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The Making of a Surgeon
How does a doctor recognize the point in time when he is finally a “surgeon”? As my year as chief resident(进修医生) drew to a close, I asked myself this question 36 more than one occasion.
The answer, I concluded, was 37 . When you can say to yourself, “There is no surgical patient I cannot treat competently, treat just 38 or better than any other surgeon” — then, and not until then, you are 39 a surgeon. I was 40 that point.
41 , for example, the emergency situations that we met almost every night. The first few months of the year I had 42 the ringing of the telephone. I knew it meant another critical decision to be 43 . Often, after I had told Walt or Larry what to do in a particular 44 , I’d have trouble getting back to sleep. I’d 45 all the facts of the case and, often, wonder 46 I had made a poor decision. More than once at two or three in the 47 , after lying awake for an hour, I’d get out of 48 , dress and drive to the hospital to see the patient myself. It was the only 49 I could find the 50 of mind I needed to relax.
Now, in the last month of my residency, 51 was no longer a problem. Sometimes I still couldn’t be sure of my decision, but I had learned to 52 this as a constant problem for a surgeon. I knew that with my knowledge and experience, any decision I’d made was bound to be a 53 one. It was a nice feeling.
This all sounds conceited(自负的) and I guess it is — 54 a surgeon needs conceit. He needs it to encourage him in trying moments when he’s bothered by the 55 and uncertainties that are part of the practice of medicine. He has to feel that he’s as good as and probably better than any other surgeon in the world. Call it conceit — call it self-confidence; whatever it was, I had it. 36. A. at B. in C. on D. for 37. A. self-service B. self-centered C. self-reliant D. self-confidence
38. A. as good as B. as well as C. as far as D. as long as 39. A. indeed B. maybe C. perhaps D. even 40. A. waiting B. standing C. lying D. nearing 41. A. Let B. Take C. Have D. Get
42. A. valued B. avoided C. feared D. enjoyed 43. A. made B. applied C. included D. developed 44. A. condition B. state C. occasion D. situation 45. A. retell B. review C. revise D. remind 46. A. if B. why C. how D. when
47. A. evening B. day C. morning D. afternoon
48. A. flat B. bed C. house D. apartment 49. A. means B. approach C. method D. way
50. A. peace B. trouble C. sorrow D. excitement 51. A. driving B. reviewing C. sleeping D. lying
52. A. expect B. accept C. respect D. inspect 53. A. critical B. poor C. sound D. difficult 54. A. but B. or C. so D. and
55. A. confidence B. conceit C. solutions D. doubts
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So how do they survive? That’s the key question, Kim said.
“It’s pretty amazing when you find a huge puzzle like that on a planet where we thought we know everything,” Kim said.
56. Scientists had believed that harsh environments could only have been populated
by ______.
A. jellyfish B. mammal C. microbes D. shrimp-like creature 57. According to Kim, the shrimp-like creature ______.
A. swam great distances to Antarctic B. has always lived in the region
C. gradually evolved from shrimp D. has nothing in common with shrimp
58. The finding is significant in that ______.
A. it marks NASA’s first Antarctic biological study B. it proves there is marine life in the Antarctic
C. it could inspire further study of life in harsh environment D. it shows that Lyssianasid amphipod is closely related to shrimp 59. The last three paragraphs suggest that ______.
A. researchers will look at the places the creatures came from B. ice scientists will drill deeper to find more creature C. scientists know very little about the planet they live on D. further research will be done about what the creatures live on B From good reading we can get pleasure, companionship, experience, and instruction．A good book may absorb our attention so completely that for the time being we forget our surroundings and even our identity．Reading good books is one of the greatest pleasures in life．It increases our contentment when we are cheerful,
and lessens our troubles when we are sad．Whatever may be our main purpose in reading, our contact with good books should never fail to give us enjoyment and satisfaction． With a good book in our hands we need never be lonely．Whether the characters portrayed are taken from real life or are purely imaginary, they may become our companions and friends．In the pages of books we can walk with the wise and the good of all lands and all times．The people we meet in books may delight us either because they resemble human friends whom we hold dear or because they present unfamiliar types whom we are glad to welcome as new acquaintances．Our human friends sometimes may bore us, but the friends we make in books need never weary us with their company．By turning the page we can dismiss them without any fear of hurting their feelings．When human friends desert us, good books are always ready to give
us friendship, sympathy, and encouragement． One of the most valuable gifts bestowed by books is experience．Few of us can travel far from home or have a wide range of experiences, but all of us can lead varied lives through the pages of books．Whether we wish to escape from the seemingly dull realities of everyday life or whether we long to visit some far-off place, a book will help us when nothing else can．To travel by book we need no bank account to pay our way; no airship or ocean liner or stream-lined train to transport us; no passport to enter me land of our heart's desire．
Through books we may get the thrill of risky adventure without danger．We can climb lofty mountains, brave the danger of an Antarctic winter, or cross the hot sands of the desert, all without hardship．In books we may visit the studios of Hollywood; we may walk among the gay crowds of the Paris wide streets; we may join the picturesque peasants in an Alpine village or the kindly natives on a South Sea island．Indeed, through books the whole world is ours for the asking．The possibilities of our literary experiences are almost unlimited．The beauties of nature, the enjoyment of music, the treasures of art, the triumphs of architecture, the miracles of engineering, are all open to the wonder and enjoyment of those who read． 60．Why do we sometimes forget our surroundings and even our identity while reading? A．No one has come to disturb you．
B．Everything is so quiet and calm around you．
C．The book you are reading is so interesting and attractive．
D．Your book is overdue; you are finishing it at a very fast speed． 61．What can we learn from this passage?
A．Your wish to visit some far-off place can be realized through the pages
of the books． B．To escape from the dull realities of everyday life you should take up reading． C．Books can always help you to live a colorful life．
D．You may obtain valuable experience from reading good books． 62．The underlined word \"weary\" means ____．
A．to attract someone's attention B．to distract someone's attention C．to make someone very tired D．to make someone interested 63．The last paragraph of the passage implies that through books ____． A．the whole world is more accessible to us B．we can ask to go anywhere in the world
C．it is possible for us to make a round-the-world trip free of charge
D．we can ask for everything in this world C A new study has found that it may be possible to train people to be more intelligent, increasing the brainpower they had at birth.
Until now, it has been widely assumed that the kind of mental ability that allows us to solve new problems without having any relevant previous experience — what psychologists call fluid intelligence—is innate and cannot be taught（though people can raise their grades on tests of it by practicing）.
But in the new study, researchers describe a method for improving this skill, along with experiments to prove it works.
The key, researchers found, was carefully structured training in working memory—the kind that allows memorization of a telephone number just long enough to dial it. This type of memory is closely related to fluid intelligence, so the researchers reasoned that improving it might lead to improvements in fluid intelligence.
First they measured the fluid intelligence of four groups of volunteers using standard tests. Then they trained each in a complicated memory task—the child’s card game, in which they had to recall a card they saw and heard. During the course, they needed to ignore irrelevant items, monitor ongoing performance, manage two tasks at the same time and connect related items to one another in space and time.
The four groups experienced a half-hour of training daily for 8, 12, 17 and 19 days, respectively. To make sure they were not just improving their test-taking skills, the researchers compared them with control groups that took the tests without the training.
The results, published Monday in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, were striking. Improvement in the trained groups was a lot greater. Moreover, the longer they trained, the higher their scores were. All performers, from the weakest to the strongest, showed significant improvement.
“Our results show you can increase your intelligence with proper training.” said Dr Jaeggi, a co-author of the paper. No one knows how long the gains will last after training stops, he added, and the experiment’s design did not allow the researchers to determine whether more training would continue to produce further gains.
64. The researchers thought the key to improving the intelligence was______.
A. memorizing telephone numbers B. improving working memory C. training in concentration D. recalling a card
65. The following aspects of the training help increase intelligence Except_______.
A. ignoring irrelevant items B. monitoring ongoing performance
C. managing two tasks at the same time D. using previous experience
66. When the experiment was conducted, the researchers ______.
A. trained the four groups for the same period of time B. only made comparisons between the four groups
C. compared the four groups with control groups D. trained the four groups together
67. By writing the article, the writer intends to___
A. inform the readers of a new study
B. call on people to be trained to increase intelligence C. prove one’s born brainpower can be improved
D. tell people the improved intelligence will last forever
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My parents passed away ten years ago and I miss them terribly. But I know they are with me every day in what they taught me and in the 36 they gave me. Every morning my father’s message to me was: Remember that 37 you walk out of this door, you carry responsibility, the good name of this family, the hopes and dreams of your mom and dad. My mother often urged me to 38 the high standards she set for me.
When I was in high school, I played in a rock band with friends in my class. We were devoted and practiced constantly. We moved past the guys – in – a – garage stage and 39 to be pretty good, doing getting – paid gigs (演奏会) most weekends, which made me 40 . At that time, though part of me was 41 up in that band, another part of me was the oldest son in the Clark family, 42 of my origin and a dedicated student busy applying to colleges. Without even telling my parents, I applied to Harvard. I didn’t think I had much chance of getting in, 43 I wanted to try. So I was riding around being Mr Cool Rock Musician half of the time, and the other half I was focused on family and 44 goals. I was running on parallel 45 .
When the group won a city wide Battle of the Bands, things heated up. My bandmates had stars in their eyes – we might be able to make it big. However, I began to feel 46 . I realized I was on quite different tracks: I 47 was becoming two people, 48 identities back and forth depending on who I was with. I had to make an option. As I considered my 49 , my parents’ words were right there, helping me to see that my dreams weren’t about signing a record deal, letting my hair grow, and living in a tour bus. So I 50 out. My bandmasters were 51 . They thought I was crazy to withdraw 52 the peak of real success. But however successful that band got, I knew it wasn’t in line with my 53 , with my feeling of what I was 54 to do, with who I was – it simply wasn’t me.
In that instant and in many others throughout my life, my parent’s advice has helped me recenter and 55 . I could remember who I was – the hopes and dreams I carried. 36．A．property B．advice C．guide D．aid 37．A．when B．before C．while D．since 38．A．come up with B．stand up to C．live up to D．keep pace with 39．A．got B．failed C．hoped D．attempted 40．A．lost B．disappointed C．confused D．thrilled 41．A．wrapped B．centred C．spent D．offered 42．A．scared B．proud C．guilty D．ashamed 43．A．if B．unless C．until D．yet 44．A．economic B．political C．academic D．literary 45．A．tracks B．ways C．processes D．directions 46．A．confident B．optimistic C．cheerful D．uncomfortable 47．A．exactly B．actually C．eventually D．fortunately 48．A．switching B．acting C．discovering D．seeking
49．A．conditions 50．A．gave
51．A．disturbed 52．A．in 53．A．goals 54．A．meant 55．A．recall
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B．choices B．looked B．cool B．to
B．interests B．demanded B．refocus C．competence C．called C．shocked C．by
C．personality C．forced C．rebuild D．health D．dropped D．tolerant D．at
D．consideration D．aimed D．reunite
A
Most book reviews start with a heading that includes all the basic information about the book, like:
Title. Author.
Place of publication; publisher, date of publication. Number of pages.
Like most pieces of writing, the review usually begins with an introduction that lets your readers know what the review will say. The first paragraph usually includes the author and title again, so your readers don’t have to look up to find this information. You should also include a very brief description of the contents of the book, the purpose or audience for the book, and your reaction and evaluation.
Then you move into a section of background information that helps place the book in context and discusses how to judge the book. Next, you should give a summary of the main points, quoting(引用) and explaining key phrases from the author. Finally, you get to the heart of your review – your evaluation of the book. In this section, you might discuss some of the following issues:
·how well the book has achieved its goal
·what possibilities are suggested by the book ·what the book has left out
·how the book compares with others on the subject ·what specific points are not convincing
·what personal experiences you’ve had related to the subject.
It is important to use labels to carefully distinguish your views from the author’s, so that you don’t confuse your reader.
Then, like other essays, you can end with a direct comment on the book, and tie together issues raised in the review in a conclusion.
There is, of course, no set form, but a general rule is that the first one – half to two – thirds of the review should summarize the author’s main ideas and at least one – third should evaluate the book. 56．What is the most important part of a book review? A．The heading. B．The evaluation. C．The conclusion. D．The introduction. 57．It can be confusing to readers if . A．there is no heading in a book review B．the book has achieved its goal
C．the viewer’s point of view is not distinguished from the author’s D．the book is compared with others on the same subject 58．What is NOT suggested for a book review in this passage? A．Quoting from the author of the book.
B．Providing some book information.
C．Analyzing only the author of the book.
D．Comparing the book with others of a similar subject. 59．The best title for this passage is “ ”. A．Steps to follow
B．Tips for writing a book review C．The way to develop your idea
D．Things not to be avoided in a book review
B
We typically associate the word “science” with a person in a white coat doing experiments in a laboratory. Ideally, experiments should play as big a role in the human sciences as they do in the natural sciences; but in practice this is not usually the case. There are at least three reasons for this.
1．Human scientists are often trying to make sense of complex real-world situations in which it is simply impossible to run controlled experiment.
2．The artificiality of some of the experiments that can be conducted may make the behavior of the participants abnormal.
3．There are moral reasons for not conducting experiments that have a negative effect on the people who participate in them.
Faced with the above difficulties, what are human scientists to do? One solution is to wait for nature to provide the appropriate experimental conditions. We can, for example, learn something about how a normal brain functions by looking at people who have suffered brain damage; and we can gain some understanding into the roles played by genes and the environment by studying twins, who have been separated at birth and brought up in different families. In the case of economics, economic history can provide us with a bank of-admittedly not very well-controlled-experimental data.
However, human scientists do not just sit around waiting for natural experiments to arise. They also think of some experiments of their own. Suppose you want to know how a baby sees the world. We cannot, of course, ask the baby since it has not yet learnt to speak. So it might seem that all we can do is guess. People usually won’t change their mind until it was found out that babies tend to stare at surprising things longer than at unsurprising ones. This key understanding was like opening a window on to the developing mind. There was now a way of testing babies’ expectations and getting some idea of how they see the world. The resulting experimental evidence suggests that, before they are six months old, babies can already do the following things: figuring out that objects consist of parts that move together, being aware of the difference between living and non-living things and even doing simple arithmetic work.
60．What is true about the natural sciences and the human sciences according to this passage?
A．Both human scientists and natural scientists can run controlled experiments. B．Experiments done by human scientists and natural scientists are artificial. C．Both human and natural science experiments should be of the same importance. D．It’s not moral to conduct human science experiments. 61．What do we know about human scientists from this passage?
A．They are white coat scientists.
B．They have more experimental sources than natural scientists. C．They conduct experiments passively.
D．They face more difficulties in carrying out their research.
62．Which of the following experiments belongs to human science experiment?
A． Vinegar Volcano Vinegar and baking soda make.
for a fun and easy science experiment. Try creating a vinegar volcano.
B． Taste Without Smell Put your senses to the test with this simple experiment that shows the importance of your sense of smell.
C． Lung Function Observe your breath and confirm
your lung volume by completing this experiment.
D． Make a Rainbow Use sunlight and water to
make your own rainbow with this cool experiment that will teach kids how rainbows work while they enjoy a fun activity
63．What does the author tell us in this passage?
A．ABCs about the science experiment. B．Some knowledge of science.
C．Some differences between the human sciences and the natural sciences. D．The similarity of the natural sciences and the human sciences.
C
The massive 8.8 quake, the seventh strongest in recorded history, hit Chile and should have shortened the length of an Earth day by 1.26 milliseconds. More impressive is how much the quake shifted the Earth’s axis（地轴）.
The computer model used to determine the effects of the Chile earthquake effect also found that it should have moved the Earth’s figure axis by about 8 cm. The Earth’s figure axis is not the same as its north-south axis, which Earth turns around once every day at a speed of about 1,618 kph. The figure axis is the axis around which the Earth’s mass is balanced. It is offset（偏离） from the Earth’s north-south axis by about 10 meters.
Strong earthquakes can change Earth’s days and its axis. The 9.1 Sumatran earthquake in 2018, which set off a deadly tsunami（海啸），should have shortened Earth’s days by 0.0188 milliseconds and shifted its axis by about 7cm.
One Earth day is about 24 hours long. Over the course of a year, the length of a day normally changes gradually by one millisecond. It increases in the winter, when Earth more slowly, and decreases in the summer.
The Chile earthquake was much smaller than the Sumatran quake, but its effects on the Earth are larger because of its location. The fault（断层） responsible for the 2018 Chile quake also cuts through Earth at a larger angle than the Sumatran quake’s fault. This makes the Chile fault more effective in moving the Earth’s mass vertically and hence more effective in shifting the Earth’s figure axis.
The findings are based on early date available on the Chile earthquake. The Chile earthquake has killed more than 700 people and caused widespread damage in the South American country.
64．What’s the biggest problem caused by the Chile quake?
A．It is the seventh strongest in recorded history.
B．It should have shortened the length of an Earth day. C．It shifted the Earth’s axis. D．It made the day longer on Earth.
65．Comparing the Sumatran earthquake with the Chile earthquake, we know that .
A．the Sumatran earthquake had more effect on Earth
B．the location of the Chile earthquake is responsible for its larger effects on Earth.
C．the Sumatran earthquake was less destructive
D．the Chile earthquake fault changed the Earth’s mass 66．What does the word “it” in the 4th paragraph refer to?
A．The leng of a day. B．The axis. C．One millisecond. D．The change of the day.
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Alice, my friend’s daughter, goes to an expensive private school where she has a friend, Jane, who is on a full scholarship at this school. Jane has 36 economic resources—her father has been dead for years and her mother works 37 a maid. Although her mother works very hard, she can 38 support the family. Jane is very bright and gifted at 39 and that’s how she has got the scholarship, which included a(n) 40 for things like lunch, school uniform and music lessons.
Alice became friends with Jane and would 41 talk to her at lunch. She did it that way in order to avoid the other kids 42 her.
On her birthday last month, she 43 her new friend to her birthday party, but Jane said she couldn’t come. Alice wanted her to be 44 so much that she 45 on her coming. Eventually, the girl said, “I don’t have any 46 clothes that I could wear at your birthday party.” After a brief pause, the girl remembered, “I have a 47 from my piano performance,” and asked, “Could I 48 a skirt from you?”
Alice was happy that her friend would be 49 to come and hurried home to ask her Mum 50 she could lend her friend one of her skirts. To her surprise, her Mum said, “No.” The daughter was very 51 and angrily said to her Mum, “ 52 I could, I would give my friend all my clothes.” The Mother didn’t understand why her daughter should have had such an outburst as she’s normally very well 53 .
Finally, Alice explained to her Mother her friend’s 54 . Her Mother immediately changed her mind and said, “Yes.” She also encouraged her daughter not to feel like she should secretly be friends with Jane but to feel proud of her 55 with her.
So the true friendship seeks to give, not to take; to help, not to be helped; to minister, not to be ministered unto.
36. A. personal B. extra C. limited D. adequate
37. A. for B. with C. like D. as 38. A. hopefully B. obviously C. hardly D. temporarily
39. A. music B. drawing C. maths D. biology 40. A. bonus B. allowance C. donation D. pension 41. A. secretly B. happily C. quietly D. eagerly 42. A. pointing at B. shouting at C. laughing at D. glaring at 43. A. took B. invited C. accompanied D. sent 44. A. happy B. independent C. confident D. present 45. A. depended B. insisted C. focused D. agreed 46. A. casual B. comfortable C. nice D. tight 47. A. shirt B. jeans C. handbag D. necklace 48. A. get B. copy C. order D. borrow 49. A. free B. able C. glad D. willing 50. A. how B. when C. why D. whether
51. A. stubborn B. upset C. firm D. enthusiastic 52. A. If B. When C. Unless D. Though 53. A. treated B. controlled C. educated D. behaved 54. A. cleverness B. character C. circumstances D. competences
55. A. study B. friendship C. sympathy D. performance
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Saving the Planet with Earth-Friendly Bamboo Products
Jackie Heinricher’s love affair with bamboo started in her backyard. “As a child, I remember playing among the golden bamboo my dad had planted, and when there was a slight wind, the bamboos sounded really musical.”
A fisheries biologist, Heinricher, 47, planned to work in the salmon industry in Seattle, where she lived with her husband, Guy Thornburgh, but she found it too competitive. Then her garden gave her the idea for a business: She’d planted 20 bamboo forests on their seven-acre farm.
Heinricher started Boo-Shoot Gardens in 1998. She realized early on what is just now beginning to be known to the rest of the world. It can be used to make fishing poles, skateboards, buildings, furniture, floors, and even clothing. An added bonus: Bamboo absorbs four times as much carbon dioxide as a group of hardwood trees and releases 35 percent more oxygen.
First she had to find a way to mass-produce the plants—a tough task, since bamboo flowers create seed only once every 50 to 100 years. And dividing a bamboo plant frequently kills it.
Heinricher appealed to Randy Burr, a tissue culture（组织培养）expert, to help her. “People kept telling us we’d never figure it out,” says Heinricher. “Others had worked on it for 27 years! I believed in what we were doing, though, so I just kept going.”
She was right to feel a sense of urgency. Bamboo forests are being rapidly used up, and a United Nations report showed that even though bamboo is highly renewable, as many as half of the world’s species are threatened with dying out. Heinricher knew that bamboo could make a significant impact on carbon emissions (排放) and world economies, but only if huge numbers could be produced. And that’s just what she and Burr figured out after nine years of experiments—a way to grow millions of plants. By placing cuttings in test tubes with salts, vitamins, plant hormones, and seaweed gel, they got the plants to grow and then raised them in soil in greenhouses.
Not long after it, Burr’s lab hit financial difficulties. Heinricher had no experience running a tissue culture operation, but she wasn’t prepared to quit. So she bought the lab.
Today Heinricher heads up a profitable multimillion-dollar company, working on species from all over the world and selling them to wholesalers. “If you want to farm bamboo, it’s hard to do without the young plants, and that’s what we have,” she says proudly.
56. What was the main problem with planting bamboo widely? A. They didn’t have enough young bamboo. B. They were short of money and experience. C. They didn’t have a big enough farm to do it. D. They were not understood by other people. 57. What does Heinricher think of bamboo?
A. Renewable and acceptable B. Productive and flexible. C. Useful and earth-friendly. D. Strong and profitable. 58. The underlined word “renewable” in Paragraph 6 probably means “________”. A. able to be replaced naturally B. able to be raised difficultly C. able to be shaped easily D. able to be recycled conveniently 59. What do you learn from the passage?
A. Heinricher’s love for bamboo led to her experiments in the lab. B. Heinricher’s determination helped her to succeed in her work. C. Heinricher struggled to prevent bamboo from disappearing. D. Heinricher finally succeeded in realizing her childhood dream.
B
If you enjoyed the spring-like sunshine over the weekend and thought the weather has finally turned a corner, you’re sadly mistaken.
Chilly (寒冷的) days and grey clouds are forecast for the week—making it far too early to pack away the winter woollies.
Temperatures will struggle to rise above zero at night and fail to make double figures during the day.
People enjoy the spring sunshine in Sefton Park, Aigburth, Liverpool. Forecasters have predicted a return to chilly weather this week.
Met Office forecaster Charlie said, “It was a nice, dry, bright weekend in many parts and Monday is going to be a similar affair for many.”
“Temperatures will be between 5℃and 8℃, which is below average for the start
of spring.”
The sun will disappear from the south of the country after today, with dry but cloudy conditions forecast for tomorrow and Wednesday.
Wednesday will be warmest of the three, with temperatures peaking at 9℃. But this is still two degrees below the March average for the district.
Overnight, temperatures will drop sharply, with lows of minus 3℃for the next three nights.
“It will generally stay on the cold side of average,” said Mr. Powell.
The March misery comes at the end of the coldest winter for more than 30 years. Temperatures in December, January and February struggled to stay above zero, with the UK’s average 1.5℃, making it the deepest freeze since 1978—79.
It claimed there was just a one-in-seven chance of a cold December to February. The agency also sadly predicted a “barbecue summer”, saying it was “quite optimistic” that it would be warmer and drier than average.
Following the two mistakes, the Met Office has dropped its long-range seasonal forecasts and will instead publish a monthly prediction for Britain, updated once a week.
In its defense, it says that while short-term forecasts are extremely accurate, Britain’s size and geographical position makes long-term predictions much more challenging.
It also points out that it gave warning of any heavy falls of snow this winter. 60. According to the passage, the weather on Tuesday in the south might be _______. A. dry but cloudy B. sunny but chilly C. sunny and warm D. cloudy and chilly 61. Which of the following statements is true according to the passage? A. British people can put away their winter clothes now. B. The Met Office has shortened its forecast range.
C. The weather forecast becomes more and more accurate. D. The agency was quite confident of long-term predictions.
62. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage? A. The big chill isn’t over yet B. A warm spring finally arrives C. A heavy snow is on the way D. The Met Office drops forecasts 63. From the passage, we can conclude ________. A. the weather report is more and more important B. British people become worried about bad weather C. Britain has just experienced a very freezing winter
D. The Met Office can always predict any heavy snow falls accurately C
There are numerous similarities between Muhammad Ali and his 23-year-old daughter Laila. She is the only one of his nine sons and daughters to have those genes that led to the ring(拳击场). Her father’s great status had nothing to do with Laila’s decision to pursue a boxing career. She has always been proud of his achievements, but he was never a great man to her—just dad.
What attracted her to take up boxing was the unusual sight of two women in the ring on the television screen when she was about to watch a Mike Tyson fight
five years ago. She was very excited and said to herself, “I can do that. ”
Laila’s father would prefer her not to take up the dangerous sport. Johnny McClain, her husband and manager (former boxer himself) feels the same way. Even though both the men in her life worry about her, they’re 100 percent supportive. “They don’t want me to get hurt, ” she says.
Long before entering the ring, Laila was a fighter. Being the daughter of an outstanding boxer made her an easy target for high school kids to see how tough she was. They, not she, failed in the test. For the public, her biggest test took place last summer in the New York State when she took on Jacqui Frazier Lyde, the daughter of Joe Frazier, her father’s most famous opponent (对手) during the 1970s.
That fight provided the biggest shot in the arm that women’s boxing has received. News reporters poured in. Some called it “Ali/Frazier－GenerationⅡ”. No match involving women had ever attracted so much attention. Laila had a narrow victory in the fight.
Like it or not, she accepts the fact that she is the face of female boxing. And she hopes that her name and fame will help get the public to take it more seriously.
The name Ali has and always will bring her attention. But she is determined to make her own mark on opponents’ faces as well as in boxing history books. She says, “I want women’s boxing to get its due respect. ” 64. Laila took up boxing because of ________.
A. her father’s great status B. a Mike Tyson fight C. her admiration for her father D. her interest in boxing 65. From the passage we can know ________. A. Laila’s husband is still a boxer now
B. Laila wants to make contributions to the sport of boxing C. Laila’s husband doesn’t think boxing is a dangerous sport
D. when Laila was in high school, she often failed in the fight with other kids 66. Which of the following is the best title for the passsage? A. A female boxer—Laila Ali B. The best-known fight
C. Ali/Frazie－GenerationⅡ D. Muhammad Ali and his daughter
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