阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36至50各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C、D）中,选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。

People who are cheerful and relaxed are less likely to suffer from colds．It's   36   that being full of vim（活力） and vigor（精力） helps the body   37   illnesses, say the researchers from Carnegie Mellon University（CMU） in Pittsburgh．

"We need to take more seriously the possibility that a   38   emotional style is a fighter player in disease risk," says psychologist Sheldon Cohen, the study's lead researcher．

In a previous study, Cohen and his colleagues found that people who   39   to be cheerful and lively were   40   likely to develop sniffles, coughs, and other cold symptoms （症状）．

Those findings were interesting, but they didn't prove that a person's   41   affects whether he or she gets sick． 42   it was still possible that a person's underlying personality is   43   matters．

  44   suggests, for instance, that certain people are naturally more likely to be outgoing（外向的）and   45  , with high self-respect and a sense of  46   over life．This would mean that who we are, not how we feel, finally decides our   47   of catching colds．

To figure out which mattered more （personality or   48  ）, the CMU team   49   193 healthy adults．The researchers talked to each person over the phone every evening for 2 weeks．They told the researchers about the positive and negative   50   they had experienced that day．

The results showed that everyone in the study was   51   likely to get infected．Their symptoms（征兆）, however,   52   depending on the types of emotions that they had reported over the   53   2 weeks．

Scientists   54   about whether negative emotions or positive emotions have a stronger   55   on how healthy we are．For now, it can't hurt to look on the bright side more often than not!

A．necessary             B．possible           C．doubtful          D．certain

A．fight                    B．reduce             C．stop                 D．remove

A．negative            B．standard           C．passive            D．positive

A．failed                   B．managed          C．tended             D．had

A, most                         B．least                C．quite               D．indeed

A．thought             B．attitude            C．strength           D．quality

A．Instead              B．Therefore         C．Thus                D．Still

A．that                         B．why                C．what                D．who

A．Theory              B．Reason            C．Evidence         D．interview

A．active              B．optimistic        C．brave               D．healthy

A．control            B．humour           C．direction          D．urgency

A．attitudes             B．sufferings        C．chances            D．emotions

A．qualities             B．ideas               C．emotions          D．conditions

A．examined           B．watched           C．tested                     D．interviewed

A．characters           B．feelings           C．attitudes           D．thoughts

A．equally            B．less                 C．most                D．hardly

A．occurred             B．differed           C．suffered           D．reduced

A．same                  B．exact               C．valuable           D．previous

A．talk                    B．know               C．argue               D．think

A．effect                 B．feeling             C．impression       D．impact

In many cultures white is often associated with something positive. A white-collar job, for instance, is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.

White has a clean and pure image. That is why doctors, dentists, and nurses usually wear white uniforms. Babies are dressed in white at baptisms（洗礼）and brides wear white wedding gowns at weddings. White in these cases is the symbol of innocence or purity.
Sometimes white is used in expressions that are not good. “Whitewash” is one such expression. At first, “whitewash” meant to paint over something with white paint to make it look better. However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures.
A “white elephant” is another example of white used in a negative way. In ancient Thailand, a white elephant was regarded as a sacred animal, but it was very expensive to keep. The kings of those days presented a white elephant to the people they wanted to ruin. Once they received this holy, royal animal as a gift, they were not allowed to sell or kill it. Today, a “white elephant” means something that is big, useless, and unwanted. In America, when people want to get rid of their furniture or clothes, they often have a “white elephant sale”.
【小题1】The text is mainly about________.

A．the meanings of white in English culture

B．the history of some English idioms

C．some interesting customs in English culture

D．some useful English words and expressions

【小题2】Which expression has an historical background ?

A．White-wash.	B．White-collar.
C．White elephant.	D．White elephant sale.

【小题3】In which statement does “white” have a negative meaning?

A．A boy is dressed in white at baptisms.

B．A bride wears a white wedding gown.

C．A man whitewashes his crime.

D．A girl finds a white collar job.

【小题4】From the text we can learn that _______.

A．a white-elephant sale is useful to the poor

B．the white color is important in our daily life

C．a white-collar job used to be easy to get

D．expressions with white have different meanings

【小题5】The author develops the text mainly by ______.

A．analyzing its cause and effect

B．providing typical examples

C．comparing different ideas

D．following the time order

语音知识（共5小题，每小题1分，满分5分）

theme   A. electric          B. experiment       C. fever         D. besides

comfort  A. glove           B. cottage          C. recognize      D. opinion

positive  A. generous        B. possession        C. conclusion     D. tense

stomach  A. charge          B. handkerchief      C. cheek         D. chemical

examine  A. fasten          B. admire           C. frame         D. shampoo

 Could you describe the changes information technology ________ and tell whether all the changes are positive?

A. is brought about                                    B. has brought about

C. will bring about                                     D. had brought about

In many cultures white is often associated with something positive. A white-collar job, for instance, is the kind of job many people look for, working with your brain and not your hands.
White has a clean and pure image. That is why doctors, dentists, and nurses usually wear white uniforms. Babies are dressed in white at baptisms（洗礼）and brides wear white wedding gowns at weddings. White in these cases is the symbol of innocence or purity.
Sometimes white is used in expressions that are not good. “Whitewash” is one such expression. At first, “whitewash” meant to paint over something with white paint to make it look better. However, it means something different today: to hide or to cover up mistakes or failures.
A “white elephant” is another example of white used in a negative way. In ancient Thailand, a white elephant was regarded as a sacred animal, but it was very expensive to keep. The kings of those days presented a white elephant to the people they wanted to ruin. Once they received this holy, royal animal as a gift, they were not allowed to sell or kill it. Today, a “white elephant” means something that is big, useless, and unwanted. In America, when people want to get rid of their furniture or clothes, they often have a “white elephant sale”.
【小题1】The text is mainly about________.

A．the meanings of white in English culture

B．the history of some English idioms

C．some interesting customs in English culture

D．some useful English words and expressions

【小题2】Which expression has an historical background?

A．White-wash.	B．White-collar.
C．White elephant.	D．White elephant sale.

【小题3】In which statement does “white” have a negative meaning?

A．A boy is dressed in white at baptisms.

B．A bride wears a white wedding gown.

C．A man whitewashes his crime.

D．A girl finds a white collar job.

【小题4】From the text we can learn that _______.

A．a white-elephant sale is useful to the poor

B．the white color is important in our daily life

C．a white-collar job used to be easy to get

D．expressions with white have different meanings

【小题5】The author develops the text mainly by ______.

A．analyzing its cause and effect

B．providing typical examples

C．comparing different ideas

D．following the time order