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D. lists the telephone numbers of your friends 32. Why are some parents against MySpace?
A. Because they think MySpace has a bad influence on their children. B. Because they don’t want to pay so much money for MySpace. C. Because it takes up too much of their children’s spare time.
D. Because troublemakers can easily approach their children through the site.
33. What can we infer from “Every time we hold a parents meeting, the first question is always about MySpace.”?
A. MySpace has become a top issue troubling parents. B. MySpace often holds parents meetings. C. MySpace is quite popular with parents.
D. Parents have lots of questions about the website. 34. The writer’s attitude towards MySpace is ___________.
A. pessimistic B. positive C. optimistic D. objective
35. Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?
A. Internet Safety. B. MySpace. C. Generation Gap. D. The Digital Era. Passage Two
In what now seems like the prehistoric times of computer history, the earth’s postwar era, there was quite a wide-spread concern that computers would take over the world from man one day. Already today, less than forty years later, as computers are relieving us of more and more of the routine tasks in business and in our personal lives, we are faced with a less dramatic but also less foreseen problem. People tend to be over-trusting of computers and are reluctant to challenge their authority. Indeed, they behave as if they were hardly aware that wrong buttons may be pushed, or that a computer may simply malfunction (失误).
Obviously, there would be no point in investing in a computer if you had to check all its answers, but people should also rely on their own internal computers and check the machine when they have the feeling that something has gone wrong.
Questioning and routine double-checks must continue to be as much a part of good business as they were in pre-computer days. Maybe each computer should come with the warning: for all the help this computer may provide, it should not be seen as a substitute for fundamental thinking and reasoning skills.
36. What is the main purpose of this passage?
A. To look back to the early days of computers.
B. To explain what technical problems may occur with computers. C. To discourage unnecessary investment in computers.
D. To warn against a mentally lazy attitude towards computers.
37. According to the passage, the initial concern about computers was that they might ________.
A. change our personal lives B. take control of the world C. create unforeseen problems D. affect our businesses
38. The passage recommends those dealing with computers to ________.
A. be reasonably doubtful about them B. check all their answers
C. substitute them for basic thinking D. use them for business purposes only
39. The passage suggests that the present-day problem with regard to computers is ________.
A. challenging B. psychological C. dramatic D. fundamental
40. It can be inferred from the passage that the author would disapprove of ________.
A. investment in computers B. the use of one’s internal computer C. double-check on computers
D. complete dependence on computers for decision-making
Passage 3
One of our biggest social cripples (缺陷) is the fear of not measuring up. Perhaps you feel you won’t impress others because they are more confident, successful, intelligent or attractive than you are. Such thinking is wrong-headed. The secret of doing well with others is accepting yourself.
When I was a college student, I kept a journal filled with private memories. Some were painful memories from childhood when I felt hurt, confused, lonely and insecure. I described fragments (片断) of dreams and intensely personal feelings of anger and hatred, as well as things I enjoyed such as magic stories and coin shops.
Then a terrible thing happened. After dinner one night I realized that I had left my journal in coatroom outside the campus dining hall. Terrified that somebody might read it and find out the truth about me, I raced back, only to discover that it was gone.
Weeks passed, and eventually I gave up hope of finding it again. A month later, I was hanging up my jacket in the same place when I saw my brown, tattered (破烂的) journal, just where I’d left it. Nervously I flipped through the pages and found that a stranger had written this entry: “God bless you. I am a lot like you, only I don’t keep a diary, and I’m grateful to know there are others like me. I hope things turn out well for you.”
Tears came to my eyes. It had never crossed my mind that anyone could know my inner feelings and still care about me.
No matter what you’re like — whether you’re rich or poor, insecure or outgoing, brilliant or average, attractive or plain — some people like you and others couldn’t care less. Nobody gets accepted by everyone. But far more people will be attracted to you if you accept yourself. 41. What is the passage mainly about？
A. Keeping a diary full of private memories is not good. B. We should try our best to make all the people accept us. C. To impress others by our own personality is very important. D. We should stop comparing with others and accept ourselves. 42. The author keeps a journal because __________________.
A. he felt hurt, insecure and lonely when he was young
B. he enjoyed keeping such private memories and personal feelings C. he felt a strong desire to write about his own dreams
D. he enjoyed writing articles and making others know the other side of the story 43. Why was the author terrified when he lost his journal？
A. His journal was very expensive. B. There were some secrets in it.
C. His journal was something like a coin shop. D. There was some wrong-headed thinking in it.
44. When the author found his journal again, he cried because __________________.
A. he appreciated that the stranger had replaced his journal at the same spot
B. he was moved that the stranger who found his journal also kept a journal like him C. he felt hurt by the stranger’s remarks in his journal
D. he felt grateful that the stranger could understand him after reading his inner feelings 45. Which of the following is NOT true about the passage？
A. If you accept yourself, all the others can accept you.
B. There is no such a person who is accepted by all the others.
C. Although you are rich, outgoing, brilliant and attractive, you cannot be loved by all. D. You are poor, insecure, average and plain, but there are still people who like you.
Passage 4
A gentleman put an advertisement in a newspaper for a boy to work in his office. Out of nearly fifty persons who came to apply, the man selected one and dismissed the others.
“I should like to know,” said a friend, “the reason you preferred that boy, who brought not a single letter, not a single recommendation.”
“You are wrong,” said the gentleman. “He had a great many. He wiped his feet at the door and closed the door behind him, showing that he was careful. He gave his seat immediately to that old man, showing that he was kind and thoughtful. He took off his cap when he came in and answered my questions promptly, showing that he was polite and gentlemanly.”
“All the rest stepped over the book which I had purposely put on the floor. He picked it up and placed it on the table; and he waited quietly for his turn instead of pushing and crowding. When I talked to him, I noticed his tidy clothing, his neatly brushed hair and his clean finger nails. Can’t you see that these things are excellent recommendations? I consider them more significant than others.”
46. Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. A young man was wanted in the office. B. A little boy came and was accepted. C. Fifty people were dismissed at last.
D. The young man was so unlucky that he was refused. 47. He was accepted by the gentleman because ______ .
A. he had many letters B. he didn’t have a single recommendation C. he spoke quietly D. he behaved well
48. We should learn from him, for that ______ .
A. he was careful
B. he offered his seat to an old man
C. he took off his cap when he came in and answered the questions quickly D. All of the above
49. To have an interview for a job, one should ______ .
A. wear expensive clothes B. be clean and tidy
C. be polite and gentlemanly ( gentle-womanly) D. both B and C
50. Choose the best title for the passage.
A. How to Behave Well
B. What Is Most Important for a Job Interview C. To Have Good Manners before a Boss D. Try to Find a Good Job Passage 5
Once a man was waiting for a taxi. A beggar came along and asked him for some money. The man ignored him. But being a professional, the beggar kept on pestering him. The man became angry when he realized that the beggar would not leave him alone unless he gives him some money.
Suddenly an idea occurred to him. He told the beggar, “I do not have money, but if you tell me what you want to do with the money, I will certainly help you.” “I would have bought a cup of tea”, replied the beggar. The man said, “Sorry man. I can offer you a cigarette instead of tea.” He then took a pack of cigarettes from his pocket and offered one to the beggar. The beggar told, “I don’t smoke as it is harmful to health.”
The man smiled and took a bottle of whisky from his pocket and told the beggar, “Here, take this bottle and enjoy the stuff. It’s really good.” The beggar refused by saying, “Alcohol muddles the brain and damages the liver”. The man smiled again. He told the beggar, “I am going to the race course. Come with me and I will arrange for some tickets and we will place bets. If we win, you take the whole amount and leave me alone.” As before, the beggar politely refused the latest offer by saying, “Sorry sir, I can’t come with you as betting on horses is a bad habit.”
Suddenly the man felt relieved and asked the beggar to come to his home with him. Finally, the beggar’s face lit up in hope of receiving at least something from the man. But he still had his doubts and asked the man, “Why do you want me to go to your house with you?”
The man replied, “My wife always wanted to see how a man with no bad habits looks like.” 51. What did the man first offer the beggar?
A. Some money. B. A cup of tea. C. A cigarette. D. A bottle of whisky.
52. The beggar did not want the bottle of whisky because_______________.
A. nobody ever offered him any whisky B. he thought drinking is bad for his health
C. he didn’t have any money to pay for whisky D. one bottle was not enough for him 53. Which of the following statements is true?