After the rich man heard the touching story, he________ most of his money to charity.
A. give in B. give off C. give away D. give out
I can’t wait for the Easter holidays.________ round Europe. I got my tickets last week.
A. I’ll travel B. I would travel C. I’m traveling D. I travel
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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 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. 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.
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A．Laughter can prolong one’s life. |
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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. |
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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. |
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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.
“Few things help an individual more than to place responsibility upon him，and let him know that you trust him.” These words are from the black American educator，Booker Washington. He was saying that，“If you want people to grow up，you have to stop treating them like children.”
In America，families are close but children are encouraged to be independent，to make their own decisions，even at a very early age. It’s not unusual for a child of seven to be given an allowance(津贴)every week. The child is encouraged to save some of the money but he or she can spend it on whatever they choose，for example，buying clothes，school supplies or CDs. Some teenagers even have their own credit cards! That’s a big responsibility since even adults are tempted to overspend when they have credit cards.
From an early age，American children are asked for their opinions and they are included in family decision making. At the dinner table，teenagers will be listened to on any topic，from politics to buying a new family car or where the family will go on vacation. In this way, teenagers are getting practice in becoming individuals：they are learning how to stand on their own two feet.
Many Chinese young people are becoming almost as interested as American teens in searching for independence. They want to express those qualities that make them unique human beings. You can see this in the way they dress, the music they listen to and the friends they choose. “Super Girl” Li Yuchun caught the imagination of Chinese teenagers on the “Super Girl” television contest. She was not the traditional “nice，young Chinese girl”. With her short，spiky hair and boy-like clothes, she was telling everyone that she was different. She had the courage to be her own person and to stand on her own two feet...and she won!
There is an old saying，“Everyone should carefully observe which way his heart draws him and then choose that way with all his strength.” If you do this, step by step, over a period of time, you may find that you have become the person you always wanted to be.
1.The passage is intended to encourage the youth to________.
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A．save money for useful things |
B．become independent |
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C．express their great ambitions |
D．make important decisions |
2.A child of seven is given an allowance so that he can______.
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A．be accepted as a popular guy |
B．learn to decide how to use money |
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C．overspend money without care |
D．have school supplies of his own |
3. The author implies that many Chinese children________.
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A．are more independent than Americans |
B．should become interested in America |
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C．are happy with their present situation |
D．are not satisfied to be nice, quiet ones |
4.The main idea of the last paragraph is________.
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A．that we should do things step by step |
B．why we should understand our desires |
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C．what we should plan for our own life |
D．how we can manage to realize our dreams |
WASHINGTON, Sept. 6 (Xinhua) -- U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced a new
plan to renew and expand the nation's roads, railways and runways, in a bid (努力) to restart the sluggish economy and to help create jobs.
Obama announced the billion-dollar infrastructure(基础设施) spending program at an event in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, marking the Labor Day holiday in the United States.
The proposal calls for investments over six years, including rebuilding and modernizing 150,000 miles (241,350 kilometers) of roads, 4,000 miles (6,430 kilometers) of railways and 150 miles ( 241 kilometers) of runways.
"It sets up an Infrastructure Bank to leverage(杠杆；利用) federal dollars and focus on the smartest investment. All of this will not only create jobs now, but will make our economy run better over the long haul," Obama said.
"This is a plan that will be fully paid for and will not add to the deficit over time," said Obama.
The U.S. unemployment rate rose to 9.6 percent in August, reflecting business reluctance to hire among uncertain economic prospects, the U.S. Labor Department reported on Friday.
The president admitted that new jobs "have not been coming fast enough" in the United States.
"These years would be some of the most difficult in our history. The problems facing working families are nothing new, but they are more serious than ever. And that makes our cause more urgent than ever," he added.
1.What does the underlined word “sluggish” probably mean?
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A．繁荣的 |
B．崩溃的 |
C．疲软的 |
D．行动迅速的 |
2.What’s the main idea of this passage?
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A．The US president launched a new program aiming at improving the nation’s infrastructure. |
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B．The US unemployment rate rose according to the Labor Department. |
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C．These years will be the most difficult in the American history. |
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D．More roads, railways and runways will be rebuilt and modernized. |
3.Which of the following will be changed most in length?
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A．Roads. |
B．Railways. |
C．Runways. |
D．Highways. |
“Dad! He took a book without paying!” I yelled.
My father looked surprised. Before the boy could say anything, his mother grabbed his arm and shook it. “Is it true? You stole? Tell me!”
Everyone was quiet. The boy began to cry, and he nodded his head. He pulled out the comic book (漫画书) from under his shirt.
“Oh, Mr. Kim. I am sorry! My Ted made a big mistake!” Mrs. Diaz told my father. She tried to take the comic book, but Ted wouldn’t let go.
“It’s OK. He can keep it,” my father said with a smile.
“Oh no,” Mrs. Diaz said. “Let me pay right now ...” She dug in her purse. “How much?”
“Three seventy-five.”
Mrs. Diaz’s eyes widened, and she dug deeper. I saw her mouth make a small line. “Three seventy-five?” she asked.
“It’s OK. You can pay later,” my father said.
“No,” Mrs. Diaz said. She kept looking in her purse. “I have money here.”
I felt bad for yelling, for I realized that Ted had tried to steal the comic book because he didn’t have the money. Maybe the boy could have a job, I thought.
I had an idea.
“What if he worked with me?” I asked. They turned to me.
I said, “He can work with me to pay for the comic book.”
“Good,” my father said smiling at me. Mrs. Diaz nodded. She turned to her son, “You hear? You will work and buy the comic book!”
“Yes, Mama,” Ted said, hanging his head.
As they left, Ted looked back, and though he still seemed sad, he stuck out (伸出) his tongue at me.
Ted has been working here for two weeks. He has paid for the comic book, but my father says he is such a good worker that he can work with me as long as he wants. We are friends now.
1.Where did the story most probably take place?
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A．In a classroom. |
B．In a supermarket. |
C．At a bookstore. |
D．At a library. |
2.By saying “but Ted wouldn’t let go” in Paragraph 4, the author means Ted ______.
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A．took the book by mistake |
B．wanted to keep the book |
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C．didn’t want to go home |
D．didn’t think he was wrong |
3.From the underlined sentences in the eighth paragraph, we may infer that Mrs. Diaz ______.
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A．didn’t think her son stole the book |
B．had been out of work for a long time |
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C．forgot to take money with her that day |
D．couldn’t afford to pay for the book |
4.In the last paragraph, what does the author mainly tell?
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A．His idea was successful. |
B．Ted didn’t like the job. |
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C．He liked Ted very much. |
D．Ted was a naughty boy. |
