A sore B. containing C. conditions D. interpret E. conscious F. data G. enhancing H. resist I. definitely J. producing K. character
In an experiment that exposed healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a generally sunny temper were less likely to fall ill.
The findings were built on evidence that a \emotional style\can help to ___41___the common cold and other illnesses.
Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness ___42___ immune function and subjective as in happy people being less disturbed by a ___43___ throat or running nose.
\with a positive emotional style may have active immune responses to the virus,\explained lead study author Dr. Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. \when they do get a cold, they may ___44___ their illness as being less severe.\
Based on the previous study results, Cohen and his colleagues have been ___45___certain that pleasant people are, for most cases, less likely to catch a cold, but some questions remained as to whether a person’s___46___itself brings about the effect.
For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults complete standard measures of personality tendency, self-___47___ health and emotional \energetic and easy-going were judged as having a positive emotional style, while those who were often unhappy, tense and opposed had a negative style.
The researchers gave them nasal(鼻子的) drops ___48___ either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the volunteers reported on any aches, pains, or other symptoms they experienced, while the researchers collected ___49___, like daily mucus(唾液) production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective analysis of nose___50___, happy people were less likely to develop a cold.
III. Reading Comprehension Section A
Directions: For each blank in the following passage there are four words or phrases marked A, B, C and D. Fill in each blank with the word or phrase that best fits the context.
Have you ever shouted, ―The rent is too damn high‖? Shaking wall and hidden disgusting bugs? You’re not alone. The ancient Romans experienced the same ___51___ with their apartments. From mean landlords to sanitation(卫生) problems, pests to smells, Roman urban living was no walk in the park.
Even in the very early days of Rome, people were crowded together in uncomfortable quarters. This collection of animals of every kind mixed together, made life ___52___ for common citizens. And the close contact ___53___ diseases.
Roman rented residence were called insulae, or islands, because they occupied whole blocks,with the roads flowing around them like water around an island. The insulae, often ___54___ six to eight apartment blocks built around a staircase and central courtyard, housed poor workers who couldn’t afford a traditional domus, or private house.
By the fourth century A.D., there were around 45,000 insulae in Rome, as ___55___ to
fewer than 2,000 private homes.Many people were ___56___ into their quarters. Apartments on the lower floor would be the easiest for entry and exit – and therefore belong to the ___57___ renters – while unfortunate individuals were thrown on higher floors in tiny rooms.
Though made of concrete brick, insulae were usually weakly built, ___58___ poor craftsmanship and little fund. They usually collapsed and killed passers-by. As a result, emperors ___59___ how high landlords could construct insulae.The maximum building height was 60 feet.
According to law then, builders were supposed to make walls at least an inch and a half thick, so as to ensure the ___60___ of the building. However, it didn’t work so well, especially since building codes were ___61___ by the landlords in order to save on the construction cost, and most renters were too poor to charge landlords. Therefore, the life-threatening accidents usually happened. Even if insulae didn’t fall down, they could be so ___62___ as to be washed away in a flood. That's about the only time their inhabitants would ___63___ clean natural water, since there was rarely in-home plumbing(水管)in an apartment.
What’s more, the insulae caught fire frequently leaving Rome with a vicious（恶意的）___64___ of houses burning down and collapsing, sales, then immediate reconstruction and fire once more time. Indeed, rather than being at the nature’s hands，some collapses were ___65___since the greedy landlords keep on tearing down the existing insulae and replacing them with higher and larger monsters in pursuit of more rents.
51. A. annoyance 52. A. unlimited 53. A. spread 54. A. consisting of 55. A. exposed 56. A. mixed 57. A. general 58 A. instead of 59. A. restricted 60. A. privacy 61. A. strengthened 62. A. cheap 63. A. give credit to 64. A. cycle 65. A. unexpected Section B
Directions: Read the following three passages. Each passage is followed by several questions or unfinished statements. For each of them there are four choices marked A, B, C and D. Choose the one that fits best according to the information given in the passage you have just read.
(A)
B. complaint B. miserable B. tested B. opposed B. filled B. legal B. thanks to B. solved B. temperature B. ignored B. vacant B. bring life to B. punishment B. intentional
C. history C. realistic C. organized C. switched C. squeezed C. wealthy C. regardless of C. threatened C. outlook C. designed C. insignificant C. have access to C. treatment C. restless
D. consequence D. expensive D. reserved D. relying on D. related D. invited D. sociable D. except for D. evaluated D. safety D. measured D. shaky D. take control of D. fate D. thorough
B. taking advantage of C equipping with
For anyone growing up in Singapore in the 1940s during the war, the idea of keeping a dog would never be a consideration. So, when my daughter, then 11 years old, asked me if we could have a dog when we were based in New York. The answer was no. I knew that she would tire of the animal soon and I would be responsible for looking after it. As this was not a reason which could be convincing to an 11 year old, I had to refuse on the grounds that the streets of New York were too dangerous for a child her age to walk a dog.
When we returned to Singapore in the mid 1970s, this reason was no longer credible. As such, there was a half-hearted agreement to look for a suitable Labrador retriever. One day we went to a pet shop nearby. There was no intention to buy anything. It was just an attempt to mollify a young girl and to put off to a future date any idea of buying a dog.
Needless to say, it did not work out as I had planned. After several minutes of looking around, we came across a little collie(柯利牧羊狗) that would not stop licking and nibbling our fingers. We fell in love with him instantly. My wife Penny was more firm. She came up with all the practical reasons a collie, with long and thick hairs, would be unsuitable in the country’s hot weather. But it was one against three and before we knew it, I was at the counter paying for the puppy and all the other stuff needed to look after it.
Back home, the work of raising a puppy began in earnest. My daughter came up with the name ―Shakespeare‖ for the puppy, which would amuse everyone. We tried without too much trouble in the initial weeks to home-train him, and soon there was a fixed location in the garden for the dogshit.
Shakespeare is one of the most gentle, friendly and attentive dogs around. His gentle nature has over the years convinced many friends to have a dog as pet. He is attentive to people and can make them feel welcome. We love him so much that even the falling of two of his milk teeth would get us to wake up the vet at midnight.
All these years, he has been a constant and faithful companion to me. If I have hardly any complaints about my health, this is largely due to the long walks which we take in the morning without fail.
66. Why didn’t the author allow his daughter to have a dog in New York?
A. Because they couldn’t take good care of the dog during war. B. Because New York street was unsafe for a girl to walk a dog. C. Because he was afraid the dog would soon become his charge. D. Because he knew his daughter was convinced by others to have a dog. A. To buy a dog to realize the daughter’s all-time dream. B. To comfort his daughter for not giving her a dog. C. To find some stuff suitable for raising a dog. D. To sign an agreement with the pet shop for a dog. A. the author, his daughter and the dog B. the author, penny and his daughter C. penny, his daughter and the dog.
67. What made the family go to a pet shop one day?
68. The underlined word ―three‖ in the third paragraph refers to ______.
D. the author, penny and the dog.
A. The family didn’t train the dog well without professional guidance. B. Many friends of the family offered to raise Shakespeare.
C. The family blamed the vet for the falling of Shakespeare’s milk teeth. D. Shakespeare accompanies the author for morning walk every day.
(B)
69. Which of the following statements is TRUE according to the passage?
Our magazine is bringing to you gourmet markets of the year:
St. Lawrence, Toronto, Canada
This farmers market has operated since 1803, when it cohabited with Toronto’s city hall. Redeveloped between the 1970s and 1990s after long neglect, the area’s mix of homes and businesses shows urban regeneration. More than 120 retailers display everything from seafood to coffee.
The market is in Toronto’s old town; Saturday is market day.
Union Square Greenmarket, New York City
Once a Manhattan focal point, by the 1970s Union Square had become deserted. Then Barry Benepe founded a farmers market in 1976, aiding struggling Hudson Valley farmers and reintroducing New Yorkers to seasonal food in one stroke. The market's huge variety in this now revitalized area surprised many supermarket shoppers.
The market is open on Monday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday, year-round.
Kreta Ayer Wet Market, Singapore
Like most things Singaporean, this Chinatown market is spotlessly clean. Its floor is hosed(水管浇) down regularly for hygiene, hence winning the market the term ―wet market.‖ But in general the food is anything but germ-free: offerings range from turtles, frogs, and snakes (often still alive) to medicinal dried animal parts. The upstairs food center offers local breakfast fare, like spicy noodle soup.
Visit around 6 a.m. ahead of the crowds. The market closes around 1 p.m.
Borough Market, London, England
London’s oldest food market—here for more than 200 years—is unique among ordinary food bazaars for its sticking to wholesale business mode on weekdays. But for weekends it joins other common peers to delight individual customers with its retailed fine foods throughout the U.K. and beyond, from the choicest olive oils and cheeses to ostrich burgers and wild boar sausages.
In good weather, take a picnic into the gardens of Southwark Cathedral, next to the market.
La Vucciria, Palermo, Italy
In a sandy part of Palermo, and reflecting Sicily’s heady cultural syncretism, the brisk atmosphere of La Vucciria is not only European, but also Asian or even African. Musicians bang drums and sing Arabiansongs; circus artists perform ancient Asian magics. All these are infused
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