If Mickey Mouse slips (滑倒)on a banana skin on TV, viewers laugh. But for ordinary people, falling is not 36 . For e
xample, if you 37 over a stone or fall off your bike, you have to take days to get well. For 38 people, the result of a fall could be worse.
Scientists at the University of Pittsburgh, USA, wanted to know why some people are 39 likely to fall than others.
The researchers found that 40 means more than planting your feet on the ground and standing tall. Your brain 41 your sense of balance with information from your eyes and inner ears and the 42 from your feet and legs. If something goes wrong with any of these, you’re 43 to fall. People 44 to fall more often as they grow older because their senses are slower.
State of mind is important too. The research shows that when people know they’re walking on a slippery surface, they 45 their pace and walk with flatter feet. As a result, they fall less often.
“We actually 46 people slip and fall,” researcher Mark Redfern said. People of different ages fall on 47 in his lab. Cameras 48 their falls and a computer analyzes the information. Scientists then can 49 people who fall often how to be more watchful.
“If they get 50 to a lifelike but controlled environment, people can 51 learn to handle the 52 thing,” Redfern said.
Falls happen to everyone sometimes. 53 you see someone fall, think about why and offer a helping 54 . This person’s painful experience may 55 you from falling at the same place.
A．unhappy B．exciting C．amusing D．foolish
A．drop B．trip C．knock D．get
A．slow B．young C．old D．active
A．too B．less C．very D．more
A．balance B．control C．fall D．walk
A．remains B．imagines C．thinks D．keeps
A．touching B．feeling C．walk D．pace
A．likely B．surely C．possible D．certain
A．refuse B．mean C．tend D．like
A．frighten B．quicken C．widen D．slow
A．encourage B．make C．stop D．challenge
A．purpose B．ground C．accident D．agreement
A．broadcast B．record C．play D．catch
A．persuade B．force C．practise D．train
A．closed B．informed C．used D．know
A．eventually B．firstly C．regularly D．mainly
A．uneasy B．real C．creative D．hard
A．Even if B．While C．As far as D．Next time
A．hand B．stick C．word D．leg
A．warn B．remind C．prevent D．defend
完形填空（共20小题；每小题1.5分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文，从短文后各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳选项。
Once upon a time there was an old general (将军). He liked to drink wine better than anything else.He always __36__ several bottles of good wine in his house.He __37__ go out one day, but he was _38___ his servant would drink his wine.Then he thought of a way to __39_ him doing so.
"I'm going out for the day ." he __40__ his servant."Please _41___ the house for me. There are some meat and two bottles of _42___ in the kitchen .There is also a hen there. But be careful not to _43___ it because it is poisonous.__44___ you drink it ,it will kill you."
But as soon as he left, his servant killed the hen and __45__ it for dinner.He then ate __46__ the hen and the meat,drank the two bottles of wine and went to bed.The general returned home late that evening. He was __47__ to find that the hen,the meat and the two bottles of wine were gone.He then saw his servant __48___ asleep in bed.There were two empty bottles beside him. He woke the servant up.
"What was happened?" he asked.
"I'm very sorry."His servant replied."After 
you __49___,a cat jumped in _50___ the window and ate the meat.A dog took the hen away. I know you would be __51___ with me when you returned,__52___ I tried to _53____myself by drinking the poison . Please __54__ me." The general didn't believe __55__ he said but there was nothing he could do.
36.A.bought B. stole C. kept D. carried
37.A.had to B. had better C. should D. could
38.A. talking B. writing C. pleased D. worried
A. stop B. keep C. notice D. thank
A.ordered B. told C. asked D. invited
41.A. take care of B. leave C. sell D. buy
42.A. wine B. milk C. water D. ink
43.A. touch B. kill C. forget D.drink
44.A. Before B. If C. Because D.Since
45.A. hid B. threw C. washed D. coo
ked
46.A. both B. all C. some D. either
47.A. sure B. disappointed C. surprised D. sorry
48.A. dying B. lying C. singing D. crying
49.A. left B. returned C. knew D. drank
50.A. near B. onto C. under D. through
51.A. thankful B. angry C. satisfied D. strict
52.A. but B. so C. though D. that
53.A. fool B. teach C. kill D. wake
54.A. excuse B.drink C. help D.kill
55.A. when B. that C. what D. How
五、Cloze test(完形填空)20分
In the last century there were not 1 big towns in the U.S. 2 there are today.Most towns in the country were small.And in these small towns,the general store was 3 people 4 the things they couldn't made or grow at home.
5 the store sold 6 a good deal about life in the United States at that time.People bought tools that they needed on their farms.They bought salt,sugar,coffee and 7 that their farms didn't produce.They bought articles of 8 that they could not make themselves,and cloth or other materials that the 9 would make into dresses for themselves,shirts for the men and clothes for their children.
Life in the 10 century America was 11 .One proves that most people were satisfied with what they had 12 still they looked forward 13 courage to whatever the future would 14 them.It would be interesting to know 15 they would feel about life in the world today. 16 to them that life is too complex,or would they be glad to see that life is 17 in the past?
Nobody will 18 know the 19 people at that time would enjoy life today or not.Perhaps man is always the same of his kind.They did take things for granted,and also they did try to make life more comfortable.We have to admit that it is the same 20 people at present.
1.A.many B.so many C.so much D.a lot of
2.A.where B.like C.what D.as
3.A.where B.for C.in which D.that
4.A.made B.bought C.sold D.paid for
5.A.That B.No matter C.Which D.What
6.A.says B.talks C.refers D.tells
7.A.other things B.another food C.other foods D.foods and drinks
8.A.clothes B.clothing C.dresses D.suits
9.A.farmers B.men C.women D.children
10.A.eighteenth B.nineteenth C.twentieth D.next
11.A.easy B.simple C.interesting D.tiresome
12.A.and which B.and yet C.and that D.but what
13.A.in B.to C.of D.with
14.A.bring B.take C.happen to D.serve
15.A.what B.whether C.that D.how
16.A.Did it appear B.Would it seem C.What did it seem D.What appeared
17.A.still what it used to be B.better than what it was
C.much more easier than D.no more than it was
18.A.never B.always C.once D.ever
19.A.truth that B.fact whether C.idea how D.information of
20.A.as B.for C.with D.like
完形填空 (共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分)
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从21—30各题所给的A、B、C和D项中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A soldier, who was finally coming home after having fought in Vietnam, 21 his parents from San Francisco, telling them that he wanted to ask a friend to come and live with their family. The son said, “He was hurt 22 in the fighting. He stepped on a landmine and lost an arm and a leg. He has nowhere else to go, and I… I want him to live with us.” His parents 23 , explaining that someone with such a handicap（残疾）would be a heavy 24 on them.
At that point, the son hung up the phone. A few days later, the parents 25 a call from the San Francisco police. Their son had died after falling from a building. The police believed it was suicide (自杀).
The heart-broken parents flew to San Francisco to identify the 26 of their son. They recognized him, but to their horror, they also discovered something they didn’t know, their son had only one arm and one leg.
The sad story of the parents was actually caused by their attitude towards 27 . Friends are a very 28 jewel, indeed. They make you smile and encourage you to succeed. They lend an ear, they share a word of praise, and they always want to open their 29 to us. Let’s say a little prayer that God will give you the luck you need to accept people as they are, to help us all be more understanding of those who are 30 from us!
21. A. requested B. called C. met D. emailed
22. A. soundly B. thoroughly C. deeply D. badly
23. A. refused B. agreed C. confused D. ignored
24. A. expense B. burden C. situation D. weight
25. A. made B. sent C. received D. heard
26. A. name B. health C. face D. body
27. A. soldiers B. children C. friendship D. relationship
28. A. rare B. huge C. bright D. heavy
29. A. minds B. houses C. eyes D. hearts
30. A. absent B. different C. far D. separate
五、Cloze test(完形填空)20分
When Dave was eighteen,he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more 1 than by bus.It worked quite well for a few years,but then it got so old,and it was costing him 2 much in repairs that he decided that he had better 3 it.
He asked among his friends to see if anyone was particularly 4 to buy a cheap car,but they all knew that it was falling to pieces,so 5 of them had any desire to buy it.
Dave's friend Sam saw that he was 6 when they met one evening,and said,“What's 7 ,Dave?” Dave told him and Sam answered,“Well,what about advertising it in the paper? You may 8 more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam's 9 was sensible,he put an advertisement in an evening paper,which read:“For sale:small car, 10 very little petrol,only two owners.Bargain at ￡50.”
For two days after the advertisement first appeared,there was no 11 .But then on Saturday evening a man rang up and said he would like to 12 him about the car.“All right,” Dave said,feeling happy.He asked the man whether ten o'clock the next morning would be 13 or not.“Fine,” the man said.“And I'll 14 my wife.We intend to go for a ride in it to 15 it.”
The next morning,at ten quarter,Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door, 16 to wait there for the person who had 17 his advertisement.Even Dave had to 18 that the car really looked like a wreck.Then soon after he had got the car as 19 as it could be,a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out.He looked at Dave's car and then said,“Have you reported this 20 to us yet,sir?”
1.A.directly B.safely C.properly D.easily
2.A.so B.such C.very D.too
3.A.keep B.repair C.sell D.throw
4.A.anxious B.lucky C.ashamed D.generous
5.A.some B.neither C.none D.no one
6.A.calm B.upset C.delighted D.astonished
7.A.no B.up C.it D.that
8.A.learn B.miss C.get D.find
9.A.message B.advice C.request D.description
10.A.uses B.loses C.has D.spends
11.A.doubt B.help C.trouble D.answer
12.A.tell B.see C.agree D.call
13.A.exact B.suitable C.early D.late
14.A.follow B.meet C.bring D.introduce
15.A.test B.obtain C.admire D.recognize
16.A.failing B.meaning C.turning D.happening
17.A.read B.placed C.answered D.understood
18.A.forget B.show C.disagree D.admit
19.A.clean B.crowded C.fast D.light
20.A.bargain B.sale C.accident D.result
完型填空（共20小题，每小题1.5分，共30分）
阅读下列短文，掌握其大意，然后从每题所给的A、B、C、D四个选项中，选出最佳选项。
If we were to keep a record of all the things we worried about during a given period of time，we would discover—in reviewing them—that the great majority of our 16 never come to pass. This means that most of the time we 17 to worrying，even the constructive（建设性的）kind that prompts us to try to come up with a 18 to what is troubling us，is wasted. 19 ，we not only caused ourselves unnecessary mental pain，but also 20 valuable minutes and hours that could have been spent elsewhere.
To 21 this，it is often necessary to subject（使……遭受）potential 22 of worry to the coldly objective. Once，before a major 23 in front of a standing-room-only audience，a member of Arturo Toscanini’s orchestra approached（接近）the great Italian conductor with a terrible 24 on his face．“Maestro（大师），”the musician said 25 ，“my instrument is not working 26 ．I cannot reach the 27 of E-flat．Whatever will I do？We are to 28 a few moments later．”
Toscanini looked with total 29 at the man．Then he 30 kindly and placed an arm around his shoulders．“My friend，”the maestro replied，“do not worry about it．The note E-flat does not 31 anywhere in the music that you will be 32 this evening．”
The next time we find ourselves in the middle of 33 about some matter，we might be wise to 34 and ask ourselves what the odds（几率）are of the problem really coming to 35 .We may be able to go on to something more constructive．
16．A．dreams B．ideas C．troubles D．failures
17．A．spend B．devote C．expect D．agree
18．A．solution B．suggestion C．promise D．plan
19．A．However B．Otherwise C．Then D．Therefore
20．A．paid back B．cut down C．acted out D．took up
21．A．realize B．organize C．avoid D．operate
22．A．sources B．success C．truth D．gifts
23．A．graduation B．concert C．meeting D．invitation
24．A．sign B．appearance C．mark D．expression
25．A．anxiously B．finally C．eagerly D．seriously
26．A．properly B．mainly C．practically D．firmly．
27．A．part B．point C．signal D．note
28．A．complete B．begin C．manage D．separate
29．A．pleasure B．regret C．silence D．amazement
30．A．shouted B．depended C．smiled D．explained
31．A．appear B．remove C．unfold D．disappear
32．A．enjoying B．1istening C．playing D．conducting
33．A．talking B．worrying C．quarreling D．doubting
34．A．prevent B．trust C．finish D．stop
35．A．end B．pass C．order D．settle
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