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B. buy insurance

C. have a special fuel pump and a starter

D. equip a security system

10. The reason judges will often sentence the thieves to probation and not immediately put them in prison is that _________.

A. there isn't enough evidence (证据)

B. the prisons are overcrowded with violent criminals

C. vehicle theft is a criminal misdemeanor (轻罪)

D. the thieves have escaped to Europe

Passage 3

Between the ages of six months and one year, the baby learns to laugh for essentially the same reasons he will laugh throughout his life, says Dr.

Jacob Levine, associate professor of psychology at Yale University. Dr. Levien says that people laugh to express mastery over an anxiety. Picture what

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happens when a father tosses his child into the air. The child will probably laugh-----but not the first time. In spite of his enjoyment of “flying”, he is too

anxious to laugh. How does he know Daddy will catch him? Once the child realizes he will be caught, he is free to enjoy the game. But more importantly, sys

Dr. Levine, the child laughs because he has mastered an anxiety.

Adult laughter is more subtle, but we also laugh at what we used to fear. The feeling of achievement, or lack of it, remains a crucial factor. Giving a

first dinner party is an anxious event for a new hostess? All goes well; the party is over. Now she laughs freely. Her pleasure form having proved her success is

the foundation for her pleasure in recalling the evening’s activities. She couldn’t enjoy the second pleasure without the first, more important one---her mastery

of anxiety.

Laughter is a social response triggered by cues. Scientists have not determined a brain center for laugher, and they are perplexed by patients with

certain types of brain damage who go into laughing fits for no apparent reason. The rest of us require company, and a reason to laugh.

11.The intended audience of the passage are ____.

A. mental patients B. humorists

C. psychologists D. the general public

12. The primary purpose of this passage is to demonstrate _____.

A. that we are social animals

B. why we laugh

C. the importance of humor

D. that laughter is deceptive

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13.According to the passage, a six-month old laughs _____.

A. more frequently than an adult

B. when he fells anxious

C. more subtly than an adult

D. when he masters his anxiety

14.Which of the following best supports the theory discussed in the passage?.

A. A footballer laughs before the game starts.

B. A student laughs at the mistakes made by his teacher

C. A students laughs after an exam

D. A guest laughs at a joke told by his host.

15. Which of the following would the author agree with?

A. Company tends to make us laugh more

B. We never laugh alone.

C. We all laugh for a good reason.

D. We laugh for the physical sensations involved

Passage 4

Unless we spend money to spot and prevent asteroids (小行星) now, one might crash into Earth and destroy life as we know it, say some scientists.

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Asteroids are bigger versions of the meteoroids (流星) that race across the night sky. Most orbit the sun far from Earth and don't threaten us. But there

are also thousands of asteroids whose orbits put them on a collision course with Earth.

Buy $50 million worth of new telescopes right now. Then spend $10 million a year for the next 25 years to locate most of the space rocks. By the time we

spot a fatal one, the scientists say, we'll have a way to change its course.

Some scientists favor pushing asteroids off course with nuclear weapons. But the cost wouldn't be cheap.

Is it worth it? Two things experts consider when judging any risk are: 1) How likely the event is; and 2) How bad the consequences if the event occurs.

Experts think an asteroid big enough to destroy lots of life might strike Earth once every 500,000 years. Sounds pretty rare - but if one did fall, it would be the

end of the world. "If we don't take care of these big asteroids, they'll take care of us," says one scientist. "It's that simple."

The cure, though, might be worse than the disease. Do we really want fleets of nuclear weapons sitting around on Earth? "The world has less to fear from

doomsday (毁灭性的) rocks than from a great nuclear fleet set against them," said a New York Times article.

16. What does the passage say about asteroids and meteoroids?

A. They are heavenly bodies different in composition.

B. They are heavenly bodies similar in nature.

C. There are more asteroids than meteoroids.

D. Asteroids are more mysterious than meteoroids.

17. What do scientists say about the collision of an asteroid with Earth?

A. It is very unlikely but the danger exists.

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B. Such a collision might occur once every 25 years.

C. Collisions of smaller asteroids with Earth occur more often than expected.

D. It's still too early to say whether such a collision might occur.

18. What do people think of the suggestion of using nuclear weapons to alter the course of asteroids?

A. It sounds practical but it may not solve the problem.

B. It may create more problems than it might solve.

C. It is a waste of money because a collision of asteroids with Earth is very unlikely.

D. Further research should be done before it is proved applicable

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