confusion when he cannot find them”.
“My young friend,” answered the professor, “we should never amuse ourselves at the expense of the poor. But you are rich, and may give yourself a much greater pleasure by tricking
on the poor man. Put a coin into each shoe, and then we will hide ourselves and watch how the
discovery affects him.”
The student did so, and they both placed themselves behind the bushes close by. The poor
man soon finished his work, and came across the field to the path where he had left his coat and
shoes. After he slipped his foot into one of his shoes, he felt something hard. He bent down to feel
what it was, and found the coin. Astonishment and wonder were seen on his face. He fixed his eyes on the coin, turned it round, and looked at it again and again. He then
looked around him on all sides, but no person was to be seen. He now put the money into his
pocket, and continued to put on the other shoe; but his surprise was doubled on finding the other
coin. His feelings overcame him. He fell upon his knees, looked up to heaven and cried a sincere
thanksgiving, in which he spoke of his wife, sick and helpless, and his children without bread,
whom the timely help, from some unknown hand, would save from dying.
The student stood there, deeply affected, and his eyes filled with tears.“Now,” said the
professor, “are you not much better pleased than if you had played your intended trick?” The youth replied, “You have taught me a lesson which I will never forget.
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( ) 36. The student wanted to play the poor man a trick to ___________.
A. find the truth B. show his wisdom C. amuse himself D. teach him a lesson
( ) 37. After finding the two coins, the man felt ___________.
A. helpless B. interested C. peaceful D. thankful
( ) 38. We can know from the passage that the professor is ___________.
A. wise B. rich C. humorous D. serious
( ) 39. What dose the story want to tell us?
A. God helps those who help themselves. B. A small act of kindness brings great joy. C. Where there is a will, there is a way. D. Actions speak louder than words.
B
Think about the last time you felt afraid. Was it a fear of height? Did you oversleep on a weekday and fear you’d get into trouble at the office? In any case, you know what it feels like to feel fear.
But one woman doesn’t. The woman，code-named“UM”, gave her first-ever interview after years of being studied by a team of researchers. The woman is given a code name because the researchers want to protect her from anyone who would take advantage of her inability to feel afraid.
UM can’t tell you what fear is because she’s never experienced it. “I wonder what it’s like to actually be afraid of something,”she said．The formal name for the disease is Urbach-Wieth disease，which is characterized by a hoarse(粗哑的)voice, small bumps around the eyes, and calcium deposits(钙沉积的)in the brain. In the case of UM, the disease has transformed the part of her brain that controls the human response to fear. In the interview, UM talks about an event in her life where she was held at knifepoint and gunpoint, “I was walking to the store, and I saw a man on a park bench. He said. ‘Come here, please,’ so I went over to him. He grabbed me by the shirt, put a knife to my throat and told me he was going to cut me. I told him, ‘Go ahead and cut me, ’I wasn’t afraid at a11. And for some
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reason，he let me go.”
Doctors who have been studying UM’s condition for years have been trying different things that could strike fear into her. They finally figured something out—increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels. Extra carbon dioxide concentration in the blood is known to cause fear and panic in health individuals. Increasing UM’s carbon dioxide levels did manage to give her a fright. ( ) 40. The text starts by_______.
A. challenging the reader B. solving daily problems C. listing situations
D. giving explanations
( ) 41. Why is the woman with Urbach-Wieth disease given a code name?
A. To tell her case from other patients. B. To respect her privacy.
C. To meet the researchers’ demands. D. To make her safety.
( ) 42. From UM’s case, we can know that Urbach-Wieth disease may________.
A. stop the brain from functioning normally B. lead to a decrease in calcium deposits C. stop the brain from responding quickly D. lead to an increase in carbon dioxide
( ) 43. What will probably happen to UM?
A. Dying of the Urbach-Wieth disease. B. Getting the sense of panic. C. Experiencing another danger. D. Speaking with a hoarse voice.
C
Believe it or not, there’re always some people who like staying up too late. However, sleeping early can bring us many benefits.
1. Healthy heart. Staying up late in the night is a way to hurt your body with high blood pressure and cholesterol (胆固醇). These are the risks associated with the heart.
2. Reduce stress. A peaceful sleep in the night relieves(减缓) physical and mental stress. It relaxes the body and mind. With insufficient sleep you’re risking
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your health with heart attacks and other diseases.
3. Improve memory. Sleeping early lets your mind arrange the thoughts well. Waking up early with a fresh mind will regain all of it.
4. Protect you from diseases. By sleeping late in the night you’re only stressing yourself, which will increase the blood pressure and cholesterol levels. So sleep early and let your body keep the pressure levels constant.
5. . Breakfast is very important to start the day. Most of the time as we wake up late we miss it.
6. Positive performance. Sleeping continuously for at least 7 hours in the night is necessary. Inadequate sleep will limit your ability to think creatively, handle stress and concentrate.
7. Help metabolism (新陈代谢). Our body needs to send away all the unwanted waste. Sleeping through the day till noon will disorganise the exile (排泄). We need to eat and sleep on time to keep energy.
8. Reduce the risk of cancer. Sleep in the dark. Light in the night reduces the melatonin (褪黑激素) level which’s supposed to cause sleep and prevent the risk of cancer.
9. Increase energy. Sleeping early will let you complete your 7 hours of sleep and make you fresh the next morning. It gives you the energy to perform better.
10. Keep weight. When you sleep too late your organism is disturbed. Sleeping for less than 7 hours a day is an invitation to being overweight. ( ) 44. What kind of sleep can relieve the physical and mental stress?
A. A peaceful sleep. C. A continuous sleep.
B. An insufficient sleep. D. An inadequate sleep.
( ) 45. What should be filled in the blank in Paragraph 6?
A. Breakfast is important C. Wait for breakfast
B. You might miss breakfast D. Give time for breakfast
( ) 46. How many hours should a man sleep at least according to the text?
A. 9 hours. 6 hours.
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B. 8 hours. C. 7 hours. D.
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