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    　　Are the British people Europeans?This may seem a strange question to Africans and Asians, who tend to think of all white men as Europeans．But the British, when they are in Britain, do not regard themselves as Europeans．The Europeans, to them, are those rather excitable foreigners from the other side of the English Channel, who have never learnt how to speak English．Europe is“the Continent”, a place full of interest for British tourists, but also the source of almost all the wars in which Britain has ever been involved．Thus , although geographically speaking Britain is part of Europe ,yet the fact that it is a separate island has made its people feel different from the rest of Europe and they sometimes annoy continental nations by failing to support them ,or even to understand them , in time of need．

    　　Where did the British people come from?This is an interesting question, since they are a mixture of many different races, and all these races invaded Britain at various times from Europe．Nobody knows very much about Britain before Romans came during the first century B．C．, but there had been at least three invasions before that．The first of these was by a dark-haired Mediterranean race called the Iberians．The other two were by Celtic tribes ;first the Gaels , whose descendants(后代)are the modern Scots and Irish, some of whom still speak the Gaelic language; and secondly the Britons ,who gave their name to the whole island of Britain．These were the people whom the Romans conquered．The Romans gave the Britons a good deal of their civilization, but they never settled in Britain in very large numbers, so the British race survived until the overthrow of the Roman Empire by the“barbarians”, i．e．the numerous Germanic tribes which overran the whole of Western Europe．

    (1)

    By raising the question in Paragraph One ,the author ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    shows his doubt whether the British are Europeans

    B．

    means that both Africans and Asians are foolish

    C．

    makes the readers interested in his article

    D．

    means that the British are wrong

    (2)

    Which phrase best describes the attitude of the British towards“the Continent”?

    [　　]

    A．

    Full of love

    B．

    Mixed feelings

    C．

    Much envy

    D．

    Lack of interest

    (3)

    The British feel very different because ________．

    [　　]

    A．

    they are separated geographically from the continent

    B．

    they were once attacked by the people on the continent

    C．

    they sometimes fail to help the continental countries in time of need

    D．

    they are considered rather difficult to understand by other countries

    (4)

    Which shows the correct order in which different races invaded British?

    [　　]

    A．

    the Iberians, the Britons, the Gaels , the Barbarians, the Romans．

    B．

    the Romans, the Iberians, the Scots and Irish , the Barbarians．

    C．

    the Iberians, the Gaels, the Britons , the Romans, the Barbarians．

    D．

    the Iberians, the Scots and Irish , the Romans, the Barbarians．

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          Our brains work in complex and strange ways. There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two. Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write.

           Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants. An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （损伤） , such as in autism or retardation.  At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory.

           One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in 1724. It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

           Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s. Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

           In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly.

           Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills. However,few people wish to participate in such experiments. There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain. The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate. Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots.

    What does the passage mainly talk about?

           A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

           B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

           C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

           D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

    Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

           A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

           B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

           C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

           D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

    What can you infer from the passage?

           A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

           B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

           C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

           D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

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        Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

        Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （损伤） , such as in autism ( 孤独症，自闭症) or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

        One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

        Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

        In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

        Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

    1.What does the passage mainly talk about?

        A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

        B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

        C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

        D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

    2.Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

        A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

        B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

        C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

        D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

    3.What can you infer from the passage?

        A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

        B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

        C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

        D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

    4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

     

     

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    Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

             Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （损伤） , such as in autism ( 孤独症，自闭症) or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

             One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

             Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

             In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

             Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

    72．What does the passage mainly talk about?

             A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

             B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

             C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

             D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

    73．Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

             A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

             B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

             C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

             D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

    64．What can you infer from the passage?

             A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

             B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

             C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

             D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

    75．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

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           Our brains work in complex and strange ways．There are some people who can calculate the day of the week for any given date in 40,000 years, but who cannot add two plus two．Others can perform complex classical piano pieces after hearing them once, but they cannot read or write．

           Dr．J．Langdon Down first described this condition in 1887．He called these people idiot savants．An idiot savant is a person who has significant mental impairment （损伤） , such as in autism ( 孤独症，自闭症) or retardation．At the same time, the person also exhibits some extraordinary skills, which are unusual for most people．The skills of the savant may vary from being exceptionally gifted in music or in mathematics, or having a photographic memory．

           One of the first descriptions of a human who could calculate quickly was written in 1789 by Dr．Benjamin Rush, an American doctor．His patient, Thomas Fuller, was brought to Virginia as a slave in1724．It took Thomas only 90 seconds to work out that a man who has lived 70 years, 17 days, and 12 hours has lived 2,210,500,800 seconds．Despite this ability, he died in 1790 without ever learning to read or write．

           Another idiot savant slave became famous as a pianist in the 1860s．Blind Tom had a vocabulary of only 100 words, but he played 5 ,000 musical pieces beautifully．

           In the excellent movie Rain Man, made in 1988 and available on video cassette, Dustin Hoffman plays an idiot savant who amazes his brother played by Tom Cruise, with his ability to perform complex calculations very rapidly．

           Today we more clearly recognize that the idiot savant is special because of brain impairment．Yet not all brain impairment leads to savant skills．Some studies have shown that people who have purposeful interruption of the left side of the brain can develop idiot savant skills．However few people wish to participate in such experiments．There are many excellent reasons for not undergoing unnecessary experimentation on one's brain．The term idiot savant is outdated and inappropriate．Virtually all savants have a high degree of intelligence and are thus not idiots．

    72．What does the passage mainly talk about?

           A．Idiot savants have areas of outstanding abilities．

           B．Human Beings have complicated thinking process．

           C．The brains of the idiot savants are partly impaired．

           D．The reasons why people have wonderful skills vary．

    73．Which of the following can be done by Rain Man?

           A．He can play wonderful pieces of classical music．

           B．He can guess out exactly the length of a man's life．

           C．He can memorize the contents of the pictures fast．

           D．He can count matches dropped on the floor quickly．

    64．What can you infer from the passage?

           A．Idiot savants have real talents for art and math．

           B．Dr．Down is the first person who found idiot savants．

           C．Few people wish to risk becoming savants by brain operations．

           D．Intentional left brain impairments will surely lead to idiot savants．

    75．Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

                               

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