experience,a multitude of game plans and knows how to manage the clock.If she was a player,she’d be Peyton Manning.If she was a coach-let’s see:wonky,secretive,willing to bend rules,even got caught recently fudging an injury report-she’d be Bill Bellicose.Definitely Bellicose.
As a plays and never saw a throw he wouldn’t make.If he was a coach,he’d be Chip Kelly in his Oregon days,breaking the mold with his house-on-fire offensive attack.Or maybe Steve Hurried at Florida,less worried about what his opponents might do than whether he could sneak out of a film session and squeeze in nine holes before sundown.
60.The writer’s purpose of writing this passage is to ____________.
A.indicate the subtle relationship between sporting events and election campaign B.educate the public on the wide use of sports metaphors
C.compare the candidates and issue an appeal for votes for Hillary D.entertain the public by using sports metaphors in politics
61.The underlined phrase “break down” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________.
A.stop working because of a fault
B.change something into a different form
C.change people’s fixed attitude towards something D.divide something into parts to understand it better
62.According to the passage,which of the following statement is true? A.Bill Belichick is Hillary’s favorite football coach.
B.Hillary met with criticism for underestimating her opponent. C.If Trump went in for boxing,he would bite his opponent’s car. D.Issues of great importance can be solved in an easy-going way.
（C）
Just one bite of cake that is made with eggs is enough to make John feel very sick. Susan gets a terrible rash(皮疹)whenever she eats anything containing seafood, and David nearly died when he first ate a cookie that included peanuts. David had trouble breathing after he ate the cookie, but his mother knew what to do and she quickly gave him medicine that helped him feel better almost right away. The body's reaction to certain foods can be quite severe, resulting in breathing problems, as in David's case, or loss of consciousness for some. There are many things we eat may cause our bodies to react badly if we have a food allergy(食物过敏). The most common food allergies seem to be related to milk, soy, eggs, wheat flour, peanuts, nuts, and seafood. In fact, these kinds of foods account for 90% of food allergies．
According to some studies, the number of children who have a food allergy is growing. But some people now argue that test results might not actually be accurate, so food allergies are not really as common as they may appear．
There are three typical ways that doctors test for food allergies. Probably the most accurate way is for a doctor to give a child a ¨food challenge\For this, the doctor watches the child eat small amounts of certain foods to see if the child has an allergic reaction or not. This method is very time consuming so it is used less often than the other two methods: skin tests and blood tests. In a skin test, a doctor puts very small amounts of the parts of the foods that the child may be allergic to under the child's skin, then watches to see if the child's skin reacts to the allergens(过敏原). In a blood test, doctors take some of the child's blood and add possible allergens to it and then look for chemicals in the blood that indicate a possible allergic reaction．
A problem with both the skin test and the blood test is that neither will show how severe an allergic reaction might be. If a test result is positive, the child may have a severe reaction by eating this food, but the child might just as likely only have a slight rash. The test will not show which of these might be the case．
Dr. Jennifer Chafen of Stanford University studied 10 years' worth of allergy research to check how accurate the tests are. She found a surprising fact. Skin tests or blood tests given to patients who visited their doctors for treatment of rashes or stomachaches showed that these patients were allergic to certain foods. However, later tests showed that although these patients tested positive, fewer than 50 percent of them actually had blood allergies. So were the results false and can we rely on these test results?
The problem might be food intolerance rather than a food allergy. While foodallergies are mainly related to a person's immune system, food intolerance is related to a person's digestive system and the reaction is usually less severe. One of the most common kinds of food intolerance is related to people who have trouble digesting the sugar in products like milk, cheese, and ice cream．
Doctors are not sure why the number of cases of food allergies is rising. One factor that may explain part of the problem is our cleaner environment. Most children are exposed to fewer germs these days and some researchers think that for some people, their body's immune system makes work for itself by reacting as if certain foods are harmful．
While allergy test results may show false positive results, the tests are still useful and can save lives. Some children lose their food allergies as they get older, so even though doctors do not have a cure for food allergies, sometimes the body finds its own cure．
63. What is the passage mainly about?
A. Different kinds of allergy tests．
B. A new allergy test that works very well．
C. When children should be tested for allergies． D. The environmental factor in the rise in allergies.
64. According to the passage, which test gives the most accurate results?
A. The blood test． B. The food challenge． C. The common allergen test．D. The skin test． 65. What do skin tests and blood tests NOT show?
A. Whether a certain food will produce a rash or not． B. Whether test results are positive or not．
C. Whether a person is allergic to a certain food． D. Whether allergic reactions are severe or not．
66. Which of the following statements can be inferred from the passage?
A.About half of the people with food allergies are also milk intolerant. B.Allergies affect the digestive system more than the immune system. C.Food intolerance is usually not as serious as food allergies. D.Sugar is a very common allergen for many people.
Section D
Directions:Read the following passage.Fill in each blank with a proper sentence given in the box.Each sentence can be used only once.Note that there are two more sentences than you need.
A.People redefine themselves and their family relationships. B.Yes,the definition of mother has changed for some women,but not for all. C.If there was a “mother,”then usually there was a “father.” D.Children need parents who will love them,not own them or use them. AB.After two years of carefully thinking about the decision,Marianne chose to adopt and now has a beautiful little boy. AC.This untraditional parent thinks he is lucky. What’s in a word?
Some words are more difficult than others to explain or define.Some are hard to define because we have strong feelings about them.We have strong emotions about word such as divorce or childhood.We may feel sad,happy,or angry when we think about these words.Definitions of other words have changed as people and the world have changed.Traditionally,the word mother meant both female parent and primary caregiver(the person who cares for the children).The word father meant both male parent and breadwinner(the person who earns money for the family).(67)________________ In generally,this is still true,but two points of this traditional definition are changing.
There is a growing number of single women who want to be mothers.They have not included a man,or “father,”in their plans.These women are choosing to have babies and raise them alone.They are not widows or divorces.They are mostly women with good jobs.They are economically independent.They are in their late 30s,and they have never found “Mr.Right”(a man they would like to marry).”I decide I wasn’t
going to turn 40 without at least exploring the possibility of having a child,”explains Marianne Boswell,a single mother living in the Boston area.”I wanted it to be a conscious decision,as opposed to something that just didn’t happen to me.”
These women become mothers in different ways.Some adopt a baby.Some carefully choose a partner.Others choose donor insemination,a medical process that can cause pregnancy.The National Center for Health Statistics reports that 32% of all births are now to unmarried women.In 1960,the rate was only 5.3%.(68)________________
There is another group that is also questioning the traditional definitions.In this group are men who choose to stay at home and care for their children.They,not their wives,are the primary caregivers.As Randall Mitchell says in the movie “Mr.Mom,””When my daughter wakes up at night,she calls for her daddy”(69)________________
As society changes,our definitions change.(70)________________ As a result, we may need to create some new words.Somehow,”single mother”and”Mr.Mom”do not seem like very good names.
Ⅳ.Reading and Writing
Directions:Read the following passage.Summarize the main idea and the main points of the passage in NO MORE THAN 60 WORDS.Use your own words as far as possible.Write your answer on the answer sheet.
A lot of us fall into the trap of thinking travel will solve our problems.But some problems can only be solved by tackling them head on. Travel won’t make you any happier if it doesn’t change anything that relates to your problems.
To illustrate this,let’s imagine that your goal in life is to become an alpaco（羊驼）farmer.You’re stuck in a dead end job at home,not an alpaca in sight.You’re depressed and think you’ll never own that farm.
You’ve seen all these articles online about travel and how it leads to so much happiness and wish fulfillment for others.Plus it’s so easy.All you need to do is leave.Pretty soon you’re also thinking that travel will make you happy and fulfill your dreams.So you go away and travel and you have a great time.
Travel is so intense that it can dazzle you for months or even years.You’re experiencing so many new things that you’re constantly in the now.The future doesn’t matter when you’re bungee jumping off an elephant.But soon things settle down and when you get time to think,your mind will soon drift back to that farm.
Travel becomes that boring job,the world becomes your office.You find yourself staring longingly outwards,dreaming of alpacas.
That’s not to say your travel has been wasted.Maybe it will just show you what you’ve always known anyway and that you really need to focus on the alpaca
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