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Joseph Goldberger was a doctor for the Unite States Public Health Service. In 1912, he began to study a disease that was killing thousands of people in the South. The disease was pellagra(烟酸缺乏病).
Doctor Goldberger traveled to the state of Mississippi where many people had pellagra. He studied the patients and their families. Most of the people were poor. The doctor came to believe that the disease was not passed from one person to another, but instead had something to do with food.
He received agreement from state officials to test this idea at a prison(监狱). Prisoners were offered pardons if they took part. One group of prisoners received their usual food, mostly corn. A second group ate meat, fresh vegetables and milk. Members of the first group developed pellagra. The second group did not.
But some experts refused to accept that poor food caused pellagra. They thought there were other causes.
So Doctor Goldberger put blood(血液) from a person with pellagra into his own body. He even took pills that had blood from pellagra patients. An assistant also took part in the experiments. So did Doctor Goldberger’s wife. None of them got sick. Later, the doctor discovered that a bit of dried brewer’s yeast(酿酒的酵母) each day could prevent pellagra.
Joseph Goldberger died of cancer in 1929. He was 55 years old. Several years later, researchers discovered the true cause of pellagra: having little of the vitamin B.
【小题1】 How old was Doctor Goldberger when he began to study pellagra?

A.22.B.30.C.38.D.55.
【小题2】The underlined part “this idea” (in Paragraph 3) refers to          .
A.the guessing that pellagra had something to do with food
B.a kind of yeast that prevented pellagra
C.pellagra that was easily passed from one person to another
D.a poor food that caused pellagra
【小题3】 Which is the right order about what Doctor Goldberger did?
a. He did a test on prisoners at a prison.
b. He did the experiments on himself.
c. He came to Mississippi to study the patients and their families.
d. He found poor food was easy to cause pellagra.
e. He discovered a little dried brewer’s yeast every day could prevent pellagra.
A.a, d, c, e, bB.c, a, d, b, eC.b, e, c, a, dD.c, b, e, a, d
【小题4】 This passage mainly tells us          .
A.Doctor Goldberger’s life
B.something about pellagra
C.Doctor Goldberger’s work experience
D.Doctor Goldberger’s study on pellagra

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Britain’s symbolic red phone boxes have become out of date in the age of the mobile, but villages across the country are stepping in to save them, with creative intelligence. Whether as a place to exhibit art, poetry, or even as a tiny library, hundreds of phone boxes have been given a new life by local communities determined to preserve a typical part of British life. In Waterperry, a small village near Oxford, the 120 residents have filled the phone box next to the old house with a pot of flowers, piles of gardening and cooking magazines, and stuck poems on the walls.
They took control of the phone box when telecoms operator BT said it was going to pull it down, an announcement that caused such dissatisfaction that one local woman threatened to chain herself to the box to save it. “I’d have done it, “ insisted Kendall Turner. “It would have been heartbreaking for the village. “ Local councilor Tricia Hallam, who came up with the idea for the phone box’s change, said quite a few people would have joined her, adding, “ We couldn’t let it go because it’s a British symbol.”
Only three feet by three feet wide, and standing 2.51-meter tall, the phone boxes were designed by Giles Gilbert Scott in 1936 for the 25th anniversary of the reign of King George V. Painted in “Post Office red” to match the post boxes, they were once a typical image of England and the backdrop(背景) to millions of tourist photographs.
Eight years ago there were about 17,000 across Britain, but today, in a country where almost everybody has a mobile phone, 58 percent are no longer profitable and ten percent are only used once a month. “On average, maintaining them costs £800 a year per phone box-about £44 million annually,” said John Lumb, general manager for BT Payphones.
【小题1】Some red phone boxes in Britain have been used for ____.
a. selling flowers    b. cooking   c. reading  d. exhibiting art or poetry

A.a, bB.c, dC.a,b,cD.b,c,d
【小题2】Why do the villagers want to keep the red phone boxes?
A.Because millions of people visit Britain to see the red phone boxes.
B.Because the local people could earn a lot of money from the red phone boxes.
C.Because the red phone boxes have already become a symbol of Britain.
D.Because the red phone boxes may be useful for some people in emergency.
【小题3】What is the color of the British post boxes according to the passage?
A.GreenB.RedC.BlackD.Yellow
【小题4】What is John Lumb’s attitude towards pulling down the red phone boxes?
A.supportiveB.OpposedC.NeutralD.Indifferent.

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阅读下面短文,根据以下提示:1)汉语提示;2)首字母提示;3)语境提示,在每个空内填入一个适当的英语单词,并将该词完整地写在右边相对应的横线上。所填单词意义准确,拼写正确。
As we all know, "Failure is the mother of success."     【小题1】  I just want to say “Success is the baby of confidence." First of all, confidence makes us happier in our life. Life is   【小题2】  a bright and colorful 【小题3】  (油画). If confidence is with us, we will find   【小题4】  life really becomes richer and more interesting. Then, confidence makes us braver. If we  【小题5】  (缺乏)confidence in ourselves, how can we overcome    【小题6】  (困难)we meet with?If we have no confidence in     【小题7】   , how can we succeed in【小题8】   ourselves in the future? Without confidence, nothing can be g  【小题9】   . That is to say, if you want to win, you have to believein yourself. F  【小题10】  , I would like to use the following words asour encouragement: “If you think you can, you can."

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Below is some advice on how to prevent cancer:
8 Ways to Avoid Cancer in Your Life
1. Eat Blueberries
Aside from being a healthy and delicious snack, blueberries contain pterostilbene, which has important colon(结肠) cancer-fighting prosperities. But wait, it gets better. Blueberries also offer a large dose of vitamins C (14 milligrams per cup). So at breakfast, try to take in a cup and a half of blueberries in your cereal or yogurt, or mixed with other berries.
2. Drink Pomegranate(石榴)Juice
The deep red juice of the pomegranate contains polyphenols, isoflavones and ellagic acid, which together create a powerful anticancer mixture. Most recently, researchers from the University of Wisconsin at Madison has discovered that 16 ounces of pomegranate juice per day also may inhibit the growth of lung cancer.
3. Relax
Feeling stressed or worried? Find ways to relax and you may reduce your chances of developing cancer. Purdue University researchers tracked 1,600 men over 12 years and found that half of those with high levels of worry died during the study period. Only 20 percent of the optimists died before the study were completed, while 34 percent of the extremely anxious men died of some type of cancer. Instead of stressing about the past or future, focus on the present and relax!
4. Take Selenium(硒)
Selenium is well known for its cancer-fighting properties. In a study of almost 1,000 men, researchers from the Journal of the National Cancer Institute found that when men with the lowest initial levels of selenium in their bodies received a daily supplement over a 4 year period, they cut their prostate(前列腺) cancer risk by a remarkable 92 percent. However, it is possible to get too much of a good thing, so monitor your intake of selenium-containing supplements, Brazil nuts, tuna, meats and grains carefully.
5. Eat Sushi(寿司)
Seaweed may not be your idea of a great snack, but it is high in fiber, calcium and iron, and dry, roasted seaweed sheets used in sushi provide the additional benefits of vitamins A and C. Sushi rolls are also high in protein— a typical spicy tuna roll has only 290 calories but packs 24 grams of protein. So don’t skimp(节省)on the Sushi!
6. Enjoy the Outdoors
Vitamin D causes early death of cancer cells. A study published in the American Journey of Clinical Nutrition reported that women who supplemented their diets with 1,000 international. Units of vitamin D every day had a 60 percent to 77 percent lower incidence of cancer ever a four-year period that did women taking a placebo(无效对照剂). Experts recommend supplementing your fun in the sun with 1,100 to 2,000IU of vitamin D each day.
7. Breathe Clean Air
There’s no question that secondhand smoke kills. A recent American Journal of Public Health study showed that nonsmokers working in smoky places had three times the amount of carcinogen(致癌物质) in their urine(尿) than nonsmokers working in smoke-free locations. What’s worse, their levels of the carcinogen rose 6 percent for every hour worked. Nine states have banned smoking in all workplaces, bars and restaurants. The message is clear: Do whatever you can to avoid the cloud of smoke.
8. Break a Sweat
Even a small amount of exercise can offer major cancer-fighting benefits. In a study of 29,110 men published in the International Journal of Cancer, men who exercised just once a week had a percent lower risk of metastasis(转移性) prostate cancer than men who didn’t work out at all. The better the frequency, duration and intensity of the exercise, the bigger the reduction in risk, according to the study.
【小题1】To prevent yourself from catching colon cancer, you should eat ____ as often as possible.

A.sushiB.blueberriesC.pomegranatesD.Vitamin D
【小题2】 A person is very likely to catch some type of cancer if ______.
A.he is very fond of exercise every day.
B.he is addicted to smoking
C.he is always feeling extremely stressed or worried
D.he likes to have meals in restaurants
【小题3】 _____ will remarkably reduce the risk of men’s prostate cancer.
A.Having a daily supplement of selenium
B.Drinking a cup of pomegranate juice every day
C.Breathing fresh air now and then
D.Taking exercise at least once a week
【小题4】If you want to keep cancer away, it is particularly important to ______.
A.have a daily supplement of vitamins B and C
B.try to ignore the secondhand smoking
C.take in as many selenium-containing supplements as possible
D.having exercise as often as possible

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Mr Smith was the manager of a hotel in Springfield. One weekend all of the hotels in the city were full because there was a large meeting. Late in the evening three men came into the hotel and asked for rooms. Mr Smith explained that because of the meeting, there were no rooms ready for use. The men were very unhappy because they had no place to stay in.
Mr Smith wanted to help them. He remembered that Room 414, a very small room, was empty. He asked them if they would share a room. The three men agreed. Mr Smith told them that the room would cost $30: $10 for each. Each of them gave Mr Smith $10, and they went up to the room.
Mr Smith soon began to feel sorry. “Thirty dollars is too much for that small room,” he thought. He called one of his men over and said, “Here is $ 5. Bring it to the man in Room 414. I’ve asked too much money for their room.”
The worker took the money from his manager. While he was on his way to Room 414, he started to think, “How can I divide $5? Well, I’ll give each of them only $1 and I keep $2. The men will be happy to get anything back. I’ll make a little money and Mr Smith will never know.” So he returned $1 to each man.
You see, there come a problem, each man had at first paid $10. After the worker returned them $1 each, each man had paid 9. There were three men, $9 x 3 =" $27." The worker kept $2 —$27+$2="29." Where is the missing dollar?
【小题1】Which of the following is True?

A.The large meeting was held in this hotel.B.The three men stayed together in one room.
C.Each of the three men got a small room. D.Room 414 was the office for Mr Smith.
【小题2】 Where was the missing dollar?
A.There wasn’t any missing dollar at all.B.It was taken by the worker too.
C.It was taken by the manager Mr Simith.D.It was taken by the three men themselves.
【小题3】 Put the following sentences in correct order.
a. Three men went into the hotel for a room.        b. Mr Smith felt sorry to have asked for too much.
c. They paid 30 dollars altogether for one room.   d. The worker gave one dollar back to each of them.
e. Mr Smith thought of a small room, still empty.  f. The worker was given 5 dollar to return to them.
A.c→b→e→a→d→fB.c→d→f→e→a→bC.a→c→b→e→f→dD.a→e→c→b→f→d
【小题4】What is the best title of this text?
A.The Kind Manager.B.Three Men Came to the Hotel
C.A Strange Maths ProblemD.$27 + $2 = $29

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