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B. A man returning home after work left his key in the lock. C. A lady fell as she was concentrating on each step her feet were taking. D. An old man, with his shoes on, was trying to put on his socks. 53. The word “ verifying ” in paragraph 3 can be replaced by . A. improving B. changing C. checking D. stopping 54. According to the passage, the information “ storage failures ” refer to . A. the destruction of information collecting system B. the elimination of one’s total memory C. the temporary loss of part of one’s memory D. the separation of one’s action from consciousness B For almost two months Dominic York, a 23-year-old hairdresser, wandered about hospitals all night, wearing a white coat and pretending he was a doctor. Yesterday he proudly claimed in court that despite his complete lack of medical experience or qualifications, he had saved several people’s lives. He had even been allowed to assist a surgeon during an emergency operation on a patient who was about to die on something she had swallowed. “I watched one of those TV dramas about a hospital and suddenly I felt like playing one of the roles myself. So I put on a white jacket and a stethoscope(听诊器)and walked around one of the biggest hospital in London. At first I just watched. Once you learn how doctors talk to patients, nurses and others doctors, it’s easy to take people in,” he said. One of the patients he treated was Laura Kennan. She had been knocked down by a car and fainted. When she came to in hospital, York was standing over her. “He looked very professional. He told me his name was Doctor Simon. Then he gave me some sort of injection,” she said. And then he suddenly cleared off when a nurse asked who he was. She didn’t think there was anything wrong. “I would never have realized he was a fake if a policewoman hadn’t showed me his photograph a week later. When the policewoman told me who he really was, I could hardly believe my cars.” Judge Raymond Adams told York that he was. “ shocked and horrified” that he got away with his deceiving for so long, and then sentenced him to eighteen months in a special prison for criminal with mental disorders. “I can only hope that this will not lead to further problems. After all, you will have considerable opportunity to study the behaviour of the psychiatrists(精神科医生)who will look after you while you are there. If you try to persuade people that you yourself are a psychiatrist after you are set free, I shall make sure that you are given a much longer sentence.” Judge Adams warned York. 55. York was proud of the fact that ___________. A. a surgeon let him watch an operation. B. he could perform some duties of a doctor. C. he had cheated doctors for so long D. people thought he could become a real doctor 56. York learned how to behave like a doctor by __________. A. watching other doctors work B. talking to doctors and nurses C. getting some training and experience D. observing doctors while he was a patient 57. Why was Laura Kennan in hospital? A. She had swallowed something and almost died. B. She had to have and emergency operation. C. She had been injured in a road accident. D. She had lost consciousness while driving. 58. The judge’s remark implied that York would be more severely punished if he ___. A. pretended to be a psychiatrist B. tried to get away from prison C. was proud of what he had done D. studied the behaviour of the psychiatrist C You have stopped to buy food on your drive across Canada. You pick up a can of peas. On one side, the label(标签) says “peas” . On the other, it says “petit pois”. By law food labels and many other printed notices in Canada must be in two languages---English and French. The reason is simple: many Canadians speak English but not French. Others speak French but not English. By requiring that label be printed in both languages, Canada is trying to ease the problems of living in a bilingual society. English is the dominant (important) language in most of Canada. In all provinces but Quebec, most of the people speak English. Quebec was the center of French settlement in colonial (殖民地的) times, and most of its people are descendants (后裔) of French settlers. Today nearly two out of three people in Quebec speak only French. Communities of French-speaking people also live in other provinces, especially in the Maritime Provinces. French Canadians are bound (约束) together not only by language but also by religion. Like their French ancestors (祖先), most are Roman Catholics. Most English-speaking Canadians are Protestants. 59. Why does the food label must be printed in two languages in Canada? A. Because the Canadians know both English and French. B. Because the Canadians know either English or French. C. Because many Canadians like French besides English. D. In order to make the English and the French understand it easily 60. What's the meaning of the underlined word "bilingual" in the second paragraph ? A. developed. B. rich. C. two languages. D. poor. 61. Which statement is correct according to the passage? A. Today all the people in Quebec don't only speak French. B. People in all the provinces in Canada speak English besides Quebec. C. Most English-speaking Canadians are Catholics. D. French Canadians are bound together not by language but by religion. 62. This passage mainly tells us ___________. A. food labels in Canada must be in two languages B. Quebec is the only province where French is spoken C. Canada is a bilingual nation D. English is the dominant language in most of Canada D Are you unhappy about the shape of your nose? Or do you feel that your ears are too big or your eyes too small? Yon don't need to despair (绝望) about any of these things any longer. They can all be put right by a surgeon. Surgeons are doctors who make sick people well by operating on them. But some surgeons today are really beauty specialists (专家). Their job is to make ugly or plain people beautiful. This work is called plastic surgery (整形外科). Plastic surgeons are very popular in some countries. They make a lot of money by selling beauty to men and women, especially women. Plastic surgery is very expensive. A new nose may cost almost as much as a new car. Suppose I can afford to pay so much money and want to change my ugly nose for a more handsome one. I first consult (咨询) a plastic surgeon. First of all, he will ask me to enter a nursing home. I shall have to spend about three weeks there. The surgeon will give me an aesthetic (麻醉剂). Then he will operate on my nose to give it the shape I want. He will put a plaster case over it to keep it in its new shape. I shall have to spend the next week or two anxiously wondering whether the operation has been successful or not. "Will my nose really look better?" Or will I look uglier than before? Won't there be scars (疤痕) after the operation? What shall I do if my nose is not the shape I wanted? And then the great day will come. (责任编辑：admin) |