8.According to the article, why does sugar have a soothing effect?
(A)Sweet food can block beta-endorphin receptors.
(B)Sweet food can numb the mice so that they feel no pain.
(C)Sweet food can stimulate the release of beta-endorphins, which help alleviate physical and emotional pain.
(D)Sweet food can stimulate the release of Naltrexone, which helps alleviate physical and emotional pain.

1.With support from all the trustees, the motion was _____ approved at the annual board meeting. (A)acrimoniously (B)homogeneously (C)meticulously (D)unanimously

2.Mike started a slow recovery process to _____ at home after being hospitalized for a serious stroke for two months. (A)conciliate (B)proliferate (C)rehabilitate (D)scintillate

3.Color photographs will _____ damage even if we use proper materials and keep the prints in temperature- and humidity-controlled environments. (A)incur (B)launch (C)manipulate (D)peruse

4. Football and baseball may be considered the national pastimes, but rodeo _____ the legacy of the American West. (A)embodies (B)foresees (C)integrates (D)legitimates

5.At the age of 22, Yani Tseng became the youngest golf player to win five major championships. She was said to _____ the golf world. (A)clench (B)dominate (C)engage (D)humiliate

6. What is the passage mainly about? (A)People can medicate their depression with sugar. (B)Baby mice suffered so much from isolation that they should be given some sweet food to relieve their pain. (C)The soothing effect of sugar is not just something psychological but has a lot to do with an actual chemical reaction. (D)The result of the mice experiment suggests that people should take more sweet substances to cope with depression.

7.Which of the following statements about the experiment is true? (A)“Isolation distress” was caused by lack of sweet treat. (B)Sugar helped the depressed mice to cope with isolation distress. (C)The depressed mice who were given no sugar water all died of depression. (D)The depressed mice who were given sugar water cried hundreds of times.

【已刪除】9.How did researchers confirm their theory about the remarkable effect of sugar? (A)They stopped feeding both groups of mice any more sugar. (B)They found that both groups of mice lost interest in the sweet food. (C)They gave both groups of mice a drug that blocks the release of beta-endorphins. (D)They measured the amount of beta-endorphins released in the blood of the mice.

10.With the unemployment rate rising, the President has appointed an _____ committee to deal with the problem. (A)ad hoc (B)ad infinitum (C)adjacent (D)adjunct

11.After the disastrous flooding in Thailand, the dead poultry and the messy environment are now a _____ threat of infectious disease. (A)flattering (B)calculating(C)looming (D)yielding

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