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NEW DELHI----Just a few years ago, Mala was a typical middle-class Indian housewife. She cooked, cleaned and looked after her two small children.
Last year, her life took a tragic turn. Her husband died of AIDS; she was found out HIV-positive and her mother-in-law took her children away from her, saying they would get the disease. “When friends dropped for a visit, she would introduce me, saying, ‘She is my son’s widow. She has AIDS,’” said Mala. AIDS is now described as “explosive(炸药)” around the world. A study of a hospital in the port city of Durban in South Africa, where the world’s biggest and Africa’s second AIDS conference opened last Sunday, found that almost half the beds in medical wards (病房) were occupied by AIDS patients.
South Africa has one of the world’s fastest growing HIV infections, with 1,700 people infected daily, adding to the 4.3 million, or 10 percent of its population, living with HIV. Until now, Asia has been more successful in holding the AIDS virus than Africa, where the disease has killed about 12 million people.
AIDS is now threatening to surround many of Asia’s poverty-stricken countries. Countries in Asia, such as Cambodia, and Thailand, have HIV infection speeds over 1 percent. But the low speeds hide huge numbers of infected people, because of the population base.
In India, for example, 3.7 million are infected, more than in any other country except South Africa. In China, an estimated 860,000 people (the actual number may be a little larger), mainly drug users, live with HIV/AIDS. Gordon Alexander, a senior advisor for UN AIDS in India, estimates that the number hit by AIDS in Asia will climb about eight million over the next five years from about six million.
In many Asian countries, the battle against HIV is a social and cultural one against public discussion of sexual health put a nationwide media campaign into action to limit the speed of HIV through unsafe sex. Brenton Wong, an official for Singapore’s Action for AIDS, says the actual HIV incidence in the city state of 3.9 million people is at least eight times higher than official data. “Shame and deny is still very, very common so people are afraid to get tested and many times won’t even tell their families if they test positive,” said Wong.
小题1:We can conclude from the underlined sentence in the last paragraph that ______.
A.The official data always tell lies and cheat people to hide the truth. |
B.3.9 million people in Singapore suffered from AIDS. |
C.Singapore has a population of 3.9 million |
D.The number of people infected with HIV is at least eight times larger than that of the AIDS patients in Singapore. |
A.4.3 million | B.6 million | C.8 million | D.3.7 million |
A. blood | B.unsafe sex | C.love | D.drugs |
A.The battle against Aids in many Asian countries is against their culture and social customs. |
B.Though the HIV infection in Asia develops with low speed, the infected number is still quite large compared to other continents. |
C.India has the second largest number of HIV infected people. |
D.Aids might affect the poverty-stricken countries more severely. |
答案
小题1:C
小题1:B
小题1:B
小题1:A
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BEUING (Associated Press 美联社) —China has a growing middle class, a tradition of expecting education and 21 million new babies every year. Selling educational toys should be easy.
While China may be the world’s biggest toy maker, many of the best are exported. Department stores here do not have enough toys of high quality. It is said that the demand for educational toys is low.
A US company, Baby Care, is trying to change that with a new way to sell toys in China.
Baby Care works basically together with doctors in Beijing hospitals. People who join the company’s "mother club" can get lectures and newsletters on baby and child development at no extra cost, if they agree to spend 18 dollars a month on the company’s educational toys and child-care books.
"We want to build a seven year relationship with those people," said Matthew J. Estes, Baby Care’s president. "It starts during pregnancy (孕期), when the anxiety and needs are highest." Baby Care works on a one-to-one basis. Doctors, nurses, and teachers paid by Baby Care advise parents and explain toys that are designed for children at each stage of development to age six.
Baby Care opened its first store in China last June in a shopping center in central Beijing and another near Beijing Zoo. It plans to have 80 stores in China within six years.
It is a new model for China and develops a market in young children’s education and health that no other companies are in.
小题1:What do the first two paragraphs mainly tell us?
A.Educational toys and foreign toy markets. |
B.Problems with China’s toy market and education. |
C.Reasons for pushing sales of educational toys in China. |
D.Baby population and various kinds of toys made in China. |
A.Club members buy Baby Care products for free child care advice. |
B.Doctors in Beijing help in making Baby Care products. |
C.Parents are encouraged to pay $ 18 for club activities. |
D.Baby Care trains Chinese doctors at no extra cost. |
A.opening stores in Beijing hospitals |
B.offering 18 month courses on child care |
C.setting up children’s education centers |
D.forming close relationships with parents |
A.Mother’s Club in China. | B.Baby Care and Doctors. |
C.American Company Model. | D.Educational Toys in China. |
U S.Capitol Police spokeswoman Sgt.Kim Schneider said the unidentified 35-year-old man sped away in a white car after being stopped a few blocks from the Capitol.The man drove the wrong way down a street and crashed into a police car in a heavily guarded area about a block north of the Capitol grounds,striking two officers with his car along the way,she said. Police then opened fire after seeing the man hold up his handgun and refuse to put it down,said Schneider,who described the melee(人群)as“very fast moving”.“The officers felt they were being threatened-they were in fear for their lives,”Schneider said.
She did not know if the man ever fired at police.He was taken to a hospital,where he was pronounced dead.
The officers who were hit——one of whom was on a motorcycle——had minor injuries,Schneider said.
The late afternoon scare occurred as lawmakers were wrapping up a third day of hearings for Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor.Police briefly closed up part of the Capiltol as a precaution,but the buildings were reopened about a half—hour later.Authorities said the shooting was not related to the Capitol.
Carol Lanigan,of Toledo,Ohio,described how she save a white car come flying down the street with two police cars chasing it.She said she heard about four or five shots.
“There were so many gunshots being fired,my family got down.”said Robert Drumm of Oklahoma,who was touring the nation’s capital with his family.
Numerous emergency vehicles came together quickly on the area.
Lanigan’s husband,Dale Lanigan,described a similar scene,saying that as the car sped past him the driver had one hand on the wheel and it looked like he was reaching for something.
小题1:What can be learned from the passage?
A.Three police officers were hurt in the shooting. |
B.The shooting had something to do with the Capitol. |
C.The Capitol was unprotected when the gunshot happened. |
D.The gunshot case had nothing to do with the Capitol. |
A.CaroI Lanigan heard five shots exactly |
B.many emergency vehicles appeared in the area |
C.Robert Drumm stopped to tour the nation’s capital by himself |
D.Carol Lanigan didn’t come to the scene |
A.disordered | B.accessible | C.lifelike | D.arranged |
A.A police accident near the U.S.Capitol |
B.Defend the U.S.Capitol |
C.Police chasing the peace breaker |
D.Armed man was shot near the Capitol by police |
The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body—even skin protected from the sun.
"We examined non - facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarettes smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced," Dr.Yolanda Helfrich of the University of Michigan, who led the study, said in a statement.
"In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more fine wrinkling than nonsmokers.Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years," Helfrich "s team added in their report.
The researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged, in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers.Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person" s skin was.
When skin is exposed to sunlight, notably the face, it becomes coarse, wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow tint, Helfrich " s team wrote.
Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking contributes to premature(过早的)skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.
The report did not discuss die mechanism involved but previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels (血管) beneath the skin to constrict (紧缩), reducing blood supply to the skin.
Smoking can also damage the connective tissue that supports both die skin and the internal organs,.
小题1:When your skin is exposed to sunlight long, it-becomes all of the following but _____.
A.flexible | B.coarse | C.rough | D.discolored |
A.the number of cigarettes a person smokes. |
B.the kind and characteristics of skin |
C.how long a person smokes |
D.how long skin is under sunlight |
A.it will lower blood supply to skin |
B.it can make you feel tired |
C.it can make skin come off |
D.it can make blood run faster |
A.inform people about the result of the study |
B.advise people how to protect skin |
C.warn people not to smoke again |
D.introduce a new way of avoid skin aging |
The new policy asked 800,000 employees to replace their former working schedule of 8:30 am to 5:30 pm with the new working hours of 9 am to 6 pm.
This is just one part of the Beijing municipal government’s plan to fight traffic jams. Starting April 1, daytime parking fees in 13 downtown areas were raised to encourage less driving. On April 2, the government announced limitations launched after the Beijing Olympics would be extended until April 2012. These ban Beijing’s 5.8 million drivers from driving one workday each week. The ban is based on the last number of the car license plate.
A multi-billion yuan fund has also been set up to build more underground ring roads in heavily populated areas. Major roads above ground will also be expanded.
According to Beijing’s traffic authorities, key projects include repairing major ring roads and expanding the subway network. The city will also create more taxi stops and bike rental stations, probably under the hundreds of overpasses (天桥) citywide.
Beijing’s fight against traffic jams is a smaller example of what is happening all around China. The central government is now supporting new ideas that will change the future of Chinese roads.
Bus rapid transit (BRT,快速公交系统) is one such idea. Special bus lanes carry almost as many passengers as a subway system. They cost less and are becoming popular in many big cities. Now Beijing has five BRT lines
Shanghai is dealing with traffic problems by charging higher fees for license plates(牌照). The city is also controlling the total number of plates sold. Now, it is considering a plan to charge cars for entering the central business district, as London does.
Meanwhile, there are signs that Chinese are more aware of the serious problem of traffic. For example, there has been a sharp increase in the number of posts looking for carpooling (拼车) partners on major websites.
By the end of March, 2010, China had 192 million cars, according to the Ministry of Public Security.
小题1: The article is mainly about___________.
A.the fight against traffic jams all around the world |
B.the increase of daytime parking fees in 13 downtown areas in Beijing |
C.the Beijing municipal government’s measures to reduce traffic jams |
D.news ideas that are likely to change the future of Chinese roads |
A.from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm | B.from 9 am to 6 pm |
C.from 8:30 am to 5:30 pm | D.from 7:30 am to 4: 30 pm |
A.adjustments to office hours | B.increases in daytime parking fees |
C.the extension of the limitations launched after the Beijing Olympics | |
D.charging higher fees for license plates |
A.the BRT system will become common China’s rural areas |
B.the Chinese government is aiming at changing the future of Chinese roads |
C.the Shanghai government has charged cars for entering the central business district |
D.here are enough ways to deal with traffic jams in Beijing |
Dios says it is the world’s first jumbo (unusually large) jet hostel, an actual jet-plane at Sweden’s main airport outside Stockholm which has been changed into a 25- room guesthouse that sleeps as many as 72 people.
“I learned about this plane that was standing deserted at Arlanda airport and I’ve been trying the concept of hostels in many different houses and buildings,” he told Reuters. “I thought, ‘Why not a plane?’”
Jumbo Hostels opened for business on Thursday, giving customers the chance to check in and sleep in a room that can best be described as comfortable.”
“The most challenging part with this project is trying to build something inside a metal hull(壳) – it’s just really, really tight.”
The jet, which was originally produced for Singapore Airlines, was taken out of service in 2002. It is held on a concrete foundation with the landing gear secured in steel cradles.
One feature of the hostel is its price – a room starts at 350 Swedish crowns (about $ 41), which is a lot less than hotel rooms outside of major airports.
Another feature is that customers can get married on the wing of the plane and stay in the plane’s more luxurious honeymoon suite (套房).
Instead of walking down the aisle in the church, lovebirds can take what Jumbo Hostels calls the “wing walk,” where they can be joined in great happiness at the wing tip. The hostel has someone ready to perform the ceremony.
But in some respects this hostel remains a plane – most customers have to share the jet’s nine bathrooms and the staff only wear air host and hostess outfits. The only room that has its own bathroom is the honeymoon suite.
小题1:Which of the following is not true?
A.The jet plane was out of use for over eight years |
B.The hostel provides ten bathrooms for customers |
C.The rooms in the hotel are comfortable |
D.The hostel lies at Arlanda airport in Stockholm |
A.air hostesses can offer good service |
B.a wedding ceremony can be held on the wing |
C.customers can sleep in comfortable rooms |
D.the staff can have a “wing walk” |
A.Because he is fond of plane very much. |
B.Because he is very curious |
C.Because he wants to earn more money. |
D.Because he likes trying the concept of hotel in many different things. |
A.call on people to make use of the deserted things |
B.describe a wonderful place for weddings |
C.introduce a new kind of hostel |
D.prove people can sleep on a plane |
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