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1、Period FourLesson 4Whats in the Papers?.阅读理解AWhen I was an official of a school in Palo Alto，California，Polly Tyner，the president of our board，wrote a letter that was printed in the Palo Alto Times.Pollys son，Jim，had great difficulty in school.He was classified as the_educationally_handicapped and r
2、equired a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers.But Jim was a happy kid with a great smile that lit up the room.His parents knew his difficulties，but they always tried to help him see his strengths so that he could walk with pride.Shortly after Jim finished high school，he wa
3、s killed in a motorcycle accident.After his death，his mother submitted this letter to the newspaper.“Today we buried our 20yearold son.He was killed in a motorcycle accident on Friday night.How I wish I had known that the last time I had talked to him would be the last time.If I had only known that，
4、I would have said to him，Jim，I love you and Im always so proud of you. I would have taken the time to count the many blessings he had brought to the lives of the people who loved him.I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile，his laughter，and his genuine love to other people.”“Whe
5、n I put all the good things on the scale and try to balance them with all the irritating (恼人的)things such as the radio that was always too loud，the haircut that wasnt to our liking，the dirty socks under the bed，etc.，I find that the irritations really dont amount to much.”“I wont get another chance t
6、o tell my son all that I would have wanted him to hear，but，other parents，do have a chance.Tell your young people what you would want them to hear as if it may be your last conversation.The last time I talked to Jim was the morning of the day when he died.He called me to say，Hi，Mom！I just called to s
7、ay I love you.You have to go to work now.Bye. That day，he gave me something to treasure forever.”“If there is any purpose at all for Jims death，maybe it is to make others appreciate life more and to tell people，especially family members，that they should take the time to let each other know just how
8、much they care.You may never have another chance.Do it today！”1Who was Jim?AA school boy.BThe writer.CThe president of a school board.DAn official of a school.答案A解析根据第一段第二句话可知Jim是Polly的儿子，从而知道Jim是学校的学生。2Whats the meaning of the underlined phrase “the educationally handicapped” in Paragraph 1?AThe le
9、arning difficulty.BThe physical problems.CThe psychological problems.DThe communication difficulty.答案A解析根据上下文可以得出他是有学习障碍的。3According to the writer，which of the following about Jim is TRUE?AHe was always sad about his school marks.BHis parents always scolded him about his bad school marks.CHis study
10、needed more attention from his parents and teachers.DHe was killed in a car accident.答案C解析由第一段第三句“He was classified as the educationally handicapped and required a great deal of patience on the part of his parents and teachers.”可知。4What did Polly think of Jim?AHe was a lovely boy with a beautiful sm
11、ile who always loved others.BHe was physically sick but always happy.CHe was an irritating boy with some bad habits.DHe seldom expressed his love for his parents.答案A解析根据第二段最后一句“I would have taken the time to appreciate his beautiful smile，his laughter，and his genuine love to other people.”可知。BNiels
12、Bohr did well at school without ever being brilliant，usually coming third or fourth in a class of about 20 students.If he really was good at any subject，it was，perhaps，physical education.He was an excellent soccer player，yet not as good as his brother.This was Niels Bohr，the worldfamous Nobel prize
13、winning physicist.Born to a physiology(生理学) professor，Niels lived in a world of ideas and discussion from his very early childhood at home.He developed an interest in physics and mathematics from the early days of his education.With no laboratory available in school and college，he would perform expe
14、riments in his fathers laboratory.His first work on surface tension was done here，for which he won the Gold Medal in 1906 from the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences.Early in his scientific career，Bohr made great contributions to the understanding of atomic(原子的) structure based on quantum mechanics(量子
15、力学)Neils Bohr came up with the model of an atom which was able to explain all the properties(性质) of the atom.It is this atomic model that is accepted even today with only very slight improvements.This work won him the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1922.When the Nazis controlled Denmark，his life became
16、difficult.He had to escape to Sweden in 1943 in a fishing boat；from there he fled to England.England opened up opportunities of working on the atom bomb(原子弹)After a few months he joined a British research team and went to Los Alamos in the United States where the team continued to work on the project.Niels was also deeply concerned with making people realize the dest
