system that is the system which fights infection (感染). In an experiment, one group of students watched a funny video while another group served as the control group — in other words, a group with which to compare the first group. Doctors checked the blood of the students in both groups and found that the people in the group that watched the video had an increase in the activity of their white blood cells that is the cells which fight infection.
As a result of these discoveries, some doctors and psychiatrists (精神病学) in the United States now hold laughter clinics, in which they try 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 good effects similar to those caused by laughter.
51. We learn from the first paragraph that laughter . A. is good for one’s health B. has strong effects to do with some illness
C. has been studied long since D. has no effect on the body 52. Doctors have found that laughter . A. keeps down blood pressure B. has similar effects to physical exercise
C. decreases the heart rate D. increases stress and pain
53. Which of the following statements is NOT true of laughter according to the passage?
A. It makes pain less. B. It exercises the body.
C. It improves the body’s immune system. D. It can cure cancer.
54. Smiling can produce _________.
A. about the same effects as laughter B. more effects than laughter C. fewer effects on the human body D. no effects on the human body 55. The main idea of this passage is that _________.
A. the doctors should learn how to make people laugh
B. there are several ways of studying the advantages of laughter
C. tests show that laughter can produce positive effects on human body D. laughter and physical exercise have the same effects on human body
第二节：请仔细阅读题56—60关于Carol, Mark, Stella, Dave和John的兴趣爱好。然后根据题后A—F中对各张唱片的描述，分别选出适合每个人的唱片，其中有一项多余。 56. Carol likes many kinds of music, but her favorite is jazz. The only music she really doesn’t like is piano music, even if it is jazz.
57. Mark doesn’t care about music, but he does like to have soft, gentle music playing in his flat sometimes. He doesn’t like classical (古典的) or jazz music, but he likes piano playing. 58. Stella likes all kinds of music, but her favorite instrument is electric guitar.
She also quite likes jazz and folk music.
59. Dave only likes rock and pop, but he enjoys classical music better.
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60. John likes country music because he thinks that country music has great voices and the words are good. He listens to country music nearly all the time.
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F. Wynton Marsalis The great jazz trumpeter (吹号手) has put together some of his best-known numbers and a few new pieces on this magical set. Perhaps not as classical as his last offering, but all jazz lovers will want this one anyway. ￡13.99.
七、词语填空（共10小题，计10分）
用方框中所给单词的适当形式填空，使短文通顺、正确、连贯（每个单词限用一次）。 what a have different that high far match school of The UK wants Chinese teachers to help to increase the level of maths in its ____61____. Chinese students ____62______the highest international test results. There is a huge _____63____in maths levels between the UK and China. A newspaper said: \children of cleaners in Shanghai do better than _____64_____of UK doctors and lawyers in global maths tests.\The UK will hire 60 ____65______Shanghai's best maths teachers to help improve the ability of one million British students.
The UK is _____66_____behind many countries in maths. Poor education in maths costs the UK economy $30 billion a year. Britain's education minister went on ____67______fact-finding task to China. She said: \teachers…but ____68______I saw in Shanghai… strengthened my belief that we can learn from them.\to _____69_____that.\Having better Maths skills mean you can get _____70_____salaries and better jobs.
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八、单词拼写（共10小题，计10分） 根据下列句子及所给单词的首字母，在答题纸上按题号写出各单词的完全形式（每空限填一词）。
71. As we know, Thursday is the f__________ day in a week.
72. According to a r_________ in the newspaper, the basketball star was seriously injured.
73. If the sun s________brightly, the weather is usually warm.
74. After f_________his homework, Jim went to play with his friends. 75. This book b_________ to Simon. I’ll give it back to him at once. 76. East or w______, home is the best.
77. You can’t imagine how quickly Qianjiang Xincheng has changed. More and more new tall b________have been built there.
78. All the students went to the playground to have PE class e______Bob. He was ill. 79. You should realize it’s d________ to play near the lakes and rivers, so be careful.
80. He’s the most popular teacher, though he is the youngest and has the l______experience.
九、书面表达（共1题，计15分）
加入你是Linda, 16岁，一个开朗外向、乐于助人的女孩。你需要向美国Brearley School递交申请，其中，需要说明你曾参加过的志愿者活动。请根据以下信息写一封申请书。 1) 简单向对方学校介绍自己的基本情况；
2) 从下面四幅图中选择两项志愿者活动，并介绍你参加这两项活动的情况； 3) 描述参加活动的感受。
clean up parks cheer up sick kids raise money for charity give out ads
Dear Brearley School,
I’m writing to you in hope of studying in your school. _________________________________
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浙江省杭州市拱墅区初中英语各类高中招生文化考试全真模拟（二模）试题（无答案）
