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Water costs money. In some places water is hard 31. What 32 when a town has these problems? A small town in California found a happy 33.

　　Very 34 rain ever fell there. The town had no water 35. The water it used was 36 from a river 300 miles away. As more people 37 live in the town, 38 water was needed. Now water 39 to be brought in from 600 miles away. All these cost 40 money.

　　The town 41 a plan. It found 42 to clean its “dirty” water. Once the cleaned water was reused 43 many ways. Five 44 lakes were built. Here people could swim and fish and go 45. They 46 have picnics in their new parks. Farmers had more water 47 their crops. New factories can be built, now that they have the promise of 48.

In most places, water is used and thrown 49. The town that saved 50 water has saved the town！

A. supplying	B. getting	C. to get	D. to supply
95 ha. happens	B. happening	C. is happened	D. happened
A. key	B. answer	C. answering	D. way
A. little	B. a little	C. few	D. a few
A. of it self	B. of its own	C. for its own	D. for itself
A. fetch	B. take	C. brought in	D. guided
A. come to	B. came to	C. coming to	D. came for
A. many	B. plenty of	C. more	D. many more
A. has	B. had	C. must	D. needed
A. many	B. a few	C. a great many	D. a lot of
A. put	B. made	C. supply	D. noticed
A. a way	B. ways	C. an answer	D. a key
A. for	B. by	C. at	D. in
A. man-making	B. man-make	C. man-made	D. manmade
A. boating	B. to boat	C. to boating	D. on boating
A. must	B. could	C. needed	D. had to
A. as	B. with	C. for	D. to
A. water enough	B. enough water	C. crops enough	D. enough crops
A. off	B. of	C. away	D. out of
A. it’s	B. its	C. one’s	D. his

Do you want to live a happier, less stressful (有压力的) life?
Try laughing for no reason at all. That’s how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world – and many doctors now think that having a good laugh might be one of the best ways to stay healthy.
The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995 by Dr Madan Kataria. “Young children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr Kataria. “Everyone’s naturally good at laughing – it’s the universal language. We want people to feel happy with their lives.” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 worldwide.
Many doctors are also interested in the effects (效果) of laughter on our health. According to a 5 – year study in the body. Laughter improves our health against illness by about 40%.
So, what happens at a Laughter Club? I went along to my nearest club in South London to find out. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class, to be honest – I wasn’t interested in laughing with a group of strangers, and I was worried about looking stupid. Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands and say “ho ho ho, ha ha ha,” while looking at each other. However, our bodies can’t tell the difference between fake laughter and real laughter, so they still produce the same healthy effects.
Surprisingly, it works! After ten minutes everybody in the room was laughing for real – and some people just couldn’t stop! At the end of the class I was surprised by how relaxed and comfortable I felt. So if you’re under stress, then start laughing. You might be very pleased with the results!
【小题1】In which country was the first Laughter Club started?

【小题2】How did the writer feel at the beginning of the class?

【小题3】When did the people in the club begin to laugh for real?

A．After a few minutes.	B．After a few hours.
C．After a few seconds.	D．After a few days.

【小题4】Which of the following is true according to the passage?

A．Fake laughter and real laughter are both good for health.

B．40% of the people in Laughter Clubs are good friends.

C．Adults laugh more often than children in a day.

D．Laughing is the best way to prevent illness.

Earlier this year I traveled to Turkana in Kenya. I was there to take pictures of the “broken food system”.

As a special visitor, I was greeted with songs and dances. The locals used to sing and dance all the time but now Turkana is silent and has been for some years. No one is singing or dancing any more because they have no food, nothing to celebrate. Many of them are surviving on a little corn a day and water, which they can get just every two days.

I met Tede Lokapelo, a local farmer who described the experience of a six-year drought(干旱). Tede used to have 200 goats, but now he has only seven left. He told me that this drought has taught him a hard lesson: It is too difficult to keep animals. He lives on animals. His traditional way of life has been completely destroyed now. Without the food aid(援助) they got, Tede is certain that they would starve because there are no other ways to feed themselves left.

Sadly, the same can be heard in almost any developing country around the world. Almost one billion people go to bed hungry each night. The food system is broken. In Turkana, not enough rain has fallen since 2005. They measure(测量) rainfall not in days or weeks but in minutes. More and more people are being forced to rely on food aid, but people like Tede don’t want food aid. They want to work and develop their country. It’s our responsibility(责任) to change the situation so that they can support themselves.

Drought is impossible to avoid but famine(饥荒) is manmade, and unless enough money is provided to develop a basic infrastructure(基础设施) for people in the area, thousands more lives are sure to be lost.

1. Why do people in Turkana no longer sing or dance any more?

A. Because they have no time.

B. Because they are tired of them.

C. Because they are always hungry.

D. Because they have other interesting things to do.

2.During the drought Tede had experienced, ______of his goats were killed.

A. 200 B. 193 C. 7 D. 6

3. Which of the following is NOT true about Tede Lokapelo?

A. He was a farmer in Kenya.

B. He has never received any food aid.

C. His traditional way of life ha s been changed.

D. He found it hard to raise animals after the drought.

4.What’s the author’s purpose in writing the text?

A. To show drought is serious in the world.

B. To tell readers the serious situation of food shortage(短缺).

C. To ask more people to give food aid to people in Kenya.

D. To make it clear what is the right way to help people suffering from drought.

第二节完形填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）

请认真阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

What is it about maths, anyway? Why is it that a ___36___ who would rather die than ___37___ they found reading difficult at school will happily say he is brain-dead when it ___38___ to numbers?

“I was ___39___ at maths at school,” they say. “still am. Can’t ___40___ up to save my life. My little girl takes after____41___. Thinks take-aways are something to do with fish and chips. Ha-ha!” Oh, how we all laugh.

But how many of us remember it being ___42___ at the time? How many of us remember the blind panic of the Monday morning maths test when the ___43___ we could hope for was a miracle(奇迹) to make the numbers we ___44___ without thinking as answers somehow ___45___ the questions?

On the face of it, today’s children can ___46___ be considered happier and more satisfied. They have a daily numeracy lesson ___47___ to improving their maths skills. But if that sounds like hell to you, you may ___48__ find that your child surprises you by actually quite ___49__ it.

One of the __50___ is that over the last ten years or so, there has been a ___51___ in the way maths is taught. And many of those who teach it feel it’s been a ___52__ for the better. There’s generally much more emphasis now on __53___ arithmetic, getting children used to doing calculations without forever having a pen in one hand and a calculator in the other. Often the first question a teacher will ask is: can you do this in your___54___? And if they can, they do.

The whole approach is more___55___, the goal to get children understanding numbers, not just putting them through the uninteresting process of learning something by repeating it until they remember it.

36 A. teacher B. parent C. pupil D. teenager

37 A. understand B. admit C. observe D. pretend

38 A. add B. relate C. comes D. reject

39 A. good B. expert C. special D. rubbish

40 A. add B. make C. look D. pick

41 A. stranger B. me C. herself D. somebody

42 A. funny B. easy C. attractive D. remote

43 A. worst B. prize C. best D. surprising

44 A. missed B. lost C. found D. chose

45 A. get B. foresee C. fit D. evaluate

46 A. however B. frequently C. mostly D. hardly

47 A. suggested B. devoted C. intended D. adapted

48 A. well B. sometimes C. seldom D. extremely

49 A. enjoying B. hating C. objecting D. mastering

50 A. consequences B. reasons C. findings D. incidents

51 A. mistake B. program C. policy D. revolution

52 A. preparation B. reputation C. requirement D. change

53 A. difficult B. general C. mental D. basic

54 A. class B. head C. textbook D. own

55 A. logical B. unbelievable C. direct D. conservative

Water costs money. In some places water is hard 31. What 32 when a town has these problems? A small town in California found a happy 33.

　　Very 34 rain ever fell there. The town had no water 35. The water it used was 36 from a river 300 miles away. As more people 37 live in the town, 38 water was needed. Now water 39 to be brought in from 600 miles away. All these cost 40 money.

　　The town 41 a plan. It found 42 to clean its “dirty” water. Once the cleaned water was reused 43 many ways. Five 44 lakes were built. Here people could swim and fish and go 45. They 46 have picnics in their new parks. Farmers had more water 47 their crops. New factories can be built, now that they have the promise of 48.

In most places, water is used and thrown 49. The town that saved 50 water has saved the town！

1.A. supplying	B. getting	C. to get	D. to supply
2.95 ha. happens	B. happening	C. is happened	D. happened
3.A. key	B. answer	C. answering	D. way
4.A. little	B. a little	C. few	D. a few
5.A. of it self	B. of its own	C. for its own	D. for itself
6.A. fetch	B. take	C. brought in	D. guided
7.A. come to	B. came to	C. coming to	D. came for
8.A. many	B. plenty of	C. more	D. many more
9.A. has	B. had	C. must	D. needed
10.A. many	B. a few	C. a great many	D. a lot of
11.A. put	B. made	C. supply	D. noticed
12.A. a way	B. ways	C. an answer	D. a key
13.A. for	B. by	C. at	D. in
14.A. man-making	B. man-make	C. man-made	D. manmade
15.A. boating	B. to boat	C. to boating	D. on boating
16.A. must	B. could	C. needed	D. had to
17.A. as	B. with	C. for	D. to
18.A. water enough	B. enough water	C. crops enough	D. enough crops
19.A. off	B. of	C. away	D. out of
20.A. it’s	B. its	C. one’s	D. his

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