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Passage1

Questions1to5arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

Notallmemoriesaresweet.Somepeoplespendalltheirlivestryingtoforgetbadexperiences.Violenceandtrafficaccidentscanleavepeoplewithterriblephysicalandemotionalscars.Oftentheyrelivetheseexperiencesinnightmares（恶梦）.

（76）NowAmericanresearchersthinktheyareclosetodevelopingapill,whichwillhelppeopleforgetbadmemories.Thepillisdesignedtobetakenimmediatelyafterafrighteningexperience.Theyhopeitmightreduce,orpossiblyerase（抹去）,theeffectofpainfulmemories.

InNovember,expertstestedadrugonpeopleintheUSandFrance.Thedrugstopsthebodyreleasingchemicalsthatfixmemoriesinthebrain.（77）Sofartheresearchhassuggestedthatonlytheemotionaleffectsofmemoriesmaybereduced,notthatthememoriesareerased.

Theresearchhascausedagreatdealofargument.Somethinkitisabadidea,whileotherssupportit.

Supporterssayitcouldleadtopillsthatpreventortreatsoldiers’troublingmemoriesafterwar.Theysaythattherearemanypeoplewhosufferfromterriblememories.

“Somememoriescanruinpeople’slives.Theycomebacktoyouwhenyoudon’twanttohavetheminadaydreamornightmare.Theyusuallycomewithverypainfulemotions.”saidRogerPitman,aprofessorofpsychiatryatHarvardMedicalSchool.“Thiscouldrelievealotofthatsuffering.”

Butthosewhoareagainsttheresearchsaythatitisverydangeroustochangememoriesbecausememoriesgiveusouridentity.Theyalsohelpusallavoidthemistakesofthepast.

“Allofuscanthinkofbadeventsinourlivedthatwerehorribleatthetimebutmakeuswhoweare.I’mnotsurewewanttowipethosememoriesout,”saidRebeccaDresser,amedicalethicist.

1.Thepassageismainlyabout_____.

Aanewmedicalinvention

Banewresearchonmemories

Cawayoferasingpainfulmemories

Danargumentabouttheresearchonthepill

2.Thedrugtestedonpeoplecan____.

Acausethebraintofixmemories

Bstoppeoplerememberingtheirexperiences

Cpreventbodyproducingcertainchemicals

Dwipeouttheemotionaleffectsofmemories

3.Wecaninferfromthepassagethat_____.

Apeopledoubttheeffectsofthepills

Bthepillwillstoppeople’sbadexperiences

Ctakingthepillwilldoharmtopeople’shealth

DthepillhasprobablybeenproducedinAmerica

4.WhichofthefollowingdoesRebeccaDresseragreewith?

ASomememoriescanruinpeople’slives.

BPeoplewanttogetridofbadmemories.

CExperiencingbadeventsmakesusdifferentfromothers.

DThepillwillreducepeople’ssufferingsfrombadmemories.

5.Theword“scars”inParagraphOneiscloseinmeaningto____.

Agoodstories

Bpains

Cexperiences

Dmemories

Passage2

Questions6to10arebasedonthefollowingpassage:

On-the-jobsmokingisahotissueforbothsmokersandnon-smokers,andmanymanagersnowseesmokingasaproductivityproblem.Althoughsomepeoplequestionwhethersmokingreallyaffectsone’sproductivity,ithas,infact,beenproventhatasmokercostsacompanymorethananon-smoker.AccordingtoProfessorWilliamWeis,asmokingemployeecostshisorheremployerabout$5,700moreayearthananever-smoker.Thesecostsincludemedicalcare,lostearningsandinsurance.Andabsenceduetosmokingbreaksisoneoftheproductivityproblems,yetitaccountsforagreatdealofemployercosts.

（78）Whentheissueofsmokingattheworkplaceisdiscussed,perhapsthemostimportantproblemisthehealthriskthatsmokingcausestobothsmokersandnever-smokers.Ithaslongbeenproventhatsmokingislinkedtolungcancer.Nowmanyhealthexpertswarnthatpassivesmokingcancauselungcancerandotherillnessesinhealthynever-smokers.Passivesmokingcanbedefinedasexposuretosecond-handtobaccosmokeinenclosedareas.Anyonewhohasbeenwithsmokersindeedknowsthattheirsmokecancauseeyeirritation（刺激）,coughing,headachesandthroatsoreness.Whileeyeirritationmayseemasmallthingtosomesmokers,itneverthelessisaproblemthatoccurseveryworkdayinofficesandbreak-roomsandcanleadtogreaterhealthproblems.Employeeswhodonotsmokeshouldnotbesubjected（遭受）totherisksofpassivesmokingandneedtobeabletoworkinasafeenvironment.SurgeonGeneralKoopstatesthattherightofthesmokerstopsatthepointwherehisorhersmokingincreasesthediseaseriskofthoseoccupyingthesameenvironment.

6.Allthefollowingcasesareon-the-jobsmokinge