4 Most people, after hearing your announcement, will be curious about the next step.

They may wonder if you will be undergoing radiation therapy and/or chemotherapy （化疗）。They may wonder where and when you will have surgery. Answer their questions as best you can， but keep in mind that "1 don't know right now" or "I'm still in too much shock to think about that" are good answers.

5 Wait until the initial wave of strong emotions has passed before telling the children in your life. Don't overwhelm （使不知所措） very young children with too much information. Assure them that， even if you will be in the hospital for a while， they will see you every day and they will be cared for. Older children may already fear the word "cancer"， so be prepared to reassure them. Emphasize the positive steps that doctors will be taking to treat your illness.

23 Paragraph 2

24 Paragraph 3

25 Paragraph 4

26 Paragraph 5

A Break the news as calmly as possible to children

B Break the news at your own pace

C Share the good news with your friends

D Choose language that suits you

E Follow your doctor's advice

F Be prepared for people's curiosity

27 You can break the news about your diagnosis without saying（）。

28 When breaking the news about your diagnosis， you can have（）。

29 After hearing about your diagnosis， people will ask questions（）。

30 Very young children won't feel comfortable（）。

A your own choice of words

B the word "cancer"

C the positive steps

D about the next step

E on too many answers

F with too much information

参考答案：

23 B 24 D 25 F

26 A 27 B 28 A 29 D 30 F

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第4部分：阅读理解（第31～45题，每题3分，共45分）

下面有3篇短文后有5道题。请根据短文内容，为每题定1个最佳选项。

第一篇 Is the Tie a Necessity？

Ties, or neckties, have been a symbol of politeness and elegance in Britain for centuries. But the casual Prime Minister Tony Blair has problems with them. Reports suggest that even the civil servants may stop wearing ties. So, are the famously formal British really going to abandon the neckties?

Maybe. Last week, the UK's Cabinet Secretary Andrew Turnbull openly welcomed a tieless era. He hinted that civil servants would soon be tree of the costliest 12 inches of fabric that most men ever buy in their lives.

In fact， Blair showed this attitude when he had his first guests to a cocktail party. Many of them were celebrities （知名人士） without ties， which would have been unimaginable even in the recent past.

For some more conservative British, the tie is a must for proper appearance. Earlier, Labor leader Jim Callaghan said he would have died rather than have his children seen in public without a tie. For people like Callaghan, the tile was a sign of being complete, of showing respect. Men were supposed to wear a tie when going to church, to work in the office, to a party - almost every social occasion.

But today, people have begun to accept a casual style even for formal occasions.

The origin of the tie is tricky. It started as something called simply a "band". The term could mean anything around a man's neck. It appeared in finer ways in the 1630s. Frenchmen showed a love of this particular fashion statement. Their neckwear （颈饰）impressed Charles II， the king of England who was exiled（流放）to France at that time. When he returned to England in 1660， he brought this new fashion item along with him.

It wasn't, however, until the late 18th century that fancy young men introduced a more colorful, flowing piece of cloth that eventually became known as the tie. Then, clubs military institutions and schools began to use colored and patterned ties to indicate the wearer's membership in the late 19th century. After that, the tie became a necessary item of clothing for British gentlemen.

But now, even gentlemen are getting tired of ties. Anyway, the day feels a bit easier when you wake up without having to decide which tie suits you and your mood.

31 The tie symbolizes all of the following except

A respect

B elegance

C politeness

D democracy

32 Why does Blair sometimes show up in a formal event without a tie?

A Because he wants to make a show,

B Because he wants to attract attention.

C Because ties are costly.

D Because he wants to live in a casual way.

33 Which of the following is NOT a social occasion?

A Going to church.

B Going to work in the office.

C Staying at home.

D Going to a party.

34 Who brought the Frenchmen's neckwear to Britain?

A Tony Blair.

B Charles ll.

C Jim Callaghan.

D Andrew Turnbull.

35 When did British gentlemen begin to wear ties regularly?

A After the late 19th century.

B In the 1630s.

C In 1660.

D In the late 18th century.

参考答案：

31 D 32 D 33 C 34 B 35 A

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第二篇 Brain-dead Mother Dies after Giving Birth

A brain-dead woman who was kept alive for three months so she could deliver the child she was carrying was removed from life support on Wednesday and died, a day after giving birth.

"This is obviously a bittersweet time for our family," Justin Torres, the woman's brother-in-law, said in a statement.

Susan Torres， a cancer-stricken， 26-year-old researcher at the National Institutes of Health， suffered a stroke in May after the melanoma （黑瘤） spread to her brain.

Her family decided to keep her alive to give her foetus （胎儿） a chance. It became a race between the foetus' development and the cancer that was destroying the woman's body.

Doctors said that Torres' health was getting worse and that the risk of harm to the foetus finally outweighed the benefits of extending the pregnancy.

Torres gave birth to a daughter by Caesarean section （剖腹产手术） on Tuesday at Virginia Hospital Center. The baby was two months premature and weighed about a kilogram. She was in the newborn intensive care unit.

Dr Donna Tilden-Archer， the hospital's director of neonatology （新生儿学）， described the child as "very vigorous." She said the baby had responded when she received stimulation， indica