12.Think Positive and Feel Positive
When you're in a stressful situation,are you confident or unsafe?Do you react positively or negatively?
(71)A  A study by researchers at the University of Notre Dame found that negative thinking,and depression coming from it,can be catching in certain circumstances.
For example,the researchers studied 103 freshman college roommates who'd been paired casually.(72)E     Specifically,the researchers measured the subject's likelihood to see negative events as a reflection of their abilities and disadvantages.
After only six months,it became clear that thinking patterns and styles can be catching.(73)D
And students paired with more positive thinking roommates were more likely to become more positive in their thinking and report less depression.
(74)B   So they might be particularly accessible to adopting the thought and behavior patterns of people around them-perhaps more so than people in less intense situations at other stages of life.
But maybe not.Other research has shown that,in general,people are affected by how those around them think.(75)F  

A.The answer may depend in part on whom you're around.
B.Now college freshman are in a unique,life changing environment.
C.However,think positive and feel positive is quite important for college students.
D.Students paired with a negative-thinking roommate"caught"that style and became more depressed themselves.
E.They measured each roommate's cognitive weakness,or tendency to give in to negative thinking and depression.
F.So surrounding a negative,depressed person with people who think positively could be a powerful form of treatment.
G.But what was to the researchers'embarrassment was that the subjects never talked with each and stayed apart from each other for most of the time.
7.It's a good time for a theme park,according to a report.There was a four percent growth in the number of visitors to theme parks in 2014 compared with 2013.There were a total of 223,450,000 visits to the top 25 theme parks in 2014.But even extreme enthusiasts may not be able to get to every park on the top-25 list.Here are six theme parks that are less known to Americans.But they're truly worth a visit.
Ocean Park
Hong Kong's Ocean Park is a marine mammal park,animal theme park and amusement park.It came in at No.13 on the top-25 list.
Lotte World
Located in Seoul,South Korea,Lotte World is famous for having the world's largest indoor theme park together with an outdoor theme park.It's also home to South Korea's largest ice skating rink.It was ranked No.14 on the top-25 list.
Everland
Also in South Korea,Everland is located in Gyeonggi-Do.It includes a zoo and a water park and was ranked No.16.
Europa Park
Europe Park,located in Rust,is the largest theme park in Germany and one of four in Europe to make the top-25 list.It got No.21.
Tivoli Gardens
When you take into consideration that Tivoli Gardens is closed a few months every year,its spot at No.23 is impressive.Located in Copenhagen,it's famous for its fairy-tale atmosphere and antique roller coaster.
De Efteling
    De Efteling is a fantasy-themed amusement park in Katsheuvel,the Netherlands.The attractions are based on elements from ancient myths and legends,fairy tales,fables and folklore.It was ranked No.24.
1.Compared with the year2013,in 2014C.
A.more theme parks became available
B.admission fees to theme parks became higher
C.more people went to visit theme parks
D.there were more extreme theme park enthusiasts
2.How many European theme parks are on the top-25 list?B
A.2          B.3            C.4            D.5
3.What do we learn about Tivoli Gardens?B
A.It's the best theme park in Europe.
B.It cannot be visited all year round.
C.It doesn't have many exciting activities.
D.It has nothing in common with De Efteling.
8.A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voice box transplant.
Brenda Jensen said the operation was a great success which had saved her life.Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words,"Good morning.I want to go home."It is the first time a voice box and windpipe(气管)have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted.
Ms.Jensen,52,had been unable to speak on her own since her voice box was damaged during surgery in 1999.Since then,she has been unable to taste or smell food,could breathe only through a hole in her windpipe and could talk only with the help of an electronic voice box.
In October,surgeons at the University of California Davis Medical Centre removed the voice box and 6cm of the windpipe from a donor body.In an 18-hour operation,this was transplanted into Ms.Jensen's throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves.
Professor Martin Birchall from University College London,who was part of the surgery team,said,"We've learned that we can repair nerves to make even very complex organs function again.It'll open the door to better facial transplants and will be extremely important as tissue engineering develops."A voice box transplant might be life changing,but it is not life saving.Everyone who receives a transplant must take drugs to control the immune system for the rest of their lives.These drugs can reduce life expectancy,so they are normally set aside for life saving procedures.One of the reasons Ms.Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant was that she was already taking immune controlling drugs after a kidney-pancreas(胰腺)transplant four years ago.Professor Peter Belafsky,part of the surgical team,said,"Brenda was an exceptional(例外的)candidate for the transplant because she was highly motivated."Anyone who's met Brenda knows that she is a strong and determined person with a great outlook on life in spite of the many physical challenges she's faced over her lifetime.
21.The voice box transplant operation is of great significance because it proves thatB.
A.facial transplants are now easier to perform
B.nerve repairing is a breakthrough in tissue engineering
C.new medical technology is always possible to discover
D.the drugs taken after the operation help the patient live longer
22.Ms.Jensen was a suitable person for this transplant because she wasD.
A.experienced and brave  
B.seriously ill and motivated  
C.determined and realistic  
D.strong-willed and prepared
23.Which of the following is the right chronological order of the event?B
a.Ms.Jensen received a voice box transplant operation.
b.Ms.Jensen began to take immune controlling drugs.
c.Doctors removed the voice box from a donor body.
d.Ms.Jensen had a kidney-pancreas transplant operation.
A.a c d b  B.d b c a  C.b d c a  D.c a b d
24.Which of the following is the best title for the passage?A
A.First Words from New Voice Box.
B.Transplant Saves a Woman's Life.
C.Overcoming Obstacles to Speak Again.
D.Courageous Woman Defeating Fears.
9.It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more.But in order to work up the desire to rewrite,it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage.
I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers'opinions.One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we're often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down.Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work.
Different from popular belief,we do not usually think in the words and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas (known as"mentalese"),and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language.But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry (织锦),writing can only be composed one thread(思路) at a time.Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple.It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produce new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds.
When people write as if some strict critics are looking over their shoulder,they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start.Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem.When writing we should have two different minds.At the first stage,we should see every idea,as well as the words we use to express it,as wonderful and worth putting down.It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses.
33.What do we learn from the text about those famous writers?C
A.They often regret writing poor works
B.Some of them write surprisingly much.
C.Many of them hate reading their own works
D.They are happy to review the publishers'opinions.
34.What do people generally believe about the way human minds work?A
A.People think in words and sentences.
B.Human ideas are translated into symbols
C.People think by connecting threads of ideas.
D.Human thoughts are expressed through pictures.
35.What can we conclude from the text?D
A.Most people believe we think in symbols.
B.Loving our own writing is scientifically reasonable.
C.The writers and critics can never reach an agreement.
D.Thinking and writing are different stages of mind at work.

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