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Cancer Research UK has launched an online chat forum for cancer patients to swap stories or share experiences on how to cope with such a disastrous disease．
But Cancer Chat is a forum with a difference：it has an information safety net．
This means that a Cancer Research UK team will keep a watching brief to ensure that patients are not subjected to rogue “cancer cures’’ or scientifically unreasonable information．
Anyone can have access to the messages posted on Cancer Chat but if people wish to post a message they will need to register．
And Rebekah Gibbs，a cancer patient and star e f TV’S Casualty has voiced her support for the new project．“I think Cancer Chat is a brilliant idea，’’she said．“I have written a public diary about what I went through with breast cancer and I have had such a heart-warming response from other people going through the same thing．
“The idea of a Cancer Chat forum means you can share information about treatment and side effects and you can really open up about your feelings online in a way that can be difficult when talking to close friends and family．And with Cancer Research UK．monitoring the forum people can be guaranteed the quality of information being exchanged．”
Cancer Chat will also encourage its users to check out any cancer questions on its CancerHelp UK website which is specially designed to give patients and their families 6,000 pages of up-to-date information that is easy to understand and explains a wide range of treatments for different types of cancer and give details of clinical trials．There is also a UK database of cancer clinical trials．
The award-winning website attracts around one million visitors a month and Cancer Research UK hopes that some of these visitors will also want to post comments on the Cancer Chat forum．
For those who do not have access to computers and have questions about cancer, the charity's team of cancer information nurses are available during office hours to talk over patients’ concerns on the phone．
Cancer Chat is quite different from other forums in that．

A．it has the support of a famous TV actress

B．it is a source of reliable information

C．it provides a huge amount of cancer information

D．it attracts a great number of visitors from all over the world each month

The underlined word “swap’’ in the first paragraph most probably means．

A．invent

B．write

C．print

D．exchange

Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?

A．Rebekah Gibbs has written a private diary about her breast cancer．

B．CancerHelp UK offers information on cancer treatment and clinical trials．k+s-5#u

C．The messages posted on this forum are available to all visitors．

D．People with no computers available can also receive help．

Which of the following can be the best title for this passage?

A．A wonderful website CancerHelp UK

B．Come on．Turn to Cancer Research UK

C．Online Cancer Chat with a Safety Net

D．A Major Breakthrough in Cancer

When someone steps on your toe by accident, you will hurt plenty．But it hurts even more, if you think the person does the same thing on purpose．Earlier studies have found that the feeling of pain can change with how it is experienced．That is why giving people sugar pills and saying they are medicine can make them feel better．
This study examined whether self-reported pain is indeed higher when the events producing the pain are understood as intentionally caused by another person．For the study, the researchers told 40 volunteers that they were going to do a series of tasks, including color matching, number counting and discomfort assessment．This last task involved their receiving a brief electric shock to the wrist．They were told that a partner, sitting in another room, would choose which task they would do, and a computer screen helped them to know their partner’s choice．
In some cases, the volunteers were told their partner had chosen the pain tolerance test．In others, they were told the computers would select the pain tolerance test regardless of their partner’s choice．When volunteers thought that their partners were making the shocks on them on purpose, the feeling made the pain worse．As a matter of fact, they were the same．
This study provides evidence that the experience of pain changes depending upon how they think when people have been harmed．Specifically, the meaning of a harm — whether it was intended — influences the amount of pain it causes．So, although a broken toe may hurt, an intentionally broken toe should hurt more．
It can be concluded from the text that _______．

A．the feeling of pain varies from one person to another k+s-5#u

B．long-lasting pain damages people’s health

C．pain is greater if harm seems to be intentionally done

D．people suffer more from accidental pain

What can we infer from the text?

A．People can reduce pain by relaxing．

B．Researchers study how pain is caused．

C．Everyone should know the effect of pain．

D．People should think more about pain．

What does the underlined word “they” in the third paragraph refer to?

A．Volunteers．	B．Computers．
C．Shocks．	D．Pains．

What’s the author’s attitude to the result of the study? k+s-5#u

A．Indifferent．	B．Sceptical．
C．Disapproving．	D．Approving．

Evening Classes for the Autumn Term

Advanced French Language Thurs, 6:00-7:30 p．m． This course is for people who have already done French for at least two years．There will be an examination at the end of the course, and a certificate for successful students．	Car Repairs Thurs, 8:00-9:30 p．m． This is a course for beginners．No experience necessary．Spend less money on garage bills by learning to look after your own car and doing simple repairs at home．
First Aid Tues, 6:30-8:30 p．m． Why not study for a certificate in First Aid? People on this course will learn to deal with accidents in the home and at work; what to do in the case of burns, cuts and other common injuries．	Learning Spanish Wed, 7:00-9:00 p．m． Have fun learning Spanish for your holidays! It will be simple conversational Spanish - the chief purpose of the course is enjoyment．Previous knowledge of the language is unnecessary - anyone can join this course．
Discovering Our City's History Mon, Thurs, 6:30-9:00 p．m． Are you curious to learn about the history which is buried beneath the streets of our city? The area has a fascinating history．This term the class will center on the first five hundred years of our city's past．	Keep Up Office Skills Tues, 7:00-9:00 p．m． At least an opportunity to learn to use the latest electronic office equipment．Increase your typing speed, find out about new business methods and get to know how to run a modern office．

1．

Nancy wants to work as a secretary in a French company．She will attend courses on _______．

A．	Monday and Thursday
B．	Wednesday and Thursday
C．	Monday and Wednesday
D．	Tuesday and Thursday

2．

After reading the advertisement, one will choose the course on Car Repairs mainly because
_______．

A．	it takes a short time
B．	it helps grasp good skills of repairing cars
C．	it needs less money
D．	it can make savings on car repairs

3．

What information can we get from the text？

A．	Most courses will last two hours．
B．	Successful students can learn French．
C．	Teachers will have classes online．
D．	Beginners can learn Spanish．

4．

Where might the text come from?

A．	A travel guide．	B．	A newspaper．
C．	A personal diary．	D．	A textbook．

Somehow Rey had managed to struggle free from the rope around his neck, after being left to die a slow death as punishment for being a bad Spanish greyhound（猎狗）．

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It is believed that 50,000 greyhounds are killed by their owners in Spain each year after they grow too old, or turn out to be too slow to hunt with．Dogs have also been found thrown into wells, burnt alive and even injected with poison．

But Rey's intended fate（命运） was, even within the levels of cruelty usually shown to Spanish hunting dogs, especially cruel．The rope around his neck had been set at a height so that his front paws could not touch the ground, meaning that he was intended to stand on his back legs until he was too tired to support himself．When his legs finally became too tired, the rope should have done its work．
"They call it the typewriting death, because the dog's back legs struggled against the ground and make the clicking sound of a typewriter," said Albert Sorde, of the SOS Galgos greyhound rescue group．"It is a punishment for greyhounds that are thought to have made their owners lose face．"
"Rey's throat was severely damaged but we managed to find a vet to operate and, though it was expensive, he survived," he said．
Greyhounds in Spain are used for hunting hares（野兔）．"The dogs are meant to imitate the swerves（转向）of the hares," said Sorde．"Those who don't, and make their owners look bad, are called 'dirty greyhounds' and are most likely to be killed by the typewriter method．" k+s-5#u

Rey was intended to be killed by ．

A．kicking	B．burying
C．hanging	D．drowning

The underlined word "vet" in（Paragraph 5）probably means “_________”．

A．animal doctor	B．ambulance
C．animal medicine	D．equipment

What can you infer from the passage? k+s-5#u

A．Dogs are not kept as pets in Spain．

B．Rey was punished because he had not been loyal to his owner．

C．The typewriting death is named because a typewriter is used in the punishment．

D．Rey didn’t behave very well in the hunting．

The passage mainly tells the readers about _________．

A．the cruel killing of dogs in Spain

B．how Rey was saved by rescuers

C．how Spanish dogs hunt hares

D．the fate of the dogs in Spain k+s-5#u

A few years ago, I was with a close woman friend in a grocery store in California．As we walked along the aisle (过道), we saw a mother with a small boy moving in the opposite direction and met us head-on (正面的) in each aisle．The woman barely noticed us because she was so angry with her little boy, who wanted to pull items off the lower shelves．As the mother became more and more annoyed, she started to yell at the child and several aisles later had progressed to shaking him by the arm．k+s-5#u
At this point my friend spoke up．A wonderful mother of three and founder of a progressive school, she had probably never once in her life treated any child so harshly(严厉地)．I expected my friend would give this woman a solid mother-to-mother talk about controlling herself and about the effect this behavior has on a child．Instead, my friend said, “What a beautiful little boy．How old is he?” The woman answered cautiously, “He’s three．” My friend went on to comment on how curious he seemed and how her own three children were just like him in the grocery store, pulling things off shelves, so interested in all the wonderful colors and packages．“He seems so bright and intelligent,” my friend said．
The woman had the boy in her arms by now and a shy smile came upon her face．Gently brushing his hair out of his eyes, she said, “Yes, he’s very smart and curious, but sometimes he wears me out．” My friend responded sympathetically(表示同情地), “Yes, they can do that; they are so full of energy．”
As we walked away, I heard the mother speaking kindly to the boy about getting home and cooking his dinner．“We’ll have your favorite — macaroni(通心面) and cheese,” she told him．
The mother was angry with her baby because 　　　．

A．the mother was very tired k+s-5#u

B．the baby asked for more things

C．the baby ran madly in the store

D．the baby was pulling the goods off the shelves

We can learn from the passage that the author’s friend 　　　．

A．treated her children well only

B．was probably good to any child

C．liked the boy very much

D．always wanted to help others

The author’s friend talked with the mother in that way to 　　　．

A．show her sympathy for the woman

B．know something about the boy first

C．show her anger with the woman k+s-5#u

D．make the woman realize children’s natural quality

With the story, the author most probably intends to tell us that 　　　．

A．we should respect a child’s nature

B．we should never blame a child

C．mothers usually share the same interest

D．mothers should try to be gentle and polite k+s-5#u

A．$9．00	B．$18．00
C．$14．00	D．$28．00

A．9：00 am	B．10：00 am
C．12 noon	D．15：00 pm

A．On a farm．	B．On a brick road．
C．In a kindergarten．	D．In a college library．