A new study finds that the animal known as man’s best friend can also be a good friend to the heart. Researchers in California say they have found that even just a short visit with a dog helped ease the worries of heart patients.               

The study divided the patients into three groups. In Group A, a dog and a person visited each patient for twelve minutes. Patients in Group B received just a human visitor for twelve minutes. And members of Group C received no visitor, human or canine(犬的).

The dogs would lie on the hospital bed so the heart patients could touch them. The researchers say some patients immediately smiled and talked to the dog and the human visitor. Dogs, in her words, “make people happier, calmer and feel more loved.”

The researchers examined the patients before, during and after the visits. They measured stress levels based on blood flow and heart activity. They say they found a twenty-four percent decrease in the group visited by both a dog and a person. They reported a ten percent decrease in the group visited by a person only. There was no change in the patients without any visit. These patients, however, did have an increase in their production of the hormone epinephrine (epinephrine肾上腺素). The body produces epinephrine during times of stress.

The increase was an average of seven percent. But the study found that patients who spent time with a dog had a seventeen percent drop in their levels of epinephrine. Patients visited by a human but not a dog also had a decrease, but only two percent.

The author believes that _______.  

   A. the dog can take the place of most medicines

   B. the dog is the most popular pet for man

   C. the findings of the research cannot be trusted

   D. visits by a human work better than visits by a dog

Which of the following best shows the stress level changes in the groups of patients? BACC

From the research findings we may conclude that _______.

A. the less the body produces epinephrine, the better

B. the longer a visit lasts, the happier the patient should be

C. the patients enjoyed the dogs’ company more than the human visitors’

D. it’s impossible for heart patients to recover without dogs’ visits

Which of the following is the best title for the passage?

  A. Worried Heart Patients               B. Epinephrine and Stress

  C. Good Friend to the Heart             D. Three Groups of Patients

When Mr. David retired(退休), he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the house. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said，“If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心),come in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.”Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide(导游)”, he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.
【小题1】Mr. David’s house was      that many visitors came to see it.

When Mr. David retired(退休), he bought a small house in a village near the sea. He liked it and hoped to live a quiet life in it. But to his surprise, many visitors came to see his house in summer holidays, for it was the most interesting building in the village. From morning to night, there were visitors outside the house. They kept looking into the rooms through the windows and many of them even went into the house. He decided to drive the visitors away. So he put a notice on the window. The notice said，“If you want to satisfy your curiosity(好奇心),come in and look around. Price: twenty dollars.”Mr. David was sure that the visitors would stop coming, but he was wrong. More and more visitors came and Mr. David had to spend every day showing them around his house. “I came here to retire, not to work as a guide(导游)”, he said angrily. In the end, he sold the house and moved away.

1.Mr. David’s house was      that many visitors came to see it.

A．so small           B．so quiet           C．so interesting      D．such interesting

2.Mr. David put a notice on the window in order      .

A．to drive the visitors away

B．to satisfy the visitors curiosity

C．to let visitors come in and look around

D．to get some money out of the visitors

3.The notice made the visitors      .

A．more interested in his house              B．lost interest in his house

C．angry at the unfair price                  D．feel happy about the price

4.After Mr. David put up the notice      .

A．the visitors didn’t come any more

B．fewer and fewer visitors came to see his house

C．more and more visitors came for a visit

D．no visitor would pay the money for a visit

5.At last he had to sell his house and move away because       .

A．he did not like it at all

B．he could not work as a guide

C．he made enough money and wanted to buy a new expensive house

D．he could not live a quiet life in it

Detective Keeling took his client ---- a good-looking lady into the back yard of the store together. The lady opened a door in the wall and they entered the small room behind the store. T h ey crossed the room to a locked door.

Mr. Keeling took some special keys from his pocket. M o ments later, one of the keys unlocked the door. The lady went into the store. She said she would hide under the table to keep watch on her husband. Mr. Keeling did not follow her.

The detective went quickly to the policeman ’ s house. Then the two men hurried to the jewellery store. They looked through the window. The policeman was surprised. He spoke to Mr. Keeling. “ I don ’ t understand. You told me, ‘ R o bbins took a young woman to a restaurant. ’ Where is she? ”

“ There she is ! ” said Mr. Keeling. He pointed through the window.

“ Do you know the lady with Robbins? ” asked the policeman.

“ That ’ s his secret friend, ” said Mr. Keeling.

“ NO! Y o u ’ re wrong! That ’ s Robbins ’ wife, ” said the policeman. “ I ’ ve known her for fifteen years. ”

“ What ? ” the detective shouted. H i s face became pale. “ Who is under the table in the store? ”

He started to kick the door of the jewellery store.

Mr. R o bbins came to the door and opened it. The policeman and the detective ran into the stroe.

“ Look under that table! ” shouted the detective. “ Be quick! ”

The policeman lifted the cloth and put his arm under the table. He pulled out a black dress, a black veil and a woman ’ s wig( 假发 ).

“ Is this young lady your wife? ” Mr. Keeling asked the jeweler . He pointed at the woman.

“ Yes! She is my wife ! ” said Mr. Robbins angrily. “ Why did you kick my door? Why are those clothes under my table? ”

“ Please check all the jewellery in your store, Mr. Robbins, ” the policeman said. “ Is anything missing? ”

Some diamond rings and some expensive necklaces were missing. The missing jewellery was worth ＄ 800.

Later that night, Mr. Keeling was sitting in his office. He was looking through a big book of photographs. They were photographs of criminals. The policeman had brought the book to the detective ’ s office. Suddenly, Mr. Keeling stopped turning the pages. He looked at a picture of a handsome young man with a familiar face.

The next morning, Mr. Keeling paid the jeweler ＄ 800, then closed his office.

56. At the beginning , the lady was able to go into the jewellery store because ___________.

A. She went to the back yard and found the way.

B. She was the owner of the store and had the key.

C. two men helped her together to enter the store.

D. Mr. Keeling unlocked the back door to the store.

57. The young lady who stayed with Mr. Robbins in the jewellery store was actually _________.

A. Mr. Robbins ’ sister B. Mr. Robbins ’ secret friend.

C. Mr. Robbins ’ wife. D. a clever thief

58. It can be inferred from the passage that Mr. Keeling cooperated with his client _____________.

A. so that he could get some jewellery from the store.

B. because he thought he was helping the lady.

C. because he wanted to play a joke on Mr. Robbins

D. so that he could get a job as a policeman

59. According to the story, _______________.

A. the boss of the store cheated ＄ 800 from Mr. Keeling

B. the thief stole ＄ 800 from the jewellery store.

C. the policeman and Mr. Robbins would share the ＄ 800.

D. Mr. Keeling paid ＄ 800 to the store because of his fault.

60. The missing jewellery worth ＄ 800 was in fact taken away by _____________.

A. a young woman B. a young man C. a detective D. a policeman

On Thursday afternoon Mrs. Clarke, dressed for going out, took her handbag with her money and her key in it, pulled the door behind her to lock it and went to the Over 60s Club. She always went there on Thursdays. It was a nice outing for an old woman who lived alone.

At six o’clock she came home, let herself in and at once smelt cigarette smoke. Cigarette smoke in her house? How? Had someone got in? She checked the back door and the windows. All were locked or fastened, as usual. There was no sign of forced entry.

Over a cup of tea she wondered whether someone might have a key that fitted her front door—“a master key ”perhaps. So she stayed at home the following Thursday. Nothing happened. Was anyone watching her movements? On the Thursday after that she went out at her usual time, dressed as usual, but she didn’t go to the club. Instead she took a short cut home again, letting herself in through her garden and the back door. She settled down to wait.

It was just after four o’clock when the front door bell rang. Mrs. Clarke was making a cup of tea at the time. The bell rang again, and then she heard her letter box being pushed open. With the kettle of boiling water in her hand, she moved quietly toward the front door. A long piece of wire appeared through the letter box, and then a hand. The wire turned and caught around the knob on the door lock. Mrs. Clarke raised the kettle and poured the water over the hand. There was a shout outside, and the skin seemed to drop off the fingers like a glove. The wire fell to the floor, the hand was pulled back, and Mrs. Clarke heard the sound of running feet.

1.Mrs. Clarke looked forward to Thursday because__________.

A. she worked at a club on the day

B. she lived alone

C. she visited a club on Thursdays

D. a special visitor came on Thursday Clarke

2. If someone had made a forced entry,________.

A. Mrs. Clarke would have found a broken door or window

B. he or she was still in the house

C. things would have been thrown about

D. he or she would have needed a master key

3.According to the passage, which of the following is right?

A. She is about more than 50 years old.

B. The next day after she found something unusual in her house, she stayed at home.

C. The man who tried to enter her house wore a pair of gloves.

D. Mrs. Clarke was in an attempt to trick the thief when she noticed something unusual.

4.The wire fell to the floor________.

A. because Mrs. Clarke refused to open the door

B. when the man’s glove dropped off

C. because it was too hot to hold

D. because the man just wanted to get away