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5、ople can pick up all the information they are interested in2.（）Millions of people use contact lenses（隐形眼镜）.For anyone who doesnt mind sticking his fingers in his eyes,there are clear advantages:contacts correct vision better than glasses,are less often crushed underfoot,dont make you look boring,and
6、 come in a huge variety of formssoft,firm,colored,and even theatrical.More and more people are turning to use of contact lenses.But are they safe?Latest research from Australia shows that not all chemicals are effective in killing all germs（细菌）and some of these germs can cause blindness in just 24 h
7、ours.While most problems with contacts still can go back to poor hygiene（卫生）or overuse,not all sight-threatening conditions only happen to those who wash their lenses under the tap or decide,while tired and emotional,to sleep in their lenses for the third night running.Two of the biggest eye-damagin
8、g killersprotozoan acanthamoeba and bacteria pseudomonasare all around us,in our homes and water supplies.This seemingly harmless pair can cause blindness through keratitis（disease of the cornea）.“The cornea（角膜）is like a five-layered sandwich”,says Raymond Curran,a doctor from Omagh,Northern Ireland
9、.“Once the bacteria get into a layer they can reproduce there and turn the cornea opaque（too dark to see through）.”An optician（验光师）may see one possibly sight-threatening case each month,but at an eye hospital there may be several each week.Acanthamoeba,often seemingly mild,can be misjudged until it
10、is too late.Meanwhile,pseudomonas,more seriously,can cause increasing sight loss with each hour that passes.If not treated immediately,patients may need a corneal replacement.And the really bad news,according to Professor Roger Buckley,at the Moorfields eye hospital in London,is that acanthamoeba is
11、“one of the hardest germs on Earth”it can survive in Antarctica.Question 2:In the passage the writer mainly wants to tell us _.A.the possible danger of contactsB.the importance of keeping contacts cleanC.some doctors opinions about contactsD.the advantages and disadvantages of contacts3.（）With only
12、about000 pandas left in the world，China is desperately trying to clone（克隆） the animal and save the endangered species（物种）Thats a move similar to what a Texas AM University researchers have been undertaking for the past five years in a project called “Noahs Ark”Noahs Ark is aimed at collecting eggs，e
13、mbryos（胚胎），semen and DNA of endangered animals and storing them in liuid nitrogenIf certain species should become extinct，DrDuane Kraemer，a professor in Texas AMs College of Veterinary Medicine，says there would be enough of the basic building blocks to reintroduce the species in the futureIt is esti
14、mated that as many as 2 000 species of mammals，birds and reptiles will become extinct in over 00 yearsThe panda，native only to China，is in danger of becoming extinct in the next 25 yearsThis week，Chinese scientists said they grew an embryo by introducing cells from a dead female panda into the egg c
15、ells of a Japanese white rabbitThey are now trying to implant the embryo into a host animalThe entire procedure could take from three to five years to complete“The nuclear transfer（核子移植）of one species to another is not easy，and the lack of available （capable of being used）panda eggs could be a major
16、 problem”Kraemer believes“They will probably have to do several hundred transfers to result in one pregnancy （having a baby）It takes a long time and its difficult，but this could be groundbreaking science if it worksThey are certainly not putting any live pandas at risk，so it is worth the effort，”add
17、s Kraemer，who is one of the leaders of the roject at Texas AM，the first-ever attempt at cloning a dog“They are trying to do something thats never been done，and this is very similar to our work in Noahs ArkWere both trying to save animals that face extinctionI certainly appreciate their effort and th
18、eres a lot we can learn from what they are attempting to doIts a research that is very much needed”Question 3:The best title for the passage may be AChinas Success in Pandas CloningBThe First Cloned Panda in the WorldCExploring the Possibility to Clone PandasDChinathe Native Place of Pandas Forever4
19、.（）American women experience a great variety of lifestyles. A “typical” American woman may be single . She may also be divorced or married. She may be a homemaker, a doctor, or a factory worker. It is very difficult to generalize about American. However, one thing that many American women have in co
20、mmon is their attitude about themselves and their role in American life.Historically , American women have always been very independent . The first settlers to come to New England were of ten young couples who had left behind their extended family （i.e. their parents , sisters, cousins, etc.）.The wo
21、men were alone in a new, undeveloped country with their husbands. This had two important effects. First of all, this as yet uncivilized （未开化）environment （环境）demanded that every person share in developing it and in survival （生存）.Women worked with their husbands and children to make themselves accepte
22、d in this new land. Second, because they were in a new land without the established （确定的）influence of older members of society , women felt free to step into nontraditional roles.This role of women was strengthened in later years as Americans moved west,again leaving family behind and meeting a new
23、environment. Even later, in the East, as new settlers arrived , the women often found jobs more easily than men. Women became the supporters of the family.Within the established lifestyle of industrialized twentieth century America, the strong role of women was not as attractive as in the early days
24、 of the country. Some women were active outside the home; others were not. However , when American men went to war in the 1940s, women stepped into the mens jobs as factory and business workers. After the war, some women stayed in these positions , and others left their jobs with a new sense of thei
25、r own ability.Question 4:What is the main idea of this passage?A.Different life styles led by the American women.B.American women were free to step into nontraditional roles.C.American women worked hard to establish their roles in American historyD.American women were independent because they did no
26、t have to follow the regulations （rules）at all.案例探究1.There are many famous museums throughout the world where people can enjoy art.Washington D.C.,the US,has the National Gallery of Art;Paris has the Louver,London,the British Museum.Florida International University（FIU） in Miami,the US also shows ar
27、t for visitors to see.And it does so without a building,or even a wall for its drawings and paintings.FIU has opened what it says is the first computer art museum in the United States.You dont have to visit the University to see the art.You just need a computer linked to a telephone.You can call the
28、 telephone number of a university computer and connect your own computer to it.All of the art is stored in the school computer.It is computer art,produced electronically by artists on their own computers.In only a few minutes,your computer can receive and copy all the pictures and drawings.Robert Sh
29、ostak is director of the new computer museum.He says he started the museum because computer artists had no place to show their work.A computer artist could record his pictures electronically and send the records,or floppy discs,to others to see on their computers.He could also put his pictures on pa
30、per,of course.But to print good pictures on paper,the computer artist needed an expensive laser printer.Robert Shostak says the electronic museum is mainly for art or computer students in schools and universities.Many of the pictures in the museum are made by the students.Mr. Shostak said the FIU mu
31、seum will make computer art more fun for computer artists because more people can see it.He says artists enjoy their work much more if they have an audience.And the great number of home computers in America could mean a huge audience for his electronic museum.Question:The main purpose of this text is to give information about _.A.famous museums throughout the worldB.an electronic art museum in Miami,U.S.A.C.art exhibitions in Florida International UniversityD.latest development in computer art命题意图：本题主要考查学生的归纳概括能力，属五星级题目。错解分析：本题错选C、D两项的学生较多，原因是只抓住了文章中的只言片语，而忽视了前两段文字在文中的作用及贯
