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| We have met the enemy and he is ours. We bought him at a pet shop. When monkey-pox, a disease usually found in the African rain forest suddenly turns up in children in the American Midwest. It's hard not to wonder of the disease that comes from foreign animals is homing in on human beings. "Most of the infections (感染) we think of as human infections started in other animals." says Stephen Morse, director of the Center for Public Health Preparedness at Columbia University. It's not just that we're going to where the animals are; we're also bringing them closer to us. Popular foreign pets have brought a whole new disease to this country. A strange illness killed Isaksen's pets and she now thinks that keeping foreign pets is a bad idea. "I don't think it's fair to have them as pets when we have such a limited knowledge of them." says Isaksen. "Laws allowing these animals to be brought in from deep forest areas without stricter control need changing." says Peter Schantz. Monkey-pox may be the wake-up call. Researchers believe infected animals may infect their owners. We know very little about these new diseases. A new bug (病毒) may be kind at first. But it may develop into something harmful (有害的). Monkey-pox doesn't look a major infectious disease. But it is not impossible to pass the disease from person to person. |
| 1. We learn from Paragraph l that the pet sold at the shop may _____. |
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| A. come from Columbia B. prevent us from being infected C. enjoy being with children D. suffer from monkey-pox |
| 2. Why did Isaksen advise people not to have foreign pets? |
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| A. They attack human beings. B. We need to study native animals. C. They can't live out of the rain forest. D. We do not know much about them yet. |
| 3. What does she phrase "the wake-up call" in paragraph 3 most probably mean? |
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| A. a new disease B. a clear warning C. a dangerous animal D. a morning call |
| 4. The text suggests that in the future we _____. |
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| A. may have to fight against more new diseases B. may easily get infected by diseases from dogs C. should not be allowed to have pets D. should stop buying pests from Africa |
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| It's not easy being a teenager (13至19岁青少年)-nor is it easy being the parent of a teenager. You can make your child feel angry, hurt, or misunderstood by what you say without realizing it yourself. It is important to give your child the space he needs to grow while gently letting him know that you you'll still be there for him when he needs you. Expect a lot from your child, just not everything. Except for health and safety problems,such as drug use or careless driving; consider everything else open to discussion. If your child is unwilling to discuss something, don't insist he tell you what's on his mind. The more you insist, the more likely that he'll clam up. Instead, let him attempt to solve (解决) things by himself. At the same time, remind him that you're always there for him when he seek advice or help. Show respect for your teenager's priyacy (隐私). Never read his mail or listen in on personal conversations. Teach your teenager that the family phone is for the whole family. If your child talks on the family's telephone for too long, tell him he can talk for 15 minutes, but then he must stay off the phone for at least an equal period of time. This not only frees up the line so that other family members can make and receive calls, but teaches your teenager moderation (节制). Or if you are open to the idea, allow your teenager his own phone that he pays for with his own pocket money or a part-time job. |
| 1. The main purpose of the text is to tell parents _____. |
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| A. how to get along with a teenager B. how to respect a teenager C. how to understand a teenager D. how to help a teenager grow up |
| 2. What does the phrase "clam up" in Paragraph 2 probably mean? |
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| A. Become excited. B. Show respect. C. Refuse to talk. D. Seek help. |
| 3. What should parents do in raising a teenager according to the text? |
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| A. Not allow him to learn driving or take drugs. B. Give him advice only when necessary. C. Let him have his own telephone. D. Not talk about personal things with him. |
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| What is Bay? The simple answer is that it is a global trading platform where nearly anyone can trade practically anything. People can sell and buy all kinds of products and goods. Including cars, movies and DVDs, sporting goods, travel tickets, musical instruments, clothes and shoes-the list goes on and on. The idea came from Peter Omidyar, who was born in Paris and moved to Washington when he was still a child. At high school, he became very interested in computer programming and after graduating from Tuft University in 1988, he worked for the next few years as a computer engineer. In his free time he started Bay as a kind of hobby, at first offering the service free by word of' mouth. By 1996 there was so much traffic on the website that he had to upgrade (升级) and he began charging a fee to members. Joined by a friend, Peter Skill, and in 1998 by his capable CEO, Meg Whitman, he has never looked back. Even in the great. com crashes of the late 1990s, abay has gone from strength to strength. It is now one of the ten most visited online shopping websites on the Intemet. EBay sells connections, not goods, putting buyer and seller into contact with each other. All you have to do is lake an e-photo, write a description, fill out a sales form and you are in business:the world is your market place. Of course for each item (商品) sold eBay gets a percentage and that is great deal of money. Every day there are more than sixteen million items listed on eBay and eighty percent of the items are sold. |
| 1. We learn from the text that eBay provides people with _____. |
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| A. a way of buying and selling goods B. a website for them to upgrade C. a place to exhibit their own photos D. a chance to buy things at low prices |
| 2. Why did Peter create eBay after graduating from university? |
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| A. For fun. B. To make money. C. For gathering the engineers. D. To fulfill a task of his company. |
| 3. From "he has never looked back" in Paragraph 2, we learn that Peter _____. |
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| A. did not feel lonely B. was always hopeful C. did not think about the past D. became more and more successful |
| 4. How does eBay make money from its website? |
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| A. By bringing callers together. B. By charging for each sale. C. By listing items online. D. By making e-photos. |
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| I am a writer. I spend a great deal of my time thinking about the power of language-the way it can evoke (唤起) an emotion, a visual image, a complex idea, or a simple truth. Language is the tool of my trade. And I use them all-all the Englishes I grew up with. Born into a Chinese family that had recently arrived in California, I've been giving more thought to the kind of English my mother speaks. Like others, I have described it to people as "broken" English. But feel embarrassed to say that. It has always bothered me that I can think of no way to describe it other than "broken", as if it were damaged and needed to be fixed, as if it lacked a certain wholeness. I've heard other terms used, "limited English," for example. But they seem just as bad, as if everything is limited, including people's perceptions (认识) of the limited English speaker. I know this for a fact, because when I was growing up, my mother's "limited" English limited my perception of her. I was ashamed of her English. I believed that her English reflected the quality of what she had to say. That is, because she expressed them imperfectly, her thoughts were imperfect. And I had plenty of evidence to support me: the fact that people in department stores, at banks, and at restaurants did not take her seriously, did not give her good service, pretended not to understand her, or even acted as if they did not hear her. I started writing fiction in 1985. And for reasons I won't get into today, I began to write stories using all the Englishes I grew up with: the English she used with me, which for lack of a better term might be described as "broken", and what I imagine to be her translation of her Chinese,her internal (内在的) language.and for that I sought to preserve the essence, but neither an English nor a Chinese structure:I wanted to catch what language ability tests can never show; her intention, her feelings, the rhythms of her speech and the nature of her thoughts. |
| 1. By saying "Language is the tool of my trade", the author means that _____. |
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| A. she uses English in foreign trade B. she is fascinated by languages C. she works as a translator D. she is a writer by profession |
| 2. The author used to think of her mother's English as _____. |
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| A. impolite B. amusing C. imperfect D. practical |
| 3. Which of the following is TRUE according to Paragraph 3? |
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| A. Americans do not understand broken English. B. The author's mother was not respected sometimes. C. The author' mother had positive influence on her. D. Broken English always reflects imperfect thoughts. |
| 4. The author gradually realizes her mother's English is _____. |
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| A. well structured B. in the old style C. easy to translate D. rich in meaning |
| 5. What is the passage mainly about? |
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| A. The changes of the author's attitude to her mother's English. B. The limitation of the author's perception of her mother. C. The author's misunderstanding of "limited" English. D. The author's experiences of using broken English. |