Low-Cost Gifts for Mother's Day
Gift No. I
Offer to be your mother's health friend. Promise to be there for any and all doctor's visits
whether a disease or a regular medical check-up. Most mothers always say "no need," another set of eyes and ears is always a good idea at a doctor's visit. The best part ? This one is free.
Gift No. 2
Help your mother organize all of her medical records, which include the test results and medical information. Put them all in one place. Be sure to make a list of all of her medicines and what times she takes them. "Having all this information in one place could end up saving your mother's life," Dr. Marie Savard said.
Gift No. 3
Enough sleep is connected to general health conditions. "Buy your mother cotton sheets and comfortable pillows to encourage better sleep," Savard said. "We know that good sleep is very important to our health."
Gift No. 4
Some gift companies such as Presents for Purpose allow you to pay it forward this Mother's Day by picking gifts in which 10 percent of the price you pay goes to a charity (慈善机构) Gift givers can choose from a wide variety of useful but inexpensive things -many of which are "green" - and then choose a meaningful charity from a list. When your mother gets the gift, she will be told that she has helped the chosen charity.What are you advised to do for your mother at doctor's visits?
| A．Take notes. | B．Be with her. |
| C．Buy medicine. | D．Give her gifts. |
Where can you find a gift idea to improve your mother’s sleep?
| A．In Gift No. 1. | B．In Gift No. 2. |
| C．In Gift No. 3. | D．In Gift No. 4. |
Buying gifts from Presents for Purpose allows mothers to_____.
| A．enjoy good sleep | B．be well-organized |
| C．give others help | D．bet extra support |
When students and parents are asked to rate subjects according to their importance, the arts are unavoidably at the bottom of the list. Music is nice, people seem to say, but not important. Too often it is viewed as mere entertainment, but certainly not an education priority (优先). This view is shortsighted. In fact, music education is beneficial and important for all students.
Music tells us who we are. Because music is an expression of the beings who create it, it reflects their thinking and values, as well as the social environment it came from. Rock music represents a lifestyle just as surely as a Schubert song. The jazz influence that George Gershwin and other musicians introduced into the iron music is obviously American because it came from American musical traditions. Music expresses our character and values. It gives us identity as a society.
Music provides a kind of perception (感知) that cannot be acquired any other way. Science can explain how the sun rises and sets. The arts explore the emotional meaning of the same phenomenon. We need every possible way to discover and respond to our world for one simple but powerful reason: No one way can get it all.
The arts are forms of thought as powerful in what they communicate as mathematical and scientific symbols. They are ways we human beings "talk" to each other. They are the language of civilization through which we express our fears, our curiosities, our hungers, our discoveries, and our hopes. The arts are ways we give form to our ideas and imagination so that they can be shared with others. When we do not give children access to an important way of expressing themselves such as music, we take away from them the meanings that music expresses.
Science and technology do not tell us what it means to be human. The arts do. Music is an important way we express human suffering, celebration, the meaning and value of peace and love.
So music education is far more necessary than people seem to realize. According to Paragraph 1, students __________.
| A．regard music as a way of entertainment |
| B．disagree with their parents on education |
| C．view music as an overlooked subject |
| D．prefer the arts to science |
In Paragraph 2, the author uses jazz as an example to __________.
| A．compare it with rock music |
| B．show music reflects a society |
| C．introduce American musical traditions |
| D．prove music influences people's lifestyles |
According to the passage, the arts and science __________.
| A．approach the world from different angles |
| B．explore different phenomena of the world |
| C．express people's feelings in different ways |
| D．explain what it means to be human differently |
What is the main idea of the passage?
| A．Music education deserves more attention. |
| B．Music should be of top education priority. |
| C．Music is an effective communication tool. |
| D．Music education makes students more imaginative. |
TODAY, Friday, November 12
JAZZ with the Mike Thomas Jazz Band at the Derby Arms. Upper Richmond Road West, Sheen, Admission (门票) free.
DISCO. Satin Sounds Disco. Free at the Lord Napier, Mortlake High St., from 8 pm. Tel. 682-1158.
JAZZ. Lysis at the Bull's Head, Barnes. Admission 60p.
TOMRROW, Saturday, November 13
MUSIC HALL at the Star and Garter, Lower Richmond Road, Putney, provided by the Aba Daba Music Hall company. Good food and entertainment at a fair price. Tel. 789-6749.
FAMILY night out? Join the sing-along at the Black Horse, Sheen Road, Richmond.
JAZZ. The John Bennet Big Band at the Bull's Head, Barnes. Admission 80p.
THE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion (手风琴). Tel. 7894536.
SUNDAY, November 14
DISCO. Satin Sounds Disco, free at The Lord Napier, Mortlake High Street, from 8 pm.
FOLK MUSIC at the Derby Arms. The Short Stuff and residents the Norman Chop Trio.
Non-members 70p. Tel. 688-4626.
HEAVY music with Tony Simon at the Bull, Upper Richmond Road West, East Sheen.
TEE DERBY ARMS, Upper Richmond Road West, give you Joe on the electric accordion. We can listen to the Norman Chop Trio __________.
| A．at the Bull on Saturday |
| B．at the Black Horse on Saturday |
| C．at the Derby Arms on Sunday |
| D．at the Bull's Head on Sunday |
Which telephone number will you ring if you want to enjoy good food and entertainment?
| A．682-1158. | B．789-6749. | C．7894536. | D．6884626. |
The underlined word "fair" in the passage means __________.
| A．reasonable | B．low | C．high | D．equal |
If this passage is from a newspaper, which section can it be probably taken from?
| A．Politics. | B．Economics. | C．Advertisement. | D．Sports. |
Jenny lived in a town. Her father Mr. Young, had a shop there and sold clothes in it. The shopkeeper was born in a poor family and was in school no more than a year. He was always sorry for it though he had much money now. He hoped his daughter could become a scientist. But the girl didn't like anything else except singing. She often went to the concerts, bought a lot of records the famous pop stars made and insisted on listening to the music when she was free. Of course she wanted to be a pop star, too. Her parents wanted to prevent her, but she didn't listen to them and they had to agree to her choice. They engaged an old man who was good at music as a private teacher.
Five years passed. Mr. Young bought all kinds of musical instruments for Jenny and they visited some places where the famous singers were born. Of course he spent a lot of money on it. But he found the girl didn't make any progress. At last the teacher didn't think the girl could become a singer at all and had to tell Mr. Young about it. The man became angry and said, "Why didn't you tell me about it earlier? My daughter learned nothing but I paid you month after month!"
"I think you should thank me for it," said the teacher. "Another teacher, who teaches badly, is paid more than I was. And I saved much money for you!" Mr. Young was in school for a short time because __________.
| A．his family was too poor to support him |
| B．he has to help his parents |
| C．he was weak in his lessons |
| D．he didn't like studying at all |
Jenny spent much money buying records and went to the concerts in order to __________.
| A．visit some places | B．know some pop stars |
| C．become a pop star | D．learn singing |
Mr. Young became angry because __________.
| A．he paid a lot of money to the teacher |
| B．his daughter decided to drop music |
| C．his daughter spent for years on music |
| D．the teacher taught his daughter nothing |
The teacher thought __________.
| A．he had taught Jenny all |
| B．the girl could be singer |
| C．he was paid less than his workmates |
| D．it was wrong for Jenny to stop studying music |
American researchers have developed a technique that may become an important tool in fighting AIDS virus from attacking its target-cells in the body's defense system. When AIDS virus enters the blood, it searches for blood cells called T4 lymphocytes (淋巴细胞). The virus connects to the outside of T4 lymphocytes. Then it forces its way inside. There it directs the cells' genetic material to produce copies of the AIDS virus. This is how AIDS spreads.
Researchers think they may be able to stop AIDS from connecting to T4 ceils. When AIDS virus finds a T4 cell, it actually connects to a part of the cell called CD4 protein.
Researchers want to fool the virus by putting copies or clones of the CD4 protein into the blood. This way the AIDS virus will connect to cloned protein instead of the real ones. Scientists use genetic engineering methods to make the clones. Normally a CD4 protein remains on the T4 cell at all times; the AIDS virus must go to it.
In a new technique, however, the cloned CD4 protein is not connected to a cell. It floats freely, so a lot more can be put into the blood to keep the AIDS virus away from real CD4 protein on T4 cells. One report says the AIDS virus connects to cloned protein just as effectively as it connects to real protein. That report was based on tests with blood cells grown in labs. The technique is just now beginning to be tested in animals. If successful, it may be tested in humans within a year. The new technique can __________.
| A．cure AIDS |
| B．kill the AIDS virus |
| C．prevent the AIDS virus from spreading |
| D．produce new anti-AIDS cells |
When the AIDS virus enters the blood, it is reproduced by __________.
| A．itself |
| B．the blood cells |
| C．the CD4 protein |
| D．the genetic material of T4 lymphocytes |
The AIDS virus connects to cloned protein instead of the real CD4 protein because __________.
| A．cloned protein stays on the T4 cells |
| B．it connects to cloned protein more effectively |
| C．cloned protein is made by genetic engineering methods |
| D．cloned protein floats freely and many more can be put into the blood |
The best title for this passage is __________.
| A．AIDS—a deadly disease |
| B．A new technique in fighting AIDS |
| C．The spread of AIDS virus |
| D．The cloned CD4 protein |
With the development of science and technology, the research of human genes is playing more and more important part in our daily life. Sometimes it is a hot topic drawing more and more attention.
Gene technology can cure serious diseases that doctors at present can almost do nothing with, such as cancer and heart disease. Every year, millions of people are murdered by these two killers. But if the gene technology is used, not only these two diseases can
be cured completely, bringing happiness and more living days to the patients, but also the great amount of money people spend curing their diseases can be saved, therefore it benefits the economy as well. In addition, people can live longer.
Gene technology can help people to give birth to more healthy and clever children. Some families have hereditary diseases and their children will for sure have the family disease, which is a great trouble for these families. In the past, doctors could do nothing about them. But gene technology can solve this problem perfectly. The scientists just need to find the wrong gene and correct it, and a healthy child will be born.
Some people are worrying that the gene research can be used to clone human beings in large quantities. In the past few years, scientists have succeeded in cloning a sheep; therefore these people predict that human babies would be cloned. But I believe cloned babies will not come out in large amounts, for most couples in the world can have babies in a very normal way. Of course, the governments must take care to control gene technology. What does "these two killers" in the 2nd paragraph refer to?
| A．Hereditary diseases and cloned baby. |
| B．The two murderers who killed people. |
| C．Cancer and heart disease. |
| D．Two treatments of the diseases including gene technology. |
The underlined word "hereditary diseases" (in Paragraph 3) probably means "__________".
| A．serious diseases | B．cancer | C．heart disease | D．family diseases |
What can we infer from the passage?
| A．The research of human genes is more and more important in our life. |
| B．Gene technology will benefit the national economy. |
| C．Cloning babies under the control of the governments is acceptable in the writer's eyes. |
| D．With the help of gene technology, human beings will turn into perfect species. |
What's the best title for this passage?
| A．Time for Controlling Gene Technology! |
| B．Cloning Babies, Good or Bad? |
| C．Human's Killers! |
| D．Gene Technology, the Helper of Human Being! |
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