【正文】 d pay more for reliable house keepers who are more familiar with city life, but they have had no way of getting one, even though the city is home to thousands of laidoff workers.　　By the end of June this year, there were 30,600 jobless workers in the city. Most of them are women in their 4039。s, who are not blessed with particular skills and who have had their work ethics shaped by the planned economy. Many of them were at a loss when they first realized they had lost their jobs and a way of life they had got used to for decades.　They never imagined being laidoff by stateowned enterprises。 they never considered other kinds of employment. For them, the private sector meant taking risks。 housekeeping implied lower social status. Gao yunfang, 44, is a pioneer who is breaking the ice. She sells the Beijing Morning Post in the morning, and works at two households in the afternoon. She earns 1,000 yuan per month. So she no longer worries about her daughter39。s tuition at a university in Shanghai.　　57. What is talked about in the passage?　　A) Home service.　B) Modern city life.　C) Laidoff worker.　D) Social status.58. What does the word laidoff39。 in the passage mean?　A) Heavilyburdened.　　B) Old.　　C) Inexperienced.　D) Jobless.　　59. Why were many laidoff workers at a loss?A) Because they didn39。t get used to the new way of life.B) Because they are too old to find a new job.　　C) Because they dislike being laid off.　　D) Because they think they lost their social status.　　60. Why didn39。t the laidoff workers like to do home services in the past?　　A) Low salary.　B) Lower social status.　C) Dirty working condition.　D) Too much extra work.　　61. In which ways is home service industry good for our society?　　A) It meets the needs of modern life.　　B) It provides work opportunities for the laidoff worker.　　C) It is a new industry.　D) A and B.　　Part V Cloze (15 minutes)　　　We all laugh. We all hurt. We all make mistakes. We all dream, that’s life. It39。s a journey. Please follow these rules to make the journey of your life a journey of joy!　　62 ___positive through the cold season could be your best 63____ against getting ill, new study findings suggest.　　In an experiment that 64____ healthy volunteers to a cold or flu virus, researchers found that people with a 65_____ sunny disposition were less likely to 66 _____ill. The findings, published in the journal Psychosomatic Medicine, build on evidence 67_____ a positive emotional style can help 68_____ off the mon cold and other illnesses.　　Researchers believe the reasons may be both objective as in happiness 69____ immune function and subjective as in happy people being less 70_____ by a scratchy throat or runny nose. People with a positive emotional style may have different immune _71___ to the virus, explained lead study author Dr Sheldon Cohen of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh. And when they do get a cold, they may 72 ___their illness as being less severe.　　Cohen and his colleagues had found in a 73____ study that happier people seemed less likely to catch a cold, 74___ some questions remained as to 75_____ the emotional trait itself had the effect.　　For the new study, the researchers had 193 healthy adults with plete standard measures of personality traits, selfperceived health and emotional style. Those who 76 be happy, energetic and easygoing were judged 77 having a positive emotional style, 78 those who were often unhappy, tense and hostile had a negative style. The researchers gave them nasal drops 79 either a cold virus or a particular flu virus. Over the next six days, the 80 reported on any aches, pains, sneezing or congestion they had, while the researchers collected __81 data, like daily mucus production. Cohen and his colleagues found that based on objective measures of nasal woes, happy people were less likely to develop a cold.　　62. A) Living B) Staying C) Pulling D) Surviving　　63. A) safeguard B) immunity C) caution D) defense　　64. A) excluded B) expelled C) exposed D) exiled　　65. A) generally B) monly C) frequently D) genetically　　66. A) feel B) fall C) fell D) fall　　67. A) that B) which C) what D) why　　68. A) keep B) warn C) ward D) avoid　　69. A) boasting B) boosting C) receding D) reducing　　70. A) suffered B) troubled C) disturbed D) hindered　　71. A) function B) ability C) response D) reaction　　72. A) thought B) related C) interpreted D) translated　　73. A) formal B) former C) previous D) precious　　74. A) and B) but C) so D) for　　75. A) which B) whether C) where D) how　　76. A) tended to B) inclined to C) apt to D) subject to　　77. A) by B) with C) in D) as　　78. A) while B) however C) what39。s more D) therefore　　79. A) prising B) consisting C) containing D) covering　　80. A) patients B) adults C) volunteers D) researchers　　81. A) objective B) subjective C) positive D) negative　　Part Ⅵ Translation　　Directions: Complete the following sentences on Answer Sheet 2 by translating into English the Chinese given in brackets.　　82. _______________________(如果我是你的話), I would have accepted such an offer given by the manager.　　83. He hurried to the house ______ (結(jié)果房內(nèi)空空如也).　　84. Living in the desert has many problems, _______________________(缺水并不是唯一的問題).　　85. Both boys and girls put much emphasis _______________________(有足夠的錢以便到外面去痛快享受).　　86. The students now _______________________(寧愿單獨(dú)一個人玩電腦，也不愿意到圖書館去查閱資料).聲明：本資料由聽力課堂網(wǎng)站收集整理，僅供英語愛好者學(xué)習(xí)使用，資料版權(quán)屬于原作者。 16