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13．There is an old English saying，"Laughter is the best medicine．"One person certainly would have agreed with this is Norman Cousins．
Norman Cousins was the editor of a magazine called Saturday Review for almost forty years．He also （41）Cand spoke about world peace and anti-war issues（反战议题），traveling to many different countries to share his （42）D．
In the 1960s，after returning to the United States from a busy and tiring trip to Europe．Mr．Cousins got （43）B．He discovered he had a strange disease that caused great pain in his bones（骨头）．
In less than a week after he got back，he could not （44）Ait．Every move that he made was painful．He was not able to （45）Dat night．The doctor told Mr．Cousins that they did not know how to cure （治疗）his problem and he might never （46）Cthe illness．Mr．Cousins，however，refused to give up hope．
Mr．Cousins thought that the illness could be caused by （47）Athoughts．He did not want to take （48）Cto cure himself．Instead，he felt that happy thoughts or laughter might cure his illness．
He began to experiment on himself while still in the hospital by watching comedy shows on television．Mr．Cousins quickly found that ten minutes of （49）Claughter during the day gave him two hours of pain-free sleep at night．
Deciding that the （50）Dcould not help him，Mr．Cousins left the hospital and checked into a hotel room where he could （51）Chis experiments with laughter．For eight days，Mr．Cousins （52）Ain the hotel room watching comedy shows on television，reading amusing books，and sleeping whenever he felt （53）B．Within three weeks，he felt well enough to take a vacation to Puerto Rico where he began running on the beach for （54）B．
After a few months，Mr．Cousins was （55）Ato carry on his work．He had laughed himself back to health．

41．A．laughed	B．taught	C．wrote	D．copied
42．A．magazines	B．subjects	C．photos	D．ideas
43．A．rich	B．sick	C．lonely	D．famous
44．A．stand	B．realize	C．face	D．improve
45．A．dream	B．eat	C．shout	D．sleep
46．A．go through	B．look after	C．get over	D．find out
47．A．unhappy	B．pleasant	C．silly	D．clever
48．A．food	B．time	C．medicine	D．money
49．A．unusual	B．false	C．real	D．wild
50．A．friends	B．laughter	C．experiment	D．doctors
51．A．begin	B．end	C．continue	D．report
52．A．rested	B．worked	C．studied	D．played
53．A．well	B．tired	C．afraid	D．worried
54．A．help	B．exercise	C．freedom	D．fun
55．A．able	B．safe	C．lazy	D．uncertain．

12．Bob was happy．He was at a new school，and students there were friendly．"Hi，Bob!"some
students greeted him，but some students said，"Hi，Peter!"Bob didn't understand．He asked one student，"Why do some students call me Peter？"
"Oh，that's easy to answer，"the student said．"Peter was a student here last year．Now he is in a different school．You look like Peter．Some students thought that you were Peter．"
Bob wanted to meet Peter．He got Peter's address from a student and went to Peter's house．Peter opened the door．Bob couldn't believe his eyes．He looked really like Peter!Bob and Peter had the same color eyes and the same smile．They had the same black hair．They also had the same birthday．And they both were adopted（领养） by two different families
Bob and Peter found out that they were twin brothers．Soon after the boys were born，One family adopted Bob，and another family adopted Peter．Bob's family never knew about Peter，and Peter's family never knew about Bob．
Soon Bob and Peter's story appeared in the newspaper．There was a photo of Bob and Peter next to the story．A young man named John saw the photo in the newspaper．John couldn't believe his eyes．He looked exactly like Bob and Peter!He had the same color eyes and the same smile．He had the same black hair．He had the same birthday．And he，too，was adopted by another family．
Later John met Bob and Peter．When Bob and Peter saw John，they couldn't believe their eyes．John looked really like them!Why did John look really like Bob and Peter？You can guess．Bob and Peter are not twins．Bob．Peter and John are triplets．

51．Bob feltB at the new school．
A．interested                  B．happy                 C．sad
52．Some students in Bob's new school thoughtC．
A．John was Peter             B．Bob was John          C．Bob was Peter
53．Bob saw PeterA
A．at Peter's house           B．at school               C．at John's house
54．John knew the story of Bob and Peter fromA
A．a newspaper   B．a book                C．his classmates
55．The underlined word"triplets"means"C．"
A挚友    B双胞胎    C．三胞胎．

11．Try reading the following sentences as fast as you can．"She sells seashells by the seashore．The shells she sells are surely seashells．So if she sells shells on the seashore，I'm sure she sells seashore shells．"
Not very easy，was it？What you've just read is called a tongue twister （绕口令）．It is an exercise made up of sounds that are hard to pronounce in order to help people pronounce words faster and more correctly．Try the next example．
"Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pepper．Did Peter Piper pick a peck of pickled peppers？If Pete Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers，where's the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked？"
Tongue twisters usually do not have much meaning．They are just designed to improve people's ability （能力） to pronounce words．Although they may be very difficult，these exercises are very important to people who are trying to speak English correctly．This is because tongue twisters help people to tell the differences between similar sounds．
So if you wish to pronounce words more smoothly，you'd better try picking out some tongue twisters and practicing them．

41．Tongue twisters are helpful in improvingC skills．
A．listening        B．writing          C．pronunciation         D．communication
42．The first tongue twister is hard becauseD．
A．it is very boring to read          B．it teaches us a lot of knowledge
C．we don't know who"she"is        D．the sounds of"s"and"sh"are similar
43．The passage is probably taken fromB in a school newspaper．
A．Story Time          B．Study Garden
C．Latest News          D．Lost and Found．

10．It's very early in the morning and I'm sitting outside．It's also very cold and dark．With me is Jim Nightingale，and he is the reason I'm up so early．He passes me a hot cup of coffee．"Not long to wait now，"he says．I hope he's right．
After a few minutes there is a very weak light in the east，and then I hear a bird singing．It sings very loud and very clear．"That's the robin（知更鸟），"says Jim．A few more birds start singing with the robin and Jim knows the names of them too．Half an hour later，there are more and more birds singing，and it's very loud!Suddenly，all around us the air is full of the sound of birdsong．This is the dawn chorus（晨鸣），and it's beautiful．
"Wow，this is amazing!"I tell Jim，who is smiling．"Is there a dawn chorus every morning？"
"Birds can sing any time of the year but the best time is the end of winter and during the spring．This is when the birds sing most．"
"Really？So，why do they sing？"I ask．
"Well，there are two reasons，"explains Jim．"Most of the songbirds who sing are males．They want to find a female（雌性）so they sing to show how strong they are．The females listen and choose the best singer!The birds also sing to tell other males to go away．They need their own area； they don't like sharing with another male．"
I listen to the birds； the songs seem too much to me．"Do the birds sing a special song in the morning？"
"That's a good question，"replied Jim．"The successful birds have many kinds of calls and songs．Sometimes they copy the songs of other birds．This makes it sound like there are many birds in that place already and other males stay away．Also the female likes songs with different notes．Some birds，for example the European wren，have songs that contain over 700different notes per minute!"
So，how does Jim know so much about birds？Well，he works as a volunteer for the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds．He is trying to help the birds live in the modern world．"More and more of the birds'habitat disappears every year．The sparrow，for example，was a very common bird in the UK，now it's in danger．"
By now the sun is up and the birds are quiet．It's light so they can start looking for food，they need a big breakfast after all that singing．

51．Why does the writer get up early in the morning？D
A．To visit her friend．B．To drink hot coffee．
C．To see different birds．D．To hear birds sing．
52．When you hear a bird sing in the morning，it's most probablyC．
A．a robin                         B．a sparrow
C．a male bird                      D．a female bird
53．A bird sings early in the morning mainlyA．
A．to call a female's attention          B．to fight with other males
C．to find a place to live in            D．to start looking for food
54．According to the text，which of the following statements is true？B
A．At first the writer is happy to be up so early in the morning．
B．Male birds have their own ways of fooling other birds．
C．It's easier for the birds to find food early in the morning．
D．Jim has a job with the Royal Society for the Proteciton of Birds．
55．The text is mainly aboutC．
A．the robin's songs                  B．the birds'habitat
C．why birds sing                    D．how to protect birds．

9．Would you like to experience what going to school was like in the late 1800s？to start with，imagine everyone in school only one classroom．
In the 19^th and early 20^th centuries，most American students went to a one-room schoolhouse．A single teacher would typically（典型地） have students in the first through eighth grades，and she taught them all．The number of students varied from six to 40or more．The youngest children sat in the front，while the oldest students sat in the back．The teacher usually taught reading，writing，arithmetic，history，and geography．Students memorized（记忆） and retold their lessons．
The classroom of a one-room schoolhouse probably looked much like your own．The teacher's desk stood on a raised platform（讲台） at the front of the room，however，and there was a wood-burning stove since there was no other way of heating．The bathroom was outside in an outhouse．
In Honeoye Falls，New York，there is a one-room schoolhouse where kids today can experience what it was like to the students in the late 19^th century．For a week during the summer，they wear 19^th century clothes and learn the way children learned more than a hundred years ago．
What else has changed about school since the 19^th century？For more information，please visit our website：www．Locallygacy．com．

51．What does the word"varied"in the Paragraph Two mean in Chinese？A
A．变化 B．排列 C．调整 D．减少
52．Students in the late 19^th century could learnC？
A．reading，writing，sports，history，and science．
B．reading，art，arithmetic，history，and geography
C．reading，writing，arithmetic，history，and geography
D．reading，physics，chemistry，history，and geography
53．Which of the following best shows what a one-room schoolhouse was like in the late 19^th century？D

54．Some kids go to Honeoye Falls toD．
A．try the food in the late 19^th century
B．learn the subjects over a century ago
C．memorized and retell their lessons they have learn
D．experience the way children learned over a century ago
55．Which of the following is TRUE about the students in a one-room schoolhouse？A
A．They had only one teacher．
B．They had different classrooms．
C．They could choose the seats they liked．
D．They learned more subjects than we do now．

8．Even in early time，people could realize the important of dreams and knew that dreams gave meaning to life．Every great achievement has been the result of years of dreaming．If a person has a dream and holds fast to it，he or she will find a way to bring it into reality （现实）．
Children do not have much experience or knowledge．However，they are natural dreamers．We should not laugh at them for being na?ve．Many great men were dreamers when they were children．One such dreamer was Thomas Edison．He used to be ostracized （排斥） when he was in primary school，but his achievements were greater than everyone else's in his time．
Teenagers and young people should also be encouraged to dream．The world is full of successful teenagers and young people．They dreamt big and their dreams changed their lives and even the world．Steve Jobs and Bill Gates are the good examples．They have developed technology and brought great progress to human besides making money for themselves．
Older people should believe that it is never too late to dream and that human mind is never too old to make dreams turn into reality．Colonel Saunders realized his dreams at the age of 67and set up the biggest fried chicken company （KFC） in the world．
To dream is a wonderful ability which can lead to wonderful results．Olympic records were broken by players who were brave enough to dream．No one is too young or too old to dream and to make dreams come true．

66．People whoB could probably realize their dreams．
A．find a way to dream
B．dream and hold fast to them
C．get the meaning of life
D．have very good school results
67．Young people should be encouraged to dream becauseD．
A．their dreams are natural
B．they are greater than everyone else
C．they have much knowledge
D．their dreams might change the world
68．What does the example of Colonel Saunders show us？C
A．Setting up a big company is a wonderful ability．
B．Developing technology can bring great progress．
C．Even older people can make their dreams come true．
D．People should be brave enough to dream when they are young．
69．The underlined word"naive"in the passage means"B"in Chinese．
A．逆反的
B．幼稚的
C．调皮的
D．冲动的
70．The best title （题目） for the passage is"A"．
A．From Dream to Reality
B．Good Examples of Dreams
C．Achievements in History
D．A list of Successful Dreamers．

7．Charles Darwin was a scientist who changed our understanding of the natural world．He is known as the Father of Modern Biology．Darwin spent all his life studying nature and making notes about all the species（物种）he found．
Darwin was born in 1809in England．Like many geniuses he didn't do well at school and got poor marks．He was a good athlete though and loved exploring nature and collecting sea shells．He also kept doing chemistry experiments and so his classmates gave him the nickname"Gas"
His father was a doctor and expected Charles to become one too．Charles started studying medicine at Edinburgh University，but soon gave up his studies there．He went on to study religion at Cambridge University instead．There he started collecting insects like beetles and paid too little attention to his studies．
In 1831，at the age of 22，Darwin went on a five-year expedition to South America，Australia and South Africa by ship．He was often seasick，but the things he saw on this long journey changed his life．He collected many fossils as well as animal and plant specimens．He spent the rest of his life studying what he had seen and he wrote many books．
In 1839，Darwin married his cousin，Emma Wedgwood，with whom he had ten children!He was a loving father and enjoyed family life，which was always more important to him than his research．In spite of having many health problems throughout his life，Darwin lived until he his 73．
Darwin's most famous book On the Origin of Species came out in 1859and sold out in a day．It said that all living things were related，which meant that human beings were just another kind of animal．These ideas were not popular at first，but now most people agree with them and admire Darwin as a brilliant scientist．

101．Darwin was agood athlete，not good at school and had great interests in exploring nature though he has work．
102．At Edinburgh University，Darwin soon gave up his study because hedidn't want be a doctor．
103．Darwin came up withsome new ideas，changed his lifeafter the long journey，and what he saw on the way．
104．According to the article，Darwin loved his family very much and he hada happy life．
105．At first，Darwin's new ideas about human beingswere not accepted by most people/were accepted by few people．

6．Happiness is for everyone．You don't need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming people for those who have nice cars and a lot of money who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time．In fact，happiness is always around you if you put your heart into it．When you are in trouble at school，your friends will help you； when you study hard at your lessons，your parents are always taking good care of your life and your health；when you get success，your friend will say congratulations to you； when you do something wrong，people around you will help you to correct it．And when you do something good to others，you will feel happy，too．All these are your happiness．If you notice a bit of them，you can see that happiness is always around you．
Happiness is not the same as money，it is a feeling of your heart．When you are poor，you can also say you are happy，because you have something else that can't be bought with money．When you meet with difficulties，you can say loudly you are very happy，because you have more chance to challenge yourself．So you cannot always say you are poor and you have bad luck．As the saying goes，life is like a revolving door．When it closes，it also open．If you take every chance you get，you can be a happy and lucky person．

56．将文中划线部分翻译成汉语．当你努力学习功课，你的父母总是会照顾好你的生活和你的健康
57．Is happiness only for the rich？No，it isn't
58．Why don't you need to care about those people who have beautiful houses with large gardens and swimming pools？Because those who have big houses may often feel lonely and those who have cars may want to walk on the country roads in their free time
59．Happiness isn't the same as money，is it？No，it isn't．
60．What do you learn from the passage？Happiness is for everyone．

5．Love is a two-way street
A father sat at his desk and looked at his bills when his young son rushed in and announced："Dad，because today is your birthday and you're 40years old，I'm going to give you 40kisses，one for each year!"When the boy started making good on his word （履行诺言），the father shouted："Andrew，don't do it now．I'm too busy!"
The boy soon fell silent as tears fell from his big blue eyes．Feeling sorry，the father said："You can finish later．The boy said nothing but quietly walked away．"That evening the father said："Come and finish the kisses now，Andrew!"But the boy didn't．
Unfortunately，a few days later after the father's birthday，the boy had an accident and died．His sad father wrote："If only（要是…，该多好）I could tell him how sorry I am for my thoughtless words，and how much my heart is hurting．"
Love is a two-way street．We must warmly accept any loving act，or others will take it as a"NO"and it can leave a scar（伤痕）．If we don't receive love，our life will lose its true meaning．Nothing is more important than accepting love from those who are near and dear to us．

53．On his father's birthday，the boy wanted toD
A．help pay the bills                              B．have a talk with his father
C．buy his father a gift                            D．give his father kisses
54．The boy feltC when his father refused him．
A．sorry       B．surprised       C．sad           D．excited
55A few days after the fathers birthday，the boyB
A．was badly hurt in an accident                  B．was killed in an accident
C．had to go back to school                      D．became unhappy with his father
56．The headline"Love is a two-way street"meansC
A．love keeps one busy all the time  B．love can make people happy and unhappy
C．we should learn to give and receive love D．it's important to love people around us
57．We can know from the story thatA
A．the father is busy with his work              B．the boy is hard-working
C．the father doesn't like the boy               D．the boy is too careless．

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