1、Sometimes there are questions in our minds which we would like to ask people,but we are too shy or embarrassed(为难的) At other times we feel it is wrong to trouble others with our problems,or are prevented from asking by our fear of being criticised.Often there need be no such fear because other peopl
2、e have undergone(经历)the same questionings,do us or worries as ourselves,and many adults or teenage friends are only too pleased to share their knowledge or experience with us.Indeed,in many cases they also learn something,and much unnecessary worry is prevented.You may use this Question Time to ask
3、anything about life that you dont understand,or any question of a personal or general nature that has either troubled you for some time or arisen recently.In order to protect your feelings,which you may not want exposed,write the question down (in capitals if you wish) on a slip of paper without you
4、r name on it.Then fold the paper and hand it to your teacher who will sort the questions out at home before the lesson takes place.He will respect the fact that the questions are asked in confidence(秘密地);they should,however,be sensible and honest ones.During the lesson the teacher will read out a qu
5、estion,and then call upon one ort wo volunteers from the class to offer their opinions before giving his own.The class should regard both questions and answers and the discussion that arises from them as confidential to avoid breaking the trust the questioner has placed in the lesson,and to make pos
6、sible further discussion of similar problems on another occasion.It is also helpful to remember that the answers given represent only one or two points of viewsomeone else might answer them quite differently. 1.Sometimes we have questions,but we would “First of all,we need to understand that SARS is
7、 an epidemic and the human immunity(免疫性) to the disease is therefore weak.But,from what we have experienced and observed,there is no reason to panic.The diseases infectiousness(传染性)is being weakened as it passes from one group to another.”said hong Nanshan,director of Guangdong Team for SARS Prevent
8、ion and Treatment.The director says the key to fighting the disease now lies in finding the cause and developing a vaccine(疫苗).This calls for concerted cooperation within the international medical community.So far,the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong have been working well together.The SARS situation
9、in Taiwan offers a more reassuring picture.So far a little over 20 people have been affected,with no deaths reported.Taiwan medical experts say this is in part due to effective quarantine(隔离) of suspected patients.But mainland cooperation with the island has so far been confined to the individual le
10、vel. “We have cooperated with the US Center for Disease Control and the Hong Kong Health Department.Recently Taiwan officials have been to Hong Kong to learn from the regions experience.After all,Hong Kong is now the epicenter(中心) of SARS and has developed some effective ways to diagnose(诊断) the dis
11、ease.”said hang Cangneng from Taiwan Xinguang Hospital.Experts from the mainland and Taiwan are pushing for greater cooperation(合作) in the field.A joint seminar by all three sides will be held later this month.Questions relating to the viruss profile and the cause will be discussed at length to shed
12、 light on the remaining questions about the disease.1The passage mainly tells us _A.SARS is a disease which can not be controlledB.Chinese mainland,Hong Kong and Taiwan will cooperate so as to deal with SARSC.Chinese mainland,Hong Kong and Taiwan are the areas hardest hit by SARSD.how to prevent and
13、 treat SARS2. SARS is a disease _A.which can be dealt with very easilyB.whose infectiousness is weakened when it passes from one area to anotherC.which does not endanger patients livesD.which passed from other countries to China3. According to the passage,we know that A.about half of the patients wi
14、th SARS died_B.when the passage was written there were about 2,960 people with SARS in GuangdongC.there are not more than 20 patients with SARS in Taiwan and no deaths were reportedD.Taiwan would like to cooperate with Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to deal with SARS4. The underlined word“ panic”in
15、Paragraph 3 is closest to _ in meaning.A.be angry B.be surprised C.scare D.delightPassage 3Clive Walker is chairman of the Wilderness Trust of Southern Africa,founder of the Lapalala Wilderness School,an exhibiting wilder life artist and author of several natural history books.As such,Walker is recognised as one of South Africas foremost conservationists(环保人士)and allround(多才的)good guy.He has fought to protect the black and white rhinocerostargets for ruthless(无情的) hunters because their horn(角) gets high prices in Asian countriesand through the wilderness school,has taught thousands
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