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   A nurse of 78 this weekend celebrates 78 years of walking the wards—and she has no plans to retire.

  Jackie Reid was 18 when she started work in 1953—when the National Health Service(NHS) was just five years old—and is believed to be the oldest nurse in Britain.

  The diabetes(糖尿病) specialist had to retire at 65 but returned as a nurse within two weeks and still does up to four seven-and-a-half hour shifts(輪班) each week.

  Mrs. Reid said: “Nursing is hard if you do it correctly but I love my job. Working for the NHS has been my life. I have no other hobbies because I have worked all my life.”

  Jackie has worked at a number of different hospitals—including one in Scotland.

  Her specialist field has been diabetes for the past 40 years. She retrained after her 12-year-old daughter Michelle developed the disease. She currently works at southern Hospital, Essex.

  Over the last 60 years she has treated tens of thousands of patients.

  Jackie believes nursing should be protected from government cuts. She said: “There’re lots of things I would say to the government. If you are going to get good care you have to have the resource(資源), you can’t do it without enough money. They shouldn’t need the cuts that there are in the NHS. It’s hard now because there’s a shortage of staff.”  

  Jackie has lived alone in Grays, Essex, since her husband died three years ago.

  The couple have two daughters Michelle, 50, and Karen, 54.

  Jackie added: “My youngest daughter worries about me—she doesn’t think I should work as much as I do. I constantly say ‘don’t worry about me, I’m fine’, but she never believes me. I don’t like the thought of giving it up and will try to keep going forever. ”

56. In which year was the NHS set up?(within 2 words)

57. What does Jackie think of nursing? (within 6 words)

58. When did Jackie retrain in the field of diabetes? (within 6 words)

59. What does Jackie wish the government to do? (within 7 words)

60. Why does Jackie’s daughter worry about her? (within 8 words)

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根據對話內容，從對話后的選項中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。選項中有兩項多余選項。

—James, can I have some black tea?

—Sure.   51  

—Well, just a little, please.

—Two teaspoons?

—   52    I have gained more weight these days.

  (Minutes later)

—How nice it is!

—   53  

—Yes, please. Do you mind me smoking here?

—   54    I don’t want to have secondhand smoke. Would you like some cookies, instead? Eating more and smoking less will do you good.

—   55  

Fear may be felt in the heart as well as in the head, according to a study that has found a link between the cycles of a beating heart and the chance of someone feeling fear.

Tests on healthy volunteers found that they were more likely to feel a sense of fear at the moment when their hearts are contracting(收縮) and pumping blood around their bodies, compared with the point when the heartbeat is relaxed. Scientists say the results suggest that the heart is able to influence how the brain responds to the fearful event, depending on which point it is at in its regular cycle of contraction and relaxation.

Sarah Garfinkel at the Brington and Sussex Medical School said: “Our study shows for the first time that the way in which we deal with fear is different depending on when we see fearful pictures in relation to our heart.”

The study tested 20 healthy volunteers on their reactions to fear as they were shown pictures of fearful faces. Dr Garfinkel said, “The study showed fearful faces are better noticed when the heart is pumping than when it is relaxed. Thus our hearts can also affect what we see and what we don’t see—and guide whether we see fear.”

To further understand this relationship, the scientists also used a brain scanner(掃描儀) to show how the brain influences the way the heart changes a person’s feeling of fear.

 “We have found an important mechanism by which the heart and the brain ‘speak’ to each other to change our feelings and reduce fear,” Dr Garfinkel said.

 “We hope that by increasing our understanding about how fear is death with and ways that it could be reduced, we may be able to develop more successful treatments for anxiety disorders, and also for those who may be suffering from serious stress disorder.”

47. What is the finding of the study?

A. One’s heart affects how he feels fear.

B. Fear is a result of one’s relaxed heartbeat.

C. Fear has something to do with one’s health.

D. One’s fast heartbeats are likely to cause fear.

48. The study was carried out by analyzing _________.

A. volunteers’ heartbeats when they saw terrible pictures.

B. the time volunteers saw fearful pictures and their health conditions.

C. volunteers’ reactions to horrible pictures and data from their brain scans.

D. different pictures shown to volunteers and their heart-brain communication.

49. Which of the following is closet in meaning to “mechanism” in Paragraph 6?

A. Order.  B. System.  C. Machine.  D. Treatment.

50. This study may contribute to ________.

A. treating anxiety and stress better.

B. explaining the cycle of fear and anxiety.

C. finding the key to the heart-brain communication.

D. understanding different fears in our hearts and heads.

LONDON —A British judge on Thursday sentenced a businessman who sold fake (假冒的）bomb detectors (探測器) to 10 years in prison, saying the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences.

It is believed that James McCormick got about $77. 8 million from the sales of his detectors — which were based on a kind of golf ball finder — to countries including Iraq, Belgium and Saudi Arabia.

McCormick, 57，was convicted (判罪) of cheats last month and sentenced Thursday at the Old Bailey court in London.

“Your cheating conduct in selling a great amount of useless equipment simply for huge profit promoted a false sense of security and in all probability materially contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people,’’ Judge Richard Hone told McCormick. “You have neither regret, nor shame, nor any sense of guilt.”

The detectors, sold for up to $ 42,000 each, were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air. But in fact they “l(fā)acked any grounding in science” and were of no use.

McCormick had told the court that he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand.

“I never had any bad results from customers,” he said.

39. Why was McCormick sentenced to prison?

A. He sold bombs.                              B. He caused death of people.

C. He made detectors.                              D. He cheated in business.

40. According to the judge, what McCormick had done ________ .

A. increased the cost of safeguarding

B. lowered people’s guard against danger

C. changed people’s idea of social security

D. caused innocent people to commit crimes

41. Which of the following is true of the detectors?

A. They have not been sold to Africa.

B. They have caused many serious problems.

C. They can find dangerous objects in water.

D. They don't function on the basis of science.

42. It can be inferred from the passage that McCormick _________ .

A. sold the equipment at a low price

B. was well-known in most countries

C. did not think he had committed the crime

D. had not got such huge profit as mentioned in the text

【語篇解讀】本文是一篇記敘文，題材是新聞報道。本文報道了一條賣假冒炸彈探測器的商人被判10年徒刑的新聞。

【解析】

39. D。細節(jié)理解題。難度：中等。問題是“為什么McCormick被判刑入獄”。根據問題中的關鍵詞sentenced to prison定位原文第一段。第一段說到McCormick是一位商人，生產了假冒的炸彈探測器，這是一種商業(yè)欺騙。選項D和其對應，為正確答案。

40. B。細節(jié)理解題。難度：難。問題是“根據法官的說法，McCormick的所為導致了什么樣的結果”。根據問題中的關鍵詞according to the judge定位第四段的第一句：your cheating conduct … promoted a false sense of security and … contributed to causing death and injury to innocent people（你的欺騙行為提高了人們虛假的安全感并助推給無辜百姓帶來死亡和傷害）。由此可見，McCormick的行為讓人們有了安全感，但這種安全并不真實。B “降低了人們防范危險的安全意識”符合此意，為正確答案。

41. D。判斷題。難度：難。問題是“下面哪種說法對探測儀來說是正確的”。

解題思路：根據問題中的關鍵詞detectors，把四個選項具體對應到原文中一處。A對應文章倒數第二段的最后一句he sold his detectors to the police in Kenya，the prison service in Hong Kong, the army in Egypt and the border control in Thailand。該句中的Kenya是非洲的肯尼亞，否定了A的說法。B對應第一段第一句“the man hadn’t cared about potentially deadly consequences”，法官只說罪犯沒有關注潛在的致命后果，而不是已經導致嚴重的問題。C對應第五段的第一句話“were said to be able to find such dangerous objects as bombs under water and from the air”提示，探測儀的功能只是據說，而不一定真的具備找到水中危險物品的功能。選項D定位第五段的最后一句“in fact they ‘lacked any grounding in science’ and were of no use可知，這種探測儀沒有科學根據，也毫無用途，和D“沒有科學根據的工作原理”相吻合，故最佳答案是D。

42. D。推理判斷題。難度：中等。

解題思路：返回原文，將選項與原文一一進行比較。

本題主要考查第四段和第七段。A“以低價銷售設備”與原文第四段第一句不符，因為該句提到法官指控McCormick通過賣一些無用的設備來巨額利潤。B“在大多數國家很有名”與文中提到的區(qū)區(qū)幾個國家和地區(qū)Iraq，Belgium，Saudi Arabia，Kenya，Hong Kong，Egypt和Thailand購買他的探測儀不符。C“認為他沒有犯罪”和第七段對應，其中他所說的“I never had any bad results from customers”和C符合，Ｃ是正確答案。Ｄ“他沒有賺取文中提到的那么大利潤”在原文沒有語言根據。

On a sunny day last August, Tim heard some shouting. Looking out to the sea carefully, he saw a couple of kids in a rowboat were being pulled out to sea.

Two 2-year-old boys, Christian and Jack, rowed out a boat to search for a football. Once they’d rowed beyond the calm waters, a bleach umbrella tied to the boat caught the wind and pulled the boat into open water. The pair panicked and tried to row back to shore. But they were no match for it and the boat was out of control.

Tim knew it would soon be swallowed by the waves.

“Everything went quiet in my head,” Tim recalls(回憶). “I was trying to figure out how to swim to the boys in a straight line.”

Tim took off his clothes and jumped into the water. Every 500 yards or so, he raised his head to judge his progress. “At one point, I considered turning back,” he says. “I wondered if I was putting my life at risk.” After 30 minutes of struggling, he was close to yell to the boys, “Take down the umbrella!”

Christian made much effort to take down the umbrella. Then Tim was able to catch up and climb aboard the boat. He took over rowing, but the waves were almost too strong for him.

“Let’s aim for the pier(碼頭),” Jack said. Tim turned the boat toward it. Soon afterward, waves crashed over the boat, and it began to sink. “Can you guys swim?” he cried. “A little bit,” the boys said.

Once they were in the water, Tim decided it would be safer and faster for him to pull the boys toward the pier. Christian and Jack were wearing life jackets and floated on their backs. Tim swam toward land as water washed over the boys’ faces.

“Are we almost there?” they asked again and again. “Yes,” Tim told them each time.

After 30 minutes, they reached the pier.

35. Why did the two boys go to the sea?

A. To go boat rowing.

B. To get back their football.

C. To swim in the open water.

D. To test the umbrella as a sail.

36. What does “it” in Paragraph 2 refer to?

A. The beach                      B. The water.

C. The boat.                        D. The wind

37. Why did Tim raise his head regularly?

A. To take in enough fresh air. 

B. To consider turning back or not.

C. To check his distance from the boys. 

D. To ask the boys to take down the umbrella.

38. How did the two boys finally reach the pier?

A. They were dragged to the pier by Tim.

B. They swam to the pier all by themselves.

C. They were washed to the pier by the waves.

D. They were carried to the pier by Tim on his back.

Fun Day

To celebrate the Year of the snake

Organised by Lam Tin Youth Centre and Kwun Tong High School

Date: 2 February 2013

Time: 10 am—5 pm

Place: Kwun Tong Playground

Fee: $20 (buy three get one free)

Programmes: drama, lion dance, magic show and ballet performance

Highlights: 1) enter the lucky draw to win a digital camera

          2) learn to make festival food

                Join us on the Fun Day!

                All are welcome!

                  Free Soft Drinks

Note:

● Tickets are available at the General Office of Lam Tin Youth Center

● For those who would like to be a volunteer, please contact Miss Olivia Wong one week before the activity.

31. What you have just read is a ________.

 A. note               B. report             C. schedule         D. poster

32. What is going to take place on 2 February 2013?

 A. A big event to welcome a Chinese new year. 

B. A social gathering to raise money for wildlife.

 C. A party for close friends to meet and have fun.

 D. A meeting of Kwun Tong High School students.

33. How much do you have to pay in total if four of you go together?

 A. $20.               B. $40.                C. $60.                D. $80.

34. Which of the following statements is true?

 A. Tickets are sold in Kwun Tong High School.

 B. It’s unnecessary to take soft drinks with you.

 C. Free digital cameras are provided for everybody.

 D. Festival food will be served without extra charge.

“Look, it’s Baldy!” A boy shouted in my direction across the playground. Even though I was used to regular insults (侮辱) because of the   11   on my head, it was   12   horrible to hear. I sighed as I was headed back to the class.

When I was just 20 months old, I suffered serious   13   after a bowl full hot oil fell on my head. I was   14   to hospital and had to stay there for weeks while the doctors   15   to save my life. “Holly’s very   16   to be alive,” they told Mum and Dad. “But she’ll be   17   with scars on her head, and of course her hair won’t grow there.”

As a child, I cared much about my scars, so I   18   wore a scarf to cover them up when I left home.   19   I didn’t, people would call me horrible names like Baldy. Although my friends were always comforting me, they never   20   understood how it felt.

Then through the hospital I was   21   to a children’s burns camp, where children like me can get any help. There, I   22   14-year-old Stephanie, whose burns are a lot more serious than mine. But she is so   23   that she never lets anyone put her down. “You shouldn’t   24   what people say about what you look like because we’re not different from anyone else, Holly,” she   25   me. “And you don’t need to wear a scarf because you look great   26   it!” For the first time in my life I could speak to someone who’d been through something   27   . So weeks later, at my 13^th birthday party,   28   by her bravery, I gave up my scarf and showed off my scars. It felt amazing not having to   29   away behind my scarf.

Now, I am   30   of what I look like and much happier, because I have realized it is your personality (個性) that decides who you truly are.

 The airport _______ next year will help promote tourism in this area.

A. being completed  B. to be completed  C. completed  D. having been completed

 Nowadays people are more concerned about the environment ______ they live.

A. what                   B. which              C. when              D. where

 ______ which university to attend, the girl asked her teacher for advice.

A. Not knowing       B. Knowing not  C. Not known      D. Known not