根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中，选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。____________. It makes us wonder… if scientists can send a man to the moon, why can’t they find a cure for the common cold? The answer is easy. There are actually hundreds of kinds of cold viruses out there. You never know which one you will get, so there isn’t a cure for each one.
____________. Blood rushes to your nose and cause a block in it. You feel terrible because you can’t breathe well, but your body is actually eating the virus. Your temperature goes up and you get a fever, but the heat of your body is killing the virus. You also have a runny nose to stop the virus from getting into your cells. You may feel very uncomfortable, but actually your wonderful body is doing everything it can to kill the cold.
_____________. In the United States and some other countries, for example, people might eat chicken soup to make themselves feel better. Some people take hot baths and drink warm liquids. Other people take medicine to stop various symptoms (症状) of colds.
____________. The virus stays in you longer because your body doesn’t have a way to fight it and kill it. Bodies can do an amazing job on their own. There is a joke, however, on taking medicine when you have a cold. It goes like this:
It takes about one week to get over a cold if you don’t take medicine, but it takes only seven days to get over a cold if you take medicine.
| A. When a virus attacks your body, your body works hard to get rid of it. B. American people never take colds seriously C. There is one interesting thing to note —some scientists say taking medicines when you have a cold is actually bad for you. D. It is easy for many people to catch a cold in the springtime or fall. E. Different people do different things to deal with colds. F. You can’t get over a cold unless you take some medicine. |
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1．________ These days Ada and her classmates are arguing about whether a woman can play an important role in the political area as Hillary，they are searching for any useful information about women and politics．
2．________ Albert shows great interest in Asian history．These days he is busy collecting information about how people in Asia fought against colonists(殖民者)in the 1930s．He thinks the people from that time were very great．
3．_________ Elva realizes that it is difficult to combine music and performance perfectly so she wants to watch more films and plays that are full of music．
4．_________ Ivy is something of a dreamer．She is always hoping that one day she will come across a boy in an unexpected situation．In her opinion，films like that are the most romantic．
5．_________ Tim majors in science，but these days he finds it difficult to concentrate on his work．He’s not sure if he’s fit for the course so he wants to watch a film that can give him some courage．
| A．Gandhi Gandhi is the biography of Mahatma Gandhi，who became the famous leader of the Indian movement against the British through his philosophy of non-violent protest(非暴力抗争)．This film describes his life and times and how he managed to free his country from the British rule using peaceful means． |
| B．Gettysburg It is a film directed by Ronald F．Maxwell which presents a lifelike picture of the Gettysburg War, the turning point of the Civil War．The famous speech The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln is related to this war． |
| C．Roman Holiday Roman Holiday，a 1953 romantic comedy，introduced American audiences to Belgian-born actress Audrey Hepburn．The film was remade for television in 1987． Princess Anne signs up for a very popular tour of all the European capitals；however，when she arrives in Rome，she becomes dissatisfied with her very restricted(受限制)schedule． |
| D．The Sound of Music |
The Sound of Music is a 1956 film directed by Robert and Julie Andrews stars in the lead role．The film is based on the Broadway musical The Sound of Music，with songs written by Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II，and with the musical book written by the writing team of Howard Lindsay and Russe
l Crouse．Ernest Lehman wrote the screenplay．
E．A Beautiful Mind
This is a 2001 American film about John Forbes Nash．The story begins in the early years of Nash’s life at Princeton University，as he develops his“original idea” that will revolutionize the world of mathematics．Early in the movie，Nash begins developing schizophrenia(精神分裂症)and brings a heavy burden upon his wife and friends．
F．Evita
Eva(Evita)Peron，started out life as a poor girl who went on to become an actress and then the wife of the president of Argentina，Juan Peron．The musical is a story of love and politics．Evita’s huge political influence and constant charity(慈善)work earned her love from people all over the country．She is described-as the most beloved woman in Argentina．
| A．The great impact and progress in genetic engineering B．Worries about privacy protection C．Worries about medical use of genetic engineering D．Genetic knowledge helps to predict diseases E．Genetic knowledge may not be properly used AB．The application of genetic engineering in the medical fields |
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Current research into the human gene system is helping us understand why people have predispositions（易患某病倾向）to certain diseases．Knowing our genetic makeup can help us to judge whether or not we may be stricken by particular illness, such as cancer．Even before birth, we are able to do genetic screenings to determine what a child's genetic disorder will be．Scientists have already isolated and identified the genes responsible for the more than 4,000 genetic diseases that affect human beings．__________
The implications of this knowledge are astonishing. In addition to predicting genetic predisposition towards diseases, gene therapies may provide new treatments or cures for serious diseases．Millions of people already use genetically engineered drugs to treat heart disease, cancer, AIDS, and strokes （中风）. But with the research that is now being conducted, we may find cures to many more diseases．In the near future, genetic experimentation will also allow parents to select the traits of their children. Genetic traits that determine height, weight, eye and hair color will be able to be controlled, and many parents are excited about this potential.__________
Many people, however, are unwilling to accept the possibilities genetic research allowsFor example, one reason some women do not use the largest genetic testing for breast cancer is because they are afraid they will be discriminated against．Another problem is that many people do not want to discover their weakness．What if they learn that they have a disease for which there are no medical cures? How will such knowledge affect their lives? Do people really want to know what they will die of?__________
Many people believe that history has not always shown human decision-making to be bright when it comes to ethical（道德的）choices. Jeremy Rifkin is probably the most well known opponent of genetic engineering. He believes that humans are not responsible enough to experiment with genes and should not “play God” He asks, “Just because it can be done, does that mean it should be done?” He points out that our society will eventually look and act the same if parents select the traits of their children, and he questions the desirability of such a society．．__________
One of the fears expressed about genetic experimentation involves privacy. Already blood sample taken from patients in hospitals have been used for genetic research without the patients’ permission. Most people would agree that one’s health and genetic makeup are private concerns. But if insurance companies gain access to this information, it could have a large impact on insurance coverage or costs; if employers gain access to the information, it could have a large impact on hiring or promotion decisions. The possibilities for discrimination are obvious．
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People from East Asia tend to have more difficulty than those from Europe in 42facial expressions – and a new report published online in Current Biology explains why.
Rachael Jack, University of Glasgow researcher, said that rather than scanning evenly (均匀地) across a face as Westerners do, Easterners 43their attention on the eyes.
“We show that Easterners and Westerners look at different face features to read facial expressions,” Jack said. “Westerners look at the eyes and the mouth in equal measure, whereas Easterners favor the eyes and 44the mouth.”
According to Jack and her colleagues, the discovery shows that human 45of emotion is more complex than previously believed. As a result, facial expressions that had been considered universally recognizable cannot be used to 46convey emotion in a cross-cultural situation.
The researchers studied cultural differences in the 47of facial expressions by recording the eye movements of 13 Western people and 13 East Asian people while they observed pictures of 48faces and put them into categories: happy, sad, surprised, fearful, disgusted, angry, or neutral (中立的). They compared how accurately participants read those facial expressions using their particular eye movement strategies.
It turned out that Easterners focused much greater attention on the eyes and made 49more errors than did Westerners. “The cultural difference in eye movements that they show is probably a reflection of cultural difference in facial expressions,” Jack said. “Our data suggest that whereas Westerners use the whole face to convey emotion, Easterners use the eyes more and mouth less.”
In short, the data show that facial expressions are not universal signals of human emotion. From here on, 50how cultural factors have differed in these basic social skills will help our understanding of human emotion. Otherwise, when it comes to communicating emotions across cultures, Easterners and Westerners will find themselves lost in translation.
| A. A sense of humour is not an inborn ability. B. A sense of humour can be developed in our life. C. A sense of humour helps us from several aspects. D. A sense of humour means more than telling jokes. E. A sense of humour can be expressed in many ways. F. A sense of humour helps people to better enjoy life. |
As awareness of the cenefits of humour increases, most of us want to get all the langhs we can. It seems that almost every day there is another new discovery about the power of humour to help us physically, mentally, cmotionally, and sp[iritually. Every system of the body responds to langhter in some important or positive way .Many pcople mistakenly believe that we are born with a sense of humour. They think that when it comes to a sense of humour. “either you have got it or you don't .” This is
false! What is true, however, is that the ability to laugh and smile is actually something we are born with. For example, we laugh when we are tickled under the arm, even without thinking about how to react.
The parts of the brain and central nervous system that control laughing and smiling are mature at birth in human infants, but that is not the same thing as having a sense of humour. (After all, when a baby laughs in his small bed we don’t rush over and say, “That kid has a great sense of humour!”) Your sense of humour is something you can develop over a lifetime. Don’t be nervous before others and try to laugh at yourself-then you will make them laugh too.
Humour includes a lot more than laughing and joke telling. Many people worry needlessly that they do not have a good sense of humour because they are not good joke tellers. More than jokes, a sense of humour requires being willing and able to see the funny side of life’s situations as they happen. In fact, one of the best definitions（定义）of a sense of humour is “the ability to see the nonserious element in a situation.”
There may be a thousand different ways to express your sense of humour, but joke telling is only one of those ways. As more is discovered about how humour benefits our life, more people will be able to see and enjoy the humour when they are in a difficult situation. Life depends on air, food and water, but it is made easier to live with a good sense of humour.