1、I dont really know what Im asking youCary, I need a way out that doesnt involve causing pain to my familyIm taking medicine,but I still have these attacks every few monthsIf theres alcohol in the house,I cant stay away from itIt seems that this will never end. Im afraid of what will happen if someth
2、ing bad happens,like a family member dying, or getting fired againThanks for readingYoursT36The underlined sentence shows us all the following EXCEPT_Athat the author is a lawyer by professionBthat the author is a lawyer and he seldom gets drunkCthe reason why the author had to resignDthat the autho
3、r was once discovered drunk as a fish37The author writes to Cary in order to_Aoffer advice Btell a storyCavoid nightmares Dask for help38What is the author worried about?ALosing his job BMissing the conferenceCBring pain to his family DGiving up drinking39What do we learn from the passage?ATs family
4、 members dont want to see him because of his alcoholismBGetting drunk once prevented T from attending a conferenceCT will have nightmares when he stops drinkingDT never attempted to give up his alcoholism40We know from the passage that Cary_Alikes to talk about the details of his life Bis an expert
5、on treating alcoholismCis probably a recovered alcoholic Dnever suffered from alcoholism3640 BDCBC故事类B“Can I see my baby?” asked the happy new mother. The bundle(婴儿包)was placed in her arms and when she moved the fold of cloth to look upon his tiny face, she gasped-the baby had been born without ears
6、. Time, however, proved that the babys hearing was perfect except his appearanceOne day when he rushed home from school and threw himself into his mothers arms,he cried out bitterly,“A boy, a big boycalled mea ffreak”She sighed, knowing that his life was to be endless of heartbreaksHe grew up,handso
7、me for his misfortuneA favorite with his fellow students, he might have been class president, but for thatHe developed a gift for literature and musicThe boys father had a talk with the family doctorCould nothing be done? “I believe we could graft(移植)on a pair of outer ears,if they could he donated(
8、捐献),”the doctor decidedSo the search began for a person who would make such a sacrifice(牺牲)for a young manTwo years went byThen, “Youre going to the hospital,sonMother and I have someone who will donate the ears you needBut its a secret”said the fatherThe operation was a brilliant successHis talents
9、 blossomed into geniusSchool and college became a series of successesLater he married and entered the diplomatic(外交)service“But I must know!” he urged his father“Who gave so much for me? I could never do enough for him”“I do not believe you could,” said the father,“but the agreement was that you are
10、 not to knownot yet”The years kept the secret, but the day did come one of the darkest days that ever passed through a sonHe stood with his father over his mothers casket(棺材)Slowly and tenderly,the father stretched forth a hand and raised the thick,reddish-brown hair to let out the secret41The story
11、 is mainly about_Ahew a boy had new ears through an operationBwhat a devoted parent privately did for the childChow a disabled boy turned into a useful personDwhy a donator made a sacrifice to a bright boy42From the first paragraph we know that the mother_Awas determined to donate her ears to pedect
12、 her sonBkept her husband unknown about the babys situationCfelt shocked and disappointed to see her new babyDcomplained of her bad luck to have a disabled child43The underlined word “freak” in Paragraph 3 is the closest in meaning to“_”Aslowacting person Buglylooking childCbadlybehaved student Dstr
13、angelyshaped creature44What can be inferred from the passage?AThe agreement was between the donator and the familyBThe boy was so popular that he was made class presidentCFinally the boy came to know who the donator wasDThe mother donated her ears to her son after she died45What moral lesson can we
14、draw from this reading?AReal love lies in what is done unknown rather than what is done knownBIt is up to parents to help their children heart and soulCTrue beauty lies only in the heart not in appearanceDIt is a virtue for young generations to learn to be grateful4145 BCDCACCelebrity endorsementsDe
15、spite the fact that companies believe celebrities had a lot of pull with regard to the buying trends of consumers, researches have discovered that this does not seem to be the caseBritish and Swiss researchers conducted a study showing that advertisements made by celebrities like David Beckham and S
16、carlett Johansson are not as effective as those by ordinary peopleIn a sample of 298 students, researchers presented a magazine advertisement for a digital camera that was endorsed by a fictional student claiming the camera was “hot” and his “preferred choice”The same advertisement was shown to othe
17、r students,but with a difference:The camera was endorsed by a famous person in GermanyWhile the students said that both advertisements were beneficial, the one made by the student topped the celebrity one if students aimed to impress others with their purchases. More than half of the students,who ad
18、mitted purchasing products that would impress others,said they were influenced by the students advertisementOnly 20 said the celebrity one would affect their buying decisionProfessor Brett Martin,of the University of Baths School of Management,explained that the findings could be used not only in Ge
19、rmany, but in other countries as well“Our research questions whether celebrities are the best ways to sell products,”said Prof Martin“Celebrities can be effective but we found that many people were more convinced by an endorsement from a fictional fellow studentsThis is because many people feel a ne
20、ed to keep up with the Jones when they buy”46Some companies think the celebrities endorsement _Ais popular with the consumersBcan pull all the consumers into the shopsCcan affect the consumers purchasingDis as effective as an endorsement from common people47Which of the following ads would be more e
21、ffective to common consumers, according to the experiment?AAn ad featuring lovely pandas BAn ad made by David BeckhamCAn ad made by fictional common peopleDAn ad with beautiful natural scenery48The underlined words “the Jones” in the last paragraph refer to“_ ”Asomeone called Jones Bcommon peopleCth
22、e Jones family Dcelebrities49We can imply from the passage that _Acelebrities cheat consumers in advertisementBthe researchers here are against celebrity endorsementCthe students ads are mole reliable than those made by celebritiesDcompany neednt spend so much money on celebrity endorsement50We can
23、probably read the article in_ Aa local newspaper Ba science reportCan academic journal Da textbook4650 CCBDA科技类DLets do some sleep mathYou lost two hours of sleep every night last week because of a big project due on FridayOn Saturday and Sunday,you slept in,getting four extra hoursOn Monday morning
24、, you were feeling so bright-eyed that you only had one cup of coffee, instead of your usual twoBut dont be cheated by your energyYoure still carrying around a heavy load of sleepiness, or what experts call “sleep debt”in this case something like six hours,almost a full nights sleepSleep debt is the
25、 difference between the amount of sleep you should be getting and the amount you actually getIts a deficit(缺乏)that grows every time we skim some extra minutes off our nightly sleep“People accumulate sleep debt gradually without being noticed,”says William CDement,founder of the Stanford University S
26、leep ClinicStudies show that such shortterm sleep deprivation leads to a foggy brain,worsened vision,and trouble remembering. Long-term effects include obesity,insulin(胰岛素)resistance, and heart disease. A survey by the National Sleep Foundation reports that were losing one hour of sleep each night一一
27、more than two full weeks of sleep every year.The good news is that,like all debt, with some work,sleep debt can be repaid. Adding an extra hour or two of sleep a night is the way to catch upFor the longterm lack of sleep,take it easy for a few months to get back into a natural sleep patternGo to bed when you are tired,and allow your body to wake you in the morning(no alarm clock allowed)You may find yourself catatonic(有紧张症的)in the beginning of the recovery cycle:expect to have
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