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Passage?One

There?are?many?commonly?held?beliefs?about?eye?glasses?and?eyesight?that?are?not?proven?facts.?For?instance,?some?people?believe?that?wearing?glasses?too?soon?weakens?the?eyes.?But?there?is?no?evidence?to?show?that?the?structure?of?eyes?is?changed?by?wearing?glasses?at?a?young?age.?Wearing?the?wrong?glasses,?however,?can?prove?harmful.?Studies?show?that?for?adults?there?is?no?danger,?but?children?can?develop?loss?of?vision?if?they?have?glasses?inappropriate?for?their?eyes.

We?have?all?heard?some?of?the?common?myths?about?how?eyesight?gets?bad.?Most?people?believe?that?reading?in?dim?light?causes?poor?eyesight,?but?that?is?untrue.?Too?little?light?makes?the?eyes?work?harder,?so?they?do?get?tired?and?strained.?Eyestrain?also?results?from?reading?a?lot,?reading?in?bed,?and?watching?too?much?television.?However,?although?eyestrain?may?cause?some?pain?or?headaches,?it?does?not?permanently?damage?eyesight.?Another?myth?about?eyes?is?that?they?can?be?replaced,?or?transferred?from?one?person?to?another.?There?are?close?to?one?million?nerve?fibers?that?connect?the?eyeball?to?the?brain,?as?of?yet?it?is?impossible?to?attach?them?all?in?a?new?person.?Only?certain?parts?of?the?eye?can?be?replaced.?But?if?we?keep?clearing?up?the?myths?and?learning?more?about?the?eyes,?some?day?a?full?transplant?may?be?possible.

26.???What?does?the?speaker?want?to?tell?us?about?eyesight?

27.???What?do?studies?about?wearing?the?wrong?glasses?show?

28.???What?do?we?learn?about?eye?transplanting?from?the?talk? ?

Passage?Two

When?people?care?for?an?elderly?relative,?they?often?do?not?use?available?community?services?such?as?adult?daycare?centers.?If?the?caregivers?are?adult?children,?they?are?more?likely?to?use?such?services,?especially?because?they?often?have?jobs?and?other?responsibilities.?In?contrast,?a?spouse?usually?the?wife,?is?much?less?likely?to?use?support?services?or?to?put?the?dependent?person?in?a?nursing?home.?Social?workers?discover?that?the?wife?normally?tries?to?take?care?of?her?husband?herself?for?as?long?as?she?can?in?order?not?to?use?up?their?life?savings.?Researchers?have?found?that?caring?for?the?elderly?can?be?a?very?positive?experience.?The?elderly?appreciated?the?care?and?attention?they?received.?They?were?affectionate?and?cooperative.?However,?even?when?care?giving?is?satisfying,?it?is?hard?work.?Social?workers?and?experts?on?aging?offer?caregivers?and?potential?caregivers?help?when?arranging?for?the?care?of?an?elderly?relative.?One?consideration?is?to?ask???parents?what?they?want?before?they?become?sick?or?dependent.?Perhaps?they?prefer?going?into?a?nursing?home?and?can?select?one?in?advance.?On?the?other?hand,?they?may?want?to?live?with?their?adult?children.?Caregivers?must?also?learn?to?state?their?needs?and?opinions?clearly?and?ask?for?help?from?others?especially?brothers?and?sisters.?Brothers?and?sisters?are?often?willing?to?help,?but?they?may?not?know?what?to?do

29.???Why?are?adult?children?more?likely?to?use?community?services?to?help?care?for?elderly?parents?

30.???Why?are?most?wives?unwilling?to?put?their?dependent?husbands?into?nursing?homes?

31.???According?to?the?passage,?what?must?caregivers?learn?to?do??

Passage?Three

Since?a?union?representative?visited?our?company?to?inform?us?about?our?rights?and?protections.?My?coworkers?have?been?worrying?about?health?conditions?and?complaining?about?safety?hazards?in?the?workplace.?Several?of?the?employees?in?the?computer?department,?for?example,?claim?to?be?developing?vision?problems?from?having?to?stare?at?a?video?display?terminal?for?about?7?hours?a?day.?The?supervisor?of?the?laboratory?is?beginning?to?get?headaches?and?dizzy?spells?because?she?says?it’s?dangerous?to?breathe?some?of?the?chemical?smoke?there.?An?X-rays?technician?is?refusing?to?do?her?job?until?the?firm?agrees?to?replace?its?out-dated?equipment.?She?insists?that?it’s?exposing?workers?to?unnecessarily?high?doses?of?radiation.?She?thinks?that?she?may?have?to?contact?the?Occupational?Safety?and?Health?Administration?and?asked?that?government?agency?to?inspect?the?department.?I’ve?heard?that?at?a?factory?in?the?area?two?pregnant?women?who?were?working?with?paint?requested?a?transfer?to?a?safer?department,?because?they?wanted?to?prevent?damage?to?their?unborn?babies.?The?supervisor?of?personnel?refused?the?request.?In?another?firm?the?workers?were?constantly?complaining?about?the?malfunctioning?heating?system,?but?the?owners?was?too?busy?or?too?mean?to?do?anything?about?it.?Finally,?they?all?met?an?agree?to?wear?ski-clothing?to?work?the?next?day.?The?owner?was?too?embarrassed?to?talk?to?his?employees.?But?he?had?the?heating?system?replaced?right?away.

32?What?does?the?talk?focus?on?

33?What?did?the?X-ray?technician?ask?her?company?to?do?

34?What?does?the?speaker?say?about?the?two?pregnant?women?working?with?paint?

35?Why?did?the?workers?in?the?firm?wear?ski-clothing?to?work?

2011年6月英語(yǔ)四級(jí)真題答案(新東方版)

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