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5．There exist cruel wars，fighting and sadness in the world today，so it's not only necessary，but also essential to have a good sense of humor just to help us go through difficult times in our lives．Putting a smile on someone's face when you know they are feeling depressed，as the saying goes，makes me feel good and warms my heart．
    How would you feel if you could not joke around with your wife，husband，child，co-worker，neighbor，close friend，or even just someone that you are standing in line with at your corner store？I am always saying things that make others smile or laugh，even if I don't know the person I'm joking around with．My Grandma always found humor in everything she did，even if it was the hardest job anyone could imagine．This not only relieves stress in any situation，but also is a common manner to speak to others that are around you．
    I know of a few people that don't have a funny bone in their bodies，as they say．Everyone around them could be rolling on the floor after hearing a great joke and they would sit there without the slightest smile on their faces．They don't get the joke that makes others laugh．I am，busting a gut while they just sit there，looking at me as if I were from outer space．How can people not get a really funny joke？
    Laughing is essential to keep your stress levels under control．Without humor，we would find ourselves with a lot of psychological problems，or on a lot of medications to keep us from going crazy．There is too much sadness in this present world．It drives people crazy．We all need to find a way to avoid the sadness and bring a little light into our lives．
    Therefore，I believe our best medicine is to get together and tell some jokes and have some fun laughing together．

51．According to the passage，humor is necessary and essential becauseA．
A．it can pick up people's spirit
B．it can help people get on well with others
C．it can help get rid of the cruelty in the world
D．it makes people more confident
52．The author answers the question in the second paragraph withC
A．facts and descriptions
B．evidence and argument
C．examples and conclusion
D．stories and persuasion
53．The underlined phrase"busting a gut"in the third paragraph can be replaced byC．
A．keeping silent
B．speaking loud
C．laughing hard
D．explaining carefully
54．In writing the passage，the author mainly intends toB．
A．talk about his own understanding of humor
B．encourage people to be humorous in daily life
C．introduce a practical way to get through daily life
D．convince people of the power of being optimistic about life
55．What is the author attitude towards the present world？D
A．Indifferent
B．Positive
C．Satisfied
D．Critical．

4．I went online to check if my pay was in my bank account．To my amazement，I discovered that not only had I been paid，a company I'd never worked for had also paid me!I knew I'd have been beside myself if my own salary was not in my account，so I tried to get the money back to the right person．It is easier said than done．
    The bank couldn't help as it wasn't a bank problem．The human-resource department at the company that paid me was unable to help as I didn't have enough details．I rang the bank again．Thankfully I had sympathetic call operator who gave me a name，so I again rang the company"Daniel"worked for．
    I expected the bank would contact me to arrange to take the money from my account and repay Daniel．I heard nothing for a month and the money remained in my account when Daniel called，explaining he'd tried to get back his money but had been unsuccessful as neither the bank nor his company felt it was their error．He had rung to ask if I could speak to the bank，but after chatting for a few minutes we realized we could probably fix this problem ourselves．
    We decided I would take the money from my account and he would pick it up from me．Due to my busy job I was unable to meet Daniel personally but he left me a lovely bottle of wine in exchange for what was rightfully his．I never had any intention of keeping Daniel's pay，but bur red tape （繁琐手续）made it difficult to do the right thing．It all came down to two people being able to do what a huge bank and a large company couldn't do---admit a mistake has occurred and fix it．

46．What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account？D
A．He didn't know what to do with it
B．He felt lucky to get it．
C．He thought of keeping it for himself．
D．He wanted to return it to the right place．
47．The underlined phrase"beside myself"in paragraph 1 probably meansB．
A．very fortunate
B．very angry
C．really thankful
D．at ease
48．Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage？C
A．Daniel had been repaid when he called the author．
B．The author was to blame as he didn't have enough details．
C．Neither the bank nor the company admitted their fault．
D．Daniel had the same name as the author's．
49．How was the problem solved in the end？A
A．The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves．
B．It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money．
C．The author gave the money back to the company．
D．The call operator offered to solve their problem．
50．From the passage we can infer thatD．
A．the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape
B．the company gave the wrong account to the bank
C．Daniel didn't know the error before he contacted the author
D．some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules．

3．Sports shoes that work out whether their owner has done enough exercise to warrant （保证；授权）time in front of the television have been invented in the UK．
    The shoes 一 named Square Eyes一contain an electronic pressure sensor and a tiny computer chip to record how many steps the wearer has taken in a day．A wireless transmitter （传话器）passes the information to a receiver connected to a television，and this decides how much evening viewing time the wearer deserves，based on the day's efforts．
    The design was inspired by a desire to fight against the rapidly ballooning waistlines among British teenagers，says Gillian Swan，who developed Square Eyes as a final year design project at Brunel University to London，UK．"We looked at current issues and childhood overweight really stood out，"she says．"And I wanted to deal with that with my design．"
    Once a child has used up their daily allowance gained through exercise，the television automatically switches off．And further time in front of the TV can only be earned through more steps．
    Swan calculated how exercise should translate to television time using the recommended daily amounts of both．Health experts suggest that a child take 12，000 steps each day and watch no more than two hours of television．So，every 100 steps recorded by the Square Eyes shoes equals exactly one minute of TV time．
    Existing pedometers （计步器）normally clip （夹在）onto a belt or slip into a pocket and keep count of steps by measuring sudden movement．Swan says these can be easily tricked into recording steps through shaking．But her shoe has been built to be harder for lazy teenagers to cheat．"It is possible，but it would be a lot of effort，"she says．"That was one of my main design considerations．"

41．According to Swan，the purpose of her design project is toB．
A．keep a record of the steps of the wearer
B．deal with overweight among teenagers
C．enable children to resist the temptation of TV
D．prevent children from being tricked by TV programs
42．Which of the following is true of Square Eyes shoes？A
A．They regulate a child's evening TV viewing time．
B．They determine a child's daily pocket money．
C．They have raised the hot issue of overweight．
D．They contain information of the receiver．
43．What is stressed by health experts in their suggestion？C
A．The exact number of steps to be taken．
B．The accurate number of hours spent on TV．
C．The proper amount of daily exercise and TV time．
D．The way of changing steps into TV watching time．
44．Compared with other similar products，the new designD．
A．sends teenagers'health data to the receiver
B．counts the wearer's steps through shaking
C．records the sudden movement of the wearer
D．makes it difficult for lazy teenagers to cheat
45．Which of the following would be the best title for the text？A
A．Smart Shoes Decide on Television Time
B．Smart Shoes Guarantee More Exercise
C．Smart Shoes Measure Time of Exercise
D．Smart Shoes Stop Childhood Overweight．

2．8：30 P．M．
Outlook
    Outlook is back with a new series of reports to keep-you up date with all that's new in the world of entertainment．Stories go all the way from the technical to the romantic，from stage to screen．There will be reports of the stars of the moment，the stars of the future and the stars of the past．The director with his new film，the designer with the latest fashion，and the musician with the popular song are part of the new Outlook．The program is introduced by Fran Levine．
9：00 P．M．
Discovery
    When a 10-year-old boy gets a first class degree in mathematics or an 8-year-old plays chess like a future grade master，they are considered as geniuses．Where does the quality of genius come from？Is it all in the gene or can any child be turned into a genius？And if parents do have a child who might become a genius in the future，what should they do？In this 30-minute film，Barry Johnson，the professor at School of Medicine，New York University will help you discover the answer．
10：00 P．M．
Science/Health
    Is it possible to beat high blood pressure without drugs？The answer is"yes"，according to the researchers at Johns Hopkins and three other medical centers．After a study of 800 persons with high blood pressure，they found that after 6 months，those devoted to weight loss 一 exercise and eating a low-salt，low-fat food一lost about 13 pounds and became fitter．Plus，35% of them dropped into the"normal"category．This week，Dr．Alan Duckworth will tell you how these people reduce their blood pressure to a level similar to what's achieved with Hypertension drugs．

36．The main purpose of writing these three texts isD．
A．to invite people to see films
B．to invite people to topic discussions
C．to attract more students to attend lectures
D．to attract more people to watch TV programs
37．From Outlook，you can get a great deal of information aboutB．
A．story tellers
B．famous stars
C．film companies
D．music fans
38．Who will be most probably interested in Discovery？C
A．Parents who want to send their children to a school of medicine．
B．Children who are good at mathematics．
C．Parents who want their child to become another Albert Einstein．
D．Children who are interested in playing chess．
39．In Science/Health，"John's Hopkins"isB．
A．a famous university
B．a medical center
C．a well-known doctor
D．a drug company
40．According to the third text，which of the following has almost the same sffect as Hypertension drugs？A
A．Exercise plus a healthy diet．
B．Loss of thirteen pounds in weight．
C．Six months of exercise without drugs．
D．Low-salt and low-fat food．

1．-What happened to the young trees we planted last week？
-The trees_____well，but I didn't water them．（　　）

	A．	might grow		B．	would have grown
	C．	needn't have grown		D．	would grow

20．He isn't such a man_____ he used to be．（　　）

19．Whether the buildings in this area should be pulled down has remained_____； people are still looking for other possible solutions．（　　）

18．Under good treatment，many patients are beginning to_____and will soon recover．（　　）

17．_____from J．K．Rowling's book series of the same title，the"Harry Potter"movies are universally acknowledged as classics．（　　）

16．Tom is so creative a person that he always has lots of_____ideas in his mind，and sometimes we don't even know what he is thinking about．（　　）

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