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There is an English saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” 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. They have found 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, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, makes the heart beat quicker and makes people breathe deeper; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. 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 programmes. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny programme. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemical in the brain which diminishes both stress and pain.

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. 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.

63. According to the passage, which of the following statements is WRONG?  

A. Laughter is good for health.         

B. Laughter can make you become old quickly.

C. Laughter helps to reduce pain.    

D. Laughter, just like physical exercise, is good for our body.

64. The underlined word “diminishes” in the third paragraph means “          ”.  

A. delays                                           B. prevents        

C. increases                                 D. reduces

65. Why do doctors hold laughter clinics? 

A. Because they want to earn more money.     

B. Because they think they will help the patients recover from illnesses.

C. Because they want to improve their patients’ health.

D. Because they want their patients to laugh more.            

66. What would be the best title for this passage?  

A. Both laughter and physical exercise are good for health.

B. Laughter clinics can help patients improve their condition.

C. Laughter can reduce the effect of pain.         

D. Laughter is the best medicine.

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第六部分: 課文填空(共10空, 滿分5分)

91. 和其他危險相比較而言, 人類遭受鯊魚攻擊的幾率其實是很小的.

The chance of being attacked by a shark are very small ______  _______ other danger.

92. 1066年, 諾曼人征服了英國并控制了整個國家.

In 1066, the Normans conquered England and ______  _______  of the country.

93. 漢語與很多西方語言不同之處在于漢語使用的基本單位漢字本身就有意義,可以獨立成詞.

The Chinese language _______  _______ many Western languages in that it uses characters which have meanings and can stand alone as words.

94. 中國用絲綢交換酒、香料、羊毛和其他物品.

_______  ________ for silk, China received wine, spices, wool and other goods.

95. 據(jù)報道吸煙和肺癌有關.

It’s _______  ________ smoking is related to lung cancer.

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 Eating too much fat can _____ heart trouble and cause high blood pressure.

 A. result from             B. attend to            C. contribute to      D. devote to

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. ????—— What’s up ,Mary?

   ——I’m worried about the interview I had yesterday.

   ——____,and let’s keep our fingers crossed and hope for the best.

   A. Come on      B. No wonder      C. Get ready         D. No problem   

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 Nearly a month had gone by____they showed some sign of giving up the price for which they had held out.

A. until          B. while        C. before         D. so that       

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Ⅲ.完形填空

Paracutin was born in Mexico in February, 1943. At the end of one week Paracutin was 500 feet high, and it is now over 9,000 feet high. Today Paracutin is  36  .

What is Paracutin? It was the first volcano in the world which was  37  from its eruption right up  38  the present day. On February 20th, 1943, a peasant and his wife set  39  to work in their own fields in the Mexican village of Paracutin. They were  40  to find the earth warm under their feet. Suddenly they heard noise  41  in the earth and a small hole  42  in their fields. In the afternoon there was a sudden loud noise and stones were  43  high in the air. The peasants ran from the fields and turned to watch. They saw the  44  of a volcano.

Large quantities of stones and lava  45  out and a little hill began to  46 . By evening this hill was 100 feet high and hot  47  were falling on the village. At night the strong light of the hot lava  48  up the countryside. The trees near the village were  49  and the villagers had to leave their houses.  50  the village was destroyed, its  51  was given to the volcano. The news quickly reached Mexico City,  52  to the east. Many people came to watch the  53 . The volcano grew for ten years and hundreds of square miles of  54  were destroyed. The Paracutin had gone to sleep  55 .

36.A. asleep                    B. active              C. silent               D. terrible

37.A. changed             B. raised              C. seen                D. grown

38.A. on                     B. to                    C. from               D. by

39.A. about                 B. on                  C. up                   D. out

40.A. frightened          B. surprised          C. worried           D. disappointed

41.A. deep                  B. nearby              C. outside            D. from far

42.A. erupted              B. appeared          C. remained                D. rose

43.A. thrown               B. drawn              C. pushed             D. flown

44.A. access                B. shape               C. birth                D. crash

45.A. wiped                       B. broke              C. made              D. stood

46.A. rise                    B. fall                  C. form               D. spread

47.A. mud                  B. ashes               C. virus               D. powders

48.A. called                       B. added              C. filled               D. lit

49.A. cut                    B. killed              C. lacked             D. buried

50.A. Before               B. Since               C. When              D. If

51.A. name                 B. place               C. address            D. spot

52.A. away                 B. far                  C. off                  D. back

53.A. nature                       B. wonder            C. scene               D. sign

54.A. forest                 B. houses             C. land                       D. villages

55.A. from now on      B. by now            C. just now          D. until now

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Eight-year-old Bethany and seven-year-old Eliza are having a great time jumping around in the orchard of their home in a village near Penrith. They can play any time they like because they don't go to school. Instead, they are educated at home by their parents, Paul and Veronika Robinson. But they don't have lessons, have never used a timetable and learn only what and when they want to learn. .www..com

“I want my kids to have freedom in their childhood, not spend it in an institution," says 37-year-old Veronika, "School is all about control and following the rules." Veronika and her 56-year-old husband Paul have never experienced the daily rush to get dressed and out of the door that is common in most households with school-aged children. "We get up at our leisure - usually around 8:30," says Veronika. "We might visit a friend, or go to the library, and on Tuesdays we shop at the market. In summer, we spend most of our time outside and the girls entertain themselves a lot.” .www..com

New research due to be published this spring reveals a very different picture of Britain's home educators. "Out of 297 families, 184 said that they never use a timetable,” says Mike Fortune-Wood of Home Education UK. "Ninety per cent never or rarely use textbooks, and nearly all said that happiness, contentment and self-fulfillment were more important than academic achievement. Only 15% felt that planning what to learn was very important.” .www..com

So far, so good. But what, you might ask, are the children actually learning?

"It wasn't important to me that the girls could read by a certain age, but they both picked it up for themselves at around seven," says Robinson. "Weighing cooking ingredients uses maths, and making a shopping list teaches them to write. Observing five hens has taught the girls about survival of the fittest. "

But what about when the children grow up? Can they go to university? The home educators' answer is they can if they want to. There are a variety of routes into higher education, but probably the most common is to join a local college. This is what Gus Harris-Reid has done. "I was educated at home all my life. I'd never had a lesson or been inside a classroom until I started GCSEs," says the 18-year-old. "I'm now studying for 4 A-levels at Exeter College. I've had no problem with the work or with fitting in." When asked to reflect on his experience of home education, his considered response is, "Like a permanent holiday, really!" Not a bad start for someone who plans to take a mechanical engineering degree next year. .www..com

64. What is the topic of this article?

　　A. New ways of learning to read and write   B. Problems with UK schools

　　C. Home education in the UK                    D. Wild, undisciplined children

65. According to the article, in homes with school-going children, ______.

　　A. mornings are rushed and stressful.

　　B. the children hardly ever go outside.

　　C. the family wakes up around 8:30am.

　　D. the children must ask permission to go to the toilet.

66. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

　　A. Most home educators believe that happiness is more important than good grades.

　　B. Most home educators believe that planning is important.

　　C. Most home educators do not follow a timetable or use textbooks.

　　D. Most home educators are not worried about when their children learn to read and write.

67. What does the article say about home-educated children getting into university?

　　A. They learn so many useful skills at home that universities are happy to accept them.

　　B. They can get into university if they have 4 A-levels.

　　C. They can go to school later and get the qualifications they need in order to enter university.

D. Home education is so relaxed that they are likely to experience problems when faced with the pressures of a degree course.

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第II卷

第四部分  寫作（共35分）

第一節(jié) 單詞拼寫(共10小題;每小題1分,滿分10分)

根據(jù)所給漢語,寫出單詞的正確形式。

1.It’s ______(荒唐的) of him to say that the ban on smoking in public places will be removed.

2.Do you have any ______(以前的) experience of this type of work?

3.The book explores the relationship between religion and ______(文明).

4.This hotel can ______(為…提供住處, 容納) up to 5,000 guests.

5.It’s many years since Mount Vesuvius last ______(爆發(fā)).

6.It is ________(絕對地) impossible for them to finish the task in just one day’s time.

7.Between Italy and France, there is a mountain______(山脈) called the Alps.

8.The report called for ______(緊急的) action to reduce lead in petrol.

9. She is one of the most ______(有影響的) figures in local politics.

10.In order to meet the increasing demands of electricity, the local government has determined to make a reservoir to ______(發(fā)電) electricity.

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.Fire safety in houses, _____ most deaths occur, is difficult to achieve.

A. where          B. which       C. to which       D. from which

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Soon after getting off his horse, the man appeared at the second storey windows,___he could see nothing but trees.

A.from which      B.from where      C.in where       D.which