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　　Dyslexia children could stand a greater chance of learning to read if they used just one eye, according to a study released Thursday by scientists at Oxford University in England.

　　Patching (covering) one eye can improve eye control and reading in dyslexic children with poor eye control, said professor John Stein, who headed the study.

It should be considered in all eight - to - ten - year - old dyslexics who complain of visual(视觉) problems when reading.

　　Developmental dyslexia strikes nearly 20 percent of boys and five percent of girls, making it difficult for them to learn to read. It is frequently associated (connected ) with mild(轻微) visual injury and unstable(不稳) eye control.

　　Stein and his team gave glasses to 144 seriously dyslexia children with unstable eye control. Opaque (不透明的) tape covered the left eye of half of them.

　　At the end of nine-month study, the reading of those who wore the patch was eight months ahead of those who did not.

　　“If the two eyes don't point steadily at print, letters can seem to dance around and change order, so the child becomes very confused(puzzled),” Stein said.

1．In the text, “dyslexia children” probably refers to ________ .

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2．The text discusses ________ .

[　　]

A．dyslexia children should read with one eye.

B．how dyslexia children can improve their reading.

C．the treatment to the dyslexia children.

D．what causes dyslexia.

3．According to the text , we know ________ .

[　　]

A．Professor Stein works at Oxford University.

B．Professor Stein and his team studied the problem for half a year.

C．there were 144 dyslexia children in England.

D．doctors can cure the dyslexia easily now.

4．We may infer that ________ .

[　　]

A．young people have more chances to get the disease of dyslexia.

B．boys have more chances to have dyslexia than girls.

C．the treatment Stein and his team carried out was not successful.

D．patching one eye is the best way to treat dyslexia.

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　　Believe it or not, optical illusion(错觉) can cut highway crashes(撞毁).

　　Japan is a case in point. It has reduced automobile crashes on some roads by nearly 75 recent using a simple optical illusion. Bent stripes, called chevrons (人字形) , painted on the roads make drivers think that they are driving faster than they really are, and thus drivers slow down.

　　Now the American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety in Washington D. C. is planning to repeat Japan's success. Starting next year , the foundation will paint chevrons and other patterns of stripes on selected roads around the country to test how well the patterns reduce highway crashes.

　　Excessive speed plays a major role in as much as one fifth of all fatal (致命) traffic accidents, according to the foundation. To help reduce those accidents, the foundation will carry out its tests in areas where speed-related hazards (危险) are the greatest-curves(弯), exit slopes, traffic circles, and bridges.

　　Some studies suggest that straight, horizontal bars(水平障碍物) painted across roads can initially (最初) cut the average speed of drivers in half. However, traffic often returns to full speed within months as drivers become used to seeing the painted hares.

　　Chevrons, scientists say, not only give drivers the impression that they are driving faster than they really are, but also make a lane(车道) appear to be narrower. The result is a longer lasting reduction in highway speed and the number of traffic accidents.

1．The passage mainly discusses ________ .

[　　]

A．a new way of highway speed control

B．a new pattern for painting highways

C．a new way to training drivers

D．a new type of optical illusion

2．On roads painted with chevrons, drivers tend to feel that ________ .

[　　]

A．they should avoid speed-related hazards

B．they are driving in the wrong lane

C．they should slow down their speed

D．they are approaching coming near the speed limit

3．The advantage of chevrons over straight, horizontal bars is that the former ________ .

[　　]

A．can keep drivers awake

B．can cut road accidents in half

C．will have a longer effect on drivers

D．will look more attractive

4．The American Automobile Association Foundation for Traffic Safety plans to ________ .

[　　]

A．try out the Japanese method in certain areas

B．change the road signs across the country

C．replace straight, horizontal bars with chevrons

D．repeat the Japanese road patterns

5．What does the author say about straight, horizontal bars painted across roads?

[　　]

A．They are falling out of use in the United States.

B．They tend to be ignored(忽视) by drivers in a short period of time.

C．They are used only on broad roads.

D．They cannot be used successfully to traffic circles.

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　　If you're looking for the place that has everything, there's only one place to visit, and that's New York. It's a whole world in a city.

　　The World Of Theater : All of New York is. And it begins with Broadway. Where else can you find so many hit shows in one place? Only in New York!

　　The World Of Music : Spend an evening with Beethoven at Lincoln Center. Swing to the great jazz of Greenwich Village. Or rock yourself silly at the hottest dance spots found anywhere.

　　The World Of Art : From Rombrant to Picasso. From Egyptian tombs to Indain Teepees. Whatever kind of art you like, you'll find it in New York.

　　The World Of Fine Dining; Whether it's roast Beijing duck (烤鸭) in China-town, lasagna in little Italy, or the finest French coquina found anywhere, there's a world of great taste waiting for you in New York.

　　The World Of Sights : What other city has a Statue of Liberty (自由女神像)? A Rocketfeller Center? Or a Bronx Zoo? Where else can you take a horse drawing carriage through Central Park, only in New York!

1．Which of the following programmers can a visitor have only in New York?

[　　]

A．To enjoy roast Beijing duck.

B．To taste the finest French coqauvin.

C．To spend an evening with Beethoven.

D．To see the Statue of Liberty.

2．From the text we know that “Rombrant” is most likely the name of a famous ________ .

[　　]

3．What the writer really wanted to do is to ________ .

[　　]

A．try to persuade readers to pay a visit to New York.

B．give readers some information about New York.

C．supply readers some wondrful programmes in New York.

D．help readers to get a better understanding of New York.

4．The above selection may be taken from ________ .

[　　]

A．a guidebook for foreign travelers

B．a handbook for English learners

C．a pocketbook for visiting businessmen

D．a storybook for native readers

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　　I had a sudden understanding recently as I watched the movie Life Is Beautiful: certain DVDs ought to carry a warning that they are unsuitable for watching in public. There I was, viewing the Oscar winner on a portable (手提式) DVD player and crying like a widow who freshly lost husband. The last time I cried so hard at a movie was as a kid when Old Yeller died at the end. This time, I was crying on a 7:30 a. m. train to Manhattan. People, understandably, were staring.

　　As the price of portable DVD players continues to drop, I doubt that public displays of feeling will soon be common on mass transportation and in other places where folks with electronic toys are forced to kill time. There was few better time killers than movies. And just wait until you try a portable DVD player with headphones. Those headphones, by the way, are key; since this is DVD, the sound is CD quality. That makes the overall effect more powerful.

　　To get the full taste of the experience, I chose two machines from opposite ends of the price range (范围): Sony's new, state-of-the-art DVP-FX1 ($ 1, 500 ) and Aiwa's older XD-DWI ($ 650 ). Given its price, I didn't expect the Aiwa machine to be in the same league as the Sony. I was wrong. Indeed, if your portable DVD needs are like mine, you probably shouldn't even consider the high end Sony.

　　What are my needs? I want my machines to plug into my TV, so I can use it as a DVD player at home, but also be portable enough to use on the train or even in the car without headphones.

　　Both machines performed extremely well under bumpy conditions, which surprised me. We were able to watch BOWFINGER while driving over railroad ties without missing a frame. And both machines easily attached to my home television, bringing the intense, digital clarity(高清晰度数字画面) of DVD to the larger screen. Life is indeed beautiful.

1．The writer's purpose in writing the text is to tell the readers ________ .

[　　]

A．about his experence in his travel

B．DVDs should be carried to watch movies in public

C．a DVD player can make your life wonderful

D．what he needs.

2．In the text, “time killers ”means ________ .

[　　]

3．We can infer from the text ________ .

[　　]

A．more and more people will buy portable DVD players.

B．DVP-FX I's price is higher than XD-DWI

C．The writer needs a DVD player that can be used both at home and in public.

D．Old Yeller was the writer's friend.

4．The writer suggests ________ .

[　　]

A．you buy a Sony DVD player and a Aiwa DVD player.

B．you watch DVD under bumpy conditions.

C．you choose Aiwa machine.

D．you have a portable DVD player with larger screen.

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　　Rabat, April 12 (Xinhua) —— About a billion people in the world today are still facing the danger of malaria(疟疾) and nearly two million people die of the illness yearly, said Prof. Marc Gentilini of France in Agadir, according to local newspaper reports.

　　The statement was made at the medicine conference of French-speaking countries held in Agadir, Morocco, this week.

　　Las Vagas, Nev. , Nov. 21 ——Fire swept from the kitchen through the Casino of the MGM Grand Hotel here just after dawn this morning, trapping about 3500 guests and employees. Local officials said that more than 80 people were killed, most dying of smoke taking in above the 20th floor of the 26-story hotel. At least two jumped to their deaths. Several hundred were injured.

　　There was little warning as the fire violently spread through the first and second floors with great strength. Thick black smoke through the hotel and rose 5,000 feet above the roof.

　　No alarm was sounded, according to fire officials, who said that equipment in the basement had been destroyed before the hand alarm was set off. Many guests said that they were awakened by knocks on the door or the sound of breaking glass as people sought safety from the smoke. There are no smoke alarms in the building, which was built in 1973 in agreement with the 1970 Clark County Building Law.

　　Sussex, May 26 (The Daily Mail) —— Mrs Myra Webb, who was told by doctors that she would never hear again, lived for six years in a world of silence.

But yesterday she heard a blackbird sing in the garden of her home at Brighton, Sussex. “My hearing is coming back ——and it's wonderful,”she said.

　　Mrs Webb, 26, is said to be the first woman in Britain to have her hearing brought back by acupuncture, the needle treatment widely practiced in China.

　　After six months' treatment she can listen to music again, carry on a conversation with the aid of a hearing aid, and she has got a job as a typist with the South Eastern Electricity Board.

　　“It's wonderful to hear people talk,” she said at her home in Stanstead Crescent, Woodingdean, Brighton.

　　Mrs Webb began to lose her hearing at the age of 12 after a serious illness. “By the age of 20 I had no hearing whatever. ”

　　“A friend told me about acupuncture and I went weekly for treatment. One night when I was in the kitchen I heard a weak sound and realized it was my musical kettle boiling. I went weak at the knees. My hearing has slowly improved since. ”

　　Her husband David, a 26-year-old manager, said, “She is so happy and excited by the results and is continuing the treatment. ”

1．What do you NOT learn from the news reports?

[　　]

A．Prof. Marc Gentilini attended the medicine conference in Agadir and made a speech.

B．There are no smoke alarms in the MGM Grand Hotel because that was not demanded by the law when it was built.

C．It was acupuncture that cured Mrs Webb of deafness.

D．Mrs Webb is now able to talk with others without difficulty.

2．Why so many people died in the fire on MGM Grand Hotel?

[　　]

A．Because 3500 guests and employees were trapped.

B．Because they couldn't take in enough oxygen.

C．Because people jumped down from the 20th floor.

D．Because big fire suddenly swept from the kitchen throughout the hotel.

3．Many guests were awakened at dawn because ________ .

[　　]

A．they took in thick smoke

B．they felt the heat of big fire

C．they heard the noise

D．the employees rang the hand alarm

4．What does “I went weak at the knees” mean in the last item of news?

It means “ ________ ”.

[　　]

A．I felt terribly shocked

B．I felt weak and had to drop to my knees

C．I was so touched that I could not move a little

D．I was extremely delighted

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　　Suppose a key man in your firm had just met with a terrible accident. The doctor tells you that this man upon whom you depend for directing sales, checking your books or for performing some other important roles, will be laid up for months. You'd have to replace him, wouldn't you? And probably at a pay about equal to his?

　　Then you'd be faced with double paying for one job because stopping the pay of an injured man would simply be out of the question.

　　You can prevent this kind of unproductive outgo on your payroll by providing your key man with the protection of Travelers Business Accident Insurance!

　　This insurance provides total medical expense and a weekly income in case a key man is disabled for some time. Should the disability prove everlasting, an income for life is certainty. Why not make out a list of your key men now? Then get together with Travelers Insurance Company, and let us tell you how little it costs to apply this much needed protection to your business.

　　Write and we'll serve you!

1．The above is most probably ________ .

[　　]

2．What is really true according to the above?

[　　]

A．Travelers Insurance Company provides services of accident insurance.

B．An important person of the firm has just had an accident.

C．Accident Insurance will protect the important person from accident.

D．Unfortunately the important person has become disabled.

3．Whom might the writing be mainly for?

[　　]

A．An important person in a firm.

B．An employee of a firm.

C．The boss of a company.

D．Readers of a newspaper.

4．Why would the pay be doubled?

[　　]

A．Because two persons are doing one job of the same.

B．Because the important job is worth double pay.

C．Because it is necessary that the injured person should be paid.

D．Because the double pay is for two persons.

5．Travelers Insurance Company ________ for a person insured.

[　　]

A．will pay for all the cost of treatment

B．will pay the weekly income or even that of lifetime

C．won't get much from the firm

D．will provide everlasting pension as well as medical expense

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　　In many countries today, laws protect wildlife. In India the need for such protection was realized centuries ago.

　　About 300 B. C. an Indian writer described forests that were somewhat like national parks today. The killing of game animals was carefully governed. Some animals were fully protected. Within the forest, nobody was allowed to cut trees, burn wood, or trap animals for their furs. Animals that became dangerous to human visitors were trapped or killed outside the park, so that other animals would not become uneasy.

　　The need for wildlife protection is greater now than ever before. About a thousand sorts of animals are in danger of extinction, and the speed at which they are being destroyed has been putting on. With mammals(哺乳类动物), for example, the speed of extinction is now about one sort every year; from A. D. 1 to 1800, the speed was about one sort every fifty years. Everywhere, men are trying to solve the problem of saving wildlife while caring for the world's growing population.

1．This report says that the need for protecting wildlife ________ .

[　　]

A．was understood centuries before this time

B．was described by an Indian writer about 2300 years ago

C．is met in many countries today

D．is carried out in forests as well as in national parks

2．The report says that in Indian forests of long ago ________ .

[　　]

A．hunters were given permits to hunt game

B．only dangerous animals were to be killed

C．the killing of game animals was controlled

D．no killing of animals was allowed

3．According to the report, men trying to save wildlife are thinking about ________ as well.

[　　]

A．the animals in national parks

B．stricter laws against hunting

C．the trees in the forests

D．the needs of people

4．From the report we can learn ________ .

[　　]

A．the growth of the world's population has meant greater danger to wildlife

B．about a thousand sorts of mammals are in danger of extinction

C．the speed of extinction of mammals is lower now than it was from A. D. 1 to 1800

D．hunters who kill endangered sorts of animals are seriously punished by law

5．The word “extinction” in this report most properly means “________”.

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    Every human being, no matter what he is doing, gives off body heat. The usual problem is how to get rid of it. But the designers of the Johnstown Campus of the University of Pitts burgh set themselves the opposite problem —— how to collect body heat. They have designed a collection system which makes use of not only body heat , but the heat given off by such objects as lights and refrigerators as well. The system works so well that no traditional fuel is needed to make the six buildings on the university comfortable.

　　Some parts of most modern buildings —— theaters and offices as well as classrooms —— are more than well heated by people and lights and sometimes must be air-conditioned even in winter. The technique of saving heat and sending it out again is called “heat recovery”. A few modern buildings get back heat , but the university's system is the first to get back heat from some buildings and reuse it in others.

　　The designers have learned a great deal about some of its heat producers. The harder a student studies the more heat his body gives off. Boy students send out more heat than girl students, and the larger a student, the more heat he produces. It seems that the hottest for the Johnstown Campus would be a hard-working, overweight and gifted boy student.

1．The technique of heat recovery is used to ________ .

[　　]

A．collect and reuse heat

B．produce a special form of heat

C．find the source of heat

D．provide heat for the buildings

2．According to the passage, the technique of heat recovery is ________ .

[　　]

3．According to the passage, on the Johnstown Campus the heat is supplied by ________ .

[　　]

A．human bodies only

B．human bodies and traditional fuel

C．human bodies and a few other things

D．traditional fuel forms

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　　Do you read your sheets(床单) when you go to bed at night? Books and newspapers aren't always on paper. Sandra Hockman , an American writer, recently published a book poems on sheets and clothes. She said, “People can hang my poems on washing lines. This better than books which they can only read in dark dusty libraries. ”

　　About a hundred and fifty years ago there were newspapers that weren't on paper. There was a government tax on newspapers. Publishers who didn't want to pay the tax printed the news on handkerchiefs. It was a good idea. But, in the end they still had to pay.

　　On 21st October, 1875, an Australian paper appeared on handkerchiefs. It was difficult get paper and it was very expensive. So the editor bought hundreds of handkerchiefs. After sold all his “news-handkerchiefs ”he needed the handkerchiefs for the next time. He employed boys, who collected all the hankies. Then they washed them and used them again. They did this until they could buy enough paper.

　　In 1850 a Paris newspaper came out on rubber. It was especially for people who liked read in the bath!

1．The writer wants to tell us that ________ .

[　　]

A．publishers don't print newspapers on paper in order not to pay the tax

B．newspapers on rubber are especially fit for those who enjoy bathing

C．all the books and newspapers are not printed on paper

D．news-handkerchiefs can be reused

2．“People can hang my poems on washing lines” means “people can read my poe ________”.

[　　]

A．while they are washing clothes and sheets

B．when they are hanging the washing out

C．as they are in libraries which are dirty and not bright enough

D．when they are washing themselves in the bath

3．The editor employed boys to collect the used handkerchiefs because ________ .

[　　]

A．he thought boys could be paid less

B．he couldn't afford enough paper

C．he thought handkerchiefs were better than paper

D．he believed “news-handkerchiefs” sold well

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　　How good are U.S. drivers?

　　The CBS TV “National Drivers Test” showed that many U.S. drivers have a lot to learn. Here's why:

　　CBS picked 1,799 samples to take the test in TV studios in New York, Philadelphia, Chicago, and Los Angeles. More than two out of five of the drivers failed the test. And the average score was the lowest passing mark 51 points out of a possible 80.

　　Chicago drivers did best with an average of 53 points. Los Angeles drivers came next with 52 points. New York and Philadelphia drivers tied with 50 points a failing score. Drivers with 50 points or less were rated “poorly informed” by the judges.

　　Here are some of the test results: (1) Are men better informed drivers than women? Yes. Men averaged 52 points. Women got an average of 49. (2) Are older drivers better informed than younger driver?  No. Drivers under 26 averaged 52 points. Drivers from 27 to 45 averaged 51. Drivers over 45 failed with 48 points on average. (3) Does education make a difference?  Yes. College graduates averaged 52 points. High school graduates averaged 50. Those without high school diplomas (文凭) got 48. And people who had taken driver education courses scored an average of 53 points three more than those who hadn't. (4) Does driving experience make a difference? Yes. Drivers with three or more years' experience averaged 51 points. Drivers with less experience averaged 49.

　　Here are some surprising facts brought out by the test: (1) More than one out of three drivers did not know that a blinking red light means a full stop. (2) Three out of ten drivers did not know that an octagonal (eight-sided) sign means stop. (3) More than two out of three drivers did not know what to do when being “tailgated” (危险地紧接行驶). The answer: slow down, steer to the right, and let the driver behind pass.

　　The results of the test were turned over to the National Safety Council. They will help future safety planning.

1．The author's purpose is to ________.

[　　]

A．prove that men are better drivers than women

B．give you safe driving tips

C．tell you the results of a national drivers test

D．advise you to get an education

2．From the information in this article, you could say that ________.

[　　]

A．older drivers are better informed than younger drivers

B．experience makes difference among drivers

C．most drivers failed the test

D．most people don't know what a blinking red light means

3．The test covered the following areas about drivers EXCEPT ________.

[　　]

A．education

B．years of driving experience

C．sex

D．health

4．Which of the following statements is NOT true?

[　　]

A．Men are better informed than women.

B．Education makes no difference in the pass rate (率) of the drivers.

C．Chicago drivers are the best informed drivers in America.

D．The test results will be used as a guide for future safety plannine.