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Passage 1
Sometimes there are questions in our minds which we would like to ask
people,butwe are too shy orembarrassed(为难的) At other times we feel it iswrong to trouble others with our problems,or are prevented from asking by our fear ofbeing criticied.
Often there need be no such fear because other people haveundergone(经历)the same questionings,dous or worries as ourselves,and many adults or teenage friends are only too pleased to share their knowledge or experience with ,in many cases they also learn something,and much unnecessary worry is prevented.
You may use this Question Time to ask anything about life that you don't understand,or any question of a personal or general nature that has either troubled youfor some time or arisen order to protect your feelings,which you may not want exposed,write the question down (in capitals if you wish) on a slip of paper without your name on fold the paper and hand it to your teacher who will sort the questions out at home before the lesson takes will respect the fact that the questions areasked in confidence(秘密地);they should,however,be sensible and honest ones.
During the lesson the teacher will read out a question,and then call upon one ortwo volunteers from the class to offer their opinions before giving his should regard both questions and answers and the discussion that arises from them as confidential to avoid breaking the trust the questioner has placed in the lesson,and to make possible further discussion of similar problems on another is also helpful to remember that the answers given represent only one or two points of view—someone else might answer them quite differently.
we have questions,but we would not like to ask people because____ are not sure about our questions are afraid of being criticied are afraid of being in difficulty only believe in ourselves
author suggests that in order not to be known,you should _______ to avoid asking questions
the question paper without the name on it to your teacher the questions with your group
the questions out at home and then tell them to your teacher author tells us that _______
class we should value the speakers' questions or answers to show our trust public we may learn something to avoid unnecessary worry
's better to write your questions down than to ask them orally those who ask questions in confidence are sensible and honest Passage 2
Chinese Mainland,Hong Kong,Taiwan Join Hands in SARS Research The World Health Organiation says the number of SARS(非典型性肺炎)cases worlide has reached 2, half of the affected patients have recovered,new cases are still being reported and the cause of the disease has still not been Chinese mainland,Hong Kong
and Taiwan are all among the 23 countries and regions trying to cope with the epidemic(传染病).
South China's Guangdong Province is one of the areas hardest hit by 's also where the first case of the disease was say the situation in Guangdong has steadily improved with a sharp downturn in the number of affected far,over 83 percent of the patients have recovered and been released from hospital.
“First of all,we need to understand that SARS is an epidemic and the human immunity(免疫性) to the disease is therefore ,from what we have experienced and observed,there is no reason disease's infectiousness(传染性)is being weakened as it passes from one group to another.”said hong Nanshan,director of Guangdong Team for SARS Prevention and Treatment.
The director says the key to fighting the disease now lies in finding the cause and developing a vaccine(疫苗).This calls for concerted cooperation within
theinternational medical far,the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong have been working well together.
The SARS situation in Taiwan offers a more reassuring far a little over 20 people have been affected,with no deaths medical experts say this is in part due to effective quarantine(隔离) of suspected mainland cooperation with the island has so far been confined to the individual level.
“We have cooperated with the US Center for Disease Control and the Hong Kong Health Taiwan officials have been to Hong Kong to learn from the region's all,Hong Kong is now the epicenter(中心) of SARS and has developed some effective ways to diagnose(诊断) the disease.”said hang Cangneng from Taiwan Xinguang Hospital.
Experts from the mainland and Taiwan are pushing for greater cooperation(合作) in the joint seminar by all three sides will be held later this relating to the virus's profile and the cause will be discussed at length to shed light on the remaining questions about the disease. 1The passage mainly tells us ___________ is a disease which can not be controlled
mainland,Hong Kong and Taiwan will cooperate so as to deal with SARS mainland,Hong Kong and Taiwan are the areas hardest hit by SARS to prevent and treat SARS
2. SARS is a disease _______________ can be dealt with very easily
infectiousness is weakened when it passes from one area to another does not endanger patients' lives passed from other countries to China 3. According to the passage,we know that half of the patients with SARS died________ the passage was written there were about 2,960 people with SARS in Guangdong are not more than 20 patients with SARS in Taiwan and no deaths were reported would like to cooperate with Chinese mainland and Hong Kong to deal with SARS 4. The underlined word“ panic”in Paragraph 3 is closest to ________ in meaning.
Passage 3
Clive Walker is chairman of the Wilderness Trust of Southern Africa,founder of the Lapalala Wilderness School,an exhibiting wilderlife artist and author of seveal natural history such,Walker is recognised as one of South Africa's foremost conservationists(环保人士)—and allround(多才的)good guy.
He has fought to protect the black and white rhinoceros—targets for ruthless(无情的) hunters because their horn(角) gets high prices in Asian
countries—and through the wilderness school,has taught thousands of children from South Africa and overseas about nature and conservation.
His latest project is an application to the United Nations Educational,Scientific,and Cultural Organiation(UNESCO) to have the Waterberg area in South Africa's Northern Province become a biosphere reserve(生物圈保护区).Walker believes the future of conservation in South Africa lies in education and in private game reserves.
In 1981 Walker was point taking(定点导游) adults on wilderness that point,he decided he wanted to “do something for children”through the establishment of an environmental school.“Conita and I were prepared to look at children whose parents could afford it,and those children who came from backgrounds whose parents could never do that Conita and I set out to find a place that would be safe,sufficiently close to the main areas of Johannesburg and Pretoria,bemalaria(疟病)free,have water and be benefit to education on the found this in the first year,30
children—10 of them blacks fromSoweto—were present to visit the ,3,000 children a year spend time lucky enough to visit his wilderness school will see—among many species—white rhino,warthogs and red hartebeests.“What made it really bad was when I started mixing black children with white children.”When aneighbour reported Walker to the security police and at last he was asked at their notorious
headquarters,Walker said“I told them that all I was trying to achieve was to give children of South Africa,regardless of their background,an understanding of conservation and awareness that our survival dependsso much on it.”
Walker survived the questioning after his point successfully,the school
remained open—and at least 45,000 children and teachers have had the pleasure of experi
encing the Lapalala Wilderness and its abundant wildlife over the past 19 years 1. Which of the following statements is true according to the text?
A45,000 children and teachers a year spend time there to enjoy the pleasure of experiencing the Lapalala Wilderness.
the past 19 years,it was wholly only white people who could afford such a trip. C. A special conservationist who tried to open up the Nature's attractions to the black people of South Africa ran into trouble.
D. Those lucky enough students in Walker's Wilderness School will see some common species like as milu deer, African elephant and red hartebeests. 2. What would be the best title for the text? Walker and His Wilderness Trust Good Guy
Africa's Wildlife Kingdom
Wilderness
3. How many persons are exactly mentioned in the text? . .
Passage 4
Jonathan James looks like just another kid about to graduate from high this 19yearold Swede is anything but ordinary,from the computer in his parents' home he helps the US Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) find out the world's most wanted cyber criminals(网络犯罪分子).
Jonathan first made headlines when he and another Swede,Fredrik Bjoerck,found out the maker of the“Melissa” virus(病毒)in March came to the aid of the FBI again on May 7,finding out the suspected(嫌疑的) sender of the dangerous I LOVE YOU” suspect was caught in Manila on May 8.
Jonathan's special skills are in hot demand as officials around the world express alarm at the“virtual” between studying for final exams,hanging out with friends and refereeing his younger brother's football matches,the quiet,gentle teenager also gives lessons on esecurity (电子安全)to large reads a lot and exchanges information with other computer experts to know much about the latest tricks of the hacker (黑客)trade.
Many companies have already tried to employ him,but he is not interested at the ,he plans to begin law school in the autumn at Sweden's Uppsala University and start up his own e-security company.
Although he works with the FBI now,his family insists he's just“a regular kid.“Jonathan is a great kid,he has his friends and he does a lot more than just p
lay with the computer,”his little sister Tessa said,adding that he helps the FBI because “he likes to help”，not because he's looking for fame and recognition.
When the world was hit by the “Love Bug”virus,Jonathan was too busy preparing a speech on e-security to look into the problem“Finally on May 7,I had some free time,so I began looking.”Within a few hours,he had found thesuspect and emailed his method and results to the said his work on the “Melissa”virus,which took three weeks to solve,was a big help in finding the suspect so quickly“This time I knew exactly where to start,I knew what to disregard and what to look at.” 1. The passage mainly wants to tell us that ———— kid helps FBI find out the most wanted cyber criminals is really a quiet,gentle and ordinary boy
companies want the young computer expert to join in
cyber criminals will surely be found out wherever they are
2. The public started to know something about Jonathan just from ————
helping the US FBI to find out the sender of the dangerous“I LOVE YOU”virus work together with Fredrik Bjoerck to find out the maker of the “Melissa”virus little sister's talk about his good qualities as a regular kid and a good programmer speech on esecurity to many computer companies after his fight against hackers 3 From Jonathan's success in finding out the sender of the dangerous“I LOVE YOU”virus we caninfer that——————--
there's a will,there's a way is knowledge
work leads to success is the mother of success
4. What do we know about Jonathan?
is a good fame hunter with various abilities.
is such a brave fighter that any criminal will feel afraid. is an expert on security,not interested in running a company. is a regular kid but does something unusual. Passage 5
Former US Vice President Al Gore,who came close to winning the presidency two years ago,said he will not run in 2004,and probably will not have another opportunity to seek the White House.
Though Gore would have been a frightening Democratic(民主党的) main runner,his decision to give up the 2004 race probably helped his party's chances in the general election against President George ,Democrats said.
Many did not want to see BushGore Ⅱ.
“The last campaign was an extremely difficult one,” Gore told CBS TV show “60 Minutes”on Sunday.
While saying he still had the energy and drive to run again,Gore
recognied,“There are a lot of people within the Democratic Party who felt
exhausted(by the 2000 race)…who felt like,OK,‘I don't want to go through that again.’And I'm frankly sensitive to that feeling.”
In nearly two doen interviews after Gore announced his plans,Democrats
dutifully claimed their party had lost a top candidate,but one after another,they praised Gore for taking an early exit from a primary race he could have won,sparing them a repeat.
Gore,54,said he was making his decision“in the full understanding that it probably means that I will never have another opportunity to run for president.”
Party activists(激进主义分子)blamed Gore for losing despite a booming economy and eight years of a Democratic even lost his home state of Tennessee,a victory there would have given him the White House.
of the following can be the best title for this passage?
Was Criticied Decides Not to Fight Bush in 2004 US Vice President Al Gore Gore and Gorge Bush
2. Why do you think Gore has decides not to run in 2004 according to this passage? he is quite old.
many people are against him.
he quite understands the feelings of a lot of Democratic members. he doesn't want to be President of US.
was Gore's feeling when he made his decision? . . . . Passage 6
Priscilla—Ouchida's “energyefficient”house turned out to be a horrible
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