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阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项(A、B、C、和D)中，选出最佳选项。

The common cold is the world's most widespread illness，which is plagues(疫病) that flesh receives. The most widespread fallacy(谬误)of all is that colds caused by cold. They are not. They are caused by viruses(病毒)passing on from person to person. You catch a cold by coming into contact, directly or indirectly, with someone who already has one.

If cold causes colds, it would be reasonable to expect the Eskimos to suffer from them forever. But they do not. And in isolated arctic regions explorers have reported being free from colds until coming into contact again with infected people from the outside world by way of packages and mail dropped from airplanes.

During the First World War soldiers who spent long periods in the trenches(战壕), cold and wet, showed no increased tendency to catch colds.

In the Second World War prisoners at the notorious Auschwitz concentration camp(奥斯维辛集中营), naked and starving, were astonished to find that they seldom had colds. At the Common Cold Research Unit in England, volunteers took part in Experiments in which they gave themselves to the discomforts of being cold and wet for long stretches of time. After taking hot baths, they put on bathing suits, allowed themselves to be with cold water, and then stood about dripping wet in drafty room. Some wore wet socks all day while others exercised in the rain until close to exhaustion. Not one of the volunteers came down with a cold unless a cold virus was actually dropped in his nose.

If, then, cold and wet have nothing to do with catching colds, why are they more frequent in the winter?Despite the most pains­taking research, no one has yet found the answer. One explanation offered by scientists is that people tend to stay together indoors more in cold weather than at other times, and this makes it easier for cold viruses to be passed on. No one has yet found a cure for the cold. There are drugs and pain suppressors(止痛片)such as aspirin, but all they do is relieve the symptoms (症状).

1.The writer offered        examples to support his argument.

A.4   B.5   C.6   D.3

2.Which of the following does NOT agree with the chosen passage?

A.The Eskimos do not suffer from colds all the time.

B.Colds are not caused by cold.

C.People suffer from colds just because they like to stay indoors.

D.A person may catch a cold by touching someone who already has one.

3.Arctic explorers may catch colds when    .

A.they are working in the isolated arctic regions

B.they are writing reports in terribly cold weather

C.they are free from work in the isolated arctic regions

D.they are coming into touch again with the outside world

4.Volunteers taking part in the experiments in the Common Cold Research Unit        .

A.suffered a lot         B.never caught colds

C.often caught colds     D.became very strong

第二节 (共5小题，每小题2分，满分10分)

根据短文内容，从短文后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项，选项中有两项为多余选项。

I teach economics at UNLV. Last Monday, at the beginning of class, I cheerfully asked my students how their weekend had been. ____1____He then asked me why I always seemed to be so cheerful.

His question reminded me of something I’d read somewhere before: “Every morning when you get up, you have a choice about how you want to approach life that day,” I said.“____2____”

“Let me give you an example,” I continued. This university is 17 miles down the freeway from where I live. One day I only had to drive another quarter mile down the road to the college. ____3____I tried to start it again, but the engine wouldn’t turn over. So I put my flashers on and marched down the road to the college.”

“As soon as I got there .I arranged for a tow truck to meet me at my car after class. A teacher asked me what had happened. ‘This is my lucky day,’ I replied, smiling at her. ‘____4____What do you mean?’ She continued to ask. ‘I live 17 miles from here. My car could have broken down anywhere along the freeway. It didn’t. Instead, it broke down off the freeway, within walking distance of here. I’m still able to teach my class and arrange for the tow truck to meet me after class. I explained to her. ”

“Her eyes opened wide, and then she smiled. ____5____” So ended my story.

I scanned the sixty faces. Despite the early hour, no one seemed to be asleep. Somehow, my story had touched them. In fact, it had all started with a student’s observation that I was cheerful.

A. I choose to be cheerful.

B. You’re your own master.

C. But just then my car died.

D. I smiled back and headed for class.

E. One’s life depends on one’s attitude.

F. Your car breaks down and today is your lucky day?

G. One young man said that his weekend had not been so good.