Weighed down（壓得喘不過氣來） by study? Pushed to the limit by the fast pace of life? Frightened by the possible war? Well, you’re not alone. Men and women in France are seeking relief using the world’s best medicine─laughter.
In the past year, more than 25 laughter clubs have been set up across the country. People of all ages release their stress with an hour of group laughs. “People telephoned me and said they have forgotten what it is to laugh. They want to find a place where they can escape all their problems for a while. So they come,” said 40-year-old Jocelyn Le Moan. She usually takes a class of around 60 people through a series of laughter techniques.
Her pupils range from teenagers to 70 years old, but most are middle-aged white collars seeking 60 minutes of relaxation at the end of a busy day.
Le Moan takes them through the “Lion Laugh” and the “Laugh Contest”, where participants “speak” to each other in different ways. And instead of talking, they break into fits of laughter. At the end there are 15 minutes of “meditation”（沉思）,when they lie on their backs and let the laughs burst out of their mouths.
“I love it. It’s an experience that has changed my life. Through it I rediscovered the child’s laugh inside me,” said Romain Jourffroy, 24.
Like Jourffroy, many laughter club members find themselves changed into children again, and why not? The average preschooler laughs up to 400 times a day. The average adult only a sad seven to fifteen.
The physical benefits of laughter are already well-recognized. Doctors say the act of laughing releases good chemicals into the blood-stream, while the quick breathing that accompanies it helps massage（按摩）the digestive organs and strengthens the heart.
“A full hour is like having your insides go jogging! One finishes out of breath, but feels revitalized (產(chǎn)生新活力). And on top of that, you’ve had a laugh,” said doctor Alexisd Estaing.
And many participants in Paris also emphasize the psychological benefits. They believe that laughter is a way of making oneself feel more confident.
“Maybe it is because we are surrounded by so many troubles that we feel the need to keep laughing,” said Anne Maurigiano, a 29-year-old filmmaker.
51.   From the passage, we can conclude the following but __________.
A. Jocelyn Le Moan is a teacher of the club.
B. the members are mostly middle-aged white collars.
C. people always need some way to relax in life.
D. laugh freely and everything goes well.
52. The writer suggested that you should __________.
A. have a good laugh after a busy day
B. talk to each other about what troubles you
C. learn series of laughter techniques
D. take the world’s best medicine
53.   Which of the following is NOT included among the benefits of laughing ?
A. It can make people rediscover their children’s laugh.
B. It can release good chemical into blood-stream.
C. It can make you feel self-confident.
D. It can cure the illness of people.
54. What does the phrase “on the top of that ” mean?
A. besides                                          B. on the top of tiredness
C. above all                                         D. on the top of your energy
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More than a century after its discovery, Alzheimer’s disease is still destroying people’s brains. The cause remains unknown.
Alzheimer’s disease is the most common disability or mental sickness called dementia. Dementia is the loss of thinking ability that is severe enough to interfere with daily activities.
About thirty million people around the world have Alzheimer’s disease. In the United States, more than five million people are said to suffer from this slowly increasing brain disorder (疾病).
Alzheimer’s disease generally develops differently in each person. Yet some early signs of the disease are common. The victims may not recognize changes in themselves. Others see the changes and struggle to hide them.
Probably the most common early sign is short-term memory loss. The victims cannot remember something that happened yesterday, for example. Also, the victims have increasing difficulty learning and storing new information. Slowly, thinking becomes much more difficult. The victims cannot understand a joke, or cannot cook a meal, or perform simple work.
Another sign of the disease is difficulty solving simple problems. The patients might not know what to do if food on a stove is burning. Also, people have trouble following directions or finding their way to places they have known all their lives.
Yet another sign is struggling to find the right words to express thoughts or understand what is being discussed. Finally, people with Alzheimer’s disease seem to change. Quiet people may become noisy. They may easily become angry and lose their ability to trust others.
Alzheimer’s disease affects memory and personality. The victims slowly lose their ability to deal with everyday life.
Victims of Alzheimer’s disease do die from its effects or conditions linked to it. But death may not come for many years.
Patients cannot fully recover from the disease. But many can be helped by medicine. That is especially true if the disease is found early.
Title
Alzheimer’s disease: The World’s Most Common Form of Dementia
Current situations
★ The disease was _76_  over a century ago, and is still destroying people’s brains.
★ About thirty million people worldwide _77_  from the disease.
★ More than five million Americans have this slowly increasing brain disorder.
Cause
It is still__ 78__.
 _ 79_
★ Short-term memory loss.
★ The victims find it more difficult to learn and __80_ new information.
★ The victims have difficulty in thinking.
★ Solving simple problems has become difficult for them.
★ The victims struggle to express themselves __81__.
★ The victims’ __82__ seem to change .
__83__
Memory and personality are affected.
The basic ability will be slowly_84__.
Death may occur to victims of the disease.
Treatment
The patients can be helped at an early stage by medicine but cannot be __85__of the disease.

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Each morning a rich man found a poor man sitting on a park bench (長凳). The poor man always sat there, looking at the big hotel in which the rich man lived. One day the rich man got out of his car and said to the poor man, “Excuse me, but I just want to know why you sit here and look at my hotel every morning.” “Sir,” said the poor man, “I am a failure. I have no money, no family, no home. I sleep on this bench, and every night I dream that one day I’ll sleep in that hotel.” The rich man said, “That is not so hard. Tonight your dream will come true. I’ll pay for the best room in that hotel for you for a whole month.”
A few days later, the rich man went by the poor man’s room to ask him how he was enjoying himself. To his surprise, he found that the man had moved out of the hotel, back to his park bench. When the rich man asked why, the poor man said, “you see, when I am down here sleeping on my bench, I dream I’m up there, in that big hotel. It’s a wonderful dream. But when I was up there, I dreamed I was back to this cold bench. It was a terrible dream, and I couldn’t get any sleep at all.”
1. The poor man lived in_____ before he met the rich man.
A. the hotel        B. his home      C. the park        D. the car
2. Every morning, the poor man sat on the bench and _____
A. waited for the rich man        B. looked at the rich man’s hotel
C. looked at the rich man’s car     D. enjoyed the clean air
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A. he didn’t want to live in such a fine room
B. he didn’t like the rich man
C. he couldn’t pay for the room
D. he couldn’t get any sleep at all there
4. In the end, the poor man found it _____to sleep in the hotel.
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Michelle Obama celebrates her forty-fifth birthday Saturday, just 3 days before she becomes America’s First Lady. She has had many   36   in her life. She graduated with honors from Chicago public schools, Princeton University and Harvard University Law School. She  37    a top law firm in Chicago    38     she met her future husband. She was also outstanding in a public service organization and on the University of Chicago.
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Malia and Sasha started their new school, Sidwell Friend School, on January 5, 2009. Chelsea Clinton also attended this private school   41   her father was president. Malia attends the middle school in Washington. Sasha is in elementary school in nearby Bethesda, Maryland.
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36. A. experiences      B. adventure              C. successes                      D. methods
37. A. found out       B. worked out         C. set up                         D. worked for
38. A. where           B. that                   C. what                        D. until
39. A. Otherwise       B. On the country     C. In fact               D. At last
40. A. announced      B. reminded           C. advertised                 D. presented
41. A. before           B. though                     C. unless                         D. when
42. A. plan               B. member                    C. guest                          D. visitor
43. A. forget           B. have                 C. remember                 D. appreciate
44. A. abandoned      B. bought                        C. found                        D. earned
45. A. search          B. interest               C. market                       D. adviser
46. A. neither         B. either                 C. whether                    D. not
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閱讀下列圖書館的各個區(qū)域的相關(guān)信息，然后為每個人物選擇相應(yīng)的區(qū)域。請在答題卡上將對應(yīng)題號的相應(yīng)選項字母涂黑。   （如選E請涂AB，如選F請涂CD）
A．Bing Wing Carrels
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B．The Velma Denning Room
The Velma Denning Room provides a focused environment for the data and software services offered by Social Science Data and Software (SSDS).SSDS provides access to an extensive collection of datasets from consortia, foreign governments, international organizations and U.S. agencies and offices on CD-ROM and diskette. Users can view, download, or transfer numeric data on CD-ROM and diskette from computer workstations.
C．Bender Room
The Albert M. Bender Room, with its wonderful views of the Quad and the hills beyond the campus, offers comfortable seating and a quiet atmosphere for study, leisure reading, and reflection. The Bender Room contains a collection of good books of current and classic interest in fiction and non-fiction. This collection has been made possible by a generous gift from the Stanford University Bookstore.
D．Lane Reading Room
The Lane Reading Room, houses the Humanities and Area Studies Resource Center. From the beginning, the room has served as a reading room, first for general purposes, and later for the study of rare books and manuscripts(手稿). Traditional study and reading space is now complemented by Internet access (available from all seating in the room) and computer workstations. The Lane Reading Room houses the Humanities Digital Information Service (formerly the Academic Text Service), which provides access to SUL/AIR's electronic library of humanities texts as well as to electronic indexes, publications, and the Internet.
E． Dissertation（專題論文） Rooms
Dissertation Rooms are available to currently registered doctoral students. Priority is given to those students in the Humanities and Social Sciences who use the Green Library collections. Because the rooms are in high demand, all rooms are double-assigned and are available only to students who are both currently registered and advanced to candidacy.
F．Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room
The Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room is designed to facilitate a range of social science learning and research activities. A social science reference collection of over 15,000 volumes as well as classic texts, new and notable publications, and current issues of core journals in the social sciences are available. The Jonsson Reading Room is also home to the Social Sciences Resource Center computer cluster. 
請閱讀以下人物信息, 并為這幾個人選擇他們今天要去的區(qū)域：
56. Lisa intends to go into studies on Humanities and Area Studies, and she is considering which specific question should be focused on. Rather than getting easy access to electronic texts, she would like to take a quick look at the new publications in the printed form first.
57. Ali is on a visit to the university. He has been invited to stay on campus for 2 weeks. At the library, he may need a place that can be locked up to keep his belongings.
58. Jack has finished his project on humanities. For several months he was seated in front of the computer screen writing his dissertation. Today he wants a change. A comfortable place with interesting novels, short stories, or even fairytales is most favorable.
59. Ann, with a Master’s degree in Social Sciences, is one of the currently registered doctoral students. Her supervisor has asked her to search for some information in the SUL/AIR's electronic library. This is an urgent task.
60. Nick is doing a research on the Middle East. He badly needs a wide range of datasets from the area. He also plans to store the data on CD-ROM so that he can use them later.
56.   Lisa           A.    Bing Wing Carrels
57.   Ali             B.    The Velma Denning Room
58.   Jack         C.    Bender Room
59.   Ann           D.    Lane Reading Room
60.   Nick              E.    Dissertation Rooms
F.    Jonsson Social Sciences Reading Room

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Board, But Not Boring
Roll the Dice and Take a Chance on Something New…
Are you vacationed-out, tired of video-gaming, waterlogged by too many trips to the pool and ready to scream if you see one more “SpongeBob” rerun?
In other words, are you bored with summer?
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Borderline Games
Ages 7 and older, 4 to 6 players, $24.95
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Jungle Speed
Ages 7 and older, 2 to 8
players, $25.99
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Enchanted Forest
Ravensburger Ages 6 and older, 2 to 6 players,
$24.99
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Go fish for Wildlife Birdcage Press All ages, $9.95
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HedBanz Funrise Ages 6 and older, 2 to 6
players, $13.99
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68. What’s the purpose of writing the article?  
A. To advertise several board games to attract potential consumers.
B. To introduce several board games for readers to pass the summer.
C. To try to persuade readers to give up video games and choose board games.
D. To make some suggestions on how to spend the long summer.
69. Suppose Doris, a mother with a six-year old boy, wants to buy some board games for her child. How many kinds of board games can she choose?
A. 2                     B. 3                              C. 4                              D. 5
70. Which of the following games will be the best choice for Mr Smith who wants to find an indoor game that can benefit both his daughter’s mind as well as her body?
A. Go Fish for Wildlife                                           B. Jungle Speed
C. Maptangle Borderline Games                       D. Hedbanz
71. Which of the following can match the games with their benefits to players?
(1) Enchanted Forest                                    a. to practice your quick response
(2) Maptangle Borderline Games    b. to practice your memory    
(3) Jungle Speed                                            c. to practice your geographic knowledge
(4) Go fish for Wildlife                         d. to increase the knowledge about animals
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第二節(jié) 補全對話。根據(jù)對話內(nèi)容，從對話后的選項中選出最佳選項，并將其答案標(biāo)號填入題后的空白處。選項中有兩項為多余選項。
—Now, tell me about the man who stole your neighbour’s car. What did he look like?
—Well, sir. He was tall…
—  61 
—Oh, yes, and he was younger than you—only about thirty, I’d say.
—Well! And what colour was his hair?
—It was brown, and short…it was similar to yours, actually.
—  62  
—No, he was clean-shaven.
—OK. Now have a look at these photos—can you see him?
—  63  
—But that’s Frankie Farnham—he’s got a beard, and he’s very short!
—Hm, well…
—  64 
—Yes, the strongest thing was that he appeared to be a gentleman—he was wearing a suit…not like a thief at all.
—Hm, like this photo?
—Yes, that’s him!
—That’s Bill Mahony: he’s in prison! Are you sure you saw the thief?
—  65 
A．No, I can’t.
B．Taller than me?
C．How tall was he?
D．Did he have a beard?
E.Well, er, it was very dark…
F.Oh, yes, he looked exactly like this one here.
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第一節(jié) 閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）
閱讀下列短文，從每題所給的A、B、C和D項中，選出最佳選項，并在答題卡上將該項涂黑。
It’s hard to believe that before 1985, people in Britain didn’t use mobile phones. That was the year when the first mobile phone company began operation in the UK, although in other parts of Europe mobiles had been used for several years.
Early mobiles were much larger than they are today. Some of them weighed about 5 kg and the owners had to pay several thousand pounds for them. By the beginning of the 1990s, companies in the UK had updated their mobile phones so they were more like the mobiles used all over Europe. Those phones weighed about 500g, and the batteries lasted longer，whereas before they had lasted for only one hour’s talk-time.
Nowadays, some of our mobiles weigh as little as 50g and have a talk-time of up to five hours and a battery life of up to 10 days. About 80% of UK adults now own a mobile phone, and there are now almost 50 million mobile phone users in the UK.
Nobody had ever expected mobile phones to become so popular. One huge surprise was the increase in the use of text messages. Twenty years ago, people didn’t hear of “texting”. Now, over one billion text messages are sent every month in the UK. People are also using their mobile phones as music centers, as personal organizers and to surf the Internet.
Mobile phones are developing all the time and people are predicting that soon nobody will want to leave his house without one in his pocket. Mobile phones will no longer be just useful, but necessary for people in the UK.
41. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK are getting smaller and lighter.
B. Mobile phones in the UK have more functions now.
C. Mobile phones in the UK are developing very slowly.
D. The history development of mobile phones in the UK.
42. Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage?
A. Mobile phones in the UK appeared earlier than in other parts of Europe.
B. In the UK some early mobile phones were about 100 times as heavy as those today.
C. In the UK more than twelve billion text messages are sent every year.
D. The British use mobiles to enjoy music, organize personal lives and surf the Internet.
43. When was the first mobile phone company started in the UK?
A. In 1985.            B. Before 1985.            C. In 1990.            D. In 1970.
44. Which word can replace the underlined “whereas” in the second paragraph?
A. when                B. while                       C. just                   D. till
45. What does the last paragraph mainly tell us?
A. Mobile phones will be predicting daily life in the UK.
B. Mobile phones will be more popular in the UK.
C. Mobile phones will be necessary for people in the UK.
D. Mobile phones will develop quickly.

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Many years ago, when I was first out of school and working in Danver, I was driving to my parents’ home in Messouri for Christmas. I stopped at a gas station about 50 miles from Okiahoma City, where I was planning to stop and visit a friend. While I was standing in line at the cash register（收款臺）, I said hello to an old couple who were also paying for gas. I took off, but had gone only a few miles when black smoke poured from the back of my car. I stopped and wondered what I should do. A car pulled up behind me. It was the couple I had spoken to at the gas station. They said they would take me to my friend’s. We chatted on the way into the city, and when I got out of the car, the husband gave me his business card.
I wrote him and his wife a thank-you note for helping me. Soon after, I received a Christmas present from them. Their note that came with it said that helping me had made their holidays meaningful.
Years later, I drove to a meeting in a nearby town in the morning. In late afternoon I returned to my car and found that I’d left the lights on all day, and the battery(電池) was dead. Then I noticed that the Friendly Ford shop(a shop selling cars)was right next door. I walked over and found two salesmen in the showroom.
“Just how friendly is Friendly Ford?” I asked and explained my trouble. They quickly drove a pickup truck to my car and started it. They would accept no payment; so when I got home, I wrote them a note to say thanks, I received a letter back from one of the salesmen. No one had ever taken the time to write him and say thank-you, and it meant a lot, he said.
“Thank you”-- two powerful words. They’re easy to say and mean so much.
57. The author planned to stop at Oklahoma City___________.
A. to visit a friend              B. to see his parents
C. to pay at the cash register       D. to have more gas for his car
58. The words “took off” underlined in Paragraph 2 mean “___________ ”
A. turned off       B.moved off    C. put up     D. set up
59. What happened when the author found smoke coming out of his car?
A. He had it pulled back to the gas station.
B.The couples sent him a business card.
C. The couple offered to help him.
D. He called his friend for help.
60.By telling his own experiences, the author tries to show__________.
A. how to write a thank-you letter     B. how to deal with car problems
C. the kindheartedness of old people    D. the importance of expressing thanks

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