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   There is an English saying:“71._________.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. 72. _________.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. 73.__________. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. 74._________.

75.__________. 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. Laughter can prolong one’s life.

B. As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh.

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

D. 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.

E. Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.

   F. Laughter is the best medicine.

   G. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

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5、Dr Wiseman started “the laugh lab” project in September 2001. It is the largest study of humor. Participants（参加者）are invited to log on to the laugh lab website, give a few personal details, tell their favorite jokes and judge the jokes told by other people.

　　The project will last for a year, and the organizers hope to finally discover the world’s funniest joke. But there is also a serious purpose. The researchers want to know what people from different nations and cultures find funny. And they want to find out the differences between the male and female sense of humor. The idea is that if we want to understand each other, we have to find out what makes us laugh.

　　This is a subject that has long interested psychologists（心理学家）and philosophers（哲学家）. Most of the time, people are not completely honest. We do things that society expects us to and say things that help us get what we want. But laughing cannot be controlled. When we laugh, we tell the truth about ourselves.

　　By December 2001 over 10, 000 jokes had been submitted. This gave the scientists enough evidence （证据）to make early conclusions. It seems that men and women do have different senses of humor, for instance.

　　“Our findings show the major differences in the ways in which males and females use humor, ”　said Dr.　Wiseman. “Males use humor to appear superior（优越）to others, while women are more skilled in languages and prefer word play. ”

　　Researchers also found that there really is such a thing as a national sense of humor. the British enjoy what is usually called “toilet humor”. But the French like their jokes short and sharp: “You’re a high priced lawyer. Will you answer two questions for $500?” “Yes. What’s the second question?”

　　The Germans are famous for not having a sense of humor. But the survey found that German participants were more likely to find submitted jokes funny than any other nationality. Perhaps that proves the point. Is this joke funny? I don’t know, but let’s say yes, just to be safe.

　　Dr Wiseman and his workmates also submitted jokes created by computer. But none of those who took part in the survey found any of them amusing. Perhaps this is relief. Computers already seem like they can do everything. At least they should leave the funny stuff to us.

67.Scientist started“ the laugh lab” project________

　A. to find the funniest joke in European countries

　B. to know what funny people are from different nations and cultures

C. to find out the differences between the male and female sense of humor

D. to get more personal details about participants

68．We can infer from the passage that________.

A. most of the people all over he world are completely honest

B. psychologists and philosophers take interest in the “laugh lab” project

　C. ordinary people are not interested in “the laugh lab” project at all

　D. people tell the truth about themselves only when they laugh

69.The writer gave the examples of the British, the French and the Germans________.

　A. to show that French people have a better sense of humor

　B. to prove the British people have a sense of “toilet humor”

　C. to show people from different nations have different senses of humor

　D. to prove that the Germans have no sense of humor

70．Which statement is true according to the passage?

A. The jokes by computer are less funny than those by humans.

　B. The Germans cannot find the submitted jokes amusing.

　C. Males are better at word play compared with women.

　D. Females like to use humor to show that they are superior.

4、CBC is a famous air company which has over twenty planes carrying passengers and goods, flying along 12 fixed lines all over the world. Its service is very good but some passengers are still not satisfied with it and that is why in 2006 and 2007 the company received letters of complaints from consumers or passengers who pointed out over a dozen kinds of problems which are divided in groups in the following table. Those about passengers’ things carried by the plane are Baggage problems. Customer service which refers to service work with passengers are not satisfactory. Oversales of seats are about the fact that more seats are sold and as a result the plane is too crowded to be safe. Refund problems appear when passengers fail to receive the money paid back to them because of what they have lost. Fares are problems about the price of tickets.

Consumer Complaints Received By the CBC

63．By about what percent did the total number of complaints decrease from 2006 to 2007?

A．40%         B．60%      C．75%       D．100%

64.If the circle graphs below show total consumer complaints for 2006, which graph shows a dark part that is about Flight problems and Refund problems together?

65.Which of the following statements can be inferred from the table?

a.In 2006 and in 2007, complaints about Flight problem, Baggage, and Customer service together took about 50 percent of all consumer complaints received by the CBC Company.

b.The number of Special passengers complaints was unchanged from 2006 to 2007.

c.From 2006 to 2007 the number of Flight problem complaints increased by more than 2 percent.

A．only a   B．only b       C．a and b     D．a and c

66. From the passage we can know that        .

A．customers are not satisfied with CBC

B．sometimes CBC sells more tickets than its plane’s fixed seats

C．CBC has more than twenty planes which fly to all the capital cities of the world

D．customers can only buy tickets with ready money

3、    Although man has known asbestos(石棉) for many hundreds of years, it was not until 160 years ago that it was mined for the first time on the North American continent. H. W. Johns, owner of a New York City Supply Shop for roofers, was responsible for(对…负责) the opening of that first mine.

    Mr. Johns was given a piece of asbestos which had been found in Italy. He experimented with the material and then showed its surprising powers to his customers. After putting on a pair of asbestos gloves, which looked much like ordinary work gloves, he took red-hot coals from the fireplace and played with them in his hands. How astonished the customers were to discover that he was not burned at all. You can well imagine that he had increasing business in asbestos roofing materials. However, because it was very expensive to transport (carry) them from Italy to the United States, Mr. Johns sent out a young scientist to seek a source nearer home. This young man found great vein(岩脉), in the province of Quebec in Canada.

    Ever since 1881 Quebec has led the world in the production of this unusual mineral, which is made up of magnesium, silicon, iron, and oxygen. When it is mined, the asbestos is heavy, just as you would expect a mineral to be. When it is separated, a strange thing happens; the rock breaks down into fine, soft, soapy fibres(纤维).

    Scientists do not know why the rock can be separated easily into threads(线), but they have found thousands of users of this fireproof material, of the so-called “cloth of stone”.

59. Which title best expresses the main idea of this passage?

A. Asbestos mined in Canada                B. Fireproof matter

C. A “wonder” mineral                     D. A new roofing material

60. Johns proved his ability as a salesman by_______.

A. going into roofing business          B. carrying asbestos from Italy

C. sending a trained scientist            D. showing the use of asbestos gloves

61. Which is the most important character of asbestos that the author wants to show us?

A. It is like thread.                    B. It feels soapy.

C. It burns easily.                     D. It is unusually heavy.

62 The author’s main purpose in writing this passage was to _______.

A. show the need for more scientists    B. compare asbestos with other minerals

C. increase the sales of asbestos          D. present facts about asbestos  

2、                                       “Go for it!”

The expression “Go for it!” is a way of encouraging someone to try something.“Go for it!”means you should not worry about failure or be to careful. You should take a chance, be brave, and act firmly. “Go for it!”gets name from football. Not footballs it is played in most countries such as England, Egypt or Japan,but the kind of football played in the United States and Canada. One of the most exciting times in football comes when a team has failed, after three attempts, to move the ball forward ten yards. The team must make a critical decision.

The conservative (保守) choice is to kick the ball and accept temporary defeat in order to gain a good position for your team the next time it gets the ball. The more exciting choice, however, is to try a fourth and final time to gain the remaining yards needed.

People present are certain to shout their advice. Some will shout: “Kick the ball!” But others will encourage the team to take a chance. “Go for it!” they will scream.

In the nineteen eighties, people began using this expression in many kinds of situations to encourage someone to act bravely.

There is no guarantee that the action you “go for it” will succeed.

But that is the chance you take when you decide to go for it. You put your fears behind. You choose courage over safety. You hold your breath and go for it.

56. The expression “Go for it!” comes from________________      

A. English football　                 B. Egyptian  football

C. Japanese football　　　　　 D. American football

57. According to the passage, when we decide to go for it, we only consider ________________

A. safety         B. action        C. result         D. situation

58. In which of the following situations should we use the expression nowadays?

A. We decide to avoid trouble or danger for the future.

B. We try to improve our English for better education.

C. We need to make a quick decision at the last moment.

D. We have to make a choice between success and failure.

1、A lady and her husband stepped off the train in Boston. They walked without an appointment into the outer _ 36_____ of Harvard’s president. But they were ___37_____by his secretary and kept waiting. For hours, the secretary took no notice of them, __38____ that the couple would finally  become __39____ and go away. But they didn’t. The secretary finally decided to disturb the president, though __40___.

A few minutes later, the president walked towards the couple with a __41___ face. The lady told them, “We had a son that __42____ Harvard for one year. He loved Harvard. He was __43____ here. But about a year ago, he was accidentally killed. My husband and I would like to __44____ a memorial (纪念物) to him, somewhere on campus.”

The president wasn’t __45____ .Instead, he was shocked. “Madam,” he said, “We can’t put up a statue for every person who studied at Harvard and died. If we did, this __46___ would look like a cemetery (墓地)。”“Oh, no,” the lady __47___ quickly, “We don’t want to put up a statue. We would like to give a __48____ to Harvard.” The president rolled his eyes and __49____ at the couple and then exclaimed,” A building! Do you have any __50____ how much a building costs? We have spent over $7,500,000 on the campus building at Harvard.” For a moment the lady was silent. The president was __51___, because he could get rid of them now. Then the lady turned to her husband and said quietly, “Is that all it costs to start a  __52___ ? Why don’t we just start our own?” Her husband nodded. __53____ their offer was turned down, Mr. And Mrs. Stanford traveled to California where they founded the University that bears their ___54___,a memorial to a son that Harvard no longer __55____ about.

23、The life he was used to         greatly since 1992.

       A. was changed        B. has changed    C. changing             D. have changed    

22、       that all mountain roads were closed.

       A. So became the dangerous weather  

       B. So dangerous did the weather become

       C. So dangerous became the weather  

       D. Dangerous the weather became so                 

21、---- I can’t find my bag anywhere.

----You ____ it in the library.

A. must leave      B. can leave      C. should have left   D. might have left

20、I keep writing my Blog. It’s fun ____ and ____.

A. to be read; to be reading        B. to read; to be read

C. read; be read                        D. read; being read