1、

Though Liu Xiang has retired(退役) from our national team, We will ______ him as before.

A.keep up with B. depend on   C. be proud of

2、

完形填空。

Do you laugh every day? Most people______. Scientists say that people laugh about 17 times a day. That is ______ laughter.

In India, there are ______ laughter clubs. The people in these clubs get together every morning. First they stretch their hands above their heads. Then they pretend to laugh. Soon everyone is laughing naturally. People say they feel good after ______ together.

Scientists believe that laughter is good ______ you. ______ ? For one thing, laughter is ______ good exererse. When you laugh, you exercise many muscles in your body

Scientists say that one hundred laughs is the same______ ten minutes of running. When you laugh, you ______ breathe deeply. This makes you ______

Why do we laugh? That is a hard question ______ We know that people laugh _______ in a group. They don't laugh very often when they are alone. Many scientists believe that we use laughter to make friends with ______. Laughter helps us feel part of a group.

In English, people say that laughter is the best ______. Some think that laughter helps sick people get ______. Do you think so, too?

【1】A. laugh   B. do     C. does

【2】A. a lot   B. many     C. a lot of

【3】A. hundred of     B. hundreds of   C. hundred

【4】A. laugh     B. to laugh   C. laughing

【5】A. for   B. at C. with

【6】A. Why     B. What C. How

【7】A. a     B. the     C./

【8】A. as       B. like C. for

【9】A. oo   B. also     C. either

【10】A. relaxed B. to relax C. relaxing

【11】A. answered   B. to answer   C. answer

【12】A. less often B. more often     C. never

【13】A. another   B. others     C. other

【14】A. magazine   B. knowledge   C. medicine

【15】A. well   B. good     C. bad

3、

阅读理解。

Captain James Cook was a famous English explorer(探险者). He was the first European to visit many Pacific islands. He put these islands on maps around the world.

James Cook was born in1728. His parents were poor farm workers. James started to work on ships as a sailor when he was eighteen. When he was twenty-seven, he went into the navy(舰队). He fought a war in Canada and made maps of some of the eastern coast there.

In1768, the King of England sent him to explore the Pacific Ocean. Cook spent three years on that trip. He went to the Pacific again in 1772 and made maps of the coasts of Australia and New Zealand.

He began his third trip in 1776. This time he went to the North Pacific and made maps of the west coast of North America. When he finished making maps there, he went to Hawaii. Then the sailors and the Hawaiians  started fighting and some Hawaiians killed Captain Cook.

Captain Cook took gifts to the Pacific Islander·. He gave them cattle, sheep, goats and new plants. He was a very good leader of his men. When Captain Cook died, the world 1ost one of the greatest explorers in history.

Judge the following sentences true( T) or false( F) according to the passage.

【1】Captain Cook was an explorer of the Pacific Ocean.

【2】Captain Cook was born in Canada.

【3】He was an explorer before he worked on ships.

【4】He took new plants to the Pacific islands.

【5】He made three trips to the Pacific.