your information and place your entry in the box provided. Winner to be announced in The strait Times on the 15th of January. Join in the Fun! Between 7:00 pm and 8:00 pm each evening until the 15th of January, your favorite Channel 3 television actors and singers will entertain you: ● May Lee ● Kim Yap ● Jackie Chen ● Kamal Autograph sessions will follow each performance! And who will be our extra special mystery star? Come down on Saturday at noon to find out. 24. Munchies Food Hall does NOT sell ______. A. lamb B. beef C. pork 25. The prices at Munchies are ______. A. lower than usual C. lower for two people
D. chicken
B. bargain prices for the opening D. lower if you spend ＄21.00
26. I will find out who has won the trip to Western Australia when I ______. A. come down to Munchies at noon C. watch Channel 3 television
B. read The Straits Times on the 15th of January D. attend the lucky draw at Munchies Food Hall C
Federal regulators Wednesday approved a plan to create a nationwide emergency alert system using text messages delivered to cell phones.
Text messages have exploded in popularity in recent years, particularly among young people. The wireless industry’s trade association, CTIA, estimates more than 48 billions text messages are sent each month.
The plan comes from the Warning Alert and Response Network Act, a 2006 federal law that requires improvement to the nation’s emergency alert system. The act tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with coming up with new ways to alert the public about emergencies.
“The ability to deliver accurate and timely warning and alerts through cell phones and other mobile services is an important next step in our efforts to help ensure that the American public has the information they need to take action to protect themselves and their families before, and during,
disasters and other emergencies,” FCC Chairman Kevin Martin said following approval of the plan.
Participation in the alert system by carriers----telecommunications companies----is voluntary, but it has received solid support from the wireless industry.
The program would be optional for cell phone users. They also may not be charged for receiving alerts. There would be three types of messages, according to the rules.
The first would be a national alert from the president, likely involving a terrorists attack or natural disaster. The second would involve “approaching threats,” which could include natural disasters like hurricanes or storms or even university shootings. The third would be reserved for child abduction (绑架) emergencies, or so-called Amber Alerts. 27. The improvement to the present system is in the charge of _______. A. CTLA
B. the Warning Alert and Response Network
C. FCC D. federal regulators
28. The carriers’ participation in the system is determined by _______. A. the US federal government C. mobile phone users
B. the carriers themselves D. the law of the United States
29.Which of the following is true of cell phone users? A. They must accept the alert service.
B. They must send the alerts to others. D. They may choose the types of messages.
C. They may enjoy the alert service for free. 30. An alert message will not be sent if _______. A. a terrorist attack occurs
B. a university shooting happens D. a child loses his way
C. a natural disaster happens
31. Which of the following would be the best title for the text? A. Cell Phone Alerts Coming Soon
B. Cell Phone Alerts by Wireless Industry
C. Cell Phone Alerts of National Disasters D. Cell Phone Alerts Protecting Students
D
Should doctors ever lie to benefit their patient--–to speed recovery or to cover the coming of death? In medicine, the requirements of honesty often seem dwarfed (变矮小) by greater needs: the need to protect from brutal news or to uphold a promise of secrecy; to advance the public interest.
What should doctors say, for example, to a 46-year-old man coming in for a routine physical checkup just before going on vacation with his family who, though he feels in perfect health, is
found to have a form of cancer that will cause him to die within six months? Is it best to tell him the truth? If he asks, should the doctor reject that he is ill, or minimize the gravity of the illness? Should they at least hide the truth until after the family vacation?
Doctors face such choices often. At times, they see important reasons to lie for the patient’s own sake; in their eyes, such lies differ sharply from self-serving ones.
Studies show that most doctors sincerely believe that the seriously ill patients do not want to know the truth about their condition, and that informing them risks destroys their hope, so that they may recover more slowly, or deteriorate (恶化) faster, perhaps even commit suicide (自杀). But other studies show that,contrary to the belief of many physicians, a great majority of patients do want to be told the truth, even about serious illness, and feel cheated when they learn that they have been misled. We are also learning that truthful information, humanly conveyed, helps patients cope with illness: help them tolerate pain better, need less medicine, and even recover faster after operation.
There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly. Not only in medicine, but in other professions as well, practitioners may find themselves repeatedly in difficulty where serious consequences seem avoidable only through deception (欺骗). Yet the public has every reason to know professional deception, for such practices are peculiarly likely to become deeply rooted, to spread, and to trust. Neither in medicine, nor in law, government, or the social sciences can there be comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.” 32. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Whether patients really want to know the truth of their illness. B. Whether patients should be told the truth of their illness. C. Who benefits from deception.
D. Whether doctors are honest with their patients. 33. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. It is true that “What you don’t know can’t hurt you”.
B. Doctors believe that those seriously-ill patients need a family vacation first. C. Truthful information helps patients deal with their illness in some cases. D. Many patients don’t want to know the truth, especially about serious illness. 34. What’s the main idea of the last paragraph?
A. There is an urgent need to debate this issue openly.
B. There can be no comfort in the old saying, “What you don’t know can’t hurt you.” C. The public has every reason to be cautious of the deception
D. We need to discuss this issue in medicine, but not in other professions.
35. From the passage, we can learn that the author’s attitude to professional deception is _______. A. supportive
B. indifferent
C. opposed
D. neutral
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EAT YOUR VEGETALES. Wash your hands. Always say “please” and “thank you”. We are full of such advice for our children. 36 As a result, our children may grow up with clean hands and good manners, but without any idea how to manage their money.
Here are some basics that will help guide them their entire lives:
Show them the future. If your 13-year-old girl were to save $1,000, invest it at 8% and add $100 every month, by the time she’s 65, she would have $980,983!
Be careful of credit. Credit cards can help you buy necessary things and build a credit history, but they must be used responsibly. 37 Explain to your children that when you buy something using a credit card, you can easily end up paying two or three times what you would have paid if you used cash.
38 Suppose your child wants a new bicycle that costs $150. Rather than paying the cash, give him
some regular pocket money and explain that by putting aside, say, $15 a week, he will be able to buy it for himself in only ten weeks.
Explain your values. 39 When your child demands that you buy something, explain why you really don’t want to buy it. You might say, “I’d rather save that money for your education”. 40 A.Every time you spend or don’t spend money, you have a chance to share your values. B.Provide encouragement.
C.That means paying off your debt in time. D.Teach patience.
E.Values and money are deeply intertwined.
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