“Helping survivors (生還者) of the earthquake and killer waves in the Indian Ocean last week is a race against time” says Kofi Annan , the United Nations secretary-general .
The concern about offers of international aid is based on history. Since we are social beings, the quality of our lives depends in large measure on our interpersonal relationships. One strength of the human condition is our aim to give and receive support from one another under stressful surroundings. Social support consists of the exchange of resources among people based on their interpersonal ties.
Those of us with strong support systems appear betterable to deal with major life changes and daily problems. People with strong social ties live longer and have better health than those without such ties. Studies over a range of illnesses, from depression to heart disease, show that the presence of social support helps people prevent illness, and the absence of such support makes poor health more likely.
Social support cushions stress in a number of ways. First, friends, relatives, and co-workers may let us know that they value us. Our self-respect is strengthened when we are popular with others despite our faults and difficulties. Second, other people often provide us with informational support. They help us to notice and understand our problems and find solutions to them. Third, we typically find social companionship supportive. Engaging in leisure-time activities with others helps us to meet our social needs while at the same time distracting(轉(zhuǎn)移...注意力)us from our worries and troubles. Finally, other people may give us instrumental support: a financial aid, material resources, and needed services -- that reduces stress by helping us deal with our problems.
59. Research shows that people's physical and mental health _______.
A. depends on the social welfare (福利)systems which support them
B. has much to do with the amount of support they get from others
C. depends on their ability to deal with daily worries and troubles
D. is closely related to their strength for dealing with major changes in their lives
60. The underlined word" cushions" in Para.3 means _______.
A. adds up to                                  B. does away with
C. reduce the effect of                 D. depends on
61. Helping a sick neighbor with some repair work is an example of _______.
A. instrumental support                     B. informational support
C. social companionship             D. the strengthening of self-respect
62. Social companionship is very important because _______.
A. it helps strengthen our ties with relatives
B. it enables us to get rid of our faults and mistakes
C. it makes our leisure-time activities more enjoyable
D. it draws our attention away from our worries and troubles

小題1:B
小題2:C
小題3:A
小題4:D
         
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科目：高中英語 來源：不詳 題型：閱讀理解

閱讀文章后，從第54至58題所給A、B、C、D四個選項中，選出最佳答案。
Most people call it "body language" —the clues（線索） to the meaning that we get from gesture, facial expressions, posture —everything that isn't spoken．Experts call it "nonverbal communication," but it means the same thing: a second source of human communication that is often more reliable to understanding what is really going on than the words themselves．
Understanding body language is important to success, whether in the business world or in our personal lives．However, most of our ideas about body language are wrong, according to modern communication research．
There is a belief that people with shifty （變化的） eyes are probably lying．As Paul Ekman says, "When we asked people how they could tell if someone was lying, too much blinking（眨眼） and shifty eyes were the winners．But sometimes people act like that because they are shy．Liars pretend to be calm in order not to be caught．
Ekman goes on to argue against such a wrong belief．Although this kind of body language is probably an expression of nervousness, it is not always because the person is lying．Shyness can, for example, make people shift their eyes．To understand what someone's behavior means, you have to watch them carefully．
There is also a belief that when meeting someone, the more eye contact, the better．As a result people would like to make initial （開始的） contact in formal situations, like a job interview, by staring fixedly at the other human．Yet Ekman points out that most of us are comfortable with eye contact lasting a few seconds, but any eye contact that is longer than that can make us nervous．
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小題1:According to the passage, body language is _____．
A．a(chǎn) language that is not spokenB．a(chǎn) clue to get the meaning
C．a(chǎn) reflection of people's behaviorsD．a(chǎn) source of human communication
小題2:The word "that" in paragraph 3 refers to ____．
A．blinkingB．lyingC．staringD．pretending
小題3:From the passage we can learn that ____．
A．there is no doubt that a liar has shifty eyes
B．people sometimes blink because of shyness
C．eye contact lasting a few seconds can make us nervous
D．understanding body language is more helpful in business
小題4:How many examples are given by the writer to support his point of view?
A．1．B．2．C．3．D．4．
小題5:It can be inferred from the passage that _____．
A．body language is trustworthy in telling who is lying
B．body language helps us better understand other people
C．sometimes we can't judge a person by watching his body language
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Liberal education is becoming the task of teachers. It is   36  not only to teach and learn knowledge, but also develop a person' s character. Its   37  is to teach each student to think for himself and make   38  decisions. Now liberal education has a great effect on the world. Much work has been done to   39  a better way of teaching.
In a liberal 40  , students are encouraged to have their own thoughts and their own ideas   41 they have lessons which are often held in the form of   42  . They are properly guided to   43  the knowledge learned. Punishment   44  exists. Teachers and students are just like   45
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C. reason
C. wild
C. find
C. classroom
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C.outside activities
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C.      case 
C.       even 
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C.  use
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C.       hard
C.       about 
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D. teach
D. playground
D. where
D.group discussions
D. review
D. once more
D. partners
D. truth
D. never
D. punished
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D. return
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D. master
D. proper
D. from
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B. needed
B. aim 
B. wise
B. make 
B. school
B. before 
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B. use 
B. more or less
B. enemies 
B. fact
B. only
B. guided
B. eyes
B. make
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36. A. designed        　　　　　       

37. A. result                            
38. A. quick            　　　　　　　  
39. A. hold                              
40. A. class                              
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42. A. playing                         
43. A. remember                           
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47. A. also                                 
48. A. liked                               
49. A. doors                               
50. A. order                               
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C. To give botanical examples that all readers will recognize.
D. To explain the variety of botanical life.
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However, other teenagers have different ideas. Wang Yafei, a Senior 2 girl from Jinan, Shandong Province pointed out that file sharing is a good way to promote pop singers. “If I download a song and really like it, I will buy the CD,” she said. “So what the recording companies really should concentrate on is improving their music, rather than pursuing （追趕）file-sharers.”
1. Which of the following best describes the passage?
A. Music on the Internet is of better quality.    
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B. Enabling people to download favorite songs.
C. Helping to improve the music.               
D. Making pop singers more popular.
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The result? Typical journey time has been cut in half, and accidents and congestion have mostly disappeared.
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C. Turn Those Traffic Lights Off         D. Let People Have More Say In Traffic
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A. more time being saved                   B. reduction of traffic jams
C. improvement of the environment    D. right of way being taken for granted
62.The underlined word “collision” in Paragraph 7 means closest to ____.
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A. walkers have become the boss of the crossroads
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San Francisco runs a great program to recycle bottles, cars, paper and other rubbish and now two-thirds of its garbage needn’t be carried to landfills .The city’s goal is a 75 percent drop by 2010 and zero new waste in landfills by 2020.
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小題2:What does the underlined word “ contamination” mean?
A．IncreaseB．ReductionC．FlowD．Pollution
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B．San Francisco has done a lot of in rubbish recycling.
C．Fewer people will keep dogs as pets in San Francisco
D．There will be no rubbish by 2010 in San Francisco
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B．San Francisco ‘s new plan for recycling
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Scientists find that hard-working people live longer than average men and women. Career women are  1  than housewives. Evidence (證據(jù)) shows that  2  are in poorer health than the job-holders. A study shows that whenever the unemployment (失業(yè)) rate increases by 1%，the death rate increases correspondingly (相應(yīng)地) by 2%. All this comes down to one point: Work is helpful to heath.
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9 , work gives one a sense of fulfillment (充實感) and a sense of  10 . Work makes one feel his value and status in society. When a  11  finishes his writing or a doctor successfully operates on a patient or a teacher sees his students grow, they are  12  beyond words (無法用語言表達(dá)).
From the above we can come to the conclusion  13  the more you work,  14  you will be. Let us work hard,  15  and live a happy and healthy life.
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⒉ A. career women         B. the busy       C. the jobless   D. the hard-working
⒊ A. up with   B. off         C. in touch with        D. away from
⒋ A. interested       B. joyful    C. concerned   D. worried
⒌ A. busy         B. free      C. lazy      D. empty
⒍ A. river         B. gap       C. channel        D. bridge
⒎ A. means     B. stands C. equals D. matches
⒏ A. success   B. death   C. victory D. disease
⒐ A. Besides   B. Nevertheless       C. However      D. Yet
⒑ A. disappointment      B. achievement        C. regret  D. apology
⒒ A. worker    B. farmer C. writer  D. manager
⒓ A. moved     B. surprised     C. sad       D. happy
⒔ A. that         B. which   C. what    D. when
⒕ A. the lonelier and weaker B. lonelier and healthier
C. happier and healthier D. the happier and healthier
⒖ A. study well        B. studying well        C. study good  D. studying good

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