8．Want to stay away from colds？Put on a hap py face．
Compared to unhappy people，those who are cheerful and rel axed are less likely to suffer from colds，according to a new study．It's possible that being happy helps the body fight illnesses，say the researchers from New York University．
"It seems that positive feelings may reduce the danger of illness，"said the study's chief researcher Sheldon Cohen．In an earlier study，Cohen found that people who were cheerful and lively caught coughs and colds less often．People who showed feelings were also less likely to tell their doctors that they felt ill．
In this study，Cohen's interviewed 193 adults every day for two weeks．During the interviews，the people told researchers about the happy or sad feelings they had that day．After the two weeks，the people were given colds by doctors and had to stay alone in a room for six days．
   The result showed that everyone in the study was equally likely to get ill．But for people who said th ey felt happy during the research period，their illness was less serious and lasted for a shorter time．
Cohen believes that when people experience positive feelings，their body may produce a chemical that helps fight illness and disease．So if you are worried abut your health，look on the bright side more often．
66．Which of the following was NOT a part of the study？D
A．People talked about their feelings every day．
B．People were kept alone for six days．
C．People were given colds by doctors．
D．People were made to feel unhappy．
67．What did the study find？D
A．People who felt happy neve r got ill．
B．People's feelings didn't influence their health．
C．People with good feelings became ill more easily．
D．People with positive feelings had less serious illnesses．．
68．According to Cohen，which of the following may help fight illness？C
A．Eating．B．Crying．C．Laughing．D．Sleeping．
69．This passage is a/anB．
A．advertisement     B．newspaper report   C．story        D．scientist's diary
70．What is the best title for this passage？A
A．Smiles can fight colds               
B．Cause of colds found
C．The danger of colds                 
D．How people get sick．

7．At first，the earth's surface layer （层） was made up of huge blocks of hard，solid rocks．Then slowly，the rocks broke up into smaller and smaller pieces．Finally stones，pebbles （卵石） and grains of sand were formed．Many sorts of plants and animals lived and died on the surface of the earth．Their remains mixed up with the stones，pebbles and formed soil．The outmost layer of the earth is soil．
There are many ways in which large pieces of rock break into smaller ones．Wind，water，heat and cold help to break up rocks．When winds blow grains of sand against a large rock for a long time，the softer layers of the rock are slowly worn away．These leave holes and cracks in the rock，which become bigger and finally the rock breaks up into smaller pieces．
The moving water of streams and rivers also helps to break up rocks．As the water moves along，it carries with it small pieces of rock．These rub the larger ones．Thus，the larger rocks are worn down to smaller pieces．
The heat of the sun is also helpful to breaking up rocks．When the sun shines，the rocks become very hot．If these rocks are suddenly cooled，they may crack．Ice also plays a part in making soil．Water in the cracks can turn into ice in cold weather．As this happens，it becomes bigger and the cracks become wider，and finally break into smaller pieces．
61．According to the passage，soilA．
A．forms very slowly              
B．is a mixture of stones，pebbles and sand
C．makes up the layers of the earth     
D．is becoming smaller and smaller
62．How many factors are mentioned in helping break up rocks？B
A．Three．B．Four．C．Five．D．More than five．
63．Which of the following speeds up（加速） the breaks of rocks most？C
A．Hot weather．
B．Cold water．
C．Sharp changes in temperature．
D．More dead plants in the cracks．
64．Which of the following is NOT true？B
A．The remains of many plants and animals formed soil．
B．If a large rock never moves，it will never break up．
C．Even if a large rock never moves，it will break up．
D．Ice in the cracks helps to break up rocks．
65．The best title for this passage should beA．
A．Soil From Rocks              
B．Ways to Break up Rocks
C．Soil on the Earth              
D．Soil，Outmost Layer of the Earth．

6．Popeye the Sailor first became a popular cartoon in the 1930s．The sailor in that cartoon ate lots of spinach to make him strong．People watched him，and they began to buy and eat a lot more spinach．Popeye helped sell 33 percent more spinach than before!Spinach became a necessary part of many people's diets．Even some children who hated the taste began to eat the vegetable．
Many people thought that the iron in spinach made Popeye strong，but thi s is not true．Spinach does not have any more iron than any other green vegetable．
People only thought spinach had a lot of iron because the people who studied the food made a mistake．In the 1890s，a group of people studied what was inside vegetables．This group said that spinach had ten times more iron than it did．The group wrote the number wrong，and everyone accepted it．
Today，we know that the little iron there is in spinach cannot make a difference in how strong a person is．However，spinach does have something else which the body needs-folic acid．It is interesting to point out that folic acid can help make a person strong．Maybe it was really the folic acid that made Popeye strong all along．
56．A good title for this reading passage isB．
A．Popeye the Sailor                    
B．The Truth About Spinach
C．Mistake with Numbers                 
D．Folic Acid Makes You Strong
57．Why did many people eat spinach after they saw Popeye the Sailor？A
A．They thought spinach made them strong．
B．They thought Popeye was funny．
C．Spinach had a lot of iron．
D．People liked folic acid．
58．A research group told people that spinachD．
A．made Popeye strong       
B．was a green vegetable
C．had less iron than other green vegetables
D．had more iron than other green vegetables
59．The reading passage says that perhaps Popeye got his strength fromB．
A．iron           B．folic acid        C．spinach         D．exercise
60．Folic acid isA．
A．something in food  B．a vegetable  C．dangerous D．a certain kind of spinach．

5．There was an oil painting _______ in the corner．It ______ there for several days．（　　）

	A．	laying； had laid		B．	lain； had laid
	C．	lying； had lain		D．	laid； had been lain

4．To be honest，if it is a _____ Michelangelo drawing，it will sell for millions of pounds．（　　）

A．

genuine

B．

novel

C．

rude

D．

fake

3．He apologized ________ late．（　　）

	A．	to his teacher to arrive		B．	to his teacher for arriving
	C．	at his teacher to arrive		D．	at his teacher for arriving

2．Great changes ________ in the city since 1979．（　　）

	A．	have taken place		B．	have taken the place
	C．	have been taken place		D．	have been happened

1．You promised you should take the children to Beijing．So you must______．（　　）

A．

keep your words

B．

break your word

C．

keep your word

D．

eat your words

20．If you cheat in the exam，you could hardly __________ it．（　　）

A．

throw away

B．

get away

C．

break away from

D．

get away with

19．The company was named Gates Hall ______ a man named James Gates．（　　）

	A．	in need of		B．	in search of
	C．	with the help of		D．	in memory of