The problem just _____ to be discussed at the next meeting.

A. referred is 　 B. referred to be　 C. referring to is 　 D. referred to is

Gone forever ____ when we used foreign oil.

A. the days are 　 B. the days were

C. are the days 　 D. were the days

------How did you sleep last night?

------Like a log. Never slept___.

A. bad　　　　　　　 B. worse　　　　　　 C. well　　　　　 D. better

There is an English saying: “ 1 .” 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. 　2

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 has similar effects to physical exercise. 　3 . 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 programs. The group that tolerated(忍耐) the pain for the longest time was the group which listened to a funny program. 　4

__5__. They have found that even if their patients do not really feel like laughing, making them smis enough to produce beneficial effects similar to those caused by laughter.

A.Laughter can prolong one’s life.

B.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.

C.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.

D.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.

E.Although laughter helps cure the disease, doctors still can not put this theory into clinic practice.

F.Laughter is the best medicine.

G.They have found that laughter really can improve people’s health.

Jane went off to the party with her husband, _______ a happy evening of wine, food and song．　　 A．expected　 B．expectingC．to expect　 D．expects

According to the literary review, Shakespeare ________ his characters live through their language in his plays.

A. will make　　　 　 B. had made　　 C. was making　　　 D. makes

_____ a League Member, I should do all ______ I can to help others.

A. As…/　　　　　 B. For… that　　　　 C. Because of… which　 D. As… what

Watercolour is the oldest paints known. It dates back to the early cave men who discovered they could add lifelike qualities to drawings of animals and other figures on the walls of caves by mixing the natural colours found in the earth with water.

Fresco, one of the greatest of all art forms, is done with watercolour. It is created by mixing paints and water and applying these to wet plaster. Of the thousands of people who stand under Michelangelo’s heroic ceiling in the Sistine Chapel, very few know that they are looking at perhaps the greatest watercolour painting in the world.

The invention of oil painting by the Flemish masters in the fifteenth century made fresco painting go down-hill, and for the next several centuries watercolour was used mainly for doing sketches or as a tool for study. It was not until the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that English painters put back watercolour as a serious art form. The English have a widely-known love for outdoors and also small private pictures. The softness of watercolour had a remarkably strong attraction for them.

The popularity of watercolour continued to grow until the twentieth century. The United States passed England as the center for watercolour, producing such well-known watercolour artists as Thomas Eakins and Andrew Wyeth.

1. The purpose of the passage is to introduce _____.

A. the gradual weakness of fresco painting

B. oils’ power or influence over watercolour

C. the discovery of watercolour in England　　　

D. the start and development of watercolour

2. In the 16th and 17th centuries the artists thought _____.

A. watercolour was softer, and thus better

B. oil painting lasted longer, and was better

C. watercolour wasn’t fit for finished works

D. watercolour was too hard to use in any works

3. According to the passage, watercolour painting was put back in England because ____

A. it was easy to use outdoors　　　　　 B. it was a strong medium

C. it was extremely bright in colour　　 D. it was suited to popular tastes

4. What would the next paragraph most probably deal with?

A. The works of famous US watercolour artists

B. Modern American oil painters

C. The weakness of oils as popular paints 　　

D. Techniques of producing watercolour

_____ the project in time, the staff were working at weekends.

A. Competing　 B. Having completed　 C. To have completed D. To complete

She took the boy _____ the hand and led him _____ the zero.

A. in…by   　 B. on…at  　 C. at…in   　 D. by…round