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We were relieved to hear that you had arrived safely.
A．relaxed
B．worried
C．released
D．joyful
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A.relieved
B.dismayed
C.startled
D.disillusioned
听力原文：M: What terrible heat we are having now!
W: July and August were bad enough, and I don't think the heat will be relieved before October.
Q: Which month is it now？
(14)
A．July.
B．August.
C．September.
D．October.
______, we found that you were not hurt in the traffic accident.
A．To our much relief
B．Much to our relief
C．To relieve us much
D．Much relieved us
A．fees
B．fares
C．payments
D．costs
What can we infer from the text？
A．People can now feel relieved about the nutrition in McDonald's food.
B．We can no longer find French fries in children's Happy Meal.
C．Fries, drinks and sandwiches are regarded as fatandcalories laden.
D．McDonald spends $80 billion on fresh fruits and vegetables.
Caring for the Old
The old do not have to look exclusively to the past. Relieved of some of life's responsibilities and fortified by many years of experience and knowledge, they may have a much better idea of how to spend their time enjoyably than they did in their youth. And not all enjoyment is restricted to the mental or philosophical. Healthy physical activity remains quite possible for most of us well into our later years.
Old people sometimes display surprising freedom and forthrightness in the expression of their thoughts and feelings, and an ability to transmit affection. It is as though some of the rituals which constrict us in earlier life fall away.
But a higher percentage of people suffer from emotional distress in old age than at any other time in adult life, and the gap between need and care is often filled by dubious measures, such as heavy-handed prescription of medicine. For many years it was assumed that old people were not appropriate candidates for psychotherapy. But a few clinicians have risen to the challenge and discovered that individual and group psychotherapy is just as effective with the old as with the young.
It is easy to understand why an earthquake causes terror. Yet in old age there may be terror of a very private nature, a sense of disintegration sometimes stemming from inner conflicts, sometimes from a premonition of death or the fear of becoming dependent.
Dependency is a grim choice: insecurity and deprivation must be weighed against loss of autonomy and integrity. But if there is nothing shameful about the dependency of a baby or a young child, there should be nothing shameful about the dependencies natural with old age and diminishing physical resources.
The complexity and impersonality of the bureaucratic establishments, which have the means to provide help, are often threatening to old people. The younger generation today, on the other hand, will have had many decades to interact with "the system" by the time they reach old age.
Many of us, including healthcare providers, assume that we know what old people and dying people want, but our assumptions are often a reflections of our won thoughts and feelings based on personal interpretations of scanty bits of observation. Such assumptions are really an excuse to avoid close contact with the terminally ill. Assuming we "know" what they want, we observe ourselves from being with them, and sharing their thoughts about the end of life.
We sometimes assume, wrongly, that old people are too confused or senile to be aware of the nearness of death. In consequence, communication between a dying and others is subject to extraordinary omissions and distortions. "Protecting" the dying from knowledge of their condition often serves to protect us from the uncomfortable prospect of talking about dying and death. Evasions like this only lead to increasing isolation at a time when emotional honesty and understanding are most needed.
A. Knowing better how to enjoy life
B. Freedom in expression
C. Psychotherapy effective with some of the old
D. Period of greater emotional distress
E. Dependency: a grim choice
F. Guiltiness: dependency
paragraph 1 ______.
to each other.
1 was walking in the park with a friend recently, and his mobile phone rang, interrupting our conversation. There we were, walking and talking on a beautiful sunny day and - poof! -1 was cut off as if I had become absent from the conversation.
The park was filled with people talking on their cell phones. They were passing people without looking at them, saying hello, noticing their babies or stopping to pat their dogs. It seems that the limitless electronic voice is preferred to human contact.
The telephone is used to connect you to the absent. Now it makes people feel absent.
Recently l was in a car with three friends. The driver hushed the rest of us because he could not hear the person on the other end of his cell phone. There we were, four friends driving down the highway, unable to talk to each other because of the small thing designed to make communication easier.
Why is it that the more connected we get, the more disconnected I feel？ Every advance in communication technology is a setback(退步) to the closeness of human interaction.
With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another. With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone. If my mom has a question, Ijust leave the answer on her machine.
As almost every contact between human beings gets automatic, the emotional Distance index goes up. Pumping gas at the station？ Why say good-morning to the assistant when you can swipe you credit card at the pump and save yourself the bother of human contact？
Making a deposit at the bank？ Why talk to the clerk who lives in the neighborhood when you Ctin put your Ctird into the ATM l More and more, I find myself hiding behind e-mail to do a job meant for conversation orbeing relieved that voice mail picked up because I didn’t really have time to talk.
The technology devoted to helping me keep in touch is making me lonelier. I own a mobile phone, an ATM card, a voice-mail telephone, and an e-mail account.
Giving them up isn’t a choice. They are great for what they are intended to do. It’s their unintended results that make me upset. What good is all this gee-whiz technology if there isno one in the room to hear you crying out Gee whiz ？
26.The author’s experience of walking in a park with a friend recently made him feel ().
A.unhappy
B.funny
C.wonderful
27.According to the author, human contact in a park means ().
A.Iookmg at each other and saying hello when passing
B.noticing their babies and stopping to pat their dogs
C.both A and B
28.According to the author, the more connected we get in communication technology, the () we are.
A.more automatic
B.easier
C.more disconnected
29.What are the examples the author gives to explain his idea that every advance in communication technology is a setback to the closeness of human interaction？()
A.With e-mail and instant message over the Internet, we can now communicate without seeing or talking to one another
B.With voice mail, you can make entire conversations without ever reaching anyone
C.Both A and B
30.What is the unintended result of communication technology, according to the author？()
A.It makes communication easier and conversation possible everywhere
B.It actually creates a distance between people instead of bringing them together
C.It makes every contact between human beings automatic and makes people Feel connected
In 1963 an American physiotherapist (理疗家) Glenn Doman wrote a best-selling book called "How to Teach Your Baby to Read". Now translated into 17 languages, this book arose from his work with brain-damaged children in Pennsylvania. Doman and his team of specialists had wondered why brain-injured children didn't improve with medical treatment. Then they realized that conventional methods of treatment only relieved the symptoms, not the problem, which of course was the brain itself. So they developed a new approach.
"All we do for all children here is to give them visual, auditory and touchable stimulation with increased frequency, intensity and duration, in recognition of the orderly way in which the brain grows," says Doman. "The result was that by 1960 we had hundreds of severely brain-injured two olds who could read and understand." The team had discovered that even children who had half their brains removed could, by stimulation, achieve higher IQs than the average normal child.
Then the team began to think if such amazing results could be achieved with brain damaged children, what would happen if the same treatment were to normal children. So eight years ago the Better Baby Institute was opened for the benefit of normal children. The same stimulating enriched environment was provided, and, by the time the children left, around Seven years old, they could generally speak and read three foreign languages, play a musical instrument, read three full length books a week and do all the other things that a so-called "normal" child could do.
In Doman's view, the child's passion to learn during the years up to six must be fed. He believes that, like muscles, the brain develops with use, especially so in those first few years.
Nowadays, parents come from all over the world to Pennsylvania to see and learn from the work of Doman and his team; they want to discover how they can fulfil their roles as nature teachers, by using their love, understanding and instincts for the benefit of their children. For in the words of Doman "Every child born has a greater potential intelligence than Leonardo da Vinci used".
In his research, Glenn Doman discovered that brain-damaged children improved when they______.
A．were taught to read and understand.
B．could speak several languages.
C．got the right treatment.
D．got medicine for their symptoms.
W: Justin has put in the most time with the company, but he doesn' t want any more responsibility because he already has his own business. So, I think Allan is the most qualified person. He' s been with us for more than ten years and has a great reputation with our clients.
M: I know that Justin wouldn' t have enough time to devote. Allan is the reasonable choice. I am going to meet with him this afternoon to offer the position to him.
W: That' s good. Justin will be relieved that he wasn' t chosen and Allan will be thrilled to move up.
What are they discussing？
A．Sales figures
B．Alexis' s retirement
C．The replacement for Alexis' s position
D．Allen' s clients
When we were children, we were told that the moon （） round the earth.
A.moved
B.had moved
C.moves
D.move
