Jim and Mary were both patiences in a Mental Hospital. One day because they were walking by the hospital swimming pool, Jim suddenly jumped into the deep end. He sank to the bottom. Mary promptly, jumped in save him. She swam to the bottom and pulled Jim out.
When the medical director became aware at Mary heroic act he immediately reviewed her file and called her into his office. “Mary, I have a good news and bad news. The good news is you’re being discharged because since you were able to jump in and save the life of other patient, I think you’ve regained your senses. The bad news is Jim, the patient you saved him, hung himself with his bathrobe belt in the bathroom, he is died.”
Mary replied, “He didn’t hang himself, I hang him up to dry.”
There is an English saying : “ ___1.____”. 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.____ 2.___.
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. ___3.____ . 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 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. __4.___ .
____5.____ . 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 State 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
Along the rivet banks of the Amazon and the Orinoco there lives a bird that swims before it can fly, flies like a fat chicken，eats green 1eaves has the stomach of a cow and has claws(爪)on its wings when young. They build their homes about 4.6m above the river，an important feature(特征)for the safety of the young．It is called the hoatzin．
In appearance，the birds of both sexes look very much alike with brown on the back and cream and red on the underside．The head is small，with a large set of feathers on the top，bright
eyes, and blue skin．Its nearest relatives are the common birds cuckoos．Its most striking feature，though，is only found in the young．
Baby hoatzins have a claw on the 1eading edge of each wing and another at the end of each wing tip．Using these four claws, together with the beak(喙)，they can climb about in the bushes,
looking very much like primitive birds must have done．When the young hoatzins have 1earned to fly，they lose their claws．
During the drier months between December and March hoatzins fly about the forest in groups of 20 to 30 birds，but in April，when the rainy season begins，they collect together in smaller living units of two to seven birds for producing purposes.
1.What is the text mainly about?
A．Hoatzins in dry and rainy seasons．
B．The relatives and enemies of hoatzins．
C．Primitive birds and hoatzins of the Amazon．
D．The appearance and living habits of hoatzins．
2.Young hoatzins are different from their parents in that——
A．they look like young cuckoos
B．they have claws on the wings
C．they eat a lot like a cow
D．they live on rivet banks
3.What can we infer about primitive birds from the text?
A．They had claws to help them climb．
B．They could fly long distances．
C．They had four wings like hoatzins．
D．They had a head with long feathers on the top
4.Why do hoatzins collect together in smaller groups when the rainy season comes?
A．To find more food．
B．To protect themselves better
C．To keep themselves warm．
D．To produce their young．
Why should I teach my children history? That sounds like a stupid question to even ask．But，as I hear different home schooling teachers discuss history，I get the idea that there may be different reasons for teaching history．Let me briefly explain the three good reasons for studying history and two bad reasons for studying history．
The major reason I see for studying history is that we can learn from the past．I believe that the world would be a much better place if more people understood the successes and failures of the past and the things that made these successes and failures．However，as the unfortunately(不幸地)true statement goes ‘‘the one thing we seem to learn from history is that we don't seem to
learn from history”，perhaps at least in teaching history, to my children I can do a small part in changing this．
A second major reason for studying history is that it is hard to understand the current(目前的)political climate in the absence of an understanding of its historical context(背景)．We can not
even understand why we are and where we are without history，much less try to figure out where we are going or how we should get where we want to be．
I teach my children history，for one more reason．I bought a set of historical audio tapes for our children．My seven-year-old son listened to them over and over．It was my hope that he would
become inspired by the accomplishments(成就)of people like the Wright brothers to accomplish things by himself．I think that it is good that we celebrate the accomplishments of people like Martin Luther King Jr. By doing so，young people are called on to stand for the principles that he stood for and accomplish what he didn’t accomplish．I also think that by studying people like Adolph Hitler，people can learn to stand against the things that he stood for．
1.What message can we get from the underlined sentence in Paragraph 2 ?
A．Many people aren’t clever enough to learn well from the past．
B．Many people fail to make good use of history and make the same mistakes．
C．Many people feel it hard to understand history．
D．Many people have no interest in studying history．
2.In Paragraph 3，the author shows that history is useful because
A．it makes the current political situation go smoothly
B．it helps us realize the importance of historical events
C．it helps us understand why things are the way they are
D．it helps people accept the present situation where they live
3.Some historical figures are mentioned in the last paragraph to show____．
A．people can be inspired to do good and also learn to fight against evil
B．people may also learn from bad historical figures
C．more celebrations should be held to honor their achievements
D．today’s people can also achieve what they achieved
4.What would be talked about in the following paragraph?
A．How to teach history effectively．
B．Some negative reasons for studying history．
C．How to get more people to study history．
D．Some bad historical figures．
On hearing the words “Just do it!”，you will know there is a Nike product nearby．If it’s “Always Coca-Cola”, you can be sure someone wants to sell you a refreshing drink．
An advertising slogan(广告标语)is to a brand what eyes are to a person．The slogan helps people understand the brand better by telling them what it wants to sell to its customers．Good slogans 1eave a message inside people’s minds．It’s almost certain that every brand has a popular slogan．
Here are a few examples：
“Just do it!”一This slogan speaks out to teens．It tells them to do something，but only if they think it’s worth it．And if so，why not do it wearing Nike? “Always Coca-Cola．”一Coke’s slogans change every few years，but this one has enjoyed lasting popularity because it shows the brand’s spirit．It seems to say “coke is the only drink there is；there are no other forms of drinks．”
“Share moments，share life．”——This slogan from Kodak connects photos and beauty．It asks people to remember the happy moments in life by taking photos of them—using Kodak film of course!
1.what would be the best title for the text?
A．Just Do It!
B．Slogan And Brand
C．Famous slogans
D．What Is A Good slogan?
2.which of the following can best explain the underlined sentence ?(Para．2)
A．A good advertising slogan should draw people’s attention．
B．A brand should have an advertising slogan just as people have eyes．
C．An advertising slogan is as important to a brand as eyes are to a person．
D．An advertising slogan acts as the eyes of a brand
3.The word “them’’ in the last paragraph refers to
A．people B．the happy moments
C．photos and beauty D．Kodak film
Many of you may wonder what else to do besides watching TV or surfing the Internet on weekends．Why not have a picnic? Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle Schoo1 had a “King of cooking” competition·
Earlier this month，about 300 students at the schoo1 went to a suburb(郊区)of Beijing to have the contest．They were divided into 24 groups．Each group had buyers，slicers (掌刀)，firemakers．washers and cooks．
Firemakers faced the most problems during the time．Some of them had no idea how to keep fire burning． “The fire kept going out．we had to blow at the sparks(火星)and put on corn leaves and old newspapers，”said Wu Mofei，13．
“It took us an hour to make the fire．Our eyes had tears from all the smoke and our faces became dirty，”he added．
When the fires were finally made，the cooks became the busiest people．Huang Lanye made fried celery(芹菜)and ham pickled cabbage(泡菜)and tomato soup．
She was proud of her work．“It’s my first time making Chinese dishes．My group members ate them up in minutes and said they were as delicious as what their parents made!” said the 14-year-old girl．
Finally over ten students were titled “King of Cooking”．Wang Xiaoyue，14，was one of them．“My group got a mark of 98 at the competition，’’Wang said．“We have 1earned a lot while
having so much fun! We are the best!”
Beijing No．4 Middle School has been organizing similar(类似的)fun activities for six years．“we want to give students a chance to get real life experiences and 1earn how to work as a team，’’said Jia Dong，who works for the school’s student affairs office．
1.The text mainly tells us——．
A．a “King of Cooking” competition organized by Senior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School
B．a picnic organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing N0．4 Middle School
C．a “King of Cooking” competition organized by Junior 2 students at Beijing No．4 Middle School
D．after-school activities of students at Beijing No.4 Middlle School
2.Which of the following was not the problem some firemakers met?
A．They didn’t know how to keep fire burning．
B．They spent a long time in making a fire．
C．The fire kept going out．
D．They didn’t have enough corn leaves and old newspapers．
3.We can infer that Huang Lanye was a ___in their group
A．buyer B．firemaker C．washer D．cook
4.According to the passage，we can know____．
A．only ten students were titled “King of Cooking” in this competition
B．the “King of Cooking” competition has been held once every year in the past six years
C．Wang Xiaoyue was titled a “King of Cooking” in this competition
D．Beijing No．4 Middle School has been encouraging students to take part in all kinds of competitions
