The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help clarify hospitals who are charged with wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomfort and pain.

A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Lenoardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to watch either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel while the team struck a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been hurt by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel.

Electrodes (电极) measuring the brain’s electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings. While distractions(娱乐), such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part. The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process.

“Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their aesthetic(审美能力) aspects should be taken into account too,” said the neurologist. “Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into how a beautiful environment can reduce suffering.”

Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis’ Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonino Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. “these people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world,” said Prof de Tommaso.

1.According to the first paragraph, people didn’t approve_______________.

A. hospitals spend money on medical equipment

B. hospitals decorate their rooms with works of art

C. hospitals make their environment pleasant to patients

D. hospitals treat patients with works of art

2.How did the researchers make the research?

A. By asking the subjects to listen to music.

B. By requiring the subjects to draw paintings.

C. By ordering the subjects to choose which picture is beautiful and ugly.

D. By aching the subjects’ hands while they are watching paintings.

3.According to the research, when designing a hospital, we should consider its____________.

A. convenient facilities

B. functional operating room

C. pleasing environment

D. bright waiting room

4.The best title for the passage may be__________.

A. Patients Don’t Like Pictures

B. Arts Can Be Used As a Medicine

C. Ugly Patients Feel Less Pain

D. Beautiful Art Can Ease Pain

完成句子（共10小题；每小题2分, 满分20分）

阅读下列各小题, 根据汉语提示, 用句末括号内的英语单词完成句子, 并将答案写在答题卡上的相应题号后。

1.“__________________ and get good grades, and you will find a high-paying job with great benefits,” my parents used to say.(study)

我的父母过去常说：“如果努力学习，取得好成绩，你就能找到高薪福利又好的工作。”

2.I _________________________ all the data yesterday but I was invited to the ball by my friends.(go)

我昨天就该检查所有的数据，但是我应朋友的邀请去参加舞会了。

3.With ______________________, the famous woman writer is determined to produce more excellent works to satisfy the needs of readers. (think)

这位知名女作家的作品得到了高度评价，她决心创作出更优秀的作品来满足读者的需求。

4.It is reported that the United States uses __________________as the whole of Europe. （as）

据报道，美国使用的能源是整个欧洲的两倍。

5.So______________________ his work that the old scientist always forgets to rest and eat. (absorb)

这位老科学家非常专注于自己的工作，以至于常常废寝忘食。

6.I don’t mind her criticizing me, but it is how she does it ________________. (object)

我不介意她批评我，我反对的是她批评我的方式。

7.When I came into the classroom, all the students were laughing. It was several minutes

___________________________ what was happening. (aware)

当我进入教室时，所有的学生都在笑。几分钟之后我才意识到所发生的一切。

8.Life is like a long race,________________________ others to go beyond ourselves. (compete)

生活就像一场长跑比赛，在比赛中，我们与别人竞争来超越自我。

9.The young man, who by then ____________________university decided to do some part-time jobs to pay for his education. (admit)

这个年轻人那时被大学录取了,为了交学费决定做兼职。

10.Why you couldn’t get through to him was ___________________ a zero in his telephone number.(leave)

你联络不到他是因为你漏掉了他号码中的一个零。

短文写作（共l题；满分30分）

请根据以下提示，结合你生活中的一个事例，用英语写一篇短文。

We all know that "Chances favor the prepared mind". Only if you are well prepared, will you be able to seize them.

注意： 1. 无须写标题，不得照抄英语提示语。

2. 除诗歌外，文体不限。

3. 文中不得透露个人姓名和学校名称。

4. 词数不少于120词。

Lady Gaga is so well-received a singer all over the world, and it is a great ______ for a reporter to have a face-to-face conversation with her.

A. advantage B. benefit C. drawback D. privilege

It’s widely agreed that the _______of our sports system, rather than foreign coaches, will be helpful to Chinese football.

A. adaptation B. appearance C. reform D. promotion

His grandfather has kept reminding him not to _______ with bad companions whether in school or in society.

A. associate B. conduct C. distinguish D. participate

It is common that many parents choose to rent a house near schools to _______ their children during their school years.

A. accompany B. accumulate C. acknowledge D. alarm

At the annual meeting, the mayor of Jingmen Xiao Juhua urged the related departments to take _______ measures to ensure equal rights for migrant children.

A. apparent B. effective C. elegant D. reasonable

Universities have the right to develop in their own way, but whatever they do, their polices must be consistent with the nation’s _________laws.

A. conservative B. abundant C. relevant D. adequate

Teachers should allow their students to study ________ from the start, and it is bound to result in their ability to deal with problems on their own.

A. theoretically B. socially C. optionally D. autonomously