（貴州省遵義十七中2010屆高三第三次月考）

When I was small, my grandmother died and I couldn’t understand why I had no tears.   21   that night when my dad tried to   22  , my laugh turned into crying.

So it came as no   23   to learn that researchers believe crying and laughing come from the same part of the   24  . Just as laughing has many health advantages, scientists are discovering that   25   does crying.

Whatever it takes for us to reduce   26   is important to our emotional（情緒的）health, and crying as the study shows that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men feel   27   after crying.

28  , tears attract help from other people. Researchers   29   that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendly and they are more   30   to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to   31  our emotions better;   32   we don’t even know we’re very sad   33   we cry. We learn about our emotions through crying, and then we can   34   them.

Just as crying can be healthy, not crying — holding back tears of   35  , pain or suffering  — can be   36   for physical health.   37   have shown that too much control of emotions can   38   high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem,   39   will certainly not ask you to cry. But when y9ou feel like crying, don’t   40   it. It’s a natural-and-healthy-emotional response.

21. A. And                    B. So                           C. As                           D. But

22. A. wake me up        B. cheer me up              C. call me up                D. bring me up

23. A. gain                    B. surprise                    C. pain                         D. joy

24. A. brain                   B. lip                            C. memory                   D. mind

25. A. it                        B. either                       C. so                            D. neither

26. A. pleasure                     B. weight                      C. words                      D. pressure

27. A. better                  B. worse                      C. healthy                     D. sick

28. A. Instead               B. However                  C. Besides                    D. Therefore

29. A. expect                B. agree                        C. suggest                    D. require

30. A. interested            B. exciting                    C. unwilling                  D. ready

31. A. understand          B. offer                        C. start                         D. create

32. A. gradually             B. regularly                   C. sometimes                D. easily

33. A. if                        B. because                    C. since                        D. until

34. A. begin with           B. end up with                     C. fill up with                D. deal with

35. A anger                   B. hunger                            C. happiness                 D. calm

36. A. good                   B. bad                          C. difficult                    D. dangerous

37. A. Books                 B. Newspapers              C. Studies                     D. Instructions

38. A. turn to                      B. stick to                     C. relate to                    D. lead to

39. A. parents               B. doctors                    C. scientists                  D. teachers

40. A. fight                   B. accept                      C. strike                       D. hit