【正文】 o get angry. Don‘t you think so, Mr. Rockefeller?‖ ―Oh! What a fantastic man!‖ Rockefeller said excitedly when hearing Albert‘s words. ―Young man, work harder! You must succeed in the future! I believe in you!‖ Five years later, Albert became the second board chairman after Rockefeller. Later Albert said in one of his reports, ―I don‘t think we should feel frustrated when we have no way to do the worldshaking things. We should treat everything actively because maybe our future success will begin with a small thing!‖ 20. What was Albert in the oil pany at the beginning? A. A customer. B. An assistant. C. A manager. D. A worker. 21. Why wasn‘t Albert angry at his nickname? A. He could bee famous. B. He liked to have a nickname. C. It could make his workmates happy. D. It could advertise for his pany for free. 22. What is the main idea of this passage? A. It‘s very important to do small things well. B. Rockefeller asked young people to work harder. C. You can‘t get angry when someone calls your nickname. D. You should make more advertisements for your pany. 23. What would be the best title for this passage? A. A Clever Way to Make Advertisements. B. Albert and Rockefeller. C. Four Dollars a Bucket. D. The Second Board Chairman. D Darek Fidyka, a 38yearold Bulgarian, had been paralyzed (癱瘓的 ) from the chest down for four years after a knife attack. Scientists from Britain and Poland took cells from his nose, transplanted (移植 ) them into his back and regrew his spinal cord (脊髓 ). Now he can walk and even drive a car. The doctors were delighted but said it was the first step in a long journey. The breakthrough came after 40 years of research by Professor Geoff Raisman, who found that cells had the possibility to repair damage to nasal (鼻腔的 ) nerves, the only part of the nervous system that constantly regrows. ―The idea was to take something from an area where the nervous system can repair itself and put it into an area that doesn‘t repair itself,‖ Professor Raisman said. Polish doctors injected (注射 ) the nasal cells into Mr Fidyka‘s spinal cord above the injury and used some nerves from his ankle to form a bridge across the damaged tissue. The nasal cells appear to have caused the spinal nerves to repair themselves. Professor Raisman achieved this with rats in the late 1990‘s, but this is his greatest success. ―I think the moment of discovery for me was Christmas in 1997 when I first saw a rat, which couldn‘t control its hand, put its hand out to me. That was an exciting moment, because I realized then that my belief that the nervous system could be repaired was true.‖ Doctors chose the easiest case for their first attempt—it might not work for others. But there is a real sense of hope that an idea once thought impossible has been realized. David Nicholls, who helped provide money for the breakthrough, said information about the breakthrough would be made available to researchers across the globe. ―What you‘ve got to understand is that for three million paralyzed people in the world today, the world looks a totally brighter place than it did yesterday,‖ he said. 24. Why did Professor Geoff Raisman choose cells from the nose? A. The nervous system in the nose can repair itself. B. Cells from the nose can be easily transplanted. C. The nervous system in the nose has more cells. D. Cells in the nose are able to reproduce rapidly. 25. How did the operation work for Darek Fidyka? A. The nervous system in the spinal nerves can repair itself. B. The nerves from his ankle cured the patient of the injury. C. The nasal cells reproduced and spread over very quickly. D. The nasal cells helped the spinal nerves to repair themselves. 26. What made Professor Geoff Raisman begin to believe the nervous system can be repaired? A. His former study with other people. B. His operation on a paralyzed patient. C. His sudden thought about Christmas. D. His unusual experience with a sick rat. 27. David Nicholls‘ words suggest that _______. A. the world will bee a better and brighter place B. paralyzed people of today have the hope of recovery C. the report of the breakthrough will be published soon D. researchers across the world will carry out the operation 第二節(jié)：選句填空（共 5 小題；每小題 2 分，滿分 10 分） 根據(jù)短文內(nèi)容，從短文后的選項(xiàng)中選出能填入空白處的最佳選項(xiàng)，選項(xiàng)中有兩項(xiàng)為多余選項(xiàng)。 Using Garbage as a Fuel Garbage can be a good fuel to use. The things in garbage do not look 53 coal, petroleum, or natural gas, but they are chemically similar to these fossil fuels. As we use up our fossil fuel supplies, we might be able to use garbage as 54 energy source. Burning garbage 55 ( be) not a new idea. Some cities in Europe and the United States 56 (burn) garbage for years. The heat that is produced by burning garbage is used to boil water. The steam that is produced is used to make electricity or to heat nearby 57 ( build). In Paris, France, some power plants burn almost 2 million metric tons of the city‘s garbage each year. The amount of energy 58 (produce) is about the same as would be produced by burning almost a half million barrels of oil! But there are problems in using garbage as a fuel. Garbage that burns 59 (easy) , such as food and paper, must be separated from metals, glass, and other materials 60 do not. Another problem is that burning garbage can pollute the air. Our fossil fuel supplies are 61 (limit) . Burning garbage might be one kind of energy source th