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BLOOD DRIVE & MARROW(骨髓) REGISTRATION
“These patients deserve a chance at a normal, happy future and they rely on the kindness of strangers to make that happen.”
—Daisy, Isabelle's Mother
Isabelle is the daughter of Daisy and Saman Mirzaei. In January 2008 Isabelle was diagnosed with a genetic blood disorder, beta thalassemia. Isabelle's body is unable to produce healthy red blood cells. As a result, Isabelle has been receiving blood transfusions(输血) every 4～6 weeks since she was 11 months old. A lifetime of regular transfusions can lead to serious medical problems. Her only chance at a normal, healthy life is to have a marrow transplant. Isabelle is an only child, so doctors have started a search for an unrelated marrow donor through the Be The Match Registry. The Mirzaei family asks that you consider helping patients like Isabelle by registering to be a marrow donor and give the gift of life, the gift of blood.
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Wednesday,_March_26,_2014
Behind Heathman Dormitory/Butterfield Rd.
12：00_PM—6_：00_PM
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give a swab(化验标本) of your cheek cells for marrow typing
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1. We can learn from the passage that________．
A. the blood drive is organized by Isabelle's mother
B. Isabelle receives blood transfusions regularly
C. Isabelle has been ill for 11 months
D. doctors will sponsor Isabelle's family
2. To be a marrow donor, you must________．
A. be a relative of the patient
B. carry a driver's licence
C. be at least 18 years old
D. apply to Michael's Fund
3.Those who want to help patients like Isabelle can ________．
A. come to Wiley Hall every Wednesday
B. visit www.ribc.org for an appointment
C. contact their parents at 8002838385
D. call at hospitals in Rhode Island
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An adopted American girl who was dying from bone marrow(骨髓)failure has survived a successful, transplant thanks to her Chinese donor(捐献者). She has come to China, with her family, to meet her donor at a ceremony held in Beijing.
Who would have thought that such a lovely girl had just survived such a deadly disease?
A big hug is the only way to express feelings at the moment, as Kailee Wells is embraced by her donor Dr Wang Lin. Kailee Wells said, ”Xie Xie Ni, Dr Wang Lin, for giving a part of your 1ife to me.”
Dr Wang cannot control his emotions after seeing 10-year-old Kailee's miraculous recovery. Dr Wang Lin. Said, “To see this beautiful and spirited little girl standing before me today, I feel so relieved, so happy.”
Born in the central province of Hunan, Kailee was found abandoned in Changde. She spent a year in an orphanage before being adopted by the Wells family in New Mexico.
At 5, her bone marrow stopped producing red and white blood cells. But her family never gave up hope of finding a perfect match, and after two unsuccessful plants, Kailee finally had a third，which was successful．
Kailee’s mother Linda Wells said, “well last Christmas，we were a11 very worried about Kailee，and we were not sure at that time whether she would be here this year with us now-and here we ware in China, in Beijing with this wonderful celebration and meeting Dr Wang Lin. It’s a true blessing.
China’s bone marrow donor registry has grow to more than 700 000，thanks to increased awareness of the procedure by Chinese citizens.
Hong Junling, director of Red Cross Society, China said, “In the past, if a patient became sick，we had to turn to donor programs overseas or in Taiwan to apply. Nowadays, for the most part，our patients know that if they become sick they can first try the China Red Cross database.”
The Wells family will stay in China until next week，during which they will help recruit more bone marrow donors.
1.Which would be the best title for the passage?
A、US girl saved by Chinese donor, B、US girl is to meet her donor．
C、A lucky adopted US girl． D、US girl fights with deadly disease．
2.Which of the following is TRUE about Kailee?
A、She was abandoned outside an orphanage in New Mexico.
B、She has suffered the hone marrow failure for about 5 years.
C、She had never been to China before the ceremony.
D、She is an American born Chinese adopted by a US couple.
3.The Wells family paid a visit to China________．
A、for Kailee’s third transplant B、to donate bone marrow
C、to meet a special person D、to help abandoned children
4.What can we infer from the passage?
A、Kailee is willing to help bone-marrow—failure patients in the hospital.
B、There are more than 700 000 patients of bone marrow failure.
C、Kailee’s family will donate money for patients of bone marrow failure.
D、Kailee’s American parents loved her and never gave her up.
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Five years after a donor's bone marrow (骨髓)saved a pair of twin girls’ lives, the girls , Elizabeth and Kathryn ,from Minnesota got the chance to thank the man face to face.
The girls’ mother, Michele, said, “To think that somebody who didn’t know your children was selfless enough to give bone marrow to save them is amazing. They gave him giant hugs and danced the night away with him like they had known him before.”
The meeting came together thanks to Be the Match, a community of donors, volunteers, health care professionals and researchers.
The girl were born with a rare disorder that left them without any blood platelets(血小板).The bone marrow transplant was needed to change their DNA to avoid their organs shutting down.
Michele, her husband, and their son, tested negative when it came to being a match for the girls. They were put on the Be the Match list, which finally found Gruda.
“I become breathless,'' Michele said about finding a match. " because there are still so many things that could go wrong even though you have a donor."
Due to the uncertain result, the girls had to have their transplants done separately. Elizabeth’s was in 2011, and Kathryn’s was in 2012. The two girls also had to undergo chemotherapy(化疗).
The family was finally able to express their gratitude in person after Be the Match flew Gruda to Minnesota from Germany.
Gruda, who has three children of his own, tried to donate to a local girl in his town nearly 30 years ago but was not a match. Five years ago, he received a phone call that he was a match for the sisters and didn't hesitate to donate. His bone marrow was flown from Germany to use in the transplant.” “My three children rejoiced(高兴) that I came through as the best donor for the girls,'' he told Be the Match.
Both sisters are now completely healthy and 100 percent cured.
1.Why did Michele say “I become breathless” when I they found a match?
A. They hadn’t found a match till then.
B. They still feared something bad would happen.
C. All of their family members failed to pass the test.
D. The good news made them very excited.
2.Why did the girls have their transplants done separately?
A. Kathryn was then receiving chemotherapy.
B. Not all the bone marrow had arrived.
C. Because of the uncertain result.
D. The doctors were too busy to do two operations.
3.What do you know about Gruda?
A. He is always ready to donate his bone marrow.
B. He stayed at the twins home till the next day.
C. He has succeeded in helping two German patients.
D. He knew who his bone marrow was donated to well.
4.We can infer from the passage that the twins_____.
A. continue to undergo chemotherapy
B. went to Germany to thank Gruda.
C. go to hospital to get re-examined frequently.
D. have completely recovered from their disease
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In the 19th century, doctors tried to transfuse blood (输血)to patients who had lost blood in accidents or to try to save them. However, in most cases there would be a horrible reaction. When the donated blood mixed with the patient's own blood，it clotted (凝结)almost immediately. That stopped the circulation (循环)and the patient would die. Born on 14th June 1868，Karl Landsteiner，a doctor in Vienna, was very concerned about this. He knew there was something in the blood that caused reactions, but some people did manage to escape. Perhaps different people had different kinds of blood? He got a lot of blood samples (标本)from people, and mixed and matched them. Blood has two parts，the blood cells and the liquid serum(血清).You take blood cells from one person and mix them with the serum of another. If they react, the cells will clot and form a big lump. That means it is not safe to transfuse blood between these people. Landsteiner matched hundreds of samples like this，to find out who was safe for whom and who wasn’t. In fact, there were blood groups now called A, B, AB and O.
So what was going on in the blood? All our red blood cells have sugar molecules(糖分子) that are stuck on their surfaces. The red blood cells of people with group A have one kind of sugar, while those with B have another. People with AB have both of these while people with O have none.
People with the A blood group have a chemical substance called anti-B, while those of B blood group have anti-A in their serum. People with AB group have neither anti-A nor anti-B, while people with O have both. If you were B group and got blood from an A person,the anti- A in your blood would cause all the cells with A-sugar on them to clot immediately, stopping the circulation of blood.
In 1907, Dr. Reuben Outenberg carried out the first safe blood transfusion by matching blood groups. Blood transfusion became quite common from then on. And it helped saved thousands of lives in the First World War.
1.What does the passage mainly talk about?
A.Accidents in blood transfusion.
B.The discovery of blood groups.
C.Who Karl Landsteiner is.
D.The success of Dr. Reuben Otlenberg.
2.What inspired Landsteiner to carry out his experiment?
A.Some doctors in the 19th century.
B.The cause of some patient deaths.
C.Many medical accidents that he came across.
D.Certain successful cases of blood Iransrusion.
3.In which of the following can ''anti-A'' be found?
A.Only in the A blood group.
B.Only in the B blood group.
C.Only in the AB blood group.
D.In blood groups of B and O.
4.Since when has blood transfusion Income universal?
A.The first successful blood transfusion done by Ottenberg.
B.The time when blood groups were named by Landsteiner.
C.The year when the First World War broke out.
D.The blood transfusion by matching blood groups.
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I have no money, but I have blood.” These words were from a farmer, ________ moved many of us.
| A．which | B．that | C．whom | D．whose |
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These volunteers are raising________money for the AIDS patients.
A．a great many B．a great deal of C．a lots of D．amount of
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Summer Science Class registration begins on March 8 ! If you are interested in science，the environment，or conservation and you are in grades 7－12，sign up soon for Black Rock Forest Consortium's Summer Science Class program. You can download the Summer Science Classes 2013 brochure here. It is easy to register；just call 8455344517 or click here.
Twelve weeklong courses in the natural sciences and the arts are offered at Black Rock Forest in Cornwall from July 15 through August 9.Two more classes are offered with site partners，including “The Art of Scientific Observation，” hosted jointly by Black Rock Forest Consortium and Storm King Art Center，one of the world's leading sculpture parks，and “A Nautical Expedition” hosted jointly by the Consortium and the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center.
We are delighted to announce two special “away” classes that are part of the Summer Science Class program this year: an “Adirondack EcoAdventure” beginning August 11，and “Conservation Biology in Florida，” beginning June 23 and featuring field work on the Gulf Coast in cooperation with the University of Florida's Seahorse Key Marine Biological Laboratory. For more information on the Summer Science Class program，please read our press release.
Black Rock Forest Consortium is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to advance scientific understanding of the natural world through research，education and conservation programs.
1.If you want to be a member of Summer Science Class，you should ________．
A．visit Black Rock Forest first
B．download their brochure
C．call a phone 8455344517
D．register before March 8
2.Summer Science Class's courses are________．
A．only about science subjects
B．cooperated by several organizations
C．from July 15 through August 9
D．hosted by the world's leading professors
3.Where can you find the article?
A．From a web site. B．From a traveling brochure.
C．From a novel book. D．From one famous magazine.
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Summer Science Class registration begins on March 8 ! If you are interested in science，the environment，or conservation and you are in grades 7－12，sign up soon for Black Rock Forest Consortium's Summer Science Class program. You can download the Summer Science Classes 2013 brochure here. It is easy to register；just call 8455344517 or click here.
Twelve weeklong courses in the natural sciences and the arts are offered at Black Rock Forest in Cornwall from July 15 through August 9.Two more classes are offered with site partners，including “The Art of Scientific Observation，” hosted jointly by Black Rock Forest Consortium and Storm King Art Center，one of the world's leading sculpture parks，and “A Nautical Expedition” hosted jointly by the Consortium and the Constitution Marsh Audubon Center.
We are delighted to announce two special “away” classes that are part of the Summer Science Class program this year: an “Adirondack EcoAdventure” beginning August 11，and “Conservation Biology in Florida，” beginning June 23 and featuring field work on the Gulf Coast in cooperation with the University of Florida's Seahorse Key Marine Biological Laboratory. For more information on the Summer Science Class program，please read our press release.
Black Rock Forest Consortium is a nonprofit organization founded in 1989 to advance scientific understanding of the natural world through research，education and conservation programs.
1.If you want to be a member of Summer Science Class，you should ________．
A. visit Black Rock Forest first
B. download their brochure
C. call a phone 8455344517
D. register before March 8
2.Summer Science Class's courses are________．
A. only about science subjects
B. cooperated by several organizations
C. from July 15 through August 9
D. hosted by the world's leading professors
3.Where can you find the article?
A. From a web site. B. From a traveling brochure.
C. From a novel book. D. From one famous magazine.
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Good work good pay.
A. deserves B. requests C. deserts D. awards
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Everyone wants some degree of success. Many people believe that they deserve success simply because they believe that they deserve success.
But there is a widespread belief that people who get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it, but because of influential (有影响的) friends or the right background. Sometimes it may just be a comforting and harmless belief, while at the other extreme it can be very destructive. I once met a brilliant young engineer who worked in a chemical plant. Because of her knowledge and experience, she should have been promoted to Production Manager. Instead, the job went to a man who was totally unsuited for the post. Everyone knew that he only got it because he was politically acceptable to his superiors (上司). This injustice discouraged the young engineer and many of her colleagues. It also meant that the factory was much less efficient than it could have been.
At the same time, we should not be pessimistic (悲观的). More and more the modern world depends on having people who are in the job because they are good enough, not just because their faces fit. There is a story of a factory owner who sent for an engineer to see to a machine which would not go. He examined it, then took out a hammer and tapped, once. The machine started up immediately. When he presented his bill, the owner protested, "This can't be right! $ 100 just for tapping a machine with a hammer?" The engineer wrote out a new bill: "For tapping a machine, $1; for knowing where to tap. $99."
1.The engineer at the chemical plant was not promoted because _____.
A. it was politically less good for the boss to accept her than the man
B. her boss did not think she had the fight qualifications for the job
C. the man who got the promotion was more experienced than she was
D. it is more difficult for a woman to get a promotion than for her male colleague
2.The engineer who repaired the machine was right in charging $ 100 because____.
A. he hit the machine to get it started again
B. the factory owner could not have repaired it himself
C. he was charging for his knowledge and expert skills
D. he was the only person who could find out what was wrong with it
3.What can we learn about the author's attitude toward the widespread belief that "people get on in life may be successful not because they deserve it"?
A. He quite agrees with it.
B. He doesn't express his opinion his opinion at it.
C. He completely disagrees with it.
D. He doesn't quite agree with it.
4.According to the text, which of the following is NOT true?
A. Having influential friends or right background seems helpful sometimes.
B. The engineer had good reason to overcharge the factory owner.
C. Not all those who are good in their jobs have the chance to be promoted.
D. Those who are good in their jobs are still largely needed by the modern society.