It’s the place where smart people make smart machines work even smarter. But for the people who work in it, Silicon Valley (硅谷) is more than just a high technology hothouse. It’s also in the heart of sunny California, a great place to start a family and raise kids. What could be better?
But something is happening to the children. Up until the age of two they develop normally. Their proud parents watch and smile as they take their first steps and speak their first words. But then everything seems to go backwards. The children become locked into their own small world, unable to communicate at all.
They call it the “curse of Silicon Valley,” but the medical name for the condition is autism（孤独症）. It used to be thought that autism was a mental illness. Now doctors are sure that it is a disease transmitted genetically (遗传). It seems that the people leading the communications revolution are having children who cannot communicate at all.
But even the parents have trouble communicating. Asperger’s Syndrome (综合症) is connected with autism. People who have it are highly intelligent and often brilliant with numbers or systems but have no social skills, which makes Asperger’s sufferers into excellent computer professionals. Unfortunately, many of the children of two Asperger’s parents in Silicon Valley seem to be developing serious autism.
There is little anyone can do. And there is no cure in sight. Some argue that no cure should be found．“It may be that autistics are essentially (本质上) different from normal people, but that these differences make them valuable for the evolution (进化) of the human race,” says Dr Kirk Wilhelm of the University of California．“To remove the genes (基因) for autism could be terrible.
It seems that the children of Silicon Valley are paying the price of genius.A person who has autism usually _____.
| A．has difficulty in speaking | B．loses communication skills |
| C．has difficulty in working | D．hates people around |
Which of the following best explains “curse of Silicon Valley”?
| A．The children are brought up in Silicon Valley. |
| B．Autism is just a result of working in Silicon Valley. |
| C．The children suffer from autism due to their parents in Silicon Valley. |
| D．Autism makes the children in Silicon Valley unable to communicate. |
Some people think that no cure of autism should be found because ______.
| A．autism cannot be cured | B．autism isn’t a disease |
| C．harm will be done to the children | D．autism is necessary in some way |
What does the writer seem to feel about the children of Silicon Valley?
| A．It’s a pity that they cannot have a normal life. |
| B．They are the pride of the human race. |
| C．They are sure to have a bright future. |
| D．It’s likely that they will have a normal life. |
Live Music－－Late Night Jazz
Enjoy real American Jazz from Herbie Davis, the famous trumpet player. He is known to play well into the early hours, so don’t want to get much sleep.
| PLACE: The Jazz Club DATES: 15－23 June PRICE: ￥ 160 TIME: 10p.m. till late TEL: 4858749 |
Scottish Dancing
Scottish dancing is nice and easy to learn. The wonderful dance from England will be given.
| PLACE: Jack Stein’s DATES: 10－20 May PRICE: ￥160 TIME: 10-10 p.m. TEL: 4983084 |
Shows－－Anhui Museum
There are 12,000 pieces on show here. You can see the whole of Chinese history.
| PLACE: Anhui Museum DATES: 30 Mar.－30 June PRICE: ￥60（half for students） TIME: Mon. －Fri. 9a.m.－5p.m. Weekends 9a.m.－9p.m. TEL: 4467834 |
Your pen-friend is coming from Australia to your city for a holiday. You send him this E-mail to tell him something about the hotels.
| ROSE HOTEL |
SUN HOTEL |
|
| DATES |
PRICES（a night） |
PRICES(a night) |
| 1 Oct-31 Oct. |
￥198 |
￥168 |
| 1 Jan. - 31 Mar. |
￥178 |
￥148 |
| 1 Apr. -30 Apr. （closed） |
…… |
…… |
| 1 May-31 May |
￥218 |
￥188 |
| 1 Jun. - 30 Sep. |
￥248 |
￥208 |
TEL: 4686788 E-MALL: Li Hong @ 163.com
68. If you want to watch dancing, you can call ______.
A. 4858749 B. 4983084 C. 4467834 D. 4686788
69. You can see the whole of Chinese history at ______ in April in Anhui Museum.
A. 3 p.m. every dayB. 9 p.m. from Monday to Friday
C. 7 a.m. at weekend D. 7 p.m. every day
70. You can enjoy _______ at Jack Sein’s.
A. American jazzB. Scottish dancing
C. 12,000 pieces on show D. yourself all night
71. SUN HOTEL and ROSE HOTEL are open for _______ months of the year.
A. nine B. ten C. eleven D. twelve
A new study shows that fat people in the United States suffer direct economic and social effects because of their size . The findings are from an 8-year study of about 100,000 people . The people studied were between the ages of 16 and 25 when the research began .
The researchers who carried out the study say they consider the people fat if they are in the top of 5% of the measurement in which weight is connected with height . For example , fat women in the study were about 160 centimeters tall and weighed about 90 kilograms . Fat men in the study were about 175 centimeters tall and weighed 100 kilograms . The researchers say that more than 1,000,000 Americans are that big . The researchers found that fat young women were more likely to lose social and economic power even if they were from wealthy families . The fat women also were 20% less likely to get married and they earned an average of about $6,700 a year less than other women . The study showed less severe effect on fat men . They earned an average of about $3,000 a year less than other men . Fat men also were 11% less likely to get married .
64. From this passage we know fat people in America were
A. admired B. respected C. unhealthy D. unpopular
65. Which of the following was not mentioned in this passage ?
A. The reason why fat people suffered .
B. The cause that caused people to be fat .
C. The standard of fat people .
D. The number of fat people .
66. The underlined word “severe” means .
A. economic B. social C. serious D. favorable
67. Fat people were inferior to（比……差）other people in .
A. brain , human rights and payment
B. income , marriage and political rights
C. brain , education and marriage
D. marriage , getting jobs and income
The story goes that two friends were walking through the desert. During some point of the journey they had an argument, and one friend slapped the other one in the face. The one who got slapped was hurt, but without saying anything, wrote in the sand: "Today my best friend slapped me in the face." They kept on walking until they found an oasis（绿洲）, where they decided to take a bath. The one who had been slapped got stuck in the mire and started drowning, but the friend saved him. After he recovered from the near drowning, he wrote on a stone: "Today my best friend saved my life." The friend who had slapped and saved his best friend asked him, "After I hurt you, you wrote in the sand and now you write on a stone. Why?"
The other friend replied: "When someone hurts us we should write it down in sand where winds of forgiveness can erase it away. But when someone does something good for us, we must engrave（镌刻） it in stone where no wind can ever erase it."
You have to learn to write your hurts in the sand and to carve your benefits in the stone.
59.One friend slapped the other because ______.
A.he was angry that his friend took him to the desert by mistake.
B.He was angry that his friend did not agree with him about something.
C.He was angry that his friend kept wasting time writing and carving.
D.He had to save his friend from drowning, and this almost took his own life.
60.When they found an oasis_______.
A.they decided to swim out of the desert from it.
B.the second friend wanted to slap his friend back.
C.They wanted to take a break and wash themselves.
D.The first friend was saved from drowning by the second and felt ashamed .
61.The underlined sentence mean we should _______.
A.not let others know we are angry with them by letting wind erase what we write down.
B.gradually forgive others for bad things they have done to us as time goes by.
C.make sure what we write in the desert does not remain long or we might be found.
D.not try to find stones to record things on in a desert.
62．What is the right understanding of the last sentence of the passage?
A.We should write and carve to record different kinds of feelings.
B.We should record different kinds of things in different ways.
C.We should remember only good things others have done to us and let go bad things.
D.We should remember things that others do to us, including both good things and bad things.
63.Which of the following can be the proper title of the passage?
A.True Friendship B.Sand and Stone
C.Hurts and Benefits D.Forgiveness and Gratitude
第三部分：阅读理解（共20小题；每小题2分，满分40分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。
Two American scientists told the people in industrial nations that they would be much healthier if they ate more of the same kind of foods eaten by humans living more than 10,000 years ago.
The scientists say that the human body has changed very little since human first appeared on earth, but the way we live has changed greatly. Our body has not been able to deal with these changes in life style and this has led to new kinds of sicknesses. These new sicknesses were not known in ancient times. So they are called “diseases of civilization”. Many cancers and diseases of the blood system, including heart attacks and strokes（中风） are examples of such diseases.
Scientists noted that early stone-age people used very little alcohol or tobacco, probably none. Ancient people also got a great deal of physical exercise, but a change in food is one of the main differences between life in ancient times and life today.
Stone-age people hunted wild animals for their meat, which had much less fat than farm animals. They also ate a lot of fresh wild vegetables, and fruits. They did not use milk and other dairy products, and they made very little use of grains. But today, we eat a large amount of dairy products and grain foods. We eat six times more salt than stone-age people. We eat more sugar. We eat twice as much fat but only one third as much protein and much less vitamin C.
People today probably do not want to live as people thousands of years ago did, but scientists say that we would be much healthier if we ate as those ancient people did, cutting the amount of fatty, salty and sweet foods.
56.The people in industrial nations would be much healthier if they ate ______.
A. more foods as humans living 10,000 years ago did
B. as humans living 10,000 years ago ate
C. . more kinds of food eaten by people living over 10,000 years ago
D. more of the same kinds of foods eaten by people over 10,000 years ago
57. New kinds of sicknesses have been found because ______
A. the human body has changed compared with human first appearing on earth
B. the way we live has changed a little
C. our body can’t deal with the changes in life style
D. the way we live today are improper for the human body
58. What is the main cause mentioned in the article why people suffer from a lot of new sicknesses?
A. Ancient people did a great deal of physical exercise.
B. People today have a lot of alcohol.
C. . People today have more tobacco.
D. Food is quite different between life today and life in ancient times.
Of all the things that have effects on your future, I believe that personal growth is the greatest. Many people talk about sales growth, profit growth, and possession growth, but none of these will happen without personal growth. In fact I’d like to have you memorize a most important sentence. It is “The key to your future is you yourself.”
There are many things that will help you better your future. If you belong to a strong, dynamic（充满活力的）and progressive company, that will help. Good training will help. Strong leadership will help. If the neighbors stay civil（文明的）, that will help. If your relatives don’t trouble you, that will help…All these things will help. We can go on and on with the list; but remember, the things that I’ve covered above just play minor（次要的）roles in helping you reach a good future. The major cause doesn’t lie outside. It lies inside.
Strangely enough, when two different men work in the same company, the first person may earn $1,000 a month, while the second may earn $10,000 a month. What causes the difference when they have the same job, use the same tools, and get the same training?
The cause of the difference lies in believing, in trying, in accepting failures, in thinking, in a smile at people around, and in the ways of dealing with problems. All of these can be major causes of your good future. You can see all these come from inside. In fact, the real difference is you yourself. You are the key to your future. Teens are the most wonderful and important period in life. If you want a great future, begin to improve yourself from now on!
72. Among all the things mentioned, which one is the most important in the author’s opinion?
A. Sales growth. B. Profit growth. C. Possession growth. D. Personal growth
73. Which of the following may play a main role in influencing you future?
A. Being determined. B. Working in good companies.
C. Having rich relatives. D. Getting leaders’ help.
74. All may cause the two men’s different earnings EXCEPT that_______.
A. the second person buys expensive houses or cars.
B. the first person treats others badly.
C. the second man has a positive attitude to problems.
D. the first man gives up after failures.
75. The passage is mainly written for_____.
A. old people B. adults C. teenagers D. babies