He became inspired when he thought about helping ordinary people       to cholera.

第三部分阅读理解(共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分)
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出最佳选项。
　　Many people will remember the flight of the space shuttle（航天飞机）challenger，in June，1983. The achievement of Sally Ride，America’s first woman astronaut to fly into space，made this flight especially memorable. Students from two Camden, New Jersey, high schools, however, are probably to remember Norma rather than Sally whenever they think about the flight.
　　Norma didn’t travel alone. She brought about 100 companions along with her. Norma was an ant，a queen ant who，with her subject，made up the first ant colony（群体）to travel into space. The ants were part of a science experiment designed by students to test the effects of weightlessness on insects.
　　The equipment designed by the students for their colony functioned perfectly throughout the long space trip. The young scientists and their teachers were very sad to find that their insect astronauts had all died at some point before the container was returned to the school and opened. The problem didn’t occur in space，but on the ground after challenger had landed. The container remained in the desert for nearly a week before the ant colony was moved. The hot，dry desert air dried out the colony’s container and the ants died from lack of moisture（水分）.
　　The project was termed success because it did provide useful information. Students will continue their efforts to pinpoint（精确找到）what went wrong. They will try to prevent the same difficulties from reoccurring on future missions. They don’t want to be discouraged either by the demise of the ants or by the $ 10,000 shuttle fare they will have to pay to send the next colony of ants into space.
51．What does the passage mainly tell us？
A．Sally Ride，America’s first woman astronaut.
B．How to keep ants alive in space.
C．How to make equipment for insects in space.
D．An experiment with ants in space.
52．According to the passage, we know that the underlined word“demise”is another word for“_____”.
A．death 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　B．colony
C．insect　　　　　　　　　　　　　　D．moisture
53．We don’t think the project was a failure. This is because_____.
A．everything went as smoothly as expected
B．the students had pinpointed exactly the reason
C．something important had been learned
D．the students had succeeded in the experiment
54．We can conclude that ants _____ on the next space trip.
A．will have to be kept alive in a container full of water
B．will have to be sent into space with the first woman astronaut
C．should be put into a container where there is enough food
D．should be put into a container which is not too dry

Much meaning can be conveyed with our eyes, so it is often said that eyes can speak.

Do you have such kind of 　36 ? In a bus you may look at a 　37 , but not too long. And if he is 　38 that he is being stared at, he may feel 　39 .

The same is true in 　40 life. If you are looked at for more than 　41 ,you will look at yourself up and down, to see if there is 42 wrong with you. If nothing goes wrong, you will feel angry toward other’s 　43 at you that way.

Looking too long at someone may seem to be rude and 　44 . But things are different when it 45 to stare at the opposite sex. If a man glances at a woman for more than ten seconds and 　46 to avert (移开) his gaze, his intentions are 　47 , that is , he wishes to attract her attention, to make her understand that he is 　48　 her.

49 , the normal eye contact for two people 　50　 in a conversation is that the speaker will only look at the listener 　51 , in order to make sure that the listener does pay attention to what the former is speaking about, to tell him that he is attentive. If a speaker looks at you continuously when speaking, 　52 he tries to dominate(控制) you, you will feel embarrassing.

In fact, continuous eye contact is confined to 　53 only, who will enjoy looking at each other tenderly for a long time, to show affection that 　54 cannot express.

Evidently, eye contact should be done according to relationship between two people and the specific 　55 .

36. A. experience　 B. thought　　　　　　 C. feeling　 　　　　　　 D. attitude

37. A. conductor　 　　　　　　 B. driver　　　　　 C. tourist　 　　　　　　 D. stranger

38. A. looking 　　　　　　 B. sensing　　　　 C. telling　　　　　 D. deciding

39. A. interested　　 　　　　　　 B. stupid　　　　　 C. uncomfortable　　　　 D. angry

40. A. social　　　　　 B daily　　　　 　　　　　　　 C. family 　　　　　　 D. school

41. A. friendly　　　 B. reliable　　　　　　 C. special　 　　　　　　 D. necessary

42. A. anything　　　　　　 B. somewhere 　　　　　　　 C. nothing　　　 D. anywhere

43. A. interest　　　 B. stare　　　　　　　　 C. appreciation D. notice

44. A. attentive　　　 　　　　　　 B. positive　　　　 C. aggressive　　 　　　　　　 D. active

45. A. comes　　　　 B. hopes 　　　　　　　 C. tries　　　　　 D. seems

46. A. starts　　　　　 B. refuses　　　 　　　　　　　C. manages　　　　　 D. aims

47. A. dirty　　　　　 B. unhealthy　　　　　 C. obvious　　　　 D. unfair

48. A. admiring　　　　　　 B. enjoying　　　　　 C. cheating　　　　 D. selecting

49 A. Therefore　　　　　　 B. Otherwise　　　　 C. Altogether　　　　　　 D. However

50. A. engaged　　　　　　 B. attracted　　 　　　　　　　C. trapped　　 　　　　　　 D. invited

51. A. all the time　 B. from time to time 　　　　 C. all the way　 　 　　　　　D. back and forth

52. A. in case　　　　 B. as if　　　　　　　　 C. even though　　　　 D. so that

53. A. mothers　　　　　　 B. children　　　　　　 C. lovers　　　　　 D. teachers

54. A. looks　　　　　 B. eyes　　　　　　　　 C. smiles　　 　　　　　　　 D. words

55. A. situation B. circumstance　　 C. environment　　　　　　 D. condition

This book tells ____ life story of John Smith, who left ____ school and worked for a newspaper at the age of 16.

That“Monday morning feeling”could be a crushing pain in the chest which leaves you sweating and gasping for breath. Recent research from Germany and Italy shows that heart attacks are more common on Monday mornings and doctors blame the stress of returning to work after the weekend break.
　The risk of having a heart attack on any given day should be one in seven, but a six-year study helped by researchers at the Free University of Berlin of more than 2, 600 Germans showed that the average person had a 20 percent higher chance of having a heart attack on a Monday than on any other day.
　Working Germans are particularly not protected against attack, with a 33 percent higher risk at the beginning of the working week. Non-workers, by comparison, appear to be no more at risk on a Monday than any other day.
　A study of 11, 000 Italians proved 8 a. m. on a Monday morning as the most stressful time for the heart, and both studies showed that Sunday is the least stressful day, with fewest heart attacks in both countries.
　The finding could lead to a better understanding of what is the immediate cause of heart attacks, according to Dr Stefan Willich of the Free University. “We know a lot about long-term risk factors such as smoking and cholesterol（胆固醇）but we don’t know what actually causes heart attacks, so we can’t give clear advice on how to prevent them, ”he said.
　Monday mornings have a double helping of stress for the working body as it makes a rapid change from sleep to activity, and from the relaxing weekend to the pressures of work.
　“When people get up, their blood pressure and heart rate go up and there are hormonal（内分泌）changes in their bodies, ”Willich explained. “All these things can have an unfavorable effect in the blood system and increase the risk of a clot（血凝块）which will cause a heart attack.”
　“When people return to work after a weekend off, the pace of their life changes. They have a higher workload, more stress, more anger and more physical activities,”said Willich.
【小题1】Monday morning feeling, as this passage shows, ________.