阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出最佳选项.
A
Here's a familiar version of the boy-meets-girl situation. Ayoung man has at last plucked up courage to invite a dazzling younglady out to dinner. She has accepted his invitation and he isoverjoyed. He is determined to take her to the best restaurant intown, even if it means that he will have to live on memoriesand hopes during the month to come. When they get to therestaurant, he discovers that this beautiful creature is on a diet.She mustn’t eat this and she mustn't drink that. Oh, but of course,she doesn't want to spoil his enjoyment. Let him by all means eatas much fattening food as he wants: it’s the surest way to an earlygrave. They spend a truly memorable evening together and never seeeach other again.
What a miserable lot dieters are! You can always recognize themfrom the sour expression on their faces. They spend most of theirtime turning their noses up at food. They are forever consultingcalorie charts; gazing at themselves in mirrors; and leaping on toweighing-machines in the bathroom. They spend a lifetime fighting alosing battle against spreading hips, bigger tummies（肚子） and doublechins. Some declare all-out war on FAT. Mere dieting is not enough.They exhaust themselves doing exercises, sweating in sauna baths,being massaged by weird machines. The really wealthy pay vast sumsfor “health cures”. For two weeks they can enter a nature clinicand be starved to death for a hundred dollars a week. Don’t thinkit’s only the middle-aged who go in for these fashions either. Manyof these bright young things you see are living on nothing but air,water and the goodwill of God.
Dieters undertake to starve themselves of their own free will;so why are they so miserable? Well, for one thing, they’re alwayshungry. You can't be hungry and happy at the same time. All thehorrible foods they eat leave them permanently dissatisfied.“Wonderfood is a complete food”, the advertisement says. “Justdissolve(溶解) a teaspoonful in water…”. A complete food it may be,but not quite as complete as a juicy steak. And, of course, they’realways miserable because they feel so guilty. Hunger just provestoo much for them and in the end they may rush to eat five hugecream cakes at a time. And who can blame them? At least three timesa day they are exposed to temptation. What torture（折磨） it is alwayswatching others swallowing piles of mouth-watering food while youonly have a water biscuit and sip unsweetened lemon juice!
What’s all this torture for? Saintly people keep themselves awayfrom food to achieve a state of grace. Unsaintly people do so toachieve a state of misery. It will be a great day when all thedieters in the world abandon their slimming courses; when they holdout their plates and demand second helpings!
1.
A. New ways of controlling weight areneeded.
C. Many diseases are connected withoverweight.
2.
A.Excited.
3.
① weighs himself three times aday ③ always checks caloriecharts ⑤ has big tummies and doublechins |
A. ① ②③
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C. He knew they would meet again and share the goodmemories.
D. He knew he would have no living expense for the nextmonth.
5.
A. Supportive.
B
Below is a page adapted from an English dictionary
stick
verb (stuck, stuck )
push sth in
[+adv./prep.] to push sth, usually asharp object, into sth; to be pushed into sth: [VN] Thenurse stuck the needle into my arm. ◆ Don't stick your fingersthrough the bars of the cage. ◆ [V] I found a nail stickingin the tyre.
attach
[+adv./prep.] to fix sth to sth else,usually with a sticky substance; to become fixed to sth in thisway: [VN] He stuck a stamp on the envelope. ◆ We used glueto stick the broken pieces together. ◆ I stuck the photos into analbum. ◆ [V] Her wet clothes were sticking to her body. ◆The glue's useless-the pieces just won't stick.
put
[VN +adv./prep.] (informal) to put sth in aplace, especially quickly or carelessly: Stick your bags downthere. ◆ He stuck his hands in his pockets and strolled off. ◆ Canyou stick this on the noticeboard? ◆ Peter stuck his head aroundthe door and said, 'Coffee, anyone?' ◆ (spoken) Stick 'em up! (=put your hands above your head-I have a gun)
become fixed
[V] ~ (in sth) to become fixed inone position and impossible to move: The key has stuck in the lock.◆ This drawer keeps sticking.
difficult situation
(BrE, informal) (usuallyused in negative sentences and questions) to accept a difficult orunpleasant situation or person: [VN] I don't know how youstick that job. ◆ They're always arguing-I can't stick it anylonger. ◆ The problem is, my mother can't stick my boyfriend. ◆[V -ing] John can't stick living with his parents.
become accepted
[V] to become accepted: Thepolice couldn't make the charges stick (= show them to be true). ◆His friends called him Bart and the name has stuck (= has becomethe name that everyone calls him).
[V] to nottake any more cards
Idioms: stick in your mind (of a memory, an image,etc.) to be remembered for a long time: One of his paintings inparticular sticks in my mind.
stick in your throat / craw (informal)
(of words) to be difficult or impossible to say: She wanted to sayhow sorry she was but the words seemed to stick in herthroat.
(of a situation) to be difficult or impossible to accept; to makeyou angry
stick your neck out (informal) to do or say sth when thereis a risk that you may be wrong: I'll stick my neck out and saythat Bill is definitely the best candidate for the job.
stick to your guns (informal) to refuse to change your mindabout sth even when other people are trying to persuade you thatyou are wrong
Phrasal Verbs: stick around (informal) to stay in aplace, waiting for sth to happen or for sb to arrive: Stick around;we'll need you to help us later.
stick at sth to work in a serious and determined way toachieve sth: If you want to play an instrument well, you've got tostick at it.
stick by sb [no passive] to be loyal to a person andsupport them, especially in a difficult situation: Her husband wascharged with fraud but she stuck by him.
stick by sth [no passive] to do what you promised orplanned to do: They stuck by their decision.
stick sth<->down (informal) towrite sth somewhere: I think I'll stick my name down on thelist.
stick out to be noticeable or easily seen: They wrote thenotice in big red letters so that it would stick out.
stick sth<->out (of sth) to befurther out than sth else or come through a hole; to push sthfurther out than sth else or through a hole: His ears stick out. ◆She stuck her tongue out at me. ◆ Don't stick your arm out of thecar window.
stick to sth
to continue doing sth in spite of difficulties: She finds itimpossible to stick to a diet.
to continue doing or using sth and not want to change it: Hepromised to help us and he stuck to his word (= he did as he hadpromised). ◆ 'Shall we meet on Friday this week?' 'No, let's stickto Saturday.' ◆ She stuck to her story.
stick together (informal) (of people) to stay together andsupport each other: We were the only British people in the town sowe tended to stick together.
stick up to point upwards or be above a surface: The branchwas sticking up out of the water.
stick with sb/sth [no passive] (informal)
to stay close to sb so that they can help you: Stick with me andI'll make you a millionaire!
to continue with sth or continue doing sth: They decided to stickwith their original plan.
noun
from tree
[C] a thin piece of wood that has fallen or been broken froma tree: We collected dry sticks to start a fire. ◆ The boys werethrowing sticks and stones at the dog. ◆ Her arms and legs werelike sticks (= very thin).
for walking
[C] (especially BrE) = WALKING STICK: The old ladyleant on her stick as she talked.
in sport
[C] a long thin object that is used insome sports to hit or control the ball: a hockey stick
long thin piece
[C] (often in compounds) a long thin piece of sth: a stickof dynamite ◆ carrot sticks ◆ (AmE) a stick of butter
[C] (often in compounds) a thin piece of wood or plasticthat you use for a particular purpose: pieces of pineapple onsticks ◆ The men were carrying spades and measuring sticks.
in plane / vehicle
[C] (informal, especiallyAmE) the control stick of a plane
[C] (informal, especially AmE) a handle used tochange the GEARS of a vehicle
for orchestra
[C] a BATON, used by the personwho CONDUCTS an orchestra
criticism
[U] (BrE, informal) criticism or harsh words: Thereferee got a lot of stick from the home fans.
country areas
(the sticks) [pl.] (informal) country areas, a long way fromcities: We live out in the sticks.
person
[C] (old-fashioned, BrE, informal)a person: He's not such a bad old stick.
6. When Jimmy says: “Every morning, I have to take the crowdedbus to school, which I really can’t stick.”, he may feel________.
A.worried
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A. benoticeable
8. When I was in trouble, Paul was the only one who _______ tohelp me.
A. stuck in histhroat
9. Sally said to me: “Try a peaceful life out in the sticks, andyou will experience something totally different.” She means________.
A. I should go to the woods to enjoy a new life.
B. I should ignore the criticism and enjoy myself.
C. I should go to the remote areas to have a change.
D. I should go out by plane instead of by train to change myfeelings.
C
We discuss the issue of when to help a patient die. Doctors ofour generation are not newcomers to this question. Going back to myinternship（实习）days, I can remember many patients in pain, sometimesin coma(昏迷), with late, hopeless cancer. For many of them, we wrotean order for heavy medication—morphine(吗啡)by the clock. This wasnot talked about openly and little was written about it. It wasessential, not controversial.
The best way to bring the problem into focus is todescribe two patients whom I cared for. The first, formerly anurse, had an automobile accident. A few days later her lungsseemed to fill up; her heart developed dangerous rhythmdisturbances. So there she was: in coma, on a breathing machine,her heartbeat maintained with an electrical device. One day afterrounds, my secretary said the husband and son of the patient wantedto see me. They told me their wife and mother was obviously goingto die; she was a nurse and had told her family that she neverwanted this kind of terrible death, being maintained by machines. Itold them that while I respected their view, there was nothingdeadly about her situation. The kidney(肾) failure she had was justthe kind for which the artificial kidney was most effective.While possibly a bit reassured, they weredisappointed. Here was the head surgeonseemingly determined to keep everybody alive, no matter what.
Within a few days the patient's pacemaker(起搏器) could be removedand she awoke from her coma. About six months later, the door of myoffice opened and in walked a gloriously fit woman. After somecheery words of appreciation, the father and son asked to speak tome alone. As soon as the door closed, both men became quitetearful. All that came out was, "We want you to know how wrong wewere."
The second patient was an 85-year-old lady whosehair caught fire while she was smoking. She arrived with a deepburn; I knew it would surely be deadly. As a remarkablecoincidence there was a meeting for discussion going on at the timein medical ethics(道德). The speaker asked me if I had any sort ofethical problem I could bring up for discussion. I described thecase and asked the students their opinion. After the discussion, Imade a remark that was, when looking back, a serious mistake. Isaid, "I'll take the word back to the nurses about her and we willtalk about it some more before we decide." The instructor and thestudents were shocked: "You mean this is a real patient?" Theteacher of ethics was not accustomed to being challenged byactuality. In any event, I went back and metwith the nurses. A day or two later, when she was making noprogress and was suffering terribly, we began to back offtreatment. Soon she died quietly and not in pain. As a reasonable physician, you had better move aheadand do what you would want done for you. And don't discuss it withthe world first. There is a lesson here for everybody.Assisting people to leave this life requires strong judgment andlong experience to avoid its misuse.
10. In the early days when a patient had got a deadly, hopelessillness, _____.
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B.
C.
D.
11. The first patient’s husband and son wanted thedoctor_____.
A.
C.
12. In the second paragraph, why were they disappointed?
A.
B.
C.
D.
13. At the meeting, the author discussed with thestudents_____.
A.
B.
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D.
14. The author suggested that doctors_____ before they assist a patient in killing himself.
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B.
C.
D.
15.Which of the following can best describe the author?
D
The Board Meeting had come to an end. Bob started to stand upand knocked into the table, spilling his coffee over his notes.“How embarrassing! I am getting so clumsy in my old age.”
Everyone had a good laugh, and soon we were all telling storiesof our most embarrassing moments. It came around to Frank who satquietly listening to the others. Someone said, “Come on, Frank.Tell us your most embarrassing moment.”
Frank laughed and began to tell us of his childhood. “I grew upin San Pedro. My Dad was a fisherman, and he loved the sea. He hadhis own boat, but it was hard making a living on the sea. He workedhard and would stay out until he caught enough to feed the family.Not just enough for our family, but also for his Mom and Dad andthe other kids that were still at home.”
He looked at us and said, “I wish you could have met my Dad. Hewas a big man, and he was strong from pulling the nets and fightingthe seas for his catch. When you got close to him, he smelled likethe ocean. He would wear his old canvas, foul-weather coat and hisbibbed overalls. His rain hat would be pulled down over his brow.No matter how much my mother washed them, they would still smell ofthe sea and of fish.”
Frank’s voice dropped a bit. “When the weather was bad he woulddrive me to school. He had this old truck that he used in hisfishing business. That truck was older than he was. It would wheezeand rattle down the road. You could hear it coming for blocks. Ashe would drive toward the school, I would shrink (畏缩) down into theseat hoping to disappear. Half the time, he would slam to a stopand the old truck would belch (喷出) a cloud of smoke. He would pullright up in front, and it seemed like everybody would be standingaround and watching. Then he would lean over and give me a big kisson the cheek and tell me to be a good boy. It was so embarrassingfor me. Here, I was twelve years old, and my Dad would lean overand kiss me goodbye!”
He paused and then went on, “I remember the day I decided I wastoo old for a goodbye kiss. When we got to the school and came to astop, he had his usual big smile. He started to lean toward me, butI put my hand up and said, “No, Dad.” It was the first time I hadever talked to him that way, and he had this surprised look on hisface. I said, “Dad, I’m too old for a goodbye kiss. I’m too old forany kind of kiss.” My Dad looked at me for the longest time, andhis eyes started to tear up. Then he turned and looked out thewindshield. “ You’re right,” he said. “ You are a big boy....a man.I won’t kiss you anymore.”
Frank got a funny look on his face, and the tears began to wellup in his eyes, as he spoke. “It wasn’t long after that when my Dadwent to sea and never came back. It was a day when most of thefleet (船队) stayed in, but not Dad. He had a big family to feed.They found his boat adrift with its nets half in and half out. Hemust have gotten into a strong wind and was trying to save the netsand the floats.”
I looked at Frank and saw that tears were running down hischeeks. Frank spoke again. “Guys, you don’t know what I would giveto have my Dad give me just one more kiss on the cheek…to feel hisrough old face… to smell the ocean on him… to feel his arm aroundmy neck. I wish I had been a man then. If I had been a man,I would never have told my Dad I was too old for a goodbyekiss.”
16. When his father drove him to the school, Frank would shrinkdown into the seat hoping to disappear because ________.
17. In Frank’s eyes, when his father said “You are a big boy… aman.”, he probably felt ________.
18. According to the story we can conclude that Frank’s father________.
19. By saying the sentence “I wish I had been a man then…”,Frank meant ________.
20. Which of the following may be the best title for thispassage?
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