Section B

Dialogue

W :( 17) Well, you' II probably have an operation to remove the bowel, or some of it. It’s too diseased to save, I’m afraid.

M: How will I go without a bowel? How can I live without a bowel?

W: During the operation, they will fit you externally with a colostomy bag.

M: You mean the bag of shit hanging inside of my clothes?

W: Well, that’s perhaps an unnecessarily cruel way of putting it. But, broadly speaking, yes. It is sealed and odor-free. They'll show you how to empty it and change it for yourself. And nobody need ever know that you’ve got one? ? ?unlessyou tell them.?

M: Well, thanks a lot. (16) (19) Cancer of the bowel. All this time you have been prescribing tablets for heart burn, and it turns out that I got cancer of the bowel? Oh, thanks a million. What next? How long will I go on now? Will I be able to live any kind of normal life? Tell me!

W: (20) I prescribed for you on the basis of the symptoms you yourself described to me. Only a colonoscopy can reveal your condition. No doctor could diagnose your condition without the hospital tests that I arranged for you. (18) And yes, you will be able to live a pretty normal life and go work, and everything. Nobody need ever know a thing unless you choose to tell them. And you have full life ahead of you.

16. What is wrong with the man?

A. He has got bowel cancer.

B. He has got heart disease.

C. He has got bone cancer.

D. He has got heartburn.

17. What does the doctor recommend the man to do?

A. To have a colonoscopy.

B. To seek a second opinion.

C. To be put on chemotherapy.

D. To have his bowel removed.

18. What does the doctor assure the man of?

A. A pretty minor surgery.

B. A normal life ahead of him.

C. A miracle in his coming years.

D. A life without any inconveniences.

19. What is the man's attitude towards the doctor?

A. Thankful.

B. Admitting.

C. Resentful.

D. Respectful.

20. What does the doctor say about the previous treatment for the patient?

A. It was based on the symptoms the man had described.

B. It was prescribed considering possible complications.

C. It was given according to the man’s actual condition.

D. It was effective because of a proper intervention.

【16~20 答案：ADBCA】

Passage one

(21)For years researchers have debated whether smoking effects the lungs in men and women differently. (24)In a most compelling study on the topic to date, researchers determined that women are twice as vulnerable to lung cancer as men. But in a surprising twist, they die at half the rate of men.(22) The study, which was published last week in the Journal of the American Medical Association (J.A.M. A.), included 9,427 men and 7,498 women from throughout North America who were healthy, at least 40 years old and either current or former smokers. (23)Over the course of more than eight years, a group of investigators led by Dr. Claudia Henschke of the Weill Medical College in New York City identified lung tumors in 113 of the men and 156 of the women. Then the researchers kept track of who lived and for how long, as well as the treatment participants were given. The study showed that both sexes tended to be in their late 60s when they received a lung-cancer diagnosis but that the women usually had smoked considerably less than the men. Still, at each stage of lung cancer, the women lived longer than the men. If the reported results are confirmed, there are a few hints from other research that might explain the sex difference. Women’s bodies appear to have greater difficulty repairing the damage to their genes caused by smoking, but there is also some evidence that estrogen, which is found in women's lungs as well as their ovaries, may interfere with some tumors’ ability to grow. (25) There is one thing about which all investigators are ready to agree: lung cancer is particularly deadly and almost entirely preventable. So the take-home message is clear: Don't smoke! If you do smoke, quit!

21. What is the talk mainly about?

A. Smoking and lung cancer.

B. Lung cancer and the sexes.

C. How to quit smoking.

D. How to prevent lung cancer.

22. What was one of the requirements for the participants of the study?

A. Current smokers exclusively.

B. Second-hand smokers.

C. With a lung problem.

D. At age 40 or over.

23. Over the course of more than eight years, how many of the participants?

developed lung cancer?

A. 156.

B. 269.

C.7, 498.

D.9, 427.

24. Which of the following is one finding of the study?

A. Smoking is the culprit in causing lung cancer.

B. Women are more vulnerable to lung cancer than men.

C. Women are found to be more addicted to smoking than men.

D. When struck by lung cancer, men seem to live longer than women.

25. What is the consensus among all the investigators on smoking?

A. Lung cancer can be early detected.

B. Lung cancer is deadly but preventable.

C. Lung cancer is fatal and unpredictable.

D. Smoking affects the lungs of men and women differently

【21~25 答案：BDBBB】

Passage Two

Jill Kinmont was an avid skier, competing and winning numerous titles in junior and senior national skiing events. (26) As Jill says, "Skiing was it—everything—my world.” (27) Jill's world collapsed on Jan 30th 1955 when she skied off the Alta run and landed helplessly on the slope. Her fourth, fifth, and sixth cervical vertebrae were broken. For days, Jill hovered between life and death. By April, it became clear that she would be paralyzed from the shoulders down. Jill underwent rehabilitation therapy with cheerful determination. (28) She learned to write, to type, and to feed herself. Once she had mastered daily living skills, she enrolled at the University of California at Los Angeles, where she studied art, German, and English. After overcoming yet came another personal tragedy, the death of her boyfriend in a plane crash. Jill graduated in 1961. By this time, Jill had chosen a new career goal: teaching elementary school children. Officials at UCLA, however, rejected her application for admission to the graduate school of education because of her paralysis. But she persevered, working with children in the UCLA Clinic School. When her family moved to Seattle, Jill was able to fulfill her new dream. (29) She attended the School of Education at the University of Washington and began her new life's work as a teacher. She taught school first in Washington, then Beverly Hills in California. Finally moving back to Bishop in 1975 where she taught special education in Bishop Union Elementary School until her retirement in 1996.

26. What did skiing mean to Jill before the accident?

A. A hobby.

B. The whole world.

C. A learning experience.

D. A cancer to earn a living.

27. What happened to Jill when she skied from the Alta run?

A. Her legs were broken.

B. Her arms were broken.

C. Her shoulders were seriously injured.

D. Her cervical vertebrae were seriously injured.

28. What did Jill learn during her rehabilitation?

A. She learned a foreign language.

B. She learned to make friends.

C. She learned to be a teacher.

D. She learned living skills.

29. What did Jill do as her new career?

A. She worked as a skiing coach.

B. She was a college instructor.

C. She was a social worker in the clinic.

D. She worked as elementary school teacher.

30. What is the most impressive about Jill’s personality?

A. Optimistic and hard-bitten.

B. Pessimistic and cynical.

C. Humorous and funny.

D. Kind and reliable.

【26~30 答案：BDDDA】

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