9．Life is comprised emotion and sense．When we were babies we reached the pinnacle of emotion．At that——青夏教育精英家教网——

9．Life is comprised emotion and sense．When we were babies we reached the pinnacle（顶峰） of emotion．At that time we asked for everything that we wanted，cried as we were uncomfortable，laughed as we were happy and released our emotions day and night．When we grow up we find that if we want to live in a cozier environment we must be sensible enough to deal with our emotions and relationships．Our world is based on sense and beautified by emotion．
Sense is the base of life； it builds up the structure of life，and helps us see the real world．And emotion is the invaluable element of life．It adds colorful paint to our life．Lacking sense we may lose the guiding light and lacking emotion we may lose the value of life．
We admire Da Vinci's Mona Lisa，we are attracted by Michelangelo's The Creation of Man，and we are carried away by Monet's Lotus．Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet may bring us tears，Victor Hugo's poems can make a maid's love revive，and Jane Austin's stories arouse our dream of holding a party of ladies and gentlemen as an England beauty in the countryside．All of them are people who deserve our respect and showed us sentimental emotion：love，hatred，betrayl，loyalty and so on．They made their works full of emotion，shocked our nerves，and evoked our passions．Somebody may have found their destiny in these works，and surely they influence people time after time．But in fact，though these people or their works have the power to control our mental world，we don't choose them to be our President or Prime Minister．We cannot deny the fact that our world is based on sense and ration．Mark Twin once said that the passion of friendship is so sweet，steady and royal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime if neither of the two friends asks the other to lend money．
Emotion is our nature and sense gives us an eye to live in reality．Only sense makes Jack a dull boy； emotional moments give us vigor and enthusiasm to live and color our life．

59．We can learn from the second paragraph thatB．
A．sense is no more important than emotion
B．sense is as important as emotion to human life
C．sense deserves less concern than emotion
D．sene gives people more pleasure than emotion
60．What's the main idea of the third paragraph？D
A．Artists are good at containing emotion in their works．
B．Works full of emotion show people the value of life．
C．There is a variety of emotions in this world．
D．Life can't be enjoyable without emotion．
61．What's the best title for the passage？C
A．Sense and emotion make people wiser
B．Sense and emotion help you live in peace
C．Sense and emotion-the bases of our life
D．Sense and emotion-the reason for happiness．

8．You probably laugh at something you find funny，but how much do you really know about jokes and humor？Reader's Digest （RD） questioned several experts to give us some facts about them．
RD：What's the oldest joke in the world？
"We can't know the oldest joke in the world because it would have existed earlier than writing．"says Christie Davies，professor of sociology at the University of Reading in the UK．The oldest joke book that's been found so far is the Greek Philogelos．It dates from the 4^th century AD，although the jokes date from an earlier time．According to psychologist Steve Wilson，director of National Humor Month （April in the US），it contains 265jokes．
RD：Do some people fail to develop a sense of humor？
Rod Martin，professor of psychology at the Western University in Canada，believes that while everyone is born without a sense of humor，as we develop，humor and laughter begin to appear．"Of course，some children are more serious，quiet，and less likely to laugh frequently，but this doesn't mean they don't have a sense of humor．"And according to Steve Wilson，there are no adults who don't have a sense of humor．"Almost everyone is able to develop a sense of humor，and I teach people how．"he says．
RD：Do people share a sense of humor unique to their own nation？
Sense of humor does differ a lot by country，according to an author named Scott Weems．British humor is thought to be absurd in nature，while American humor has an aggressive quality．According to a study，Germans are found to find everything funny．

56．What do we know about the oldest joke book？B
A．It remains unknown．
B．It was written in Greek．
C．It was found in the UK．
D．It contains the oldest joke．
57．What does Rod Martin agree with about people's sense of humor？A
A．Nobody is born with a sense of umor．
B．Some adults lose it when they grow up．
C．Childhood is the best time to develop such ability．
D．Children have a poorer sense of humor than adults．
58．What kind of humor has an aggressive feature？D
A．British humor B．German humor C．Canadian humor D．American humor．

7．Educators claim that children ____ to English-speaking environment will learn the language more quickly．（　　）

6．If only the committee _____ the new environmental regulations and put them into effect as soon as possible!（　　）

	A．	should approve		B．	will approve
	C．	would approve		D．	would have approved

5．Have you completed the project？
I'm sorry to tell you that we ______ it when we found how much it _____．（　　）

	A．	have abandoned，costs		B．	abandoned，cost
	C．	had abandoned，cost		D．	abandoned，would cost

4．So involved in his business _______ that he can hardly accompany his wife and child at weekends．（　　）

	A．	the manager has become		B．	becomes the manager
	C．	has become the manager		D．	has the manager become

3．Those who continuously acquire new knowledge that they can ________ their work are more likely to succeed．（　　）

2．_______ to supporting the growing number of students seeking odd jobs，we will provide them with the information they need．（　　）

	A．	Committing		B．	Committed
	C．	Being committed		D．	Having committed

1．Until we have discussed all the details，no decision _______ about any new operations．（　　）

20．Isn't it time you ______ down to _____ the papers？（　　）

	A．	get； mark		B．	get； be marked
	C．	got； being marked		D．	got； marking

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