He has been ______to general manager because of his excellent work in the company.

A. proposed        B. produced      C. promoted       D. programmed

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I’ll never forget May 12, 2008, we were having classes at Beichuan Middle School , Sichuan Province, when a huge  36  hit the area.

At about 2:28 p.m, our  37  , Mr.Wang, was teaching us singing on the fourth floor on the teaching building.  38   we felt the building shaking violently. It was an earthquake! Our building starting to   39  . It was too late to rush out to the  40  . We were told to hide under the desks.  41  later, the whole building fell down. We were  42  in ruins. We couldn’t move at all. No one could really imagine at that split second, how much pain we had  43  or how desperate(絕望的) we felt as we waited to be  44  . I heard Mr. Wang calling our names again and again… .

Hours later, some people came to rescue and  45  of us were saved.

Later, I  46  this huge earthquake scaled 8.0 magnitude. It hit several provinces, including Sichuan, Gansu and Shanxi. So far it has  47  more than 80,000 and injured 360,000. My hometown ----Beichuan was  48  the worst-hit areas. Our school , which was  49  filled with vigor(活力) and laughter, was a dead valley.

Words after such a  50  could appear nothing but empty and pointless. So many people’s lives were taken away, so much  51  was done and the whole city was  52  . Beichuan has become a history.

Now , some of my classmates and I were  53  to study in a middle school in Jiangsu Province. I still  54  dreaming and still strive for a better future: to make our homes beautiful yet  55  .

May victims rest in peace. May survivors live to be stronger.

A. rain           B. earthquake        C. snow          D. rock

A. classmate      B. parent         C. friend       D. teacher  

A. Finally        B. Luckily        C. Suddenly    D. Actually

A. fall           B. stand          C. run         D. walk

A. home         B. desks          C. classroom    D. outdoors

A. Minutes       B. Weeks         C. Hours        D. Days

A. trapped        B. stayed        C. played        D. packed

A. lived          B. escaped       C. enjoyed       D. suffered

A. ignored     B. recovered         C. rescued       D. remembered

A. all         B. some           C. none          D. each

A. found out    B. added up       C. came up       D. set down

A. devoted     B. helped         C. killed          D . concerned

A. outside     B. without         C. far from        D. among

A. now        B. once           C. then           D. never

A. attitude     B. trouble        C. disaster         D. insurance

A. lives        B. damage        C. highway        D. news

A. in ruins      B. dug out        C. as usual         D. set up

A. judged      B. persuaded       C. joined          D. organized

A. care about  B. give in           C. keep on         D. go through

A. peaceful    B. safe            C. grateful         D. active

Man has a big brain. He can think, learn and speak. Scientists thought that men are different from animals because they can think and learn. They know now that dogs, cats and birds can learn too. They are beginning to understand that. They make noises when they are afraid, or angry or unhappy. Apes(猿) can understand some things more quickly than human, one or two of them have learnt a few words. But they can not join words to make sentences. They can not think like us because they have no language. Language is a wonderful thing. Man has been able to build a modern world because he has language. Every child can speak his own language very well when he is four or five, —but no animal learns to speak. How do children learn it ? Scientists do not really know. What happens inside our body when we speak? They do not know. They only know that man can speak because he has a brain.

The best title for this passage is          .

A. Animal’s Language  B. Man and Ape  C. Brain and language  D. Man’s Brain

Men are different from animals in the way that           .

A. men can understand things quickly       B. men can learn

C. men have learnt to use language         D. men have brains

An ape can not           .

A. make noises    B. understand things    C. learn words     D. speak like man

Scientists now know            .

A. how children learn to speak             B. why apes can learn a few words

C. man’s brain helps him to learn to speak    D. what happens when men speak

Which of the following is NOT true ?

A. Some animals can learn.               B. Apes can understand some things more quickly than men.

C. Apes can put the words they know together.

D. Apes have no language though they can learn some words

Several different stories are told about the origin of Saint Valentine’s Day. One legend(story) dates as far back as the days of Roman Empire. According to the story. Claudius, the Emperor of Rome, wanted to increase the size of the army. He knew that it would be easier to get young men who were not married to join the army; therefore, he made a rule that no young men could marry until he had served in the army for a number of years.

A priest(man working in church) named Valentine broke the rule and secretly married a great number of young people. Finally, Claudius found out about Valentine and put the priest in prison, where he remained until his death on February 14.

After his death, Valentine was made a saint(perfect man in public opinion) and the day of his death was named Saint Valentine’s Day----which is a time for people to send one another their greeting of many kinds.

February 14, Valentine’s Day, is sweetheart’s day, on which people in love with each other express their tender emotions(soft feelings).

People sometimes put their

love message in a heart shaped box of chocolate or a bunch of flowers tied with red ribbons(silk). Words of letters may be written on the flower covered card, or something else. Whatever the form may be, the message is almost the same “Will you be my Valentine?”

46. According to the rule_______.

A. no young men could get married unless they were old enough.

B. Young men could get married if they had served the army for a number of years.

no one could get married without the emperor’s permission

young men could get married only in the army.

47.The passage mainly tells us about_______.

A. How Valentine died                B. The emperor of Rome   

C. How Valentine’s Day is celebrated    D. The origin of Valentine’s Day

48. February 14 is chosen as Valentine’s Day because_______.

A. people want to remember Valentine

lovers express their tender emotions on this day

people send one another greeting of many kinds on this day

people want to fix a date for lovers to express their emotion

49. Valentine was put in prison for ________.

A. he helped the couples who were not supposed to get married   B. he got married  C. he fell in love with more than one woman.  

 D. he broke the emperor’s rule on purpose

50. When a boy asks a neighbor girl to be his Valentine, he is probably asking her to _________.

   A. spend the festival with him             B. be his date  

   C. forgive him                          D. not to break his heart

The Olympic Games are being _____ live to many countries.

A. conveyed                 B. transferred                C. demonstrated            D. transmitted

One of the greatest       of unhappiness，in my experience，is the difficulty we have in

  accepting things as they are．

      A．reasons                B．styles                   C．supplies                 D．sources

He got well-prepared for the job interview, for he couldn’t risk the good opportunity______.

A. to lose                            B. losing                      C. to be lost                  D. being lost

 —Mum, can I listen to music while doing homework?

— Don’t even think about it._____.

A. The more you get, the more you want    

B. Eye for eye and tooth for tooth.

C. A man cannot whistle and drink at the same time.  

D. A bad beginning makes a bad ending

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Being the boss might mean more money and challenging work but it can also cause damage to physical and mental well-being, according to a Canadian study.

For years studies have shown people in lower-status jobs generally have higher rates of heart disease and other illnesses and die earlier than those in higher-status positions while job authority has shown no relationship with workers’ health.

But University of Toronto researchers, using data from 1,800 US workers, found the health of people in higher positions is affected by work as they are more likely to report conflicts with co-workers and say work disturbs their home life.

However, the positive aspects of having a power position at work, such as higher status, more pay and greater independence, seemed to cancel out the negative aspects when it came to people’s physical and psychological health.

These latest findings, reported in the journal Social Science & Medicine, suggest that the advantages and disadvantages authority positions basically cancel each other out, giving the general impression that job authority has no health effects.

For the study, the researchers surveyed participants about various aspects of their work, life and well-being. Job authority was judged based on whether a person managed other employees and had power over hiring, firing and pay.

Physical health complaints included problems like headaches, body aches, heartburn and tiredness. Psychological complaints included sleep problems, difficulty concentrating and feelings of sadness, worry and anxiety.

“This isn’t to suggest that having authority is ‘bad’—in fact, we show it has benefits ... but it is important to identify the negative sides and deal with them.” researcher Scott Schieman said.  

Schieman said conflicts with co-workers or involvement of work into home life may destroy at physical and mental well-being by creating stress.

“These are key stressors that can tax individuals’ ability to function effectively,” Schieman said.

56. Work will have a negative effect on job authority’s health probably because __________.

A. they are not fit for their work

   B. they have power over hiring and pay

   C. they are faced with severe competition

   D. they don’t get on well with their co-workers

57. Most people don’t see that bosses have health effects because __________.

   A. their health problems are not serious enough to see

   B. they have enough money to keep themselves healthy

   C. their problems are quite different from those of workers  

   D. the advantages and disadvantages of their status work against each other

58. From the passage we can infer that the study aims to _________.

  A. warn people not to be a boss for ever

  B. remind the boss to deal with the bad effects of their work

  C. show that having authority is harmful to one’s health

  D. prove that being a boss can benefit a lot 

59. The best title for this passage might be ________.

  A. Lower-status can affect health                    B. Authority can affect health

  C. Positive aspects of a power position            D. Disadvantages of being a boss

Patients and doctors alike have long believed in the healing (治療) power of humor. It is claimed that humor not only affects patients’ moods, but can actually help them recover faster.

Several studies seem to support this. Patients in better spirits are known to have higher immune cell counts. Some have even claimed to have healed themselves of serious illnesses by reading comics and watching comedies.

Despite all this, many researchers are not convinced. They point out the fact that many sufferings have been known to disappear naturally, with or without a daily dose of laughter. They also say that while optimism in general does seem to be related to better health, it is hard to tell which comes first.

Humor in times of stress, however, clearly makes us feel better. On one level, it takes our minds off our troubles and relaxes us. On another, it releases powerful endorphins, a chemical produced by your body that reduces pain.

There are cases where the appreciation of a good joke is indeed directly related to a person’s health. It can show, for example, whether a person has suffered damage to one particular area of the brain: the right frontal lobe (額葉).

Scientists confirmed this by having people read jokes and asking them to choose the funniest endings from a list. Subjects with normal brains usually chose endings that were based on a relatively complex synthesis (綜合) of ideas. Subjects with specifically located brain damage, however, responded only to slapstick (鬧劇) endings, which did not depend on a particular context. When pressed, the brain-damaged subjects saw the logic in the correct endings. They simply did not find them funny.

Of course, humor is largely an individual matter. Next time your friend does not get one of your jokes, there is no need to accuse him of being a lamebrain. However, you might suggest that he lighten up—for the health of it.

63. We can infer from the passage that ________.

A. all researchers have agreed on the healing power of humor

B. people seldom accuse their friends of not understanding jokes

C. the author holds a positive attitude to the healing power of humor

D. reading comics will surely become a popular way of treating diseases

64. Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A. Many researchers are not convinced of the healing power of humor.

B. Patients in bad moods are known to have higher immune cell counts.

C. Optimism in general does seem to be related to better health.

D. People should try their best to cheer up for their good health.

65. Scientists had some people read jokes and asked them to choose the funniest endings from a list to confirm that ________.

A. the brain-damaged people are different from those with normal brains

B. a person with a normal brain usually responds to slapstick endings

       C. a person suffering certain brain damage doesn’t appreciate a good joke

       D. humor takes our minds off our troubles by releasing powerful endorphins

66. Which would be the best title for the passage?

A. Which comes first, humor or health?             B. Humor can cure different illnesses

C. People need humor in times of stress         D. Humor contributes to good health