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f bacteria in the mouth. C. We should wash our hands before touching a door handle. D. A kitchen sponge can carry more germs than a toilet. 23. The text probably es from . A. a guide book B. a popular magazine C. a book review D. an official document B In London a painting show was on in Frida’s honor. Her workings were described as “a ribbon around a bomb”, which suggests Frida had a big influence on the art of her time. Unfortunately, she is actually a much bigger name today than she was during her time. Born in 1907 in a village near Mexico City, Frida was attacked by polia(小兒麻痹癥 ) at the age of seven. Her spine(脊柱 ) became bent as she grew older. Then, a sever schoolbus crash broke her back in several places. Throughout her life, despite many operations on her, nothing can be able to cure the terrible pain in her back. However, the accident had an unexpected side effect. While lying in her bed recovering, Frida learned to paint by herself. In 1929, she got married to Diego, another famous Mexican artist. The husband’s strong influence on his wife’s style can be seen in her early works, but her later works from the 1940s, known today as her best works, show less influence from her husband. Unfortunately, her works did not attract much attention in the 1930s and 1940s, even in Mexico. Her first onewoman show in her motherland was not held until 1953. For more than a decade after her passing away in 1954, Frida’s works still remained largely unnoticed by the world, but in the 1970s her works began to gain international fame at last. 24. What does the underlined part mean? A. a much stronger person B. a far finer artist C. a much more famous person D. a far more gifted artist 25. ____ led to Frida’s terrible pain. A. polio B. her bent spine C. the back injuries D. the operations on her 26. Frida’s style had bee increasingly independent since the _____. A. 1970s B. 1950s C. 1940s D. 1930s 27. What is the author’s attitude towards Frida? A. Sympathy B. Encouragement C. Devotion D. Worry C During Tom’s growing up, other kids felt sorry for him. His parents always had him do all kinds of housework. But when Tom reached adulthood, he was better off than his childhood playmates. He was more satisfied with his job, his marriage, and his health. For him, life seems easy. A study that followed the lives of 450 teenage boys from New York revealed the finding, which showed that those who had worked as boys enjoyed happier and more productive lives than those who had not. “Boys who worked in the home or munity gained petence (能力 ) and came to feel they were worthwhile members of society,” said Gee Smith, the psychologist (心理學(xué)家 ) who made the discovery. “And because they felt good about themselves, others felt good about them.” Smith’s study followed these males in great detail. Interviews were repeated at ages 25, 31 and 47. Under Smith, the researchers pared the men’s mentalhealth scores with their boyhoodactivity scores. Points were awarded for parttime jobs, housework, effort in school, and ability to deal with problems. The finding revealed the link between childhood activities and adulthood job is sharp. Workingat any ageis important. Childhood activities help a child develop responsibility, independence, confidence and petencethe underpinnings (基礎(chǔ) ) of emotional health. They also help him understand that people must cooperate and work toward mon goals. The most petent adults are those who know how to do this. Yet work isn’t everything. As Tolstoy once said, “One can live meaningfully in this world if one knows how to work and how to love, to work for the person one loves and to love one’s work.” 28. Tom is a person who ______. A. received little love from his family. B. had few childhood friends. C. enjoyed his life when he grew up. D. was envied by others in his childhood. 29. Smith’s words in Paragraph 2 serv