【正文】 , fitness, and education e together Don’t miss our new summer classes available during May 23 — Aug 5! ■ Swimming lessons: Ages 4 — adult. Cost: $5 per class or $15 for one month. ■ Hiking: Have a state park keeper hike through our paths with you and teach you about the park’s wildlife and plants. Marksdale is a perfect spot for hiking. ■ Soccer : Our youth soccer program is unusual in that it is nonpetitive. Different teams are formed every day. The focus is on each player learning to work as a team, not on one team winning it all. ■ Boating: These classes are only for 20 yearolds and above. Fishing is only allowed with a permit. ■ Bicycling: We have special paths built for bicyclists. Signs are posted for selfguided tours of our park. Group cycling is also available with a park guide. Paths range from easy to challenging. A message from the director: Hiking paths! Sport fields! Playgrounds! Campgrounds! Fun activities! Located (位于 ) on Lake McQueeney, Marksdale State Park offers something for everyone. We have a number of plants and animals, which are in danger of dying out, being protected in our park. Sign up for one of our new summer munity classes, or take a camping trip with your friends or family. Our facilities (設(shè)備 ) are set up with modern systems, so you don’t have to suffer to enjoy nature — unless you want to! Glen Harwood, Park Director Are you 1317 years old? Ever wonder what it would be like to be a park keeper? It’s a petitive field, but you can get ahead by volunteering with our Teen Keeper Program. Depending on your age and responsibilities, you can even earn college credits for certain universities! 21. If you plan to learn to swim during June and July, you should pay _____. A. $5 B. $15 C. $25 D. $30 22. The activities mentioned in the text are available to teenagers EXCEPT _____. A. swimming B. boating C. hiking D. bicycling 23. What can we learn about Marksdale State Park? A. Many endangered plants can be found there. B. Special paths will soon be built for bicyclists. C. There are many volunteer programs in the park. D. It is a park full of fun activities and sea animals. 24. Where can we most probably read this text? A. In a personal diary. B. In a newspaper report. C. In a travel magazine. D. In a geography textbook. B ★★★☆☆ In the early 1990s, Madan Kataria, an Indian doctor who worked in Mumbai, became interested in the growing body of scientific evidence showing that laughter is extremely beneficial to human health. He made a decision that more laughter was needed to improve health and deal with the stress of modern living. In 1995, while writing an article for a health journal, Dr. Kataria discovered many modern scientific studies describing the benefits of laughter on the human mind and body. In particular, he was impressed by Norman Cousins’ book Anatomy of an Illness and the research work by Dr. Lee Berk. Then he began to fieldtest the effect of laughter on himself and others. Starting with just five people, on March 13, 1995, at a public park in his neighborhood, Dr. Kataria started the first laughter club. They laughed together in the park to the amusement of bystanders, and the small group quickly grew to more than 50 people within a few days. In the early meetings, they stood in a circle with one person in the center to tell a joke or a funny story. Everybody enjoyed themselves and felt good for the rest of the day. However, after two weeks, their jokes and stories ran out. Some plained that it would be better to discontinue the club than to continue without any jokes. Dr. Kataria asked the club members to give him one day to develop a breakthrough that would solve the problem. That night, Dr. Kataria reviewed his research and finally found the answer. Our body cannot differentiate between pretend and genuine laughter. In fact, both produced the same effect. The next morning, the results were amazing. For some, the makebelieve laughter quickly turned into real laughter. Soon the group was laughing like never before. The hea