For her first twenty-four year, she’d been known as Debbie---a name that didn’t suit her good looks and elegant manner．” My name has always made me think I should be a cheerleader,” She complained．”I just don’t feel like a Debbie!”

       One day ,while filling out an application form for publishing job, the young woman suddenly changed middle name, Lynne, for her first name Debbie．“That was the smartest thing I ever did,” She says now．“ As soon as I stopped calling myself Debbie．I felt more comfortable with myself… and other people started to take me more seriously”．Two years after her successful magazine editor--- friends and associates call her Lynne．

       Naturally, the name change didn’t cause Debbie/Lynne’s professional achievement--- but it surely helped if only by adding a bit of self-confidence to her talents．Social scientists say that what you are called can affect your life．Through history, names have not only identified people but also described them．”… As his name is, so is he …? says the Bible．For better or worse, qualities such as friendliness or reserves, simple ness or charm may be suggested by your name and encourage other people before they even meet you．

       Of course , names with a good sense can work for you ---even encouraging new acquaintances．A recent survey showed that American men thought Susan to be the attractive female name, while women believed Richard and David were the most attractive to men．One woman I know turned down a blind date with a man named Harry because “he sounded dull．” Several evenings later she came up to me at a party, pressing for an introduction to a very nice man with whom they looked at each other all evening．“Oh, “ I said．” You mean Harry?” She was ill at ease．

1．Debbie’s changing her name ____．

       A．had actually little to do with her career．

       B．was what she happened to do when filling out the form

       C．did have an effect on her success

       D．entirely contributed to her luck

2．The author introduced Harry to the woman___

       A．a(chǎn)t the request of the woman herself

       B．to tell her that names didn’t matter really

       C．to make her feel uneasy in mind

       D．the person is more important than his /her name

3．The name Debbie may be connected with something ____

       A．huge              B．quiet               C．dull                D．a(chǎn)ttractive

4．The best possible title for the passage may be ____

       A．Names are the most important               B．Your name is your fortune

       C．Don’t care much for names                  D．Names and making friends

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【小題1】What do the directors mentioned in the passage have in common?

A．They are interested in awards for their works.
B．They are members of the New Hollywood gang.
C．They have created a lot of movies taken as classics.
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【小題2】The movie Indiana Jones series is directed by ______.
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【小題3】Stanley Kubrick’s works include the following except ______.
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【小題4】It is implied in the underlined sentence Steven Spielberg ______.
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B．succeeded in making a great box office
C．became much better at creating classics
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【小題5】What will be discussed in the paragraph that follows this passage?
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B．The difference between the directors
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1.What do the directors mentioned in the passage have in common?

A．They are interested in awards for their works.

B．They are members of the New Hollywood gang.

C．They have created a lot of movies taken as classics.

D．They focus their themes on negative side of the society

2.The movie Indiana Jones series is directed by ______.

A．Francis Coppola                        B．Woody Allen

C．Stanley Kubrick                         D．Steven Spielberg

3.Stanley Kubrick’s works include the following except ______.

A．Midnight in Paris                        B．2001: A Space Odyssey

C．A Clockwork Orange                     D．Paths of Glory

4.It is implied in the underlined sentence Steven Spielberg ______.

A．was successful in amusing the audience

B．succeeded in making a great box office

C．became much better at creating classics

D．had set a cash register working for himself

5.What will be discussed in the paragraph that follows this passage?

A．Their contribution to the society

B．The difference between the directors

C．Another famous movie directors

D．More great movies from the directors

 

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And she’s not alone. Millions of people say they suffer from headaches, depression, nausea and rashes when they’re too close to cellphones or other sources of EMFs.

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Some say there is evidence to support the growing anxieties. David Carpenter, a professor of environmental health sciences at the University at Albany, in New York, thinks there’s a greater than 95% chance that power lines can cause childhood leukemia. Also there’s a greater than 90% chance that cellphones can cause brain tumours.

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According to Robert Park, a professor of physics at the University of Maryland in the US, the magnetic waves aren’t nearly powerful enough to break apart DNA, which is how known threats, such as UV rays and X-rays, cause cancer.

Perhaps it’s just psychological. Some experts find that the electro-sensitivity syndrome seems to be similar to chemical sensitivity syndrome, which is a condition that’s considered to be psychological.

Whether EMFs are harmful or not, a break in the countryside, without the cellphone, would probably be good for all of us.

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Cellphones are (71)______ to use

● Some people think it (72)______ for cellphones to cause cancer.

● Camilla Rees got ill after his neighbor installed a wi-fi router.

● Millions of people have the (73) _______ problems as Camilla.

● Some evidence supports people’s anxieties.

Cellphones are safe

to use

● Some believe that these concerns are just paranoia.

● So far, studies show that there isn’t much (74)______ between EMFs and illness.

● Robert Park thinks that the magnetic waves aren’t （75)_______ enough to destroy DNA.

● It’s just for (76)_______ reasons that people feel ill when they use cellphones.

Attitudes and (77)______

● Some governments are (78)_______ about the safety of cellphones or EMFs.

● The author thinks that we should（79)_______ the chance of talking on the phone or spend more time in the（80)_____ areas without cellphones.

 

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