18．I don't think it is worthwhile to sacrificeyour health to make great achievements．
17．Mrs．Packletide intended to shoot a tiger．Not that the desire to kill had suddenly come to her，or that she felt she would leave India safer with one wild beast less．It was because Loona Bimberton had recently taken a plane to the forest and killed a tiger，and the newspapers showed photographs of Loona Bimberton with a tiger-skin on．In a world supposed to be moved by hunger and by love，Mrs．Packletide's movements were largely governed by dislike of Loona Bimberton．
     Circumstances proved favorable．Mrs．Packletide had offered a thousand rupees （印度卢比） for the opportunity of shooting a tiger without risk or effort，and it happened that an old tiger was frequently coming to a neighboring village at night．He was so old that he couldn't kill animals in the wild and just satisfied his appetite to the smaller household animals．The villagers were eager to earn the thousand rupees； children were posted night and day in the jungle to watch the tiger，and the cheap goats were left about to keep him from going elsewhere．The one great fear was that he should die of old age before the day of Mrs．Packletide's shoot．
    The great night arrived．A platform had been built in a tree，on which sat Mrs．Packletide and her paid companion，Miss Mebbin．A goat with a loud bleat （咩咩叫） was tied down at the correct distance．With an accurate gun，they waited for the coming of the tiger．
"I suppose we are in some danger？"said Miss Mebbin．
    She was not actually nervous about the wild beast，but she was unwilling to perform a bit more service than she had been paid for．
"It's a very old tiger．It couldn't spring up here even if it wanted to．"said Mrs．Packletide．
    Their conversation was cut short by the appearance of the old tiger．He saw the goat，and lay on the earth for a short rest before attacking．
      The gun fired very loudly，and the great yellow beast jumped to one side and then rolled over in the stillness of death．In a moment a crowd of excited villagers appeared on the scene，and their shouting carried the glad news to the village．
    It was Miss Mebbin who found that the goat was dying from a bullet-wound，while no wound could be found on the tiger．Evidently the wrong animal had been hit，and the tiger had died of heart-failure，caused by the sudden loud noise of the gun．Mrs．Packletide was annoyed at the discovery； but anyway，she owned a dead tiger，and the villagers，anxious for their thous and rupees，gladly accepted the fiction that she had shot the tiger．And Miss Mebbin was a paid companion．Therefore Mrs．Packletide faced the cameras with a light heart，and her pictures appeared on the newspapers of England and America．As for Loona Bimberton，she refused to look at a newspaper for weeks，and was in a depressed emotion for quite some time．
    Mrs．Packletide's tiger-skin was inspected and admired by the neighbors，and Mrs．Packletide went to the Costume Ball in the character of Diana （狩猎女神）．
"How amused everyone would be if they knew what really happened，"said Miss Mebbin a few days after the ball．
"What do you mean？"asked Mrs．Packletide quickly．
"How you shot the goat and frightened the tiger to death，"said Miss Mebbin，with her unpleasant laugh．
"No one would believe it，"said Mrs．Packletide，her face changing color rapidly．
"Loona Bimberton would，"said Miss Mebbin．
    Mrs．Packletide's face settled on greenish white．"You surely wouldn't give me away？"she asked．
"I've seen a weekend cottage near Dorking，"said Miss Mebbin，"six hundred and eighty．Quite a bargain，only I don't happen to have the money．"
    Miss Mebbin possessed the pretty weekend cottage．Mrs．Packletide lost interest in animal-hunting．
"The extra expenses are so heavy，"she said to inquiring friends．
62．Mrs．Packletide planned to shoot a tiger because sheD．
A．would leave India safer                  
B．hated the wild animal
C．admired her good friend                  
D．disliked a certain person
63．What did Mrs．Packletide want the villagers to arrange for her？D
A．A platform in a tree．
B．A paid companion．
C．An accurate gun．
D．A safe shooting．
64．What was the result of Mrs．Packletide's shooting？C
A．The old tiger was shot to death．
B．Neither the tiger nor the goat was shot．
C．The old tiger missed being shot．
D．Both the goat and the tiger were shot．
65．What is the message conveyed in the story？D
A．Life is hard for one to predict．
B．Everything comes for a reason．
C．It's unwise to keep bad company．
D．False pride costs more than expected．
16．When my friend went to Europe last summer，instead of snapping photographs of the Louvre or the Eiffel Tower or Stonehenge，she brought back 32 rolls of…Cathedral（大教堂的） ceilings．Ceilings．For the 10 years I've known her I had never suspected that she was this passionate about stained glass．
Still one of the best things about such pictures-despite their obvious narrow appeal-is that they can't help but tell us a great deal about the people who took them．
So I shouldn't have been surprised when I got the roll of film back from my 5-year-old son's first camping trip．I opened the envelope，naively expecting to see pictures of the nightly campfire，the sun setting over the forest，and possibly even a deer or two．
Instead，I saw an off-center picture of tennis shoes．Not even his tennis shoes，mind you，but a pair someone had lost and left in the cabin．Mystery shoes．And that's not all．
As I went through the stack，I found that my son had also taken a picture of his sleeping bag，a penny he found in the gravel next to the car，a leaf，an orange sock，a close-up of his father's ear，a burned hot dog，his thumb，a piece of gum，and many other similar things．
There was barely one sign of nature in the whole stack．I couldn't help thinking that if he'd wanted pictures of assorted junk，it would've been cheaper had he spent the weekend in our back-yard．
AT LEAST that is what I thought until I showed the photographs to my ceiling-snapping friend，the mother of three teenagers，who said simply，"There's nothing wrong with these．"
But of course，this is just the type of answer you'd expect from someone who photographs ceiling．
Then she told me about the time her daughter went to Yosemite Valley and returned with rolls of photographs of the hotel，restaurant，and gift shop．She also told me about the time her son took his camera to a Major League Baseball game and returned with 24 pictures of cloud formations．
I had a feeling she was just trying to make me feel better．
Then again，to a 5-year-old boy，finding a penny is more exciting than seeing a squirrel．And why would he waste good film on something like，say，some endangered water buffaloes，when he could take a picture of cool tennis shoes？Or his shiny new green sleeping bag？
Face it：Things like beautiful sunsets and campfires can't compare to a bag of extra-large marshmallow．
So I did what any good mother would do：I marked the date on the back of the pictures and slid them into our family vacation photo album-right after the five pages of ice sculptures I took last year on our cruise to the Bahamas．
59．Who might have taken a picture of the back seat of the family car in his or her trip mentioned in this     passage？B
A．The author's friend．
B．The author's son．
C．The author．
D．The author's friend's daughter．
60．The author changed her mind on her son's picture taking becauseC．
A．her friend persuaded her to do so
B．her son's pictures finally struck her
C．she realized the truth by herself inspired by the surrounding examples
D．it suddenly occurred to her that she herself had also taken unique pictures before
61．What can we infer from this passage？A
A．Different people perceive the world from different angles，which may vary according to their age，gender，life experiences and soon．
B．The author's friend is a better mum in terms of educating children．
C．The author will educate her son to take pictures of nature instead of some boring things．
D．The author will take vacation pictures of different kind from her past ones．
15．William Wordsworth wrote that"the human mind is capable of excitement without the application of violent stimulants（刺激）"．And it appears that simply reading those words proves his（36）A．
Researchers at the University of Liverpool found the works of Shakespeare and Wordsworth and （37）Bhad a beneficial effect on the mind．It can （38）Cthe reader's attention and trigger（触发） moments of self-reflection．
Using scanners，they （39）Cthe brain activity of volunteers as they read pieces of classical English literature both in their（40）A form and in a modern translation．
And，according to the Sunday Telegraph，the experiment showed the more（41）C  prose（散文） and poetry（42）D far more electrical activity in the brain than the easier versions．
The research also found poetry，（43）C ，increased activity in the right part of the brain，an area（44）B  with"autobiographical（自传式的） memory"，which helped the reader to （45）A on their own experiences．The researchers said this meant the （46）C  were more useful than self-help books．
The brain（47）B of 30 volunteers were watched in the first part of the research as they read Shakespeare in different（48）C．
In one example，volunteers read a line from King Lear，"A father and a gracious aged man：him have you madded"，before reading the （49）B version："A father and a gracious aged man：him you have annoyed"．Shakespeare's use of"mad"as a（n）（50）D caused a higher level of brain activity than the straightforward prose．
The next stage of the research was looking at the（51）B  to which poetry could affect（52）D  and provide therapeutic（治疗的） benefit．Volunteers'brains were scanned while reading four lines by Wordsworth，and four"translated"lines were also provided．
The first version caused more brain activity，（53）B not only the left part of the brain connected with language，but also the right part that relates to autobiographical memory and emotion．
"Poetry is not just a （54）A of style．It is also about deep versions of experience that （55）B the emotional to the cognitive（认知的），"said Prof Davis，who will present the findings at the North of England education conference in Sheffield this week．
36．A．pointB．attitudeC．mindD．advice
37．A．the wayB．the likeC．the likelyD．the kind
38．A．breakB．focusC．catchD．fix
39．A．participatedB．interruptedC．monitoredD．controlled
40．A．originalB．traditionalC．conventionalD．ancient
41．A．attractiveB．beneficialC．challengingD．emotional
42．A．call offB．put offC．take offD．set off
43．A．for exampleB．on occasionC．in particularD．in contrast
44．A．mixedB．concernedC．fixedD．conflicted
45．A．reflectB．agreeC．dependD．take
46．A．averageB．modernC．classicD．academic
47．A．recordsB．responsesC．recallsD．receptions
48．A．moodsB．mannersC．formsD．times
49．A．shorterB．simplerC．betterD．deeper
50．A．adjectiveB．nounC．adverbD．verb
51．A．extensionB．degreeC．amountD．scale
52．A．philosophyB．biologyC．sociologyD．psychology
53．A．raising upB．waking upC．taking upD．making up
54．A．matterB．markC．mannerD．mass
55．A．preferB．addC．caterD．refer．
14．Tom，you should know how to behave yourself．After all you will __________ 20next month，and will __________ a teacher after you graduate from college next year．（　　）
A．become； turnB．turn； becomeC．become； becomeD．turn； turn
13．-When did the manager decide to construct the theory of management？
--It was last month ___________ the management system suffered from a drawback．（　　）
A．whenB．thatC．whichD．where
12．Instead of playing with his kids，he just sat on the bench because his back ___________ badly．（　　）
A．woundedB．hurtC．injuredD．harmed
11．Our class has ___________three papers so as to keep up on current events．（　　）
A．subscribed toB．contributed toC．depended onD．applied for
10．It might rain tomorrow．_______，we'll have to put off our sports meeting until next Friday．（　　）
A．When possibleB．If soC．If notD．If ever
9．Once when I was six years old I saw an amazing picture in a book called True Stories from Naturc about the primeval forest．It was a picture of a boa constriotor（大蟒蛇）in the act of swallowing an arimal．In the book it said："Boa constrictors swallow their prey whole，without chewing it．After that they are not able to move，and they sleep through the six months that they need for digestion．"
I thought deeply then over the adventures of the jungle．And after some work with a colored pencil I succeeded in making my first drawing．My Drawing Number One．I showed my masterpiece to the grown-ups，and asked them whether the drawing frightened them．But they answered："Frighten？Why should any one be frightened by a hat？"
My drawing was not a picture of a hat．It was a picture of a boa constrictor digesting an elephant．But since the grown-ups were not able to understand it，I made another drawing：I drew the inside of a boa constrictor，so that the grown-ups could see it clearly．They always need to have things explained．That's my Drawing Number Two．
The grown-ups'response，this time，was to advise me to lay aside my drawings of boa constrictors，whether from the inside or the outside，and devote myself instead to geography，history，arithmetic，and grammar．That is why，at the age of six，I gave up what might have been a great painter．I had been disheartened by the failure of my Drawing Number One and my Drawing Number Two．Grown-ups never understand anything by themselves，and it is tiresome for children to be always and forever explaining things to them．
So then I chose another profession，and learned to pilot airplanes．I have flown a little over all parts of the world； and it is true that geography has been very useful to me．At a glance I can distinguish China from Arizona．If one gets lost in the night，such knowledge is valuable．
In the course of this life I have had a great many encounters with a great many people．And that hasn't much improved my opinion of them．Whenever I met one of them who seemed to me at all clear-sighted，I tried showing him my Drawing Number One，which I have always kept．I would try to find out if this was a person of true understanding．But，whoever it was，he，or she would always say：That is a hat．Then I would never talk to that person about boa constrictors，or primeval forests，or stars．I would bring myself down to his level．I would talk to him about bridge，and golf，and politics and neckties．And the grown-up would be greatly pleased to have met such an intelligent man．
59．The writer drew his first picture in order toD．
A．show the grown-ups what the book was about
B．frighten the grown-ups trying to enter the forest
C．remind himself of the adventures of the jungle
D．illustrate a boa constrictor'act of digesting an animal
60．How did the writer understand the grown-ups'response to his second drawing？B
A．He was actually only good at academic study．
B．It was a waste of time for him to keep on drawing．
C．He has difficulty in communicating with the adults．
D．He was good at anything but geography．
61．The underlined word disheartened in Paragraph 4 could most probably be replaced byA．
A．discouraged 
B．dissatisfied
C．discriminated   
D．disturbed
62．Which of the following statements is true？D
A．The writer could have become a pilot if encouraged when young．
B．The writer finally changed his opinion of grown-ups．
C．The writer has been showing his two pictures to others ever since．
D．The writer felt nobody could have really understood him．
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