Feeling lonely can make you sick. Doctors have long known that loneliness can cause many health problems and even death. What they didn’t know is 16 this feeling causes illness. A study in the online magazine Genome Biology 17 that loneliness actually influences the important part of our bodies—our genes.
In a small population of patients, researchers 18 more than 20,000 genes to compare how the genes of lonely and non-lonely individuals (个体) express themselves in molecular processes (分子过程) and in personal health. They found that gene expression is 19 in chronically (长期地) lonely people. “We now have a new way for understanding the relationship 20 social experience and physical health,” explains the study’s lead author, Steve Cole of University of California, Los Angeles.
“This study—the first to link (联系) 21 with gene changes—is special and exciting,” says Emma Adam, a professor of human development at Northwestern University. “It 22 in the black box.”
According to John Cacioppo, an author of the study from the University of Chicago, the
work suggests that loneliness is a warning 23 , much like physical pain. “This feeling is so bad because 24 of us wants to be forgotten; that’ s also what human means,” he says. “It makes us 25 for other people and want to be with friends when we’re lonely.”
A．when B．where C．how D．if
A．explains B．talks C．replies D．answers
A．collected B．grew C．found D．surveyed
A．important B．different C．interesting D．difficult
A．in B．between C．about D．both
A．work B．health C．life D．feelings
A．fills B．makes C．builds D．repairs
A．note B．sign C．sound D．picture
A．each B．nothing C．any D．none
A．look B．live C．care D．think
Amy was looking for a gift for her little daughter. Suddenly she before a store of dolls. “Girls like dolls,” she thought as she stepped into it.
Looking around, she saw a doll – one with grey hair and a pair of glasses. In her mind appeared Joyce, her mother.
When Amy was a little girl, she got her first doll from Joyce for her birthday. Then the second, third … A doll a year from Joyce never arrived .
“Why always a doll?” This had been in Amy’s mind until one day she knew the answer.
Little Joyce dreamed to have a doll. Her parents promised one for her birthday. Sadly, they both in a traffic accident before it arrived. The never-received gift was the most thing in her eyes.
Joyce’s story being recalled, Amy got an idea.
It was Joyce’s 60th birthday. A parcel was sent to her, with a that read,
Dear Joyce,
I forget to you the parcel that you should have received on May 20, 1956, your fifth birthday. The gift inside has aged, but I felt that you might still wish to have it.
Love, Angel of Joy
Joyce opened the parcel and saw a lovely grandma doll. She held the doll tightly that she had waited so many years for, with tears running down her face. The doll, given by “Angel of Joy”, made her the “child” in the world.
A．Stopped B．sat C．went D．moved
A．Mother B．child C．grandma D．daughter
A．early B．late C．sadly D．lovely
A．idea B．mind C．question D．answer
A．Second B．third C．fifth D．sixtieth
A．left B．stepped C．dreamed D．died
A．helpful B．important C．useful D．careful
A．gift B．word C．card D．parcel
A．buy B．send C．leave D．show
A．Happiest B．saddest C．loveliest D．smallest
完形填空 从A、B、C三个选项中，选出可以填入空白处的最佳答案（每小题1.5分，满分15分）
In learning English , you should first pay attention to listening and speaking. It is the base of reading and writing. You’d better your best to speak while you do much listening. Don’t be of making mistakes, you can learn from these mistakes, and be careful not to let them stop you from improving your . While you are doing this, a good is to write and keep a diary, write notes or letters. Then if you can ask others to go through(浏览) you have written and tell you where it is wrong, many mistakes on your speaking will be found. When you write, through correcting mistakes, you can do better in learning English.
If you are weak in speaking, don’t about it. One of the helpful ways is reading, you can either read aloud or read to yourself. The important thing is to choose interesting to read. It can’t be too difficult for you. When you are reading this way, don’t stop to the new words, try to guess the meanings of them, it is more important to learn to think in the language than to know the meaning of every word.A. have B. send C. try
A. afraid B. proud C. sure
A. English B. Chinese C. Japanese
A. start B. way C. idea
A. how B. when C. what
A. happily B. easily C. slowly
A. take B. dream C. worry
A. something B. everything C. anything
A. at B. on C. in
A. look up B. look for C. look after
“I can't believe what I'm hearing!”I thought to myself. Jeff was the last candidate(候选人)for president of Student Council .My best friend Tony come to me and said, “I'm sorry ,Mike.”I really thought you should be ."
Later that day , I happened to pass Jeff in the dining room. I offered him a _ “congratulations” and walked to my usual table. To my surprise , Jeff put his plate beside mine.
“I'm ,er-I'm just wondering if you would…consider coming to work on my team ,”he said ____ .“You are really smart ,and you would be a great manager.”
“I don't think so,”I replied ,feeling unsure.
“Well , if you change your mind ,we are meeting tomorrow ,” he said before moving to another table.
All that night ,I thought about the __ from Jeff .Maybe being a part of the election process(选举过程) would give __ a chance to make important changes at our school .I decided to join them.
My fist goal was to __ a catchy advertisement. Within a few days, we designed a poster with Jeff's pictures showing him in a number of activities. No one could walk through any hallway ____ passing Jeff's smiling face.
My next step was to which new activities students would like to have at our school. Many of them wanted a chess club and a volleyball team.
With the information I had collected, Jeff met with the headmaster .The headmaster __ to add these activities to our school program.
With my help, Jeff and our ideas were well at school.
An eighth grader said ,“It'll be like attending a new school with Jeff as president. ”
Hearing these words made my heart filled with . I had wanted to become president of Student Council to make a difference , I achieved that and more by working as a member of Jeff's team .He became the most popular candidate and I was a large part of his .The face that it has made a difference in other people's lives is the real prize. What a great feeling!
A．heard B．chosen C．invited D．followed
A．polite B．loud C．warm D．cheerful
A．proudly B．quickly C．nervously D．regretfully
A．advice B．chance C．message D．offer
A．them B．him C．me D．us
A．print B．invent C．create D．send
A．for B．from C．with D．without
A．carry out B．try out C．work out D．find out
A．agreed B．wanted C．expected D．asked
A．allowed B．received C．introduced D．required
A．pride B．surprise C．patience D．hope
A．luck B．spirit C．life D．success
Andy was a single father, raising (抚养) a 5-year-old boy alone. He was often worried that his son up without a mother to care for him. In the morning he on business, leaving the child alone. He was worried about the child all the way, not if he had eaten. But his child always told him not to worry. Andy always went home after finishing his work. When he got home one day, the child was deep asleep. He was tired out. When he went to bed himself, he was to find an overturned (打翻的) bowl of noodles under the quilt (被子). He up his sleeping son angrily, “Why are you so naughty (淘气的), making the quilt ? Who will wash it?” It was the first time that he had hit his boy after his wife’s death. “I haven’t,” the child explained tears (泪) in his eyes, “This is your supper, Daddy.” In order to let his father eat supper when he got home, the child cooked two bowls of noodles: one for himself, for his father. He was afraid that his father’s noodles would get , so he placed them under the quilt to keep them warm.
A．grew B．picked C．taken D．put
A．kept away B．stayed away C．went away D．gave away
A．thinking B．knowing C．waiting D．wondering
A．angrily B．happily C．quickly D．possibly
A．worried B．excited C．patient D．surprised
A．got B．gave C．came D．woke
A．dirty B．clean C．broken D．old
A．with B．through C．across D．in
A．other B．the other C．another D．others
A．hot B．cool C．cold D．More
Kroc’s family is very poor(穷)，so he works in a restaurant（餐馆） to make some money after school. The boss(老板) asks to clean the tables every day. Kroc is very .
One day Kroc home late. After dinner, Kroc says to his father, “I don’t want to go to the restaurant tomorrow. I want a boss. I don’t want to clean the tables every day.” His father anything. He asks Kroc to clean the table. Kroc cleans the table quickly. Then his father wipes(擦) the table with a white cloth（布）and the cloth becomes(变得) very dirty. His father says to his son, Ray Kroc, “It is easy for you to clean a table, you can’t clean it very well. can you be the boss?” Ray Kroc’s face gets red.
He forgets his father’s words（话）. that, he uses five cloths each time to clean the tables. He hard all the time. The boss likes him a lot and makes him new boss of the restaurant. Ten years later, Ray Kroc opens his first restaurant company（公司）——McDonald’s.
A．he B．him C．his D．he’s
A．happy B．interesting C．unhappy D．fun
A．arrives at B．arrives C．gets to D．arrives in
A．to be B．am C．be D．make
A．says B．speaks C．doesn’t talk D．doesn’t say
A．and B．then C．but D．because
A．How B．Where C．Who D．What
A．doesn’t B．never C．not D．no
A．Before B．At C．In D．After
A．work B．eat C．works D．eats
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