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11. She o_______ injury to win the Olympic gold medal.   

12. This is a very e _______ film and almost everyone laughs while seeing it.

13. I have had enough and can’t eat another m _______ of dinner.

14. A c _______ person is happy with what he has, rather than worried about what he has not.

15. Chaplin devoted himself to the films t _______ his life.

16. I called on you yesterday, but u_______ you were out.

17. The a _______ stayed up, while the kids went to bed.

18. _______(确信) of the accuracy(精确性) of the data, they stuck to their opinion.      

19. In my opinion, the library has a valuable social _______(功能).

20. You can buy many ______ (纪念品) in every place of interest.

21. Most of the citizens want peace, and only the m _______ want the war to continue.

22. Not all doctors _______(true) understand the reproductive cycle.

23.After graduation, he _______ (志愿)to teach in a school in the west of China.

24. Any father finds it difficult with a teenage daughter. She was m_______ (情绪多变的,喜怒无常的).

25. Employers are interested in how she a_______(处理) problems. 

26. She is crazy about animals, o_______ (着迷的)with them -- she has always had dogs, cats, and horses in her life.

27. When she was younger, I used to take her to the opera -- that’s my p_______(酷爱).

28. Are you going to live in the students’ d_______ or at home?

29. We have real p________ (骄傲)in our work -- you look at the New York skyline and think “I helped build that.”

30. It’s a f_______ (有极大吸引力的)subject and the pay’s pretty good.

In times of economic crisis, Americans turn to their families for support. If the Great Depression is any guide, we may see a drop in our sky-high divorce rate. But this won’t necessarily represent an increase in happy marriages. In the long run, the Depression weakened American families, and the current crisis will probably do the same.

We tend to think of the Depression as a time when families pulled together to survive huge job losses. By 1932, when nearly one-quarter of the work force was unemployed, it had declined by around 25 percent from 1929. But this does not mean that people were suddenly happier with their marriages. Rather, with incomes plummeting and insecure jobs, unhappy couples often couldn’t afford to divorce. They feared that neither would be able to manage alone.

Today, given the job losses of the past year, fewer unhappy couples will risk starting separate households. Furthermore, the housing market meltdown will make it more difficult for them to finance their separations by selling their homes.

After financial disasters family members also tend to do whatever they can to help each other and their communities. A 1940 book, “The Unemployed Man and His Family,” described a family in which the husband first reacted to losing his job “with tireless search for work.” He was always active, looking for odd jobs to do.

The problem is that such an impulse is hard to sustain (continue). For some, the hardships of life without steady work eventually defeated their attempts to keep their families together. The rate rose again during the rest of the decade as the recovery took hold.

Millions of American families may now be in the initial (earliest) stage of their responses to the current crisis, working together and supporting one another through the early months of unemployment.

 Today’s economic depression could well generate a similar backlog(积压) of couples whose relationships have been irreparably ruined. So it is only when the economy is healthy again that we will begin to see just how many fractured(破裂的) families have been created.

62. In the initial stage, the current economic crisis is likely to _______.

A. tear many troubled families apart

B. contribute to enduring and strong family ties

C. bring about a drop in the divorce rate

D. cause a lot of conflicts in the family

63. In the Great Depression many unhappy couples chose to stick together because _______.

A. starting a new family would be hard

B. they expected things would turn better

C. they wanted to better protect their kids

D. living separately would be too costly

64. In addition to job losses, what stands in the way of unhappy couples getting a divorce?

A. Mounting (increasing) family debts. B. Falling housing prices.

C. Difficulty in getting a loan.                     D. A sense of insecurity.

65. What will the current economic crisis eventually do to some married couples?

A. It will force them to pull their efforts together.

B. It will damage their mutual understanding.

C. It will help strengthen their emotional bonds.

D. It will irreparably damage their relationship.

66. What can be inferred from the last paragraph?

A. The economic recovery will see a higher divorce rate.

B. Few couples can stand the test of economic hardships.

C. A stable family is the best protection against poverty.

D. Money is the foundation of many a happy marriage.

Doctors say anger can be an extremely damaging emotion, unless you learn how to deal with it. They warn that anger can lead to heart disease, stomach problems, headaches, emotional problems and possibly cancer.

Anger is a normal emotion that we all feel from time to time. Some people express anger openly in a calm reasonable way. Others burst with anger and scream and yell. But other people keep their anger inside. They can not or will not express it. This is called repressing anger.

For years many doctors thought that repressing anger was more dangerous to a person’s health than expressing it. They said that when a person is angry, the brain releases the same hormones(荷尔蒙).They speed the heart rate, raise blood pressure, or sugar into the blood, etc.In general the person feels excited and ready to act.

       Some doctors say that both repressing and expressing anger can be dangerous. They believe that those who express anger ferociously may be more likely to develop heart disease, and they believe that those who keep their anger inside may face a greater danger of high blood pressure.

Doctors say the solution is learning how to deal with anger. They say the first step is to admit that you are angry and to recognize the real cause of the anger, and then decide if the cause is serious enough to get angry about. If it is, they say, “Do not express your anger while angry. Wait until your anger has cooled down and you are able to express yourself calmly and reasonably.”

Doctors say that a good way to deal with anger is to find humor in the situation that has made you angry. They said that laughter is much healthier than anger.

57. The underlined word “ferociously” in Paragraph 2 probably means _______.

       A. mildly        B. fiercely           C. frequently          D. hardly

58. Which statement is right according to the passage?  

       A. If you were angry, you would get cancer.      
       B. Once you are angry, you will get cancer.

       C. Though you are often angry, you can’t get cancer.  
       D. Anger may cause you a cancer.

59. Expressing anger ferociously _______ repressing it according to some scientists.

       A. is just the same as                  B. is more harmful than
       C. is no better than                            D. is much better than

60. According to the author, you’d better _______.

       A. never be angry         

       B. cool it down before you express your anger

       C. laugh when you get angry   
       D. admit you are wrong when you are angry

61. The main purpose of the text is to _______.

       A. describe people’s behavior at anger.    
       B. present doctors’ different attitudes towards anger.

       C. stress the harm of anger.              
       D. instruct people how to deal with anger.

The West is full of fast food and large amounts of food which contribute to many women’s being fat. While many are fat, thin women are admired and seen as healthier. This has led to a culture of gym-going, strange dieting methods and, frequently, eating disorders. In the East, women tend to be smaller and many women take pills to keep their slim figures as they get older. However, you’re mistaken if you think thinness is the beauty standard all over the world. The BBC reports that in Mauritania, Africa, the opposite is true.

In Mauritania, mothers force their daughters to eat a lot of food so that they get as fat as possible. The fatter they are, the more likely they are to marry well. Fat is also considered healthy, because in a country where HIV/AIDS is a very real problem, thin people are often sick and dying. However, “healthy” fat women are suffering from some problems of their own and many are dying in their 40s of weight-related diseases.

The Mauritanian government is trying to warn its people of the dangers of being overweight but it’s not easy to change cultural views. Many women worry that if they lose weight, their husbands will leave them for fatter, more attractive women.

       It seems that while education about the dangers of being too thin and too fat is very important, what the world really needs is to become less pre-occupied with the size, shape and weight of women’s bodies. The promotion of healthy practices is easy but changing cultural beauty standards takes more time, imagination and effort.

52. According to the article, why are women usually fatter in the West?

       A. They don’t exercise enough.  
       B. Large food portions and fast food are common.

       C. They use unhealthy dieting methods. 
       D. They believe that being fat is beautiful.

53. What examples does the writer give of unhealthy weight-loss methods in the East and West?

       A. Strange dieting methods, exercising, taking pills and eating too much.

       B. Taking pills, watching what you eat and exercising.

                  C. Strange dieting methods and warning people about the dangers of  

            being overweight.

       D. Gym-going, strange dieting methods, eating disorders and taking pills.

54. Why are girls forced to eat a lot of food in Mauritania?

       A. They believe that fat people won’t get HIV/AIDS.

       B. They believe that they can lead healthier lives.

       C. They believe if they grow fat, they may possibly marry good husbands.

       D. They believe that they won’t get sick very often.

55. According to the article, why do some women in Mauritania not want to lose weight even though they know being fat is unhealthy? 

       A. They worry that their husbands will leave them if they’re thin.

       B. They really like being beautiful.

       C. They really like eating a lot of food and being fat.

       D. The government forces them to eat a lot so they won’t get sick.

56. Does the writer think it’s important to educate people about the dangers of eating too much or too little?

       A. Yes, the writer thinks it should be taught in schools.

       B. No, the writer thinks that people should learn for themselves.

       C. Yes, but the writer thinks that other changes are also necessary.

                     D. No, the writer thinks it’s more important to change cultural beauty                      standards.

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