Do you want to live a happier, less stressful life? Try laughing for no reason at all. That’s how thousands of people start their day at Laughter Clubs around the world.
The first Laughter Club was started in Mumbai, India, in 1995, by Dr Madan Kataria. “Children laugh about 300 times a day. Adults laugh between 7 and 15 times a day,” says Dr Kataria. “Everyone’s naturally good at laughing — it’s the universal (共同的) language.” There are now more than 500 Laughter Clubs in India and over 1,300 worldwide.
Many doctors are also interested in the effects of laughter on our health. According to a 5-year study at the UCLS School of Medicine in California, with laughing there is less stress in the body. Laughter improves our health against illness by about 40%.
So what happens at a Laughter Club? I went along to the nearest club in the south of London to find out. I was quite nervous at the beginning of the class. I had no interest in laughing with a group of strangers, and I was worried about looking stupid (愚蠢的). Our laughter teacher told us to clap our hands (拍手) and say “ho ho ho, ha ha ha” while looking at each other. Although we couldn’t tell the differences between fake laughter and real laughter, they still produced the same healthy effects.
Surprisingly, it worked! After ten minutes, everybody there was laughing for real and some people just couldn’t stop! At the end of the class I was shocked by how relaxed and comfortable I felt. So if you’re under stress, then start laughing. The passage is probably taken from ______________ .
| A．a storybook | B．a health magazine |
| C．a comic book | D．a travel magazine |
The writer was nervous at the beginning of the class because _______________ .
| A．he was not clever enough |
| B．he wasn’t interested in laughing at all |
| C．he wasn’t good at getting along with others |
| D．he knew no one there and was afraid it would look silly to laugh for no reason |
The underlined word “fake” probably means “___________” in Chinese.
| A．假的 | B．真诚的 |
| C．真的 | D．难堪的 |
According to the passage, which of the following is NOT true?
| A．People feel less stressed when they laugh. |
| B．Adults don’t laugh as often as children. |
| C．People who often laugh never fall ill in their lives. |
| D．The first Laughter Club was set up in Asia. |
Which is the BEST title for the passage?
| A．A 5-year study | B．Try laughing at Laughter Clubs |
| C．The first Laughter Club | D．A difficult language to learn |
Tom was not old, but he did not have much hair. His wife, Grace, had thick, beautiful, black hair. They had one daughter. Her name was Jane, and she was four and a half years old. There was a photo of her father in the living-room, and a few days ago, Jane looked at it for a long time and then said to her mother, “Mummy, why had Dad got very little hair? ”
Grace laughed and said, “He’s got very little hair because he thinks a lot, Jane. He’ s a clever man.”
Jane looked at her mother’s thick, black hair for a few seconds（秒钟）, and then she asked, “Mum, why have you got a lot of hair? ”Tom had ________ hair.
| A．very little | B．a little | C．very few | D．a few |
Grace had ________ hair than Tom.
| A．much | B．more | C．the most | D．many |
There was a photo of ________ in the living-room.
| A．Jane | B．Jane’s parents | C．Jane’s mother | D．Jane’s father |
Jane wanted to know why her mother had ________ hair，too.
| A．black | B．beautiful | C．less | D．lots of |
New York City is a very large city with 8 million people. How do so many people move on their way to work and school?
In New York you can travel by subways, bus, taxi and private (私人的) car. The subway runs on the railroad lines under the city. It crosses the city at different points and goes to all parts of the city. Travelling by subway is the fastest way to get around the city.
The second way to travel is by bus. It is a slower way to travel.
You can also travel by taxi. This is very expensive, but the taxi will take you to every place you want to go to. If traffic is heavy, the taxi will be slow. During the mornings and afternoons, there is the “rush hour”. This is the time when the traffic is very heavy with people going to and from work.
The last way is to use your private car. It’s not good to drive during the “rush hour”. If there is an accident on the road, you will have to wait for a long time.
The best time to travel is from 9 a.m to 4.pm . Traffic will be less crowded during this time because most people are already at school or at work at that time.How many ways of travelling are mentioned (提到) in the passage?
| A．Two | B．Three | C．Four | D．Five |
The word “rush hour” in Chinese means _____________.
| A．高峰时间. | B．匆忙时间 | C．冲刺时间 | D．繁忙时间 |
The fastest way to travel in New York City is ________________.
| A．by bus | B．by subway | C．by taxi | D．by private car |
From the last paragraph we know that in New York City ____________.
| A．there is no “rush hour” from 9.am to 4 p.m. |
| B．traffic is heavy at noon. |
| C．most Americans have lunch at home. |
| D．people go to work and school at 9:00. |
Why do so many people go to work or school by subway, taxi, bus and private car?
| A．Because New York City is a modern city. |
| B．Because New York City is a very large city. |
| C．Because New York City is new. |
| D．Because the people in New York City are very busy. |
An old man was going home late one night with his horse and cart after a day’s hard work. When he was not far from his house, the light on the cart went out. He tried but could not mend (修理) it. He was near his home, and so he went along the road without a light. When a policeman saw this, he stopped the old carter.
“Where is your light?” asked the policeman. “No man may take a cart along the road at night without a light. You know that. You have broken the law (法律).” “I had a light, but it has just gone out,” said the old man.
“I don’t believe that story,” said the policeman. He took out a book and got ready to write. What’s your name and where do you live?” he asked.
“Please don’t take my name,” said the old man. “My home is just there. You can see it from here. I had a light nearly the whole way. I haven’t come far without a light.”
“You came all the way without a light. What’s your name?”
The carter quickly took the policeman’s hand and put it down on top of the light. The light was still hot and burnt the policeman’s hand. The policeman jumped and he was very angry. “Now, what do you think?” said the carter. “Did I come all the way without a light?”In the passage the word “cart” is ____.
| A．something like a car |
| B．something like a light |
| C．something pulled by a horse |
| D．something with a light |
The old man drove home ____.
| A．on the back of his horse |
| B．late one night |
| C．very late every night |
| D．with a policeman |
Where did the policeman stop the old man?
| A．Near the old man’s home. |
| B．At the traffic lights |
| C．Under a road light |
| D．Far from the old man’s home |
The cart was stopped by the policeman because ____.
| A．the old man didn’t have a light |
| B．the policeman didn’t believe the old man’s words |
| C．the old man didn’t want to tell his name |
| D．the light on the old man’s cart was not on |
What made the policeman believe the old man’s words?
| A．He made the policeman touch the light. |
| B．He jumped and shouted angrily. |
| C．He made the policeman angry. |
| D．The light burnt the policeman’s hands. |
When the world was very young, people lived in hot places .They didn’t live in cold places because they could not keep warm there.
At first men didn’t know how to make a fire. Sometimes trees were hit by lightning .Then a fire was started .People took some of the fire near their homes. A fire was very important for three reasons. It kept them warm. Wild animals were frightened when they saw it. And when food was cooked, it tasted much better.
But men didn’t know how to make a fire. When they had a fire, they didn’t let it stop burning. If it went out, they couldn't start it again. They had to wait for lightning to start another fire. Sometimes they had to wait for years.
Later, they learned how to make a fire. But it was not easy to make something burn . Now we have matches. We can carry them in our pockets and make a fire when we want to.Millions of years ago people didn’t live in cold places because________.
| A．they were afraid of cold |
| B．they didn’t know how to keep warm |
| C．they couldn’t make a fire |
| D．they couldn’t find cold places |
People found that _______.
| A．wild animals enjoyed fire very much |
| B．the cooked food tasted better than uncooked food |
| C．the uncooked food tasted much better |
| D．wild animals needed fire to keep them warm |
Now we can make a fire___________.
| A．in cold places | B．in our pockets |
| C．if it is necessary | D．in the forest |
Which of the following is NOT true according to the passage.
| A．People are much cleverer now than they were long before. |
| B．A fire could be made by lightning. |
| C．We can make a fire with matches |
| D．After man knew how to make a fire, it became very easy to burn something . |
Computers are useful machines. They can help people a lot in their daily life. For example, they can help people to save much time to do more work, and they can help people to work out many problems they can't do easily. Our country asks everyone to learn to use computers before the twenty-first century, except the old people.
Today more and more families own computers. Parents buy computers for their children. They hope computers can help them improve their studies in school. However, many of their children use computers to play games, to watch videos or to sing. The teachers and parents complain that computers can not help children to study but make them fall behind. So computers are locked in boxes by parents.
In some other countries, even some scientists also hate computers. They say computers let millions of people lose their jobs or bring them a lot of trouble. Will computers really bring trouble to people or can they bring people happiness?
It will be decided by today's students themselves!Why do we say the computer is a useful machine? Because ______.
| A．our country asks us to learn it |
| B．it can help us a lot |
| C．we can use it to play games |
| D．it can help us to find jobs |
What do many teachers and parents complain about? They complain that ______ .
| A．their students and children use computers to study. |
| B．computers let them lose their jobs |
| C．computers make their students and children fall behind |
| D．computers bring people a lot of trouble |
How do you understand the last sentence of this passage? I think it means ______.
| A．computers are used by people |
| B．people can live well without computers |
| C．one must decide how to use computer |
| D．computers are strange machines |
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