A new study has found that all women need to lower their stress levels is a strong and happy marriage．A team of researchers led by Jamesa. Coan, a University of Virginia neuroscientist （神经学家） has found that women under threat who hold their husbands' hands show signs of immediate relief, which can clearly be seen on their brain scans．

Coan, an assistant professor in the U．V A．Neuroscience Graduate Program and the Department of Psychology, and his team conducted a study involving several couples who rated themselves as highly satisfied with their marriages．

The researchers designed a functional MRI（magnetic resonance imaging 磁共振成像） study in which 16 married women were subjected to the threat of a very mild electric shock while they by turns held their husband's hand, the hand of a stranger（male） or no hand at all．

They found that the MRI was able to show how these women's brains responded to this handholding while in a threatening situation．The researchers noted a large decrease in the brain response to threat as a function of partner handholding, and a limited decrease in this response as a function of stranger handholding．

Moreover, partner handholding effects varied as a function of marital quality, with women in the very highest quality marriages benefiting from a very powerful decrease in threat-related brain activity．"This is the first study of the neurological reactions to human touch in a threatening situation．" said Dr．Coan．

1．The study shows that _____can be the best way to lessen stress for women．

       A．high-quality marriages                   B．holding their husband's hand

       C．getting married                    D．being strong and happy

2．How do the researchers create the threatening situation in the experiment?

       A．Forcing the women to hold the hand of a stranger．

       B．Giving the women a very mild electric shock．

       C．Putting the women in a dark and silent room．

       D．Telling the story of sad marriage．

3．According to the study, the larger decrease in the brain response to the threat, __

       A．the more satisfied you'll be with the marriage．

       B．the more disappointed you'll be with the marriage

       C．the more eager you'll be to get married．

       D．the less reliable husband you'll have．

4．We can infer that the passage could be published in            ．

      A．a book about love and marriage             B．a magazine on entertainment

      C．a section of home news in the newspaper  D．a science journal on psychology

第二节：单词拼写（共10小题；每小题1分，满分10分）（注意单词的正确形式）

81. I totally agree with your plan and have nothing f___________（更进一步的）to say.

82. I’ve tried but I can’t h_________（处理）the problem by myself.

83. He has been a_________（逮捕）for stealing clothes from the shop.

84. The weather in this country d_________（不同于）from place to place.

85. The two words “vocation” and “vacation” often c___________（使困惑）me.

86. He had to lea ve his homeland for v__________（各种各样的）reasons.

87. A large q__________（数量）of rice will be sent to the poor people.

88. The job of being a nurse needs much love and p_____________（耐心）.

89. According to the weather forecast, it is h_________（有希望的）that it will clear up this weekend.

90. Everyone should take his r___________（责任）to protect the environment.

单词拼写 (共10小题; 每小题1分,满分10分)

1. When I saw her in the street, I stopped and smiled, but she i___________ me and walked on.

2. Judging from his accent, he is a n_________ of Ningbo.

3. Unexpected difficulties a_________ in the course of their experiment.

4. Many men were b__________ underground when the accident at the mine happened.

5. The hotel guests tried their best to e__________ from the burning building.

6. Of all the museum’s paintings, only one s___________ the fire.

7. The ship s__________ off the coast of Newfoundland during a storm.

8. They worked in their spare time as v_____________. In other words, they worked for free.

9. We decided to a___________ our new product (产品)in the local newspaper.

10. What t_________ of house would you prefer to live in?

第一节 单词拼写 (满分5分) : 根据首字母及汉语提示拼写单词。

1.分心，分散精力 n.  d________              2.传统的，习俗的 adj.  t________

3.建造，建设 n.   c________                 4.有影响的 adj.   i_________

5.重新利用，再循环 v.   r__________         6.巨大的，庞大的 adj.   e________

7.有时，偶尔 adv.   o________               8.临摹，仿造 vt.   i________

9.在......的对面 prep.   o________             10.抱怨，发牢骚 vi.   c________

Andy was still travelling in Spain when he realized he had to eonfirm(确认) his flight home with the airline company. He was visiting Spain in order to   36  his Spanish. When he was speaking to people   37  he had no   38  understanding what they said.   39  , when he was speaking on the phone, he   40  had a problem. Andy   41  the airline. And the clerk confirmed that his plane was leaving at nine o’clock three days from that day. She   42 told Andy to be at the airport two hours   43  in order to check in his luggage and get a set.

Since he was   44  in three days, Andy didn’t   45 any time. He visited as many places as he could. He thought that it would probably be a while before he had enough money again.  He wished he could   46  and spend a year in Spain.

Too   47   , the final day arrived. Andy left early for the airport to arrive two hours before takeoff. He hated to  48 . He went to the clerk to    49  his ticket. The clerk looked at the ticket with   50 . “Why, sir, but your flight was at nine o’clock in the morning, and   51  it is eight in the evening. ”“But I confirmed my flight. ”  52  Andy. “Will I have to pay for another ticket?”

“No, sir. However, the next flight out will be three days from now. ”

Andy’s  53 of shock turned to one of  54   as he realized that now he could continue his   55  .