Part Ⅴ Cloze (15 minutes)

Directions: There are 20 blanks in the following passage. For each blank there arefour choices marked A), B), C) and D) on the right side of the paper. You shouldchoose the ONE that best fits into the passage. Then mark the corresponding letteron Answer Sheet 2 with a single line through the centre.

We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream, thats life. It’sa journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey ofjoy!

62 positive through the cold season could be your best 63 againstgetting ill, new study findings suggest.

In an experiment that 64 healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchersfound that people with a 65 sunny disposition were less likely to 66 ill.

The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence67 a “positive emotional style” can help 68 off the common cold and otherillnesses.

Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness 69immune function and subjective as in happy people being less 70 by a scratchythroat or runny nose. “People with a positive emotional style may have differentimmune 71 to the virus,” explained lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of CarnegieMellon University in Pittsburgh. “And when they do get a cold, they may 72their illness as being less severe.”

Cohen and his colleagues had found in a 73 study that happier people seemedless likely to catch a cold, 74 some questions remained as to 75 theemotional trait itself had the effect.

For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with complete standardmeasures of personality traits, self perceived health and emotional “style”.

Those who 76 be happy, energetic and easy going were judged 77 having apositive emotional style, 78 those who were often unhappy, tense and hostilehad a negative style. The researchers gave them nasal drops 79 either a coldvirus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the 80 reported on any aches, pains, sneezing or congestion they had, while the researchers collected 81data, like daily mucus production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based onobjective measures of nasal woes, happy people were less likely to develop a cold.

62. A) Living B) Staying C) Pulling D) Surviving

63. A) safeguard B) immunity C) caution D) defense

64. A) excluded B) expelled C) exposed D) exiled

65. A) generally B) commonly C) frequently D) genetically

66. A) feel B) fall C) fell D) felt

67. A) that B) which C) what D) why

68. A) keep B) warn C) ward D) avoid

69. A) boasting B) boosting C) receding D) reducing

70. A) suffered B) troubled C) disturbed D) hindered

71. A) function B) ability C) response D) reaction

72. A) thought B) related C) interpreted D) translated

73. A) formal B) former C) previous D) precious

74. A) and B) but C) so D) for

75. A) which B) whether C) where D) how

76. A) tended to B) inclined to C) apt to D) subject to

77. A) by B) with C) in D) as

78. A) while B) however C) what s more D) therefore

79. A) comprising B) consisting C) containing D) covering

80. A) patients B) adults C) volunteers D) researchers

81. A) objective B) subjective C) positive D) negative

 

Part Ⅵ Translation(5 minutes)

Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.

82. (如果我是你的话), I would have accepted such an offer given by the manager.

83. He hurried to the house(结果房内空空如也)．

84. Living in the desert has many problems, (缺水并不是唯一的问题).

85. Both boys and girls put much emphasis(有足够的钱以便到外面去痛快享受).

86. The students now(宁愿单独一个人玩电脑，也不愿意到图书馆去查阅资料).