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Victor’s hobby was collecting stamps. He had stamps from many countries, like England, Canada and China. On his birthday, can you guess what people gave him? That’s right--stamps.
Victor’s favourite stamps came from France. He had almost every stamp from 1954 to 2004. He only needed one. That was a 1974 special edition(版本). It was very hard to find.
He looked for it everywhere. He asked his friends and relatives to help him. But nobody could find the stamp. It made Victor very sad.
“Don’t worry. Never give up,” his father said to him. “If you have enough patience, you’ll find it one day.”
“I hope so,” Victor said.
Victor also liked writing. He had a penfriend in France. They wrote to each other every month. Victor’s penfriend, Phillip, usually used new stamps to send letters. Sometimes, his mother gave him stamps to use. Once Phillip’s mother gave him a big, green stamp. It looked old. When Victor received the letter, he was very surprised. On the envelope, he looked carefully at the stamp. It was the 1974 special edition stamp. Victor was so happy. He told his sister, his mother and his father.
“You see,” his father said. “ You did find your stamp. So, it’s good to have two things in life.”
“What are they?” Victor asked.
“ Friends and patience.” He answered.
【小题1】It was very difficult for Victor to find a special French stamp of _________.
A.1954B.1974C.1994D.2004
【小题2】What does the underlined word “patience” mean?
A.勇气B.知识C.耐心D.目标
【小题3】Who owned the special edition stamp at the very beginning?
A.Phillip.B.Phillip’s mother.
C.Victor.D.Victor’s father.
【小题4】Which sentence is NOT true according to the passage?
A.Victor’s father didn’t support his hobby.
B.Victor both liked collecting stamps and writing.
C.Phillip’s mother wanted his son to write letters to Victor.
D.Phillip was from France.
【小题5】The passage mainly tells us that ________ is(are) important to people.
A.a happy family
B.a good hobby
C.relatives and friendship
D.friends and patience
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   Smoking is harmful. But as soon as you quit the habit, everything will be OK, right? Wrong.

New research has found that even if you give up smoking, the damage it has done to your genes will stay there for a much longer time. In the research, a team of US scientists studied the blood of 16,000 people. Among them, some were smokers, some used to smoke, and the rest were non-smokers. Scientists compared their genes and found that more than 7,000 genes of smokers had changed--a number that is one-third of known human genes.

According to NBC News, both heart disease and cancer are caused by genetic changes. Some people may have had the changes when they were born, but most people get them in their day-to-day lives while doing things like smoking.

When you stop smoking, a lot of these genes will return to normal within five years.

This means your body is trying to heal (治愈) itself of the harmful effects of smoking. But the changes in some of the genes stay for longer. They can stay for as long as 30 years, It’s almost like leaving a footprint on wet cement (水泥)----it will always be there, even when you’ve walked away and when the cement becomes dry.

Although the study results may make people unhappy, there is a bright side: the findings could help scientists invent medicine to treat genetic damage caused by smoking or find ways to tell which people have heart disease or cancer risks.

【小题1】The function of Paragraph 1 is to_________ .
A.introduce the topic of the passageB.give an example
C.make an argumentD.show the main idea of the passage
【小题2】Most genetic changes happen because of___________ .
A.people’s condition at birthB.environmental pollution
C.people’s bad living habitD.heart disease and cancer
【小题3】The underlined word “it” in Paragraph 5 refers to__________ .
A.the footprintB.the cement
C.the harmful effectD.the genetic change
【小题4】Which of the following statements is true?
A.The findings are the fruit of more than three years’ research.
B.The findings have prevented more people from starting smoking
C.The findings offer evidence that a damaged gene can heal itself.
D.The findings help to find cures for genetic damage caused by smoking.

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Internet use appears to cause a decline in psychological well-being(安康), according to research at Carnegie Mellon University.
Even people who spent just a few hours a week on the Internet experienced more depression and loneliness than those who logged on less frequently, the two-year study showed. And it wasn’t that people who were already feeling bad spent more time on the Internet, but that using the Net actually appeared to cause the bad feeling.
Researchers are puzzling over the results, which were completely contrary to their expectations. They expected that the net would prove socially healthier than television, since the Net allows users to choose their information and to communicate with others.
The fact that Internet use reduces time available for family and friends may account for the drop in well-being, researchers suggested. Faceless, bodiless “virtual”(虚拟的)communication may be less psychologically satisfying than actual conversation, and the relationship formed through it may be shallower. Another possibility is that exposure to the wider world via the Net makes users less satisfied with their lives.
“But it’s important to remember this is not about the technology  per se; it’s about how it is used,” says psychologist Christine Riley of Intel, one of the study’s sponsors. “It really points to the need for considering social effects in terms of how you design applications and services for technology.”
【小题1】The best title for this passage would be ________.
A.Internet may Cause Depression
B.The Dark Side of Internet
C.How to Use Technology Properly
D.The Importance of Psychological Well-being
【小题2】Internet use may cause a decline in psychological well-being because ________.
A.people who were already feeling bad spend more time on the Internet
B.Internet users thought the world was wider than it really was
C.people were too eager to turn the “virtual” communication into reality
D.people have less time for actual communication with their family and friends
【小题3】What does the underlined Latin word “per se” (in Para. 5) mean?
A.probablyB.absolutely
C.oneselfD.itself
【小题4】What’s the tone of the passage?
A.Optimistic.B.Critical.
C.Objective.D.Pessimistic.