Happiness is associated with smiling. But do we always smile when we are happy?

During the Olympic Games in Barcelona in 1992, Spanish researchers analyzed the facial expressions of 22 gold medal winners at the medal ceremonies. The researchers were surprised to see that these medal winners didn't smile very much. In fact, throughout the different medal ceremonies, they only smiled about 10% of the time. But during the brief moment when the gold medal was put around their neck, the medal winners grinned (露齿笑) about 70% of the time.   

The researchers interviewed the winners they had watched to find out how they felt. All the winners interviewed said that they felt intensely(强烈的)happy throughout the ceremony.   

Though they were profoundly(衷心地)happy, they didn't smile a great deal. The researchers concluded that smiling was not the automatic expression of happiness. The fact that the gold medal winners smiled much more when they were actually being given their medals could be explained because, according to the Spanish researchers, smiling was a form of communication between individuals. The happy athletes were smiling at the people who were giving them gold medals.    Perhaps we can support the findings of the Spanish researchers by making some observations of our own behaviors. When we are all alone, for example, do we smile at ourselves when we are happy? Probably not very often. If someone greets us with a friendly smile, do we respond with a smile? Yes, we probably do. When a friend gives us a beautiful present, will we show our appreciation with a smile? Yes, of course. But if we are sitting alone watching television, do we smile at a commentator (讲解员) who smiles at us?

60. How much of the time did the gold medal winners smile during the medal ceremonies?

   A. 10%.   B. 70%.   C. 22%.   D. 92%.

61. According to the passage, when did the athletes smile quite a lot?

   A. Throughout the medal ceremony.         

   B. When they were informed of their success.

   C. When the gold medal was put around their neck. 

   D. When their national flag was raised.

62. According to the passage, on which of the following occasions would we most probably NOT smile?

A. When we are sitting alone watching TV.    B. When someone greets us with a friendly smile.

C. When a friend gives us a beautiful present.  D. When we feel intensely happy.

63. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. The gold medal winners were too nervous that they would hardly smile at the medal ceremonies.

B. People will always smile automatically when they feel happy.

C. Smiling is a way of communication.

D. When the gold medal was put around their neck, the gold medal winners were smiling at the audience but not at those who gave the medal.

第三部分:阅读理解(共15小题;每小题2分,满分30分)

请认真阅读下列短文,从短文后所给的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。

I was walking along Orchard Road when I realized a tall young man wearing a jacket and tie was following me. I noticed him because not many people wear a jacket and tie in the middle of a hot summer day, and I had already seen this man four times that afternoon.

To make sure he was following me, I walked on quickly, turned right into a shopping center and then stopped to look in a shop window. Soon the man appeared and stopped at another shop window. I walked on and stopped several times. When I stopped, he stopped too.

I began to be rather worried and decided to try to lose this strange man. When I saw a taxi coming, I jumped into it. As I was telling the taxi driver where to go, I found the man get into another taxi, which then followed mine. As the two taxies slowly made their way along Orchard Road, I looked back at the taxi behind, and saw that the stranger was looking out at me. At MRT station, I told the taxi driver to stop and I got out. As I was paying my fare, I saw the man was getting out of his taxi.

By now I got angry, so I turned and walked straight to him. I asked him why he was following me.  At first he said he was not following me at all, but when I threatened(威胁) to call the police, he admitted he was. He then told me that he was a news reporter and that he was writing an article on how elderly people in Singapore spend their time. He said he was observing me to gather materials for his article. 

56. What is strange about the man who followed the writer?

  A. He seemed to be wearing too much.           B. He was out on such a hot day.

  C. He walked quickly behind.                       D. He was a tall young man.

57. What did the stranger do when the writer jumped into a taxi?

  A. He got into another taxi.                          B. He tried to stop the taxi.

  C. He almost gave up following him.             D. He made his way along Orchard Road.

58. How did the writer have the stranger admit(承认) he was following him?

  A. He threatened to take him to the police.            B. He called the police.

  C. He said he would call the police.                             D. He talked to the police.

59. Why did the stranger follow the writer?

  A. He was interested in elderly people.                  B. He often does such things.

  C. He was writing a book about young people.       D. He needed materials for his article.

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