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Graffiti painting is traditionally a daredevil pursuit. Teenagers dodge security guards to put their names on trains and buses. But over the past decade, graffiti has all but disappeared from Britain's cities. Between 2007 and 2012 the number of incidents of graffiti recorded by the British Transport Police fell by 63%. A survey by the Environment Ministry shows that fewer places are blighted by tags than ever. Graffiti are increasingly confined to sanctioned walls, such as the Stockwell ball courts. In time the practice may die out entirely.The most obvious reason for the decline in tagging and train-painting is better policing. Numerous CCTV cameras mean it is harder to get away with painting illegally. And punishments are more severe. A generational shift is apparent, too. Fewer teenagers are getting into painting walls. They prefer to play with iPads and video games. Some have gone to art school and want to make money from their paintings. The Internet means that painters can win far more attention by posting pictures online than they can by breaking into a railway yard.Taggers and graffiti artists mostly grew up in the 1980s and 1990s. Those men—and almost all are men—are now older and less willing to take risks. Graffiti may eventually disappear. But for now the hobby is almost respectable. The former graffiti artists paint abandoned warehouses at the weekend. It has become something to do on a Sunday afternoon—a slightly healthier alternative to sitting and watching football.

1.Teenagers are not afraid of being caught by security guards when they put their names on trains and buses.（）

2.Less tags can be found in public places nowadays.（）

3.Because of better policing graffiti decreases.（）

4.Some teenagers go to art school in order to learn to paint walls.（）

5.Taggers and graffiti artists are still willing to take risks.（）

In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already planned again for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though, I'm sure we'll need them sometimes.

My wife and I spent two weeks in London last year. We went there in the【11】We think it is the best season to visit England. The weather is usually good and there aren't too many【12】in October. We stayed in a small hotel in the West End. It was convenient as we did most of our【13】on foot. Taxis were too【14】, we couldn't understand the bus routes, and my wife didn't like traveling on the underground. She said it made her feel sick.

In fact, we enjoyed our holiday so much that we have already【15】again for this year. We're going to take our umbrellas, though, I'm sure we'll need them sometimes.

A．the currency in which the foreign subsidiary prepares its financial statements．

B．any currency other than the parent country currency．

C．the currency of the primary economic environment in which the firm operates．

D．the currency in the country where the foreign firm is operating．

A、Indicative Order

B、Restrictive Order

C、Bearer Order

D、Open Order

Danielle Steel，the 71-year-old romance novelist is notoriously productive，having published 179 booksat a rate of up to seven a year.But a passing reference in a recent profile by Glamour magazine to her 20-hour workdays prompted an outpouring of admiration.

Steel has given that 20-hour figure when describing her“exhausting”process in the past:“I start thebook and don 't leave my desk until the first draft is finished.”She goes from bed，to desk，to bath，tobed，avoiding all contact aside from phone calls with her nine children."I don 't comb my hair for weeks,”she says.Meals are brought to her desk，where she types until her fingers swell and her nails bleed.The business news website Quartz held Steel up as an inspiration，writing that if only we all followedher“actually extremely liberating"example of industrious sleeplessness，we would be quick to see results.well，indeed.With research results showing the cumulative effects of sleep loss and its impact onproductivity，doubt has been voiced about the accuracy of Steel's self-assessment.Her output may beundeniable，but sceptics have suggested that she is guilty of erasing the role of ghostwriters (代笔人) atworst，gross exaggeration at best.

Steel says working 20 hours a day is “pretty brutal physically.”But is it even possible?“No,”saysMaryanne Taylor of the Sleep Works. While you could work that long，the impact on productivity wouldmake it hardly worthwhile. If Steel was routinely sleeping for four hours a night，she would be drasticallyunderestimating the negative impact，says Alison Gardiner，founder of the sleep improvement programmeSleepstation.“It's akin to being drunk.”

lt's possible that Steel is exaggerating the demands of her schedule. Self-imposed sleeplessness has“become a bit of a status symbol", says Taylor， a misguided measure to prove how powerful and productive you are.Margaret Thatcher was also said to get by on four hours a night，while the 130-hour work weeksendured by tech heads has been held up as key to their success.

That is starting to change with increased awareness of the importance of sleep for mental health.“People are starting to realise that sleep should not be something that you fit in between everything else,"says Taylor .

But it is possible—if statistically extremely unlikely—that Steel could be born a “short sleeper”withan unusual body clock，says sleep expert Dr. Sophie Bostock." It's probably present in fewer than 1% ofthe population.”

Even if Steel does happen to be among that tiny minority，says Bostock，it's “pretty irresponsible”tosuggest that 20-hour days are simply a question of discipline for the rest of us.

46. What do we learn from the passage about Glamour magazine readers?

A) They are intrigued by the exotic romance in Danielle Steel's novels.

B)They are amazed by the number of books written by Danielle Steel.

C)They are deeply impressed by Danielle Steel's daily work schedule.

D)They are highly motivated by Danielle Steel's unusual productivity.47. What did the business news website Quartz say about Danielle Steel?

A) She could serve as an example of industriousness.

B) She proved we could liberate ourselves from sleep.

C) She could be an inspiration to novelists all over the world.

D) She showed we could get all our work done without sleep.48. What do sceptics think of Danielle Steel's work schedule claims?

A) They are questionable.

CThey are irresistible.

B)They are alterable.

D)They are verifiablc.

49. What docs Maryanne Taylor think of self-imposed sleeplessness?

A) It may turn out to be key to a successful career.

B)It may be practiced only by certain tech heads.

C)It may symbolise one's importance and success.

D) It may well serve as a measure of self-discipline.

50. How does Dr. Sophic Bostock look at the 20-hour daily work schedule?

A)One should not adopt it without consulting a sleep expert.

B) The general public should not be encouraged to follow it.

C) One must be duly self-disciplined to adhere to it.

D) The majority must adjust their body clock for it.

A、Long-Islander

B、Brooklyn Daily Eagle

C、Daily Crescent

D、Weekly Freeman

We gave up the house, because of considerations. 2. The value of the painting was at several thousand dollars. 3. The new tax will not have any impact on the lives of most people. 4. I was greatly to work hard by her example. 5 .The company’s main function is to profit. 6. The profit-sharing plan is designed to the staff to work hard. 7. Almost all our electricity is by heating water to form high-pressure steam. 8 .Thousands of soldiers are working to food and blankets to the refugees. 9. Let me see all the official documents the sale of this land. 10 .Drug and alcohol contributed to Brian’s early death.

The purpose of the physical examination is to identify physical signs of diseases. The significance of these objective indications of diseases is enhanced when they confirm a functional or structural change already suggested by the patient’s history. At times, however, physical signs may be the only evidence of a disease. The physical examination should be methodical and thorough, with consideration given to the patient’s comfort and dignity. Although attention is often directed by the history to the diseased organ or part of the body, the examination of a new patient must extend from head to toe in an objective search for abnormalities. Unless the physical examination is systematic and is performed consistently from patient to patient, important segments may be omitted inadvertently. The results of the examination, like the details of the history, should be recorded at the time they are elicited -- not hours later, when they are subject to the distortions of memory. Skill in physical diagnosis is acquired with experience, but it is not merely the technique that determines success in eliciting signs of a disease. The detection of a few scattered petechiae, a faint diastolic murmur, or a small mass in the abdomen is not a question of keener eyes and ears or more sensitive fingers, but of a mind alert to those findings. Because physical findings can change with time, the physical examination should be repeated as frequently as the clinical situation warrants.

A．watching

B．seeing

C．reading

D．looking