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III. Reading Comprehension. (2 points for each, altogether 30 points)
Directions: There are four passages followed by questions. Beneath each question there are four choices respectively marked by letters A, B, C and D. Choose the right answer for each question. Write your answers on the answer sheet.
Passage 1
Like most big projects, learning to manage your mother well is what you should do. Here is what I believe the best steps towards a better relationship with her. They are not necessarily surprising or revolutionary, but they have worked for many people. Try them.
Remember your mother’s age. As children, we often do not think of our mother as having an age. Even when we become conscious of her as an individual, age does not change our view; she is still our mother. Knowing our mother’s age, not just in numbers of years but in terms of her psychological and physical state, often helps us to understand her better.
Listen to your mother. I have found that sometimes the things my mother told me long ago are remarkably useful. If your mother knows that you respect her point of view, even if you do not share it, it will help her feel close to you.
Remember that your mother has a past. A key step in managing our relationship with our mother is to find out about her early life. Niclle’s mother suffered much during the Second War World War. “My parents are both Jewish-Turkish. They met in France and married young for love. They were in their twenties when war broke out and because they were Jews, they had to go into hiding. She does speak to me about the war, and I think it is important to know what she went through. It is a part of her life that must have affected her deeply. ” Sometimes, in learning about our mother’s past, we know that it can encourage us to think about her whole life.
Ask your mother about your childhood history. My grandparents died when I was young. If you are fortunate enough to have living family, think of your life as a jigsaw puzzle and ask as many questions as you can to put the picture together. Understanding your roots and your childhood can help you now more clearly who you are, as part of a family which you share with your mother.
Keep a sense of humor about your mother. When we hear about someone else’s misfortunes with their mothers and are amused by them, our laughter is one of recognition. I
have often listened to stories of difficult mothers and I have also listened to the following piece of advice they have found most helpful is: “Don’t have a sense of humor failure about your mother.”
Remember that managing your mother is really about managing yourself. Taking any measure to managing our mother is the issue of how we manage ourselves. No matter how difficult we find her, it is important to remember that is not her behavior it self that is causing us discomfort, but the way we feel about her behavior. We should follow the way of her life. At the heart of managing your mother is being able to accept your flawed self. Only then are you able to accept your mother—-with all her failings.
51. The followings are the steps you can take to get on with your mother EXCEPT________. [A] Remember your mother’s age and past
[B] Share your roots and your childhood with your mother [C] Have a sense of humor failure about your mother
[D] Managing your shortcoming while managing your mother 52. What does the underlined phrase “a jigsaw puzzle” mean? [A] 拼图玩具 [B] 浏览迷宫 [C] 填充字谜 [D] 游戏人生
53. Which of the following is implied but not stated in the passage?
[A] It will help you have a better relationship with your mother if you respect her opinion. [B] You should follow a most useful piece of advice——a sense of humor. [C] The key measure of managing our mother is how we manage ourselves.
[D] It is unreasonable to expect our mother to change totally from the way she was brought up.
54. The main purpose of writing the text is ________. [A] to give information about how we think of your mother. [B] to improve the relationship with your mother.
[C] to keep a sense of humor about your mother all day long. [D] to accept your mother—-with all her failings.
Passage 2
The Same Story, Different Reports
Belton and Canfield are two seashore towns, not far apart. Both towns have many hotels, and in summer the hotels are full of holiday- makers and other tourists(观光者).
Last August there was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel in Belton. The next day, this news appeared on page two of the town’s newspaper, The Belton Post:
FIRE AT SEABREEZE
Late last night firemen hurried to the Sea breeze Hotel and quickly put out a small fire in a bedroom. The hotel manager said that a cigarette started the fire. We say again to all our visitors: “Please don’t smoke cigarettes in bed.” This was Belton’s first hotel fire for five
years.
The Canfield Times gave the news in these words on page one. ANOTHER BELDON HOTEL CATCHES FIRE
Last night Belton firemen arrived just too late to save clothing, bedclothes and some furniture at the Sea breeze Hotel. An angry holiday-maker said, “An electric lamp probably started the fire. The bedroom lamps are very old at some of these hotels. When I put my bedside light on, I heard a funny noise from the lamp.” We are glad to tell our readers that this sort of adventure does not happen in Canfield.
What are the facts, then? It is never easy to find out the exact truth about an accident. There was a fire at the Sea breeze Hotel last August: that is one fact. Do we know anything else? Yes—we know that firemen went to the hotel. Now what do you think of the rest of the “news”?
55. Which of the following best gives the main idea of this text? [A] Belton and Canfield are both good places for tourists in summer. [B] A fire broke out one night in Sea breeze Hotel last summer. [C] It was not easy to find out exact truth from newspapers. [D] Two newspapers gave reports on the same matter. 56. Which of the following are probably facts? a. The fire broke out in a bedroom at the hotel. b. A cigarette started the fire. c. An old lamp started the fire. d. The fire broke out at night.
e. There has never been a fire in Canfield. [A] b and c [B] a and d [C] c and e [D] a and c
57. The Canfield Times used the headline like this in order to make its readers think _______.
[A] hotels in Belton often catch fire
[B] hotels in Belton don’t often catch fire
[C] this was the second fire at the Sea breeze Hotel
[D] Belton was a good place except that hotels there are not quite safe
58. The Canfield newspaper gave a report just the opposite to the Belton Post by saying that _______.
[A] the bedroom lamps were very old at the Sea breeze Hotel [B] the bedroom lights made funny noise when the fire took place [C] the firemen failed to save clothing, bedclothes and other things [D] such accidents never happened in Canfield for the past 5 years
Passage 3
After too long on the Net, even a phone call can be a shock. My boyfriend’s Liverpudlian accent suddenly becomes too difficult to understand after his clear words on screen; a secretary’s tone seems more rejecting than I’d imagined it would be. Time itself becomes fluid—hours becomes minutes, and alternately seconds stretch into days. Weekends, once a highlight of my week, are now just two ordinary days.
For the last three years, since I stopped working as a producer for Charlie Rose, I have done much of my work as a telecommuter. I submit(提交) articles and edit them by E-mail and communicate with colleagues on Internet mailing lists. My boyfriend lives in England, so much of our relationship is computer-mediated. If I desired, I could stay inside for weeks without wanting anything. I can order food, and manage my money, love and work. In fact, at times I have spent as long as three weeks alone at home, going out only to get mail and buy newspapers and groceries. I watched most of the blizzard of 96 on TV.
But after a while, life itself begins to feel unreal. I start to feel as though I’ve merged(融合) with my machines, taking data in, spitting them back out, just another node(波节) on the Net. Others on line report the same symptoms(症状). We start to strongly dislike the outside forms of socializing. It’s like attending an A. A. meeting in a bar with everyone holding a half-sipped drink. We have become the Net opponents’ worst nightmare.
What first seemed like a luxury, crawling from bed to computer, not worrying about hair, and clothes and face, has becomes avoidance(逃避), a lack of discipline. And once you start replacing real human contact with cyber interaction, coming back out of the cave can be quite difficult.
At times, I turn on the television and just leave it to chatter in the background, something that I’d never done previously. The voices of the programs relax me, but then I’m jarred by the commercials. I find myself sucked in by soap operas, or needing to keep up with the latest news and the weather. “Dateline”, “Frontline”, “Nightline”, CNN, New York 1, every possible angle of every story over and over, and over, even when they are of no possible use to me. Work moves from foreground to background.
59. Compared to the clear words of her boyfriend on screen, his accent becomes _______. [A] unreal [B] unbearable [C] misleading [D] not understandable 60. What does the last paragraph mean?
[A] Having worked on the computer for too long, she became a bit strange. [B] She is so interested in TV programs that she often forgets her work.
[C] She watches TV a lot in order to keep up with the latest news and the weather. [D] She turns on TV now and then in order to get some comfort from TV program. 61. What is the author’s attitude to the computer? [A] At first she likes it but later becomes tired of it. [B] She likes it because it is very convenient. [C] She dislikes it because TV is more attractive.