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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Who is the best NBA athlete? Kobe （科比）, of course! So says Sporting News．a major American sports magazine．

Last month the magazine named Los Angeles Lakers guard and 2009 NBA Finals MVP Kobe Bryant NBA player of the decade for the 2000s．The honor is part of a 14-page special section on the athletes, coaches and teams of the 2000s．

Born to be a basketball player, Kobe showed shooting talent at an early age．He has always been obsessed （一门心思的） with proving his skills on the court （球场） and improving．He enjoyed a successful high school basketball career and went straight into the NBA when he graduated．

He has led the Lakers to four NBA championships: in 2000, 2001, 2002 and 2009．He is the youngest player to score 20,000 points in the NBA．

However he is never content with past glory （辉煌）, Kobe is famous for getting his teammates to stay up late practicing．When he learns a new move, he asks his teammates to practice it with him until                     ．

Devean George, a former teammate of Kobe's, was frequently asked to practice with him．"He might say: 'Stay after and guard this move．Let me try it on you'," said George．"The amazing thing is he can put the new move in the game the next day．"

Gregg Downer, Kobe's high school coach said: "People called Kobe a loner, but it's just that basketball was all he wanted to focus on．"

1．What's the best title of the passage?（please answer within 8 words）

2．Which sentence in the passage is the closest in meaning to the following one?

   He has always been devoted to showing his skills in the course of playing, and getting better．

3．Please fill in the blank in the passage with proper words or phrases to complete the sentence．（please answer within 10 words）

4．How does Kobe explain his success? （please answer within 30 words）

5．Translate the underlined sentence into Chinese．

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Save the Children, the international support group, has issued a new study on the condition of mothers around the world. The study by Save the Children is part of a new campaign aimed at improving the health and education of mothers around the world. The group also hopes to pressure lawmakers to increase international aid for women's programs.

The report rates 96 countries on issues important to mothers. They include health care and family planning services, the health of their children, education and political involvement. Sweden, Norway and Denmark were rated the highest, followed by other industrial countries.

The report confirms what Save the Children has been saying for more than 70 years. The lives of children around the world will not improve unless the lives of their mothers improve. There is a direct link between the health of children and the quality of health care, family planning services and education offered to mothers. The ten countries rated worst in the study have problems with childbirth. Less than one-third of the births in those countries are attended by trained health care professionals. Also, only three percent of the women use a system to prevent pregnancies. In these countries, one in twelve women die during childbirth. But, the death rate for women during childbirth is only one in six thousand.

Save the Children says more educational programs for mothers and girls will improve the ability of women to raise healthy babies. The group says millions of lives could be saved if more money were invested in training programs. Family planning alone could prevent one- fourth of all deaths among new-born babies and their mothers. It would teach women to wait two or more years between births.

76. What's the best title of this passage? （Please answer within 6 words）

77. Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

The group held the view that mothers should get more education and this will enable women to give birth to children in good health.

78. Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 with proper words.（Please answer within 8 words）

79. List three solutions to the problem based on the text.（Please answer within 3 words on each blank）

80. Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

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Save the Children, the international support group, has issued a new study on the condition of mothers around the world. The study by Save the Children is part of a new campaign aimed at improving the health and education of mothers around the world. The group also hopes to pressure lawmakers to increase international aid for women's programs.

The report rates 96 countries on issues important to mothers. They include health care and family planning services, the health of their children, education and political involvement. Sweden, Norway and Denmark were rated the highest, followed by other industrial countries.

The report confirms what Save the Children has been saying for more than 70 years. The lives of children around the world will not improve unless the lives of their mothers improve. There is a direct link between the health of children and the quality of health care, family planning services and education offered to mothers. The ten countries rated worst in the study have problems with childbirth. Less than one-third of the births in those countries are attended by trained health care professionals. Also, only three percent of the women use a system to prevent pregnancies. In these countries, one in twelve women die during childbirth. But, the death rate for women during childbirth is only one in six thousand.

Save the Children says more educational programs for mothers and girls will improve the ability of women to raise healthy babies. The group says millions of lives could be saved if more money were invested in training programs. Family planning alone could prevent one- fourth of all deaths among new-born babies and their mothers. It would teach women to wait two or more years between births.

1．What's the best title of this passage? （Please answer within 6 words）

2．Which sentence in the text is the closest in meaning to the following one?

The group held the view that mothers should get more education and this will enable women to give birth to children in good health.

3．Fill in the blank in paragraph 3 with proper words.（Please answer within 8 words）

4．List three solutions to the problem based on the text.（Please answer within 3 words on each blank）

5．Translate the underlined sentence in Paragraph 3 into Chinese.

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[1] Usually, when your teacher asks a question, there is only one correct answer．But there is one question that has millions of current answers．That question is “What’s your name?” Everyone gives a different answer, but everyone is correct．Have you ever wondered about people’s names? Where do they come from? What do they mean?

[2] People’s first names, or given names, are chosen by their parents．Sometimes the name of a grandparent or other member of the family is used．Some parents ______________________．A boy could be named George Washington Smith; a girl could be named Helen Keller Jones.

[3] Some people give their children names that mean good things．Clara means “bright”; Beatrice means “one who gives happiness”; Donald means “world ruler”; Leonard means “as brave as a lion”.

[4] The earliest last names, or surnames, were taken from place names．A family with the name Brook or Brooks probably lived near a brook（小溪）；someone who was called Longstreet probably lived on a long, paved road．The Greenwood family lived in or near a leafy forest.

[5] Other early surnames came from people’s occupations．The most common occupational name is Smith, which means a person who makes things with iron or other metals．In the past, smiths were very important workers in every town and village．Some other occupational names are: Carter — a person who owned or drove a cart; Potter —a person who made pots and pans.

[6] The ancestors of the Baker family probably baked bread for their neighbors in their native village．The Carpenter’s great-great-great-grandfather probably built houses and furniture.

[7] Sometimes people were known for the color of their hair or skin, or their size, or their special abilities．When there were two men who were named John in the same village, the John with the gray hair probably became John Gray．Or the John who was very tall could call himself John Tallman．John Fish was probably an excellent swimmer and John Lightfoot was probably a fast runner or a good dancer.

[8] Some family names were made by adding something to the father’s name．English-speaking people added –s or –son．The Johnsons are descendants of John; the Roberts family’s ancestor was Robert．Irish and Scottish people added Mac or Mc or O．Perhaps all of the MacDonnells and the McDonnells and the O’Donnells are descendants of the same Donnell.

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

2．Please fill in the blank in the 2nd paragraph with proper words to complete the sentence．

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3．According to the passage, what job did the ancestors of the Potter family most probably do?

4．List three aspects that the surnames cover in the passage．

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5．Translate the underlined sentence in the 7^th paragraph into Chinese.