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Studies show that laughter is something that makes you feel calm or relaxed for both physical and psychological wounds though it may seem futile to laugh in the face of pain and fear.
When Dan Rather interviewed comedian Bill Cosby just one week after his son, Ennis, was killed, Cosby said, “I think it is time for me to tell people that we have to laugh. You can turn painful situations around through laughter. If you can find humor in anything, you can survive it.”
Call it a flashlight for dark times: laughter just seems to adjust attitude better than anything else. Inspirational speaker Steve Rizzo recalls a TV interview with an injured firefighter a few days after 9.11.The man had fallen more than 30 stories in one of the towers and had broken a leg. Everyone was crying, and the reporter asked, “How is it that you’ve come out of this alive?” He looked at her and without missing a beat, said, “Look, lady, I’m from New York and I’m a firefighter; that’ all you need to know.”
“Everyone laughed and though the laughter was only a couple of seconds,” says Rizzo. “Sometimes that’s all you need to catch your second breath. Laughter gives you that couple of seconds. You’re sending a message to your brain, and the message is: If you can still laugh even a little among the pain, you are going to be OK.”
Of course, there is a difference between laughing off a serious situation and laughing off the fear that results. The firefighter was doing the latter, states Rizzo, the author of Becoming a Humorous Being, and so should we. “If there is anything we have learnt from 9.11, it’s how precious life really is,” she says. “We have to send a message that our spirit won’t die. One important thing that unites us is our ability to laugh.”
60.The writer uses the examples of the comedian and the firefighter to show .
A.laughter is a good way to get rid of pain and fear
B.laughter is the best way to cure psychological wounds
C.it is your attitude that decides whether you can survive the pain or not
D.laughing off a serious situation is different from laughing off the fear that results
61.We can infer from the passage that Steve Rizzo is .
A.a reporter B.a soldier C.a firefighter D.a doctor
62.The underlined word futile in the first paragraph means .
A.hopeless B.useless
C.careless D.worthless
63.From the passage, we can know that Americans are .
A.really inspired after 9.11 B.hardly united after 9.11
C.nearly surprised by 9.11 D.greatly hurt by 9.11
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You must have been troubled by when to say “I love you” because it is one of the greatest puzzles in our life.
What if you say it first and your partner doesn’t love you back? Or if they do say it but you don’t feel they mean it? Being the first to declare your love can be nerve racking(紧张)and risky and can leave you feeling as vulnerable as a turtle with no shell. But is the person who says it first really in a position of weakness? Doesn’t it pay to hold back, play it cool and wait until the other half has shown their hand fast?
A really good relationship should be about “being fair and being equal,” says psychologist Sidney Crown. “But love is seldom equal.” All relationships go through power struggles but, he says, if a love imbalance continues for years, the rot will set in. “That feeling of ‘I’ve always loved you more’ may be subverted(颠覆,破坏) for a time, but it never goes away completely and it often emerges in squabbling(大声争吵).” In love, at least, the silent, withholding type is not always the most powerful. “The strongest one in a relationship is often the person who feels confident enough to talk about their feelings,” says educational psychologist Ingrid Collins. Psychosexual therapist Paula Hall agrees. “The one with the upper hand is often the person who takes the initiative. In fact, the person who says ‘I love you’ first may also be the one who says ‘I’ m bored with you’ first.” Hall believes that much depends on how “I love you” is said and the motivation of the person saying it. “Is it said when they’re drunk? Is it said before their partner files off on holiday, and what it really means is ‘Please don’ t be unfaithful to me’ ?” By saying ‘I love you’, they are really saying ‘Do you love me?’ If so, wouldn’t it just be more honest to say that. Collins agrees that intention is everything. “It’s not what is said, but how it’s said. What it comes down to is the sincerity of the speaker.”
【小题1】 What is the main idea of this passage?
A.The importance of “I love you” |
B.The meaning of “I love you” |
C.The time of saying “I love you” |
D.The place of saying “I love you” |
A.it is easy to say “I love you” |
B.it is hard to say “I love you” |
C.we have many troubles in our life |
D.people usually do not know when to say “I love you” |
A.fair and equal | B.fair and kind |
C.powerful and equal | D.confident and fair |
A.being low in spirit | B.having only one hand |
C.being active | D.being passive |
根据对话情景和内容,从对话后所给的选项中选出能填入每一空白处的最佳选项,选项中有两个为多余选项.
John:The final exam is coming; seems you are busy preparing for it.
Mary:Of course.Nobody, except you, is idling around the whole day long.
John:Don't say that. 1 In fact, I've been working very hard these days.
Mary: 2
John:Believe me, I've really made good preparations this time and I'm staying up late every night…
Mary:Very well, that's to say, you don't need my help any more.
John:You may well say so, but en…en…, if possible, would you be kind enough to do me a little bit of favour?
Mary:No way.Never expect me to do that. 3
John:I'm begging you, Mary, please, just this one time. 4 I'm remembering the new words time and time again but keeping forgetting them time and time again.Besides, it is so easy a job:just pass on a note, that's OK.
Mary:It is everything but easy! I was almost caught last time!
John: 5
A.Truth to tell, I hate it.
B.You are always not believing me.
C.I am not so good at English as you.
D.You see, I was born with a poor memory.
E.I promise to buy you a lovely Barbie girl, OK?
F.You wrong me if you think I know nothing but fun.
G.You are always that way:making efforts at the last moment.
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When I was 17,I read a quote that went something like:“If you live each day as if it were your last,someday you’ll most certainly be right” It made a deep 36 on me, and since then, for the past 33 years,I have 37 in the mirror every morning and asked myself:“If today were the last day of my life, 38 I want to do what I am about to do today?” And whenever the answer has been “No” for too many days in a 39 ,I know I need to change something.
Remembering that I’ll be 40 soon is the most important tool I’ve ever known to help me make the big 41 in life because almost everything falls away in the face of death, 42 only what is truly important.
About a year ago I was 43 with cancer. My doctor even advised me to go home and get my affairs 44 order,which is a doctor’s way of telling people to prepare to die.I 45 with that diagnosis all day. 46 ,at last an advanced test showed that it was a very rare cancer that is 47 with surgery.I had the surgery and I’m fine now.
48 wants to die.Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all 49 .No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be,because death is very likely the single best invention of 50 .It is life's change agent. It clears out the old to 51 for the new.Right now the new is you.But someday not too 52 from now,you will gradually become the old and be cleared away.Sorry to be so dramatic,but it is quite true.
Your time is 53 ,so don’t waste it living someone else’s 1ife.Don’t be 54 by dogma (教条) —which is living with the results of other people’s thinking.Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner 55 .And most importantly,have the courage to follow your heart.
36. A. joke B. curse C. decision D. impression
37. A. looked B. seen C. found D. 1ost
38. A. might B. should C. would D. could
39. A. hurry B. 1ine C. row D. moment
40. A. successful B. dead C. rich D. frustrated
41. A. choices B. fortune C. impressions D. apologies
42. A. proving B. confirming C. leaving D. telling
43. A. treated B. cured C. diagnosed D. round
44. A. on B. for C. at D. in
45. A. met B. 1ived C. did D. got
46. A. But B. However C. Therefore D. So
47. A. incurable B. fatal C. curable D. changeable
48. A. No one B. Someone C. Anyone D. Everyone
49. A. want B. avoid C. escape D. share
50. A. destination B. science C. 1ife D. disease
51. A. make up B. make way C. make our D. make for
52. A. distant B. long C. short D. away
53. A. enough B. rare C. limited D. 1ost
54. A. wasted B. cheated C. excited D. trapped
55. A. love B. voice C. direction D. confusion
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