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When Christie Andrews was born, she weighed less that half of one kilogram. Her heart was the size of a large coin. Her mother said Christie was so small that she could hold her in the palm of one hand.
Christie couldn’t breathe without a machine to give her oxygen. If she had been born 20 years earlier, she would probably have died at once. She needed two operations, but she survived without serious damage.
Twenty years ago , 90% of all premature(早产) babies died. Today, doctors manage to save four out of every five, because they have better machines for breathing and better ways to feed the babies.
But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay. The government, an insurance company or the hospital picks up the bill. Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.
Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby. But nobody wants to be the doctor who has to tell parents to their faces, “Sorry, I won’t save your new child.”
小题1: Parents don’t pay their babies’ hospital bills because        .
A.they don’t have enough money
B.they would rather save cancer patients
C.doctors don’t care if the babies die
D.it makes more sense to have a bigger baby
小题2:The true cost of saving a baby may be even more than 1 million because        .
A.oxygen machine are expensive
B.the baby may require medical care after it leaves the hospital
C.doctors always charge more than they should
D.four out of five premature babies can now be saved
小题3:From the story we know that saving a cancer patient        .
A.is easier than saving a babyB.is harder than saving a baby
C.is cheaper than saving a baby D.is more common than saving a baby
小题4:The main idea of the article is        .
A.doctors must never decide whether to save babies or cancer patients
B.doctors are able to save premature babies, but the cost is very high
C.having a premature baby was cheaper and safer 20 years ago
D.Christie survived because the hospital paid her bills

答案

小题1:A
小题1:B
小题1:C
小题1:B
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小题1:细节题:第四段的句子:But saving Christie’s life cost more than $ 400,000. In some cases, doctors spend 1 million dollars saving a single child. The parents usually don’t have enough money to pay.可知是因为费用太高,答案是A
小题1:细节题:第四段的句子:Even after a baby goes home from the hospital, it may require medical care.可知护理孩子的费用加上的话就更高了,答案是B
小题1:细节题:第五段的句子:Some people think it makes more sense to spend money saving 10 adults who have cancer or other diseases than saving one small baby.可知旧癌症病人比救孩子钱少,答案是C
小题1:主旨题:从这篇文章的整体看:可知讲的是医生可以救新生儿但费用太高,答案是B
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Martin Luther King was born in Georgia, U.S.A. When he was a boy, he sang with other children in the church.
Little Martin knew that it was very important to love and be kind to others.
Although the church was very important to Martin, he was interested in other things, too. He liked sports very much. He was not tall, but he was very strong. The boys in his town often met at Martin’s house for a game of football or basketball.
Martin liked school and was a very good student. He went to college at fifteen. At first, he didn’t know what he wanted to study. He knew the black people didn’t have the same rights as the white people, and he also knew that the black people were not as happy as the white people. He wanted to work for the black people. He wanted to help the poor black people.
Later he really became a famous man. He was fighting for the men’s rights all his life. At the age of thirty-five, Martin Luther King was the youngest man to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. He became not only the symbolic leader of American blacks but also a world figure. He was murdered(谋***) on the evening of April 4, 1968.
小题1:Martin was from_______.
A. America                                           B. England                                            C. Japan
小题2:When Martin was a boy, _______.
A. he didn’t like singing
B. he was not strong
C. he enjoyed playing football and basketball
小题3:When Martin was a little boy, he knew that it was very important_______.
A. to like sports       
B. to go to the church
C. to love and be kind to others
小题4:Marin knew that_______.
A. he would not study again
B. he would work for the black people
C. the black people had the same rights as the white people
小题5:Martin was famous all over the world because _______.
A. he was a kind man
B. he fought for the men’s rights
C. he was murdered
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A group of frogs were traveling through the forests, but unluckily two of them fell into a hole. The other frogs tried to help them. When they saw how 51 the hole was, they cried to the two frogs that they could not be saved. The two frogs didn’t 52 and tried their best to jump up out of the hole. The other frogs 53 saying that they were sure to die. 54, one of the two frogs, who heard what the other frogs were saying, 55 . Then he fell down and died.
The other frog, however, 56 to jump as hard as he could, and at last made it out. When he 57 , the other frogs asked, "Didn’t you hear us?" The frog, who had a poor 58, explained, "I thought you were encouraging me all the timid."
The story teaches us a 59 : There is power(力量) of life and death in the tongue. An 60  word to those who are down can help them out while a discouraging word can kill them.
小题1:
A.smallB.deepC.bigD.wide
小题2:
A.careB.refuseC.insistD.think
小题3:
A.keptB.finishedC.practicedD.stopped
小题4:
A.LuckilyB.FinallyC.SuddenlyD.Happily
小题5:
A.went onB.ran away C.jumped outD.gave up
小题6:
A.happenedB.continuedC.plannedD.wanted
小题7:
A.got outB.ran awayC.got offD.woke up
小题8:
A.smellingB.eyesightC.hearingD.looking
小题9:
A.wayB.skillC.sentenceD.lesson
小题10:
A.interestingB.excitingC.excellentD.encouraging

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Once there was a piano player in a bar(酒吧). People came just to hear him play. But one night, a lady asked him to sing a song.
"I don’t sing," said the man.
But the lady told the waiter, "I’m tired of listening to the piano. I want the player to sing!
The waiter shouted across the room, "Hey, friend! If you want to get paid, sing a song!’
So he did. He had never sung in public before. Now he was singing for the very first time! Nobody had ever heard the song Mona Lisa sung so beautifully!
He had talent(天赋) he was sitting on! He may have lived the rest of his life as a no-name piano player in a no-name bar. But once he found, by accident, that he could sing well, he went on working hard and became one of the best-known singers in the US. His name was Nat King Cole.
You, too, have skills and abilities. You may not feel that your talent is great, but it may be better than you think. With hard work, most skills can be improved. Besides, you may have no success at all if you just sit on your talent.
小题1: The lady asked the player to sing a song because _____.
A.she had paid him for thisB.she knew him very well
C.she wanted to have a changeD.she enjoyed his singing
小题2: Nat King Cole succeeded because _____.
A.the lady helped him a lotB.he caught the chance
C.he continued to play in the barD.he stopped playing the piano
小题3:The words "sit on" in the passage probably mean"
A.fail to realizeB.forget to use
C.try to developD.manage to show
小题4:From the story we know if you have some talent, you should _____.
A.hide it and waitB.ask others for help
C.pay no attention to itD.work hard to improve yourself
小题5: Which could be the best title (标题) for the passage?
A.Sing in the BarB.Achieve Success in Life
C.Never Lose HeartD.Find Your Hidden Talent

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Doctor Seuss was born in 1904. By the middle 1950s, he had become one of the best-loved and most successful children’s book writers in the world. His books are very popular with young readers. They enjoy the invented words and the pictures of unusual funny animals and plants.

In 1954, life magazine published(刊登) a report about school children who could not read. The report said many children’s books were not interesting. Doctor Seuss strongly hoped to help children and decided to write books that were interesting and easy to read. He used words with the same ending sound, like fish and wish. He did not receive training in art. Yet, he drew the pictures for most of his books.
In 1957, Dr. Seuss wrote The Cat in the Hat. He used less than 230 words to write the book and even a six-year-old should be able to read it. It was a fun story and easy to read. Children loved it. Their parents loved it, too. Today it is still one of the stories they like best. The success of The Cat in the Hat made him want to write more books for children. In 1960, he wrote a book using less than fifty words. The book is called Green Eggs and Ham.
In 1984, Doctor Seuss won a Pulitzer Prize (普利策奖). He was honored for the education and enjoyment his books provided American children and their parents.
He died at the age of 87, but his influence remains. Millions of his books have been sold worldwide. People say his books helped change the way American children learned to read. Yet, his books are loved by people of all ages. Doctor Seuss once said, "I do not write for children. I write for people.
小题1: Doctor Seuss learned from the magazine that _______.
A.some school children could not read
B.many children’s books were interesting
C.children wanted to learn to read
D.a writer for children was wanted
小题2:People like his books because the books ______.
A.are cheap and easy to get
B.were written in different languages
C.are easy and interesting to read
D.were written with invented words
小题3:He wrote the book The Cat in the Hat at the age of _____.
A.50B.53C.56D.87
小题4:Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?
A.Doctor Seuss wrote Green Eggs and Ham with over 230 words.
B.Doctor Seuss wrote books only for children in the United States.
C.The Cat in the Hat was written only for six-year-old children.
D.His books provided education and enjoyment for Americans.
小题5:From the text we know that Doctor Seuss __________.
A.won a Pulitzer Prize soon after his death
B.sold millions of his books himself worldwide
C.changed American children’s way of reading
D.wrote the largest number of books in the world

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A 14-year-old boy from the USA was described as a hero yesterday after he saved the life of a woman in another country.
Dean Bluey from Dallas,Texas,was a school boy who has much  31  in computer.One day,he  32  an email to a friend on the Internet.Suddenly he received a message saying “Help! Pain! Help!”."The message was from Finland,  33  kilometers away from America.
“I didn’t know  34  I should do,”Dean said to a reporter afterwards.“It was really difficult to tell if the message was real.”So Dean did nothing at first. 35   the message kept coming.
“By then it was easy to see that someone was in trouble,” Dean explained. He   36  and discovered that the sender was a student called Tarja, who was alone in a university library. She was ill. What was  37  , there was no phone around her. Her only way of communicating with the world was by email. Dean got in touch  38   the police immediately. And they realized that the situation was quite serious. They called the police in Finland. Then an ambulance rushed to the library.   39  , she was still alive and was sent to the hospital quickly.
“I’m glad she’s OK,” Dean said. “It’s hard to believe, but   40   saved her life.”
小题1:
A.interestB.interestedC.interestingD.interests
小题2:
A.sentB.sendsC.was sending D.is sending
小题3:
A.thousandB.thousand ofC.thousands D.thousands of
小题4:
A.howB.whatC.where D.when
小题5:
A.SoB.AndC.But D.As
小题6:
A.telephonedB.repliedC.found D.talked
小题7:
A.betterB.worseC.harder D.easier
小题8:
A.withB.onC.to D.at
小题9:
A.HardlyB.HappilyC.Luckily D.Carefully
小题10:
A.a boyB.doctorsC.the policeD.email

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