44 What was the result of Cousins’ laugh therapy?
(A)His health gradually returned to normal.
(B)His health first improved but deteriorated afterwards.
(C)His illness was completely cured under laugh therapy for eight days.
(D)The therapy was able to reduce his pain, but it was not able to cure his disease.

40 Chinese medicine offers a different vision of health and disease; it refuses to see the individual as an entity separate from his or her environment. (A)A different system, Chinese medicine has its strengths and weaknesses. (B)hinese medicine does not produce side effects because it is balanced to reflect a patient’s entire environment. (C)Chinese medicine is often criticized for the absence of scientific research support. (D)Chinese medicine seeks to locate illness within the context involving an individual and his or her environment.

41 The writer is looked after by a very competent secretary. The routines of life are lifted from him, thus accentuating his inwardness. (A)Thanks to the effort of the secretary, the introverted writer can concentrate on his work and thus become highly praised. (B)The inner life of the writer remains secret. Only his secretary knows why he focuses on his writing. (C)The tedious routine life is too much for the writer to bear, so he needs a secretary to help him. (D)The writer becomes even more concentrated because everything in life has been taken care of by his secretary.

42 What is the main idea of this passage? (A)Doctors? diagnoses may not always be correct. (B)Mind-body interaction may affect a person’s health. (C)Laugh therapy is very powerful and can cure all kinds of diseases. (D) When diagnosed with a serious disease, one should seek alternative treatments.

43 How did Norman Cousins react to the doctor’s preliminary diagnosis? (A)He made up his mind to defeat the disease. (B)He felt hopeless and refused to receive any medical treatment. (C)He was skeptical about the diagnosis and asked for more tests. (D)He tried to get more information about the disease by reading books.

45 What does the underlined word “conventional” in the second paragraph mean? (A) Alternative (B) Innovative (C) Traditional (D) Unusual

46 According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT correct? (A)Ankylosing spondylitis is a potentially fatal disease. (B)Negative emotions produce negative changes in the body. (C)Norman Cousins knew nothing about alternative treatments. (D)Watching comedy films and reading humorous books may improve a person’s body chemistry.

47 (A) This is not to suggest that there was no organized travel in premodem societies, but it was very much the preserve of the elite. (B)And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modem societies. (C)There have always been periods in which much of the mass of the population have engaged in play or recreation. (D)But people in premodern societies already had the idea of traveling to demonstrate their power and wealth.

48 (A) And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modern societies. (B)There have always been periods in which much of the mass of the population have engaged in play or recreation. (C)Over this period, treaties on travel shifted from a scholastic emphasis on touring as an opportunity for discourse, to travel as an eyewitness observation. (D) Travel was considered an essential part of education, which led to the emergence of travel writing.

49 (A) And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modern societies. (B)Travel was considered an essential part of education, which led to the emergence of travel writing. (C)But people in premodern societies already had the idea of traveling to demonstrate their power and wealth. (D)There have always been periods in which much of the mass of the population have engaged in play or recreation.

50 (A)Travel was considered an essential part of education, which led to the emergence of travel writing. (B)And it is this which is the central characteristic of mass tourism in modem societies. (C)There have always been periods in which much of the mass of the population have engaged in play or recreation. (D)This is not to suggest that there was no organized travel in premodern societies, but it was very much the preserve of the elite.