Crying is Good1. A recent Netherlands study showed participants really sad movies and then noted who cried and who didn’t. Those who didn’t cry felt no different emotionally after the movie, while the criers felt worse. However, within 20 minutes, the criers returned to pre-movie levels, and after 90 minutes, the criers felt much better than those who didn’t cry.2. William Frey, a U.S. Ph.D. also made his study participants cry by showing sad movies. His theory was that crying removes chemicals that build up during stress. “We don’t know what those chemicals are, but we do know that tears contain one chemical called ACTH. It is known to be increased in stress,” reports Dr. Frey.3. Non-emotional crying has health benefits, too. You know how you tear up when you’re cutting onions? A chemical from the onion is released, hits the surface of the eye, and creates sulfuric acid (硫酸). In order to get rid of it, your eyes produce a lot of tears to wash the chemical out of the eye.4. Tears travel internally to the nose, where they meet a thick liquid produced inside the nose. When enough tears mix with the liquid, it loosens and flows out. This keeps the nose wet and bacteria free.5. Women cry an average of 5.3 times a month, while men 1.3 times. Part of that difference is because testosterone (睾丸素) (higher in men) may prevent crying, while the hormone prolactin (催乳素) (higher in women) may encourage it. No matter how different it is between men and women, it’s healthy for both sexes to cry.Task 116. Paragraph ①: 17. Paragraph ②: 18. Paragraph ③: 19. Paragraph ④: 20. Paragraph ⑤:A. Tears clean the eye.B. Tears help relieve stress.C. Tears keep the nose healthy.D. Crying makes people feel better.E. Men differ from women in crying.F. Researchers advise people to cry often.Task 221. Those who didn’t cry during a sad movie were found to ______. 22. Crying can help people in stress ______. 23. Crying caused by onion cutting is ______. 24. When you cry, your nose may be ______. 25. The hormone prolactin makes women ______.A. much worse B. non-emotional C. cry more often D. protected from bacteria E. reduce certain chemicals F. remain emotionally the same

A Horrible ExperienceA little girl had a horrible accident while at sea. She was on a boat when a sea lion attacked her and pulled her into the water.The little girl was wearing a colorful summer dress during her time at sea. A sea lion was attracted to the people on the boat because food was thrown off of the boat to it. ___26___Attracted by the amazing sea lion, the little girl pointed at it, as if she was trying to pet it. When the sea lion rose up close to the little girl, she became more interested and really wanted to get an up-close view of the lovely animal. ___27___Suddenly, the sea lion pulled her dress and in just a split second, the girl was in the water. ___28___ They were shocked by such an unexpected event.One man on the boat immediately jumped into the water to save the child. Sure enough, he was able to seize the girl. ___29___ She seemed to be in complete shock. The boat immediately left the area.Sea lions are not seen to be dangerous and harm-causing animals in most cases. ___30___ According to the officials, it is possible that the sea lion believed the child’s dress looked like a piece of food.A. Everyone on the boat was in a panic. B. She moved to sit on the edge of the boat. C. Attacks by sea lions to humans are very rare. D. The girl was quickly lifted back onto the boat. E. It stayed around, most likely seeking more food.F. The video of the accident has spread on the Internet.

Making Bed or NotEver since I moved into my own apartment last fall, I have got out of the ___31___ of making my bed. Although some people may think that I am lazy, I have ___32___ reasons for doing so. In the first ___33___, I don’t care about maintaining a ___34___ bedroom because no one except me ever risks going there. In addition, I ___35___ nothing uncomfortable about crawling (爬) into a mass of sheets and blankets. Actually, I enjoy making a comfortable space for myself before drifting off to ___36___. Also, I think that a ___37___ made bed is very uncomfortable. Finally, and most ___38___, I think bed-making is a terrible way to ___39___ time in the morning. I would rather spend those ___40___ minutes checking my email or feeding the cat than making my bed.A. sleep B. strong C. waste D. tidy E. importantly F. corner G. habit H. hardly I. find J. place K. precious L. neatly

Four-Digit PINsATMs (自动取款机) were created (create) in 1967 by a Scottish man named John Shepherd-Barron, who thought that ___41___ (get) cash should be as easy as buying a chocolate bar. But the ___42___ (difficult) was how to ensure that you were who you said you were. To prevent ___43___ (problem), Shepherd-Barron developed a special type of paper check. It worked like the bank card a person ___44___ (use) today. Each check would cause his cash machine to request a ___45___ (person) identification number, or PIN. Only the account ___46___ (own) knew it. Shepherd-Barron already had a six-digit ID number. It was ___47___ (give) to him by the army. So, he was going to let the machine make the ___48___ (require) of a six-digit PIN from everyone who used it. That ___49___ (probable) would have been the standard. However, his wife disliked it. She believed that six digits were ___50___ (hard) than four to remember. Finally, four became the standard.

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