Jim suffered heart problems.In conversation he expressed little joy and it seemed that his life was drawing to a close.

When his heart problems led to operation,Jim went through it successfully,and a full recovery was expected.Within days,however,his heart was not beating properly.Jim was rushed back to operation,but nothing was found to explain the cause of his illness.He died on the operating table on the day before his 48th birthday.

Dr.Bruce Smoller,a psychologist(心理學(xué)家),had had many conversations with him,and the more he learned,the stranger he realized Jim’s case was.When Jim was a child,his father,a teacher,suffered a heart attack and stayed home to recover.One morning Jim asked his father to look over his homework,promising to come home from school at noon to pick it up.His father agreed,but when Jim returned his father had died.Jim’s father was 48.

“I think all his life Jim believed he killed his father,”Dr. Smoller says.“He felt that if he had not asked him to look at his homework,his father would have lived.Jim had been troubled by the idea.The operation was the trial(判決) he had expected for forty years.”Smoller believes that Jim willed himself not to live to the age of 48.

Jim’s case shows the powerful role that attitude(態(tài)度) plays in physical health,and that childhood experiences produce far-reaching effect on the health of grown-ups.Although most cases are less direct than Jim’s,studies show that childhood events,besides genes,may well cause such midlife diseases as cancer,heart disease and mental illness.

Jim was sent back to operation because ______.

A.his heart didn’t work well

B.he expected a full recovery

C.his life was drawing to a close

D.the first one wasn’t well performed

What made Dr. Smoller feel strange about Jim’s case?

A.Jim died at a young age.

B.Jim died on the operating table.

C.Both Jim and his father died of the same disease.

D.Jim’s death is closely connected with his father’s.

From Smoller’s words,we can infer that ______.

A.Jim’s father cared little about his study

B.Smoller agreed that Jim did kill his father

C.Jim thought he would be punished some day

D.Smoller believed Jim wouldn’t live to the age of 48

Which of the following could have strong effect on one’s physical health according to the text?

A.a,b,d                                                            B.a,b,e

C.a,c,e                                                            D.b,c,d

I entered high school having read hundreds of books.But I was not a good reader.Merely bookish,I lacked a point of view when I read.Rather,I read in order to get a point of view.I searched books for good expressions and sayings,pieces of information,ideas,themes—anything to enrich my thought and make me feel educated.When one of my teachers suggested to his sleepy tenth-grade English class that a person could not have a “complicated(復(fù)雜的) idea” until he had read at least two thousand books,I heard the words without recognizing either its irony(嘲諷) or its very complicated truth.I merely determined to make a list of all the books I had ever read.Strict with myself,I included only once a title I might have read several times.(How,after all,could one read a book more than once?)And I included only those books over a hundred pages in length.(Could anything shorter be a book?)

There was yet another high school list I made.One day I came across a newspaper article about an English professor at a nearby state college.The article had a list of the “hundred most important books of Western Civilization.”“More than anything else in my life,”the professor told the reporter with finality,“these books have made me all that I am.”That was the kind of words I couldn’t ignore(忽視).I kept the list for the several months it took me to read all of the titles.Most books,of course,I hardly understood.While reading Plato’s The Republic,for example,I needed to keep looking at the introduction of the book to remind myself what the text was about.However,with the special patience and superstition(迷信) of a schoolboy,I looked at every word of the text.And by me time I reached the last word,pleased,I persuaded myself that I had read The Republic,and seriously crossed Plato off my list.

On heating the teacher’s suggestion of reading,the writer thought ______.

A.one must read as many books as possible

B.a student should not have a complicated idea

C.it was impossible for one to read two thousand books

D.students ought to make a list of the books they had read

While at high school,the writer ______.

A.had plans for reading

B.learned to educate himself

C.only read books over 100 pages

D.read only one book several times

The underlined phrase “with finality” probably means ______.

A.firmly                                                                 B.clearly

C.proudly                                                               D.pleasantly

The writer’s purpose in mentioning The Republic is to ______.

A.explain why it was included in the list

B.describe why he seriously crossed it off the list

C.show that he read the books blindly though they were hard to understand

D.prove that he understood most of it because he had looked at every word

The writer provides two book lists to ______.

A.show how he developed his point of view

B.tell his reading experience at high school

C.introduce the two persons’ reading methods

D.explain that he read many books at high school

—Thank you for joining in our conversation tonight.

—_______.

A.It’s my duty                                                        B.It’s all right

C.It’s my pleasure                                            D.It’s nice to say so

—What does the sign over there read？

—“No person ___ smoke or carry a lighted cigarette,cigar or pipe in this area.”

A.will                                                             B.may

C.shall                                                            D.must

It is reported that two schools,____ are being built in my hometown,will open next year.

A.they both                                                     B.which both

C.both of them                                                 D.both of which

We saw a /an _____elephant in the People’s Park last Sunday .

A lively  B living  C live   D alive

—____ when has the country been open to international trade?

—1978,I suppose.

A.Since                                                           B.In

C.From                                                           D.After

I first went to Harrow in the summer term.The school had the biggest swimming pool I had ever seen.It was a good joke to come up behind a naked boy,and push him into the pool.I made quite a habit of this with boys of my own size or less.

One day I saw a boy wrapped in a towel on the side of the pool.He was no bigger than I was,so I thought him a fair game.Coming secretly behind,I pushed him in,holding on to his towel so that it would not get wet,I was surprised to see an angry face come out from the water,and a being of great strength making its way by fierce strokes(猛力地劃) to the shore.I fled,but in vain.He overtook me,seized me violently,and threw me into the deepest part of the pool.I soon climbed out on the other side,and found myself surrounded by a crowd of younger boys.“Do you know what you have done?”they said.“It’s Amery;he is in Grade Six.He is champion at gym;he has got his football honor.”

I was frightened and felt ashamed.How could I tell his position when he was wrapped in a bath towel and so small?I decided to apologize immediately.“I am sorry,”I said,“I mistook you for a Grade Four boy.You are so small.”He didn’t seem pleased at all,so I added in a most brilliant word.“My father,who is a great man,is also small.”At this he laughed,and after some general words about my rude behavior and how I had better be careful in the future,signified the incident was closed.

The writer thought Amery “a fair game” because the boy ______.

A.looked like an animal

B.was fond of games

C.was of similar size

D.was good at sports

The writer felt “ashamed” because ______.

A.he was laughed at by other boys

B.Amery turned out to be in the same grade

C.he pushed Amery hard and hurt him

D.he played a joke on an outstanding athlete

By saying “My father,who is a great man,is also small”,the writer_______.

A.tried to please Amery

B.challenged Amery

C.threatened Amery

D.admired his father

Which of the following is TRUE?

A.The writer could run faster than Amery.

B.The writer liked playing jokes on boy of all sizes.

C.Amery was a student in Grade Four.

D.Amery forgave the writer for his rude behavior.

根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容， 從對話后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)。選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。

W: How can I help you, Mr Martin?

M: Well, I started having a bad headache weeks ago and it' s getting worse. I can' t sleep

 well. I’m tired all the time, and the worst thing is that my hair is getting very grey and I' m

only 30.

W:    61   Well, do you smoke?

M: No. I gave it up a month ago.

W: Right. I see you' re a businessman.   62   

M: Well, I usually work eight hours a day, but at the moment I work at least ten hours.

W: That' s a lot.   63   

M: Well, I usually sit in front of the TV with a pizza and a coffee.

W: Hmm.   64   

M: Not really, but I' m losing a lot of weight and I don' t know why.

W:   65    I think it' s just too much work. I want you to eat more vegetables and

do some exercise. Come back and see me in four weeks.

A. Don' t worry.

B. Come on. Just for a minute.

C. Do you do any exercise at the moment?

D. How many hours a day do you usually work?

E. And how do you relax?

F. And you should feel free to call or visit me.

G. I see.

You have to get rid of smoking, ____ you may die of lung cancer.

A. and      B. but      C. so       D. otherwise