After Sally graduated, she entered a Pennsylvania college, planning to study physics. But she felt torn between tennis and college. After three semesters (terms), she quit school to play professional tennis. She practiced hard for just three months. Then she decided that she would never be good enough to become a top player.
After giving up her tennis dreams, she entered Stanford University in 1970．There she earned two degrees, one in English and the other in physics. She got two degrees because both Shakespeare and lasers interested her.
Sally continued her education in graduate school at Stanford and studied astrophysics (天体物理学). After earning her Ph, D., she planned on more study. But one day in 1977, a newspaper article caught her attention. The article talked about how NASA wanted young scientists for future missions.
Sally applied for the space program but did not expect to be chosen, Over 8,000 men and women applied to NASA and just 35 were selected. Sally was one of them. She entered astronaut training in 1978 with five other women.
Sally went into the astronaut program because she wanted to fly in space. But getting the chance didn’t come easily. Sally spent a year in a very difficult training program. She learned parachute jumping, water survival, radio communications and earned her pilot’s license. Flying then became one of her favorite hobbies.
Sally served as the communicator between astronauts and ground control in November, 1981 and March, 1982．Then on June 18, 1983, Sally got her chance to fly into space aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger.
When Sally returned to Earth, she said, “The thing I’ll remember most about the flight is that it was fun. In fact, I’m sure it was the most fun that I’ll ever have in my life.”
When Challenger blew up in 1986, the President chose Sally to be part of the group that looked into the disaster. Sally retired from NASA in 1987. Today, she is a physics professor and a spokesperson for US space efforts. She also writes children’ s books, encouraging today’ s kids to reach for the stars.
56．When Sally went to college, she still wanted to_________.
A．study physics
B．be a tennis player
C．earn two degrees
D．fly in space
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57．The reason why Sally got two degrees was that___________.
A．Shakespeare supported her
B．physics was very popular
C．she was interested in Shakespeare and lasers
D．she wanted to be an astronaut
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58．Sally became an astronaut__________.
A．because she had intended to be for a long time
B．without any expectation to be chosen beforehand
C．because she did better than men
D．without her parents’ permission
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59．After Sally retired, ________.
A．she became a famous story-writer
B．she still did something helpful for US space efforts
C．she didn’t pay any attention to the development in space efforts
D．she trained kids to reach for the stars
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B
Nov. 4. Ereka (BBC 2)
Children’s programme in which one of the liveliest of the new television presenters, Jeremy Beadle, tells us who invented what and how; this week, the ballpoint pen, safety pin, can opener and zipper.
Nov.4．Tom Keating on Palmer’ s (C 4)
The master forger of Samuel Palmer’ s paintings and much else tells how he does it. Keating is fascinated by technique. He copies for the joy of it, not in order to mislead, and his descriptions of the Venetians, Constable and Degas are wonderful to hear.
Nov.5. Sorry (BBC 1)
A new series with Ronnie Corbett trying to escape from home.
Nov.5. Ballroom of Romance
A simple story, beautifully told, about the people at a dance evening in a small Irish village. This kind of gentle story telling is something that television can do better than any other medium, and Ballroom is exceptionally good of its kind; with Cyril Cusack and Brenda Fricker.
Nov.5. The Other Art (ITV 2)
The new series starts with Charles Latimer (John Standing) about to leave the Tories and join the SDP. Also with glorious cockney Lorraine Chase and James Villiers.
60．The presenter of Ereka is________.
A．a well-known inventor
B．an old playwright
C．a lively anchor(主持人)man
D．an amusing manager
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61．Tom Keating is famous for________.
A．his own style of painting
B．his fascination
C．his skill in painting
D．his copy of other painters' style
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62．Ballroom of Romance is________.
A．a beautiful love story
B．a story about people in Ireland
C．a story about two actors in Ireland
D．a simple story about dancing people
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63．Who is on the point of leaving Tories?
A．Ronnie Corbett.
B．Charles Latimer
C．Cyril Cusack.
D．Samuel Palmer.
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C
Tom and Jerry have chased each other to the top of a poll about cartoon stars which adults most enjoyed. The Hanna-Barbera duo(艺人二人组合)—the stars of 161 cartoons from 1940 and winners of seven Oscars—beat the likes of Scooby-Doo, Top Cat and The Flinstones.
The survey of 1,000 adults aged between 25 and 54 was conducted on behalf of children’s TV channel Boomerang.“Animals with human characteristics are an unbeatable combination,”channel manager Dan Balaam said. He said that animal characters had proved most popular in the survey.“The shows are incredibly inventive and witty with an endless stream of gags, which is why they appeal to all ages.”
“The only humans in the list are in the form of The Flinstones, Popeye and The Wacky Races.”
Scooby-Doo, launched in 1969 and recently made into a live-action movie starring Sarah Michelle Cellar, came second.
Eye-patch wearing secret agent Dangermouse, who made his debut on ITV in 1981, made it to third place. The James Bond parody—with David Jason voicing Dangermouse and Terry Scott as his sidekick Penfold—is the only UK production on the list.
It was made by Manchester—based production house Cosgrove Hall.
Another Hanna-Barbera creation, Top Cat—the leader of a gang of New York alley cats—came fourth. His adventures, based on 1950s US comedy, The Phil Silvers Show, were transmitted as Boss Cat in the UK to avoid confusion with a brand of cat food.
64．What can we learn from the text about the producers of Tom and Jerry?
A．They started to produce cartoons in 1960s.
B．They have won six Oscars.
C．They have made 161 Tom and Jerry cartoons.
D．They have chased each other for many years.
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65．Why is the Tom and Jerry so popular?
A．They are animals people are interested in.
B．They are invented by humans, not real.
C．They are animal characters.
D．The cartoon is extremely amusing.
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66．Which of the popular cartoon characters is from Britain’ s products?
A．Boss Cat.
B．Popeye.
C．Dangermouse
D．Scoody-Doo.
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67．The possible title of the text is ___________.
A．Tom and Jerry Top Cartoon Survey
B．A Competition of Cartoon Characters
C．Animal Characters Are Most Popular
D．A Cartoon Character Competition
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D
Three Yale University professors agreed in a discussion that the automobile was what one of them called“Public Health Enemy No.1 in this country”. Besides polluting the air and overcrowding the cities, cars have something to do with more than half the disastrous accidents, and they contribute to heart disease“because we don’t walk anywhere any more”, said Dr. H. Richard Weinerman, professor of medicine and public health.
Speaking of many of these man-made dangers to the automobile, Arthur W.Galston, professor of biology, said it was possible to make a kerosene-burning turbine car that would“lessen smog by a very large factor”. But he expressed doubt whether Americans were willing to give up moving about the countryside at 90 miles an hour in a large vehicle. “America seems wedded to the motor car—every family has to have at least two, and one has to be a convertible(敞篷汽车) with 300 horsepower,”Professor Galston continued.“s this the way of life that we choose because we treasure these values?”
For Professor Sears, part of the blame lies with“a society that regards profit as a supreme value, under the illusion that anything that’s technically possible is, therefore, morally justified”. Professor Sears also called the country’s dependence on its modern automobiles“terrible economics’”because of the large horsepower used simply“moving one individual to work”. But he admitted that Americans have painted themselves into a comer by allowing the national economy to become so dependent on the automobile industry.
“The solution,”Dr. Weinerman said,“is not to find a less dangerous fuel but a different system of inner-city transportation. Because of the increasing use of cars, public transportation has been allowed to wither(衰弱) and grow worse, so that if you can’t walk to where you want to go, you have to have a car in most cities,”he declared. This, in turn, Dr. Weinerman contended, is responsible for the “arteriosclerosis(动脉硬化)”of public roads, for the pollution of the inner city and for the middle-class movement to the suburbs.
68．The main idea of the passage is that ________.
A．Americans are fond of their cars
B．public transportation in America is well-developed
C．American cars are too fast
D．automobiles endanger health
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69．It can be inferred from the passage that________.
A．people are more interested in fast automobiles than in their health
B．Americans feel more closely tied to their cars than to their wives
C．kerosene-burning engines would pollute the environment more than gasoline-burning engines do
D．kerosene-burning cars would go faster than gasoline-powered cars
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70．In Paragraph 3, Professor Sears implies that________.
A．technology is always good for people
B．technology is not always good for people
C．financial profit is more important than technology advancement
D．American people care about both environment pollution and technological development
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71．According to Dr. Weinerman, the solution is that_________.
A．public transportation should be improved so that people can become less dependent upon their cars for inner-city transportation
B．people should get rid of their cars and take the bus to work
C．one family should own just one car
D．a fuel less dangerous than gasoline must be found
[答案]
E
Can feeling of nostalgia be good for you? Or is it unhealthy to have a strong love for the past?
For years, medical experts have studied nostalgia and the reasons for it. Many experts warn that too much nostalgia is harmful. They say living in the past shows that a person is unhappy with his present life. These feelings keep the person from living his life to its fullest.
However, experts say it is normal to love the past sometimes. In fact, a little nostalgia can enrich a person’ s life.
Dr. Louise Kaplan has written several books about nostalgia. She says these feelings often begin when a young person is between 13 and 19 years old.
“This is the time when you must face the loss of your childhood,”Kaplan says.“You see your new life is easily destroyed. But you think romantically about a golden past. You remember your childhood as a time when life is perfect.”
These feelings continue as the person gets older, Kaplan adds. She says many grown persons have a hard time keeping up with changes in the modem world, so they think back to their younger years. At that time the world seemed simple and more harmless.
Kaplan says these feelings are not always actually existing. The good old days were not always existing. The good old days weren’t always good. However, she says nostalgia can be helpful, if used properly.
“Feelings of nostalgia can cause you to remember a time when you had high hopes and dreams,”Kaplan says.“It might give you the strong wish to catch those dreams today in your present life.”She adds that nostalgia can prevent you from “cutting yourself off from your aim”.
72．Feeling of nostalgia _______.
A．can cause you to think of your past which was full of hopes and dreams
B．might cause you to try to realize the golden dream in the present life
C．fill one with hopes for the future
D．bring about a love for the past and a hope for the future
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73．The reason for grown persons to think back to their past is that________.
A．they can hardly keep up with changes in today’s world
B．time is hard, so they can not keep up with changes
C．many grown persons have little time keeping up with changes in the modern world
D．they lived in the past, of which they are always proud
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74．According to Kaplan’s idea, ________.
A．nostalgia must be useful
B．nostalgia can be harmful
C．nostalgia is always very good
D．nostalgia is bad indeed
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75．We may also use this sentence as the topic of the article: __________.
A．Thoughts on Nostalgia
B．The Reasons for Nostalgia
C．Why Do They Think Back to the Past
D．Nostalgia, Good or Bad
