【文章內(nèi)容簡(jiǎn)介】 back to the monkeys’ brains. When the brain’s temperature was 10℃, Dr. White stopped the blood to the brain. After 30 minutes he turned the blood back on. He warmed the blood again. After their operations the monkeys were like they had been before. They were healthy and busy. Each one could still do the jobs the doctor had taught them.56. The biggest difficulty in operating on the damaged brain is that .A. the time is too short for doctors B. the patients are often too nervousC. the damage is extremely hard to fix D. the bloodcooling machine might break down 57 . The brain operation was made possible mainly by .A. taking the blood out of the brain B. trying the operation on monkeys firstC. having the blood go through a machine D. lowering the brain’s temperature58 . With Dr. White’s new idea, the operation on the damaged brain .A. can last as long as 30 minutes B. can keep the brain’s blood warmC. can keep the patient’s brain healthy D. can help monkeys do different jobs59 . What is the right order of the steps in the operations?A. send the cooled back to the brain B. stop the blood to the brainC. have the blood cooled down D. operate on the brainA. a, b, c, d B. c, a, b, d C. c, b, d, a D. b, c, d, aB There’s a man in the habit of hitting me on the head with an umbrella．At first I couldn’t stand it；now I39。m used to it． I don’t know his name．I know he’s average in appearance，wears a gray suit．a(chǎn)nd has a mon face one hot morning，when 1 was sitting off a treeshaded bench in Palermo Park，reading the paper，suddenly I felt something touch my head．It was the very same man who now，as I39。m writing．keeps striking me with an umbrella． On that occasion I turned around filled with anger．He just kept on hitting me．I asked him if he was crazy．He didn’t even seem to hear me．Then I threatened to call a policeman．Calmly．cool as a cucumber，he stuck with his task．After a few moments of hesitation，and seeing that he was not about to change his attitude，I stood up and hit him on the nose．The man fell down．But he immediately got back on his feet，obviously with great effort，and without a word again began hitting me on the head with the umbrella．His nose was bleeding and，at that moment．I felt sorry for him I felt regret for having hit him so hard．After all，the man wash’t exactly hitting me；he was merely tapping me lightly with his umbrella，not causing any pain at all．Of course．those taps were extremely bothersome．As we all know，when a fly lands on your forehead，you don’t feel any pain；what you feel is annoyance well then，that umbrella was one huge fly that kept landing on my head time after time． Convinced that I was dewing with a madman．I tried to escape．But the man followed me，wordlessly continuing to hit me．So I began to run(I should point out that not many people run asfast as I do)．He took off after me．trying to land a blow．The man was out of breath so that I thought，if I continued to force him to run at that speed，he would drop dead fight then and there60．When the man began to strike the author with an umbrella，the author A．became angry B．called the police C．turned around and escaped D．turned around and fought back61．The author would most probably agree that the man was ． A．deaf B．blind C．dead D．mad62．The author felt sorry for the man because ． A．the man formed a bad habit of beating others B．he hit the man so hard that his nose bled C．the man couldn’t catch up with him D．there was a fly on the man’s head 63．It can be learned from the passage that the man ． A．shouted loudly while hitting the author B．wanted to tell the author something C．ran after the author breathlessly D．a(chǎn)cted as if he were a fly CWhen Charles Stratton was five, he stopped growing. His mother took him to see the famous showman, P. T. Barnum. Mr. Barnum thought a small person would be the perfect addition to his show. He hired Charles’ parents along with him, and they traveled the world together.He gave the twofoottall Charles a name, General Tom Thumb. He taught Tom how to sing, dance, act and tell jokes. When he felt Tom was ready to perform on stage, he made up ads. To stir up great interest, he said that Tom was eleven years old and had e from England.During the show, Tom fought battles pretendedly with tall people. He also danced upon a wooden plate held by a person who was eight feet tall. Tom’s act was very popular and brought in a lot of money. By the tim