Here is a story told about an American general who was a very important figure in the American army during the First World War. Everybody in the United States knew him and many people wished to have a picture or something of his in their homes.
Soon after the war the general returned to Washington. One day he went to a dentist and had six teeth pulled out. A week later the general heard that his teeth were being sold in curiosity shops as $ 5 each. On each of the teeth there was a label with the name of the general and words: “Buy these teeth and show them to your friends at home.” The general got angry. He rushed to his office and ordered six officers to go around the city and buy all his teeth.
The officers went out and visited every curiosity shop in the capital. They were away from the office all day. In the evening they returned and put on the table in front of the general the teeth they had bought. They had collected 175 teeth.
【小题1】The general returned to Washington ______.

She ______ each of the children _______ a piece of cake.

We have two daughters: Kristen is seven years old and Kelly is four. Last Sunday evening, we invited some people home for dinner. I dressed them nicely for the party, and told them that their job was to join Mommy in answering the door when the bell rang. Mommy would introduce them to the guests, and then they would take the guests’ coats upstairs and put them on the bed in the second bedroom.

The guests arrived. I introduced my two daughters to each of them. The adults were nice and kind and said how lucky we were to have such good kids.

Each of the guests made a particular fuss over Kelly, the younger one, admiring her dress, her hair and her smile. They said she was a remarkable girl to be carrying coats upstairs at her age.

I thought to myself that we adults usually make a big “to do” over the younger one because she’s the one who seems more easily hurt. We do it with the best of intentions.

But we seldom think of how it might affect the other child. I was a little worried that Kristen would feel she was being outshined. I was about to serve dinner when I realized that she had been missing for twenty minutes. I ran upstairs and found her in the bedroom, crying. I said, “What are you doing, my dear?”

She turned to me with a sad expression and said, “Mommy, why don’t people like me the way they like my sister? Is it because I’m not pretty? Is that why they don’t say nice things about me as much?”

I tried to explain to her, kissing and hugging her to make her feel better.

Now whenever I visit a friend’s home, I make it a point to speak to the elder child first.

1. The underlined expression “make a big ‘to do’ over” (paragraph 4) means ______________.

   A. pay much attention to               B. have a special effect on

   C. list jobs to be done for               D. do good things for

2.We can conclude from the passage that _______________________________.

A. parents should pay more attention to the elder children

B. the younger children are usually more easily hurt

C. people usually like the younger children more

D. adults should treat children equally

3.The guests praised Kelly for carrying coats upstairs because of her __________________.

   A. beautiful hair      B. pretty clothes      C. lovely smile       D. young age

4.Kristen felt sad and cried because ________________________.

   A. the guests gave her more coats to carry      

B. she didn’t look as pretty as Kelly

   C. the guests praised her sister more than her    

D. her mother didn’t introduce her

At age 61, identical twins Jeanne and Susan no longer look exactly alike. Susan smoked for many years and is an admitted sun worshipper, whose habits Jeanne does not share. A new study of twins suggests you can blame those coarse(粗糙的)wrinkles, brown or pink spots on too much time in the sun, smoking, and being overweight.

       Because twins share genes, but may have different exposures to environmental factors， studying twins allows an “opportunity to control for genetic susceptibility(易受影响性),” Dr. Elma D. Baron, at Case Western Reserve School of Medicine in Cleveland, Ohio, and his colleagues explain in the latest issue of Archives of Dermatology.

       Their analysis of environmental skin-damaging factors in 65 pairs of twins hints that skin aging is related more to environment and lifestyle than genetic factors.

       But when it comes to skin cancer, the researchers say their findings support previous reports that both environment and genes affect skin cancer risk.

       Baron’s team examined facial skin of 130 twins, 18 to 77 years old, who lived mostly in the northem Midwest and Eastern regions of the US, who were attending the Twins Days Festival in Ohio in August 2002. At this time, each of the twins also separately reported how their skin burned or tanned(晒黑)without sunscreen, their weight, and their history of skin cancer, smoking, and alcohol drinking. The study group consisted of 52 fraternal(异卵双生)and 10 identical twin pairs, plus 3 pairs who were unsure of their twin status.

       From these data, the researchers noted strong ties, outside of twin status, between smoking, older age, and being overweight, and having facial skin with evidence of environmental damage. By contrast, sunscreen use and drinking alcohol appeared related to less skin damage.

       Baron and his colleagues say the current findings, which highlight ties between facial aging and potentially avoidable environmental factors—such as smoking, being overweight, and unprotected overexposure to the sun’s damaging rays—may help motivate people to minimize these risky behaviors.

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

       A．Jeanne and Susan share all the habits including smoking.

       B．Skin aging is related more to environment and lifestyle than genetic factors.

       C．Only identical twins can take part in the research.

       D．Sunscreen use cannot help people have less skin damage.

Why did Baron’s team do the research on twins?

       A．Twins are more likely to suffer from skin cancer.

       B．It may guarantee the research is not influenced by genetic factors.

       C．It gives others an opportunity to control twins’ genes.

       D．It helps find twins are exposed to different environments.

What can you infer from the last paragraph?

       A．This research makes people aware of dangerous lifestyles.

       B．The environmental factors are unavoidable.

       C．Being exposed to the sun is absolutely damaging.

       D．There is little relationship between skin aging and environment.

The passage is mainly concerned with      .

       A．skin cancer and environment

       B．identical twins research

       C．aging skin and environmental factors

       D．genes and lifestyles

Laptop (便携式) computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classrooms.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1,500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $ 10 million computer program at Westlake, a 110?year?old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use e?mail to “speak” with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast?food restaurant or under the trees—anywhere at all!

Because of the many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education , such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful ,they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources.State higher education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials also are testing laptop programs at other universities, too.

At Westlake College,more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said,“Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we're giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything.”

1.The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to  ________.

A. use for their schoolwork             B. access the Internet

C. work at home                     D. connect them to libraries 

2.Why is the word “speak” in the second paragraph in quotation marks?

A. They don't really talk.           B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers.          D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3.Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B. 1,500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything. 

4.A window on the world in the last patagraph means that students can _______.

A. attend lectures on information technology

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops 

5.What can we infer(推断)from the passage?

A. The program is successful.         B. The program is not workable.

C. The program is too expensive.      D. We don't know the result yet.