C. if the patient doesn?t take medicine D. unless the patient feels pain 43. The underlined part means “ ”.
A. he was feeling better than ever B. he wasn?t a healthy man C. he was feeling worse than before D. he will be well again
44. From the last sentence of the passage, we learn the man_______ before the doctor told him not to smoke more than one cigarette a day. A. was a heavy smoker B. didn?t smoke so much C. didn?t smoke D. began to learn to smoke 45. Which of the following is NOT true?
A. The doctor usually tests his/her blood pressure when a person is ill. B. The man told the doctor he couldn?t remember things. C. The man thanked the doctor.
D. The man didn?t follow the doctor?s advice.
B
It doesn?t matter when and how much a person sleeps , but everyone needs some rest to stay alive. That?s what all doctors thought , until they heard about Herpin. Herpin, it was said , never slept. Could this be true? The doctors decided to see this strange man themselves.
Herpin was 90 years old when the doctors came to his home in New Jersey. They thought for sure that he got some sleep of some kind. So they stayed with him and watched every movement he made. But they were surprised . Though they watched him hour after hour and day after day, they never saw him sleeping. In fact , he did not even own a bed. He never needed one. The only rest that Herpin sometimes got was sitting in a comfortable chair and reading newspapers. The doctors were puzzled by this strange continuous sleeplessness. They asked him many questions, hoping to find an answer.
They found only one answer that might explain his condition. Herpin remembered some talk about his mother having been injured several days before he was born. But that was all. Was this the real reason? No one could be sure. Herpin died at the age of 94. 46. The main idea of this passage is that_____
A. large numbers of people do not need sleep
B. a person was found who actually didn?t need any sleep C. everyone needs some sleep to stay alive D. people can live longer by trying not to sleep 47. The doctors came to visit Herpin, expecting_____
A. to cure him of his sleeplessness
B. to find that his sleeplessness was not really true C. to find out why some old people did not need any sleep D. to find a way to free people from the need of sleeping 48. After watching him closely, the doctors came to believe that Al herpin_____
A. needed some kind of sleep B. was too old to need any sleep C. needed no sleep at all D. often sleep in a chair
49. One reason that might explain Herpin?s sleeplessness was _____
A. his mother?s injury before he was born
B. that he had gradually got rid of the sleeping habit C. his magnificent physical condition D. that he hadn?t got a bed
50. Al Herpin?s condition could be regarded as ______
A. a common one
B. one that could be cured C. very healthy D. a rare one
C
As a teenager in 1972, Bill Gates once said that he would be a millionaire by the time he was 20. Only 15 years later he was a billionaire. And by 1992, as head of the Microsoft company, he became the richest man in American with assets (资产) of about US$ 6.3 billion.
Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on 28, October 1956. He first started to play with the computer at the age of 13 at his school. At that time, computers were very large machines. Operators were required to learn complex computer languages before the machines could be used. Even then, a great deal of time and effort was needed to perform the simplest functions. Before long Gates was an expert at working the school?s computer. After his graduation from secondary school, Gates was accepted by the three top universities in the USA---Princeton. Harvard and Yale. He chose Harvard and began classes there the next autumn, majoring in maths. But he spent as much time in the computer laboratories as he did in the lecture halls.
By 1975, Gates and a partner, Paul Allen, had developed a software program called BASIC. This was not the first program ever created, but its inventors were the first to decide that people who wanted to use it should pay for it. BASIC was a success because until it came along there had been no efficient way of getting computers to carry out instructions. Although he had not yet completed his degree, Gates left university and went to work full time for the new company he had formed called Microsoft.
His next project was the software program that made him famous and very
rich. It was called DOS, short for Disk Operating System, and it was bought by IBM in 1980. Today it is the operating system used in more than 14 million personal computers around the world.
As chief executive officer of Microsoft, Gates is known as a bright man. To most people, Gates, in spite of his wealth, is humble and ordinary. He spends his money carefully and often eats in fast-food restaurants. 51. When he was a teenager, Bill Gates wanted to be______. A. an engineer B. a scientist C. a businessman D. a professor 52. Bill Gates became a billionaire______.
A. at the age of 31 B. in 1985 C. in the 1970?s D. by 1992 53. When Gates was in Harvard University, he________. A. became head of Microsoft company
B. spent most of his time in computer laboratories C. developed the first computer program
D. succeeded in making computers carry out instructions 54. Before the invention of BASIC, software programs____.
A. were very cheap B. were not considered commercially (商业地) C. were very expensive D. were complex but dull 55. Bill Gates was regarded as______. A. a strong-minded man B. a crazy man
C. a man spending freely D. a common, normal person
D
King Midas used to love gold. One day he met a fairy who allowed him to make a wish for something. The king replied at once , ??I love gold . I want everything I touch to change into gold”. ??Very well , tomorrow morning, everything you touch will turn into gold .”Saying this, the fairy disappeared. The king waited excitedly till the next morning. To his joy ,everything he
touched changed immediately into gold. ??I?m the richest man in the world now.” He shouted.
Soon Midas became hungry. He sat down at his table. All the foods and drinks turned into gold in his hand . ??I?m dying of hunger.” He cried. Just then his daughter came running in . ??Why are you so sad , dad ?” she asked, putting her arms around him. There and then she became a golden statue. The king loved his daughter very much .Seeing this ,he began to cry. He looked up and suddenly saw the fairy before him. ??Don?t you like the golden touch?” asked the fairy. ?? Please take it away,” begged the king, ?? give me back my daughter.” ??Well, you have learned your lesson. Go and wash in the river. Then the golden touch will be gone.” The king ran quickly to the nearby river.
56. The fairy allowed the king to make a wish because_____ A. she hoped to make the king the richest in the world. B. She loved gold too.
C. She wanted to teach the king a lesson.
D. She wanted to turn the king?s daughter into gold.
57. When the foods and drinks turned into gold the king was _____ A. excited B. hungry C. worried D happy 58. The king?s daughter became a golden statue when _____ A. she saw her father B. the king went to meet her C. she put her arms around her father D. the king loved her very much
59. Which of the following might have happened afterwards? A. The king died in the river.
B. The king?s daughter changed back from gold to a lovely girl.