第三部分阅读理解(共10小题；每小题2分,满分20分)
How many times have you laughed today? Have you ever wondered what makes you laugh? In the whole animal kingdom, only we humans are capable (有能力的) of laughter. On average, we laugh about 17 times a day.
Laughter is a spontaneous reaction of the body to some-thing funny or pleasant. Have you noticed that when you laugh, many parts of your body respond (反应)? Your face changes expression, your breathing changes, and muscles throughout your body are affected.
An interesting story dates back to 1962. In a school in Tanganyika, in Africa, a group of schoolgirls started laughing uncontrollably over a joke. This laughter became epidemic (传染的), jumping from one person to the next, spreading across communities, and lasting for six months! So strong was the "laughter epidemic" that schools had to shut down till it ended.
How we laugh remains a mystery. Whatever the reasons, laughter, as the saying goes, "is the best medicine." In fact, science has proven that being happy and laughing can not only keep us healthy and fit but help deal with serious illnesses.
Laughing exercises all the important muscles, and keeps you fit. People have started forming laughter clubs that use laughter to treat illnesses. They meet at specific places at fixed times and laugh together. Laughter spreads, so this exercise works best in groups; once one person starts laughing, others automatically (自动地) join in.
56. The underlined word "spontaneous" in the second paragraph probably means "______".
A. perfect B. strange C. natural D. terrible
57. People have formed laughter clubs to ______.
A. kill time B. relax C. meet others D. keep healthy
58. The best title for the passage would be ______.
A. A Laughter Epidemic
B. Laughter, What It Is, and What It Can Do
C. The Relationship Between Laughter and Health
D. How Laughter Helps Cure Disease
59. The passage is probably taken from a(n) ______.
A. ad B. novel C. magazine D. medical book
第二节完形填空(共20小题；每小题1分,满分20分)
Once there was a woman whose only son had died. In her sorrow she went to ask a wise man whether there was a way to bring her son back to 36 . "Bring me a mustard seed (芥菜籽) from a home that has never known 37 . I will use it to help you," he said to her, 38 sending her away or trying to persuade her that there was hope. At once she 39 to look for that mustard seed. The first 40 she came to was a huge building. Knocking on the door, she said, "I’m 41 a house that has never known suffering. Is this the place? It’s very 42 to me." "You have come to the 43 place," they told her, and began to 44 out all the sad things that had happened to 45 ."Who is better able to 46 the misfortune (不幸) these poor people have suffered than I, who have 47 sadness?" she thought. 48 she stayed there and comforted them 49 setting off again to look for a house that had never known sorrow. The woman went on, full of 50 , and came across a51 on the road. She asked the farmer the same question, but 52 he too said no. Wherever she went, from huts (茅屋) to palaces, there was no one without tales of 53 and misfortune. She came to be so 54 listening to other people’s sad stories that she 55 about looking for the mustard seed. Listening to the sorrow of others had driven the sorrow from her own heart.
36. A. attention B. truth C. health D. life
37. A. happiness B. sorrow C. value D. wealth
38. A. for fear of B. because of C. in spite of D. instead of
39. A. set off B. took off C. put off D. went off
40. A. expression B. memory C. place D. chance
41. A. caring for B. looking for C. paying for D. leaving for
42. A. important B. strange C. fair D. common
43. A. different B. right C. wrong D. certain
44. A. turn B. pour C. carry D. work
45. A. it B. them C. him D. her
46. A. preserve B. describe C. share D. accept
47. A. experienced B. treated C. controlled D. connected
48. A. However B. While C. Though D. So
49. A. unless B. after C. before D. until
50. A. hope B. pleasure C. regret D. fear
51. A. factory B. palace C. sign D. hut
52. A. hopefully B. strangely C. originally D. Unfortunately
53. A. happiness B. endings C. sadness D. promises
54. A. disappointed B. busy C. happy D. Free
55. A. forgot B. cared C. worried D. found
. He was so ______ that he tricked me into giving him $500.
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A．persuasive |
B．common |
C．strange |
D．disappointed |
She suddenly became ____ a man following her, so she went into a shop to get rid of him.
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A．tired of |
B．aware of |
C．satisfied with |
D．pleased with |
—What did you say to Lily just now? She looked so happy.
—I praised her new hair style, saying, "______."
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A．you look younger and more beautiful |
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B．she is more beautiful and younger |
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C．you looked more beautiful and younger |
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D．she was more beautiful and younger |
As consumers, we should be careful not to ______ the tricks of advertisers.
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A．care for |
B．fall for |
C．ask for |
D．answer for |
