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When Abraham Lincoln was a lawyer in rural Illinois， he and a certain judge in town once got to bantering with one another about horse trading. The upshot of the discussion was that they agreed that the next morning， at nine o"clock， they would meet in front of the general store and make a trade.

Each would bring a horse， unseen by anyone up to that hour. If either backed out of the deal， he would forfeit $25. The money from each man was held by the local banker.

The next morning， at the appointed hour， the Judge， came up the dirt road， leading the sorriest looking specimen of a horse ever seen in those parts of Illinois. The large crowd viewing the spectacle burst out laughing， already knowing that Abe Lincoln was bound to get the worst of the deal. A poorer horse just couldn"t exist anywhere and still be walking.

In a few minutes，however，Mr.Lincoln was seen approaching the general store carrying something quite large and bulky on his shoulders. As he drew nearer， the crowd saw what it was， and great shouts and laughter broke out. The shouts and laughter soon broke into a thunderous roar when Mr. Lincoln， looking carefully and seriously over the Judge"s animal， set down his sawhorse （锯木架）， and exclaimed， "Well， Judge， this is the first time I ever got the worst of it in a horse trade. "

This passage concerns__________. 查看材料

A.the life of Abe Lincoln

B.a horse trade made by Abe Lincoln

C.a gambling in Illinois

D.Abe Lincoln"s philosophy

A.Historical and geographical features of where they liv

B.Climate features of where they liv

C.Their ways of lif

D.All of the above answers are correct.

A./z/

B./ei/

C./d/

D./t/

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William Shakespeare described old age as" second childishness"-no teeth, no eyes, no taste. In the case of taste he may, musically speaking, have been more perceptive than he realised. A paper in Neurology by Giovanni Frisoni and his colleagues at the National Centre for Research and Care of Alzheimers's Disease in Italy, shows that frontotemporal dementia can affect musical desires in ways that suggest a regression ,if not to infancy,then at least to a patient's teens.

Frontotemporal dementia, a disease usually found with old people, is caused, as its name suggests,by damage to the front and sides of the brain. These regions are concerned with speech, and with such"higher"functions as abstract thinking and judgment.

Two of such patients intrigued Dr Frisoni. One was a 68-year-old lawyer, the other a 73-year- old housewife. Both had undamaged memories, but displayed the sorts of defect associated with frontotemporal dementia-a diagnosis that was confrrmed by brain scanning.

About two years after he was first diagnosed, the lawyer, once a classical music lover who re-ferred to pop music as"mere noise" , started listening to the Italian pop band "883". As his command of language and his emotional attachments to friends and family deteriorated, he continued to listen to the band at full volume for many hours a day. The housewife had not even had the lawyer's love of classical music, having never enjoyed music of any sort in the past. But about a year after her diagnosis she became very interested in the songs that her ll-year-old granddaughter was listen ing to.

This kind of change in musical taste was not seen in any of the Alzheimer's patients, and thus appears to be specific to those with frontotemporal dementia. And other studies have remarked on how frontotemporal-dementia patients sometimes gain new talents. Five sufferers who developed artistic abilities are known. And in another case, one woman with the disease suddenly started composing and singing country and western songs.

Dr Frisoni speculates that the illness is causing people to develop a new attitude towards novel experiences, Previous studies of novelty-seeking behaviour suggest that it is managed by the brain'sright frontal lobe. A predominance of the right over the left frontal lobe, caused by damage to the

latter,might thus lead to a quest for new experience. Alternatively, the damage may have affected

some specific nervous system that is needed to appreciate certain kinds of music. Whether that is a

gain or a loss is a different matter. As Dr Frisoni puts it in his article, there is no accounting for

taste.

46. The writer quotes Shakespeare mainly to

[A] praise the keen perception of the great English writer.

[B] support Dr. Frisoni 's theory about a disease.

[C] start the discussion on a brain disease.

[D] show the long history of the disease.

A.inhabitable

B.uninhabitable

C.hang

D.handle

A..liv

B..lia

C..exe

D..swf