There is an English saying , “Laughter is the best medicine.” __1.__ Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched the funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. __2.___ It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

___3.__ In one experiment, doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The group that tolerated (忍受) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny programmes.  ___4.___

In this way ___5.___ they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A.     The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish (减少) both stress and pain.

B.      Until recently, few people took the saying seriously.

C.      Laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body.

D.     It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise.

E.      As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics.

F.      Laughter could produce a kind of chemical.

G.     Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body.

单词拼写（共10小题，每空一词，每小题1分，满分10分） 

1.As friends, we should be c___________ about each other .

2.It is not easy for a Chinese person to speak English as f____________ as a native speaker.

3.L_____________ is what we call truck in British English.

4.After g________________ from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip.

5.After supper, Wang wei put her head down on her p__________ and went to sleep.

6.Although many Americans move a lot , they still _______________(识别) and understand each other’s dialects.

7.Two years ago, she bought an expensive mountain bike and then she __________________

(劝说) me to buy one .

8.People began to wonder how long the _______________(灾难) would last.

9.Sun Yat-sen _______________(成立) the first Republic in China in 1911.

10.We tried to achieve our dream of making black and white people _____________(平等)

根据对话情景和内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。
-- What do you find hardest in learning English?
--   【小题1】   Sometimes it’s just impossible to understand.
--  【小题2】  The more you listen to English, the easier it becomes.
-- That’s easier said than done!
--   【小题3】  Then you can listen to Radio Beijing or VOA English programmes on the radio.
-- Do you think that would help? 
--   【小题4】  And why not buy some English tapes and some books to go with them? I’m sure you’ll find them useful.
-- Yes, that’s a good idea. But I have another difficulty. 【小题5】_
-- Oh! Well, for that, you’d better find an English pen friend.

单词拼写(用一到三单元生词的合适形式填空,答案写在答题卷上)（10%）

I wonder if it’s because I haven’t been able to be o        for so long that I’ve grown crazy about everything to do with nature.            

I am only able to look at nature through dirty c       hanging before very dusty windows.                                       

The dark, rainy evening, the wind, the t        clouds held me entirely in their power; it was the first time in a year and a half that I’d seen the night face to face…

She is very       (可靠的)and I knew I didn’t need to encourage her.

She gave me a       (坚定的)look----the kind that she would not change her mind.   

Then       (逐渐地) between about AD 800 and 1150 English became less like German.  

The latter gave a separate       (身份、特色)to American English spelling. 

India has a very large number of       (流利的) English speakers.  

After g      from college, we finally got the chance to take a bike trip. 

Although she didn’t know the best way of getting to the place, she insisted that she

o       the trip properly.

根据对话情景和内容,从对话后的选项中选出能填入空白处的最佳选项。选项中有两项为多余选项。

-- What do you find hardest in learning English?

--   1.   Sometimes it’s just impossible to understand.

--  2.  The more you listen to English, the easier it becomes.

-- That’s easier said than done!

--   3.  Then you can listen to Radio Beijing or VOA English programmes on the radio.

-- Do you think that would help? 

--   4.  And why not buy some English tapes and some books to go with them? I’m sure you’ll find them useful.

-- Yes, that’s a good idea. But I have another difficulty. 5._

-- Oh! Well, for that, you’d better find an English pen friend.

E. I find listening really hard.

F. Well, you just need lots of practice.

G. My written English isn’t very good either.