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　　All over the world mothers and fathers teach their children manners. There are all kinds of manners. Other children may have manners that are not like yours.

　　Sometimes good manners in one place are bad manners in other places.

　　If you visit some friends in Mongolia and they ask you to eat with them. What kind of manners do they want you to have? They want you to give a loud “belch” after you finish eating. Belching world show that you like your food. But in some other countries, if you give a loud “belch”, you are told to say “Excuse me, please.”

　　In many places people like to eat together. But in some parts of Polynesia it is bad manners to be seen eating at all. People show their good manners by turning their backs on others while they eat.

　　What are manners like in an East African town? The people try not to see you. When you are visiting a friend, he may not see you at all. If you are polite, you will sit down beside him. You will wait until he finishes what he is doing. Then he will talk to you.

　　If you visit a friend in Arabia you should walk behind other tents until you come to his tent. If you pass in front of other tents, you will be asked into each one. The people will ask yon to eat with them. And it is bad manners if you say no.

　　Manners are different all over the world. But it is good to know that all manners began in the same way. People need ways to show that they want to be friends.

(1)What's the main idea of this passage?

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A. Manners are different throughout the world.

B. Mothers are different throughout the world.

C. Children's manners are different.

D. When you are in Rome, do as the Romans do.

(2)In some other countries in the world, if you belch after a meal,________.

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A. you show that you like the food very much

B. it is good manners for you to say “Excuse me, please”

C. you ask the host to say “Excuse”instead of you

D. you are telling the host you dislike the food

(3)What's the polite way of eating if you are living in Polynesia?

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A. Eating outside together with your family.

B. Eating while sitting face to face.

C. Eating at the back of your house.

D. Trying not to make yourself seen eating.

(4)What will an Arabian do if he sees a person walking in front of his tent?

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A. He will feel very angry and drive the person off.

B. He will politely ask where the person is going and act as a guide.

C. He will ask the person to eat with him.

D. He will give the person some food to show his pity.

(5)Which of the following statements is true according to the passage?

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A. People show they are friendly in different manners.

B. Good manners are the same in different countries.

C. In the East African town the people who try not to see you are not polite at all.

D. Different manners in different countries show people's different ideas.

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　　The New York Institute for Special Education (NYISE) used to be a school for the blind. It was established in 1831, and it was one of the first places in the USA to offer education to blind children. Today NYISE's students are blind or learning disabled and aged between 3 and 21. they can attend school as day students or they can board on a weekly basis.

　　Another special institution is Gallaudet University in Washington D. C.. This is the only university in the world that is exclusively for the deaf and hearing-impaired. It was founded in the 1850s, but it was only permitted to award degrees to its graduates after 1863．

　　Some special schools cater for people with particular skills. Established in 1984 for students with artistic or musical talent, La Gauardia High School of Music and Performing Arts in Mew York was the first public school of this type. The school has an excellent reputation both in the United States and internationally.

　　When they are 14 or 15 years old, students living in New York can take the Specialized High Schools Examination. If they pass, they are allowed to study at one of the city's special high schools. The Bronx High School of Science is one of these institutions. Bronx Science had only 300 pupils when it was founded in 1938. the school used to exclusively for boys, but today it has over 3,000 male and female students specializing in science.

If you cough occasionally, you may just be suffering from a common cold.    36    if you have a rising fever with your    37    , or you have difficulty in breathing, you had better    38    a doctor or call the emergency hotline (64629100 or 64629112) as soon as possible,    39    these could be symptoms(症状) of SARS (Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome).

If you want to    40    extra precautions(预防) and buy a filter mask, go to your local drug store. Your Chinese friends may    41    you to take Banlangen, a traditional Chinese medicine widely    42    in China to activate the immune（免疫的） system, or fumigate vinegar in your house to    43    viruses(病毒) in the    44    , but "these measures are of no use in    45    the disease"， said Dr. Qi Xiaoqiu, Director General of the Department of Diseases Control, Ministry of Health.

If you have    46    returned from Hong Kong or areas    47    SARS has been active, go to your doctor and    48    him or her of your recent trip. If you develop symptoms    49   your trip, stop traveling until fully    50    . If you pass 12 days symptom-free after coming back from these areas, you    51    set your mind at ease(无忧无虑).

The following are some preventive measures you can take    52    by experts from the Chinese Center for Diseases Control and Prevention:

●Wash hands with running water after sneezing, coughing or clearing your nose;

●Use a clean towel or tissue after washing hands;

●Do not share towels with    53    ;

●Keep a healthy diet, add or    54    clothes according to changes of the weather and exercise regularly and get plenty of sleep;

●Relieve stress and do not smoke so as to    55    your body's resistance to diseases;

●Reduce visits to crowded places with poor ventilation.

BEIJING—Seven prestigious universities in China announced Sunday that they would begin using the same independent exam —besides the national one —to test students hoping to gain entrance to them in 2011.

The seven are Peking University, Beihang University, Beijing Normal University, Nankai University, Fudan University, Xiamen University and Hong Kong University.

Students who want to gain entrance to any of the seven universities will only have to sit one independent exam, according to the joint announcement.

“This will help lighten tile students’ load, otherwise they must take several exams for different universities,”said the announcement.

Passing the exam could result in more than one interview chance, giving the students more opportunities to choose their favorite universities.

China’ s college entrance exam system is undergoing reform as universities aim to select students based on independent criteria rather than just using the results of the national exam.

In 2003, Peking University and another 21 universities were allowed to pilot (试用) the reform by using their own criteria to independently select five percent of their students.

Now nearly 80 universities across the country have the right to select talented students based on their own exams.

Education experts regard universities selecting students according to independent examinations as conducive (有助的) to better understanding where the students’ talents lie.

Although this may be the case, it has also created problems as students may sit many different exams as they often apply for a number of universities.

To relieve students from such pressures, the national education outline (2010—2020) released in July this year encourages high-level universities to group together to use the same exams.

1. If students want to be admitted to the seven prestigious universities, they can______.

A. only pass the interview.     

B. only take the national exam.

C. only take the independent exam.

D. either take the national exam or the take the independent exam.

2. What’s the purpose of students sitting one independent exam to gain entrance to the seven universities?

A. It can reduce students’load to take several exams.

B. The universities will have the same standard to test students.

C. There will be less trouble marking students’ test papers.

D. It can avoid fierce competition among these universities.

3. If students pass the independent exam,they will ______.

A. take the national exam.       B. have one or more interview chances.

C. be admitted to one of the universities.

D. he trained to be adapted to universities life and studies.

4.What is the advantage of universities selecting students according to independent examinations?

A. Students needn’t take the national exam.  

B. Students’education cost can be lowered.

C. Students abilities and talents can be better found.

D. It can encourage middle schools to recommend more qualified students.

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   [1] Have you ever had the wish to live another 100 years or more? Experts say that scientific advances will some day enable us to live tens of years longer than what is now seen as the natural limit of the human life span.

   [2] “I guess we are knocking at the door of living longer,” said Michael Zey, a Montclair State University business professor and author of two books on the future. "I think by 2075 we will            _________________ and that’s a conservative estimate (保守的估计)."

[3]At the conference in San Francisco, Donald Louris, a professor at New Jersey Medical School in Newark said advances in using genes as well as nanotechnology (纳米技术) make it likely that humans will live in the future beyond what has been possible in the past. "There is a great push so that people can live from 120 to 180 years," he said.

   [4]However, many scientists who specialize in ageing are doubtful about it and say the human body is just not designed to live past about 120 years. Even with healthier lifestyles and less disease, they say failure of the brain and organs will finally lead all humans to death.

   [5]Scientists also differ on what kind of life the super aged might live. "It remains to be seen if you pass 120, you know; could you be healthy enough to have a good quality of life?" said Leonard Poon, director of the University of Georgia Gerontology Centre. "At present people who could get to that point are not in good health at all."

1. What is the main idea of the passage? (no more than 10 words)

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2. Please fill in the blanks in the second paragraph with proper words. (no more than 5 words)

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3. According to Donald Louris, what will enable humans to live longer? (no more than 8 words)

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4. What does the word “it” (Line1,Paragraph4)probably refer to? (no more than 10 words)

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5. What did Leonard Poon worry about? (no more than 15 words)

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