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Recently, researchers in the US have carried out a study on laughing, one of the most natural characteristics of human behavior.
Jo-Anne Bachorowsky, a psychology professor at Vandebilt University, 36  a team of researchers who   37   a total of 11 short videos to 97 young adult volunteers in the US. They found that the participants produced a   38  of sounds when they laughed, 39  grunts(呼噜声) and snorts(哼声).
The researchers found that some of the   40   were dependent   41  gender(性别). Men laughed with grunts and snorts more often than women,   42  women’s   43   was more song-like.
They also found that people’s laughter could change,   44  who they were with at the time. Whether they were with a man or a woman and   45  person was a friend or a   46   both played a part in laughter.
The researchers found that women’s laughter was very high with a   47   pitch(音高) when they were with male strangers. And women taking   48   in the study laughed more often when they were with a male friend than when they were with a(n) 49   friend or a male stranger. But men laughed more freely with friends of either sex than with strangers of either sex.
Scientists believe that the   50   consumed in laughing 100 times is   51  to 15 minutes on an exercise bike. Another 52   of laughter is 53   it improves our mental health. Laughter reduces our levels of stress. It also helps us   54   serious illness.
  55  ,we think laughter can make us feel good.
小题1:
A.gotB.ledC.undertookD.worked
小题2:
A.returnedB.providedC.showedD.read
小题3:
A.partB.caseC.bitD.range
小题4:
A.includingB.containingC.havingD.possessing
小题5:
A.waysB.differencesC.studiesD.columns
小题6:
A.onB.ofC.withD.from
小题7:
A.thatB.whenC.whileD.how
小题8:
A.cryB.soundC.voiceD.laughter
小题9:
A.depending onB.to depend onC.depend onD.depended on
小题10:
A.otherB.the otherC.anotherD.others
小题11:
A.passers-byB.relativeC.strangerD.teacher
小题12:
A.sameB.similarC.variousD.changeable
小题13:
A.actionB.partC.exerciseD.duty
小题14:
A.maleB.youngC.oldD.female
小题15:
A.foodB.energyC.pressureD.memory
小题16:
A.shortB.easyC.equalD.good
小题17:
A.wayB.contentC.intentionD.benefit
小题18:
A.whyB.thatC.howD.because
小题19:
A.fightB.removeC.breakD.deal
小题20:
A.All alongB.All the sameC.In summaryD.After all

答案

小题1:B
小题2:C
小题3:D
小题4:A
小题5:B
小题6:A
小题7:C
小题8:D
小题9:A
小题10:B
小题11:C
小题12:D
小题13:B
小题14:D
小题15:B
小题16:C
小题17:D
小题18:B
小题19:A
小题20:C
解析

试题分析:
小题1:考查动词,lead 表示“带领”和后面的team搭配。选B
小题2:考查动词搭配:provide sth to sb“把…提供给某人”,选C
小题3:考查名词搭配:a range of“各种各样的”选D
小题4:考查介词,including是包括,表示各种各样的声音,包括呼噜声和哼声,选A
小题5:考查名词:下面的描写是男女的差异。选B
小题6:考查介词搭配:be dependent on“依赖于”选A
小题7:考查连词,while可以表示对比。“然而”,选C
小题8:考查上下文衔接,前面说Men laughed with grunts and snorts more often than women,后面应该是女性的笑声更像唱歌。选D
小题9:考查现在分词做状语,表示:人的笑声会变,取决于他们和谁在一起。选A
小题10:考查other的用法,这里是特指和他们在一起的另外一个人。选B
小题11:考查名词:和朋友相对的是陌生人。选C
小题12:考查形容词辨析:A. same要和the连用,B. similar相似的C. various 各种各样的, D. changeable易变的,这里表示当女性遇到男性陌生人时笑声很大音高也会变化。选D
小题13:考查固定词组:take part in“参加”选B
小题14:考查上下文:和前面的a male friend 相对应的是a female friend,选D
小题15:考查名词:energy精力,句意是:笑100次和骑自行车锻炼15分钟消耗的能量是相同的。选B
小题16:考查形容词,be equal to“和…相等”选C
小题17:考查名词:后面说笑可以提高精神健康,说明是笑的好处。选D
小题18:考查表语从句:that引导表语从句,只起连接的作用,不做成分。选B
小题19:考查动词:fight serious illness “对抗严重的疾病”选A
小题20:考查词组:最后一句话是对全文的总结,选C
点评:这篇完型填空是关于笑声的健康话题,内容简单易懂,设空主要是些动词,名词,形容词的辨析也有考查上下文的逻辑关系,包括一些语法相关的题目,做题时都要考虑在内。
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The Five Rules for Keeping Fit
Hi, there! I"m Grystal Collins, and I"m very happy to share some time with you. So, you want to keep fit, huh? Well, you surely came to the right place. Together we can keep fit and healthy, and succeed in doing that. It"s easy. Everybody can do it, you hear? Just remember the five golden rules.
Number one: Always wear comfortable clothes when you are exercising. You need to feel comfortable and relaxed(放松).
Number two: You should always do some warming-up exercise first to get your body ready for the real thing.
Number three: Never try to do too much exercise too soon. Take it nice and easy now, you hear? There"s no rush about this.
Number four: Don"t forget to relax for about five minutes when you"ve finished your exercise. You need to rest a little bit after you"ve been exercising.
And here is the golden rule Number five. Stop at once if you feel any pain in your neck, head or any part of your body.
小题1:The students may most probably be the people ___________.
A.who are ill
B.who want to be healthier
C.who are Crystal Collins" good friends
D.who are not interested in taking exercise
小题2:Crystal Collins may most probably say this            .
A.before the exercise starts
B.when the exercise is over
C.during the exercise
D.as soon as the exercise has started
小题3:Which of the following is NOT true?
A.You should do some warming-up exercise before the real thing.
B.You should wear comfortable clothes.
C.You should rest for a while when you are doing warming-up exercise.
D.You should stop if you feel any pain in your body.

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Mom noticed that something was wrong when I started getting so thirsty. I’d have a lot to drink before bed, which was unusual for me. One time, I opened a big container of apple juice and kept refilling my glass. Before I knew it, I’d drunk the entire container! My mom called my doctor. I then had a few blood tests, and the results were certain — I had diabetes (糖尿病), which meant that the amount of sugar in my blood was very high. That can be dangerous, so I had to learn how to control my blood-sugar level.
My eating habits had to change in a big way. With diabetes, I can’t eat a lot of sugar or carbohydrates (碳水化合物). I have to figure out exactly how much sugar I plan to eat, and then I get an injection of insulin (注射胰岛素) before the meal to help my body process the food. Also, I test my blood-sugar level often. I’m always trying to keep my blood sugar at a healthy level. The level can drop when I exercise, but that doesn’t keep me out of gym class or off the basketball court — I just keep some juice boxes around to boost my blood sugar if I need to.
It’s a lot of work — and not a lot of fun — to keep track of everything, but I’ve gotten used to my new habits. I was a little scared at first because I wasn’t sure how my life would change. Once I knew what I needed to do, though, it wasn’t a big deal. My life is different now from what it was before, but it has become completely regular to me.
小题1:The first paragraph is mainly about _____.
A.who found the author had diabetes
B.the author’s life before having diabetes
C.how the author was found to have diabetes
D.the author’s eating habits before having diabetes
小题2:What did the author do after knowing she had diabetes?
A.She stopped playing basketball in the gym.
B.She controlled her blood-sugar level strictly.
C.She stopped eating food with natural sugar.
D.She tested her blood-sugar level before every meal.
小题3:What does the underlined word “boost” in Paragraph 2 mean?
A.Increase.B.Control.C.Absorb.D.Test.
小题4:What’s the author’s attitude toward her having diabetes now?
A.Worried.B.Frightened.C.Pessimistic.D.Positive.

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Nowadays more and more people are trapped in too busy work to relax themselves. We have no time to tell a bed-time story to our children, or enjoy a nice dinner with our family, or take a break to think about how we live the precious life, or even meet friends. All we notice is that the distinctions that used to guide and steady us ------ between Sunday and Monday, public and private, here and there ------ are gone. We have more ways to communicate, but less and less to say. Partly because we’re so busy communicating.
Maybe that’s why more and more people I know, even if they have no religious commitment, seem to be turning to yoga, or meditation, or tai chi. Some friends of mine try to go on long walks every Sunday, or to “forget” their cellphones at home. A series of tests in recent years has shown that after spending time in quiet rural settings, subjects “exhibit greater attentiveness, stronger memory and generally improved cognition. Their brains become both calmer and sharper.” More than that, empathy, as well as deep thought, depends on neural processes that are “inherently slow. ” The very ones our high-speed lives have little time for.
In my own case, I turn to eccentric and often extreme measures to try to keep my sanity and ensure that I have time to do nothing at all. I’ve not yet used a cellphone and I’ve never Tweeted or entered Facebook. I try not to go online till my day’s writing is finished, and I moved from Manhattan to rural Japan.
None of this is a matter of principle or asceticism (苦行主义): it’s just pure selfishness. Nothing makes me feel better-----calmer, clearer and happier----than being in one place, absorbed in a book, a conversation, a piece of music. It’s actually something deeper than mere happiness: it’s joy, which the monk David Steindl-Rast describes as “that kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” That is the highest of the highest we have been longing for----The Joy of Quiet.
小题1:The writer sometimes doesn’t do anything because ________.
A.he is out of work .
B.whatever he does make no sense
C.he is worried about his writing.
D.he can enjoy himself in his leisure time.
小题2:When the writer uses the word “forget” , his real meaning is _______.
A.Somebody really forgets his cellphone at home.
B.Somebody thinks cellphone is not a suitable means of communication.
C.Somebody hates modern techniques such as the cellphone.
D.Somebody leaves his cellphone at home on purpose.
小题3:Which of the following is right?
A.It is better to go back to the ancient times since we are so busy now.
B.The writer is unwilling to help others since he is selfish.
C.Slowing down to find time and space to think and enjoy oneself is urgent.
D.We have more to say because we have more ways to communicate.
小题4:What does the underlined word mean?
A.differenceB.samenessC.simplicityD.complication
小题5:What is the main idea of the article?
A.The importance of spending time in quiet.
B.We can do some sports such as yoga to relax.
C.Principle or asceticism is important in one’s life.
D.The more we communicate, the more we will be closer.

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Mark Ramirez, a senior executive at AOL, could work in the comfortable leather chair, if he wanted. No, thanks. He prefers to stand most of the day at a desk raised above stomach level.
“I’ve got my knees bent. I feel totally alive,” he said. “It feels more natural to stand.”
In the past few years, standing has become the new sitting for 10 percent of AOL employees at the firm’s Virginia branch. Part of a standing popularity is among accountants, programmers, telemarketers and other office workers across the nation.
GeekDesk, a California firm that sells desks raised by electric motors, says sales will triple this year.
Standers give various reasons for taking to their feet: It makes them feel more focused, prevents drowsiness(困倦睡意), and makes them feel like a general even if they just push paper. (Former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfels works standing up. So does novelist Philip Roth.)
But unknown to them, a debate (辩论) is spreading among ergonomics experts(人类工程学家) and public-health researchers about whether all office workers should be encouraged to stand—to save lives.
Doctors point to surprising new research showing higher rates of diabetes, obesity, heart disease and even mortality among people who sit for long stretches. A study earlier this year in the American Journal of Epidemiology showed that among 123,000 adults followed over 14 years, those who sat more than six hours a day were at least 18 percent more likely to die during the time period studied than those who sat less than three hours a day.
“Every rock we turn over when it comes to sitting is astonishing,” said Marc Hamilton, a leading researcher on inactivity physiology at the Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Louisiana. “Sitting is harmful. It’s dangerous. We are on the cusp (尖端) of a major revolution.” He calls sitting “the new smoking”.
Not so fast, other experts say. Standing too much at work will cause more long-term back injuries. Incidences of varicose veins(静脉曲张) among women will increase. The heart will have to pump more.
Hedge, the Cornell professor, isn’t a fan of all this standing. “Making people stand all day is dumb,” he said.
The sensible and most cost-effective strategy(策略), he said, is to sit in a neutral posture(姿势), slightly reclined(下弯的), with the keyboard on a tray above the lap. This position promotes positive blood flow. Workers should occasionally walk around, stretch and avoid prolonged periods at the desk. The key, he said, is movement, not standing.
小题1:Marc Hamilton said “Every rock we turn over when it comes to sitting is astonishing” to show that________.
A.the result of the study about sitting too long is shocking
B.we need to remove many rocks
C.we need to smooth away many difficulties
D.sitting on a rock is necessary
小题2: The following are the reasons why some experts are against standing too long except      .
A.It will cause more long-term back injuries
B.it will raise the burden of heart
C.incidences of varicose veins among women will increase
D.standing too much at work per day is too tiring
小题3: According to the studies in the passage mentioned,      .
A.it is better not to stand more than 6 hours
B.sitting too long can arouse illnesses easily
C.sitting long is specially harmful to adults
D.standing much is better than sitting long
小题4:Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A.Standing is not better than sitting
B.Standing more does no harm to people
C.Standing will promote the efficiency
D.More office workers take standing against sitting

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Ten years ago I used to be very fit (健康的). I rode a bike to work and I got a lot of exercise at weekends. I used to play tennis a lot and go for long walks. In those days I didn’t earn very much. I had a job in an office. It wasn’t a very good job but I had a lot of time to do the things I enjoyed doing.
Then, about eight years ago, I got a much better job. The pay was better, but the hours were a lot longer. I bought a car and drove to work every day. I began to take people out to lunch. And I began to put on weight, too. I stopped playing tennis and going for long walks at weekends because I just didn’t have any time for things like that any more.
There’s a lot of stress (压力) in my job. Perhaps that’s why I started drinking more than I used to. For example, I used to have only half a glass of whisky when I got home, but then I started filling my glass to the top, and instead of having one glass, I would have several. I started smoking a lot, too. I never used to smoke at all.
Two months ago I had a heart attack. At first I just couldn’t believe it. Luckily it wasn’t very serious. The doctor advised me to stop smoking and to eat less. He also advised me to work less and get more exercise. But I just haven’t any time! My job takes everything out of me!
Sometimes I wonder if I should get another job. Perhaps I could do something like I used to do. But if I do that, I won’t earn as much. I have a family to support. I have to think of them, too. I just don’t know what I should do. What do you think?
小题1:Compared with ten years ago, what is worse for the author now?
A.His job.B.His pay.
C.His means of transport. D.His health.
小题2: According to the passage, when the author got the better job, which of the following is NOT true?
A.He got higher pay.
B.His working hours weren’t long.
C.He found it very stressful.
D.He had little free time at weekends.
小题3:After the author had a heart attack, the doctor advised him _____.
A.not to work any longer
B.to take a long vacation abroad
C.to stop smoking and take exercise
D.not to eat out any more

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