heard Nash"s voice, he said, "Stop! That"s our duck!"
The duck was the now-famous Donald Duck, who first appeared in 1934 in the film, The Wise
Little Hen. Donald lived in an old houseboat and worn his sailor jacket and hat. Later that year he
became a star after an eight minute Mickey Mouse film. The cinema audiences liked him because he
was lazy and greedy, and because he lost his temper very easily. And they loved his voice when he
became angry with Mickey"s eight nephews. Soon Donald was more popular than Mickey Mouse
himself, probably because he wasn"t a goody-goody, like Mickey.
In the 1930s, 1940s, and 1950s, Donald and his friends Mickey, Goofy and Pluto made hundreds
of Disney cartoons. He also made educational film about the place of the USA in the world, and safety
in the home. Then in 1966 Donald Duck and his voice disappeared-there were no more new cartoons.
Clarence Nash died in February, 1985. But today"s children can still see the old cartoons on the
television and hear that famous voice.
B. Clarence Nash.
C. Walter Disney.
D. Pluto
B. In 1934
C. In 1966
D. In 1965
B. A writer.
C. A film maker.
D. The man who made the voice for Donald Duck.
B. At the cinema.
C. On television.
D. In the theatre.
B. Probably because he wasn"t a goody-goody like Mickey.
C. Probably because he lost his temper very easily.
D. Probably because he became angry with Mickey"s eight nephews.
New York times, Nov, 24,2011-It is not just any bug, but the native nine-spotted ladybug.
And its reappearance is something of a relief, because it is the official New York State insect,
even though the last recorded sighting of it in New York was 29 years ago.
Its absence had not gone completely unnoticed. There was a moment in 2006 when the State
Assembly, realizing that the state insect had left the state, tried to replace it with a different species
of ladybug, an attempt that fortunately gave in to law.
And now-after all these years-the state insect has been found. Like so many other New Yorkers,
it was seen summering in Amagansett. Peter Priolo, a volunteer participant in an effort called the
Lost Ladybug Project, found the ladybug on July 30 in a patch of sunflowers during a group search
he had organized.
"I didn"t realize it was a nine-spotted when I found it," Mr. Priolo said. He was on his way to do
an end-of-the-day ladybug record, so, he said, "I put it in my jar and hurried back to meet with
everybody."
If the ladybugs are making a comeback, it is only beginning. The lost Ladybug Project started
surveys in 2000. As of 2006, only five nene-spotted ladybugs had been found in North America in
the previous 10 years, none of them in the East. Then one lone ladybug was found in Arlington,
Va. None had been found in the East since, and only 90 have been reported in North America.
After scientists at Cornell confirmed Mr. Priolo"s find, they went to the Amagansett farm in
mid-August to lead a search that turned up about 20 more of the bugs. An area between rows of
carrots and beans turned out to be a hot spot. "We found a lot of them on cosmos and zinnias," said
Dr. Losey said, an insect expert. The farm is part of the 10,000-acre Peconic Land Trust in Amagansett,
and it is organic. For ladybugs, Dr. Losey said, "you couldn"t design a better place."
Dr. Losey wants to find out if it makes sense to reintroduce this strain of the ladybug in other areas.
And he expects volunteers to be back out in the field when ladybug season starts again in the spring.
Now, he said, "we need to find out more places where there are just as many."
B. 2006
C. 1998
D. 1982
B. it is the official insect of the city
C. it had been out of sight for quite some time
D. it is a new species unknown to New York
B. The State Assembly don"t like to live with Ladybugs.
C. The absence of the state insect had never been known.
D. The state insect had to leave because of a new species.
B. Dr Losey is quite confident about the future of the insect
C. most ladybugs have m moved to live in the down area
D. more vegetables will be grown to welcome the state insect
The True Story of Treasure Island
It was always thought that Treasure Island was the product of Robert Louis Stevenson"s
imagination.__1__,recent research has found the true story of this exciting work.
Stevenson,a Scotsman,had lived __2__ for many years.In 1881 he returned to Scotland for
a __3__.With him were his American wife Fanny and his son __4__.
Each morning Stevenson would take them out for a long __5__ over the hills.They had been
__6__ this for several days before the weather suddenly took a turn for the worse.Kept indoors
by the heavy rain,Lloyd felt the days __7__.To keep the boy happy,Robert asked the boy to do
some __8__.
One morning,the boy came to Robert with a beautiful map of an island.Robert __9__ that the
boy had drawn a large cross in the middle of __10__. "What"s that?" he asked. "That"s the __11__
treasure," said the boy.Robert suddenly __12__ something of an adventure story in the boy"s __13__.
While the rain was pouring,Robert sat down by the fire to write a story.He would make the __14__
a twelve year old boy,just like Lloyd.But who would be the pirate(海盗)?
Robert had a good friend named Henley,who walked around with the __15__ of a wooden leg.
Robert had always wanted to __16__ such a man in a story.__17__ Long John Silver,the pirate with
a wooden leg,was __18__.
So,thanks to a __19__ September in Scotland,a friend with a wooden leg,and the imagination of
a twelveyearold boy,we have one of the greatest __20__ stories in the English language.
( )2.A.alone
( )3.A.meeting
( )4.A.Lloyd
( )5.A.talk
( )6.A.attempting
( )7.A.quiet
( )8.A.cleaning
( )9.A.doubted
( )10.A.the sea
( )11.A.forgotten
( )12.A.saw
( )13.A.book
( )14.A.star
( )15.A.help
( )16.A.praise
( )17.A.Yet
( )18.A.read
( )19.A.rainy
( )20.A.news
B.next door
B.story
B.Robert
B.rest
B.missing
B.dull
B.writing
B.noticed
B.the house
B.buried
B.drew
B.reply
B.hero
B.problem
B.produce
B.Also
B.born
B.sunny
B.love
C.at home
C.holiday
C.Henley
C.walk
C.planning
C.busy
C.drawing
C.decided
C.Scotland
C.discovered
C.made
C.picture
C.writer
C.use
C.include
C.But
C.hired
C.cool
C.real-life
D.abroad
D.job
D.John
D.game
D.enjoying
D.cold
D.exercising
D.recognized
D.the island
D.unexpected
D.learned
D.mind
D.child
D.bottom
D.accept
D.Thus
D.written
D.windy
D.adventure
and all at the same time. This sounds incredible, but Alex Waibel, a computer science professor
at US"s Carnegie
Mellon University (CMU) and Germany"s University of Karlsruhe, announced last week that it
may soon be reality. He and his team have invented software and hardware that could make it
far easier for people who speak different languages to understand each other.
One application, called Lecture Translation, can easily translate a speech from one language
into another. Current translation technologies typically limit speakers to certain topics or a limited
vocabulary. Users also have to be trained how to use the programme.
Another prototype (雏形机) can send translations of a speech to different listeners depending
on what language they speak. "It is like having a simultaneous translator right next to you but without
disturbing the person next to you," Waibel said.
Prefer to read? So-called Translation Glasses transcribe (转录) the translations on a tiny
liquid-crystal(液晶) display (LCD) screen.
Then there"s the Muscle Translator. Electrodes (电极) capture the electrical signals from facial
muscle movements made naturally when a person is mouthing words. The signals are then translated
into speech. The electrodes could be replaced with wireless chips implanted (植入) in a person"s face,
according to researchers.
During a demonstration (演示) held last Thursday in CMU"s Pittsburgh campus, a Chinese student
named Stan Jou had 11 tiny electrodes attached to the muscles of his cheeks, neck and throat. Then
he mouthed-without speaking aloud-a few words in Mandarin (普通话) to the audience. A few
seconds later, the phrase was displayed on a computer screen and spoken out by the computer
in English and Spanish: "Let me introduce our new prototype".
This particular gadget (器械), when fully developed, might allow anyone to speak in any number
of languages or, as Waibel put it, "to switch your mouth to a foreign language". "The idea behind the
university"s prototypes is to create "good enough" bridges for cross-cultural exchanges that are
becoming more common in the world," Waibel said.
With spontaneous (自发的) translators, foreign drivers in Germany could listen to traffic
warnings on the radio, tourists in China could read all the signs and talk with local people, and leaders
of different countries could have secret talks without any interpreters there.
B. Translation Glasses.
C. Muscle Translator.
D. We don"t know.
B. To help people to watch foreign TV programs without trouble.
C. To help people travel in foreign countries.
D. To promote cultural exchanges between countries.
B. Flow to learn to speak foreign languages
C. New ways to learn foreign languages
D. You"re welcome to learn foreign languages
(AP)-Jennifer Figge pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand,excited and exhausted as she
touched land this week for the first time in almost a month.Reaching a beach in Trinidad,she became
the first woman on record to swim across the Atlantic Oceana dream she"d had since the early 1960s,
when a stormy transAtlantic (飞越大西洋) flight got her thinking she could wear a life vest and swim
the rest of the way if needed.
The 56yearold left the Cape Verde Islands off Africa"s western coast on Jan.12,2009,swimming 19
out of 25 days battling waves of up to 30 feet.The distance from Cape Verde to Trinidad is about 700
miles.Crewmembers are still computing exactly how many miles she swam.
The original plan was for her to swim to the Bahamasa distance of about 2,100 milesbut inclement
(恶劣的) weather forced her to change her plans and she arrived at Trinidad on Feb.5.She now plans
to swim from Trinidad to the British Virgin Islands,ending her voyage at the Bitter End Yacht Club in
late February.
Her journey comes a decade after French swimmer Benoit Lecomte made the first known solo
transAtlantic swim,covering nearly 4,000 miles from Massachusetts to France in 73 days.No woman
on record has made the crossing.
Figge wore a red cap and wet suit,with her only goodluck charm (护身符) underneath:an old,red
shirt to guard against chafing (磨痛),signed by friends,relatives and her father,who recently died.The
other cherished (珍惜) possession she kept onboard was a picture of Gertrude Ederle,an American
who became the first woman to swim across the English Channel."We have a few things in common,
"Figge said."She worea red hat and she was of German descent (血统).We both talked to the sea,
and neither one of us wantedto get out."
B.After she pressed her toes into the Caribbean sand.
C.After her stormy transAtlantic flight in the early 1960s.
D.After her graduation from a university.
B.because of bad weather conditions
C.because she wanted to end her voyage in late February
D.because she wanted to set a new world record
B.In 1988.
C.In 1978 .
D.In 1968.
B.She had the same red cap as Figge always wore.
C.Figge also wanted to swim across the English Channel.
D.They were both born in Germany.
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