1、11Im Joan Croft. I have to say that I came into nursing by chance. I didnt really like my first job, which was office work. It was all rightbut thats just about all you can say about it. I stayed in the same place with the same people around me all day and every day. Then I became a singer, which I
2、enjoyed very much, but after a while the singing group broke up (解散) and I had to start looking for something else.Some girls have wanted to be nurses ever since they were children, but it never entered my head until I saw an advertisement in a paper. I wrote in and thought, “Oh, well, Ill give it a
3、 try.” One thing I liked about it was going away from home.The training itself is very interesting and most of it is just on the wards (病房), so that you very quickly begin nursing real patients.I lived in the nurses home when I arrived and I had my own room, which was very nice.I like nursing more t
4、han I ever thought I would. Ill always carry on nursing. Ive got a boyfriend who is a doctor, so I hope to get married sometime, but wherever I live theres sure to be a hospital in the place and theres always a job for a nurse.1.What was Johns first job?_2.Why didnt Joan like her first job?_3.Why di
5、dnt Joan go on with her second job?_4.How did Joan find out the information about the nursing job?_5.What was Joans plan for the future?_12On October 12, 1989, some Chinese scientists were working at the computers to look for the invention they needed. Suddenly they saw something bright crossing the
6、 computers screens, and there was so much! At the same moment the computers were working much slower. To find out what was happening they stopped their work to check some parts of the computers. Much to their surprise, they found out that most of their stored information was cleared up by computer v
7、iruses (病毒)! What was worse, all these computers had been infected (感染) by computer viruses.It is said that the computer viruses were made by a group of young men who all had good education. They made the viruses just to show their intelligence (才能). These kinds of computer viruses are called Jerusa
8、lem Viruses. These viruses can stay in computers for a long time. When the time comes they ill attack the computers by slowing down the function (功能), damaging (破坏) their normal programs or even clearing up all the information.We now come to know that Jerusalem Viruses often attack computers on Frid
9、ay so they are also called “Friday Viruses” and that they are spreading (传播) to a lot of computers. Among the countries that suffered (遭受 ) computer viruses are Britain, Australia, Switzerland, the United States of America, and some other countries. But till now, how to clean up the terrible viruses
10、 is still a problem.1.What did the Chinese scientists find out when they checked the computers?_.2.Why did the group of young men make the computer viruses?_.3.The computer viruses will damage the normal programs, wont they? _.4.Why are these computer viruses called “Friday Viruses”?_.5.Whats the be
11、st title of this passage?_. 13Do you remember your dreams? Do people have the same dreams? Why do we dream? There are many questions about dreams. We dream during the REM (rapid (快的) eye movement) stage (阶段) of sleep. We have about five periods of REM sleep during the night. The first REM cycle (周期)
12、 lasts about 10 minutes. As the night goes on, the REM cycle gets longer. By early morning, the REM cycle can last up to 90 minutes. Usually, it is in this last REM cycle that we remember our dreams.Dreams change as people age. People may have several dreams each night. Some are like films and usual
13、ly in color. They come to us over and over again. That may be because the dreamer is worrying about something and trying to find the answer. Sometimes we wake up with a good feeling from a dream. But often we cant remember the dreams clearly.It is reported that too much dreaming is bad for our healt
14、h. The more we sleep, the longer we dream. The mind is hard at work. That is why we may have a long sleep and still feel tired when we wake up.1.We dream during the REM stage of sleep.2.Children aged eight or nine have the same dreams as people aged thirty.3.All the dreams are usually in color like
15、films.4.The longer we dream, the better we sleep.5.The passage above is talking about dreaming.14Tom, an 11-year-old boy, was ill. He had got a cough. His mother was worried and took him to see a doctor. The doctor looked over Tom carefully and said, “Tom, nothing serious”. Then he gave him some med
16、icine. These are the words on the instruction of the cough medicine.InstructionTake three times a day after mealsDose (剂量): Grown-ups: 2 spoons each timeChildren: 8-14 yrs. One spoon, 4-7 yrs. 1/2 spoonNot for children below the age of 4 yearsNotes: 1.Store in a cold place2.Using before Oct. 2004Tel
17、 Its like floating in water. You can see forever, all the way to the French coast (海岸). The scenery is beautiful. You can forget all your worries. People think it is dangerous but its very safe. Football is much more dangerous. Footballers often have accidents. When did you last hear of a skydiving
18、accident? Next July Im going to do a skydive with 100 people from six planes. Thats a record. Im never going to give up. Im going to jump of planes until Im an old man.”根据短文意思，将下列句子补充完整。每空一词。1.What job did he do when he was in his twenties?When he was in his twenties, he didnt become a pilot, he _a
19、taxi _.2.Why does he like the sport?He loves the sport because he loves _the scenery in the _.3.Whats the record according to the passage?There are a _ people and _ planes taking part in the sky dive.My grandfather was a teacher. He was the headmaster of a school for boys between the ages of thirtee
20、n and eighteen. I know that he was a kind man because when I was young (and he was old.), he gave me presents, and sat me on his knees(膝盖), and told me stories. But I believe(相信)the boys at his school were afraid of him.At school, when he walked into a room full of noisy boys, they stopped talking a
21、t once. When he looked at a boy with a certain(某种) look in his eyes, that boy was red in the face，and looked down at his shoes. If a boy brought him poor, careless work, my grandfather picked up the boys book and threw it across the room, shouting, “Do it all again, and bring it back first thing in
22、the morning!” If the boy was late, or if he forgot to bring his work, he had to do it again, and again, and yet again. My grandfather never forgot.At school, he was very different from the man I saw day by day in his own home.根据短文内容改写，每个空格只限填写一个单词。When I was young, I studied at a 1 school. We were a
23、ll 2 thirteen and eighteen. Our headmaster was 3 old man. He was kind, but all of 4 were afraid of him. For example, we were playing, talking and laughing 5 he came in, at once, the classroom became quiet. If a boy didnt 6 his homework well or carefully, he would be very 7, and asked the boy to do i
24、t again and 8. But his 9 told he never did things 10 that at home.20We know that many animals do not stay in one place. Birds, fish and other animals move from one place to another at a certain time. They move for different reasons: most of them move to find food more easily, but others move to get
25、away from places that are too crowded.When cold weather comes, many birds move to warmer places to find food. Some fishes give birth in warm water and move to cold water to feed. The most famous migration (迁移) is probably the migration of fish, which is called “salmon”. This fish is born in fresh wa
26、ter but it travels many miles to salt water. There it spends its life. When it is old, it returns to its birthplace in fresh water. Then it gives birth and dies. In northern Europe, there is a kind of mouse. They leave their mountain homes when they become too crowded. They move down to the low land
27、. Sometimes they move all the way to the seaside, and many of them are killed when they fall into the sea.Recently (近来), scientists have studied the migration of a kind of lobster (龙虾). Every year, when the season of the bad weather arrives, the lobsters get into a long line and start to walkacross
28、the floor of the ocean. Nobody knows why they do this, and nobody knows where they go.So, sometimes we know why humans and animals move from one place to another, but at other times we dont. Maybe living things just like to travel.1.Most animals move from one place to another at a certain time to _.
29、A.give birth B. enjoy warmer weather C. find food more easily D. find beautiful places2.The fish called “salmon” spends a long time in _.A. salt water B. rivers C. fresh water D. its birthplace3.The mice in northern Europe move when _.A. they give birth B. the place gets too crowded C. the weather i
30、s bad D. they havent enough food4.The lobsters move _.A. to the fresh water B. at a certain time C. to the undersea D. to find more food5.What is the main idea of the passage?A.Animals move to find food more easily. B.The migration of the fish called “salmon” is the most famous migration. C.Living things move from one place to another because they like to travel. D. Sometimes we know why and how living things move from one place to another, but sometimes we dont.
