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Many students may have had the experience of cheating in exams, which not only results in an unfair competition but also have a bad effect on the habit of study, ruin the creativity and self-confidence of those students.

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    阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项(A、B、C和D)中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。

  Laughter and tears are part of living．But do you find enough time for laughter? I am not

asking if you  __21__ lots of good times．__22__  we should laugh during the happy times．But do you also laugh during the__23__times?

    Erma Bombeek is known for her humorous books, but she wrote one that __24__  a more serious topic：__25__ in children．Erma talks with many children with cancer and learns __26__

life lessons from them．She learns, for instance, that cancer survivors know how to__27__.

    She __28__ the experience of 15-year-old Jessica from Burlinton．Jessica’s leg was cut

off at the knee because of cancer．She was learning to __29__  a prosthesis(假肢)．Jessica tells

about playing __30__．She kicked the ball __31__ and it flew off in one __32__  while her artificial leg flew into another．She fell on the __33__ and laughed．

   Jessica may not have laughed about her cancer，but she laughed about handling the__34__

of it．And her laughter helped her a deal．

   There is the story of 17-year-old Betsy．She __35__her way to the radiation room for her regular radiation therapy(化疗)．As __36__，she dropped her hospital gown and，wearing only her birthday suit，__37__ onto the table and waited．The extra people in the room were not the medical students she had thought，but__38__painters giving an estimate on painting! Betsy laughed heartily about the incident．And like Jessica, her __39__ to laugh helped her to deal with one of the most difficult things a young person can endure — cancer．

   Do you find plenty of__40__ for laughter? You can…if you also find reasons to laugh during the especially difficult times．

   Survivors know how to laugh．If you can laugh even when the going is rough，you’ll make

it．And you’ll smile at the end．

1.A. lose            B. miss            C. experience            D. laugh

2.A. Of course       B. In addition        C. At first               D. First of all

3.A. ordinary        B. difficult          C. pleasant               D. usual

4.A. connected       B. reported          C. referred               D. covered

5.A. cancer          B. disability         C. illness                D. laughter

6.A. serious         B. important         C. careful               D. thoughtful

7.A. cry            B. shout            C. laugh                 D. face

8.A. describes       B. learns            C. keeps                 D. imagines

9.A. put            B. have             C. wear                 D. make

10.A. basketball      B. badminton         C. volleyball             D. soccer

11.A. gently         B. hard              C. slightly                D. straightly

12.A. way           B. method           C. direction               D. point[

13.A. floor          B. table              C. chair                 D. bed

14.A. causes         B. results            C. process                D. ends

15.A. fought         B. took              C. made                 D. pushed

16.A. common       B. often              C. before                D. usual

17.A .climbed        B. lay               C. jumped                D. sat

18.A. also           B. rather            C. already                D. almost

19.A. strength        B. willingness        C. ability                 D. confidence

20.A. times          B. places             C. days                  D. moments

When you leave home to go and live somewhere else, you naturally take your own personality and cultural ways with you. When you arrive in a new country with a different culture you can experience different kinds of feelings and reactions. For example, you may feel confused and nervous, and like to depend on others.

If you do experience these things, then you are probably experiencing culture shock. For example, coming to Australia from another country certainly gives you a chance to face many new things: the buildings look different, and the food is not what you are used to. You may not be able to speak with other people confidently.

Learning to function effectively in a new culture is not easy. Meanings in cross-cultural situations are often unclear. This can be stressful because you are not sure what others expect of you or what you can expect of them. In these situations it is natural to feel anxious and frustrated(挫折). If you recognize that these feelings are a normal part of the experience of living away from “home”, you may be able to deal with them more efficiently. Your sense of humor and openness will also help. As you gain greater understanding of the new culture, you can expect the stress to disappear.

Dealing with culture shock needs a special effort, but it is the most important to remember that you are not alone in your feelings of distress. Most people in their first weeks and months in a new country experience similar reactions.

1.This passage mainly tells us _______.

A．How to adapt（适应） to a new environment B．how to live in Australia happily

C．how to study in a new environment          D．how to avoid being nervous

2.Why do people have many kinds of feelings in a new country?

A．Because they are surprised at everything they see.

B．Because buildings are very beautiful.

C．Because culture shock does have a great effect on them.

D．Because they have to learn something quickly.

3.The stress may disappear slowly as you __________.

A．have the ability to get along well with others

B．can know more about the new culture

C．can consider the stress to be normal

D．are humorous and have a good mood

4.Which of the following is the most important thing in dealing with culture shock?

A．Your efforts.       B．Your attitude.       C．Your feelings.       D．Your humor.

Rene Descartes’ explanation of pain has long been acknowledged in medicine. He proposed that pain is a purely physical phenomenon – that tissue injury makes specific nerves send a signal to the brain, causing the mind to notice pain. The phenomenon, he said, is like pulling on a rope to ring a bell in the brain. It is hard to overstate how deeply fixed this account has become. In medicine, doctors see pain in Descartes’ terms — as a physical process, a sign of tissue injury.

The limitations of this explanation, however, have been apparent for some time, since people with obvious injuries sometimes report feeling no pain at all. Later, researchers proposed that Descartes’ model be replaced with what they called the gate control theory of pain. They argued that before pain signals reach the brain, they must first go through a gating mechanism in the spinal cord(脊髓). In some cases, this imaginary gate could simply stop pain signals from getting to the brain.

Their most amazing suggestion was that what controlled the gate was not just signals from sensory nerves but also emotions and other “output” from the brain. They were saying that pulling on the rope need not make the bell ring. The bell itself —the mind— could stop it. This theory led to a great deal of research into how such factors as mood, gender, and beliefs influence the experience of pain. In a British study, for example, researchers measured pain threshold and tolerance levels in 53 ballet dancers and 53 university students by using a common measurement: after immersing your hand in body-temperature water for two minutes to establish a baseline condition, you put your hand in a bowl of ice water and start a clock running. You mark the time when it begins to hurt: that is your pain threshold. Then you mark the time when it hurts too much to keep your hand in the water: that is your pain tolerance. The test is always stopped at 120 seconds, to prevent injury.

The results were striking. On average female students reported pain at 16 seconds and pulled their hands out of the ice water at 37 seconds. Female dancers were almost three times as long on both counts. Men in both groups had a higher threshold and tolerance for pain, but the difference between male dancers and male nondancers was nearly as large. What explains that difference? Probably it has something to do with the psychology of ballet dancers — a group known for self-discipline, physical fitness, and competitiveness, as well as by a high rate of chronic(慢性) injury. Their driven personalities and competitive culture evidently accustom them to pain. Other studies along these lines have shown that outgoing people have greater pain tolerance and that, with training, one can reduce one’s sensitivity to pain.

There is also striking evidence that very simple kinds of mental suggestion can have powerful effects on pain. In one study of 500 patients undergoing dental procedures, those who were given a placebo(安慰剂) injection and promised that it would relieve their pain had the least discomfort — not only less than the patients who got a placebo and were told nothing but also less than the patients who got actual drug without any promise that it would work.

Today it is abundantly evident that the brain is actively involved in the experience of pain and is no more bell on a string. Today every medical textbook teaches the gate control theory as fact. There’s a problem with it, though. It explains people who have injuries but feel no pain, but it doesn’t explain the reverse, which is far more common — the millions of people who experience chronic pain, such as back pain, with no signs of injury whatsoever. So where does the pain come from? The rope and clapper are gone, but the bell is still ringing.

1.The primary purpose of the passage is to               .

A. describe how modern research has updated an old explanation

B. support a traditional view with new data

C. promote a particular attitude towards physical experience

D. suggest a creative treatment for a medical condition

2.Which statement best describes Descartes theory of pain presented in paragraph 1?

A. The brain can shut pain off at will.

B. The brain plays no part in the body’s experience of pain.

C. Pain can be caused in many different ways.

D. Pain is an automatic response to bodily injury.

3.The author implies that the reason why the gate control was “amazing” was that it        .

A. offered an extremely new and original explanation

B. was just opposite to people’s everyday experiences

C. was grounded in an ridiculous logic

D. was so sensible it should have been proposed centuries before

4.The author refers to “chronic back pain” as an example of something that is        .

A. costly, because it troubles millions of people

B. puzzling, because it sometimes has no obvious cause

C. disappointing, because it does not improve with treatment

D. worrying, because it lies beyond the reach of medicine

5.The last sentence of the passage serves mainly to express that         .

A. scientific judgments are difficult to understand

B. theoretical investigations are generally useless

C. researchers still have a long way to go before the puzzle is made clear

D. there is always something puzzling at the heart of science

Listening to music can help me focus better. Since I discovered it two years ago, I’ve used music to get through boring work or to focus creatively. I’ve found that it can make even the dullest jobs enjoyable and help clear mental blocks to creativity.
I first noticed the good effects of music while playing video games. It was a few days before Christmas in 2005 and I was playing online video games. My parents had just given me a new MP3, so I decided to listen to music through the headphones while I played. After a few minutes I noticed a great change in my style of play. I was playing more naturally. The music relaxed me, and, to a certain extent, distracted me from the game, allowing my subconscious (潜意识的) talent to come through. The music also helped me block out the outside world. With those headphones on I was like a machine, moving from one task to the next without unnecessary thoughts or actions.
Music can also have a great effect on mood. If I’m in a bad mood at work, I’ll listen to some of Bob Marley’s and get down to business. It always takes my mind off what I’m doing and makes me a happier person. The same is true for classic rock. One summer, I did a boring job collecting bottle openers by hand. Without a radio playing classic rock in the background, I would have hated life.
Listening to music with relaxing rhythms and a positive message helps you forget your work and think happy thoughts. But the results you see will depend heavily on your personal tastes. Experiment with the types of music you listen to during certain tasks. By trial and error you’ll finally discover your best choice. I’m always looking for new concentration aids, so I’d love to know what type of music works best for me.

1. 1.

   We can infer that the passage was written in __________.

   1. A.
      2005
   2. B.
      2006
   3. C.
      2007
   4. D.
      2008
2. 2.

   The author first discovered the effects of music __________.

   1. A.
      from his parents
   2. B.
      by chance
   3. C.
      at work
   4. D.
      when he was a child
3. 3.

   Which of the following statements is NOT an effect of music for the author?

   1. A.
      It helps him block out the outside world.
   2. B.
      It arouses his subconscious talent.
   3. C.
      It helps his mind relax.
   4. D.
      It makes him work without any thought.
4. 4.

   The author mentions the experience of collecting bottle openers in Paragraph 3 to ________.

   1. A.
      tell us that life is dull
   2. B.
      prove that music affects mood
   3. C.
      tell us how to seek happiness
   4. D.
      tell us bad mood can affect work
5. 5.

   In order to get the greatest effect of music, you are advised to ________.

   1. A.
      listen to some of Bob Marley’s
   2. B.
      only choose relaxing music
   3. C.
      test all kinds of music
   4. D.
      listen to classic rock