When inquired by the policeman, Jeff tried to keep his _ and answer every question calmly.A. composureB. poseC. soberD. posture
1 Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct preposition or adverb in parentheses. 1 We often take language ( for / as ) granted but there are still many mysteries about it to solve . 2 As no country can develop by staying isolated ( from / up ) the world, foreign language education is an essential part of national development .3 English words borrowed from Chinese can shed light ( on / in ) the history of communication between China and English - speaking countries. 4 Chinese characters can be a window ( through / with ) which you can get a glimpse of Chinese culture. 5 Learning another language means that you can see the world ( at / from ) a new perspective.
Directions: In this section,there is a passage with ten blanks.You are required to select-|||-one word for each blank from a list of choices given in a word bank following the passage.-|||-Read the passage through carefully before making your choices.Each choice in the bank is-|||-identified by a letter.Please mark the corresponding letter for each item.You may not use any-|||-of the words in the bank more than once.-|||-When little James Cleveland Owens,the grandson of black slaves,was asked his name,-|||-"J.C."he .The school teacher thought he had said "Jesse",and he had a new-|||-name.-|||-Owens ran his first race at age 13.As a second-year student of Ohio State University,in-|||-the Big Ten Games(十强运动会)in 1935,he even more records than he would-|||-in the Olympic Games a year later.-|||-A week before the Big Ten Meet,Owens got .His back hurt so much that he-|||-could not all week.But he would not give up.He did try,and the are-|||-in the record book.-|||-The stage was set for Owens'victory at the Olympic Games in Berlin the next year,and-|||-his would come to be regarded as not only athletic (体育的)but also-|||-Hitler did not congratulate any of the African-American winners.-|||-Having returned from Berlin,he no telephone call from the president of his-|||-own country,either.In fact,he was not honored by the United States until 1976,four years-|||-before his death.-|||-Owens'Olympic victories made little to him.He earned his living by looking-|||-after a school playground,and accepted money to race against cars,trucks,motorcycles-|||-and dogs."Sure,it bothered me "he said later."But at least it was a(n) living,I-|||-had to eat."-|||-In time,however,his gold medals changed his life."They have kept me alive over the-|||-years,"he once said."Time has stood still for me.That golden moment dies hard."-|||-A.political B.difference C.exercise D.injured E.global-|||-F.replied G.improve H.set I.honest petitions-|||-K.received L.results M.discovered N.success O.benefit
Work in pairs and discuss the following questions.1 What advice would you give to those who want to be closer to their parents?2 What traditional values do your parents hold? How have they influenced you with their words and deeds?
3 At home, families sit together, texting, and reading emails. At work, executives text during board meetings. We also text when we're on dates. Walking through a college library or the campus of a high-tech company, one sees an identical scenario: People are together, but each of them is in their own bubble, furiously connected to keyboards and tiny touch screens. The little devices most of us carry around are so powerful that they change not only what we do but also who we are.2. According to Para. 3, to what extent are we influenced by the little devices most of us carry around?
Our _ _ concern is to provide the refugees with food and health careA. primitiveB. primacyC. primaryD. prior
({B)}End Your Back Pain({/B)} Like an expensive but temperamental sports car, the human spin is beautifully designed and maddeningly unreliable. If you are a living, breathing human being, you have probably suffered the agony of back pain. And as long as people continue to lead overweight, sedentary and stressful lives, the number of sufferers is unlikely to go anywhere other than up. As it does, armies of new back-pain sufferers, many desperate and even disabled, will seek relief. When they do, they’ll quickly discover just how complicated their problem really is, with its mystifying mix of physical symptoms and psychological underpinnings. The reality is that the agony will often go away on its own ― impossible as that may seem when you are writhing (痛苦扭曲) on the kitchen floor. The Great Pain Mystery Back pain can originate anywhere in the elaborate spinal architecture. Degenerated discs (椎间盘), which many lead to herniation (突出) and compressed nerves, are a common problem. Then there those wrenching pain provoked by muscle injuries, which can drop grown men to the floor. What’s most mysterious about back problems is the frequent disconnect between anatomical defects and pain. Unlike blood pressure and cholesterol (胆固醇), which could be measured with arm cuffs and blood tests, lower-back pain has no objective way ― the volume of tears the intensity of a grimace ― to be gauged. Many times, the precise cause of pain remains unknown. Imaging tests found that two people with herniated discs can lead radically different lives: One spends his days popping painkillers, the other waltzes through life. In a well-known study, researchers checked 98 healthy people: Two-thirds had abnormal discs even though none complained of pain. The real issue is why some people have a mild backache and some have really crippling pain. In another research, experts compared a group of patients who reported back pain with a control group who did not. Close to two-thirds if the pain patients had cracks in their discs, so-called high-intensity zones, or HIZs. But so did 24 percent of the non-complainers. The answer has as much to do with the mind as with the body. In the HIZ study, the best predictor of pain was not how bad the defect looked, but the patient’s psychological distress. Depression and anxiety have long been linked to pain; a recent Canadian study found that people who suffer from severe depression are four times more likely to develop intense or disabling neck or low-back pain. At New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery, psychiatrist Gregory Lutz says he often sees men who have two things in common: crippling sciatica (坐骨神经痛) and an upcoming wedding date. The problem in their back, possibly a degenerated or herniated disc, likely already existed, says Dr. Lutz, but was intensified by the pre-marriage jitters.({B)}Spine Surgery Breakthrough({/B)} Pain is pain, and many want a quick fix and that means surgery. Spinal-fusion surgery, one of the most invasive and costly forms of therapy (about ＄42,000) has more than doubled in the US since 1993, to about 350,000 in 2003. Discectomy, which is done less invasively, has also spiked to 342,000 surgeries per year. But these procedures don’t work for everyone. The increase in all spinal surgery has been promoted in part by technical advances promising better outcomes. Perhaps the most intriguing new development is the artificial cobalt-chrome disc. In October 2004, the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the first such disc, the Charite, for patients with degenerative disc disease. The three-piece device has a sliding medical-grade plastic core sandwiched between two metal plates, which allows the spine to move. It is believed that, such discs, like knee replacements, will give patients more mobility than traditional fusion surgery. And they will get out of bed a lot sooner too. The key is to be very specific and very careful about patient selection. Not everyone who has disc degeneration should have an operation.({B)}Alternative Treatments({/B)} Doctors, worried that too many patients seem willing to go under the knife, are now looking for simpler, more effective ways to treat one of the most vexing problems in medicine. For more and more people with back pain, alternative therapies are the way to go. Chiropractic care (指压疗法), the most popular nonsurgical back therapy, is booming, with 60,000 chiropractors practising in the US today. Some happy clients visit their chiropractors more often than their hair stylists. Experts generally agree that the treatment, which involves manipulation of the joints and tissues of the spine, is safe for the lower back. It provides modest benefits equivalent to those of conventional treatments. Massage has an increasing number of proponents, and research shows it can help knead ont (揉掉) persistent pain. Steven Smith, a physical therapist at the Schuldt Performance uses massage on back-pain sufferers to loosen up muscles and increase blood flow. It’s not exactly a spa-like experience, though. "You’ve got to get in there deep to break the pain." Acupuncture (针灸) is also popular. The first large trial of the practice is now conducted at New York’s Integrative Care Center, where therapist push the tiny needles into the patients. Acupuncture seems to stimulate the release of feel-good endorphins, has a cumulative effect. Patients describe a lingering euphoria, a nice happy state whether you’ve got a back problem or not.({B)}An Integrative Approach({/B)} Jordan, a long-term back-pain sufferer, tried every wacky thing out there. "Faith healing, hanging from the ceiling, clicking my heels together and wishing I was home, you name it, I’ve done it." Last year, feeling especially distressed, he tried biofeedback, a technique that trains him to distance himself from the pain. "I never get rid of the pain, but these treatments provide some relief." says Jordan. If patients’ attitudes can help the pain, can more creative thinking among the experts improve the odds of beating it Dr. Eisenberg, head of Harvard Medical School’s Osher Institute, is spearheading an National Institutes of Health-funded pilot program to find out. A diverse group of 25 specialists meet regularly to educate one another on how they diagnose and treat back pain. They intend to see if there is a more efficient, multi-disciplinary way to attack the problem, and to make it cost-effective too. No wonder there’s a flood of interest in alternative medicine. Even New York’s Hospital for Special Surgery opened a complementary-medicine center four years ago. Now about 13,000 patients a year, many with bad back, see its rehab specialists, massage therapists and chiropractors, as well as taking yoga and tai chi classes any noninvasive approach they can find to relieve the pain.({B)}Can Rage Ruin Your Back ({/B)} Dr. Sarno, a professor at New York University School of Medicine, believes almost all back pain is rooted in bottled-up feelings. Samo explains how repressed rage and anxiety can stress the body, eventually manifesting itself as muscle spasm (抽搐), nerve dysfunction, numbness and pain. Recovery begins with recognition the connection between the body and the mind. "Pain is created by the brain to make sure the rage doesn’t come out." says Sarno. But skeptics say Samo is offering a placebo (安慰剂), which could miss the true cause of the pain. After centuries of agony, humanity could certainly use some relief. But more important than the success of any treatment is the good news that back-pain sufferers and doctors are embracing bold new ways to think about the most exquisite and frustrating work of art: the spine. (1,270 words)What’s so mysterious about back problems A．The impossibility to measure the intensity of the pain.B．The unknown origin of the pain.C．The disconnect between spine defects and pain.D．The low percentage of people with abnormal discs among the healthy.
必答 [填空题]Complete the sentences with words or the expression from Exercise A. You can change the form if necessary.alcoholtreatbandagefirst aid kitspraintweezersmalariaartemisinin1 The nurse rubs____ on my arm to prepare it for injection.2 Ensure the wound is free from dirt before applying the____.3 Nowadays,____ can be treated with drugs.4 He____ his right knee while training with the national team.5 It was difficult to____ patients because of a shortage of medicine.6 I always keep a(n)____ in the boot of my car.7 You may need to use____ to pick up the pieces from the wound.8 Tu Youyou received the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering____ in 2015.
Twenty years ago,I was at a party, talking to a man whose name I have long since-|||-forgotten. Sometimes I think this man came into my life for the sole purpose of telling me this-|||-story,which has delighted and inspired me ever since.-|||-The story he told me was about his younger brother,who was trying to be an artist;it-|||-was a real story about how brave, creative, and trusting his brother was.For the purpose of-|||-this story, let`s call the little brother Little Brother.-|||-Little Brother,a young painter, went to France to surround himself with beauty and inspiration.-|||-He lived on the cheap, painted every day, visited museums, traveled to picturesque places,-|||-bravely spoke to everyone he met,and showed his work to anyone who would look at it.One-|||-afternoon, he struck up a conversation at a cafe with a group of charming young people, who-|||-turned out to be some fancy nobles. They took a liking to Little Brother and invited him to a-|||-party that weekend in a castle in the Loire Valley. They said this was going to be the party-|||-of the year.It would be attended by the rich and famous and by several crowned heads of-|||-Europe. Best of all,it was a masquerade ball (化妆舞会),where nobody would hesitate in their-|||-spending on the costumes(特殊场合穿的套服).Dress up",they said,"and join us!"-|||-Excited, Little Brother worked all week on a costume that he was certain would be highly-|||-impressive. He held back on neither the details nor the imagination of this creation. Then he-|||-rented a car and drove three hours to the castle. He changed into his costume in the car and-|||-went up the castle steps.Little Brother entered the ballroom, head held high.-|||-Upon arrival, he immediately realized his mistake.-|||-This was indeed a costume party-his new friends had not misled him there-but he had-|||-missed one detail in translation:This was a themed costume party. The theme was "a medieval-|||-court." and Little Brother was dressed as a lobster(龙虾).-|||-All around him,the wealthy and beautiful were dressed in fancy clothes,wearing-|||-sparkling jewels. Little Brother,on the other hand, was wearing a red coat,red tights, redTwenty years ago,I was at a party, talking to a man whose name I have long since-|||-forgotten. Sometimes I think this man came into my life for the sole purpose of telling me this-|||-story,which has delighted and inspired me ever since.-|||-The story he told me was about his younger brother,who was trying to be an artist;it-|||-was a real story about how brave, creative, and trusting his brother was.For the purpose of-|||-this story, let`s call the little brother Little Brother.-|||-Little Brother,a young painter, went to France to surround himself with beauty and inspiration.-|||-He lived on the cheap, painted every day, visited museums, traveled to picturesque places,-|||-bravely spoke to everyone he met,and showed his work to anyone who would look at it.One-|||-afternoon, he struck up a conversation at a cafe with a group of charming young people, who-|||-turned out to be some fancy nobles. They took a liking to Little Brother and invited him to a-|||-party that weekend in a castle in the Loire Valley. They said this was going to be the party-|||-of the year.It would be attended by the rich and famous and by several crowned heads of-|||-Europe. Best of all,it was a masquerade ball (化妆舞会),where nobody would hesitate in their-|||-spending on the costumes(特殊场合穿的套服).Dress up",they said,"and join us!"-|||-Excited, Little Brother worked all week on a costume that he was certain would be highly-|||-impressive. He held back on neither the details nor the imagination of this creation. Then he-|||-rented a car and drove three hours to the castle. He changed into his costume in the car and-|||-went up the castle steps.Little Brother entered the ballroom, head held high.-|||-Upon arrival, he immediately realized his mistake.-|||-This was indeed a costume party-his new friends had not misled him there-but he had-|||-missed one detail in translation:This was a themed costume party. The theme was "a medieval-|||-court." and Little Brother was dressed as a lobster(龙虾).-|||-All around him,the wealthy and beautiful were dressed in fancy clothes,wearing-|||-sparkling jewels. Little Brother,on the other hand, was wearing a red coat,red tights, redTwenty years ago,I was at a party, talking to a man whose name I have long since-|||-forgotten. Sometimes I think this man came into my life for the sole purpose of telling me this-|||-story,which has delighted and inspired me ever since.-|||-The story he told me was about his younger brother,who was trying to be an artist;it-|||-was a real story about how brave, creative, and trusting his brother was.For the purpose of-|||-this story, let`s call the little brother Little Brother.-|||-Little Brother,a young painter, went to France to surround himself with beauty and inspiration.-|||-He lived on the cheap, painted every day, visited museums, traveled to picturesque places,-|||-bravely spoke to everyone he met,and showed his work to anyone who would look at it.One-|||-afternoon, he struck up a conversation at a cafe with a group of charming young people, who-|||-turned out to be some fancy nobles. They took a liking to Little Brother and invited him to a-|||-party that weekend in a castle in the Loire Valley. They said this was going to be the party-|||-of the year.It would be attended by the rich and famous and by several crowned heads of-|||-Europe. Best of all,it was a masquerade ball (化妆舞会),where nobody would hesitate in their-|||-spending on the costumes(特殊场合穿的套服).Dress up",they said,"and join us!"-|||-Excited, Little Brother worked all week on a costume that he was certain would be highly-|||-impressive. He held back on neither the details nor the imagination of this creation. Then he-|||-rented a car and drove three hours to the castle. He changed into his costume in the car and-|||-went up the castle steps.Little Brother entered the ballroom, head held high.-|||-Upon arrival, he immediately realized his mistake.-|||-This was indeed a costume party-his new friends had not misled him there-but he had-|||-missed one detail in translation:This was a themed costume party. The theme was "a medieval-|||-court." and Little Brother was dressed as a lobster(龙虾).-|||-All around him,the wealthy and beautiful were dressed in fancy clothes,wearing-|||-sparkling jewels. Little Brother,on the other hand, was wearing a red coat,red tights, redTwenty years ago,I was at a party, talking to a man whose name I have long since-|||-forgotten. Sometimes I think this man came into my life for the sole purpose of telling me this-|||-story,which has delighted and inspired me ever since.-|||-The story he told me was about his younger brother,who was trying to be an artist;it-|||-was a real story about how brave, creative, and trusting his brother was.For the purpose of-|||-this story, let`s call the little brother Little Brother.-|||-Little Brother,a young painter, went to France to surround himself with beauty and inspiration.-|||-He lived on the cheap, painted every day, visited museums, traveled to picturesque places,-|||-bravely spoke to everyone he met,and showed his work to anyone who would look at it.One-|||-afternoon, he struck up a conversation at a cafe with a group of charming young people, who-|||-turned out to be some fancy nobles. They took a liking to Little Brother and invited him to a-|||-party that weekend in a castle in the Loire Valley. They said this was going to be the party-|||-of the year.It would be attended by the rich and famous and by several crowned heads of-|||-Europe. Best of all,it was a masquerade ball (化妆舞会),where nobody would hesitate in their-|||-spending on the costumes(特殊场合穿的套服).Dress up",they said,"and join us!"-|||-Excited, Little Brother worked all week on a costume that he was certain would be highly-|||-impressive. He held back on neither the details nor the imagination of this creation. Then he-|||-rented a car and drove three hours to the castle. He changed into his costume in the car and-|||-went up the castle steps.Little Brother entered the ballroom, head held high.-|||-Upon arrival, he immediately realized his mistake.-|||-This was indeed a costume party-his new friends had not misled him there-but he had-|||-missed one detail in translation:This was a themed costume party. The theme was "a medieval-|||-court." and Little Brother was dressed as a lobster(龙虾).-|||-All around him,the wealthy and beautiful were dressed in fancy clothes,wearing-|||-sparkling jewels. Little Brother,on the other hand, was wearing a red coat,red tights, red
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