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  Bill Gates and the president of General Motors have met for lunch, and Bill is going on and on about computer technology.“ If automotive technology had kept pace with computer technology over the past few decades, you would now be driving a V-32 instead of a V-8, and it would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour,” says Gates.“Or, you could have an economy car that weighs 30 pounds and gets a thousand miles to a gallon of gas.In either case, the sticker price(标价)of a new car would be less than $50.Why haven't you guys kept up?”

  The president of GM smiles and says, “Because the federal government won't let us build cars that crash four times a day.”

  Why is that funny(or not funny, as the case may be)? Human beings love to laugh, and the average adult laughs 17 times a day.Humans love to laugh so much that there are actually industries built around laughter.Jokes, sitcoms and comedies are all designed to get us laughing, because laughing feels good.For us it seems so natural, but the funny thing is that humans are the only species that laughs.Laughter is actually a complex response that involves many of the same skills used in solving problems.

  Laughter is a great thing--that's why we've all heard the saying, “Laughter is the best medicine.” There is strong evidence that laughter can actually improve health and help fight disease.When we look at laughter-what it is, what happens in our brains when we laugh, what makes us laugh and how it can make us healthier and happier, there's a huge amount about it that no one understands yet.

(1)

The best title of the passage is ________.

[  ]

A.

Joke

B.

Laughter

C.

Fun

D.

Humor

(2)

Which of the following sentences in this passage is the most humorous?

[  ]

A.

“You would now be driving a V-32 instead of V-8.”

B.

“It would have a top speed of 10,000 miles per hour.”

C.

“The sticker price of a new car would be less than $ 50.”

D.

“The federal government won't let us build cars that crash four times a day.”

(3)

Which of the following is true according to the passage?

[  ]

A.

Humans laugh because of jokes, sitcoms and comedies.

B.

Humans laugh because it can fight disease.

C.

Humans have gained skills to laugh since they are born.

D.

Laughter is a complex response of humans.

(4)

What is the writer likely to talk about next?

[  ]

A.

What is laughter?

B.

How do people laugh?

C.

When is laughter the best medicine?

D.

Where does laughter take place?

答案:1.B;2.D;3.D;4.A;
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  China has input several billion yuan of money to stop the dirty water waste on the upper and middle area of the Pearl River from polluting the lower reaches of the river, especially the Macao Spe-cial Administrative Region.

  The Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in the upper and middle reaches of the Pearl River has been rapidly urbanized(城市化)and industrialized in recent years, leading to a rise in the amount of urban rubbish to the damage of the land, rivers and atmosphere.

  Refuse dumps and special plants in most cities treat rubbish to make it harmless, with 5,800 tons of wastes being burnt, buried or made into fertilizers on a daily basis.

  He Suping, a woman engineer with the water re-sources department in Guangxi said, it is imperative for the autonomous region to treat sewage wastes to protect the area's Karst terrain(喀斯特地形)and rain water which brings contact between groundwater and surface water, making groundwater more easily polluted.

  The Xijiang River, a branch of the Pearl River which runs from Guangxi to neighboring Guangdong Province, provides fresh water for a number of river-side cities such as Macao, Zhuhai, Zhongshan and Zhaoqing, so Guangxi must begin to treat rubbish quickly to protect the water sources, said Liu Chen, a senior engineer with the Ministry of Water Resources.

  The government 2001-2006 plan to spend bil-lions of yuan to turn wastes harmless has been mainly provided by national debt payments and overseas in-vestment.So far wastes treatment projects have re-ceived a total of 400 million yuan(48 million US dol-lars)from national debts and 60 million yuan(7.22 million US dollars)from overseas loans(贷款).

(1)

The main idea of the passage is ________

[  ]

A.

A large number of waterways have been polluted in China up to now.

B.

Guangxi and Guangdong have taken the lead in making water clean.

C.

China's rivers are badly in need of improve-ment.

D.

China is making efforts to reduce pollution of the rivers.

(2)

The main idea of the last paragraph is ________

[  ]

A.

The government has no ability to afford the expenses of treating wastes.

B.

The government has a long-term plan to treat wastes.

C.

National debt payments and overseas investment are taking an important part in developing China's economy.

D.

A great deal of money is needed in dealing with wastes.

(3)

The basic reason why the amount of urban rubbish rises in Guangxi lies in ________.

[  ]

A.

the improvement of people's living standard

B.

people's wasting too much

C.

urbanization and industrialization

D.

too many tourists'coming

(4)

The word“imperative”here probably means ________.

[  ]

A.

unnecessary

B.

important

C.

easy

D.

unbelievable

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