False teeth have been found in Italy in human head...

第1题

False teeth have been found in Italy in human heads that are over 2,500 years old. They were made of bone and set in gold. However，for hundreds of years afterwards，the apparent dental skill of those early people was lost. Without false teeth people looked old before their time，since so many lost their teeth at an early age.

Toward the end of the 17th century，rich people could buy false teeth made from ivory. The teeth were tied together with silk thread，but it was difficult to keep them in the mouth. That was why rich people would rather buy teeth from the poor who would often sell their teeth to buy food and clothing.

Early in the 18th century a French doctor used steel springs to hold teeth in place. However，it was difficult to close one‘s mouth! Late in the same century porcelain (瓷)teeth set in gold were often used to make false teeth.

Although the use of artificial teeth increased，human teeth continued to be used also. In the 19th century，teeth from soldiers killed in battle were made into artificial teeth. For example，teeth from the dead in the American Civil War were sent to England.

By the middle of the 19th century，an American doctor，Claudius Ash，invented a better kind of porcelain tooth made of a special kind of hard rubber.

26.When did people with the earliest false teeth live according to the passage?

[A] At the end of the 17th century.

[B] In the early 18th century.

[C] In the middle of the 19th century.

[D] Over 2,500 years ago.

27.Which material would wealthy people use to make artificial teeth in 1693?

[A] Porcelain.

[B] Hard rubber.

[C] Ivory.

[D] Bone.

28.Who first used steel springs to tie false teeth together according to the passage?

[A] An Italian doctor.

[B] A French doctor.

[C] An American doctor.

[D] An English doctor.

29.We can learn from the passage that ___________.

[A] one looked older than his real age with artificial teeth

[B] we are using the same method as ancient people in making false teeth

[C] poor people would often sell their teeth to get money in the 17th century

[D] human teeth were no longer used in making false teeth after the 18th century

30.The passage is mainly about ___________.

[A] the discovery of false teeth

[B] the material of false teeth

[C] the use of false teeth

[D] the history of false teeth Passage Three

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第2题

Danish police have been left scratching their

heads as they hunt for the vandals who

decapitated the Little Mermaid.

Few clues have emerged of the second 【M1】______

beheading in 35 years of the famous statue on

Copenhagen's waterfront, which has shocked 【M2】______

Danish public and worried tourism officials.

Frogmen scouring the harbor near the statue

failed to find the Little Mermaid's bronze head

and two youth on roller skates seen near the 【M3】______

landmark early on Tuesday morning have not

responded police requests to help in the 【M4】______

investigation.

"I am afraid that the latest attack on the

Little Mermaid can backfire on our tourism,"

said Bernhard Joergensen, director of the

Wonderful Copenhagen tourism organization.

"It is important for a tourist city to have a

symbol like the Eiffel Tower in Paris and the 【M5】______

London's Big Ben."

Based on the fairytale of Hans Christian 【M6】______

Andersen about the Sea King's daughter that 【M7】______

must wait on her rock for 300 years before

entering the world of humans and marrying her

prince, the Little Mermaid attracts almost one

million tourists a year.

The statue was found sever at the neck by a 【M8】______

saw or grinding machine after an anonymous call

to a local television cameraman before dawn on

Tuesday.

Police are working on a theory that the

beheading was the work of the same person who

sawed a 19th century galleon figurehead at a 【M9】______

naval base in Copenhagen just before Christmas.

The severed figurehead was found in the

ladies' toilets of a department store on Tuesday,

give rise to police suspicions a mentally disturbed 【M10】______

woman may be behind the two decapitations.

【M1】

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第3题

There have been some shocking cases of violent child abuse in Britain in recent years. To mention just two: Kristy Bamu was murdered in 2010 because his attackers thought he was a witch. He was 15. And then there was the gruesome case of the headless torso belonging to a five or six-year-old boy found in the River Thames a decade ago.

In trying to tackle the problem, the government has brought together faith leaders, charities, the police and social workers. Under its new action plan it urges closer cooperation between these groups. Those critical of the plan, while welcoming it as an important step, say more faith leaders need to acknowledge the problem of ritual killings.

Despite the differences of opinion which exist, the government says it will now help provide support to those who witness such activity. It also says it wants to appoint mentors – people who can listen to members of affected communities. But the government admits that more research is needed for the problem to be properly eradicated.

31. Who was Kristy Bamu according to the passage?________

A. He was a witch.

B. He was a boy violently attacked to death.

C. He killed some witch.

D. He was killed by his relatives.

32. What was found in the Thames 10 years ago? ________

A. The incomplete body of a young boy.

B. Five or six young boys’ bodies.

C. The body of Kristy Bamu.

D. The body of a witch.

33. Which of the following is not included in the meetings arranged by the government?__________

A. Charity workers.

B. Police.

C. Educators.

D. Religious people.

34. What does the word ‘eradicated’ mean?________

A. Cured

B. Fired.

C. Uprooted.

D. Completed.

35. Which of the following is NOT correct?__________

A. A serious child abuse problem exists in the United Kingdom.

B. Mentors have been designated to children subject to abuse.

C. Children might become victim to some religious belief.

D. More faith leaders should acknowledge ritual killings.

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第4题

While still in its early stages, welfare reform. has already been judged a great success in many states, at least in getting people off welfare. It's estimated that more than 2 million people have left the rolls since 1994.

In the past four years, welfare rolls in Athens County have been cut in half. But 70 percent of the people who left in the past two years took jobs that paid less than $6 an hour. The result: The Athens County poverty rate still remains at more than 30 percent—twice the national average.

For advocates (代言人) for the poor, that's an indication much more needs to be done.

"More people are getting jobs, but it's not making their lives any better," says Kathy Lairn, a policy analyst at the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities in Washington.

A center analysis of U.S. Census data nationwide found that between 1995 and 1996, a greater percentage of single, female-headed households were earning money on their own, but that average income for these households actually went down.

But for many, the fact that poor people are able to support themselves almost as well without government aid as they did with it is in itself a huge victory.

"Welfare was a poison. It was a toxin (毒素) that was poisoning the family," says Robert Rector, a welfare-reform. policy analyst. "The reform. is changing the moral climate in low-income communities. It's beginning to rebuild the work ethic (道德观), which is much more important."

Mr. Rector and others argued that once "the habit of dependency is cracked", then the country can make other policy changes aimed at improving living standards.

From the passage, it can be seen that the author ______.

A．believes the reform. has reduced the government's burden

B．insists that welfare reform. is doing little good for the poor

C．is overenthusiastic about the success of welfare reform

D．considers welfare reform. to be fundamentally successful

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