This passage puzzled me so much that I stopped for a few seconds to _____.

A. make it up       B. make it out        C. make it for         D. make it over

People who exercise _____ are less likely to feel stress.?

   A. regularly                  B. formally           C. mostly             D. publicly?

We have to study for a bright future, so we have to lose some sleep      we're worn out.

       A. in case                                   B. as though                 C. as long as                 D. even though

 We can go to the seven o’clock performance or the eight---________ suits you best.

A. whatever                       B. whenever               C. however          D. whichever

I’m very amazed that they knew nothing about ______ he was a thief.

A. that    B. which                      C. what                        D. the fact that

三、閱讀 （共兩節(jié)，滿分40分）

第一節(jié)：閱讀理解（共15小題；每小題2分，滿分30分）

   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.

41. 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.

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

A. delays         B. prevents         C. increases        D. reduces

43. 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.            

44. According to the author, we should __________ in our life. 

A. laugh as much as possible       B. watch more funny films

C. smile all the time              D. spend time in the laughter clinics

45. 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.

. ---They said that we would take a camping this weekend.

   ---______ it rains then?

       A. What if             B. What for           C. What about          D. How come

二、 完型填空（共20小題；每小題1分，滿分20分）

閱讀下面短文，掌握其大意，然后從41—60各題所給的四個(gè)選項(xiàng)（A、B、C和D）中，選出最佳選項(xiàng)，并在答題卡上將該項(xiàng)涂黑。

When I was twelve years old, my family were the first black people to move into an all-white part of Grand Rapids, Michigan．Many of our new __16   weren’t very welcoming．Some of the adults said __17   that we should return where we came __18  ．The children sometimes threw stones at me or drove me home from __19  ．

Most of my teachers __20   took no notice of me, but not Dorothy Bean, my history teacher．Miss Bean was angry at how badly I was being __21  ,but she didn’t say this to me．Miss Bean __22   her respect for me by teaching me just like __23   else．Instead of being unnoticed, I was given a __24   to show that I was smart．Miss Bean was the first teacher who ever made me __25? myself．She insisted on knowing what I thought about difficult questions．Was Thomas Jefferson __26   to buy Louisiana from France?__27  ?She expected me to have an opinion and to be able to __28   it up．Miss Bean was teaching me that thinking for yourself was the real key to __29  ．

One day, when I was not paying attention in class, Miss Bean suddenly __30   an eraser at me．Unbelievably, the eraser hit me right on the hand and __31   my pencil flying．The whole class was __32   at first, then started laughing．This incident became famous in the school and,__33   it happened to me, the students wanted to get to __34   me．So that's the story of how Dorothy Bean made me her target, and how I became just another __35  in school．

16．A．friends              B．schoolmates        C．teachers             D．neighbors

17．A．kindly       B．surprisingly        C．a(chǎn)ngrily             D．happily

18．A．to                  B．from            C．for                D．in

19．A．school       B．street            C．office              D．downtown

20．A．hardly       B．simply           C．never               D．only

21．A．taught       B．considered               C．welcomed           D．treated

22．A．kept          B．expected           C．showed              D．refused

23．A．a(chǎn)nyone        B．a(chǎn)nywhere          C．someone             D．wherever

24．A．question       B．chance           C．test                D．place

25．A．worry about  B．look about        C．work for            D．think for

26．A．necessary      B．important          C．right               D．known

27．A．How        B．Where           C．When              D．Why

28．A．back          B．set              C．put                D．give

29．A．respect         B．education           C．friendship          D．children

30．A．a(chǎn)imed         B．threw              C．passed             D．found

31．A．sent         B．left                C．made              D．sprang

32．A．excited        B．frightened          C．moved             D．shocked

33．A．so            B．then              C．because             D．whether

34．A．a(chǎn)sk            B．know             C．praise              D．understand

35．A．kid            B．problem           C．friend             D．example

More Australians are overweight or obese than ever before, and the number is steadily increasing. Around 64 percent of men and 47 percent of women are carrying too much body fat. This means that the chances of obesity-related disorders, such as coronary heart disease(冠心病) and diabetes(糖尿病), is also on the rise. The popularity of crash dieting has caused many misunderstandings about weight loss. Most of these misunderstandings cause unhealthy weight loss behaviors.

A recent research of deaths in the United States from their National Health Nutrition Examination Survey suggests that being overweight may not increase your risk of dying. This finding is contrary to the past research that they thought the numbers of premature death(早死) linked to weight in the year 2000. The findings were that underweight and seriously obese people have an increased chance of dying compared with normal weight people. Interestingly, however, being overweight is related to a slightly lower chance of dying for your age. The effect of obesity on death rate may have reduced over time, perhaps because of improvements in public health and medical care. The authors say that body weight may not be such an important risk factor for premature death and that fitness, while smoking and too much fat in your diet may be more important.

65. If a person carries much fat, he or she _______________ .

knows how to keep healthy better than those who don’t

should lose weight as soon as possible to keep healthy

will surely suffer from both coronary heart disease and diabetes

might suffer from some diseases related to obesity

66. The underlined phrase “is contrary to” in the second paragraph probably means ___________.

       A. agrees with                                           B. disagrees with

       C. proves                                                 D. combines

67. According to the recent research of deaths in America, ______________ .

underweight people will live longer than those overweight people

dying at an early age is connected with overweight

being overweight doesn’t necessary lead to premature deaths

being overweight is healthier than normal people

68. We can infer from the text that _____________ . Ks5u

the writer wants to persuade people not to lose weight

misunderstandings about weight loss are more serious than ever

much progress has been made in public medical condition

the cause of premature deaths is heavy smoking

I’ll never forgive ________ you _____ what you said to me last night.

       A, with ; about              B. / ; /                  C. to ; because of          D. / ; for