七、词语填空

用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。

The UK wants Chinese teachers to help to increase the level of maths in its ____61____. Chinese students ____62______the highest international test results. There is a huge _____63____in maths levels between the UK and China. A newspaper said: "The children of cleaners in Shanghai do better than _____64_____of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests." The UK will hire 60 ____65______Shanghai's best maths teachers to help improve the ability of one million British students.

The UK is _____66_____behind many countries in maths. Poor education in maths costs the UK economy $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister went on ____67______fact-finding task to China. She said: "We have some excellent maths teachers…but ____68______I saw in Shanghai… strengthened my belief that we can learn from them." She added: "They have a can-do attitude to maths and I want us to _____69_____that." Having better Maths skills mean you can get _____70_____salaries and better jobs.

B

There is an old saying in English, “Laughter is the best medicine”. Until recently, few people took the saying very seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to study laughter and the effects (作用) it has on the human body. They have found evidence that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart rate, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart rate and the rate of 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 helpful.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to make the effect of pain on the body less. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group which could bear the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can make pain less seems to be that it helps to produce endorphins (内啡肽) in the brain. These are natural chemicals which make both stress and pain less.

There is also some evidence to suggest that laughter helps the body’s immune system that is the system which fights infection (感染). In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group — in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells that is the cells which fight infection.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists (精神病学) in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try 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 good effects similar to those caused by laughter.

51. We learn from the first paragraph that laughter 　　　　　.

　 A. is good for one’s health　 　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. has strong effects to do with some illness

C. has been studied long since　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. has no effect on the body

52. Doctors have found that laughter 　　　　　.

　 A. keeps down blood pressure　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. has similar effects to physical exercise

C. decreases the heart rate　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. increases stress and pain

53. Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter according to the passage?

　 A. It makes pain less.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. It exercises the body.

C. It improves the body’s immune system.　　　 D. It can cure cancer.

54. Smiling can produce _________.

A. about the same effects as laughter 　　　　B. more effects than laughter

C. fewer effects on the human body 　　　　D. no effects on the human body

55. The main idea of this passage is that _________.

A. the doctors should learn how to make people laugh　

B. there are several ways of studying the advantages of laughter　

C. tests show that laughter can produce positive effects on human body

D. laughter and physical exercise have the same effects on human body

A

Two children stood outside the door with old coats. “Any old papers, Lady?” asked one of them.

　　　 I was busy. I wanted to say no, but I saw that their shoes were broken and wet. “Come in and I’ll make you a cup of hot tea.” They came in, saying nothing. Their shoes left snow on the floor.

　　　 I gave them tea and bread to protect them against the cold outside. Then I went back to the kitchen and started my housework again.

The silence in the front room surprised me. I looked in.

The girl held the empty cup in her hands, looking at it. The boy asked me in a low voice, “Lady, are you rich?”

Am I rich? Oh, no! I looked at my old things in my room.

The girl put her cup back in its saucer(茶碟) carefully. “Your cups match your saucers.”

They left then, holding their papers against the wind. They hadn’t said thank you. They didn’t need to. They had done more than that. The blue cups and saucers were simple. But they said that they matched. The potatoes and meat before me, a roof over our hands, my husband with a job—these things matched, too.

I moved the chairs back from the fire and cleaned the living room. The prints of their small shoes were still wet on my floor. I let them be. I wanted them there to remind me how rich I was.

　46. The writer let the two children in _________.

A. to offer them some warm clothes　　　　　　 B. to serve them tea and food

C. to sell them some old papers　　　　　　　　　 D. to show them how rich she was.

　47. We can learn from the passage that_______.

　　 A. the writer was in fact not very rich　　　　 B. the children took away many old papers

　　 C. the writer’s husband was out of work　　　 D. the two children were looking for a job

48. It can be inferred(推断) from the passage that _______.

　　 A. it was snowing outside when the story happened

　　 B. the two children thanked the writer and then left

　　 C. the two children were not polite to the writer

　　 D. the writer had a set of new furniture in her house

　49. The underlined sentence “I let them be” means　 “_________”.

　　 A. I dislike them　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. I didn’t want to see them

　　 C. I cleaned them　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　　　 D. I left them there

50. What’s the best title of the passage?

　　 A. Any Old Papers?　　　　　　 　　 　　　　B. Matching Cups and Saucers

　　 C. Are You Rich?　　　　　　　　　　　 　 　　　D. Two Poor Children

五、完型填空

通读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后在各题所给的四个选项中选出一个最佳答案。

I was recently invited to dinner by a friend. During the meal, the manager came over and said that our meal was free. He stood there 　31　 　at me, he seemed to know me. 　32　 　I asked if he knew me. He laughed and said I had probably 　33　 　him, but I had changed his life. He said that twelve years ago he was in 　34　 　stress management class. I asked the group what their number one stress was and 　35　 , including him, said it was their 　36　 .

He said I listened carefully and then took a chair and placed it in the center of the room. I

　 37　 　on the chair for a few minutes and then I invited everyone to do the same. I wanted them to look at the room from 　38　 　there. After everyone had done it, I asked the group to think about how 　39　 　the room looked when they changed their perspective(角度).

Then I asked them to 　40　 　their bosses. Was this the same person who had seen their good 　41　 　and hired them? Do they remember how happy they were to be 　42　 　for the job? How did these wonderful people become terrible bosses?

He said I looked at him and asked if he had 　43　 　said thank you to his boss for the opportunity to make a living. He answered no.

He told me his 　44　 　changed that night. He went back to work with a 　45　 　card to his boss. He had been the manager for 8 years. He said he owed it all to me: I had taught him to look at life from different perspectives and I had taught him to express gratitude.

30.　--Hi,　Bob.　Long　time　no　see.　____?　　　--I've　just　bought　a　new　car.　It's　great.　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　A.　What's　new　　　　 　B.　What's　wrong　　　　　 C.　How　are　you　　　 D.　What　about　you

29. Maria’s teacher wanted to know______ .

A. how long she spends on her homework 　　　　　　　　　 B. when the speech will begin

C. why didn’t Mike come to the meeting　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. what she was doing these days

28. — Hi, Jack. What’s that on the desk?

— Oh, it’s the new backpack 　　　　　my mom gave me for my birthday.

　 A. when　　 　　　　　　　 B. what　 　　　　　　　　　　　 C. which　　 　　　 D. where

27.　 — ______do millions of online users visit the home page of the government for?

　　 　— To read the news and search for the information they need.

　　 A. When　　 　　　B. Where　　　　　 　C. Why　　　　　　　 D. What