At a French dinner party, you re          to say " It was delicious. " instead of "I'm full. "

A. supposed       B. allowed            C. forbidden        D. encouraged

    Small children often laugh at the short ones or at someone who isn’t dressed as well as they are．But as they grow up，they learn not to hurt people’s feelings by laughing at their problems．They learn to laugh at other things．Most important，they learn to laugh at themselves．

    Suppose you’re playing a game．You make a mistake and lose．Do you become angry? Or can you laugh at yourself and hope to do better next time? Suppose you are at a special dinner．You at times spill(溅)some food．Why keep worrying about how clumsy (笨拙)you look? Why not laugh it off and enjoy yourself anyway? If you can，it’s a good sign that you’ve really grown up．

1．This article is mostly about _________．

    A．why laughter is good for your body      B．what you should laugh at

    C．where you may laugh                          D．who you may laugh at

2．The writer says small children laugh at people who__________．

    A．have problems                                  B．aren’t worried

    C．dress well                                          D．play games

3．Next the writer shows how laughter could help you________．

    A．not to spill food                                B．not to be worried

    C．not to enjoy yourself                           D．to grow up

4．The most important thing is to learn how to laugh at_______．

    A．jokes    B．pictures               C．children          D．yourself

5．If you can laugh at yourself，_______．

    A．you will be unhappy all the time           B．you are stupid

    C．you will not be a child any more           D．you will not be clever

The year was 1932, Amelia Earhart was flying alone from North America to England in a small one-engine airplane. At midnight, several hours after she had left Newfoundland, she ran into bad weather. To make things worse, her altimeter failed to work. (The altimeter shows the height of the plane above the ground.) At night, and in a storm, a pilot is in great difficulty without an altimeter. At times, her plane nearly plunged into the Atlantic Ocean. Just before daylight, there was further trouble. Amelia noticed flames coming from the engine. Would she be able to reach land? There was nothing to do except to keep going and to hope.

　 Amelia Earhart did reach Ireland, and for the courage she had shown, she was warmly welcomed in England and Europe. When she returned to the United States, she was honored by President Hoover at a special dinner in the White House. From that time on, Amelia Earhart was famous.

　 What was so important about her flight? Amelia Earhart was the first woman to fly the Atlantic Ocean alone, and she had set a record of fourteen hours and fifty-six minutes.

40. Amelia was ____________.

　A. an American　 　B. an Englishwoman　　 C. a European　　 D. living near the Atlantic

41. She ran into bad weather. Here "ran into" means ____________.

　 A. rushed into　　 　B. raced into　　　　　　　 　 C. met into　　　　　 　 D. met

42. Amelia's successful flight has proved that ______________.

　 A. women can do everything　　　

　 B. women can do things, as men have done

　 C. men and women are equal now　

　 D. women pilots are more successful than men pilots

43. The title for this passage would be ____________.

　 A. Amelia Earhart　　 　B. A Pilot　　　　 C. A Flight　　　　　　　 D. A Woman