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n his hand. In that accident he became blind in one eye. Soon he lost the sight of the other. The child was Louis Braille. He would not see again. But he would bring light to the world of the blind. They would honor his name.

At ten, Louis went to the school for the blind in Paris. There he learned to read the 26 letters of the alphabet. The letters of the alphabet are very much alike. They had to be very big for Louis to feel the difference in their shapes. The teacher made letters from twigs. He then guided the blind boy's fingers along each shape.

Next Louis used books, but they were not books like the ones we use. The teacher had made them. The letters were cut out of cloth and pasted on the pages. Each letter was very large. The word would almost fill a page of the book we are using now. Just think how big one of Louis's books would have to be!

One day a pupil came running to the teacher. Excitedly, the pupil showed him a printed card. The type had hit the card so hard that it made bumps on the other side. The pupil could feel the bumps that were the letters. These bumpy letters gave the teacher an idea.

The teacher used type that made the letters slick out from the page, but still the letters had to he big so that a blind person could feel the difference between them. A book was still very large. And reading it took a very long lime.

As Louis grew older, he was more and more eager to learn. But he knew it would take him five years to learn what a sighted person could learn in one.

Once he said to his father, "I can tell one bird from another by its call. I can know the door to my house by its feel. But am I never to know what lies outside hearing and feeling？"

"There are books." his father said.

"Yes," said Louis. "Only books can free the blind. But the books we have aren't good enough!"

Louis wanted to make books that were good enough. Instead of letters, he wanted to use shapes that were easy to tell apart by touch. Louis tried and triad, but he couldn't come up with a code that would work.

Braille took a job at the school for the blind in Paris. While teaching there, he heard of a kind of "night writing. "This was a code that a French army captain had made up for sending messages on the battle field.

At night, a soldier could read a message without a light. The message was "written" in raised dots and dashes. It was "read" by touch.

Suddenly the meaning of his code hit Braille. If a sighted person could read it in darkness, a blind person could read it too. A blind person was always in darkness.

"I must talk to this captain. I must learn more about night writing." Braille said.

He got a friend to take him to the captain. The captain told him that he used an awl to punch bumps into thick paper. This made small dots which can be felt on the other side.

Louis Braille never rested from that day until five years later. He worked and worked and finally came up with a code.

Braille used raised dots, just as in night writing. He used from one to six dots for each letter of the alphabet. He arranged them differently for each letter.

By using six dots, he made 63 different arrangements. In addition to the letters, he could have punctuation marks and even short words like "the" and "for".

Louis Braille died in 1852. But his name lives on. It lives on as the name of the code that he invented, the code that is still used by the blind. There are books printed in Braille. There are magazines, such as Reader's Digest, printed in Braille. There are even playing cards in Braille. Braille is the name of the man and the code that gives windows to the blinds.

How does the tool called an awl play a part in the story？

A．Louis Braille's teacher at the school for the blind made letters with it.

B．It caused Braille's blindness.

C．The captain used it in night writing.

D．Braille used it to read books.

听力原文： Computers are being widely used in medicine. The most common use is for keeping hospital patient records. There may be access to these at several points—hospital patient rooms, offices, laboratories and even operating theatres. Computers are also used in the delicate task of looking after patients in the intensive care unit and in monitoring those undergoing surgery.

One of the latest developments is to use computers to assist diagnosis. A computer is programmed with information about a disease, using the accumulated knowledge of many specialists and textbooks. A doctor examining a patient may then be guided by the information given by the computer in what to look for and which questions to ask the patient. The information he gathers is fed into the computer. It may suggest further questions before finally providing a diagnosis.

This kind of procedure causes some people anxiety. They feel it increases the gap in the personal relationship between the doctor and patient. On the other hand, it makes widely available knowledge and skill which before belonged to only a small number of specialists, or which had to be found with difficulty in published material.

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A．Calculators.

B．Microwaves.

C．Computers.

D．Electroscopes (doctor's instrument).

ially to your own children. But how you say it can be quiet tricky.

If you say to your children "I am sorry I got angry with you, but ..." what follows that "but' can render the apology ineffective. "I had a bad day" or "your noise was giving me a headache" leaves the person who has been injured feeling that he should be apologizing for his bad behavior. in expecting an apology.

Another method by which people appear to apologize without actually doing so is to say 'Tm sorry you're upset"; this suggests that you are somewhat at fault for allowing yourself to get upset by what the other person has done.

Then there is the general, all covering apology, which avoids the necessity of identifying a specific act that was particularly hurtful or insulting, and which the person who is apologizing should promise never to do again. Saying "I'm useless as a parent" does not commit a person to any specific improvement.

These pseudo-apologies are used by people who believe saying sorry shows weakness. Parents who wish to teach their children to apologize should see it as a sign of strength, and therefore not resort to these pseudo-apologies.

But even when presented with examples of genuine contrition, children will need help to become aware of the complexities of saying sorry. A three-year-old might need help in understanding that other children feel pain just as he does, and that hitting a playmate over the head with a heavy to requires an apology. A six-year-old might need to be shown that raiding the buscuit tin without asking permission is acceptable, but that borrowing a parent's clothes without permission is not.

If a mother adds "but" to an apology, ______.

A．she doesn't feel that she should have apologized

B．she does not realize that the child has been hurt

C．the child may find the apology easier to accept

D．the child may feel that he owes her an apology

(完型填空)Cars are an important 36 of life in the United States.Without a car most people feel that they are poor.And 37 if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.There are three main reasons the car became so 38 in the United States.First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move 39 in it.The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form. of transportation.40 a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never developed 41 and inexpensive form. of public transportation.Long-distance trains have never been 42 common in the United States as they are in other parts of the worl

D.Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes.But it is 43 expensive to be used frequently.The third reason is the most important one, though.The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular.Americans don’t like to wait 44 a bus, or a train or even a plane.They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule.A car gives them the freedom to schedule 45 time.And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

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hat they are poor.And 37 if a person is poor he doesn’t feel really poor when he has a car.There are three main reasons the car became so 38 in the United States.First of all the country is a huge one and Americans like to move 39 in it.The car provides the most comfortable and cheapest form. of transportation.40 a car people can go any place without spending a lot of money.The second reason cars are popular is the fact that the United States never developed 41 and inexpensive form. of public transportation.Long-distance trains have never been 42 common in the United States as they are in other parts of the world.Nowadays there is a good system of air-service provided by planes.But it is 43 expensive to be used frequently.The third reason is the most important one, though.The American spirit of independence is what really made cars popular.Americans don’t like to wait 44 a bus, or a train or even a plane.They don’t like to have to follow an exact schedule.A car gives them the freedom to schedule 45 time.And this is the freedom that Americans want most to have.

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unusual is that he has no money and no worries that money cannot take care of. But John Smith has thought about this a lot. He says the average millionaire never uses money and always gets other people to pay for taxis or drinks. This is because he is so used to thinking in millions that small amount of money is not worth thinking about. But this does not mean he has no worries. On the contrary, the average millionaire constantly worries about his businesses, his investments and international rates of exchange. A fall in the value of the pound or dollar can give sleepless nights and makes him feel ill. John Smith says that he feels very sorry for millionaires who instead of being masters of their wealth, are slaves of their millions. In one way, however, John Smith always behaves exactly like a millionaire. I mean he never has any money and generally manages to persuade someone else to pay for his drinks. He always makes people happy. He has no worries about economic situation, banks, investments and so on. He does not even give much thought for tomorrow. He is the happiest man I have ever met, and whenever I meet him, he tells me "In money I am not rich, but in peace of mind I am a millionaire".

What is John Smith？

A．He is a poor man.

B．He is a millionaire.

C．He is a liar.

D．He is a fortune teller.

and he quickly spent ___1___ money, so that he had ___2___ left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever old man and often helped people when they had troubles.

"My money has finished and my friends have gone," said the young man. "What will ___3___ to me now？"

"Don't ___4___, young man," answered Nasreddin. "Everything will soon be all right again. Wait, and you will soon feel much happier."

The young man was very glad. "Am I going to get rich again then？"

"No, I ___5___ mean that," said the old man. "I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and having no friends."

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are about people. “Did Jerry really care when I broke up with Helen？” “When I got that great job, did Jerry really feel good about it, as a friend？ Or did he envy my luck？” When we look back, doubts like these can make us feel bad. But when we look back, it’s too late. Why do we go wrong about our friends – or out enemies？ Sometimes what people say hides their meaning. And if we don’t really listen, we miss the feeling behind the words. Suppose someone tells you, “you’re a lucky dog”. Is he really on your side？ If he says, “You’re a lucky guy” or “You’re a lucky gal”, that’s being friendly. But “lucky dog”？ There’s a bit of envy in those words. Maybe he doesn’t see it himself. But bringing in the “dog” bit puts you down a little. What he may be saying is that he doesn’t think you deserve your luck. How can you tell the real meaning behind someone’s words？ One way is to take a good look at the person talking. Do his words fit the way he looks？ Does what he says square with the tone of voice？ His posture(体态)？ The look in his eyes？ Stop and think. The minute you spend thinking about the real meaning of what people say to you may save another mistake. From the questions in the first paragraph we can learn that the speaker __________ . A. feels happy, thinking of how nice his friends were to him

B. feels he may not have “read” his friends’ true feelings correctly

C. thinks it was a mistake to have broken up with his girl friend, Helen

D. is sorry that his friends let him down

In the second paragraph, the author uses the example of “You’re a lucky dog” to show that __________ .A.the speaker of this sentence is just being friendly

B.this saying means the same as “You’re a lucky guy” or “You’re a lucky gal”

C.sometimes the words used by a speaker give a clue to the feeling behind the words

D.the word “dog” shouldn’t be used to apply to people

This passage tries to tell you how to __________ .A.avoid mistakes about money and friends

B.bring the “dog” bit into our conversation

C.avoid mistakes in understanding what people tell you

D.keep people friendly without trusting them

In listening to a person, the important thing is __________ .A.to notice his tone, his posture, and the look in his eyes

B.to listen to how he pronounces his words

C.to check his words against his manner, his tone of voice, and his posture

D.not to believe what he says

If you followed the advice of the writer, you would __________ .A.be able to get the real meaning of what people say to you

B.avoid and mistakes while talking with people who envy you

C.not lose real friends who say things that do not please you

D.be able to observe people as they are talking to you

请帮忙给出每个问题的正确答案和分析，谢谢！

听力原文： Air travel is such an everyday experience these days. We are not surprised when we read about a politician having talks with the Japanese Prime Minister one day, attending a conference in Australia the following morning and having to be off at midday to sign a trade agreement in Bangkok. But frequent long-distance flying can be very tiring. The traveler begins to feel his brain is in one country, his digestion in another and his powers of concentration nowhere. In short, he hardly knows where he is.

The fatigue we normally experience after a long journey is more intensely felt when we fly from east to west or the other way round because we cross time zones. Air travel is so quick nowadays that we can leave London after breakfast and be in New York in eight hours, yet what really disturbs us most is that when we arrive it is only lunch time but we have already had lunch on the plane and are expecting dinner.

Doctors say that since air travelers are in no condition to work after crossing a number of time zones, they should go straight to bed on arrival. Airline pilots, in fact, whose experience is so obviously relevant that it ought to serve as a guide, often live by their own watches ignoring local time, and have breakfast at midnight if necessary. The less reason to worry about their health is because they are used to flying and are physically fit.

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A．Because he is a politician.

B．Because he is a businessman.

C．Because he travels by air.

D．Because he has to attend different meetings.