The research carried out by the University of Bari in Italy could help clarify hospitals who are charged with wasting money on art and decoration as it suggests a pleasant environment helps patients overcome discomfort and pain.

A team headed by Professor Marina de Tommaso at the Neurophysiopathology Pain Unit asked a group of men and women to pick the 20 paintings they considered most ugly and most beautiful from a selection of 300 works by artists such as Lenoardo da Vinci and Sandro Botticelli. They were then asked to watch either the beautiful paintings, or the ugly paintings, or a blank panel while the team struck a short laser pulse at their hand, creating a sensation as if they had been hurt by a pin. The subjects rated the pain as being a third less intense while they were viewing the beautiful paintings, compared with when considering the ugly paintings or the blank panel.

Electrodes (電極) measuring the brain’s electrical activity also confirmed a reduced response to the pain when the subject looked at beautiful paintings. While distractions(娛樂), such as music, are known to reduce pain in hospital, Prof de Tommaso says this is the first result to show that beauty plays a part. The findings, reported in New Scientist, also go a long way to show that beautiful surroundings could aid the healing process.

“Hospitals have been designed to be functional, but we think that their aesthetic(審美能力) aspects should be taken into account too,” said the neurologist. “Beauty obviously offers a distraction that ugly paintings do not. But at least there is no suggestion that ugly surroundings make the pain worse. I think these results show that more research is needed into how a beautiful environment can reduce suffering.”

Pictures they liked included Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh and Botticellis’ Birth of Venus. Pictures they found ugly included works by Pablo Picasso, the Italian 20th century artist Anonino Bueno and Columbian Fernando Botero. “these people were not art experts so some of the pictures they found ugly would be considered masterpieces by the art world,” said Prof de Tommaso.

1.According to the first paragraph, people didn’t approve_______________.

A. hospitals spend money on medical equipment

B. hospitals decorate their rooms with works of art

C. hospitals make their environment pleasant to patients

D. hospitals treat patients with works of art

2.How did the researchers make the research?

A. By asking the subjects to listen to music.

B. By requiring the subjects to draw paintings.

C. By ordering the subjects to choose which picture is beautiful and ugly.

D. By aching the subjects’ hands while they are watching paintings.

3.According to the research, when designing a hospital, we should consider its____________.

A. convenient facilities

B. functional operating room

C. pleasing environment

D. bright waiting room

4.The best title for the passage may be__________.

A. Patients Don’t Like Pictures

B. Arts Can Be Used As a Medicine

C. Ugly Patients Feel Less Pain

D. Beautiful Art Can Ease Pain

完成句子（共10小題；每小題2分, 滿分20分）

閱讀下列各小題, 根據(jù)漢語提示, 用句末括號內(nèi)的英語單詞完成句子, 并將答案寫在答題卡上的相應(yīng)題號后。

1.“__________________ and get good grades, and you will find a high-paying job with great benefits,” my parents used to say.(study)

我的父母過去常說：“如果努力學(xué)習(xí)，取得好成績，你就能找到高薪福利又好的工作。”

2.I _________________________ all the data yesterday but I was invited to the ball by my friends.(go)

我昨天就該檢查所有的數(shù)據(jù)，但是我應(yīng)朋友的邀請去參加舞會(huì)了。

3.With ______________________, the famous woman writer is determined to produce more excellent works to satisfy the needs of readers. (think)

這位知名女作家的作品得到了高度評價(jià)，她決心創(chuàng)作出更優(yōu)秀的作品來滿足讀者的需求。

4.It is reported that the United States uses __________________as the whole of Europe. （as）

據(jù)報(bào)道，美國使用的能源是整個(gè)歐洲的兩倍。

5.So______________________ his work that the old scientist always forgets to rest and eat. (absorb)

這位老科學(xué)家非常專注于自己的工作，以至于常常廢寢忘食。

6.I don’t mind her criticizing me, but it is how she does it ________________. (object)

我不介意她批評我，我反對的是她批評我的方式。

7.When I came into the classroom, all the students were laughing. It was several minutes

___________________________ what was happening. (aware)

當(dāng)我進(jìn)入教室時(shí)，所有的學(xué)生都在笑。幾分鐘之后我才意識到所發(fā)生的一切。

8.Life is like a long race,________________________ others to go beyond ourselves. (compete)

生活就像一場長跑比賽，在比賽中，我們與別人競爭來超越自我。

9.The young man, who by then ____________________university decided to do some part-time jobs to pay for his education. (admit)

這個(gè)年輕人那時(shí)被大學(xué)錄取了,為了交學(xué)費(fèi)決定做兼職。

10.Why you couldn’t get through to him was ___________________ a zero in his telephone number.(leave)

你聯(lián)絡(luò)不到他是因?yàn)槟懵┑袅怂�號碼中的一個(gè)零。

短文寫作（共l題；滿分30分）

請根據(jù)以下提示，結(jié)合你生活中的一個(gè)事例，用英語寫一篇短文。

We all know that "Chances favor the prepared mind". Only if you are well prepared, will you be able to seize them.

注意： 1. 無須寫標(biāo)題，不得照抄英語提示語。

2. 除詩歌外，文體不限。

3. 文中不得透露個(gè)人姓名和學(xué)校名稱。

4. 詞數(shù)不少于120詞。

Lady Gaga is so well-received a singer all over the world, and it is a great ______ for a reporter to have a face-to-face conversation with her.

A. advantage B. benefit C. drawback D. privilege

It’s widely agreed that the _______of our sports system, rather than foreign coaches, will be helpful to Chinese football.

A. adaptation B. appearance C. reform D. promotion

His grandfather has kept reminding him not to _______ with bad companions whether in school or in society.

A. associate B. conduct C. distinguish D. participate

It is common that many parents choose to rent a house near schools to _______ their children during their school years.

A. accompany B. accumulate C. acknowledge D. alarm

At the annual meeting, the mayor of Jingmen Xiao Juhua urged the related departments to take _______ measures to ensure equal rights for migrant children.

A. apparent B. effective C. elegant D. reasonable

Universities have the right to develop in their own way, but whatever they do, their polices must be consistent with the nation’s _________laws.

A. conservative B. abundant C. relevant D. adequate

Teachers should allow their students to study ________ from the start, and it is bound to result in their ability to deal with problems on their own.

A. theoretically B. socially C. optionally D. autonomously