When I was small and my grandmother died, I couldn’t understand why I had no tears. But that night when my dad tried to cheer me up, my laugh turned into crying.

.   So it came as no surprise to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the brain. Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that so, too, does crying.

Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and the study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.

Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendlier and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we're very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can deal with them.

Just as crying can be healthy, not crying — holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering — can be bad for physical health. Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural — and healthy— emotional response.

1. Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?

A. Because her father did not want her to feel too sad.

B. Because she did not love her grandmother.

C. Because she was too shy to cry at that time.

D. The author doesn’t give the explanation.

2. It can be inferred from the text that ______.

A. there are only two ways to keep healthy

B. crying does more good to health than laughing

C. crying and laughing play the same roles

D. emotional health has a close relationship to physical health

3.According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

A. Crying is the best way to get help from others.

B. We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.

C. We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.

D. Fighting back tears may cause some health problems.

4.What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A. Why We Cry              B. How to Keep Healthy

C. Power of Tears            D. A New Scientific Discovery

 

An ancient Egyptian mummy thought to be that of Pharaoh Ramses I(法老一世)has returned home after more than 140 years in North American museums. The body was carried off the plane in Cairo in a box covered in Egypt’s flag.

         The Michael Carlos Museum gave it back after tests showed it was probably that of the man who ruled 3,000 years ago. The US museum acquired it three years ago from a Canadian museum, which in turn is thought to have bought it from Egyptian garve robbers in 1860. The mummy was welcomed back home with songs and military band music during a ceremony at the national museum in Cairo.

         Zahi Hawass, head of Egypt’s Supreme Council of Antiquities(文物最高委员会), traveled from the US with the body and said it would be moved next year to the Luxor Museum in southern Egypt. “We are not 100% sure that mummy is that of Ramses I,” said Mr. Hawass. “But we are 100% sure that it is of a king.”

         Atlanta’s Michael Carlos Museum acquired the mummy in 1999, but offered to return it after hi-tech scanning equipment indicated it was likely to be that of Ramses I. The museum website said it had been acquired from the Niagara Falls Museum. It is thought a Canadian collector bought the mummy for the Niagara Falls Museum around 1860 from an Egyptian family which had came across a tomb filled with royal mummies at a site near Luxor.

         Mr. Hawass praised the handover as “a great, civilized gesture”. And he appealed to other world museums to return Egypt’s antiquities, particularly the Rosetta Stone in the Britain Museum and the Bust of Nefertiti in the Berlin Museum.

1. Where was Ramses mummy kept in just before the handover?

         A. the Luxor Museum                                 

B. the Michael Carlos Museum

         C. the Niagara Falls Museum                   

D. a Canadian Museum

2.Which is the correct order of the following events according to the passage?

         a. The mummy returned home.

         b. The mummy was kept in the Niagara Falls Museum.

         c. Egyptian grave robber sold he mummy.

         d. A Canadian collector bought the mummy.

         e. The mummy was kept in the Michael Carlos Museum.

A. c-d-e-b-a               

B. c-b-e-d-a               

C. a-d-c-b-e               

D. c-d-b-e-a

3. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?

         A. All the Egypt’s antiquities have returned home after the handover.

         B. Niagara Falls Museum is an American museum.

         C. Buying the mummy from the Egyptian family was a civilized gesture.

         D. Ramses Mummy had been kept in Canada for more than a century.

4. What would be the best title for the passage?

         A. The history of Ramses mummy.

         B. The handover ceremony of Ramses mummy from Canada.

         C. The returning of Ramses mummy to its homeland Egypt.

         D. The history of the royal family of Ramses.

 

 

Madame Tussauds—London

Welcome to Madame Tussauds—a 125-year-old museum loved by visitors for its life-like waxworks of famous folk from the past and present, plus interactive exhibits. The following are three ticket options we'd like to recommend to you.

Option 1: All Inclusive Open Dated Ticket

Why not treat your friends and family to our All Inclusive Tickets? Ticket is valid for one visit with all of the following fantastic features:

● Valid for one year from date of purchase—perfect for a gift!

● Priority Access admission in true celebrity style

● Your very own hand made of wax(蜡).

With your ticket you can enjoy the heroic new experience in three floors of multisensory fun featuring a mix of interactive themed areas, realistic wax figures and an ALL NEW Marvel Super Heroes 4D film adventure.

Online ticket purchase

Adult £42.5.0

Child: £38.50

Option 2: Late Saver 50% off

If you book online in advance and arrive at Madame Tussauds later in the day, your tickets can cost as little as £14.00. That's 50% off the standard on-the-day price!

The last admission into Madame Tussauds is 5:30 p.m in off-peak periods and 6 p.m in peak periods. This gives you loads of time to fully enjoy the attraction.

This ticket is available for online purchase only. Tickets are subject to availability at all times and only a limited amount are available each day, so be quick!

Online ticket purchase

Adult £14.00

Child: £14.00

Option 3: Top 3 London Attractions

Combine your visit to Madame Tussauds with a flight on the World famous London Eye and SEA LIFE London Aquarium, and save 25% on your adult and child tickets, or 33% on your family ticket when you book your tickets at least the day in advance!

 

Online advanced price

Online on the day price

Adult

£47.50

£54.00

Child

£34.50

£39.00

Save

25%

15%

Family

£146.00

£164.00

Save

33%

25%

Please note: Child ages are 4—15. Under 4s are free. A family ticket consists of 2 adults and 2 children, or 1 adult and 3 children.

Please note: Your combined ticket only gives priority admission to Madame Tussauds and Sea Life London Aquarium—all others are general queue flights.

For more ticket options, please visit our website at: www.madame-tussauds.com

1. If you buy an All Inclusive Open Dated Ticket, you can use it anytime within _________.

A. one year             B. half a year      C. four months      D. two months

2. With an All Inclusive ticket, you can do all of the following EXCEPT that_______.

A. you will have priority access to Madame Tussauds

B. you will have a chance of having your hand made in wax

C. you can visit Madame Tussauds as many times as you like

D. you can see a 4D film in the cinema of Madame Tussauds

3. Mr. and Mrs. Johnson want to join in the Top 3 Attractions trip with their children, one is 15 and the other 3. How much should they pay if they book the tickets in advance online?

A. £ 129.5.             B. £ 146.       C. £ 164.           D. £ 97.82.

4.If you book a ticket for Top 3 London Attractions, _________.

A. you can always enjoy a price 33% off

B. a visit to the World famous London Eye will be free

C. you will be given priority to enter at least three attractions

D. Madame Tussauds will be included in priority admission

 

 

Ask three people to look out the same window at a busy street comer and tell you what they see. Chances are you will receive three different answers. Each person sees the same scene, but each perceives(察觉) something different about it. 

Perceiving goes on in our minds. Of the three people who look out the window, one may say that he sees a policeman giving a motorist a ticket. Another may say that he sees a rush-hour traffic jam at the intersection. The third may tell you that he sees a woman trying to cross the street with four children in tow. For perception(感知) is the minds’ interpretation of what the senses — in this case our eyes — tell us.

Many psychologists(心理学家)today are working to try to determine just how a person experiences or perceives the world around him. Using a scientific approach, these psychologists set up experiments in which they can control all of the factors. By measuring and charting the results of many experiments, they are trying to find out what makes different people perceive totally different things about the same scene.

1.Perceiving is an action that takes place ______.

A.in our eyes

B.only when we think very hard about something

C.only under the direction of a psychologist

D.in every person’s mind

2.People perceive different things about the same scene because ______.

A.they see different things

B.they can not agree about things

C.some have better eyesight

D.none of these

3. Psychologists study perception by ______.

A.setting up many experiments

B.asking each other what they see

C.looking out of windows

D.studying people’s eyes

4.The best title for this article is ______.

A.How We See

B.Learning About Our Minds Through Science

C.What Psychologists Perceive

D.How To Become An Experimental Psychologist

 

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