COVER STORY―Pax's New Life  

By Michelle Tauber and Mary Green  

The actress and 3-year-old Pax Thien Jolie, whom she adopted last week from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, left Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport in a private jet on Wednesday, bound for home―and, for Pax, a new life in the U.S.
    Jolie, 31, understands the challenges her new son will face as the latest addition to the world's most famous multicultural family. "You can imagine what courage it takes to be in all new surroundings, with new people and a new language," she tells PEOPLE in its new issue. "He is very strong." But she is committed to making his transition as smooth as possible. "It will take him a while to realize he has a family," she says, "and that his new life is permanent and that it won't keep changing."
    The boy with the sweetly shy smile and the big brown eyes joins big brother Maddox, 5 （adopted from Cambodia）, sister Zahara, 2 （adopted from Ethiopia） and 10-month-old Shiloh, the daughter born to Jolie and Brad Pitt, 43, in May.
    As for Dad, because Vietnamese regulations don't allow unmarried couples to co-adopt, Jolie adopted Pax as a single parent while Pitt remained in Los Angeles, where he is filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. "He has specific days on the movie that couldn't be changed or production would run over," says his rep.
    But Jolie still made sure to bring a welcoming committee: Joined by Maddox and Zahara Shiloh has been on the Button set every day with her father―the new mom used her first few days with Pax to begin gently bonding with him and to ask her other kids to do the same.
   "We are slowly beginning to build his trust and bond," Jolie says, "but it will feel complete only when we are all together."
For exclusive photos plus details on Angelina and Pax's first moments together, what Pax's life was like at the orphanage and more pick up this week's PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.  

 

69. According to the passage, how many children does Jolie have in all?  

A. 1     B. 3          C. 4     D. 5  

70. Which of the following statements is TURE?  

A. Pax is the last children that Jolie has.  

B. Vietnamese laws allow everyone to adapt orphan.  

C. Pax meet the whole family with the help of Jolie.  

D. Pitt takes care of Shiloh when he acts in a movie.  

71. Why does Jolie want to start a gentle relationship with her son Pax?  

A. Because Jolie thinks Pax doesn't know he has a family.  

B. Because Jolie wants to set an example to her other children.  

C. Because Pax is a strong boy in Jolie’s mind.  

D. Because Pax can't meet his father when he is in America.  

72. What is the purpose of this passage?  

A. To attract readers’ attention on the new issue of the magazine.  

B. To introduce Jolie’s all family members to readers  

C. To praise Jolie’s generous deeds of adopting children.  

D. To instruct readers how to adopt a child from Vietnam.  

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【小題1】Which of the following is true about James Watson？

A．He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.
B．He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.
C．He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.
D．He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.
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C．introduce the topicD．describe an academic fact
【小題3】According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.
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C．better to inform him immediatelyD．a(chǎn)dvisable not to let him know
【小題4】The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.
A．leave offB．break downC．drop outD．turn away
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“Every ache and pain，” Smith suggested，could be understood as “the beginning of the end.”“That’s right.If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease，then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot，you think the disease has started.”

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1.The first paragraph is meant to________.

A．ask some questions

B．introduce the topic

C．satisfy readers’ curiosity

D．describe an academic fact

2.Which of the following is TRUE of James Watson?

A．He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

B．He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

C．He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D．He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

3.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4，if a person is at a higher genetic risk，it is________.

A．advisable not to let him know

B．impossible to hide his disease

C．better to inform him immediately

D．necessary to remove his anxiety

4.The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to “________”．

A．break down? B．drop out

C．leave off? D．turn away

 

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“Every ache and pain,” Smith suggested, “could be understood as the beginning of the end.” “That ’s right. If you ever worried you were at risk for Alzheimer’s disease, then every time you can’t find your car in the parking lot, you think the disease has started.”

Dr. Green has been thinking about this issue for years. He led a study of people who wanted to know if they were at a higher genetic risk for Alzheimer’s. It was thought that people who got bad news would, for lack of a better medical term, freak out. But Green and his team found that there was “no significant difference” between how people handled good news and possibly the worst news of their lives. In fact, most people think they can handle it. People who ask for the information usually can handle the information, good or bad, said Green.

1.Which of the following is true about James Watson？

A．He doesn’t want to know his chance of getting a disease.

B．He is strongly in favor of the present genetic tests.

C．He believes genetic mapping can help cure any disease.

D．He is more likely to suffer from Alzheimer’s disease.

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A．a(chǎn)sk some questions                      B．satisfy readers’ curiosity

C．introduce the topic                      D．describe an academic fact

3.According to Paragraphs 3 and 4, if a person is at a higher genetic risk, it is__________.

A．necessary to remove his anxiety            B．impossible to hide his disease

C．better to inform him immediately           D．a(chǎn)dvisable not to let him know

4.The underlined part “freak out” in Paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to“_________”.

A．leave off          B．break down        C．drop out          D．turn away

5.The study led by Dr. Green indicates that people__________.

A．can accept some bad news                B．tend to find out the truth

C．prefer to hear good news                 D．have the right to be informed

 

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COVER STORY—Pax's New Life

By Michelle Tauber and Mary Green

The actress and 3-year-old Pax Thien Jolie, whom she adopted last week from an orphanage in Ho Chi Minh City, left Hanoi's Noi Bai Airport in a private jet on Wednesday, bound for home—and, for Pax, a new life – in the U.S.
    Jolie, 31, understands the challenges her new son will face as the latest addition to the world's most famous multicultural family. "You can imagine what courage it takes to be in all new surroundings, with new people and a new language," she tells PEOPLE in its new issue. "He is very strong." But she is committed to making his transition as smooth as possible. "It will take him a while to realize he has a family," she says, "and that his new life is permanent and that it won't keep changing."
    The boy with the sweetly shy smile and the big brown eyes joins big brother Maddox, 5 （adopted from Cambodia）, sister Zahara, 2 （adopted from Ethiopia） and 10-month-old Shiloh, the daughter born to Jolie and Brad Pitt, 43, in May.
    As for Dad, because Vietnamese regulations don't allow unmarried couples to co-adopt, Jolie adopted Pax as a single parent while Pitt remained in Los Angeles, where he is filming The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. "He has specific days on the movie that couldn't be changed or production would run over," says his rep.
    But Jolie still made sure to bring a welcoming committee: Joined by Maddox and Zahara – Shiloh has been on the Button set every day with her father—the new mom used her first few days with Pax to begin gently bonding with him and to ask her other kids to do the same.
   "We are slowly beginning to build his trust and bond," Jolie says, "but it will feel complete only when we are all together."
For exclusive photos – plus details on Angelina and Pax's first moments together, what Pax's life was like at the orphanage and more – pick up this week's PEOPLE, on newsstands Friday.

69. According to the passage, how many children does Jolie have in all?

A. 1                B. 3                 C. 4                 D. 5

70. Which of the following statements is TURE?

A. Pax is the last children that Jolie has.

B. Vietnamese laws allow everyone to adapt orphan.

C. Pax meet the whole family with the help of Jolie.

D. Pitt takes care of Shiloh when he acts in a movie.

71. Why does Jolie want to start a gentle relationship with her son Pax?

A. Because Jolie thinks Pax doesn't know he has a family.

B. Because Jolie wants to set an example to her other children.

C. Because Pax is a strong boy in Jolie’s mind.

D. Because Pax can't meet his father when he is in America.

72. What is the purpose of this passage?

A. To attract readers’ attention on the new issue of the magazine.

B. To introduce Jolie’s all family members to readers

C. To praise Jolie’s generous deeds of adopting children.

D. To instruct readers how to adopt a child from Vietnam.

  

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