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时间：2003年12月21日

杰克在昨天放学回家的路上滑了一跤，幸好伤得不厉害，但医生要他休息一星期。

on one’s way, rain, slip, hurt, stay in bed, a sick leave of

1 有关旅游的书特别受青年人的青睐。(be popular with)

2 尽管你很忙，你还是不该把孩子一个人留在家里玩电脑游戏。(leave)

3 你一旦养成坏习惯，改掉它是很难的。(get rid of)

4 学生们自愿筹款帮助发展中国家的穷人。(volunteer)

5 更糟糕的是，他的拼写错误不是一个，而是几十个。(not…but…)

Answer the following questions by using file information taken from a dictionary page. (You may read the questions first)

1. Which meaning of the word javelin is used in the sentence below?

   At the competition, Jack drew his arm back and threw the javelin 50 yards.

A. Definition 1                     B. Definition 2

C. Definition 3                      D. Definition 4

2. Which meaning of the word jargon is used in the sentence below?

  The younger generation has its jargon in communication.

A. Definition 1                      B. Definition 2

C. Definition 3                       D. Definition 4

3. What does the word jazz mean in the following sentence?

  Don’t give me that jazz, for I am a practical person.

A. Rhythmic beats.                   B. A type of music

C. A kind of dance.                   D. Meaningless talk

So Christmas is over for anther year. We have eaten the last turkey, sandwich, cleared away the last piece of wrapping paper. Sad, isn’t it? But there was one part of Christmas I wasn’t sorry to say goodbye to ---- and that was the television advertisement.

   They started in November and they carried on for six weeks. Every time we turned on the television, a sweet voice would suggest some new , very expensive gift that they claimed was all we needed to make our Christmas complete.

   I could put up with all the adult gift suggestions. After all, we are all supposedly mature people, and if we are foolish enough to fall for what we hear on the TV adverts, that’s our problem.

   But what I found really horrific was the kids’ toy commercials. Every kid under the age of ten was exposed repeatedly to advertising. Every time there was a break in one of the television programs, he’d be persuaded softly to ask his Mum for this new Christmas toy. “Tell her that if she doesn’t buy it for you, she is a failure as a mother. ”

   Going through children is the most secret way of advertising. Kids are easily influenced, have not sense of money and an emotional hold over their parents that advertising companies control shamelessly. It’s time something was done to prevent this.

1. Why does the writer think that adult gift suggestions are more acceptable?

A.      Because adult are old enough to make a right decision.

B.      Because adults are more sensible to advertising than kids.

C.      Because gift suggestions are not so attractive to adults.

D.     Because adults are used to the advertising on TV.

2. The phrase “to fall for ” most probably means ________________.

A.        to be easily exposed to something

B.        to feel sorry for something

C.        to be tricked into believing something

D.       to decide to buy something immediately

3. The word “this” at the end of the passage refers to __________________.

A. TV advertising                     B. Christmas advertising

C. the way of advertising                D. advertising through children

4. The best title for this passage can be _______________________.

A.        Toy Commercials on Christmas

B.        The TV Advertisement That Really Annoys Me

C.        Advertising Companies Should Be Closed

D.  Television Advertising Can Not Be Reliable

Doctors have known for a long time that extremely loud noises can cause hearing damage or loss. The noise can be the sound of a jet airplane or machines in factories or loud music or other common sounds found at home and at work. A person only needs to hear the noise for a little more than one second to be affected.

   An American scientist has found that using aspirin can increase the temporary (暂时的) hearing loss. He did an experiment using a number of students at a university who all had normal hearing. He gave them different amount of aspirin for different periods of time, then he tested their hearing ability. He found that students who were given four grams (克) of aspirin a day for two days suffered much greater temporary hearing loss than those who did not use aspirin. The hearing loss was about two times as great.

  The scientist said millions of people in the United States use much larger amounts of aspirn than were used in his experiment. He said these persons faced a serious danger of suffering hearing loss.

1．Doctors have long known that _____________.

A.        one may become deaf when he hears a loud noise

B.        loud noises can cause damage to the hearing of young people only

C.        one may lose his hearing when he hears a terribly loud noise

D.       common sounds at home are no harmful to the ear

2.This passage suggests that one’s hearing ________________.

A.  will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for less than one second

B.   will be damaged even if he has heard a loud noise for only a little more than one second

C.  will not be damaged if he has heard a loud noise only a little more than one second

D.  will not be damaged if he has a little more than one second to get ready

3. One conclusion you can draw from this passage is that aspirin _____________.

A.      should never be taken more than four grams

B.      can damage one’s hearing when it is given more than four grams daily

C.      makes hearing damage caused by loud noise worse

D.     always increases hearing loss by two times

4. The American scientist did his experiment in order to find _________________.

A.  how much aspirin would affect a person’s hearing

B.   how much aspirin should be given in the treatment of the patients with hearing loss

C.  whether aspirin would increase the temporary hearing loss

D.  whether the person who had hearing damage should use aspirin