中考閱讀答案一

中考閱讀答案（一）

(A)

45.WhattimedoestheuniversityparkopeninMarch?

A.At6:00am.B.At6:30am.

C.At8:00am.D.AtS:30am.

46.Whichsigntellsyounottosmoke?

A.Sign2.B.Sign4.C.Sign6.D.Sign8.

47.WherecanyouseeSign97

A.Ontheplayground.B.Attheschoollibrary.

C.Neartheswimmingpool.D.Inthecomputerroom

(B)

Doyouwanttoliveahappier,lessstressful(有壓力的)

life?Trylaughingfornoreasonatall.That'showthousandsof

peoplestarttheirdayatLaughterClubsaroundtheworld—and

manydoctorsnowthinkthathavingagoodlaughmightbeone

ofthebestwaystostayhealthy.

ThefirstLaughterClubwasstartedinMumbai,India,in

1995byDrMadanKataria."Youngchildrenlaughabout300

timesaday.Adultslaughbetween7and15timesaday,“says

DrKataria."Everyone'snaturallygoodatlaughing—ifsthe

universallanguage.Wewantpeopletofeelhappywiththeir

lives."Therearenowmorethan500LaughterClubsinIndia

andover1,300worldwide.

Manydoctorsarealsointerestedintheeffects（效果）of

laughteronourhealth.Accordingtoa5-yearstudyattheUCLA

SchoolofMedicineinCalifornia,withlaughingthereisless

stressinthebody.Laughterimprovesourhealthagainstillness

byabout40%.

So,whathappensataLaughterClub?Iwentalongtomy

nearestclubinSouthLondontofindout.Iwasquitenervousat

thebeginningoftheclass,tobehonest-Iwasn'tnterestedin

laughingwithagroupofstrangers,andIwasworriedabout

lookingstupid.Ourlaughterteachertoldustoclapourhands

andsay“hohoho,hahaha,“whilelookingateachother.

However,ourbodiescan'ttellthedifferencebetweenfake

laughterandreallaughter,sotheystillproducethesamehealthy

effects.

Surprisingly,itworks!Aftertenminuteseverybodyinthe

roomwaslaughingforreal—andsomepeoplejustcouldn'tstop!

AttheendoftheclassIwassurprisedbyhowrelaxedand

comfortableIfelt.Soifyou'reunderstress,thenstartlaughing.

Youmightbeverypleasedwiththeresults!

48.InwhichcountrywasthefirstLaughterClubstarted??

A.Britain.B.America.C.Australia.D.India.

49.Howdidthewriterfeelatthebeginningoftheclass?

A.Surprised.B.Pleased.C.Nervous.D.Stressful.

50.Whendidthepeopleintheclubbegintolaughfor

real7

A.Afterafewminutes.

B.Afterafewhours.

C.Afterafewseconds.

D.Afterafewdays.

51.Whichofthefollowingistrueaccordingtothe

passage7

A.Fakelaughterandreallaughterarebothgoodfor

health.

B.40%ofthepeopleinLaughterClubsaregoodfriends.

C.Adultslaughmoreoftenthanchildreninaday.

D.Laughingisthebestwaytopreventillness.

(C)

EachyearBenisgladwhenschoolisclosedonMartin

LutherKingJr.Day.

Benknowsthatthisdayhonorsanimportantman,but

Bendoesnotfeelconnected

tohim.However,thesmall-worldtheory(理論)connects

BentoDr.King.Ben's

mom(0)hasaclosefriend,Amy(1).Amy'suncle,Mark

(2),oncemetand

spoketoJohnCarter(3),thesonofPresidentJimmy

Carter(4).JimmyCarter

knewDr.King(5).Inaway,Benisonly“fivepeople

away“fromMartinLuther

KingJr.

Thesmall-worldtheorysaysthateveryoneintheworldis

connectedthrougha

shortchain(鏈條)ofpeopletheyknow.Anothernameof

thischainis

degreesofseparation.Eachdegreeisastepthatseparates

apersonfromsomeone

heorshedoesnotknow.Therearezerodegreesof

separationbetweenapersonand

thepeopleheorsheknowsdirectly.Thismeansthatthere

arezerodegreesbetween

Benandhismom.Thereisonedegreeofseparation

whenjustonepersonseparates

someonefromapersonheorshedoesnotknow.Ben

knowshismom,buthehasn't

metherclosefriendAmy.Therefore,Benisonedegree

awayfromAmy.Asthe

chaincontinues,Amy'suncle,Mark,istwodegrees.John

Carteristhreedegrees,

andhisfatherisfourdegrees.Dr.Kingisfivedegrees

awayfromBen.Thetheory

saysthattherearenomorethansixdegreesofseparation

betweenanytwopeoplein

theworld.

Thesmall-worldtheoryhasalottodowithmath.The

theoryassumes(假定)

thateachpersonknows100people.Eachoneofthose

100peopleknows50

differentpeople.Eachofthose50peopleknowsanother

50people,andsoon.

Whensomeonecontinuesthecalculationtosixdegrees,

itislikethis:100x50x

50X50X50-50=X109.Thisnumberisgreaterthan

31billion(abillion

=athousandmillion).Thereareover6billionpeoplein

theworld.Thesenumbers

showitispossiblethatsixdegreesofseparationcould

includeeveryoneinthe

world.

Doesthesmall-worldtheorywork?Noonehasever

provedit.Maybethe

theoryjustinvitespeopletothinkalittlemoreabouttheir

placesintheworld.

52.Benistwodegreesawayfrom

A.JimmyCarter

B.JohnCarter

C.Amy

D.Mark

53.Whatisthemeaningof“degreesofseparation^^in

Paragraph2?

A.Thechaintoconnectpeople.

B.Therelationsbe