After she became a lawyer, she decided to （）criminal law.

After her husband died，Lisa became so depressed that she ______ drink．

丈夫去世后，丽莎情绪很低落，开始酗酒。

根据以下材料，回答题

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 Tortes， 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，indicating she was healthy.

Doctors removed Torres from life support early Wednesday with the consent of her husband，Jason Tortes， after she received the final sacrament （圣礼） of the Roman Catholic Church.

"We thank all of those who prayed and provided support for Susan， the baby and our family，"Jason Torres said in a statement. "We especially thank God for giving us little Susan. My wife"s courage will never be forgotten."

English-language medical literature contains at least 11 cases since 1979 of irreversibly brain-damaged women whose lives were prolonged for the benefit of the developing foetus，according to the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr Christopher McManus， who coordinated care l"or Susan Torres， put the infant"s chances of developing cancer at less than 25 per cent. He said 19 women who have had the same aggressive form. of melanoma as Tortes have given birth， and five of their babies became ill with the disease.

Susan Torres died soon after__________. 查看材料

A.she suffered a stroke

B.she became brain-dead

C.she was diagnosed with cancer

D.she gave birth to a baby

W: I know. And she has been doing nothing else ever since.

Q: What is Mary's occupation now？

(15)

A．Secretary.

B．Reporter.

C．Teacher.

D．Shop assistant.

根据下列文章,请回答 36～40 题。

Florence Nightingale

Florence Nightingale was born in Florence，Italy, while her wealthy English parents were traveling in Europe。As a child，she traveled to many places with her family and learned how to speak several languages．

When Nightingale was l 7，she told her family that she was going to help sick people．Her parents did not approve。but Nightingale was determined．

She traveled to hospitals all over Europe．She saw that doctors were working too hard．She saw that patients died because they did not get enough care．Nightingale felt that women could be doing more to help doctors take care of sick people．

Nightingale knew that in order for nurses to do more，they needed special training in how to take care of sick people．Nightingale went to a hospital in Germany to study nursin9．Then she returned to London and became the head of a group of women called Gentlewomen During Illness．These women cared for sick people in their homes．

In l 854．England was fighting a war with Russia．War reporters wrote about the terrible conditions in the hospitals that cared for the wounded．People demanded that something be done about it．A leader of the government asked Florence Nightingale to take some nurses into the war hospitals．S0，in November l 854，Nightingale finally got to work in a hospital．

She took alon9 38 nurses whom she had trained herself．

At first．the doctors on the battlefields did not want Nightingale and her nurses in their hospitals．They did not believe that women could help．But in fact，the nurses did make a difference．They worked around the clock，tending the sick．Thanks to their hard work，many wounded soldiers survived．

After the war, Nightingale and her nurses were treated like heroes．Finally, in l 860，she started the Nightingale School for Nurses In time．thanks to Florence Nightingale，nursing became an important part of medicine．

第 36 题 Florence Nightingale was born into a rich

A．Italian family．

B．Russian family．

C．English family．

D．German family．

听力原文： Catherine Gram graduated from the University of Chicago in 1938 and got a job as a news reporter in San Francisco. Catherine's father used to be a successful investment banker. In 1933, he bought a failing newspaper, The Washington Post.

Then Catherine returned to Washington and got a job, editing letters in her father's newspaper. She married Philip Gram, who took over his father-in-law's position shortly after and became a publisher of The Washington Post. But for many years, her husband suffered from mental illness and he killed himself in 1963. After her husband's death, Catherine operated the newspaper. In the 1970s, the newspaper became famous around the world and Catherine was also recognized as an important leader in newspaper publishing. She was the first woman to head a major American publishing company, the Washington Post company. In a few years, she successfully expanded the company to include newspaper, magazine, broadcast and cable companies.

She died of head injuries after a fall when she was 84. More than 3 thousand people attended her funeral, including many government and business leaders. Her friends said she would be remembered as a woman who had an important influence on events in the United States and the world. Catherine once wrote, "The world without newspapers would not be the same kind of world." After her death, the employees of The Washington Post wrote, "The world without Catherine would not be the same at all."

What do we learn from the passage about Catherine's father？

A．He is a successful investment banker.

B．He sold his falling bank.

C．He worked in the falling bank.

D．He is good at editing.

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 Tortes, the woman's brother-in-law, said in a statement.

Susan Tortes, 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 Tortes' health was getting worse and that the risk of harm to the foetus finally outweighed the benefits of extending the pregnancy.

Tortes 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, indicating she was healthy.

Doctors removed Tortes from life support early Wednesday with the consent of her husband, Jason Tortes, after she received the final sacrament (圣礼) of the Roman Catholic Church.

"We thank all of those who prayed and provided support for Susan, the baby and our family," Jason Tortes said in a statement. "We especially thank God for giving us little Susan. My wife's courage will never be forgotten."

English-language medical literature contains at least 11 cases since 1979 of

irreversibly brain-damaged women whose lives were prolonged for the benefit of the developing foetus, according to the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr Christopher McManus, who coordinated care for Susan Tortes, put the infant's chances of developing cancer at less than 25 per cent. He said 19 women who have had the same aggressive form. of melanoma as Tortes have given birth, and five of their babies became ill with the disease.

第 35 题 Susan Torres died soon after

A． she suffered a stroke.

B． she became brain-dead.

C． she was diagnosed with cancer.

D． she gave birth to a baby.

听力原文： Helen was a very successful businesswoman. She had always liked nice clothes. (33)And when she had left school she worked in a shop which sold them, not far from her home. After a few experiments she showed that she was very successful at designing the sorts of things that women want to buy, so after a few years the owner of the shop, who was an old lady, offered to make her a partner. "It's something I should have done long ago," she told Helen with a smile. Helen was very pleased, of course, (34)and when the old lady retired, Helen bought her share and became the sole owner of the shop. Now she had her independence. Ever since she had started in the shop she had have to travel around to see what attractive things her rivals in the clothes trade were producing, to attend fashion shows and so oil. She had always stayed at small cheap hotels, because she dared not to spend too much money when she was saving up to buy a shop of her own. But when she at last became the owner of the shop, and it was making good profits, she found that she had plenty of money, and she felt she should now stay in the best hotels whenever she traveled. (35)"Then the people who buy good clothes can see that your business is successful," she said to herself, "and therefore more of them think they should buy the clothes you make."

(34)

A．She worked in a clothing shop not far from home.

B．She did experiments not far from her home.

C．She stayed at home and designed clothes.

D．She became a partner of an old lady.

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, indicating she was healthy,

Doctors removed Torres from life support early Wednesday with the consent of her husband, Jason Torres, after she received the final sacrament (圣礼) of the Roman Catholic Church.

"We thank all of those who prayed and provided support for Susan, the baby and our family," Jason Torres said in a statement. "We especially thank God for giving us little Susan. My wife's courage will never be forgotten."

English-language medical literature contains at least 11 cases since 1979 of irreversibly brain-damaged women whose lives were prolonged for the benefit of the developing foetus, according to the University of Connecticut Health Center.

Dr Christopher McManus, who coordinated care for Susan Torres, put the infant's chances of developing cancer at less than 25 per cent. He said 19 women who have had the same aggressive form. of melanoma as Torres have given birth, and five of their babies became iii with the disease.

Susan Torres died soon after

A．she suffered a stroke.

B．she became brain-dead.

C．she was diagnosed with cancer.

D．she gave birth to a baby.

Retirement for Marion

Marion White is due to retire next week from well-known local law firm Barney & Francis, (29) ... offices are located across the south-west of England.

After (30) ... her training in Bath, Mrs White joined the firm, where she has spent more (31) ... 20 years. Barney & Francis immediately recognised her enormous potential and she was promoted (32) ... times. She became the only female out of five partners in 1987. Shortly after (33) .... in 1989, she became Senior Partner. (34) ... asked about her plans for the future, Mrs White replied, (35) ... I've been thinking of visiting my brother in the United States, I haven't actually decided (36) .... But really, I'm keen (37) ... buy a house in Bath and settle down there.

Michael Slater, a colleague at Barney & Francis, is going to replace Mrs White. (36) ... Mrs White, Mr Slater has worked for Barney & Francis (39) ... the early 1980s. A retirement party will (40) ... held for Mrs White at the Belmont Hotel on 20 March.

(29)

A．that

B．whose

C．which

听力原文： Trade between countries is one of the most important economic activities in the world today. The U.S. has many trading partners, one of the most important is Japan. The trade between the two countries amounts to several billion dollars a year. Many U.S. banks therefore have offices in Japan, particularly in Tokyo and Osaka, the largest cities. Jean McPherson is the manager of' one of those for branch banks in Tokyo.

Jean majored in accounting and business administration in college. After graduation she got a job with a large New York bank. After two years in accounting, she was transferred to the loan department. Many of the loans which she was asked to consider involved international transactions. Some of them were so complicated that Jean felt she didn't have a broad enough background to understand them.

To get more experience, she asked for a transfer to the bank's international department. She became so expert in international finance that it became her career. When the bank decided to open a branch in Tokyo, Jean was selected to set it up and run it for the flint few years. She has been in Tokyo for more, than three years now.

(33)

A．She is a trading representative of the U.S. in Tokyo.

B．She is a government official of the U.S. in Tokyo.

C．She is the manager of an American bank in Tokyo.

D．She is the manager of a Japanese bank in Tokyo.