John von Neumann was the oldest of 3 children of an banker, and his speed of learning new ideas and solving problems stood out early. At 17, his father tired to persuade him not to become a mathematician because he may lead a poor life being a mathematician, and so von Neumann agreed to study chemistry as well. In 1926, at 23, he received a degree in chemical engineering and a Ph.D. in mathematics. From then on, mathematics provided well enough for him, and he never had to turn to chemistry.

In 1930, von Neumann visited Princeton University for a year and then became a professor there. His first book was published in 1932. In 1933, the Institute for Advanced Study was formed, and he became one of the 6 full-time people in the School of Mathematics（Einstein was one of the others）

World War Ⅱ hugely changed von Neumann's areas of interest. Until 1940 he had been a great pure mathematician. During and after the war, he became one of the best mathematicians who put mathematics theories into practice. During the last part of the war he became interested in computing machines and made several fundamental contributions After the war, von Neumann continued his work with computers, and was generally very active in government service. He received many awards, was president of the American Mathematical Society and was a member of the Atomic Energy Commission. He died in 1957 of cancer.

    Von Neumann made several great contributions and any one of them would have been enough to earn him a firm place in history. He will be remembered as one of the greatest minds of the 20th century.

    Von Neumann really was a legend in his own time, and there are a number of stories about him. His driving ability is a part of his legend. He reported one accident this Way: "I was driving down the road. The trees on the right were passing me in an orderly fashion at 60 miles per hour. Suddenly one of them stepped in my path."

1.According to the text, von Neumann's father believed that _____________.

A. a mathematician couldn't earn a lot of money

B. a mathematician needed a good memory

C. von Neumann had the ability to learn two subjects at the same time

D. von Neumann had the gift for solving problems at a high speed.

2.von Neumann published his first book at the age of _________________

A. 23                  B. 26            C. 29                       D. 32

3.How did World War Ⅱ affect John von Neumann?

A. He realized the importance of engineering

B. He began to research how to put mathematics into practice.

C. He left college and served at the government department.

D. He lost interest in chemistry.

4.Which of the following is true of Von Neumann?

A. He had three children

B. He died from an accident.

C. He received many rewards in his life

D. He and Einstein were classmates in Princeton University.

5.From the last paragraph, we can infer John von Neumann was _____________.

A. calm         B. brave       C. intelligent     D. humorous

Saturday, October 7th, was a marathon of sad tasks for Anna Politkovskaya. Two weeks earlier, her father, a retired official in the department of foreign affairs, had died of a heart attack as he emerged from the Moscow Metro while on his way to visit Politkovskaya’s mother, Raisa Mazepa, in the hospital. She had just been diagnosed(诊断) with cancer and was too weak even to attend her husband’s funeral. “Your father will forgive me, because he knows that I have always loved him,” she told Anna and her sister, Elena Kudimova, the day he was buried. A week later, she had an operation and since then Anna and Elena had been taking turns helping her deal with her grief.
Politkovskaya was supposed to spend the day at the hospital, but her twenty-six-year-old daughter, who was pregnant, had just moved into Politkovskaya’s apartment, on Lesnaya Street, while her own place was being prepared for the baby. “Anna had so much on her mind,” Elena Kudimova told me when we met in London, before Christmas. “And she was trying to finish her article.” Politkovskaya was a special reporter for the small newspaper Novaya Gazeta, and, like most of her work, the piece focused on the terror that can be seen all over the southern republic of Chechnya. This time, she had been trying to report repeated cruel acts done by people faithful to the Prime Minister, Ramzan Kadyrov, who are in favour of Russia. In the past seven years, Politkovskaya had written dozens of accounts of life during wartime; many had been collected in her book “A Small Corner of Hell: reports from Chechnya.” Politkovskaya was far more likely to spend time in a hospital than on a battlefield, and her writing bore frequent witness to robbery, and the uncontrolled cruelty of life in a place that few other Russians—and almost no other reporters—cared to think about.
【小题1】 Politkovskaya’s father died of ______.

 Are you a man or a mouse? When people ask this question they want to know 31   you are a   32  person or a coward(懦夫). But you will never really know the answer to this question  33  you are tested in real life. Some people  34  they are brave but when they come face to face with real  35 , they act like cowards. Others think of themselves as cowards, but when they meet danger, they act like  36 .

Lenny had always thought of himself as a  37  person. He got worried before examinations. He worried about his job and health. All he wanted in life was to be safe and healthy.  38 , on January 15^th, 2002, a plane crashed into the Potomac River in Washington. Lenny went to the river to see what was happening. He saw a woman in the  39  water. Lenny did not feel afraid. He kept very  40  and did a very dangerous thing. He jumped into the Potomac, 41  to the woman, and kept her head  42  the water. Seventy-eight people died that day. Thank to Lenny, it was not  43 .

When you are in a very  44  situation and feel afraid, the body automatically produces a chemical in the blood. The chemical is called adrenalin(肾上腺素). 45 adrenalin in the blood system, you will feel stronger and stronger and are  46 to fight or run away. However, when you are absolutely terrified, the body can produce too much adrenalin. When this  47 , the muscles become very hard and you find you  48  move at all. You are then paralyzed(使瘫痪，使麻痹) with fear. This is  49  when we are very frightened, we sometimes say we’re “petrified”, which means “stone”. We are   very frightened 50  we become stonelike.

1.                A．how           B．neither         C．whether  D．either

2.                A．brave          B．real            C．hard D．certain

3.                A．when          B．until           C．after D．once

4.                A．realize         B．find            C．think D．agree

5.                A．life            B．question        C．mouse   D．danger

6.                A．soldiers        B．mice           C．heroes   D．cowards

7.                A．useful          B．brave          C．nervous  D．terrible

8.                A．So             B．Therefore       C．Then D．Actually

9.                A．fresh          B．poisonous       C．warm D．ice-cold

10.               A．nervous        B．calm           C．frightened D．excited

11.               A．went          B．helped         C．spoke D．swam

12.               A．in             B．under          C．above D．from

13.               A．an accident     B．a mistake       C．seventy-eight   D．seventy-nine

14.               A．dangerous      B．comfortable     C．different  D．favorable

15.               A．With           B．Without        C．For   D．Like

16.               A．afraid          B．unable         C．ready D．anxious

17.               A．gets           B．disappears      C．happens   D．goes

18.               A．needn’t       B．can’t         C．mustn’t  D．shouldn’t

19.               A．where         B．how           C．because   D．why

20.               A．that           B．for            C．such  D．so

A year ago, August, Dave Fuss lost his job driving a truck for a small company in west Michigan. His wife, Gerrie, was still working in the local school cafeteria, but it was       for Dave to find work, and the price of everything was rising. The Fusses were at the risk of joining the millions of Americans who have       their homes in recent years. Then Dave and Gerrie received a timely       —$7,000, a legacy(遗产) from their neighbors Ish and Arlene Hatch, who died in an accident. “It really made a difference when we were meeting difficulty.” says Dave.

    But the Fusses weren’t the only folks in Alto and the neighboring town of Lowell to       unexpected legacy from the Hatches. Dozens of other families were    by what the Hatches had done. In some cases, it was a few thousand dollars; in      , it was more than $100,000.

    It       nearly everyone that the Hatches had so much money, more than $3 million—they were an elderly couple who lived in an old house on what was left of the family farm.

    Children of the Great Depression, Ish and Arlene were known for their habit of     . They preferred comparison shopping and would go from store to store, checking prices before making a new purchase.

    Through the years, the Hatches paid for local children to attend summer camps when their parents couldn’t       it. “Ish and Arlene never asked if you       anything,” says their friend Sandy Van Weelden, “They could see things they could do to make you happier, and they would do them.”

    Even more extraordinary was that the Hatches       their farmland. It was the Hatches’ wish that their legacy—a legacy of kindness as much as one of dollars and cents—should       the whole community and last for generations to come.

    Neighbors helping neighbors—that was Ish and Arlene Hatch’s story.

1.A. happy      B. hard        C. easy        D. nice

2.A. lost         B. bought     C. left         D. wanted

3.A. gift         B. money     C. encouragement D. package

4.A. accept      B. defeat      C. win          D. receive

5.A. amazed    B. excited      C. upset         D. touched

6.A. the other   B. another      C. other        D. others

7.A. surprised   B. frightened    C. pleased       D. encouraged

8.A. kind       B. generous     C. living        D. saving

9.A. afford     B. buy          C. offer         D. keep

10.A. suffered    B. enjoyed      C. needed       D. did

11.A. put away   B. put up       C. gave up       D. gave away

12.A. enrich      B. bless        C. brighten      D. expand

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One day, Tom was riding along the street while suddenly a red car ran towards him fast。 He is so frightened that he quick turned to the left side。But it was too late, the car knocked his bike and he fell of it。 When the driver realized that he had caused an accident, he got such frightened that he escaped hurriedly。He was soon out of sight,left Tom helpless on the spot。Fortunately, a passer-by happened to see what had been happened and took down a number of the car。 He reported that to the police, but the driver was caught。