Items received before 10:00 will be returned in the afternoon (before 15:00) of the next day. If you need urgent service, please dial 8002. ? Towels and Slippers
Please do not remove the towels or slippers from your room as towels and slippers are
provided at the pool. Do not use the towel for any inappropriate purposes. You will be required to compensate (赔偿) for damages caused by misuse. ? Power Safety
It is strictly forbidden to dry clothes over lampshades, which may cause a fire. ? Pets
Pets are not allowed in any parts of the hotel. We thank you for your understanding and cooperation.
70. Scott, who is staying in Room 609, wants to call his friend in Room 815 of the same hotel, he should dial ______. A. 61208308. B. 8609. C. 8001. D. 8815.
71. Mrs. Taylor is staying in Room 213 and needs to have her clothes washed immediately, she should dial ______. A. 8213. B. 8001. C. 8002. D. 8003. 72. Which of the following practice is allowed for the guests in the hotel? A. Keeping the key card after check-out. B. Asking for extra house keeping service. C. Using the slippers in the room at the pool. D. Walking a pet dog in the garden of the hotel.
73. Suppose the accommodation fee for a single room is $100 per day and Mr. Brown checked into the hotel at 21:00 on Jan. 5th and checked out at 15:00 on Jan. 8th, he should pay ______. A. $300. B. $350. C. $400. D. $450.
(C)
Foreseeing a time when a patient‘s own cells may be harvested, multiplied, and fashioned into a replacement organ, researchers in Boston have successfully transplanted laboratory grown bladders (肾) into six dogs.
For a century, physicians have replaced diseased or damaged bladders by removing sections of a person‘s intestines (肠子) and shaping them into a substitute bladder. While the procedure offers some relief to patients, complications often develop because nature designs intestinal tissue for a purpose—absorbing nutrients—other than pfzhizuo holding waste liquid of the body. ―You start absorbing stuff that should be removed,‖ says Anthony Atala of the Children‘s Hospital in Boston.
Other physicians have turned to human-made materials to create artificial bladders, but those efforts have also run into problems. Consequently, to build a better bladder, Atala and his colleagues decided to employ the organ‘s own cells.
To turn the cells into an organ, the researchers first form plastic which can break down naturally into bladder-shaped shell. They then coat its outside and inside with layers of cells needed.
To test this strategy, Atala‘s group obtained bladder tissue from dogs and grew it into organs.
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After removing the dogs‘ bladders, the investigators implanted (移植) the artificial ones coming from the dogs‘ own cells. Within a month, the pfzhizuo organs began to perform like normal bladders.
Within three months, the plastic shells had broken down naturally, and the implanted organs were hard to distinguish from natural ones. Blood vessels (血管) quickly grew into them. Moreover, nerves seem to form proper connections with the new organs, allowing the dogs to regain normal control of their bladders. Some dogs have had the artificial bladders for nearly a year without any problems.
While the bladders of dogs closely resemble those of people, Atala warns that more testing of this transplant strategy must occur before artificial bladders are ready for the clinic.
74. The traditional method of shaping parts of intestines into a substitute bladder ______. A. brings the patient a pfzhizuo lot of sufferings B. allows the patient to absorb useless things C. prevents the patient from absorbing nutrients
D. worsens both the function of the intestines and the bladder 75. The artificial bladders implanted in dogs ______. A. worked perfectly as long as three months B. did not work properly until after a month
C. proved to be able to work for several years
D. began to work as well as a normal one in a few weeks 76. Why is it suggested that more testing should be made? A. Human bladders may well be different from dogs‘. B. Dogs‘ bladders can be implanted into human bodies. C. What suits dogs‘ bladders will also suit human bladders.
D. Artificial bladders grown in dogs can be used for human beings. 77. What does the passage mainly talk about? A. The history of making artificial bladders. B. The way of turning intestines into bladders. C. The prospect of manufacturing plastic bladders.
D. The possibility of making bladders from their own cells.
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(A)
Every day I check my e-mail. Most o the time I am simply doing inger exercises, another form of piano practice without the beautiul notes. Sometimes, however, I receive a gift, reminding me of the gifts in my lie. The following passage is one of those gifts.
Peter Jones is a 92-year-old, short, calm and proud man．Every morning he is fully dressed by eight o‘clock, with his hair ashionably combed and ace perectly shaved, even though he is unable to see. He would move to a nursing home today. His wife of 70 years recently passed away, making the move necessary.
Ater hours of waiting patiently in the entrance ball o the nursing home, he smiled sweetly
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when told his room was ready. As he moved his walker skillully to the elevator, the nurse provided a visual description of his tiny room. ―I love it,‖ he stated with the ebullience of an eight-year-old having just been presented with a new pet dog.
―Mr. Jones, you haven‘t been to the room,‖ said the nurse.
―That doesn‘t have anything to do with it,‖ he replied. ―Happiness is something you decide on ahead of time. Whether I like my room or not doesn‘t depend on how the urniture is arranged…it‘s how I arrange my mind. I have already decided to love it. It‘s a decision I make every morning when I wake up. I have a choice: I can spend the day in bed complaining of difficulty I have with parts of my body that no longer work, or get out o bed and be thankul or the ones that do. Each day is a gift, and as long as I am alive, I‘ll focus on the new day and all the happy memories I‘ve stored away.‖ May each of our days continue to be a gift.
66. What do we know about Mr. Jones? A. His wie died many years ago. B. He received a pet rom the nurse. C. His room in the nursing home is big. D. He is blind but very neat.
67. How did Mr. Jones feel about his room in the nursing home? A. Content. B. Disappointed. C. Worried. D. Curious.
68. The underlined word ―ebullience‖ in paragraph three is closest in meaning to ___________ . A. sadness B. enthusiasm C. faith D. ambition
69. What would be the best title or the passage? A. Living in a nursing home B. Each day is a gift
C. Arranging your mind every day D. We‘re always grateul
(B)
ATTENTION, ALL OUR NEW STUDENTS!
Welcome to West Lakes Institute o Technology. You are strongly advised to adhere to the following three basic rules on this, your irst day, of the second semester:
1. Wear your pre-admission student number on your (衣服的翻 领) at all times.
2. Do not enter any classrooms where classes are already in progress.
3. When asked to produce basic inormation about yoursel, be ready to show your green enrollment acceptance advice slip.
Students who have pre-paid the enrollment fee
From 9:00 am to 10:00 am (no later) you should visit the foyer o the Old Chapel building to receive your new student inormation kit. Once you have your kit, you are not required until 10:30
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am, so you can relax in the Student Centre until you are called over the PA system.
Students who are not yet to pay the enrollment
Go directly to the Admissions Centre and be prepared to pay your enrollment ee ($150 — cash only) to the New Admissions Oicer. You will be asked or your address and your pre-admission student number (the number on your green enrollment acceptance advice slip). Note that this is NOT the number which is later displayed on your student card. Once you have paid your enrollment fee, ollow the instructions above or students who have pre-paid their ee.
Student cards
Student cards will not be issued until Thursday. Photographs, however, will be taken on Monday aternoon. Make your way to the Library at the following times:
1:00 pm — ilm and Photographic Arts 3:15 pm — Hotel &Hospitality 1:45 pm — Marketing 4:00 pm — ashion & Design 2:30 pm — Travel & Tourism 4:45 pm — all other Art students Photographs o students in all other courses will be taken Tuesday aternoon.
Welcome Address
The Director of the college will address all new students in the Main Hall at around 10:45 am. When you hear the announcement that directs you to assemble in the Main Hall, make your way switly past the canteen area, through the courtyard and into the Hall. No ood or drinks are allowed in the Main Hall.
Lunch
The canteen is situated on the ground loor o the student building. Since the canteen is also used by members o the public, you will be asked to produce your enrollment acceptance advice slip. ailure to do this will result in all purchases being charged or at non-discount prices. Cooked lunches are served only between 12:15 pm and 1:30 pm.
70. Who are the intended readers of the passage? A. parents B. teachers
C. students who have graduated D. students who are going to be registered
71. According to the passage, students who have already paid the fee .
A. should give their address and student number to the New Admissions Oicer B. can enter any classroom to have a rest
C. are required to receive their kit beore 9 o‘clock
D. can have a minimum o 30 minutes to relax ater getting the knit
72. We can learn rom the text that ―students‘ enrollment acceptance advice slip‖___________. A. displays the same number o that on the student card B. allows students to buy things in canteen at a lower price
C. is only essential to students who haven‘t paid the ee in advance D. is required when taking the pictures used or the student card
73. Which o the ollowing statements is TRUE according to the text?
A. Marketing students can get their student cards at 1:45, Monday aternoon. B. Students are allowed to have their lunch at 12:30 pm in the Hall.
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C. The assembly call will be made beore the welcome address begins. D. Students can get their student cards rom the Library.
(C)
The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help clariy hospitals who are charged with wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomort and pain.
A team headed by Proessor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group o men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiul rom a selection o 300 works by artists such as Leonardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to watch either the beautiul paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel while the team struck a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been hurt by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiul paintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel.
Electrodes (电极) measuring the brain‘s electrical activity also conirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiul paintings. While distractions (娱乐), such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital patients, Pro de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part. The indings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiul surroundings could aid the healing process.
―Hospitals have been designed to be unctional, but we think that their (审美能力) aspects should be taken into account too,‖ said the neurologist. ―Beauty obviously oers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into the how a beautiul environment can reduce suering.‖
Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis‘ Birth o Venus. Pictures they ound ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonio Bueno and Columbian ernando Botero. ―These people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world,‖ said Pro de Tommaso.
74. According to the irst paragraph, people didn‘t approve___________. A. hospitals spend money on medical equipment B. hospitals decorate their rooms with works o art
C. hospitals make their environment pleasant to patients D. hospitals treat their patients with works o art
75. How did the researchers make the research? A. By asking the subjects to listen to music. B. By requiring the subjects to draw paintings.
C. By ordering the subjects to choose which picture is beautiul and ugly. D. By aching the subjects‘ hands while they are watching paintings.
76. According to the research, when designing a hospital, we should consider its___________. A. convenient acilities B. unctional operating room C. pleasing environment D. bright waiting room
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