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Birthdays often involve surprises. But this year's surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is surely one of the most dramatic.
On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake. This means that we no longer have a good idea of what Shakespeare looked like. "It's very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare might be unreliable because many of them are copies of this one," said an expert from Britain's National Portrait Gallery.
  The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. The experts from the gallery say the image —commonly known as the "Flower portrait"— was actually painted in the 1800s, about two centuries after Shakespeare's death. The art experts who work at the gallery say they also used modern chemistry technology to check the paint on the picture. These checks found traces of paint dating from about 1814. Shakespeare died in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.
 "We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was when there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays," Tarnya Cooper, the gallery's curator (馆长), told the Associated President.
  The fake picture has often been used as a cover for collections of his plays. It is called the Flower portrait because one of its owners, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.
  "There have always been questions about the painting," said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company. "Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture."
Two other images of Shakespeare, are also being studied as part of the investigation (调查) and the results will come out later this month._________________
【小题1】What makes the birthday of Shakespeare dramatic this year?

A.It was found that he painted a portrait in 1814 instead of in 1609.
B.The Flower portrait has been found to be a fake.
C.Three portraits of Shakespeare are being tested to identify a real one.
D.It was found that there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays around 1818 to 1840.
【小题2】Which statement is True according to the passage?
A.Portraits of Shakespeare are all unreliable.
B."Flower portrait " was a portrait of Shakespeare given to Desmond Flower.
C.1814 might be when the portrait was drawn.
D.The Flower portrait is not often used as a cover for Shakespeare's play.
【小题3】How many methods were used to test the portrait?
A.Not mentioned.B.TwoC.ThreeD.At least four.
【小题4】The best title for this passage is _________.
A.Birthdays often involve surprises 
B.The surprise on the 441st birthday of Shakespeare
C.One portrait of Shakespeare is a fake
D.How can we know Shakespeare's appearance?
【小题5】Which is the best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph?
A.Soon we'll know which portrait is reliable.
B.Maybe we cannot find a real portrait of Shakespeare.
C.If the two portraits are found to be false, they will test more.
D.For now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a mystery.

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Birthdays often involve surprises. But this year's surprise on the birthday of the great British playwright William Shakespeare is surely one of the most dramatic.

On April 22, one day before his 441st birthday anniversary, experts discovered that one of the most recognizable portraits of William Shakespeare is a fake. This means that we no longer have a good idea of what Shakespeare looked like. "It's very possible that many pictures of Shakespeare might be unreliable because many of them are copies of this one," said an expert from Britain's National Portrait Gallery.

  The discovery comes after four months of testing using X-rays, ultraviolet light, microphotography and paint samples. The experts from the gallery say the image —commonly known as the "Flower portrait"— was actually painted in the 1800s, about two centuries after Shakespeare's death. The art experts who work at the gallery say they also used modern chemistry technology to check the paint on the picture. These checks found traces of paint dating from about 1814. Shakespeare died in 1616, and the date that appears on the portrait is 1609.

 "We now think the portrait dates back to around 1818 to 1840. This was when there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays," Tarnya Cooper, the gallery's curator (馆长), told the Associated President.

  The fake picture has often been used as a cover for collections of his plays. It is called the Flower portrait because one of its owners, Desmond Flower, gave it to the Royal Shakespeare Company.

  "There have always been questions about the painting," said David Howells, curator for the Royal Shakespeare Company. "Now we know the truth, we can put the image in its proper place in the history of Shakespearean portraiture."

Two other images of Shakespeare, are also being studied as part of the investigation (调查) and the results will come out later this month._________________

1.What makes the birthday of Shakespeare dramatic this year?

A.It was found that he painted a portrait in 1814 instead of in 1609.

B.The Flower portrait has been found to be a fake.

C.Three portraits of Shakespeare are being tested to identify a real one.

D.It was found that there was a renewed interest in Shakespeare's plays around 1818 to 1840.

2.Which statement is True according to the passage?

A.Portraits of Shakespeare are all unreliable.

B."Flower portrait " was a portrait of Shakespeare given to Desmond Flower.

C.1814 might be when the portrait was drawn.

D.The Flower portrait is not often used as a cover for Shakespeare's play.

3.How many methods were used to test the portrait?

A.Not mentioned.     B.Two              C.Three            D.At least four.

4.The best title for this passage is _________.

A.Birthdays often involve surprises 

B.The surprise on the 441st birthday of Shakespeare

C.One portrait of Shakespeare is a fake

D.How can we know Shakespeare's appearance?

5.Which is the best sentence to fill in the blank in the last paragraph?

A.Soon we'll know which portrait is reliable.

B.Maybe we cannot find a real portrait of Shakespeare.

C.If the two portraits are found to be false, they will test more.

D.For now what Shakespeare really looked like will remain a mystery.

 

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It is not until January ,2013     the Presidential election of the United States comes to an end      we’ll know who is the new president.

A.before; that

B.that; that

C.that ;when

D.when ; that

 

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It is not until January ,2013     the Presidential election of the United States comes to an end      we’ll know who is the new president.

A.before; thatB.that; that
C.that ;when D.when ; that

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A. Attention must be paid to environmental factors.

B. Principles of curing cancers.

C. It will take long to find perfect cures.

D. An important discovery in the research.

E. The causative factor of cancer is very clear.

F. The survival rate differs among patients with various cancers.

1.___________

“I have great confidence that by the end of the decade we’ll know in vast detail how cancer cells arise,” says microbiologist Robert Weinberg, an expert on cancer. “But,” he cautions, “some people have the idea that once one understands the causes, the cure will rapidly follow. Consider Pasteur. He discovered the causes of many kinds of infections, but it was fifty or sixty years before cures were available. ”

2.____________

This year, 50 percent of the 910,000 people who suffer from cancer will survive at least five years. In the year 2020, the National Cancer Institute estimates, that figure will be 75 percent. For some skin cancers, the five-year survival rate is as high as 90 percent. But other survival statistics are still discouraging—13 percent for lung cancer, and 2 percent for cancer of the pancreas (胰腺) .

3.___________

With as many as 120 varieties in existence, discovering how cancer works is not easy. The researchers made great progress in the early 1970s, when they discovered that oncogenes, which are cancer-causing genes, are inactive in normal cells. Anything from universe rays to radiation to diet may activate an inactive gene, but how remains unknown. If several oncogenes are driven into action, the cell, unable to turn them off, becomes cancerous.

4.____________

The exact process involved is still mysterious, but the likelihood that many cancers are initiated at the level of genes suggests that we will never prevent all cancers. “Changes are a normal part of the evolutionary process,” says oncologist William Hayward. Environmental factors can never be totally eliminated; as Hayward points out, “We can’t prepare a medicine against universe rays.”

5.____________

The prospects for cure, though still distant, are brighter. “First, we need to understand how the normal cell controls itself. Second, we have to determine whether there are a limited number of genes in cells, which are always responsible for at least part of the trouble. If we can understand how cancer works, we can reduce its action. ”

 

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