For several years, scientists have been testing a substance called interferon(干扰素), a possible wonder drug that is proving to be effective in treating a variety of diseases, including virus infections, bacterial infections, and cancers. To date, the new drug has no side effect of great influence to discourage its use. But in spite of its success, last year only one gram was produced in the entire world.
The reason for the shortage lies in the structure of interferon. A special protein, the interferon produced from one animal species cannot be used in treating another animal species. In other words, to treat human beings, only interferon produced by human beings may be used. The drug is produced by infecting white blood cells with a virus. Fortunately, it is so effective that the amount given to each patient each time is very small.
Unlike antibiotics (抗生素), interferon does not attack germs directly. Instead, it protects healthy cells from being infected, and prevents the reproduction of viruses within cells.
As you might conclude, one of the most special uses of interferon has been in the treatment of cancer. Dr. Hans Strander, a research physician at Sweden’s famous Karolinska Institute, has treated more than one hundred cancer patients with the new drug. Among a group of selected patients who had received operations for advanced cancer, half were given traditional treatments and the other half were given interferon. Among those treated with interferon 70 percent of them remained alive over three years, as compared with only 10 to 30 percent among those who had received the traditional treatments.
In the United States, a large-scale project supported by the American Cancer Society is now under way. If the experiment were successful, interferon could become one of the greatest medical discoveries of our time.
What is the difference between antibiotics and interferon?
A. Interferon has serious side effects, while antibiotics do not.
B. Antibiotics kill germs by attacking them directly, while interferon does not.
C. Antibiotics are very effective, while the effect of interferon is limited.
D. They are different in structure, although they are both proteins.
According to the passage, if 170 cancer patients received interferon treatment, how many of them would remain alive over three years?
A. About 30.
B. About 50.
C. About 120.
D. About 70.
The passage tells us that ________.
A. it is difficult to produce interferon in large quantities because of its special structure.
B. interferon is produced widely in lots of countries.
C. few of the patients who had received traditional treatments remained alive.
D. most of the patients who received interferon also needed traditional treatments.
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阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
One night I decided to spend some time building a happier and closer relationship with my daughter. For several weeks she had been 16 me to play chess(棋) with her, so I suggested a game and she eagerly ___17__. It was a school night, however, and at nine o’clock my daughter asked if I could __18__ my moves, because she 19___ to go to bed; she had to get up at six in the morning. I ___20 she had strict sleeping habits, 21 I thought she ought to be able to 22 some of this strictness. I said to her, “ 23 , you can stay up late for once. We’re having 24 .” We played on for another fifteen minutes, during which time she looked 25 . Finally she said, “Please, Daddy, do it quickly.” “No,” I replied. “If you’re going to play it 26 , you’re going to play it slowly.” And so we 27 for another ten minutes, until __28 my daughter burst into tears, and 29 that she was beaten.
Clearly I had made 30 . I had started the evening wanting to have a 31 time with my daughter but had 32 my desire to win to become more 33 than my relationship with my daughter. When I was a child, my desire to win 34 me well. As a parent, I 35 that it got in my way. So I had to change.
A. guiding B. asking C. training D. advising
A. allowed B. expected C. replied D. accepted
A. change B. repeat C. hurry D. pass
A. agreed B. needed C. begged D. hated
A. knew B. learned C. guessed D.heard
A. so B. for C. but D. or
A. put up B. take up C. pick up D. give up
A. As usual B. Go ahead C. By the way D. Come on
A. patience B. luck C. fun D. success
A. excited B. proud C. anxious D. angry
A. well B. again C. fairly D. regularly
A. discussed B. continued C. counted D. argued
A. nervously B. immediately C. strangely D. suddenly
A. promised B. admitted C. wondered D. discovered
A. a mistake B. a decision C. an attempt D. an effort
A. free B. different C. full D. happy
A. managed B. recognized C. allowed D. reduced
A. important B. attractive C. practical D. interesting
A. offered B. served C. controlled D. taught
A. realized B. apologized C. imagined D. explained
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此题要求改正所给短文中的错误。对标有题号的每一行作出判断：如无错误，在该行右边横线上画一个勾(√)：如有错误(每行只有一个错误)，则按下列情况改正：
此行多一个词：把多余的词用斜线(＼)划掉，在该行右边横线上写出该词，并也用斜线划掉。
此行缺一个词：在缺词处加一个漏字符号(∧)，在该行右边横线上写出该加的词。
此行错一个词：在错的词下划一横线，在该行右边横线上写出改正后的词。
注意：原行没有错的不要改。
There is a public library in every town in Britain. Anyone 【小题1】 _____________
can borrow books if he or she wish. In some places you【小题2】 _____________
may borrow as more books as you need, but in others【小题3】______
_______
you are limited in a certain number of books. You may【小题4】 _____________
keep the books for several weeks so as you can have 【小题5】 _____________
enough time to finish it. If the book you want is out,【小题6】_____________
you may ask it to be kept for you. Most public libraries【小题7】 _____________
also have a reading-room, that you can sit at the desk 【小题8】_____________
and read the daily newspapers, magazines and the other【小题9】_____________
books, but you are not permit to take them out.【小题10】 _____________
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下面短文中有10处语言错误。请在有错误的地方增加、删除或修改某个单词。
增加：在缺词处加一个漏字符号（∧），并在其下面写出该加的词。
删除：把多余的词用斜线（\）划掉。
修改：在错的词下划一横线，并在该词下面写出修改后的词。
注意：
1. 每句不超过两个错误；
2. 每处错误及其修改均仅限一词；
3. 只允许修改10处，多者（从第11处起）不计分。
My mother is a village woman, who is already in fifties.She has very little education, and she knows knowledge is of very importance to young people. She often asked me how I get along with my studies and encourages me study hard. My mother does everything she can for me so that I can spend more time on my study. Once she was bad ill and had stayed in bed
for several days. When I got home, I found the light was still off and mother was sitting in bed, made new clothes for me! I was so deeply moved that tear came to my eyes. So is my mother, a kind and hard-working woman.
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Mary Cassatt is one of the first great women American painters. At first her father did not want her to become an artist. But she followed her dreams and became an artist. She was born on May 22, 1844, and lived in Europe for several years as a child.
Her family returned to the United States and, at age 16, Mary attended the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Four years later she decided she couldn't learn anything fresh and practical in Philadelphia, so she returned to Europe. There she studied the skills of the masters in Rome, Seville, Antwerp, and Paris.
Mary received the chance of a lifetime at the age of 33 when the famous Frenchpainter, Edgar Degas, asked her to join a group of painters that included now-famous artists like Manet and Renoir. Their style of painting is called Impressionism. They used primary colors and short brush strokes in their work. They recognized Mary’s spirit and powerful talent and invited her to exhibit in the Impressionist art shows.
Mary painted what she saw: gardens and paintings of persons, especially of mothers and children involved in everyday living. One of her paintings, "Young Mother and Two Children," was given to the White House in 1954 where it hangs today.
Mary never married and, in 1877, her parents and sister moved to Europe to join her. Mary devoted much of her time to them for the next 18 years to their care. Mary painted until 1914 when her failing eyesight made it impossible to continue. She spent the later years of her life in Paris. She died in 1926 at the age of 82. Unfortunately, all her life, she refused to accept students.
1.Which year was the most vital to her career and life?
A．1877 B．1864 C．1860 D．1914
2.Mary left Pennsylvania for Europe at age 20 mainly because_____.
A. she didn’t learn anything in Pennsylvania
B she wanted to give up painting
C. her desire for the learning wasn’t satisfied well
D. her father didn’t want her to learn painting again
3. Mary Cassatt stopping painting because of_____.
A．her poor eyesight B．her old age
C．lack of interest D．her family
4. Which of the statements about Mary Cassatt is supported by the passage?
A. Her painting featured scenes of everyday living
B. Her father had a decisive(决定性的) effect on her painting
C. She used various colors and long lines in her works
D. She studied the paintings of the masters in U.S.A.
5. It can be inferred from the passage that _____.
A．the paintings of Edgar Degas belong to realism
B．during the last ten year of life, she painted nothing.
C．her works were controversial though highly recognized
D．her students showed great respect for her
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完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从1～20各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C或D）中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Butterfly’s wings
One day a small opening appeared on a cocoon(茧), a man sat and watched for the butterfly for several hours as it was struggling to 1 its body through that little hole. Then it seemed to stop making any progress. It appeared as if it had gotten 2 it could and it could go no further. So the man decided to 3 the butterfly: he took a pair of scissors and 4 the remaining part of the cocoon. The butterfly then 5 easily.
But it has a swollen(肿胀的) body and 6 wings. The man continued to 7 the butterfly because he expected that, at any moment, the 8 would enlarge and expand to be able to support the body, which would 9 in time. Neither happened! 10, the butterfly spent the rest of its life 11 around with a swollen body and small, shriveled(褶皱的) wings. It 12 was able to fly. What the man did in his 13 and haste(匆忙)did no good to the butterfly. He didn’t know the 14 cocoon and the struggle 15 for the butterfly to get through the tiny 16 were the natural way of forcing fluid from the body of the butterfly into its wings 17 it would be ready for flight once it achieved its 18 from the cocoon.
Sometimes the 19is exactly what we need in our life. If we are allowed to go through our life without any 20, it would not be a good thing to us. We would not be as strong as what we could have been.
1.A. build B. force C. form D. destroy
2.A. as far as B. as long as C. as soon as D. as quick as
3.A. seize B. leave C. bring D. help
4.A. took off B. made up C. cut off D. picked up
5.A. spread over B. came out C. stayed in D. flew away
6.A. hard B. strong C. small D. large
7.A. watch B. look for C. look after D. follow
8.A. butterfly B. wings C. cocoon D. scissors
9.A. disappear B. enlarge C. lose D. contract
10.A. Luckily B. Probably C. In all D. In fact
11.A. crawling B. approaching C. running D. wandering
12.A. ever B. seldom C. always D. never
13.A. fear B. kindness C. evil D. confidence
14.A. restricting B. loose C. soft D. little
15.A. prepared B. wanted C. allowed D. required
16.A. place B. room C. opening D. space
17.A. even if B. otherwise C. when D. so that
18.A. life B. success C. progress D. freedom
19.A. courage B. struggle C. wisdom D. strength
20.A. fun B. friends C. obstacles D. achievement
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