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     Ever since I was little, my favorite season was winter. I loved to play in the snow and enjoy the hot
chocolate.  
     1 , winter never gave me the special gift of snow on my birthday. I would ask my grandmother  2  it
didn't snow on my birthday. She would laugh and tell me I asked too many questions.  3  one day, she
promised (许诺) that she would make it snow on my next birthday.     
     That year,  4  my birthday, my grandmother died. I was sad but angry because she had promised to
make it snow. The day of my sixth birthday, I woke up and ran to the window,  5  to see just one snowflake.
But there was no snow. I felt mad at my grandmother. She had broken a promise.
     By my sixteenth birthday, I  6  all hope of getting my snow, even though I still wished for  7 . During
my party, I stayed with my friends and family and was truly happy. I  8  the best time ever! Then I saw the
white snow  9  down all around. I was so excited that I ran around screaming (尖叫) and laughing. My
friends all laughed  10  me, but I didn't care.
     When I  11  home, my grandpa said he had a gift for me. I was  12  because he had given me a gift. It
was a small white box, which looked old. I opened it. There was a crystal snowflake (水晶雪花) with a card
that  13 , "Happy Birthday." 
     How could this be? My grandpa said it was my grandmother's final  14  on my "sweet sixteenth". I cried. 
     I was  15  that my smiling grandmother angel was and had been watching over me.
( )1. A. Certainly   
( )2. A. when        
( )3. A. But         
( )4. A. on          
( )5. A. hoped       
( )6. A. was losing  
( )7. A. it          
( )8. A. had         
( )9. A. fell        
( )10. A. with       
( )11. A. arrived at 
( )12. A. excited    
( )13. A. wrote      
( )14. A. order      
( )15. A. certain    
B. Unfortunately
B. how         
B. Or          
B. after       
B. hoping      
B. lost        
B. her         
B. was         
B. to fall     
B. at          
B. remained    
B. confused    
B. said        
B. mistake     
B. angry       
C. Importantly
C. whether   
C. Then      
C. before    
C. to hope   
C. would lose
C. him       
C. played    
C. fallen    
C. from      
C. got       
C. pleased   
C. explained 
C. wish      
C. sad       
D. Luckily  
D. why      
D. So       
D. in       
D. hope     
D. had lost 
D. me       
D. feared   
D. falling  
D. off      
D. entered  
D. frustrated
D. appeared                          
D. decision 
D. anxious  
答案

1-5     BDACB      6-10   DAADB      11-15    CBBCA

单项选择题 A1/A2型题
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There is an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now, however, doctors have begun to look into (调查) laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health. Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their heart, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter has similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial (有益的).

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programs. The group that tolerated (忍受) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny program. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which reduce both stress (紧张;压力) and pain.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics (诊所), in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

小题1:The underlined phrase “took the saying seriously” in the first paragraph probably means “________”.

A.treat the saying as important

B.treat the saying as interesting

C.treat the saying as dangerous

D.treat the saying as funny小题2:The main idea of the passage is _______.

A.laughter and physical exercises have similar effects on the human body

B.smile can produce the same effects as laughter

C.pain can be reduced by laughter

D.laughter is the best medicine小题3:Doctors hold laughter clinics _______.

A.to give better condition to their patients

B.in order to improve patients’ health

C.to make patients smile

D.to prove smile and laughter have the same effect