第三部分：阅读理解（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D中，选出最佳选项，并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
A
People with less education suffer fewer stressful days, according to a report in the current issue of the Journal of Health and Social Behavior.
However, the study also found that when less-educated people did suffer stress it was more severe and had a stronger effect on their health.
From this, researchers have concluded that the day-to-day factors that cause stress are regular. Where you are in society determines the kinds of problems that you have each day, and how well you will cope with them.
The research team interviewed a national sample of 1, 031 adults daily for eight days about their stress level and health. People without a high school diploma reported stress on 30 percent of the study days, people with a high school degree reported stress 38 percent of the time, and people with college degrees reported stress 44 percent of the time.
“Less advantaged people are less healthy on a daily basis and are more likely to have downward turns in their health.” leading researcher, Dr. Joseph Grzywacz of Wake Forest University Baptist Medical Center, said in a prepared statement. “The downward turns in health were connected with daily stressors (紧张刺激物), and the effect of daily stressors on their health is much more damaging for the less advantaged. ”
“If something happens every day, maybe it’s not seen as a stressor.” Grzywacz says. “Maybe it is just life.”
56.Stress level is closely related to           .
A. family size B. social position    C. body weight      D. work experience
57.Which group reported the biggest number of stressful days?
A. People without any education.     B. People without high school degrees.
C. People with high school degrees.     D. People with college degrees.
58.The less advantaged people are, the greater            .
A. the effect of stress on their health is B. the effect of education on their health is
C. the level of their education is      D. the degree of their health concern is
59.Less-educated people report fewer days of stress possibly because          .
A. they don’t want to tell truth                 B. they don’t want to face the truth
C. stress is too common a factor in their life D. heir stress is much greater  

China’s first compulsory safety regulation on primary buses, which requires every seat to have a seat belt, will ____ on July 1.

   A. have an effect       B. take effect            C. bring into effect            D. come to effect

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph.  There is one extra heading which you do not need.

The long years of food shortage in Britain have suddenly given way to huge food supply.  Stores and shops are crowded with food.  Rationing(定量供应) has already seemed too distant to today’s Britons.  Even overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries.  Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and worries.  Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about?  Is the surface huge amount of food only temporary, or has it come to stay?  Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home?

The recent growth of food supply on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because two continuous big grain harvests in North America are now being followed by a third.  Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.

    Then why is the food situation in Britain still faulty?  On the one hand, The British government has gradually cut down support for food.  On the other hand, the shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.

    Moreover, the rise in food prices at home has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety.  And now grain prices, too, are falling internationally.  British consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be able to benefit from this trend.

The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers.  The older generation have seen it all happen before.  Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a smaller home market.  Present production is running quickly compared with years ago.  However, farmers haven’t shared any benefit from the change.

完型填空（共20小题；每小题1．5分，满分30分）

Sports and   1  do a lot of good to our health. They can make us strong,   2  us from getting too fat, and keep    3  and fit.   4  they can be of great value to people   5  work with their brains most of the day, for sports and games give people   6   practice in exercising the body.  7  , they make our life richer and   8  colorful. If we   9  have a strong body, we will find it hard to do    10  we want.   11  persons of all ages enjoy watching and    12  various kinds of sports——track and fields, swimming, skating,   13  , volleyball and basketball, etc. Sports and games are also very useful in   14  training. They demand not only   15  skills and strength but also courage, endurance (忍耐力), discipline (纪律性) and usually teamwork. For boys and girls, what is learned in the playground often has a deep   16  on their character.   17 each of them learns to work for his team and not for himself on the football field, he will later find  18 natural to work for the good of his country    19 only for his own benefit. A healthy   20  makes a strong country. Let’s all take part in sports and games.

1.                A．music          B．art             C．games    D．entertainment

2.                A．prevent        B．protect         C．admit D．contain

3.                A．upset          B．healthy         C．foolish   D．calm

4.                A．Firstly          B．Personally       C．Specially  D．Especially

5.                A．where         B．which          C．that D．who

6.                A．value          B．valuable        C．worth    D．valueless

7.                A．What’s more   B．In general       C．After all  D．In time

8.                A．less            B．more           C．most D．least

9.                A．didn’t         B．do             C．don’t   D．did

10.               A．who           B．whatever       C．which D．whichever

11.               A．And           B．But            C．Or   D．So

12.               A．carrying on      B．taking part in     C．joining    D．adding up

13.               A．football        B．play           C．video D．film

14.               A．look           B．character       C．appearance    D．expression

15.               A．spiritual        B．material        C．mental    D．physical

16.               A．affect          B．effect          C．trouble    D．doubt

17.               A．when          B．as if           C．because   D．if

18.               A．them          B．this            C．it D．that

19.               A．Apart from      B．Instead         C．Because of D．Instead of

20.               A．student        B．doctor         C．citizen D．teacher

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph.  There is one extra heading which you do not need.

The long years of food shortage in Britain have suddenly given way to huge food supply.  Stores and shops are crowded with food.  Rationing(定量供应) has already seemed too distant to today’s Britons.  Even overseas suppliers have been asked to hold back deliveries.  Yet, instead of joy, there is widespread uneasiness and worries.  Why do food prices keep on rising, when there seems to be so much more food about?  Is the surface huge amount of food only temporary, or has it come to stay?  Does it mean that we need to think less now about producing more food at home?

The recent growth of food supply on the world food market has certainly been unexpectedly great, partly because two continuous big grain harvests in North America are now being followed by a third.  Most of Britain’s overseas suppliers of meat, too, are offering more this year and home production has also risen.

    Then why is the food situation in Britain still faulty?  On the one hand, The British government has gradually cut down support for food.  On the other hand, the shops are overstocked with food not only because there is more food available, but also because people, frightened by high prices, are buying less of it.

    Moreover, the rise in food prices at home has come at a time when world prices have begun to fall, with the result that imported food, with the exception of grain, is often cheaper than the home-produced variety.  And now grain prices, too, are falling internationally.  British consumers are beginning to ask why they should not be able to benefit from this trend.

The significance of these developments is not lost on farmers.  The older generation have seen it all happen before.  Despite the present price and market guarantees, farmers fear they are about to be squeezed between cheap food imports and a smaller home market.  Present production is running quickly compared with years ago.  However, farmers haven’t shared any benefit from the change.