The Last Supper is regarded as one of the greatest masterpieces（杰作）in the whole field of pictorial art. Tradition says that Leonardo da Vinci worked for ten years upon the painting, and the monks（修道士）in the church were angered at the delay. It was said that Leonardo often painted continuously from dawn to night without eating his meals. But at other times he spent hours before the picture, lost in contemplation, examining, comparing, and measuring with his figures. This inactivity aroused the anger of the fussy（爱挑剔的）Prior, the head of the church, who belonged to the large group of those who believe that the busier a man seems, the more he completes; and so he tried to find fault with the lazy painter. Leonardo was slightly unhappy and explained to somebody else that there is a great difference between the work of the creative artist and the stonemason（石匠）. The creative artist needs time for contemplation; he may be busiest when his hands are idlest. Just now he needed two heads to complete the picture: that of Christ, for which no model on earth could be found, for it was hard to find the man whose face would express the strength, beauty, tenderness, and deep sorrow of the Christ; then he also needed a head for Judas, and it was hard to find the man whose face could express the meanness of that base traitor（卑鄙的叛徒）. But he would look no further, if none came his way, he would be satisfied to take the Prior as a model for Judas. This threat silenced the angry Prior, who quite naturally had no desire to present himself to descendants（后代）in such a fashion.

59．Why did the Prior complain about the delay?

A. Because he thought that the painter idled most of the hours.
B. Because he knew that genius might be busiest when seemingly idlest.
C. Because he liked the work of a stonemason.
D. Because he was eager to be taken as a model for Judas.

60．What does “contemplation” in the last sentence in Paragraph 1 mean?

A. Great possibility.                            B. Good attitude.

C. Deep thought.                                D. Eager expectation.

61．Which of the following is NOT true?

 A. Leonardo took the fussy Prior as a model for Judas.

B. The Prior was discontented with da Vinci’s method of work.

C. The painting was completed in ten years.

D. The painting is justly regarded as one of the world’s masterpieces.

62．Why did the Prior stop complaining?

A. He did not wish to be remembered like an evil traitor after he died.

B. He wanted to be painted as Judas who betrayed his master.

C. He disliked to be painted in fashionable clothes.

D. He was pleased to be a fashionable model.

To become a doctor in the United States, students usually attend four years of medical school after they complete college. Then these young doctors work in hospitals for several years to complete a training program called a residency(住院医生实习期).

These medical residents provide hospitals with needed services in return for not much pay. They work under the supervision(管理) of medical professors and more experienced doctors. Medical residents treat patients . they carry out tests. They perform operations. They complete records. In hospitals with few nurses, residents also do work formerly done by nurses. Some medical residents work one-hundred or more hours in a single week. They often work for more than thirty-six hours at a time before they can rest.

Critics (批评家) of this system say medical residents work too long and do not get enough res. They say these young doctors may be too tired to perform their medical duties effectively. Now, the government will limit the number of hours of work that residents can work. Most doctors in training will be limited to eighty-four hours of work each week. They will have work periods of no more than twenty-four hours at one time. They will have ten hours of rest between work periods.

Medical residents will have one day each week when they do not have to work. Any work they accept outside their hospitals will be limited．Experienced doctors and medical professors will closely supervise the residents to make sure they are not too tired to work.

Many medical residents welcomed the work limits. Others, however, said the new policy may interfere with patient care and their own medical education.

1.If a first –year college student in America wants to be a doctor, he has to wait for ___.

2.Medical residents are not responsible for ____.

3.The underlined sentence in the 2^nd paragraph means that they have to ____.

4.Why does the government limit the number of hours that residents work?

5.The underlined word “Others” in the last paragraph refers to ___.

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 heart，blood pressure，breathing and muscles．It was found that laughter has 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 haven shown that laughter appears to be able to ________ on the body．In one experiment doctors produced pain in group of students who listened to different radio programmes．The group that tolerated（忍受）the pain for the longest time was the group 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（减少，减低）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．

1．List three effects of laughter on the body based on the text．（Please answer within l5 words）

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2．what is the best title of the passage?（Please answer within l0 words．）

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3．Fill in the blank with a proper words for phrases to complete the sentence．（Please answer  within 8 words．）

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4．what do you think of laughter in everyday life?（Please answer within 20 words．）

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the last paragraph into Chinese．

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Everyone has got two personalities—the one that is shown to the world and the other that is secret and real．You don’t show your secret personality when you’re awake because you can control your behaviour，but when you’re asleep，your sleeping position shows the real you．In a normal night，of course，people frequently change their position．The important position is the one that you go to sleep in.

If you go to sleep on your back, you’re a very open person．You normally trust people and you are easily influenced by fashion or new ideas. You don’t like to upset people，so you never express your real feelings．You’re quite shy and you aren’t very confident．

If you sleep on your stomach，you are a rather secretive person. You worry a lot and you’re always easily upset．You’re very stubborn，but you aren’t very ambitious．You usually live for today not for tomorrow．This means that you enjoy having a good time．

　 If you sleep on curled up，you are probably a very nervous person．You have a low opinion of yourself and so you’re often defensive．You’re shy and you don’t normally like meeting people．You prefer to be on your own．You’re easily hurt．

　 If you sleep on your side，you have usually got a well-balanced personality．You know your strengths and weakness．You’re usually careful．You have a confident personality. You sometimes feel anxious，but you don’t often get depressed．You always________________________ even if it annoys people．

1．What is the best title of the passage?(within 10 words)

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2．Which sentence in the passage can be replaced by the following one?

Afraid of hurting others you don’t easily speak out your heart．

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3．Please fill in the blank in the last paragraph with proper words or phrases to

complete the sentence．(within 10 words)

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4．Which of the suggestions do you think is fit for you? Why?(within 30 words)

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the first paragraph into Chinese．

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