Like any good mother, when Karen found out thatanother baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son,Michael, prepare for a new baby. They find out that the new baby is going to bea girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister inMommy's stomach.

In time, the labor pains come. But complications ariseduring delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is inserious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infantto the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville,Tennessee. The days go by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric (儿科的) specialist tells the parents, “There is very littlehope. Be prepared for the worst.”

Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about aburial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby,but now they plan a funeral. Michael keeps begging his parents to let him seehis sister, "I want to sing to her," he says. But kids are neverallowed in Intensive Care. Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michaelwhether they like it or not. If he doesn’t see his sister now, he may never seeher alive.

She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches himinto ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizeshim as a child and shouts, "Get that kid out of here now. No children areallowed. Never disturb patients here.” The mother rises up strongly andsaid," He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!"

Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazesat the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In thepure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:" You are my sunshine,my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray…" Instantly thebaby girl responds. The pulse rate begins to calm down and becomes steady.

“Keep on singing, Michael.”encouraged Karen with tearsin her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't takemy sunshine away."

The next day, the very next day, the little girl iswell enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the miracle of abrother's song". The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen calledit a miracle of Gods love!

Never give up on the people you love.

1.What may the underlined words "the infant"refer to?

A．The baby          B．Karen            C．Mary             D．Michael

2.What do we know about the little sister after shewas born?

A．She was drivento St. Mary's shop.           B．A doctor cameto see her in her house.

C．She was verythin and couldn't speak.        D．She was in great danger.

3.Why did Karen firmly let little Michael see hissister in ICU?

A．Because hecould make his sister alive.

B．Because his sisterwould be sent to a far hospital.

C．Because hissister was going to die soon.

D．Because hisfather wanted to take him away.

4.What do we know about the head nurse?

A．The headnurse was careful.               B．The headnurse was rude.

C．The headnurse was responsible.            D．The headnurse had no sympathy.

5.What is the general idea of the text?

A．A boy’s singing saved his sister’s life.

B．The littlegirl is well enough to go home.

C．Michael'slittle sister is born with a serious disease.

D．No childrenare allowed to enter the intensive care unit.

Like any good mother, when Karen found out that another baby was on the way, she did what she could to help her 3-year-old son, Michael, prepare for a new baby. They find out that the new baby is going to be a girl, and day after day, night after night, Michael sings to his sister in Mommy's stomach.
In time, the labor pains come. But complications arise during delivery. Finally, Michael's little sister is born. But she is in serious condition. With alarm in the night, the ambulance rushes the infant to the neonatal intensive care unit at St. Mary's Hospital, Knoxville, Tennessee. The days go by. The little girl gets worse. The pediatric (儿科的) specialist tells the parents, “There is very little hope. Be prepared for the worst.”
Karen and her husband contact a local cemetery about a burial plot. They have fixed up a special room in their home for the new baby, but now they plan a funeral. Michael keeps begging his parents to let him see his sister, "I want to sing to her," he says. But kids are never allowed in Intensive Care.
Karen makes up her mind. She will take Michael whether they like it or not. If he doesn’t see his sister now, he may never see her alive.
She dresses him in an oversized suit and marches him into ICU. He looks like a walking laundry basket, but the head nurse recognizes him as a child and shouts, "Get that kid out of here now. No children are allowed. Never disturb patients here.” The mother rises up strongly and said," He is not leaving until he sings to his sister!"
Karen leads Michael to his sister's bedside. He gazes at the tiny infant losing the battle to live. And he begins to sing. In the pure hearted voice of a 3-year-old, Michael sings:" You are my sunshine, my only sunshine, you make me happy when skies are gray......" Instantly the baby girl responds. The pulse rate begins to calm down and becomes steady.
“Keep on singing, Michael." encouraged Karen with tears in her eyes. "You never know, dear, how much I love you, please don't take my sunshine away."
The next day, the very next day, the little girl is well enough to go home! Woman's Day magazine called it "the miracle of a brother's song". The medical staff just called it a miracle. Karen called it a miracle of Gods love!
Never give up on the people you love.
【小题1】What may the underlined words "the infant" refer to?

An increase instudents applying to study economics at university is being attributed to （归因于）theglobal economic crisis awakening a public thirst for knowledge about how thefinancial system works.  

Applications fordegree courses beginning this autumn were up by 15% this January, according toUCAS, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service. A. spokesman for theRoyal Economic Society said applications to do economics at A-level were alsoup.  

Professor johnBeath, the president of the society and a leading lecture at St AndrewsUniversity, said his first-year lectures-which are open to students from alldepartments—were drawing crowds of 400, rather than the usual 250.  

 “There area large number of students who are not economics majors, who would like tolearn something about it. One of the things I have done this year is to relate myteaching to contemporary events in a way that one hasn’t traditionally done. ”He added.   

Universityapplications rose 7% last year. But there were rises above average in severalsubjects. Nursing saw a 15% jump, with people’s renewed interest in caters inthe pubic sector（部门）, which are seen as more secure in economic crisis.  

A. recent studyshowed almost two thirds of parents believed schools should do more to teachpupils about financial matters, and almost half said their children had askedthem what was going on, although a minority of parents felt they did notunderstand it themselves well enough to explain.  

Zack Hocking,the head of Child Trust Funds, said: “It’s possible that one good thing toarise from the downturn will be a generation that’s financially wiser andbetter equipped to manage their money through times of economic uncertainty.”

1.Professor JohnBeath’s lectures are            .  

A. given in atraditionalway                B. connected with the present situation

C. open to bothstudents and their parents       D. warmlyreceived by economics  

2.Incomes in thepublic sector are more attractive because of their        .  

A. greaterstability     B. higher pay    C. fewerapplications   D. better reputation  

3.in the opinionof most parents           . 

A. eccentricsshould be the focus of school teaching

B. more studentsshould be admitted to universities

C. the teachingof financial matters should be strengthened.  

D. childrenshould solve financial problems themselves  

4.According toHocking, the global economic crisis might make the youngsters        . 

A. wiser inmoney management

B. have accessto better equipment

C. confide abouttheir future careers

D. get jobs inChild Trust Funds  

5.What’s themain idea of the text?

A. Universitieshave received more applications.  

B. Economics isattracting an increasing numbers students

C. collegestudents benefit a lot from economic uncertainty

D. parents areconcerned with children’s subject selection.   

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A maths talent who won fame this week forgiving up a million-dollar prize is living with his mother in a simple flat inSt Petersburg, co-existing on her ~30-a-month pension, because he has been

unemployed for many years.

The Sunday Telegraph tracked down thestrange recluse (隐士) who shocked the maths world when  he solved a century-old puzzle knownas the Poincare Conjecture.

Grigory Perelman's trouble comes from asplit with a leading Russian mathematical institute, the

Steklov, in 2003. When the Institute in StPetersburg failed to re-elect him as a member, Dr Perelman

was left feeling an "absolutelyungified and untalented person", said a friend. He becEune unconfident andcut himself off.

Other friends say he cannot afford totravel to the International Mathematical Union's congress inMadrid, where manypeople want him to receive the maths equivalent(等价物) of the Nobel Prize, and that he is too modestto ask anyone to pay for his trip.

Interviewed in St Petersburg, Dr Perelmaninsisted that he was unworthy of all the attention, and

was uninterested in the prize.“I do notthink anything that I say can be ofthe slightest public interest"

he said. "I am not saying that becauseI value my privacy, or that I am doing anything I want to hide.

There are no top-secret projects going onhere. Ijust believe the public has no interest in me."

He continued: "I know thatself-promotion happens a lot and if people want to do that, good luck

to them, bjt I do not regard it as apositive thing. I realised this a long time ago and nobody is going to

change my mind. Newspapers sliould be morediscerning(有洞察力的)over who they write about.

They should have more taste. As far as I amconcerned, I can't offer anything for their readers."

Dr Perelman has some small savings from histime as a lecturer, but is apparently unwilling to increase them with the $1million offered by the Clay Mathematics Institute in Cambridge,Massachusetts,for solving one ofthe world's seven "Millennium Problems".

66. Grigory Perelman lives with his motherbecause

A. he has to look after her

B. his mother has a million dollars

C. he has been out of work for a long time

D. he is badly paid at the mathematicalinstitute

67. The phrase "absolutely ungifiedand untalented person" shows that Dr Perelman felt

A. angry      B.discouraged    C.proud        D. confident

68. Grigory Perelman refused to accept theprize because .

A. he thought the prize was worthless

B. he didn't believe the news

C. he couldn't afford to travel to Madrid

D. he showed no interest in it

69. From the passage, we can infer thatGrigory Perelman

A. solved the most difficult maths problem

B. has a strong personality

C. wanted to make himself known to all

D. didn't get on well with the press

70. What's the best title for the passage?

A. Great Mathematician Leads Simple Life

B. Maths Genius Abandons a Million-dollarPrize

C. Mathematics Institute Offers Grigory $1Million

D. One ofthe World's Seven "MillenniumProbtems" Solved