Cathy and Wayne are in their late 20s, have been married five years, and are childless. The st time a member of Cathy's family asked, "When are you going to start a family? her answer was,“"we' re a family!” Cathy and Wayne belong to a growing number of young married couples who are deciding not to have children. A recent survey showed that in the last five years the percentage of wives aged 25 to 29 who did not want children had almost doubled what lies behind this decision which seems to fly in the face of biology and society? Willa erhaps the most publicly outspoken childless couple are Ellen Peck and her husband William. They are not against parenthood but against the social pressures that push people into parenthood whether it is what they really want or not “lt' s a life- style choice,” Ellen says.“ We chose freedom and spontaneity(自发性), privacy (H H)and leisure. It's also a question of where you want to give your efforts -within your own family or in the larger community. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods(T 杉) or line up to get their oxygen ration(氧气量). There are men who complain about being aught in a traffic jam for hours on their way home to their five kids but cant make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation we're concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural pressure. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse 1. What does the member of Cathy's family mean by saying" When are you going to start a A. When are you going to have children? B. When are you going to get married? C. When are you going to buy a house? D. When are you going to move to a new house? 2. The number of childless young couples A is decreasing B. is increasing C has more than doubled D. remains unchanged 3. To fly in the face of in the second paragraph means A to run into B to come across C to follow D to go against 4. Which of the following statements is true of the pecks? A. They propose that young couples have no children B. They urge that family planning be made obligatory C. They think that no pressure should be put on young couples who do not want children D. They think that there would be no divorce or child-abuse if young couples are not pressure into parenthood 5. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of overpopulation mentioned in this passage? A. Traffic jam B. The using up of precious natural resources C. The lowering of the quality of life D. Wa
1 Cathy and Wayne are in their late 20’s, have been married five years, and are childless. The last time a member of Cathy’s family asked, “When are you going to start a family?” her answer was, “We’re a family!” Cathy and Wayne belong to a growing number of young married couples who are deciding not to have children. A recent survey showed that in the last five years the percentage of wives aged 25 to 29 who did not want children had almost doubled. What lies behind this decision which seems to fly in the face of biology and society? Perhaps the most publicly outspoken childless couple are Ellen Peck and her husband William. They are not against parenthood but against the social pressures that push people into parenthood whether it is what they really want or not. “It’s a life-style choice,” Ellen says. “We chose freedom and spontaneity (自发性), privacy (清静) and leisure. It’s also a question of where you want to give your efforts within your own family or in the larger community. This generation faces serious questions about the continuity of life on earth as well as its quality. Our grandchildren may have to buy tickets to see the last redwoods (红 杉) or line up to get their oxygen ration (氧气量). There are men who complain about being caught in a traffic jam for hours on their way home to their five kids but can’t make the association between the children and the traffic jam. In a world seriously threatened by the consequences of overpopulation we’re concerned with making life without children acceptable and respectable. Too many children are born as a result of cultural pressure. And the results show up in the statistics on divorce and child-abuse.” 1. What does the member of Cathy’s family mean by saying “When are you going to start a family?” A. When are you going to have children? B. When are you going to get married? C. When are you going to buy a house? D. When are you going to move to a new house? 2. The number of childless young couples _____. A. is decreasing B. is increasing C. has more than doubled D. remains unchanged 3. “To fly in the face of” in the second paragraph means _____. A. to run into B. to come across C. to follow D. to go against 4. Which of the following statements is true of the Pecks? A. They propose that young couples have no children. B. They urge that family planning be made obligatory. C. They think that no pressure should be put on young couples who do not want children. D. They think that there would be no divorce or child-abuse if young couples are not pressured into parenthood. 5. Which of the following is NOT a consequence of overpopulation mentioned in this passage? A. Traffic jam. B. The using up of precious natural resources. C. The lowering of the quality of life. D. War
Passage 2. ABcD "l ask you to drink to his health as a young man full of the sprit of adventure who has lit up the world with a flash of courage. "With these words the British Minister of Air turned and raised his glass to the young man who sat before him -a young man who, only a month before, was completely unknown. Yet on that summer day in 1927 his name was on the worlds lips-Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly the Atlantic alone He had been an air mail pilot, flying back and forth between Chicago and the city of St. Louis Determined to win the $25,000 prize offered by a fellow-American for the first flight from New York to Paris, Lindbergh had persuaded a group of St. Louis businessmen to finance the building of a special plane for the The news that Lindbergh intended to fly the atlantic alone was received with disbelief."The plane would never fly, people said. It would run out of fuel. It had only a single engine. Lloyds of London refused to insure the flight. Men called Lindbergh the"flying fool But on May 20th, 1927, just after ten to eight in the morning, Lindbergh's"spirit of St. Louis, heavily laden with fuel, struggled into air from a New York airfield For several hours the weight to the petrol prevented the young pilot from flying more than a few feet above the wave-top. Night came,and thick fog covered up the stars. Lindbergh flew steadily on, hoping that his course was the right one. He struggled to keep awake, checking the fuel all the time to keep his mind active Throughout the next day the"Spirit of St. Louis" flew on over the seeming limitless sea. Then a fishing boat appeared, and an hour later, land. It was Ireland Lindbergh set a compass course for Paris By ten o'clock the light of France's capital were shining beneath him. Tired, unshaven, suddenly hungry, the"flying fool "came on to Le bourget Airport, and landed in front of a huge crowd of wildly cheering people. After 34 hours of continuous piloting, the flight of 3600miles 31. The British Minister Of Air A)Praised Lindbergh for his intelligence B)encouraged Lindbergh to be adventurous C) congratulated Lindbergh for his bravery D)warned Lindbergh to be sensible 32. His name was on the worlds lips"means A)everybody was drinking his health B)everybody was jumping about because of him C) he became suddenly unpopular D)everybody was talking about him 33. A group of St. Louis businessmen had been persuaded to the building of a special A) B)organ C)stop to D)pay for 34. Which of the following statements is true? A)Nobody heard the news that Lindbergh was going to fly the Atlantic B) Everybody believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the atlantic at all C)Everybody knew that Lindbergh was very adventurous D) People didn't believe that Lindbergh really meant to fly the Atlantic alor 35. The"spirit of St. Louis "here refers to
Passage 2. ABDCD 2 “I ask you to drink to his health as a young man full of the sprit of adventure who has lit up the world with a flash of courage.” With these words the British Minister of Air turned and raised his glass to the young man who sat before him – a young man who, only a month before, was completely unknown. Yet on that summer day in 1927 his name was on the world’s lips – Charles Lindbergh, the first man to fly the Atlantic alone. He had been an air mail pilot, flying back and forth between Chicago and the city of St. Louis. Determined to win the $25,000 prize offered by a fellow-American for the first flight from New York to Paris, Lindbergh had persuaded a group of St. Louis businessmen to finance the building of a special plane for them. The news that Lindbergh intended to fly the Atlantic alone was received with disbelief. “The plane would never fly,” people said. It would run out of fuel. It had only a single engine. Lloyd’s of London refused to insure the flight. Men called Lindbergh the “flying fool.” But on May 20th, 1927, just after ten to eight in the morning, Lindbergh’s “spirit of St. Louis,” heavily laden with fuel, struggled into air from a New York airfield. For several hours the weight to the petrol prevented the young pilot from flying more than a few feet above the wave-top. Night came, and thick fog covered up the stars. Lindbergh flew steadily on, hoping that his course was the right one. He struggled to keep awake, checking the fuel all the time to keep his mind active. Throughout the next day the “Spirit of St. Louis” flew on over the seeming limitless sea. Then a fishing boat appeared, and an hour later, land. It was Ireland. Lindbergh set a compass course for Paris. By ten o’clock the light of France’s capital were shining beneath him. Tired, unshaven, suddenly hungry, the “flying fool” came on to Le Bourget Airport, and landed in front of a huge crowd of wildly cheering people. After 34 hours of continuous piloting, the flight of 3600miles was over. (70%) 31. The British Minister Of Air _________. A) Praised Lindbergh for his intelligence B) encouraged Lindbergh to be adventurous C) congratulated Lindbergh for his bravery D) warned Lindbergh to be sensible 32. “His name was on the world’s lips” means _________. A) everybody was drinking his health B) everybody was jumping about because of him C) he became suddenly unpopular D) everybody was talking about him 33. A group of St. Louis businessmen had been persuaded to _______ the building of a special plane. A) arrange for B) organize with C) stop to D) pay for 34. Which of the following statements is true? A) Nobody heard the news that Lindbergh was going to fly the Atlantic. B) Everybody believed that it was foolish for anybody to try to fly the Atlantic at all. C) Everybody knew that Lindbergh was very adventurous. D) People didn’t believe that Lindbergh really meant to fly the Atlantic alone. 35. The “spirit of St. Louis” here refers to _______
A)the plane lindbergh flew B)the“ flying fool C)the British Minister of Air D)the city of St. Louis Scientists have discovered a tiny group of cells in the brain that act as a clock to control many body activities. The discovery was made by doctors at Harvard University. They began by tudying the clock-like group of cells in the brains of monkeys Dr Martin Moore Ede and Dr Ralph Leidick recorded when during the day th drank and slept. They found that most of the monkeys did the same things at about the same time each day. Then the doctors operated on the monkeys. They destroyed the tiny group of brain cells which they believed controlled the timing of activities After the operation they found that the animals ate, drank, and slept the same amounts as before. But they did these things at very different times each day. There no longer seemed to be a clock within them that told them when it was time to eat, drink or sleep Scientists could not do the same kinds of experiments with humans. But they were able to find evidence of a similar group of cells in the human brain Dr. Charles Seizler and the two Harvard researchers looked through many years of medical records to find patients who had tumors (Ht E)or brain damage in that area of the brain. The records showed that such patients had the same kind of eating, drinking. and sleeping problems as the monkeys whose timer cells had been destroyed The scientists believe the cells above the optic nerves(+h *p 4)are only one of two biological clocks in the brain. They said they had not yet found the one which governs changes in the body's temperature (274 words)(71%) 1. Dr Martin Moore Ede and Dr. Ralph Leidick found in their research that A)the majority of monkeys did the same things at the same time even when the timer cells had been removed from the brain B)only the minority of the monkeys did the same things at the same time each day C)after the operation the monkeys ate and drank the same, but slept less than before D)after they destroyed the brain cells controlling the timing of activities, the monkeys didn't seem to do some things at the same time as before 2. Harvard doctors have discovered a group of timer cells A)in the biological clocks B)in the human body C)in the brain D)in monkeys' head 3. The sentence"Scientists could not do the same kinds of experiments with humans. "(Paragraph 4)implies that A)human brains were too complicated to operate on B)it was illegal to operate on a human brain just for an experiment C)human brains were too expensive to obtain D)now that the cells had been found in the monkey's brain, it was no use repeating the same research on the human brain 4. Scientist were keen on examining the histories of the brain-defective patients most probably
A) the plane Lindbergh flew in B) the “flying fool” C) the British Minister of Air D) the city of St. Louis 3 Scientists have discovered a tiny group of cells in the brain that act as a clock to control many body activities. The discovery was made by doctors at Harvard University. They began by studying the clock-like group of cells in the brains of monkeys. Dr. Martin Moore Ede and Dr. Ralph Leidick recorded when during the day the monkeys ate, drank and slept. They found that most of the monkeys did the same things at about the same time each day. Then the doctors operated on the monkeys. They destroyed the tiny group of brain cells which they believed controlled the timing of activities. After the operation they found that the animals ate, drank, and slept the same amounts as before. But they did these things at very different times each day. There no longer seemed to be a clock within them that told them when it was time to eat, drink or sleep. Scientists could not do the same kinds of experiments with humans. But they were able to find evidence of a similar group of cells in the human brain. Dr. Charles Seizler and the two Harvard researchers looked through many years of medical records to find patients who had tumors (肿瘤) or brain damage in that area of the brain. The records showed that such patients had the same kind of eating, drinking. and sleeping problems as the monkeys whose timer cells had been destroyed. The scientists believe the cells above the optic nerves ( 视 神 经 ) are only one of two biological clocks in the brain. They said they had not yet found the one which governs changes in the body’s temperature. (274 words) (71%) 1. Dr. Martin Moore Ede and Dr. Ralph Leidick found in their research that ________. A) the majority of monkeys did the same things at the same time even when the timer cells had been removed from the brain B) only the minority of the monkeys did the same things at the same time each day C) after the operation the monkeys ate and drank the same, but slept less than before D) after they destroyed the brain cells controlling the timing of activities, the monkeys didn’t seem to do some things at the same time as before 2. Harvard doctors have discovered a group of timer cells ________. A) in the biological clocks B) in the human body C) in the brain D) in monkeys’ head 3. The sentence “Scientists could not do the same kinds of experiments with humans.” (Paragraph 4) implies that ________. A) human brains were too complicated to operate on B) it was illegal to operate on a human brain just for an experiment C) human brains were too expensive to obtain D) now that the cells had been found in the monkey’s brain, it was no use repeating the same research on the human brain 4. Scientist were keen on examining the histories of the brain-defective patients most probably
because A)they wanted to find evidence of the timer cells in the human brain B) they wanted to cure the patients of the diseases C) their sympathy for the patients drove them to do so D)they didn't feel sure about the existence of such cells in the brain 5. The sentence"The scientists believe the cells above the optic nerves are only one of two biological clocks in the brain. means A)only one biological clock is in the brain B)the two biological clocks both lie in the brain C)only one biological clock is found in the brain D)none of the above
because ________. A) they wanted to find evidence of the timer cells in the human brain B) they wanted to cure the patients of the diseases C) their sympathy for the patients drove them to do so D) they didn’t feel sure about the existence of such cells in the brain 5. The sentence “The scientists believe the cells above the optic nerves are only one of two biological clocks in the brain.” means ________. A) only one biological clock is in the brain B) the two biological clocks both lie in the brain C) only one biological clock is found in the brain D) none of the above
