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An Australian man who has been donating his extremely rare kind of blood for 56 years has saved the lives of more than two million babies.

James Harrison has an antibody in his plasma that stops babies dying from Rhesus disease,a form of severe anaemia. He has en9 enabled countless mothers to give birth to healthy babies, including his own daughter, Tracey, who had a healthy son thanks to her father’s blood.

Mr. Harrison has ‘oeen giving blood every few weeks since he was 18 years old and has now racked up a total of 984 donations. When he started donating, his blood was deemed so special that his life was insured for one million Australian dollars.

He was also nicknamed the “man with the golden arm” or the “man in two million”. He said:”l’ve never thought about stopping. Never.” He made a pledge to be a donor aged 14 after undergoing major chest surgery in which he needed 13 litres of blood. “I was in hospital for hree months:”1e said. “The blood I received saved my lite so I made a pledge to give blood when I was 18.”

Just a:Rer he started donating he was found to have the rare and life-saving antibody in his blood. At the time, thousands of babies in Australia were dying each year of Rhesus disease. Other newborns suffered permanent brain damage because of the condition. The disease creates an incompatibility ‘oetween the motherls blood and her unborn baby’s blood. It stems fiom one having, Rh-positivc blood and the othcr Rh-negative.

His blood has since led to the development ofa vaccine called Anti-D. After his blood type was discovered, Mr. Harrison volunteered to undergo a series of’tests to help develop the Anti-D vaccine. “They insured me for a million dollars so I knew my wife Barbara would be taken care of,” he said. “I wasn’t scared. I was glad to help. I had to sign every form going and basically sign my life away.”

Mr. Harrison is Rh-negative and was given injections of Rh-positive blood. It was found his plasma could treat the condition and since then it has been given to hundreds of thousands of women. It has also been given to babies after they are born to stop them developing’ the disease.

It is estimated he has helped save 2.2 million babies’ so far. Mr. Harrison is still donating every few weeks now.

45. How oldisnes Harrison?

A. 56         B. 70      C. 74      D. 78

46. What does the underlined phrase “two million” refer to?

A. babies         B. mothers         C. dollars        D. all of the above

47. Why did James decide to donate his blood? Because         .

A. his daughter asked him to help her son

B. he has a golden arm worth a million dollars

C. a vaccine called Anti-D is to ‘oe developed

D. someone else’s blood saved his life

48.The sentence “The disease creates an incompatibility between the mother’s blood and her unborn baby’s blood” (underlined in Paragraph 5) suggests that        .

A. babies suffer permanent ‘orain damage before born

B. the mother and the baby have different types of blood

C. Rhesus disease contributes to permanent brain damage

D. all the patients have a rare antibody in their blood

49. What can we infer from the sixth paragraph?

A. Some of the tests to develop the vaccine are dangerous.

B. His wife Barbara needed to be taken care of badly then.

C. Mr, Harrison was glad to help develop a new vaccine.

D. His blood type was accidentally discovered-after tests.

  

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ROME: The legend of Leonardo da Vinci is covered in mystery: How did he dietl Are the remains buried in a French castle really those of the master? Was the “Mona Lisat’ a self-portrait in disguise（偽裝）?

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If the skullis undamaged, the scientists can go to the heart of a question that has fascinated scholars and the public for centuries: the identity of the “Mona Lisa.’ Recreating a virtual and then physical reconstruction of Leonardots face, they can compare it with the smiling face in the Painting.

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Leonardo moved to France at the invitation of King Francis I, who named him “first painter to the.king.” He spent the last three years of his life there, and died in 1519 at age 67. The artist’s original burial place, the palace church of Saint Florentine, was destroyed dirring’ the French Revo/ution and remains that are believed to be his were eventually reburied in the Saint-Hubert Chapel near the castle.

“The Amboise tomb is a symbolic tomb; it’s a big question mark,” said Alessandro Vezzosi, the director of a museum dedicated to Leonardo in his hometown of Vinci. Vezzosi said that investigating the tomb could help identify the artist’s bones with certainty and solve other questions, such as the cause of his death. He said he asked to open the tomb in 2004 to study the remains, but the Amboise Castle turned him down.

The group of 100 experts involved in the project, called the National Committee for Historical and Artistic Heritage, was created in 2003 with the aim of “solving the great mysteries of the past,” said Vinceti, who has written books on art and literature.

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Vezzosi questions the DNA comparison, saying he js unaware of any direct descendants（后代） of Leonardo or of tombs that could be attributed with certainty to the artist’s close relatives.

Gruppioni said that DNA from the bones could also eventually be compared to DNA found elsewhere. For example, Leonardo is thought to have rubbed colors on the canvas with his thumb,  possibly using saliva (唾液), meaning DNA might be found on his paintings.

Even in the absence of DNA testing, other tests could provide useful information, including whether the bones belonged to a man or a WOCOLan, and whether the person died young or old.

Even within the committee, experts are divided over the identity of the “Mona Lisa．”

Vinceti believes that a tradition of considering the self-portrait to be not just a faithful imitation of one’s features but a representation of one’s spiritual identity may have resonated(共鳴)with Leonardo.

Vezzosi, the museum director, dismissed,as “baseless and senselessl’ the idea that the “Mona Lisa” could be a self-portrait of Leonardo. He said most researchers believe the woman may have been either a wife of the artist’s sponsor, the Florentine nobleman Giuliano de Medici, or Lisa Gherardini, the wife of a rich silk merchant, Francesco del Giocondo. The traditional view is that the name “Mona Lisa” comes from the silk merchant’s wife, as well as its Italian name: “La Gioconda.”

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A. Amagazine.       B. A newspaper.      C. A textbook          D. Aresearch report.

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A. To arouse the interest of readers.       B. To puzzle Italian scientists.

C. To answer the questions himself.        D. To make fun of French officials.

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A. What Is the Purpose of an Investigation?

B. How Did Leonardo da Vinci Die in France?

C. Are the Remains Really Those of the Master?

D. Did Leonardo Paint Himself as ‘Mona Lisa’?

58.The sentence “he plans to press his case with the French officials” (underlined in Paragraph 4) suggests that Vinceti intends to       .

A. press the French officials to participate in their project

B. urge the French officials to open the tomb early next week

C. persuade the French officials to allow opening the tomb

D. record events in a person’s life with the French officials

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A. Scholars have the same opinion on DNA testing.

B. Scientists doubt if the remains are those of da Vinci.

C. The identity of “Mona Lisa” l” has already been proved.

D. Alessandro Vezzosi got permission to open the tomo.

60. We can infer from the last two paragraphs that     ？

A.“Mona Lisa” is the name of the wife of a silk merchant

B. the“Mona Lisa” is a self-portrait of Leonardo daVinci

C. experts divided the committee into several groups

D. opinions differ of the identity of the “Mona Lisa”

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