A lot of people are afraid of spiders(蜘蛛). One would even avoid walking in grass . And if he thought the spider was in the room or house, he would have to leave the house for days. In fact, fear of spiders is a type of disorder called specific phobia(恐惧症), one of the most common anxiety disorders, which annoys about 7% of the population, a study says. Common specific phobias also include fear of blood, needles, snakes, flying and enclosed spaces.
The Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine tried the “exposure Therapy(暴露疗法)”, which was small, done on 12 adults, but all of them held or petted the spider afterward. One participant celebrated by getting a spider tattoo(纹身) after having been unable to even look at photos of spiders.
This is the first study to document the immediate and long-term brain changes after treatment and to illustrate how the brain recognizes long-term to reduce fear as a result of the therapy. Every one would come in thinking: I am going to be the one who can’t do this . There is no way ,”Haunter ,author of the study ,says “They were impressed by the end.”
In therapy lasting two or three hours, which is different for each person, the participants were taught that troublesome thoughts about spiders were untrue.” “They thought the spiders might be capable of jumping out of the cage and on to them,” Hauner says.
Exposure therapy gets its name from exposing a patient to what he fears, says Todd, research assistant professor: “A lot of it about dispelling people’s beliefs. You can get significant changes in a short period of time”.Which of the following is true about the people with “specific phobia?”
| A．They don’t dare to walk in grass |
| B．They are afraid of spiders by nature |
| C．7% of them need medical treatment. |
| D．They have a sense of scare about something. |
What can we learn about “exposure therapy”
| A．It turned out to be quite effective |
| B．The participants had to take some medicine. |
| C．It had a better effect on adults than on children. |
| D．The participants had photos taken with spiders in the end? |
According to Hauner ,_______.
| A．the therapy was completed ahead of time. |
| B．the therapy removed the participant’ fear. |
| C．each participant doubted the therapy at first. |
| D．spiders sometimes attacked the participants. |
A man wakes up with a big hangover(过量饮酒后的不适反应) the morning after attending his company’s annual Summer Party. He can’t even remember how he got home from the party, let alone how he got so drunk and is deathly afraid of what he may have done or said the night before to make his wife angry.
The man forces his eyes open and the first things he sees are two headache tablets next to a glass of water on his table, and, next to them, a single red rose! He sits up with difficulty and sees his clothing hung on the back of his chair all clean and pressed and the rest of the house all in perfect order.
Incredulous(不能相信的), the man takes the tablets and sees a black eye looking back at him from the bathroom mirror. Then he finds a note next to the red rose on the table, “Sweetie, breakfast is waiting for you on the stove. I left early to buy the cooking materials to make your favorite dinner tonight. I love you, darling! ” The note was signed, “Your loving wife.”
The man then walks into the kitchen. His daughter Jessie is at the table, eating. “Jessie…what happened last night?” The man asks, with great fear.
“Well, you came home around four o’clock in the morning, drunk and out of your mind. You tripped and fell onto the coffee table and broke it, and got this black eye when you crashed into the table’s edge.”
Puzzled, the man asks Jessie, “Then why is there a rose on my table and breakfast on the stove waiting for me?”
“Oh that,” Jessie replies, “well, Mom pulled you into your bedroom, and when she tried to undress you, you yelled, ‘Leave me alone; I’m married and I love my wife!’”Why did the man have a black eye?
| A．He had a terrible headache. |
| B．He didn’t sleep well the night before. |
| C．He was hit in the eye by his wife. |
| D．He fell over and crashed into the table. |
The wife did so much for her husband that morning probably because __________.
| A．she took it for granted |
| B．her husband got drunk |
| C．she was moved by his words |
| D．she wanted to give her husband a surprise |
The passage is intended to __________.
| A．tell us a funny story |
| B．show us how to take care of a person who is drunk |
| C．tell us how bad it is to be drunk |
| D．suggest we shouldn’t get drunk |
What should college life be like? Easy, joyful and fun? Unfortunately, facing heavy pressure from a flagging job market, many students know that they are facing an even more uncertain future and they are beginning to feel lost, according to a survey. The research, conducted by the Social Survey Institute of China, covers more than 2,000 college students from big cities.
The report shows that about 75 percent enjoy their lives on campus. However, there are still 16.7 percent “lost ones” who think life is boring and aimless, while 8.3 percent complain that they have too much to study.
Around half of the participants have no clear career plan after graduation and 41.7 percent say that they have not thought about it. Only 8.3 percent have a clear blueprint (蓝图) and believe that they can realize their dreams.
58.3 percent of the participants gave a sure answer to the question “Are you a popular guy?”, leaving 41.7 percent as unsure. 91.7 percent of the students thought they could get along very well with others, the final 8.3 percent finding it difficult to choose a particular answer.
Answers such as “doing things your own way” and “forget other people’s opinions” seemed to be popular among modern college students, with 75 percent agreeing with this attitude. 25 percent said that they worried about opinions of other people.
Objecting to the feeling in Suicide is Painless, most students criticize suicide on campus. 58.3 percent urged school leaders to discover hidden social reasons behind suicide, thus helping to prevent it. 33.3 percent thought students who did suicide couldn’t face life’s bigger challenges in the future even if they survived. Surprisingly, 8.3 percent admitted that they once wanted to kill themselves, but finally decided against it.The underlined word “flagging” in the first paragraph means “________”.
| A．weak | B．active |
| C．good | D．promising |
Which of the following questions is NOT included in the survey?
| A．Do you enjoy your life on campus? |
| B．Do you have a clear career plan after graduation? |
| C．Are you a popular guy? |
| D．Do you have a boy friend or girl friend? |
Which of the following opinions has the biggest percentage among the participants?
| A．College life is boring and aimless. |
| B．It is easy to get along very well with others. |
| C．There is no need to worry about comments from others. |
| D．School leaders should discover hidden social reasons behind suicide. |
This article is written to give a report on ________.
| A．what the job market really is |
| B．the results of a survey of college students |
| C．how students think about suicide |
| D．why the students like to go to college |
Three Chinese astronauts on June 24 successfully completed a manual docking between the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft and the orbiting Tiangong-1 lab module, the first such attempt in China's history of space exploration. It means China has completely grasped space rendezvous and docking technologies and the country is fully capable of transporting humans and cargo to an orbiter in space, which is essential for building a space station in 2020.
Astronaut Liu Wang, assisted by his teammates Jing Haipeng and Liu Yang, controlled the Shenzhou-9 spacecraft to dock with the Tiangong-1 space lab module at 12:48 p.m., which were reconnected about seven minutes later. About one and a half hours before the docking, Shenzhou-9 parted from Tiangong-1 to a berth point 400 meters away from the module. To leave room for adjustments, engineers set up four berth points for the spaceship on the same orbit 5 km, 400 meters, 140 meters and 30 meters away from the orbiting lab.
“The manual docking was beautifully conducted. The manual docking was completed in only 7 minutes, 3 minutes faster than the automatic docking.” said Liu Weibo, who is responsible for China's astronaut system.
Liu explained to Xinhua the three factors behind today's manual docking success. Firstly, Liu Wang has grasped the sophisticated manual docking technologies very well and his psychological status has been sound. Secondly, the three astronauts were in close cooperation. Thirdly, the domestically-made docking system was reliable, he said.
The astronauts, 343 km away from Earth, were also greeted by Chinese oceanauts from the Mariana Trench, 7,020 meters beneath the Pacific Ocean, where they just broke the country's dive record in a manned submersible on Sunday morning.
"We hope the manual docking is a great success and wish for brilliant achievements in China's manned space and manned deep-sea dive causes," read the message sent by the three oceanauts aboard the manned submersible Jiaolong.
Wu Ping, spokeswoman for China's manned space program, said Sunday the manual space docking was "a complete success." She told a press conference in Beijing that the three Chinese astronauts had already re-entered the space lab module to continue their scientific experiments.
The manual docking is a significant step for China's manned space program that celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, as China has fully grasped space travel, space walk and space rendezvous and docking technologies that are essential to building a space station. China is the third country, after the United States and Russia, to acquire technologies and skills necessary for space rendezvous and docking and be able to supply manpower and material to an orbiting module via different docking methods.What does the underlined part refer to in the first paragraph 1?
| A．space exploration |
| B．Three Chinese astronauts in space |
| C．the successful manual docking |
| D．building a space station |
Which of the following is not right according to the passage?
| A．China is completely able to transport humans and cargo to an orbiter in space. |
| B．The manual docking was completed in almost the same minutes as the automatic docking. |
| C．Engineers set up four berth points for the spaceship in order to leave room for adjustments. |
| D．The astronauts received greetings from Chinese oceanauts from beneath the Pacific Ocean. |
According to Liu Weibo, which of the following is not the factor contributing to the successful docking?
| A．Liu Yang has grasped the sophisticated manual docking technologies very well |
| B．The astronaut’s psychological status has been in good condition. |
| C．The three astronauts cooperated with other closely. |
| D．The domestically-made docking system was reliable. |
The successful manual docking means a lot to China except______.
| A．It is essential for building a space station in the future. |
| B．Chinese people can wish for more brilliant achievements in China's manned fields. |
| C．China can compete with the US and Russia to be the best in the world. |
| D．China can use another way to supply manpower and material to an orbiting module. |
The largest known outbreak of the lethal Ebola（埃博拉）virus in West Africa is prompting authorities as far away as Asia to take preventive measures, although scientists say a global spread of the disease is unlikely.
At South Korea's Incheon International airport, a major hub for air travel in Asia, quarantine inspections of arriving passengers are being enhanced. Authorities say all passengers are being recorded by an infrared camera to detect fevers because Ebola is becoming a big concern.
The incubation period（潜伏期）of the Ebola virus is between two and 21 days, during which time an infected person might not show any signs of infection. In Hong Kong, the Center for Health Protection says public hospitals will begin to report and test all those who developed fever who, within the past 21 days, traveled to the three affected African countries.
Singapore's health ministry is urging the public there "not to be alarmed." It has issued a statement deeming Ebola to pose "a low public health risk to Singapore," in part because "there is low travel connectivity to West Africa where the current outbreak remains limited to."
Some airlines have suspended flights into the affected region. But health authorities say there is little risk of passengers contracting the virus on a flight from an infected person.Dr. Day, a tropical medicine researcher, explains Ebola is only spread through direct contact with blood, saliva and other bodily fluids.
Since March, there have been more than 1,200 confirmed Ebola cases in West Africa. This is believed to be a new strain of the virus and nearly 700 of those infected in this worst-known outbreak have died.There is no known cure for Ebola. It was first recognized in Zaire (now the Democratic Republic of Congo) in 1976. There is no approved vaccine, but at least four are under development.The passage may come from _____.
| A．a school magazine | B．a travel booklet |
| C．a newspaper | D．a textbook |
According to the passage, which of the following about Ebola virus is true?
| A．It has become a global spread. |
| B．people show some signs of infection once infected. |
| C．It is only spread through direct contact with blood, saliva and other bodily fluids. |
| D．There are at least four approved vaccines for it now. |
Why does Singapore's health ministry urge the public not to be alarmed?
| A．Because people in Singapore are healthy enough to resist the virus. |
| B．Because there is low travel connectivity between West Africa and Singapore. |
| C．Because there are some cures for the virus. |
| D．Because Singapore has no connection with countries in West Africa. |
What is the author's purpose of writing the text?
| A．To tell people not to travel any more. |
| B．To introduce the character of the virus |
| C．To find cures for the virus |
| D．To make people aware of the severity of the virus |
The surgeries went well, and not long afterwards, my sister and I were allowed to go in to visit. Dad was in a great deal of pain but, again, all he could talk about was Mom, who donated her kidney to him. Was she okay? How was she feeling? As they were wheeling Mom out of the recovery room, they rolled her into a separate place in Dad’s to visit him. It was like a dream to see both our parents hooked up to IVs and machines and trying to talk to each other through tears. The nurses allowed us to present the diamond ring, which was purchased by Dad before the surgery, to Mom so that Dad could watch her open it. Everybody was crying, even the nurses.
As I stood with digital camera in hand, I tried to keep the presence of mind to document the moment. My dad was having a hard time fighting back emotion, and suddenly my parents reached out to hold each other’s hands. In my nearly 35 years of existence, I’d never seen my parents do that, and I was absorbed in. I snapped a picture and later rushed home to make sure I’d captured that enormous, life-defining moment. That photo of my parents’ hands said everything. After so many years of quarrels, it was apparent to me that they finally understood how much each loved the other actually .
It’s as if the transplant healed our whole family. Dad is far gentler, and he has more patience now. He’s not condescending(高人一等) to my mother anymore. Mom, too, has loosened up, since she’s not dealing with all that anger. There’s a closeness that they didn’t have before, and the experience has deepened their faith.
For Christmas, my sister and I gave them two framed photos linked together by hooks. The top photo is of their clasped hands on their wedding day, August 7, 1965. It says, “For better or worse, for richer or poorer.” The second photo is of that day in the recovery room. Their hands are intertwined and it says, “In sickness and in health, till death do us part.” What’s the true feeling of the author when he saw both his parents in the recovery room?
| A．terrible | B．worried |
| C．incredible | D．moved |
What does the underlined sentence imply in the second paragraph?
| A．The photo of my parents is very important. |
| B．The moment that parents shook hands is valuable. |
| C．The parents love each other indeed. |
| D．Nothing is more important than the photo. |
What can be inferred about the author's family before the transplant?
| A．His father was a bad-tempered man. |
| B．His parents didn't love each other at all. |
| C．His parents had a good relationship. |
| D．His mother was easy to get along with. |
From the story of the author’s parents we can conclude that_____.
| A．Illness is part of daily life. |
| B．Quarrels can’t be avoided between parents. |
| C．The relationship between parents affects children greatly. |
| D．Suffering can better people’s relationship as well. |