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2016 I卷 C

I am peter Hodes, a volunteer stem cell courier. Since March 2012,

I've done 89 trips of those , 51 have been abroad, I have 42 hours to carry stem cells（干细胞）in my little box because I've got two ice packs and

that's how long they last, in all, from the time the stem cells are

harvested from a donor(捐献者) to the time they can be implanted in the patient, we’ve got 72 hours at most, So I am always conscious of time.

I had one trip last year where I was caught by a hurricane in America.

I picked up the stem cells in Providence, Rhode Island, and was meant to

fly to Washington then back to London. But when I arrived at the check-in desk at Providence, the lady on the desk said:”Well, I’m really sorry,

I’ve got some bad news for you-there are no fights from Washington.”So I took my box and put it on the desk and I said: “In this box are some stem cells that are urgently needed for a patient-please, please, you’ve got to get me back to the United Kingdom.”She just dropped everything. She arranged for a flight on a small plane to be held for me, re-routed(改道)me through Newark a nd got me b ack to the UK e ven earlier than originally scheduled.

For this courier jo b, you’re consciously aware th at in that box you’ve got something that is potentially going to save somebody’s life. 29. Which of the following can replace the underlined word “courier”　in Paragraph1?

A provider

B delivery man

C collector

D medical doctor

30. Why does Peter have to complete his trip within 42 hours?

A. He cannot stay away from his job too long.

B. The donor can only wait for that long.

C. The operation needs that much time.

D. The ice won't last any longer.

31. Which flight did the woman put Peter on first?

A. To London

B. To Newark

C. To Providence

D. To Washington

2015 I卷 B

The freezing Northeast hasn’t been a terribly fun place to spend time this winter, so when the chance came for a weekend to Sarasota, Florida, my b ags were packed bef ore you could say “sunshine”. I left for the land of warmth and vitamin C(维生素C), thinking of beaches and orange trees. When we touched down to blue skies and warm air, I sent up a small prayer of gratefulness. Swimming p ools, wine tasting, and pink sunsets(at normal evening hours, not 4 in the afternoon) filled the weekend, but the best

part-particularly to my taste, dulled by months of cold-weather root

vegetables-was a 7 a.m. adventure to the Sarasota farmers’ market that proved to be more than worth the early wake-up call.

The market, which was founded in 1979, sets up its tents every Saturday from 7 am t o 1 , rain or shine, along North Lemon a nd State streets. Baskets of perfect red strawberries, the red-painted sides of the Java Dawg c offee truck; and most of all, the tomatoes: amazing, large, soft and round red tomatoes.

Disappointed by many a broken, vine-ripened(蔓上成熟的) promise, I’ve refused to buy winter tomatoes for years. No matter how attractive they look in the store, once I get them home they’re unfailingly dry, hard, and tasteless. But I homed i n, with uncertainty, on one particular table at the Brown’s Grove Farm’s stand, full of fresh and soft tomatoes the size of my fist. These were the real deal- and at that moment, I

realized that the best part of Sarasota in winter was going to be eating

things that back home in New York I wouldn’t be experiencing again for months.

Delighted as I was by the tomatoes in sight, my happiness deepened

when I learned that Brown’s Grove Farm is one of the supplier s for Jack Dusty, a newly opened restaurant at the Sarasota Ritz Carlton, where-luckily for me-I was planning to have dinner that very night.

Without even seeing the menu, I knew I’d be ordering every tomato on it.