D) you manage the details of the work
Why do we laugh? For years scientists have asked themselves this question. Does laughter help us to survive in any way? The answer seems to be like this: smiling and laughter help us relax, reducing tension(紧张) and preventing illnesses which are
caused by stress. Laughter really is the best medicine!
But if you are unhappy, it cannot do you any good to smile, can it? Not true. Obviously, the positive effects of smiling are just the same whether you feel like smiling or not. Scientists in California asked a group of actors to act five different feelings: happiness, sadness, anger, surprise and fear just using their faces. Changes in their heart rate, blood pressure and temperature were written down. Most of the feelings they acted did not cause changes, but when the actors smiled their heart rate and their blood pressure went down. So even if we feel sad inside, smiling seems to make us feel better.
A sense of humor also helps to keep things on their positive side. Interfering friends or a flat tire (轮胎漏气) won’t seem so bad if you can see the funny side. So if you find yourself in a stressful situation, try to imagine how it must seem to an
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outside with a sense of humor and let yourself laugh it off. A scientist writes: “If you
try to show a positive reaction and start to laugh, you will actually become happier.”
51. According to the writer, laughter and smiling_______. A) protect human beings from heart attacks B) are the main cause for man to live long C) can help people to feel relaxed D) help people to keep good relations
52.Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage ,_______. A) A sense of humor is essential for one to gain success B) Stress may be relieved by smiling even if you are acting C) Laughing is the best way to overcome difficulties D) Sadness can be covered up by laughter and smiles 53. The study of the scientist in California is to find out _________.
A) the relations between different human feelings B) the connection between one’s feeling and acting C) whether other animals can laugh and smile
D) whether laughter and smile can be good to man’s health 54. The scientist discovered that ________.
A) laughter and smiles did help the actors to feel relaxed B) most actors acted well according to his instructions C) the actors’ feelings reflected what they really felt D) different feelings have different effects on the actors 55. The writer tends to suggest that we should ________. A) face difficulties with great courage B) find out the positive side of things
C) overcome our sad feeling with a smile D) learn to have a sense of humor
Yang Cai is now in his sixth job after graduation. He is a computer programmer in a German company in Nanchang.
The job also marks the latest of several moves he has made in the last four years. In that period, he has worked in several cities including Nanchang, Wuhan, and now Nanchang.
His first job, also his longest, was for a State-owned enterprise producing communication products and lasted one year. His last job, also his shortest, was in designing web pages and lasted three months.
“I am not the most frequent changer of jobs in this industry,” Yang said.
“Working in IT (information technology) companies, I have become accustomed to welcoming new colleagues today and to seeing them off the next month.”
“I have always been in a turbulent (动荡的) situation, and no job gives me a
feeling of stability,”
In sharp contrast with Yang, Wendy, a lawyer in the Nanchang branch of a Beijing-based big law firm, dared not ask for a half a day’s leave to go hospital when
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she was suffering from a serious cold and cough.
“The boss warns us to work 24 hours a day and you would be mad to ask for leave for illness” said Wendy. So she would work until midnight and give herself medicine she bought to work.
“It’s not easy to get a suitable position nowadays. The boss can easily replace you with someone from the lines of applicants waiting outside the door for your position.”
She said.
56. Yang is an employee who_______.
A) dislikes to be engaged in challenging work B) seems not to feel sure of his position C) doesn’t get along well with his colleagues D) has no interest in the information industry
57According to Yang’s experience, workers in the IT companies _______.
A) shift their jobs frequently B) are young and intelligent C) often complete with each other D) learn more than those in other fields 58 The case with Wendy shows that_________. A) her colleagues are satisfied with their jobs B) law is a less popular field than IT C) she has to work hard to keep the job D) there are many lawyers
59 Which of the following is TRUE according to the passage?_______.
A) Young people like to change their jobs B) Sex is an important factor in job hunting.
C) Bosses want their workers to remain in the same position. D) Different jobs have different comments on their companies. 60. This passage is most probably taken from _________. A) a textbook B) an advertisement C) an instruction book D) a news report
Unemployment may be one of the biggest problems our people as well as our government are faced with today. According to an official report, in one big city alone, since 1986, nearly 1,000,000 adult workers have lost their jobs because of factory closing and cutbacks either temporarily laid off or permanent forced to retire.
Many people, especially the policy makers, believe that forcing adult workers, those who are over 45 to retire is an effective means to relieve the tension of unemployment, for it can provide more job opportunities for the jobless young. But they fail to notice that forcing a person who is still able to work and has a family to support to retire brings serious financial problems as well as emotional and physical ones. They also fail to realize that actually, workers aged 45-60 tend to be more stable,
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