SALT LAKE CITY—The Utah Jazz basketball team signed a 5-year-old.Free-agent player to a one-day contract for a special performance in October.The Utah Jazz has just made his dream come true.The boy has suffered from blood cancer since 2012.
JP Gibson,who was diagnosed with severe blood cancer,signed his contract with Jazz President Randy Rigby before joining the team for the pre-season training play at Utah Jazz’s sport center.JP was joined by his parents,Josh and Megan,and his 2-year-old sister,Elsie.
The activity was hosted by the Jazz and photographer Jon Diaz’s“Anything Can Be”project,which provides support and hope to families like the Gibsons.Jon Diaz asks children with cancer what their dreams and wishes are,and he writes their stories in a book.
JP,wearing a No.1 shirt,even got to play in the play.He passed the ball,and Rudy obert,a player of Utah Jazz,lifted him up so he could dunk(扣篮)and shake hands with some players as fans were cheerful.
“JP loves most sports,but basketball is absolutely his favorite,” Megan Gibson said in a statement released by the Jazz.“When he was just over one year old,he would sit with my husband,Josh,watching games.He started insisting on shooting hoops(投篮)for an hour each night before bedtime when he was just 15 months old.He knows he has to be 6 before he can play Junior Jazz,and he reminds us all the time that he can’t wait until he’s 6.”
1.Utah Jazz signs a 5-year-old JP Gibson just to _____________.
A.make the team more famous
B.realize the dream of JP Gibson
C.satisfy the taste of the fans
D.promote the“Anything Can Be” project
2.“Anything Can Be”project ____________.
A.raises money to help the development of NBA
B. provides support and hope to kids loving basketball
C.has kids with cancer write their stories in a book
D.offers assistance to those who are in misfortune
3.According to the passage,JP Gibson _____________.
A.will play on Utah Jazz team when he grows up
B.can earn much money by signing Utah Jazz
C.has been a basketball lover since very young age
D.won’t live long due to his severe blood cancer
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SECTION B (共12小题;每小题 1.5分,满分18分)
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
In 1919, Princess Bazzar of Luxembourg’s royal family met the royal kitchen helper Leon. Many nights, Leon went into the kitchen and made ice-cream for Bazzar. They soon fell in love. But because of their different social status, both of them burried the feelings.
Soon, Bazzar was made to accept an arranged royal marriage. For days, Leon could not see Bazzar, he was with impatience. Finally, Bazzar at the table a month later. While serving desserts, Leon the letters DOVE, which is an abbreviation of DO YOU LOVE ME with hot chocolate on Bazaar’s ice-cream. Leon that Bazzar could understand his feelings.
A few days later, Bazzar got . One year later, Leon could not the mental suffering and left the royal kitchen. Years later, he and his own family a candy store.
Many years later, Bazzar remembered that that afternoon she ate the ice-cream made by Leon, but didn’t see the letters.
Hearing this, Leon broke down in tears, and he finally understood the past misunderstandings. If that chocolate had been , those letters would never have melted, and he would not have lost his last chance. Leon decided to create a solid chocolate which can a long time.
After lots of , the chocolate Dove was finally made and each piece of chocolate was engraved with the letter “DOVE”. It’s a symbol of the love between Leon and Bazzar.
Now more and more people fall in love with this chocolate. Giving someone DOVE means sending the whisper of love: DO YOU LOVE ME?
1.A. calling B. burning C. working D. talking
2.A. stood up B. turned up C. stayed up D. dressed up
3.A. wrote B. sent C. mixed D. noticed
4.A. expected B. declared C. allowed D. promised
5.A. sick B. angry C. married D. bored
6.A. reduce B. stop C. repeat D. bear
7.A. left B. visited C. ran D. found
8.A. confusing B. interesting C. melting D. annoying
9.A. stable B. powerful C. frozen D. solid
10.A. stand B. spare C. take D. preserve
11.A. breaks B. research C. pressure D. problems
12.A. firmly B. immediately C. quickly D. luckily
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When you walk into a room on the 17th floor of Copenhagen’s Bella Sky Hotel, you’ll be greeted by soft roses and other fresh flowers, fruits, fashion magazines, and a bathroom with beauty products. This is Europe’s first hotel floor dedicated(专用的)entirely to women—and according to the hotel’s CEO Arne Bang Mikkelsen, it is designed by women, for women.
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It seems that they are helped by the boom(繁荣)in female business travelers. Global numbers are hard to get, but a research report shows women account for about half of all business travelers in the US in 2010, up from approximately 25% in 1991.
Places like the Naumi Hotel in Singapore, the Premier Hotel in New York, the London Dukes Hotel and the Georgian Court Hotel in Vancouver seem to be realizing the possibility in catering(迎合)for women.
At the London Dukes Hotel, the manager says bookings(预订)for their “Duchess Rooms”,which are standard rooms with fresh flowers, fruit, and styling things, have increased 25% over the past year.
1.We can learn from the text that Bella Sky Hotel _______.
A. is the first hotel designed for women
B. offers special service to women guests
C. has a big garden with all kinds of flowers
D. can arrange rooms according to guests’ wishes
57. Paragraph 2 mainly wants to tell us _______.
A. men are wiser in choosing hotels
B. guests usually care about fort most
C. women differ from men in judging a hotel
D. hotels have difficulty satisfying each guest
2.What can we learn from the text?
A. Men guests usually don’t care about hotels’ cleanliness.
B. Living in a hotel, women guests may consider their safety.
C. Women business travelers spend more than men in hotels.
D. In the US the number of women travelers is higher than men.
3.The example of the London Dukes Hotel is used to show ________.
A. London is known for hotel management
B. guests like to experience different hotels
C. the new hotel service is very popular
D. hotel industry is developing rapidly
4.What is the text mainly about?
A. How to run hotels.
B. A new practice in hotel service.
C. Different hotels’ service in the world.
D. Differences between men and women hotel guests.
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Our risk of cancer rises rapidly as we age.So it makes sense that the elderly should be routinely screened(拍片检查) for new tumors (肿瘤) or doesn’t it?
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A recent study suggests that doctors start to make more objective decisions about who will truly benefit from screening—especially considering the explosion of the elderly.
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1.Routine cancer screening for the elderly people makes sense because ______.
A.it is believed to contribute to a long life
B.it is part of their health care package
C.they are more sensitive about the health
D.they are in greater danger of tumor growth
2.How do some researchers now look at routine cancer screening for the elderly?
A.It adds too much to their medical bills.
B.They are doubtful about its necessity.
C.It helps increase their life expectancy.
D.They think it does more harm than good.
3.What is the traditional view about women screening for breast cancer?
A.It is a must for adult women.
B.It applies to women over 50.
C.It is intended for young women.
D.It doesn’t apply to women over 74.
4.What does the writer say is the general view about health care?
A.Better care, longer life.
B.Prevention is better than cure.
C.Better early than late.
D.The more, the better.
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1. 你们所做的事情(清理废纸、塑料袋;向游客演讲;设立标牌(sign)等)。
2. 你的看法。
注意: 1)可以适当增加细节,使内容连贯。
2)词数:100左右。
3)开头已给出,不计入总词数。
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