Agence Rrance-Presse--- French doctors this week carried out the world’s first operation on a human in zero gravity, using a specially adapted aircraft to create conditions in space.
During a three-hour flight from Bordeaux in southwest France, the team of surgeons and anesthetists (麻醉师) successfully removed a benign tumor (良性瘤) from the forearm of a 46-year-old volunteer. The experiment was part of a program backed by the European Space Agency to develop techniques for performing robotic surgery aboard the International Space Station or at a future Moon base.
“Now we know that a human being can be operated on in space without too many difficulties,” says the team leader Dr. Dominique Martin.
Under normal ground conditions, the operation would be performed under a local anesthetic. Without gravity, the surgeon’s work is harder and the patient’s body reacts differently. Blood doesn’t pump in the same way.
The custom-designed Airbus 300 aircraft performed a series of parabolic swoops (抛物线飞行), each creating between 20 seconds of weightlessness. The process was repeated 32 times.
Fixed inside a custom-made operating block, three surgeons and two anesthetists worked during these periods, with their instruments held in place with magnets around the patient’s bed. The next part of the program is to carry out a remote-controlled operation using a robot controlled from the ground by satellite. This experiment should take place within a year, Martin says.
Anesthetist Dr. Laurent de Coninek says that zero-gravity surgery offers huge promise for space exploration, although it would at first be limited to treating simple injuries. Today more than 400 people have already traveled into space. The chances of injuries occurring during missions will become even greater and to bring a wounded person back to the earth for treatment is both risky for them and expensive.
67. What would be the best title for the test?
A. A Special Operation for Doctors B. First Operation on the Moon
C. World’s First Operation in Zero Gravity D. An Important Experiment for Doctors
68. What’s the purpose of the operation?
A. To have an experiment on space operation. B. To cure the patient.
C. To do it at the request of the patient. D. To reduce the danger of operation on earth.
69. It is difficult for doctors to do operations in space because________________.
A. the patient’s illness will be more serious B. the patient has no feeling about pain
C. the patient’s body reacts differently D. the patient’s flood will stop flowing
70. The last paragraph mainly wants to tell readers________________.
A. there are many people injured in space B. it is necessary to do the experiment
C. it is risky to travel in space D. there is no need to bring patients in space to the earth
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Three Gorges Cruises(游程)
Day 1 Home → Beijing
We will meet you at the airport in Beijing and take you to the hotel in the downtown area.
Day 2 Beijing
After breakfast, you’ll visit Tiananmen Square. Then you will go to the Forbidden City, the home of Chinese emperors for more than 500 years. In the evening you will attend a welcome party and have a chance to enjoy Beijing Roast Duck!
Day 3 Beijing → Chongqing
After breakfast, you will fly to Chongqing and visit the Chongqing Museum. Then your cruise down the Yangtze River will begin on the five-star cruise ship, Regal China. You will spend the night on the ship.
Day 4 Chongqing → Fengdu
At 8:00 a.m., the cruise will leave Chongqing. Relax on the deck, and enjoy the beautiful scenery of the river. In the afternoon, we will arrive at Ghost City — Fengdu for an excursion (短途游览) on the shore. Overnight on the ship.
Day 5 Three Gorges
You will sail through the Qutang Gorge and the Wu Gorge, and take a small boat down the Shennong Stream to enjoy the scenery.
Day 6 Three Gorges
After passing the Xiling Gorge, you will go on a morning shore excursion to the Three Gorges Dam.
Day 7 Three Gorges → Wuhan →Shanghai
At 2:30 p.m., the cruise ship will arrive in Wuhan and the cruise tour will end. You will have a chance to visit the Yellow Crane Tower(黄鹤楼), and then you will fly to Shanghai.
Day 8 Shanghai → Home
You will visit the Shanghai Museum in the morning. After lunch, you will visit the Bund (外滩), which is said to be a landmark of Shanghai. Then you will be seen off at Shanghai airport.
How many nights will you spend on the cruise ship?
A. 2. B. 3. C. 4. D. 5.
On which day will you have an afternoon shore excursion?
A. Day 4. B. Day 5. C. Day 6. D. Day 7.
What is the order of the journey?
① the Wu Gorge ② the Yellow Crane Tower
③ the Xiling Gorge ④ the Bund
⑤ Chongqing Museum ⑥ Fengdu
⑦ the Three Gorges Dam ⑧ the Forbidden City
A. ⑧⑤⑥③①②⑦④ B. ⑧⑤⑥①③⑦②④
C. ⑧⑥③⑤②①⑦④ D. ④⑤⑥①②③⑦⑧
How much will a family with 2 adults and a 3-year-old child pay for the visit?
A. US$4375. B. US$4905. C. US$3950. D. US$4537.5.
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阅读下列短文,从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、 D和E)中,选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Scott Langteau has this message for kids: Spend less time playing video games.
It’s a message that many a mom and dad have tried to impress upon many a youngster (and some not-so-youngsters) who spend perhaps a bit too much time with game controllers in hand.
But the 40-year-old Langteau isn’t a parent.He’s experienced at video games — one who played producer on three “Medal of Honor” games and co-founded his own game development company.
Langteau has just published a children’s book called “Sofa Boy,” which tells the story of a kid who spends too much time sitting on the couch with controller held in hand and the rather terrible consequences that follow.
It’s a fairy tale plucked straight from Langteau's own experiences as a lad with a fondness for video games and his own bouts with a bit of game addiction.But first, Langteau would like to make one thing clear: “I’m not saying that you shouldn’t play video games.I think video games are great, I think they do great things for kids.Instead, Langteau says his book is all about a little something called “moderation.(克制)”
_“It’s_about_being_well_rounded,” he says.“Just like with anything else, we all need to make sure that there’s a variety in what we do.”
Video gamers can be rather bad-tempered when it comes to accepting criticism about their favorite entertainment.And understandably so.After all, most people who go around talking about the dangers of playing video games tend to be outsiders — people who don’t play video games and certainly don’t understand that they can be a valuable and healthy form of entertainment.
But Langteau and “Sofa Boy” seem to be in a unique position to deliver a message of gaming moderation that the young game-savvy masses might actually listen to.After all, this is a
man who understands what it means to be a kid with a passion for games.His early experience has taught him a lesson.
1.Scott Langteau published “Sofa Boy” to_____________.
A.share his great skills on games
B.warn kids against game addiction
C.tell about his fairy tale as a kid
D.deliver a message for games
2.We can learn from the passage that____________.
A.Langteau advises the young to play games within limits
B.Langteau advises the young not to play games
C.playing video games ruins the future of kids
D.playing video games is of no benefit to kids
3.By saying “It’s about being well rounded” Langteau thinks____________.20090506
A.games do great things for kids
B.gamers are usually fat and round
C.games should be viewed from all sides
D.gamers are to blame for their behaviors
4.What topic will be discussed in the following paragraph?
A.His idea to create “Sofa Boy”.
B.His great achievement in games as a kid.
C.His hard times to set up his game company.
D.His enthusiasm for games when he was a small boy.
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. --- Kate, what’s wrong with your pen again? There isn’t enough time.
--- The ink _____ come out.
A. doesn’t B. won’t C. hasn’t D. can’t
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A. relative B. simple C. similar D. related
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书面表达(满分25分)
高考是全社会关注的大事, 学校和家庭表现尤为突出。家庭成员对考生从学习到生活给予无微不至的“关怀”, 结果却给考生带来负面影响。根据图画所描述的内容写一篇文章,并发表自己的观点(夹叙夹议)
注意:
词数:120左右;
文章的开头已写好,不计入总词数。
As the College Entrance Examination is drawing near, ________________________________
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At the head of the procession _______, each holding a red flag in his or her hand.
A. the Young Pioneers marched B. marched the Young Pioneers
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— Have you moved into the new house?
— Not yet. The rooms ________.
A. are painting B. are being painted
C. are painted D. are being painting
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