2. Taking Lipitor is helpful for ________.

　　A. breast-feeding women

　　B. women who are pregnant

　　C. adults having heart disease

　　D. teenagers with liver problems 答案與解析：C　細節理解題。根據“ABOUT LIPITOR”中的Lipitor can lower the risk of heart attack in patients及WHO IS LIPITOR FOR中的Adults and children over 10可知這種藥可以用來治療10歲以上的兒童和成年人的心臟病。故C項正確。 3. If it has been over 12 hours since you missed a dose, you should ________.

　　A. change the amount of your next dose

　　B. eat more when taking your next dose

　　C. have a dose as soon as you remember

　　D. take the next dose at your regular time 答案與解析：D　細節理解題。根據HOW TO TAKE LIPITOR中的“But if it has been more than 12 hours since your missed dose, wait. Take the next dose at your regular time.”可知如果超過12個小時沒有按時服藥的話，要等到下一次正常的服藥時間再服。

　　4. Which of the following is a common side effect of taking Lipitor?

　　A. Face swelling.

　　B. Upset stomach.

　　C. Kidney failure.

　　D. Muscle weakness. 答案與解析：B　細節理解題。根據Some common side effects of LIPITOR部分可知Lipitor常見的不良反應就包括了“胃不適”。 5. What is the main purpose of the passage?

　　A. To teach patients ways for quick recovery.

　　B. To present a report on a scientific research.

　　C. To show the importance of a good lifestyle.

　　D. To give information about a kind of medicine. 答案與解析：D　寫作目的題。本文是一則藥品使用的說明，故目的是給出這種藥的相關使用信息，故選D項。

　　Passage 8 (2010·北京，C篇) Pacing and Pausing

　　Sara tried to befriend her old friend Steve's new wife, but Betty never seemed to have anything to say. While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation, Betty complained to Steve that Sara never gave her a chance to talk. The problem had to do with expectations about pacing and pausing.

　　Conversation is a turn-taking game. When our habits are similar, there's no problem. But if our habits, are different, you may start to talk before I'm finished or fail to take your turn when I'm finished. That's what was happening with Betty and Sara.

　　It may not be coincidental that Betty, who expected relatively longer pauses between turns, is British, and Sara, who expected relatively shorter pauses, is American. Betty often felt interrupted by Sara. But Betty herself became an interrupter and found herself doing most of the talking when she met a visitor from Finland. And Sara had a hard time cutting

　　in on some speakers from Latin America or Israel.

　　The general phenomenon, then, is that the small conversation techniques, like pacing and pausing, lead people to draw conclusions not about conversational style but about personality and abilities. These habitual differences are often the basis for dangerous stereotyping (思維定式).

　　And these social phenomena can have very personal consequences. For example, a woman from the southwestern part of the US went to live in an eastern city to take up a job in personnel. When the Personnel Department got together for meetings, she kept searching for the right time to break in—and never found it. Although back home she was considered outgoing and confident, in Washington she was viewed as shy and retiring. When she was evaluated at the end of the year, she was told to take a training course because of her inability to speak up.

　　That's why slight differences in conversational style—tiny little things like microseconds of pause—can have a great effect on one's life. The result in this case was a judgment of psychological problems—even in the mind of the woman herself, who really wondered what was wrong with her and registered for assertiveness training.

　　1. What did Sara think of Betty when talking with her?

　　A. Betty was talkative.

　　B. Betty was an interrupter.

　　C. Betty did not take her turn.

　　D. Betty paid no attention to Sara.

　　答案與解析：C　細節理解題。根據第一段第二句話中的“While Sara felt Betty didn't hold up her end of the conversation”，結合第三段內容可知，C項正確——由于Betty談話時停頓時間太長，Sara感覺她總是接不上話。 2. According to the passage, who are likely to expect the shortest pauses between turns?

　　A. Americans.

　　B. Israelis.

　　C. The British.

　　D. The Finns. 答案與解析：B　推理判斷題。根據第三段中幾個不同國家的人談話的停頓時間的比較可知，B項正確，即以色列人談話時停頓時間最短。 3. We can learn from the passage that ________.

　　A. communication breakdown results from short pauses and fast pacing

　　B. women are unfavorably stereotyped in eastern cities of the US

　　C. one's inability to speak up is culturally determined sometimes

　　D. one should receive training to build up one's confidence 答案與解析：C　推理判斷題。通讀文章內容可知，因為文化的差異，不同國家和地區的人談話時，停頓時間長短不同。有些地區的人由于說話停頓時間太長，而讓人感覺他們不健談。故C項與原文內容相符。 4. The underlined word “assertiveness” in the last paragraph probably means ________.

　　A. being willing to speak one's mind

　　B. being able to increase one's power

　　C. being ready to make one's own judgment

　　D. being quick to express one's ideas confidently 答案與解析：D　猜測詞義題。根據倒數第二段最后一句可知這位女士因為在工作上不健談(其實是她講話時停頓時間長)而被告知去參加培訓，由此可推知她參加的應該是能夠讓她自信地表達自我的培訓，故D項正確。

　　My mother has long realized the limitations of her English as well. When I was fifteen, she used to have me call people on the phone to pretend I was she. I was forced to ask for information or even to yell at people who had been rude to her. One time I had to call her stockbroker (股票經紀人). I said in an adolescent voice that was not very convincing, “This is Mrs. Tan.”

　　And my mother was standing beside me, whispering loudly, “Why he don't send me check already two week late.”

　　And then, in perfect English I said “I'm getting rather concerned. You agreed to send the check two weeks ago, but it hasn't arrived.”

　　Then she talked more loudly. “What he want? I come to New York tell him front of his boss.” And so I turned to the stockbroker again, “I can 't tolerate any more excuse. If I don't receive the check immediately, I am going to have to speak to your manager when I am in New York next week.”

　　The next week we ended up in New York. While I was sitting there red-faced, my mother, the real Mrs. Tan, was shouting to his boss in her broken English.

　　When I was a teenager, my mother's broken English embarrassed me. But now, I see it differently. To me, my mother's English is perfectly clear, perfectly natural. It is my mother tongue. Her language, as I hear it, is vivid, direct, and full of observation and wisdom. It was the language that helped shape the way I saw things, expressed ideas, and made sense of the world.

　　1. Why was the author's mother poorly served?

　　A. She was unable to speak good English.

　　B. She was often misunderstood.

　　C. She was not clearly heard.

　　D. She was not very polite. 答案與解析：A　細節理解題。根據文章第一段中的“Because of her English, she was often treated unfairly.”可知作者的母親因為她所講的語言而受到歧視，因此選擇A項。 2. From Paragraph 2, we know that the author was

　　________.

　　A. good at pretending

　　B. rude to the stockbroker

　　C. ready to help her mother

　　D. unwilling to phone for her mother 答案與解析：D　細節理解題。根據第二段中的“I was forced to ask for information or even...”可知作者不太愿意替母親打電話給人家。 3. After the author made the phone call, ________.

　　A. they forgave the stockbroker

　　B. they failed to get the check

　　C. they went to New York immediately

　　D. they spoke to their boss at once 答案與解析：B　細節理解題。根據文章倒數第二、三段可知，作者打完電話后并沒有拿到支票，因此她們去了紐約。 4. What does the author think of her mother's English now?

　　A. It confuses her.

　　B. It embarrasses her.

　　C. It helps her understand the world.

　　D. It helps her tolerate rude people. 答案與解析：C　細節理解題。根據文章最后一段最后一句可知母親的英語幫助作者理解這個世界。 5. We can infer from the passage that Chinese English ________.

　　A. is clear and natural to non-native speakers

　　B. is vivid and direct to non-native speakers

　　C. has a very bad reputation in America

　　D. may bring inconvenience in America 答案與解析：D　推理判斷題。根據文章第一段的描述可知母親英語講得不好，這給她的生活帶來了很多不便。

　　Passage 5 (2010·全國Ⅰ，B篇) EDGEWOOD—Every morning at Dixie Heights High School, customers pour into a special experiment: the district's first coffee shop run mostly by students with special learning needs. Well before classes start, students and teachers order Lattes, Cappuccinos and Hot Chocolates. Then, during the first period, teachers call in orders on their room phones, and students make deliveries.

　　By closing time at 920 a．m., the shop usually sells 90 drinks.

　　“Whoever made the chi tea, Ms. Schatzman says it was good，” Christy McKinley, a second year student, announced recently, after hanging up with the teacher.

　　The shop is called the Dixie PIT, which stands for Power in Transition. Although some of the students are not disabled, many are, and the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.

　　They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs. They keep a timecard and receive paychecks, which they keep in check registers.

　　Special-education teachers Kim Chevalier and Sue Casey introduced the Dixie PIT from a similar program at Kennesaw Mountain High School in Georgia.

　　Not that it was easy. Chevalier's first problem to overcome was product-related. Should schools be selling coffee? What about sugar content?

　　Kenton County Food Service Director Ginger Gray helped. She made sure all the drinks, which use non-fat milk, fell within nutrition (營養) guidelines.

　　The whole school has joined in to help.

　　Teachers agreed to give up their lounge (休息室) in the mornings. Art students painted the name of the shop on the wall. Business students designed the paychecks. The basketball team helped pay for cups.

　　1. What is the text mainly about?

　　A. A best-selling coffee.

　　B. A special educational program.

　　C. Government support for schools.

　　D. A new type of teacher-student relationship.

　　答案與解析：B　主旨大意題。全文介紹了Dixie Heights High School的一個特殊教學實驗項目，包括該項目的創辦人是誰、項目如何運作、開展該項目的目的以及贊助者的情況。答案為B項。 2. The Dixie PIT program was introduced in order to ________.

　　A. raise money for school affairs

　　B. do some research on nutrition

　　C. develop students' practical skills

　　D. supply teachers with drinks 答案與解析：C　推理判斷題。根據第五段中的“... the PIT helps them prepare for life after high school.”和第六段中的“They learn not only how to run a coffee shop but also how to deal with their affairs.”可知，該項目的目的是培養那些有特殊需要的學生的生存技能。故答案為C項。 3. How did Christy McKinley know Ms. Schatzman's opinion of the chi tea?

　　A. She met her in the shop.

　　B. She heard her telling others.

　　C. She talked to her on the phone.

　　D. She went to her office to deliver the tea. 答案與解析：C　推理判斷題。根據第四段中的after hanging up with the teacher可知Christy McKinley和她的老師通了電話，了解到老師對咖啡館的評價。故答案為C項。 4. We know from the text that Ginger Gray ________.

　　A. manages the Dixie PIT program in Kenton County

　　B. sees that the drinks meet health standards

　　C. teaches at Dixie Heights High School

　　D. owns the school's coffee shop 答案與解析：B　推理判斷題。由倒數第三段的內容可知，作為食品服務公司的負責人，Ginger Gray使Dixie Heights High School的學校咖啡館提供的飲料的營養合乎健康標準。故答案為B項。 Passage 6 (2010·陜西，B篇)

　　Brave Frenchman Found Half-way Around the World (NEW YORK) A French tourist highly praised for rescuing a two-year-old girl in Manhattan said he didn't think twice before diving into the freezing East River.

　　Tuesday's Daily News said 29-year-old Julien Duret from France is the man who left the spot quickly after the rescue last Saturday.

　　He lifted the little girl out of the water after she fell off the bank at the South Street Seaport museum, He handed the girl to her father, David Anderson, who had dived in after him.

　　“I didn't think at all，” Duret told the Daily News. “It happened very fast. I reacted very fast.”

　　Duret, an engineer on vacation, was walking with his girlfriend along the pier (碼頭) when he saw something falling into the water. He thought it was a doll, but realized it was a child when he approached the river. In an instant, he took off his coat and jumped into the water.

　　When he reached the girl，she appeared lifeless，he said. Fortunately, when she was out of the water, she opened her eyes.

　　Anderson said his daughter slipped off the bank when he was adjusting his camera. An ambulance came later for her, said Duret, who was handed dry clothes from onlookers. Duret caught a taxi with his girlfriend shortly after.

　　The rescue happened on the day before he left for France. Duret said he didn't realize his tale of heroism had greatly moved New York until he was leaving the city the next morning.

　　“I don't really think I'm a hero，” said Duret. “Anyone would do the same thing.”

　　1. Why was Duret in New York?

　　A. To meet his girlfriend.

　　B. To work as an engineer.

　　C. To spend his holiday.

　　D. To visit the Andersons. 答案與解析：C　細節理解題。根據第五段第一句中的信息Duret, an engineer on vacation可知，他到紐約度假來了。

　　2. What did Duret do shortly after the ambulance came?

　　A. He was interviewed by a newspaper.

　　B. He asked his girlfriend for his dry clothes.

　　C. He went to the hospital in the ambulance.

　　D. He disappeared from the spot quickly. 答案與解析：D　細節理解題。根據倒數第三段內容可知，救護車來后不久Duret就和他的女友乘出租車離開了現場，從第二段也可看出救人后他很快就離開了現場，所以答案選D項。 3. Who dived after Duret into the river to save the little girl?