参考答案： B     答案解析：
1Orlando and German have been
 A.to Mexico together  B.friends since they were very young  C.deaf since they were born  D.to different high schools  
参考答案： B     答案解析：
2According to the passage, the difficulty for Orlando and German is that
 A.they can’t order food in a drive-thru  B.they can’t communicate with their classmates  C.they are not allowed to talk on the phone  D.they are not supposed to use emergency services  
参考答案： C     答案解析：
3Both Orlando and German have found their jobs at
 A.a local school  B.a fast-food restaurant  C.a supermarket  D.a technical institute  
参考答案： D     答案解析：
4Both boys are happy to
 A.design programs for the deaf  B.work at the National Technical Institute for the Deaf  C.help students with learning disabilities  D.have the opportunity to earn money  
参考答案： C     答案解析：
5The word “emergency” in paragraph 5 is closest in meaning to
 A.food  B.alarm  C.crisis  D.quick   3、Acceptance of Chronic Illness Holding on to hope may not make patients happier as they deal with chronic illness or diseases, according to a new study by University of Michigan Health System researchers. "Hope is an important part of happiness," said Peter A. Ubel, M.D., director of the U-M Center for Behavioral and Decision Sciences in Medicine and one of the authors of the happily hopeless study, "but there's a dark side of hope. Sometimes, if hope makes people put off getting on with their life, it can get in the way of happiness." The results showed that people do not adapt well to situations if they are believed to be short-term. Ubel and his co-authors -- both from U-M and Carnegie Mellon University -- studied patients who had new colostomies: their colons were removed and they had to have bowel movements in a pouch that lies outside their body. At the time they received their colostomy, some patients were told that the colostomy was reversible -- that they would undergo a second operation to reconnect their bowels after several months. Others were told that the colostomy was permanent and that they would never have normal bowel function again. The second group -- the one without hope -- reported being happier over the next six months than those with reversible colostomies. "We think they were happier because they got on with their lives. They realized the cards they were dealt, and recognized that they had no choice but to play with those cards," says Ubel, who is also a professor in the Department of Internal Medicine. "The other group was waiting for their colostomy to be reversed," he added. "They contrasted their current life with the life they hoped to lead, and didn't make the best of their current situation." "Hopeful messages may not be in the best interests of t