After successfully serving their term for 4 years, military service men and women are given the choice to stay in the military or return to civilian（平民）life.

For some, having to readjust to civilian life is one of the most challenging assignments our returning soldiers and marines（水兵）will ever have to undertake. While people may think readjusting should be simple, they must take into consideration all the physical and mental stress our servicemen went through.

Post-traumatic Stress Disorder（创伤后应急障碍）,　or PTSD, is a mental disorder that can occur following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat（打仗）.

Most survivors of trauma return to normal given a little time. In the military, the marines are given a two-week course on how to return to civilian life.

Unfortunately, some will have stress reactions that do not go away on their own, or may even get worse over time. These individuals may develop PTSD.

People who suffer from PTSD have difficulty sleeping because they are often reliving the experience through nightmares（梦魇）and flashbacks, and feel deserted or often stand off, and these symptoms can be severe enough and last long enough to significantly damage the person’s daily life.

Fullerton College, like most colleges, has its own Veteran’s（老兵）Office. Ray Bustos has been running the office for 3 years. Bustos acts as a liaison（联络） for the school and the veteran students. He makes sure the veterans returning to school get the right benefits. There are various types of financial aid for soldiers and marines. He strongly encourages the use of the Veterans Affairs website.

The website is very informative and extremely helpful for veterans as well as for friends and relatives of veterans who want to learn more.

1.One purpose of the writer in writing the passage is ________________.

A. to introduce some methods to cure PTSD        

B. to instruct PTSD patients to return to civilian life

C. to recommend a website for veterans and people concerned

D. to give military service men and women advice on civilian life

2.What problems will some returning soldiers and marines meet with?

A. How to readjust to civilian life.                B. How to get rid of mental diseases

C. How to get along with PTSD patients      D. How to return to school for benefits.

3.Which of the following is true about Ray Bustos?

A. He’s a veteran who has just come back from a military combat.

B. He runs Fullerton College with a veteran office.

C. He’s in charge of an office dealing with veteran affairs.

D. He provides a lot of financial aid for soldiers and marines.

4.The best title for the passage is __________.

A. PTSD: Killer of A Civilian Life.          B. The Last Assignment For All Military Persons

C. How to Overcome PTSD.                      D. Ready for a Civilian Life?

Lipitor

1. What is the major function of Lipitor?

A. To help to cure liver problems.

B. To control blood pressure.

C. To help to deal with muscle problems.

D. To lower “bad” cholesterol.

2. According to the passage, taking Lipitor is beneficial to _________.

A. breast-feeding women

B. children suffering from stomach

C. adults having heart trouble

D. teenagers with muscle problems

3.If it has been over 12 hours since you missed a dose, what should you do?

A. Reduce the amount of your next dose.

B. Eat more when taking your next dose.

C. Have a dose as soon as you remember missing it.

 D. Just take the next dose at your regular time.

4. Which of the following is the common side effect of taking Lipitor?

A. Throat swelling           B. Upset stomach.

C. Kidney failure.            D. Muscle weakness.

课文和新概念填空（共10题；每小题1分，共10分）

John Snow was a famous doctor in London - so   1   , indeed, that he   2    Queen Victoria as her personal physician. But he became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people    3   to cholera. This was the   4    disease of its day. Neither its cause nor its cure was understood. So many thousands of terrified people died every time there was an outbreak. John Snow wanted to face the    5    and solve this problem. He knew that cholera would never be controlled until its cause was found.

At last firemen have put out a big forest fire in California. Since then, they have been trying to find out how the fire began. Forest fires are often caused by broken glass or by cigarette ends which people carelessly throw away. Yesterday the firemen    6    the ground carefully, but were not able to find any broken glass. They were also quite sure that a cigarette end did not start the fire. This morning, however, a fireman    7   discovered the cause. He noticed the    8   of a snake which was wound round the electric wires of a 16,000-volt power line. In this way, he was able to solve the mystery. The    9   was simple but very unusual. A bird had    10    the snake from the ground and then dropped it on to the wires. The snake then wound itself round the wires. When it did so, it sent sparks down to the ground and these immediately started a fire.

 This medicine will ____ him of his cough.

A .recover    B. cure     C. treat    D. heal

Although this medicine can cure you _____ your illness, it has a bad effect _____ you.

A. for; in                       B. for; on                             C. of; on                               D. of; at