A．He will leave New York．
B．His sister will leave for Los Angeles．
C．His sister will leave for New York．

Chinese government officials often regard the use of service car as a right，but in fact that is just a
________．

        In the morning, Slim got up and prepared breakfast for his wife as usual.Nicole, his wife was
listening to music in the bedroom.__1__， he felt that his body was shaking.Slim had the__2__
response that there was an earthquake! He __3__ quickly: “Dear, earthquake! Go to the toilet！”
Nicole heard the shouting, __4__ the first aid box quickly and ran into the toilet.The house was __5__
even more dramatically (剧烈地)．
        Bathroom was the next door to the kitchen.Slim picked up a kitchen __6__ and two pieces of
bread outside the kitchen.Slim tried to __7__ along the wall to help Nicole.__8__， it got dark
suddenly with an explosion.The house __9__ down and many things fell from above.Nicole was
quickly buried in __10__.She felt breathing very difficult.She tried to stand up, but __11__.
        A few minutes later, the land was __12__.Nicole heard the sound of short __13__ and thought it
was Slim! She shouted to him but no __14__！ He probably fainted.Nicole kept saying his name and
she finally heard a response, two people encouraged and __15__ each other.They knew that there must
be a way to __16__.
        Slim found that they were close and were __17__ by the fallen stones and some powder.He started
to dig with the kitchen knife.He felt __18__ from his fingers.Finally, he removed the last piece of larger
stones.Slim touched Nicole's one hand, then dug the __19__ stones of her body.Finally, Nicole had a
__20__ breathing slowly.Two people sat on the ground and hugged together.

        Most people know that Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, and the first
person to win it twice.However, few people know that she was also the mother of a Nobel Prize winner.
        Born in September, 1897, Irene Curie was the first of the Curies' two daughters.Along with nine
other children whose parents were also famous scholars, Irene studied in their own school, and her mother was one of the teachers.She finished her high school education at the College of  in Paris.
        Irene entered the University of Paris in 1914 to prepare for a degree in mathematics and physics.
When World War ? began, Irene went to help her mother, who was using Xray facilities (设备) to help
save the lives of wounded soldiers.Irene continued the work by developing Xray facilities in military
hospitals in France and Belgium.Her services were recognised in the form of a Military Medal by the
French government.
        In 1918, Irene became her mother's assistant at the Curie Institute.In December 1924, Frederic
Joliot joined the Institute, and Irene taught him the techniques required for his work.They soon fell in love
and were married in 1926.Their daughter Helene was born in 1927 and their son Pierre five years later.
        Like her mother, Irene combined family and career.Like her mother, Irene was awarded a Nobel
Prize, along with her husband, in 1935.Unfortunately, also like her mother, she developed leukemia
because of her work with radioactivity (辐射能)．Irene JoliotCurie died from leukemia on March 17,
1956.

A．Irene worked with radioactivity．
B．Irene combined family and career．
C．Irene won the Nobel Prize once．
D．Irene died from leukemia．

        Kong Zi，also called Confucius(551479 B．C.)，and Socrates(469399 B．C.)lived only a
hundred years apart, and during their lifetimes there was no contact between China and Greece, but it is
interesting to look at how the world that each of these great philosophers came from shaped their ideas，
and how these ideas in turn，shaped their societies.
        Neither philosopher lived in times of peace, though there were more wars in Greece than in China.
The Chinese states were very large and feudal, while the Greek citystates were small and urban.The urban  environment in which Socrates lived allowed him to be more radical(激进的)than Confucius.Unlike
Confucius, Socrates was not asked by rulers how to govern effectively.Thus，Socrates was able to be
more idealistic, focusing on issues like freedom，and knowledge for its own sake.Confucius, on the other   hand, advised those in government service, and many of his students went on to government service.
        Confucius suggested the Golden Rule as a principle for the conduct of life: “Do not do to others what  you would not want others to do to you.” He assumed that all men were equal at birth, though some had
more potential than others, and that it was knowledge that set men apart.Socrates focused on the
individual, and thought that the greatest purpose of man was to seek wisdom.He believed that some had
more potential to develop their reason than others did.Like Confucius, he believed that the superior class
should rule the inferior(下层的) classes.
        For Socrates, the family was of no importance, and the community of little concern.For Confucius,
however, the family was the centre of society, with family relations considered much more important than
political relations.Both men are respected much more today than they were in their lifetimes.

        Over the summer, 18－years－old Roberto Mancera of Chandler wasn't looking forward to dances,
football games or even his last year in high school.He was more excited about building a robot that will
compete in the sixth annual FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC)Arizona Regional.
        FIRST stands for For Inspiration and Recognition of Science and Technology, a nonprofit
organization that believes the heroes of today's youth should be engineers, not sports or pop stars.They
aim to change the culture by hosting athleticlike competitions for robots，with cheering fans, mascots (吉祥物) and music.
        Mancera and a team of about 14 of his schoolmates will compete this year against 44 other high
school teams from all over Arizona，California and New Mexico at the Arizona Veterans Memorial
Coliseum in Phoenix.Finalists will move on to the FRC 2009 Championship in Atlanta to face teams from
48 states and seven other countries.
         For the 40 regional events worldwide, a similar“ kit (工具包) of parts” is given to each of the 1,680
teams from around the globe every January.The robot functions are different every year, and after a 
sixweek building season, robots are boxed up and shipped off to the competition's destination.
        The competition has a minimum  $6,000 entrance fee, and students are sponsored and mentored by
adult professionals and experts，like computer science teacher Sam Alexander, 39, at Chandler High.“I
try to give the kids the challenge and they try to figure it out，” he said.“They work through the entire
scientific method without me giving them the answers.”
        FIRST students are also eligible(有资格的)to apply for $9.7 million in college scholarships,
something that Alexander's students have taken advantage of.
        “You learn skills that your average student isn't learning.” Mancera said.“It's really amazing, and I've
been able to meet a lot of interesting people.” Mancera said that he found himself when he joined the
robot ics team.He now has set a career goal and has learned valuable leadership skills.