2020届二轮复习阅读理解训练（59）

2020届二轮复习阅读理解训练（59）

阅读理解训练（59）‎ Passage 1‎ In a recently published book , I came across some exercises with interesting names such as fishbone diagrams , lotusflowers and clustering . As I used these exercises in my classes , I noticed that students were interested . They said more and wrote more . They enjoyed expressing their ideas and sharing them in groups .They were no longer passively waiting for the bell, but actively took part in the lesson . I find that creativity （创新）can act as a way to increase participation and improve fluency (流利程度).‎ Creativity has become a popular word in recent years . Scholars in the arts ,psychology (心理学), business , education , and science are all working to get a deeper understanding of it . Robert J. Sternberg is a creativity specialist and Yale professor of psychology . He defines creativity as “the ability to produce work that is both new (original )and appropriate (applicable to the situation )”. This definition is useful, as we want our students to use language in a new way , and to use it correctly and properly . Most scholars say there are two types of creativity : big “C” creativity and small “c” creativity. Big “C” creativity refers to genius level thinking that results in artistic masterpieces and scientific breakthroughs . Small “c” creativity refers to everyday level thinking that can be used in any situation . Our emphasis is on the latter . While it goes without saying that any of our students could go on to be the next Picasso or Edison , our aim is to help students produce more ideas and use language in new ways .‎ ‎1．The underlined words “waiting for the bell” in the first paragraph probably mean .‎ ‎ A．longing for a phone call B．hoping to have a bell ‎ C．expecting the end of the class D．wanting to speak in class ‎ ‎2．It can be inferred from the passage that the author thought the exercises in the book were .‎ ‎ A．popular B．useful C．scientific D．creative ‎ ‎3．When you use a very familiar word in a new way , you are .‎ ‎ A．creative in the sense of big “C” creativity ‎ ‎ B．creative in the sense of small “C” creativity ‎ ‎ C．not creative in the sense of big “C” creativity ‎ ‎ D．not creative in the sense of small “C” creativity ‎ ‎4．The main purpose of the passage is to .‎ ‎ A．show how useful the book is B．explain what creativity is ‎ ‎ C．discuss how one can be creative D．tell what reaching aims at ‎ 答案 CDBB Passage 2‎ There are two main forms of teaching in Notinghain University: seminar (研讨会)and ‎ lecture. They are very different from the sort of teaching most often used in schools and colleges. In seminars you will be taught will discussion focusing on a text or topic set in advance in a friendly and informal atmosphere. The purpose is to provide an opportunity to try out new ideas and to think through difficulties with fellow. Learners. Students develop friendships through groups, as well as learning more about other people’s ideas. You can also know your tutors as an individual rather than a face at the end of the room. Lectures are the most formal. There may be over a hundred in the audience and the lecture will last about fifty minutes. The value of the lecture is that it can present to a large number of people information which is not readily available in books, that it can give you an opportunity to hear a specialist develop a coherent(有条理的)argument, and that it can show visual material to a wide audience. Your typical week’s a work will feel strange after school or college since there are fewer timetabled teaching hours. Each week in the first year you may attend about six lectures and four to six seminars or tutorials(辅导). For the rest of the time you are working on your own, doing the necessary reading in preparation for tutorials or writing seminar papers. When writing an essay or carrying out project work, you can often discuss with your about the title and topic. 5. The purpose of the passage is_______. A. to introduce two main forms of teaching ‎ B. to persuade you to try out new ideas C. to stress the importance of discussion ‎ D. to make you believe that seminar is more helpful 6.One of the values of the lecture is______. A. to make friends through groups B. to learn more about other people’s ideas C. to offer a chance to discuss with a specialist D. to present to students information not found in books ‎7.Your typical week’s work in the university will feel strange because______.‎ A. you may have no project work after class B. you may give lectures and seminars C. you may have fewer timetabled teaching hours D. you may write seminar papers with fellow-learners ‎8.We can learn from the passage that__________. A. seminar is better than lecture B. lecture is better than seminar C. seminar is more formal than lecture D. lecture is more formal than seminar 答案 ADCD Passage 3‎ Juanito Estrella has been a housekeeping manager on the US-based large passenger ship Carnival Spirit for 18 months and feels he  has found the suitable position in his career(职业).He has always wanted to travel. “I guess I am a really restless spirit. I Iike traveling, so when the chance came, I jumped at it,” he says.‎ ‎ The chance came in the form of a newspaper advertisement for work on cruise ships（游船）.At the time Estrella was the housekeeping manager at a Melbourne hotel. He applied and, after two interviews, a medical check and police clearance, the job was his. ‎ ‎ Estrella is responsible(负责的)for the cleanliness of the ship, making sure that 160 crew work properly. “I enjoy it because there is no other work-you wake up each day in a different place and a different cnlture. It’s exciting when you go to the next country and you don’t understand the language,” he says.     Estrella likes being busy and getting to know people from all over the world. The 1,000 crew come from 94 countries, and Estrella has learnt Spanish and a little Croatian.‎ ‎ But there is a downside .“You cannot get really drunk...because you have safety responsibilities to yourself and others,” he says. “You don’t really think about home. You start tothink about home only when you get closer to your vacation and wonder what you’ll be doing.”‎ ‎ Life on the ship is anything but cruising.Estrella and his fellows work at least 10 hours a day, seven days a week. He warns the job is not for everybody. “You have to love being busy and be prepared to work every day-and to give up drinking too much alcohol.” In his spare time, if the ship sails into a port, Estrella explores it, otherwise he works out in the crew’s gym, goes on the internet or calls home.‎ ‎9.What do we know about Estrella?‎ ‎  A. He is very fond of traveling.‎ ‎  B. He doesn’t drink wine now.‎ ‎  C. He cannot speak a foreign language.‎ ‎ D. He used to be a housekeeping manager.‎ ‎10.The underlined word “downside” in paragraph 5 probably means              .‎ ‎ A. disappointment B. disadvantage C. failure D. loss ‎11.Which of the following is true?‎ ‎ A. Estrella doesn’t often feel homesick because of his work.‎ ‎  B. The work on the ship is not suitable for a married person.‎ ‎  C. Estrella can find no other job except the one on the ship.‎ ‎  D. The people on the ship are from 94 countries.‎ ‎12.In the last paragraph. the writer thinks that life on the ship is               .‎ ‎ A. not a tiring journey at all ‎ B. just an interesting voyage C. far from a voyage for pleasure ‎ D. more than a pleasant travel by sea 答案 ABAC ‎ Passage 4‎ For centuries,the only form of written correspondence (通信)was the letters were,and are,sent by some form of postal service,the history of which goes back a long way .indeed,the egyptians began sending letters from about 2000 BC,as did the Chinese a thousand years later.‎ ‎ Of course,modern postal service now are march more developed and faster.depending as they do on cars and planes fore delivery.Yet they are stell too slow for some people to send urgent documents (紧急文件)and letters.‎ ‎ The invention of the fax (传真) machine increased the speed of delivering documents even more.When you send a fax you are sending a copy of a piece of correspondence to someone by telephone service.It was not until the early 1980s that such a service was developed enough for bussinesses to be able to fax documents to each other.‎ ‎ The fax service is still very much in use when copies of documents require to be sent ,but,as a way of fast correspondence,it has been largely taken the place of by email ,Email is used to describe messages sent form one computer user to another.‎ ‎ There are advantages and disadvantages with emails.ifyou send some one an email ,then he will receive it extremely quickly .Normal postal services are rather slow as far as speed of delivery is concerned.‎ However,if you write something by email,which you might later regret ,and send it immediately,there is no chance for second thoughts.at least,if you are have to address and seal(封)the envelope and take it to the post box..there is plenty of time to change your mind .The message is think before you email!‎ ‎13.We can learn from the tex that__________.‎ A. email is less popular than the fax service ‎ B. the postal service has over the years become faster C. the postal service has over the years become slower D. the fax service has a history as long as the postal service does ‎14.It can be inferred from the text that_________.‎ A. the fax service had been fully developed by the 1980s B. letters have been used in China for about 1,000 years C. the fax machine was invented after the 1980s D. letters have been used in Egypt for about 2,000 years ‎15.In the last paragraph,the wrin intentings think before you email”to show then________.‎ A.you may regret if you than’t your envelope B.you may regre l before you send something by email C.you’d better not send your email in a hurry D.you regrse before you on time to send an email ‎16.The text madtry deal with_________.‎ A.the progress in correspondence B.the advantage of fax machines C.the advantage of emails D.the invention of fas machines 答案 BACA Passage 5‎ MONTREAL (Reuters) – Crossing the US-Canada border(边界)to go to church on a Sunday cost a US citizen ＄10,000 for breaking Washington’s strict new security(安全)rules. The expensive trip to church was a surprise for Richard Albert, who lives right on the Canadian border. Like the other half-dozen people of Township 15, crossing the border is a daily occurrence for Albert. The nearby Quebec village of St. Pamphile is where they shop, eat and go to church. There are many such situations in these areas along the largely unguarded 5,530-mile border between Canada and the US-which in some cases actually runs down the middle of streets or through buildings. As a result, Albert says he did not expect any problems three weeks ago when he returned home to the US after attending church in Canada, as usual. The US customs(海关)station in this area is closed on Sundays, so he just drove around the locked gate, as he had done every weekend since the gate appeared last May, following a tightening of border security. Two days later. Albert was told to go to the customs office, where an officer told him he had been caught on carnera crossing the border illegally(非法). Ottawa has given out special passes to some 300 US citizens in that area so they can enter the country when Canadian customs stations are closed, but the US stopped a similar program last May. That forces the people to a 200-mile detour along hilly roads to get home tountry whrough another border checkpoint. Albert has requested that the customs office change their decisions on the fine, but he has not attended a Sunday church since. “I feel like I’m living in a prison,” he said. ‎ ‎17. We learn from the text that Richard Albert is ______. A. an American living in Township 15 B. a Canadixacan living in a Quebec village C. a Canadian working in a customs station D. an American working in a Canadian church ‎18. Albert was fined because he ______. A. failed to obey traffic rules B. broke the American security rules ‎ C. worked in St. Pamphile without a pass D. damaged the gate of the customs office ‎19. The underlined word “detour” in paragraph 5 means  ______. A. a drive through the town B. a race across the fields C. a roundabout way of traveling D. a journey in the mountain area ‎20. What would be the best title for the text? A. A Cross-country Trip B. A Special Border Pass C. An Unguarded Border D. An Expensive Church Visit 答案 ABCD Passage 6‎ The days of elderly women doing nothing but cooking huge meals on holidays are gone. Enter the Red Hat Society －a group holding the belief that old ladies should have fun.‎ ‎“My grandmothers didn’t do anything but keep house and serve everybody. They were programmed to do that,” said Emils Comette, head of a chapter of the 7-year-old Red Hat Society.‎ While men have long spent their time fishing and playing golf, women have sometimes seemed to become unnoticed as they age. But the generation now turning 50 is the baby boomers(生育高峰期出生的人), and the same people who refused their parents’ way of being young are now trying a new way of growing old.‎ If you take into consideration feminism(女权主义), a bit of spare money, and better health for most elderly, the Red Hat Society looks almost inevitable(必然的). In this society, women over 50 wear red hats and purple(紫色的) clothes, while the women under 50 wear pink hats and light purple clothing.‎ ‎“The organization took the idea from a poem by Jenny Joseph that begins: “When I am an old woman, I shall wear purple. With a red hat which doesn’t go,” said Ellen Cooper, who founded the Red Hat Society in 1998. When the ladies started to wear the red hats, they attracted lots of attention.‎ ‎“The point of this is that we need a rest from always doing something for someone else,” Cooper said. “Women feel so ashamed and sorry when they do something for themselves.” This is why chapters are discouraged from raising money or doing anything useful. “We’re a ladies’ play group. It couldn’t be more simple,” added Cooper’s assistant Joe Heywood.‎ ‎21．The underlined word “chapter” in paragraph 2 means __________.‎ ‎ A．one branch of an organization B．a written agreement of a club ‎ C．one part of a collection of poems D．a period in a society’s history ‎22．From the text , we know that the “baby boomers” are a group of people who ‎ A．have gradually become more noticeable ‎ B．are worried about getting old too quickly ‎ ‎ C．are enjoying a good life with plenty of money to spend ‎ D．tried living a different life from their parents when they were young ‎23．It could be inferred from the text that members of the Red Hat Society are .‎ ‎ A．interested in raising money for social work ‎ B．programmers who can plan well for their future ‎ C．believers in equality between men and women ‎ D．good at cooking big meals and taking care of others ‎24．Who set up the Red Hat Society ?‎ ‎ A．Emily Cornette .‎ B．Ellen Cooper .‎ C．Jenny Joseph .‎ D．Joe Heywood .‎ ‎25．Women join the Red Hat Society because .‎ ‎ A．they want to stay young ‎ ‎ B．they would like to appear more attractive ‎ ‎ C．they would like to have fun and live for themselves ‎ ‎ D．they want to be more like their parents ‎ 答案 DCBAB Passage 7‎ Anguage as a System of Symbols Of all systems of symbols(符号), language is the most highly developed. It has been pointed out that human beings, by agreement, can make anything stand for anything. Human beings have agreed, in the course of centuries of mutual(相互的) dependency, to let the various noises that they can produce with their lungs, throats, tongues, teeth, and lips systematically stand for certain happenings in their nervous systems. We call that system of agreements language.‎ There is no necessary connection between the symbol and that which it stands for. Just as social positions can be symbolized by feathers worn on the head, by gold on the watch chain, or by a thousand other things according to the culture we live in, so the fact of being hungry can be symbolized by a thousand different noises according to the culture we live in.‎ However obvious these facts may appear at first glance, they are actually not so obvious as they seem except when we take special pains to think about the subject. Symbols and the things they stand for are independent of each other, yet we all have a way of feeling as if, and sometimes acting as if, there were necessary connections. For example, there are people who feel that foreign ‎ languages are unreasonable by nature: foreigners have such funny names for things, and why can’t they call things by their right names? This feeling exhibits itself most strongly in those English and American tourists who seem to believe that they can make the natives of any country understand English if they shout loud enough. Like the little boy who is reported to have said: “Pigs are called pigs because they are such dirty animals,” they feel the symbol is inherently(内在地) connected in some way with the things symbolized.‎ ‎26．Language is a highly developed system of symbols because human beings _________.‎ ‎ A．have made use of language for centuries ‎ B．use our nervous systems to support language ‎ C．have made various noises stand for any events ‎ D．can make anything stand for anything by agreement ‎27．What can we conclude from Paragraph 2?‎ ‎ A．Different noise may mean different things.‎ ‎ B．Our culture determines what a symbol stands for.‎ ‎ C．The language we use symbolizes our social positions.‎ ‎ D．Our social positions determine the way we are dressed.‎ ‎28．In Paragraph 3, “take special pains” probably means “________”.‎ ‎ A．try very hard B．take our time ‎ ‎ C．are very unhappy D．feel especially painful ‎29．The example of the little boy is used to show that ___________.‎ ‎ A．adults often learn from their young ‎ B．“pig” is a dirty word because pigs are dirty ‎ C．words are not connected with the things they stand for ‎ ‎ D．people sometimes have wrong ideas about how language works 答案 DBAD Passage 8‎ No one can fail to stand in awed ( 令人敬畏的 ) admiration of the great discoveries of history—Newton' s laws of motion; Kepler' s principles of planetary movement, Einstein' s general theory of relativity. Equally awe-inspiring are artistic creations in painting, theatre, music and literature, which have also been brought about by discovery through personal efforts. What do these extraordinary achievements of well-known scientists and artists have to do with problem solving?‎ A great scientific discovery or a great work of art is surely the result of problem-solving activity. The solution to a problem, we are told, often comes to thinkers in a “flash of insight (顿悟)，although they may have been turning the problem over in their minds for some time. As a particular form of problem solving, these creative acts are based on the broad knowledge gained in the past, whether this be of the ``public" sort known to science, or of the "private" sort known to the artist.‎ ‎ Many creative thinkers state that they have completely devoted themselves to the subject matter of the problem, often over fairly long periods of time. Indeed, it would be strange if they had not done this.. Nothing in such statements supports the idea that there is anything very different about the problem solving that leads to discoveries of the great contributions to the society. The act of discovery, even in the relatively predictable (可以预见的) sense that it occurs in everyday learning, involves (涉及) a “sudden insight” which changes the problem situation into a solution situation. As we have seen, everyday discovery also requires that the learner have the knowledge of the rules gained in the past, which is involved in the solution.‎ ‎30. Newton, Kepler and Einstein are mentioned in the first paragraph to_______.‎ ‎ A. bring about the subject of the discussion ‎ B. explain that scientists are more creative ‎ C. show the difference between science and arts D. prove that arts require more personal efforts ‎ 31. While knowledge from the past plays an important role in their achievements, thinkers sometimes also depend on their______.‎ A.artistic tastes B.sudden insight C.admiration of discoveries D.scientific experiments ‎ 32. What does the underlined word “this” refer to?‎ A.Great contributions to the society B.Long-time study of the subject matter.‎ C.Various statements about problem solving.‎ D.Complete devotion to artistic creation.‎ ‎33. We may conclude from the passage that ______.‎ A.it is more likely to make scientific and artistic discoveries in everyday learning.‎ B.a sudden insight and knowledge from the past are required in making discoveries C.scientific discoveries or artistic creations are usually unpredictable in nature D.knowledge of the rules in the past is often developed in the changes of situation 答案 ABBB Passage 9‎ Equipped only with a pair of binoculars (双筒望远镜) and ready to spend long hours waiting in all weathers for a precious glance of a rare bullfinch(红腹灰雀). Britain’s birdwatchers had long been supposed to be lovers of a minority sport. But new figures show birdwatching is fast becoming a popular pastime, with almost three million of us absorbed in our fluttering feathered friends.‎ Devoted birdwatchers, those prepared to travel thousands of miles for a sighting of a rare Siberian bird, are fast being joined by a new breed of follower whose interest is satiated by ‎ watching a few finches (雀科鸣鸟) on a Sunday walk or putting up a bird-box in the back garden.‎ ‎“Almost three million UK birdwatchers is certainly possible if you include everyone with only a casual interest,” Stephen Moss said in his newly published book—A Bird in the Bush: a Social History of Birdwatching—which records the pursuit from the rich Victorian Englishman’s love of shooting rare birds to the less offensive observational tendencies of birdwatchers today.‎ Television wildlife programmes have helped to fuel the new trend. Last summer, BBC ‎2’‎s Britain Goes Wild was a surprise success. It pulled in three million viewers and led to bird-houses selling out across the UK as 45,000 people promised to put up a box.‎ Birdwatchers’ networking system first came to the attention of the nation in 1989, when a birdwatcher caught sight of the first Vermivora chrysoptera—a golden-winged songbird from North America—to be seen in Britain. He put a message out on the network service Birdline, and next day 3,000 birdwatchers proved the full pull of a truly rare bird as they visited the Tesco car park in Kent, where it had settled. Today, birdwatchers can log on to www.birdline.co.uk or have news of the latest sightings texted to their phones.‎ ‎“Multimillion-pound spending on binoculars, bird food and boxes point to the increasing numbers of birdwatchers,” said David Cromack, the editor of Bird Watching magazine, “The number of people involved is so big that they have great potential to influence government decisions affecting the environment.”‎ ‎34. The word “satiated” in paragraph 2 can best be replaced by “_______”.‎ ‎ A. affected B. shared C. satisfied D. narrowed ‎35. What happened after the message of seeing a Vermivora chrysoptera was put on the network?‎ ‎ A. Birdwatchers helped the rare bird settle in Kent.‎ ‎ B. Large numbers of birdwatchers went to view the bird.‎ ‎ C. Many birdwatchers logged on to the website for details.‎ ‎ D. Birdwatchers showed their determination to protect the rare bird.‎ ‎36. Which of the following CANNOT be true according to the passage?‎ ‎ A. Television wildlife programmes started the popular pastime of birdwatching.‎ ‎ B. The network service has contributed to the rapid development of birdwatching.‎ ‎ C. Birdwatching in Britain was long considered a sport with a small group of followers.‎ ‎ D. The current situation of birdwatching may promote the protection of the environment.‎ ‎37. The passage mainly tells us about ________ in UK.‎ ‎ A. the history of birdwatching B. a growing passion for birdwatching ‎ C. the impact of media on birdwatching D. birdwatching as a popular expensive sport 答案 CBAB Passage 10‎ Fidenzio Salvatori is determined that the city of Toronto will have an outdoor marketplace for merchants from its immigrant community, complete with dancing and other forms of amusement from their native countrSIZies. “Toronto is truly multicultural(多元文化的),” he ‎ said in a newspaper interview. “It’s a city from many places, and a multicultural marketplace will help Torontonians to understand and appreciate the rich variety of cultural groups in our city. ” Salvatori, aged 23, will soon complete his studies at the University of Toronto. He was eleven years old when he came to Canada from Italy with his parents. “Most of Toronto’s immigrants are from lands where the marketplace has always been part of daily life,” he said. Salvatori has been interested in getting an open-air market for Toronto for the last three years. This year, with the help of two fellow students, he prepared a proposal on the subject and presented it to the city’s Executive Committee, asking for their support. The proposal pointed ce w:st="on">Torout Toronto’s rich variety of national groups, “whose customs include market shopping. ” Under a Canadian government program for multiculturalism, the three students have received two thousand dollars with which they will do a study to find out whether Toronto’s immigrant businessmen would support and open-air market. They hope the merchants will support the plan strongly. “A study done earlier this year showed that 90 percent of shoppers would be in favor of it,” Salvatori said . “At first it would be an experiment. But we think it will prove to be good business for the merchants, as well as a tourist attraction. ” 38. What is Fidenzio Salvatori’s purpose of having an outdoor marketplace for ‎ Toronto? A. To provide different forms of amusement C. To inspire its immigrant community B. To keep the cultural variety of the city D. To satisfy its immigrant merchants ‎39. Fidenzio Salvatori, with two other students, has got two thousand dollars from the government____ A. to make an experiment                   B. to start a marketplace C. to perform a research                   D. to operate a business ‎40. According to Salvatori, the marketplace may also help to improve Toronto’s ______. A. market management                       B. community service C. travel industry   D. city planning ‎41. It can be inferred from the text that the Canadian government supports ______ A. the protection of different cultures   B. the plan of an open-air market C. the request of merchants                D. the attitude of shoppers 答案 BCCA Passage 11‎ The tea gardens in Sri Lanka are actually large estates(种植园). The best tea usually comes from plants grown on high grounds, the cool hilltops with rows and rows of tea plants. The plants are about one metre apart. The plant is often pruned so that it remains only 60 to 90 centimetres ‎ high. Pruning is important because it encourages the growth of tender shoots, or young leaves. It is from these shoots that the best tea is got.‎ Practically all the tea pickers are women. The estates prefer to employ women pickers because they are more careful. Their thin fingers can easily remove the twin leaves and new shoots from the plant, which are the parts used for processing(加工) tea. The pickers carry large baskets into which they throw their pickings. A skilled worker can harvest between 9 to 14 kilogrammes of tea leaves a day. Usually new shoots can be picked from the plants about every ten or fifteen days.‎ ‎ Processing tea shoots into the familiar dry tea leaves requires great care and skill .There are various methods of processing depending on the type of tea required .For black tea ,the young green leaves are first spread out o shelves to dry. This process removes much of its water and the leaves become soft. After this ,the leaves are passed through heavy rollers .This operation will press the leaves for juices which give the tea both its colour and taste .Then the leaves are spread out on floors and left to ferment （发酵）under wet conditions. Fermentation develops the rich taste of black tea .The fermented leaves are then dried with a hot-air blower until they become rolled-up black leaves .The final step is to sort and grade them before the black tea is ready for sale to countries all over the world.‎ ‎42．In the first paragraph ,the word “pruning” means .‎ ‎ A．regular cutting of the plants ‎ B．frequent watering ‎ ‎ C．regular use of chemicals ‎ D．growing the plants high in the mountain ‎43．One of the reasons why women are employed to do the picking is that .‎ ‎ A．they work harder than men do in the picking ‎ B．they can throw their pickings more easily into the baskets ‎ C．their fingers fit them better for the job.‎ ‎ D．they can more easily find the twin leaves.‎ ‎44．How many processing steps are mentioned in the last paragraph?‎ ‎ A．Three. B．Four. C．Five. D．Six.‎ ‎45．What is the writer’s purpose in writing the passage?‎ ‎ A．To introduce various methods of tea processing.‎ ‎ B．To persuade readers to buy tea from Sri Lanka.‎ ‎ C．To tell a story that had happened in the tea gardens.‎ ‎ D．To inform readers of tea growing ,picking and processing.‎ 答案 ACCD Passage 12‎ Collections were the inspiration(灵感) for a project at Thomas Tallis School, which formed part of the Imagine Children's Literature Festival last autumn. Each child (aged 12-13) beatified a ‎ box and wrote a story on the subject of collections to throw inside it. The boxes were spread within the Royal Festival Hall's Ballroom. Some were left empty to encourage ‎ The subject chosen by Luren was an imaginative one. "It's a sort o f Cinderella (灰姑娘) story," she told me, inspired by a collection of letters from her cousin, ha the story these become love letters, burned by a creel stepmother. Lauren's best friend Charlotte is the stepmother. "I'm in Charlotte's story too," says Lauren, "and I get run over." Charlotte's tale was inspired by the girls' coin collection. "We've collected foreign coins for years – since our families went on holiday to Tenerife." she explains. "That was before the Euro, so we put pesetas in." Lauren continues: "I fred a coin in the road, go to get it and get run over. I'm in hospital and then I die." Charlotte adds: "Or she might not die. I haven't decided yet." ‎ ‎ Millie Murray, who is a tea-novel author, thinks that setting the subject of collections was a useful inspiration to their creativity rather than a restriction(限制). "In the beginning I thought, 'Will the children be able to do it?'" she says. "But it's been fruitful. Some have their own collection, some have parents who do, and some have wlstten complete stories. It's made them think about something they wouldn't have otherwise, winch can only be a good thing."‎ ‎46. What were the children asked to do in the project?‎ ‎ A. To meet friends at Thomas Tallis School ‎ B. To write stories on the subject of collections.‎ ‎ C. To encourage visitors to write their own stories.‎ ‎ D. To have their friends for characters in the stories. ‎ ‎47. The underlined word "pesetas" in Paragraph 2 is a kind of _____.‎ ‎ A. story B. collection C. inspiration D. foreign coin ‎ ‎48. From the stories by Lauren and Charlotte, we know that _____ .‎ ‎ A. Charlotte hurt herself when getting a coin ‎ B. both of them developed their imagination ‎ C. both of tram will die in each other's stories ‎ D. Latwen's cousin posted her some love letters ‎ ‎49. Millie Murray thinks ________.‎ ‎ A. collections could inspire writing creativity ‎ B. it was good for parents to have collections ‎ C. inspirations were very useful in writing stories ‎ D. setting collection subjects restricted inspirations ‎ 答案 BDBA Passage 13‎ From Mr. Ward Hoffman.‎ ‎ Sir, I was halfway through Professor Raj Persaud's article “What's the tipping point"‎ ‎(Financial Times Weekend, April 9-l0) when it occurred to me that what I was reading was not ironic(讽刺的). If Prof Persaud wants to know why Americans tip in restaurants, he need only ask ‎ the first American he meets in London.‎ ‎ Americans tip in restarts for one reason, and one reason only: we tip to supplement (补贴) the salary of restaurant workers. Quality of service does not enter into it, beyond the fact that one may tip a bit less for poor service, or a little more for good service.‎ ‎ Not tipping at all in a non-fast-food restaurant is not a choice. In the US, one used to tip about 15 per cent for dining in a family-style restaurant or in an up-market (高档的) restaurant. Here, in San Francisco Bay area restaurants, we me encouraged to tip 20 per cent or more, to help restart workers live in this very expensive area.‎ ‎ After eating at an Italian restart in my city, I left a tip of 20 per cent on the non-tax part of our dinner bill. It was expected. There is nothing more complicated (复杂的) than that about Americas tipping in restaurants. ‎ Ward Hoffman, ‎ Palo Alto, CA 94306, US ‎* * *‎ From Mr. Philip McBride Johnson.‎ ‎ Sir, I agree with most of Raj Persaud's opinion about the doubtful value of tipping, but with one exception(例外). Tips can be very useful when one is a repeat customer or diner.‎ It is only when the tipper is a stranger and likely to remain so that the system does not work to his or her advantage. But frequent a hotel or a restaurant, always tip a bit more, and the difference in service and treatment will ha easily felt.‎ Phfiip McBnde Johnson,‎ Great Falls, VA 22066, US ‎50. What can we learn from Hoffrnan's letter?‎ ‎ A. Quality of service determines tipping in the US.‎ ‎ B. Americans don't tip in non fast-food restaurants.‎ ‎ C. Tipping in US upmarknt restarts is unnecessary.‎ ‎ D. How to tip in the United States is not complicated. ‎ ‎51. Johnson's letter shows ________.‎ ‎ A. a stranger in a restaurant is likely to tip a bit more ‎ B. diners receive better service if they frequent a restaurant ‎ C. repeat dinners may get good service ifthay tip a bit more ‎ D. the tipping system works to the advantage of new customers ‎ ‎52. From tbe two letters, we can learn Professor Raj Persaud ______ .‎ ‎ A. feels doubtful about the value of tipping ‎ B. believes tipping improves quality of service ‎ C. wats to ask Hoffman about tipping m the US ‎ D. thinks tipping a bit mom one can get good service ‎ ‎53. The two letters most probably appears in a ______.‎ ‎ A. notice B. handbook C. book review D. newspaper ‎ 答案 DCAD Passage 14‎ Handshaking, though a European practise is often seen in big cities of China. Nobody knows exactly when the practice started in Europe. It is said that long long ago in Europe when people met, they showed their unarmed (无武器的) hands to each other as a sign of goodwill. As time went on and trade in cities grew rapidly, people in cities began to clap each other’s hands to make a deal or to reach an agreement. This practice was later changed into shaking hands among friends on meeting or leaving each other. “Let’s shake (hands) on it” sometimes means agreement reached.‎ Do the Europeans shake hands wherever they go and with whomever they meet? No. Sometimes the Chinese abroad reach out their hands too often to be polite. It is really very impolite to give your hand when the other party, especially when it is a woman, shows little interest in shaking hands with you and when the meeting does not mean anything to him or-her. Even if, for politeness, he holds out his unwilling hand in answer to your uninvited hand, just touch it slightly- There is generally a misunderstanding (误解) among the Chinese that westerners are usually open and straighforward, while the Chinese are rather reserved (保守的) in manner. But in fact some people in western countries more reserved than some Chinese today. So it is a good idea to shake hands with a westerner only when he shows interest in further relations with you.‎ ‎54. In the old days in Europe, people put out their unarmed hands to each other ______.‎ A. to make a deal B. to greet each other C. to show friendliness D " to reach an agreement ‎55. The first paragraph mainly tells us ______. A. where handshaking was first practised B. how handshaking came about C. about the relationship between handshaking and trade ‎ D. about the practice of handshaking both in Europe and in China ‎55. According to the text. which of the following statements is true?‎ A. Westerners are more reserved than the Chinese.‎ B. Westerners are unwilling to shake hands.‎ C. We should make a judgement before shaking hands.‎ D. We shouldn’t shake hands with European women.‎ ‎57. The main purpose of the text is ______.‎ A. to tell us some differences between the East and the West B. to offer us some important facts about handshaking C. to introduce us to some different customs in the West D. to give us some advice before we travel abroad 答案 54.C 55.B 55.C 57.B