MONTREAL(Reuters)—Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost an American $10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security rules.
The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Albert often crosses the border like the other half-dozen people of Township 15. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US, which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 Americans in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs(海关) stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.
1.We learn from the text that Richard Albert is ________________________________________________________________________________ .
A. an American working in a Canadian church
B. a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C. a Canadian working in a customs station
D. an American living in Township 15
2.Albert was fined because he ________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
A. broke the American security rules
B. failed to obey traffic rules
C. worked in St. Pamphile without a pass
D. damaged the gate of the customs office
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Cross-country Trip B. An Expensive Church Visit
C. An Unguarded Border D. A Special Border Pass
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MONTREAL(Reuters)—Crossing the US-Canada border to go to church on a Sunday cost an American $10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security rules.
The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Albert often crosses the border like the other half-dozen people of Township 15. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church.
There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US, which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings.
As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on camera crossing the border illegally.
Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 Americans in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs(海关) stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home through another border checkpoint.
Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said.
1.We learn from the text that Richard Albert is ________________________________________________________________________________ .
A. an American working in a Canadian church
B. a Canadian living in a Quebec village
C. a Canadian working in a customs station
D. an American living in Township 15
2.Albert was fined because he ________________________________________________________________________________________________ .
A. broke the American security rules
B. failed to obey traffic rules
C. worked in St. Pamphile without a pass
D. damaged the gate of the customs office
3.What would be the best title for the text?
A. A Cross-country Trip B. An Expensive Church Visit
C. An Unguarded Border D. A Special Border Pass
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The crossing was blocked by many trucks and buses, made it impossible for us to go to work on time.
A.where | B.what | C.whick | D.that |
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London, Reuters--What could annoy teenagers enough to make them stop hanging out with friends and go home?
No, it's not a visit from their mothers, and not a threat to take away their cellphones or pocket money.
It's high-frequency noise. The UK police recently agreed to use a device (装置) called the Sonic Teenager Deterrent. It sends out a sound that makes teenagers become so impatient and angry that they have to cover their ears tightly and walk away.
The sound is at extreme high-pitch that can be heard by those under 20. The body's natural ability to detect some wave bands decreases almost entirely after 20, so few adults can hear the sounds. The black-box device, nicknamed the Mosquito because of its sound, can be fixed to the outside walls of shops, offices and homes. It sounds to youngsters like a crazy insect or a badly played violin. But it causes no physical damage.
A number of police forces and councils have given permission to use the system and want to install (安装) it at trouble spots.
Staffordshire Police Inspector Amanda Davies, who has given the device to shopkeepers in the Moorlands area, said," It is controlled by the shopkeepers--if they can see through their window that there is a problem, they turn the device on for a while until the group has run away."
1.The device can be used to _______.
A.threaten teenagers in public
B.drive away trouble-makers under 20
C.help mothers control their teenage children
D.help the police control shopkeepers
2.From the passage we can know that _______.
A.young people often suffer from pains in ears
B.shopkeepers are troubled by noisy insects
C.high-frequency noise is beyond the listening ability of people over 20
D.the police invented a new device to deal with teenagers
3.The purpose of the writer to write the passage is ______.
A.to advertise a new hi-tech device
B.to tell the reader a piece of news
C.to sell the device to shopkeepers
D.to inform the public as the spokesman of the police
4.Who will welcome the device most?
A.Shopkeepers. B.The police. C.Young people. D.The producer.
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动词填空(共10题,每小题0.5分,共5分)
1. The 8,892-kilometre-long border is said to be the longest border in the world not __________ (defend) by an army
or the police.
2. I am sure that the people in the disaster areas are on their way to__________ (live) a better life.
3. With all the cartoon books I needed__________ (buy), I left the bookstore.
4. The little girl, who has been spoiled has got used to __________ (offer) everything she needs.
5. After getting lost, the hiker spent several days walking through wild, lonely countryside before __________.(find)
6. It is such a small problem that it is hardly worth __________ (trouble) about.
7. I’d be the first __________ (admit) that I might be wrong.
8. One aim of genetically modified research is __________ (produce)food which will make us healthier.
9. At first he refused to accept any responsibility but he ended up __________.(apologize)
10.__________ (expose)to lead does great harm to children’s learning ability.
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As is known to all, Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world, _____.
A. Paris is the largest B. Paris the largest
C. Paris to be the largest D. Paris be the largest
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As is known to all, Montreal is the second largest French-speaking city in the world, ______.
A.Paris is the largest B.Paris the largest
C.Paris to be the largest D.Paris be the largest
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完形填空
Charlotte Whitehead was born in England in 1843, and moved to Montreal, Canada at the age five with her family. While her ill elder sister throughout the years, Charlotte discovered she had a(an) in medicine. At 18 she married and a family. Several years later, Charlotte said she wanted to be a Her husband supported her decision.
, Canadian medical schools did not women students at the time. Therefore, Charlotte went to the United States to study at the Women’s Medical College in Philadelphia. It took her five years to her medical degree. Upon graduation, Charlotte to Montreal and set up a private . Three years later, she moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba, and there she was once again a doctor. Many of her patients were from the nearby timber and railway camps. Charlotte herself operating on damaged limbs and setting bones, in addition to delivering all the babies in the area.
But Charlotte had been practicing without a license. She had a doctor’s license in both Montreal and Winnipeg, but was . The Manitoba College of Physicians and Surgeons, an all-male board, wanted her to her studies at a Canadian medical college! Charlotte refused to her patients to spend time studying what she already knew. So in 1887, she appeared to the Manitoba Legislature to a license to her but they, too, refused. Charlotte to practice without a license until 1912. She died four years later at the age of 73.
In 1993, 77 years after her , a medical license was issued to Charlotte. This decision was made by the Manitoba Legislature to honor “this courageous and pioneering woman.”
1.A. raising B. teaching C. nursing D. missing
2.A. habit B. interest C. opinion D. voice
3.A. invented B. selected C. offered D. started
4.A. doctor B. musician C. lawyer D. physicist
5.A. Besides B. Unfortunately C. Otherwise D. Eventually
6.A. hire B. entertain C. trust D. accept
7.A. history B. physics C. medicine D. law
8.A. improve B. save C. design D. earn
9.A. returned B. escaped C. spread D. wandered
10.A. school B. museum C. clinic D. lab
11.A. busy B. wealthy C. greedy D. lucky
12.A. helped B. found C. troubled D. imagined
13.A. harmful B. tired C. broken D. weak
14.A. put away B. taken over C. turned in D. applied for
15.A. punished B. refused C. blamed D. fired
16.A. display B. change C. preview D. complete
17.A. leave B. charge C. test D. cure
18.A. sell B. donate C. issue D. show
19.A. continued B. promised C. pretended D. dreamed
20.A. birth B. death C. wedding D. graduation
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UN peacekeeping forces are expected to positions along the border between the countries.
A. make up B. come up C. turn up D. take up
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LONDON (Reuters) — Children are dying for lack of drugs tailored to their needs, according to the World Health Organization (WHO), which launched a global campaign on Thursday to promote more research into child medicine.
More than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters.
The problem is even worse in developing countries where price remains a major barrier and 6 million children die each year from treatable conditions.
In the case of HIV/AIDS, the few existing pediatric therapies(儿科的疗法)developed for children generally cost three times more than adult ones.
As a result, clinicians lack clear guidelines on the best drug to use and often have to guess at the correct dose.
Fortunately, the WHO has drawn up the first international List of Essential Medicines for Children, containing 206 products considered safe for children.
“But a lot remains to be done. There are priority medicines that have not been adapted for children’s use or are not available when needed,” said Dr Hans, the U.N. agency’s director of medicines policy and standards.
Medicines that need to be adapted to children’s needs include many antibiotics, pain drugs as well as combination pills for HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria.
The agency is building an Internet entrance linking to clinical trials carried out in children and will launch a Web site with the information early next year.
Testing medicines on children has always been a controversial issue, since good ethical(伦理的)practice requires informed agreement from people participating in clinical trials, which is difficult to obtain in the case of children.
As a result, research-based drug companies have been wary of developing child-friendly medicines and general companies have been slow to produce them at lower cost.
In an attempt to deal with the issue, both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for drugs that have been tested on children.
1.Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. A Global Campaign to Promote Research into AIDS Medicine
B. WHO Says Children are Dying for Lack of Child-sized Drugs
C. Many People are Concerned about Children’s Drugs
D. Measures Taken to Develop Child-friendly Medicine Quickly
2.Which of the following medicine is not needed to be adapted to children’s need according to the passage?
A. Pain killers. B. Tuberculosis. C. AID pills. D. Flu pills.
3.Why has testing medicines on children always been a controversial issue?
A. It is against good ethical practice
B. Children shouldn’t take part in clinical trials.
C. It is hard to get informed agreement from children tested.
D. Parents don’t allow their children to be tested on medicine.
4.The underlined word “wary” in the last but one paragraph means _________.
A. fast B. fond C. cautious D. uninterested
5.What can be inferred from the passage?
A. There is still a long way to go on children’s medicine.
B. An Internet entrance is being built to link to clinical trials carried out in children.
C. Both Europe and the United States now have special rules offering extended patent protection for adults’ drugs.
D. Less than half of the drugs currently used to treat children in the industrialized world have not been specifically tested on youngsters
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CHICAGO(Reuters)-Smoking not only can wrinkle (皱纹) the face and turn it yellow—it can do the same to the whole body, researchers reported on Monday.
The study, published in the Archives of Dermatology, shows that smoking affects the skin all over the body-even skin protected from the sun.
“We examined non-facial skin that was protected from the sun, and found that the total number of packs of cigarette smoked per day and the total years a person has smoked were linked with the amount of skin damage a person experienced, ”Dr. Yolanda, who led the study, said in a statement.
“In participants older than 65 years, smokers had significantly more wrinkling than nonsmokers. Similar findings were seen in participants aged 45 to 65 years. ” Yolanda’s team added in their report.
The researchers tested 82 people, smokers and nonsmokers, taking pictures of the inner right arms. They ranged, in age from 22 to 91 and half were smokers. Independent judges decided how wrinkled each person’s skin was.
When skin is exposed to sunlight, especially the face, it becomes coarse(粗糙的), wrinkled and discolored with a pale yellow color, Yolanda's team wrote.
Several previous studies have found that cigarette smoking led to premature(过早的)skin aging as measured by facial wrinkles, the study said, but little has been done to measure the aging of skin not exposed to light.
The previous research has found that cigarette smoke, among other things, causes blood vessels(血管)beneath the skin to constrict(紧缩), reducing blood supply to the skin.
Smoking can also damage the connective tissue(组织)that supports both die skin and the internal organs (器官).
1.The best title for this passage would be ______________.
A. The danger of smoking B. Smoking causes skin aging
C. Quit smoking for health D. A survey of smokers
2.It can be inferred from the study _____________.
A. smoking won’t affect skin protected from the sun
B. smoking will do damage to skin rather than other organs
C. smokers over 65 usually won’t worry about their skin
D. the age of smokers is not connected with the result of the test
3.When your skin is exposed to sunlight long, it becomes all of the following but _________.
A. flexible B. coarse
C. rough D. discolored
4.The main purpose of the passage is to ____________.
A. inform people about the study of skin.
B. advise people how to protect skin
C. warn people not to smoke again
D. introduce a new way of avoid skin aging
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