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

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

Whatever it takes for us to reduce pressure is important to our emotional (情感的) health, and crying seems to study found that 85 percent of women and 73 percent of men report feeling better after crying.

Besides, tears attract help from other people. Researchers agree that when we cry, people around us become kinder and friendly and they are more ready to provide support and comfort. Tears also enable us to understand our emotions better; sometimes we don't even know we' re very sad until we cry. We learn about our emotions through Crying, and then we can deal with them.

Just as crying can be healthy, not crying ― holding back tears of anger, pain or suffering ― can be bad for physical (身體的) health, Studies have shown that too much control of emotions can lead to high blood pressure, heart problems and some other illnesses. If you have a health problem, doctors will certainly not ask you to cry. But when you feel like crying, don't fight it. It's a natural  ― and healthy ― emotional response (反應).

60．Why didn't the author cry when her grandmother died?

A．Because her father did not --ant her to feel too sad.

B．Because she did not love her grandmother.

C．Because she was too shy to cry at that time.

D．Tie author doesn’t give the explanation.

61, It car. be inferred from the text that ______.

A．there are two ways to keep healthy

B．crying does more good to health than laughing

C．crying and laughing play the same roles

D．emotional health has a close relationship to physical health

62．According to the author, which of the following statements is true?

A．Crying is the best way to get help from others.

B．Fighting back tears may cause some health problems.

C．We will never know our deep feelings unless we cry.

D．We must cry if we want to reduce pressure.

63．What might be the most suitable title for the text?

A．Power of Tears                                 B．How to Keep Healthy

C．Why We Cry                                   D．A New Scientific Discovery

More American people take their troubles with them on holiday, according to a new survey. Although 40 percent said that the main reason for going away is to escape pressure (壓力) from work, almost all said they worry more than they do at home. Only four in every 100 said that they are happy and free of care.

The most common worry is burglary ( 入室盜竊) , with four out of 10 worrying about their homes being broken into while they’re abroad．More than a quarter fear they will feel crazy with some other noisy and rough holiday-makers and 22 percent worry they may be attacked or their possessions will be missing. One in five think the car may break down; and the same number worry about the chances of bad weather.

The survey also showed that the stay-at-home Americans are no more. Three out of every five want to have a holiday abroad, a great increase from the figures only three years ago. The hotel holiday is still a winner, with about one third of all Americana preferring to go on a self-catering ( 自助 ) holiday.

56．The underlined word “survey” in the first paragraph most probably means ______.

A．research             B．review              C．exhibition           D．examination

57．According to the text, about ____ of people worry more on holiday than when they are at home.

A．25%                  B．40%                   C．80%                   D．95%

58．The third most common worry of American holiday-makers is that they may ______.

A．be attacked or lose their possessions    

B．have problems with their cars on the road

C．have bad weather on holiday             

D．get mixed with some rough fellow holiday-makers

59．Where do American holiday-makers like to stay most?

A．At a hotel.        B．In a quiet place.    

C．At a friend's house.                            D．Where they can cook for themselves.

I did very badly at school. My headmaster thought I was   36   and when I was 14 he said, “You’re never going to be   37   but a failure.”

After five years of   38   jobs, I fell in love with a very nice middle-class girl. It was the beat   39   that could have happened to me. I   40   I wanted-to do something positive (積極地) with my life because I wanted to prove to   41   that what people said about me was   42 . Especially her mother, who had said to me, “Let’s   43   it, you’ve failed at everything you’ve ever done.”  So I tried hard with my  44   and went to college. My first novel (小說)  45   while I was at college.

After college I taught during the   46   in high schools and attended evening classes at London University,  where I got a    47   in history. I became a lecturer at a college and was thinking of  48   that job to write full time   49   I was offered a part-time job at Leeds University. I began to feel proud of myself ―  50   was a working-.class boy who’d   51   school early, now teaching at the university

My writing career (職業(yè)) took off when I discovered my own style. Now I’m rich and   52  , have been on TV, and met lots of film stars.   53   what does it mean? I   54   wish all the people that have put me down had  55  : “I believe in you. You’ll succeed.”

－Maggie had a wonderful time at the party.

－ ______, and so did I.

A．So she had        B．So had she         C．So she did          D．So did she

I really can't understand ______ her like that.

A．you treat          B．you to treat         C．why treat         D．you treating

He is such a man who is always ______ fault with other people.

A．putting            B．seeking             C．finding            D．looking for

Great changes have taken place in that school. It is no longer ______ it was 20 years ago, _____ it was so poorly equipped.

A．what; when        B．that; which         C．what; which        D．which; that

John is the tallest boy in the class, _______ according to himself.

A．five foot eight as tall as                  B．as tall as five foot eight

C．as five foot eight tall as                   D．as tall five foot eight as

－I’m terribly sorry I broke your glass.

 －       .

A．That’s right        B．Bad luck            C．Sorry                D．You can forget it

That was really a splendid evening. It’s years ______ I enjoyed myself so much.

A．when              B．that                 C．before            D．since