Many applicants stood outside the manager’s office, nervously waiting _________ for the job.

A. to choose        B. being chosen      C. choosing        D. to be chosen

第三部分： 阅读理解（第一节15小题，共30分，第二节5小题，共10分，满分40分）

第一节：阅读下列短文，从每题所给的选项中选出最佳选项。

There is an English saying: “Laughter is the best medicine.” Until recently, few people took the saying seriously. Now however, doctors have begun to look into laughter and the effects it has on the human body. They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Tests were carried out to study the effects of laughter on the body. People watched funny films while doctors checked their hearts, blood pressure, breathing and muscles. It was found that laughter had similar effects to physical exercise. It increases blood pressure, the heart beating and breathing; it also works several groups of muscles in the face, the stomach, and even the feet. If laughter exercises the body, it must be beneficial.

Other tests have shown that laughter appears to be able to reduce the effect of pain on the body. In one experiment doctors produced pain in groups of students who listened to different radio programmes. The group that tolerated (忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the groups which listened to a funny programme. The reason why laughter can reduce pain seems to be that it helps to produce a kind of chemicals in the brain which diminish both stress and pain.

As a result of these discoveries, some doctors in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they help to improve their patients’ condition by encouraging them to laugh. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smile is enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

56. Doctors have proved the following EXCEPT that____ .

A. smiling does good to health                B. laughter can be tolerated

C. there is a way to reduce pain               D. laughter can work the muscles in the feet

57. The main idea of the passage is that ____

A. laughter and physical exercise have similar effects on the human body

B. smile can produce the same effects as laughter

C. pain can be reduced by laughter

D. laughter is the best medicine

58. The students who____ tolerated the pain for the longest time.

A. listened to different radio programmes        B. could produce a kind of chemical

  C. don’t have stress or pain                   D. listened to a funny programme

59. The underlined word “diminish” in the second paragraph is similar to “____ ’’.

A. test            B. stop               C. reduce         D .increase

After the new technique was introduced, the factory produced_____ cars in 2008 as the year before.

A. as twice many           B. as many twice    C. twice as many       D. twice many as

 Catherine, ____ the alarm clock for 6 o’clock, or you would oversleep and be late for the train.

       A. setting                     B. sets                          C. set                    D. to set

.—Why, Jack! Someone seems to have called you over there.

    —Yes? I ________ that.

A.    am not realizing     B.    haven’t realized      C.    didn’t realize  D.    don’t realize

I found him busy at desk ___ the examination papers.

A. correct   B. corrected   C. to correct  D.correcting

The boy who is playing football over there is ___

A. a my friend   B. one of my friend  C. a friend of mine  D. a friend of me

第二节 信息匹配 (共5小题；每小题2分，满分10分)

阅读下列应用文及相关信息，并按照要求匹配信息。请在答题卡上将对应题号的相应选项字母涂黑。首先，读下面应用文：

The Travel Pavilion. Explore places you have never been to before, and experience different way of life. Visit the Amazon jungle village, the Turkish market, the Tai floating market, the Berber mountain house and others. Talk to the people there who will tell you about their lives, and things they make. You can try making a carpet, making nets, fishing. . .

The Future Tower. This exhibition shows how progress will touch our lives. It allows us to look into the future and explore the cities of the next century and the way we’ll be living then. Spend some time in our space station and climb into our simulator for the journey to Mars!

The Nature Park. In the Safari Park you can drive among African animals in one of our Range Bruisers: see lions, giraffes, elephants in the wild. Move on to the Monkey Park to watch the monkeys. And then there is still the Aviary.

The Pyramid. This is the centre of Adventure land. Run out of film, need some postcards and stamps? For all these things and many more, visit our underground shopping centre. Come here for information and ideas too.

The Ancient Village. In the village you will find people live a simple life just as the ancient people did. They wore ancient clothes and were selling the old goods and food. You can even watch an old dance performed by some actors and actresses.

The Underwater World. Here you will find a variety of fish and even some kinds of sharks. You will think you are in the water but of course this is not true. If you are interested in fish I suggest that you pay a visit to it.

请阅读下面个人的信息，然后匹配他或她的最佳选项：

56. Michelle    I am interested in science and I hope very much to know what our life will be like in the days to come.

57. Harry    After visiting the Adventure land I want to buy my friend and parents some souvenirs.

58. Maria    I am Nostalgia and I often recall the past days. I think people used to live more happily than us.

59. Dick    I am tired of the unchanged and dull life now and what I look forward to is a completely new life.

60. Alice    I read a lot about the whales but I haven’t seen them for myself. I hope this dream can come true in Adventure land.

         人名                           游览地

56. Michelle                       A. The Travel Pavilion

57. Harry                         B. The Future Tower

58. Maria                         C. The Nature Park.

59. Dick                          D. The Pyramid.

60. Alice                          E. The Ancient Village

                                 F. The Underwater World

The new car over there ___ his.

A. is   B. is belonged to    C. is belonging to   D. belongs ot

My hometown ___ great changes in the past 10 years.

A. happened    B. has happened     C. experienced     D. has experienced