The Chinese is _______ in idioms and proverbs.

  A. full            B. abundant        C. plentiful        D. varied

第三部分 阅读理解 （共两节，满分25分）

第一节 （共10小题；每小题2分，满分20分）

Research has shown that music has an important effect on one’s body and psyche (心灵). In fact, there is a growing field of health care known as music therapy, which uses music to treat diseases. Even hospitals are beginning to use music therapy. This is not surprising, as music affects the body and mind in many powerful ways.

Research has shown that quick music can make a person feel more alert, while slow music can produce a calm, deep thinking state. Also, research has found that music can change brainwave activity levels. This can help the brain to change speeds more easily on its own as needed, which means that music can bring lasting benefits to your state of mind, even after you’ve stopped listening.

Breathing and heart rates can also be influenced by music. This can mean slower breathing, slower heart rate. This is why music and music therapy can help reduce the damaging effects of long-term stress, greatly promoting (促进) not only relaxation, but health.

Music can also be used to bring about a more positive state of mind by helping to keep worries away. Music has also been found to bring many other benefits, such as lowering blood pressure and reducing the risk of strokes. It is no surprise that so many people are considering music as an important tool to help the body become or stay healthy.

61. What can we infer about music therapy?

A. It is a type of music.

B. It is a research about music.

C. It is a kind of musical effect on diseases.

D. It is the use of music method to help treat diseases.

62. According to the second paragraph, we can know that ________.

A. music with different speeds has different effects

B. quick music is not good for one’s health

C. slow music can help one to think more calmly and slowly

D. music will have less benefit after one stops listening

63. The reason why music can help deal with stress is that ________.

A. it is used by many hospitals

B. it can help change brainwaves

C. it does good to breathing and heart rates

D. it can bring a more positive state of mind

64. According to the passage, music can help deal with all the following EXCEPT ________.

A. nervousness                        B. mind illnesses

C. strokes                               D. high blood pressure

 Have you prepared for the sports meeting which ______ soon?

A. has taken place  B. will be taken place

C. is to take place   D is to be taken place

 Either you or one of your students ______ to attend the meeting that is due tomorrow.

A. are     B. is C. have   D. be

 The blind man thought___________necessary to pay back the help people gave him when it was sunny.

A. that         B. it         C. this         D. him

—Mum, where is my toy cowboy? I ________ it under the bed.

   —It ________ inside your toy bucket．Remember, that’s where all your toys are supposed to go.

       A．have put; is                B．put; is        

       C．have put; was             D．put; was

Many of the scientists and engineers are judged_______ how great their achievements are.

     A．in spite of B．in ways of       C．in favor of       D．in terms of

Scientists from the Max Plank Institute for Biological Cybernetics in Tubingen, Germany, have presented the first experimental evidence that people do end up walking in circles if lost in unfamiliar areas．The study, published in the journal Current Biology, examined the tracks of people who walked for several hours in the Sahara desert in Tunisia and in the Bienwald forest in Germany．Researchers Jan Souman and Marc Ernst said the scientists used the global positioning system （GPS） to record these paths．The results showed that the walkers were only able to keep a straight line when the sun or moon was visible．As soon as the sun disappeared behind some clouds, people started to walk in circles without even noticing it．

       Souman said one explanation offered in the past for people walking in circles was that most people have one leg longer or stronger than the other, which would produce a systematic bias（偏差） in one direction．To test this．the researchers asked people to walk straight while blindfolded which removed the effects of vision．They found that these circles were rarely in a systematic direction, with the same person sometimes switching to the left and sometimes to the right．

       "Most of the participants in the study walked in circles, sometimes in extremely small ones．Walking in circles is therefore not caused by differences in leg length or strength, but more likely the result of increasing uncertainty about where straight ahead is," said Souman, "Small random errors （随机性误差） in the various sensory signals that provide information about walking direction add up over time, making what a person perceives to be straight ahead drift away from the true straight ahead direction．"

72．The underlined word "this" in Paragraph 2 refers to _____．

       A．the effects of vision              B．a systematic bias

       C．the leg length differences          D．one explanation offered in the past

73．What is the probable reason for people's walking in circles?

       A．The invisible sun or moon．

       B．The increasing uncertainty about directions．

       C．Differences in leg length or strength．

       D．Wrong signals providing information about areas．

74．Why are the subjects required to be blindfolded?

       A．To encourage them to walk straight．    B．To stop them from seeing each other．

       C．To dismiss the effects of vision． D．To keep the test a top secret．

75．Which of the following statements is true?

       A．People walk straight in the day．

       B．The farther people walk, the greater the direction bias grows．

       C．People walk only in large circles．

       D．Researchers use the global positioning system to record their tracks．

—I'm terribly sorry, Lucy．I've left your notebook at home．

       —_____? I reminded you last night．

       A．So what        B．Why not   C．How come      D．What if

---Would you mind if I turned up the radio as the sound can’t be clearly heard ?

---____________.

A. Yes, go ahead                    B. No, please don’t  

C. Go ahead, please                 D. Certainly, do as you please