It’s really true what people say about English politeness: it’s everywhere. When squeezing past someone in a narrow aisle, people say “sorry”. When getting off a bus, English passengers say “thank you” rather than the driver. In Germany, people would never dream of doing these things. After all, squeezing past others is sometimes unavoidable, and the bus driver is only doing his job. I used to think the same way, without questioning it, until I started traveling to the British Isles and came to appreciate some more polite ways of interacting (交往) with people.

People thank each other everywhere in England, all the time. When people buy something in a shop, customers and retail assistants in most cases thank each other twice or more. In Germany, it would be exceptional to hear more than one “thank you” in such a conversation. British students thank their lecturers when leaving the room. English employers thank their employees for doing their jobs, as opposite to Germans, who would normally think that paying their workers money is already enough.

Another thing I observed during my stay was that English people rarely criticize others. Even when I was working and mistakes were pointed out to me, my employers emphasized (强调) several times that none of their words were intended as criticism. It has been my impression that by avoiding criticism, English people are making an effort to make others feel comfortable. This is also shown in other ways. British men still open doors for women, and British men are more likely to treat women to a meal than German men. However, I do need to point out here that this applies to English men a bit more than it would to Scottish men! Yes, the latter (后者) are a bit tightfisted.

64. What is the author’s attitude towards English politeness?

A. He appreciates it.                    B. He gives no personal opinion.

C. He thinks it is unnecessary.             D. He thinks it goes too far.

65. What can we learn about customers and retail assistants in Germany?

    A. A customer never says thank you to a retail assistant.

    B. They may say thank you only once.

    C. It’s always a retail assistant who says thank you.

    D. They always say thank you to each other.

66. We can learn from the last paragraph that Scottish men __________.

    A. are not so willing to spend money for women

B. are more polite than English men

    C. treat women in an impolite way                   

D. are more likely to be involved in a fighting

67. The author develops the text through the method of ____________.

    A. giving reasons   B. telling stories  C. giving comments  D. making comparisons

My mind seems always to return to the day when I met Carl. The city bus stopped at a corner to pick up the daily commuters (someone who travels regularly to and from work), a group in which I was included. Boarding the bus, I looked for a place to sit. At last, I found a place near the back.

The occupant of the seat next to the one I was going for was an older man in a grey suit, well-worn dress shoes, and a black hat like I always pictured reporters wearing, but without the little press card. Seated myself, I began to read the book I had been carrying, which was Jack Kerouac’s On the Road. The man in the seat next to me introduced himself by asking if I had read any other book like the one I was holding. When I told him I had, he seemed to become interested, and so did I. He introduced himself as Carl and asked if I liked jazz, and I told him that I didn’t really listen to it, and that I liked rock and roll. Waiting for Carl to tell me that I should listen to real music, I was shocked when he just smiled and nodded. He said, “You remind me of myself when I was your age. I remember how my parents hated jazz, how they couldn’t see how I could listen to that awful noise. I bet your parents say the same thing, don’t they?” Now it was my turn to smile, amused with how right he was.

As the bus ferried us from one side of the city to the other, Carl and I talked about a lot of different things. The more we talked, the more amazed I became at how much the two of us really had in common, despite the age difference. I haven’t seen him since we parted, but the thought of our connection that day rarely leaves my mind.

Carl really made me think about how much we can learn from each other if we just break through the blocks between us we’ve got. I mean, I would have never thought before that day that I could have anything in common with someone so much older than I, just because of age. But Carl taught me that no matter what, we are all just people, and that we should make an extra effort to try and get to know our neighbors and people we see every day, regardless of age, race, religion, sex, or anything else. If we all take the time to attempt to understand each other, I think that the world would be a much better place that we could share together, as humans.

60. From the first paragraph we know that the author _______.

A. did not mind whether there was a seat or not

B. hoped to have a seat when getting on the bus

C. thought the bus was overcrowded

D. looked for a seat but failed

61. The author usually imagined a reporter as one who _______.

   A. liked jazz music

   B. enjoyed talking with others

C. liked reading Jack Kerouac’s works

D. usually wore a black hat and press card

62. After talking with Carl, the author realized that _______.

   A. older people were nice to talk to

   B. he should have known Carl earlier

   C. his parents were so different from Carl’s in listening to music

   D. age was not necessarily a problem in heart-to-heart communication

63. It can be inferred from the passage that _______.

   A. the author hasn’t seen the old man since then

   B. jazz music used to be more popular than rock and roll

   C. the author was not satisfied with human relationships in the world

   D. Carl made the author realize how much people could learn from each other

I live in Hollywood. You may think people in such an attractive, fun-filled place are happier than others. If so, you have some mistaken ideas about the nature of happiness.

Many intelligent people still equate happiness with fun. The truth is that fun and happiness have little or nothing in common. Fun is what we experience during an act. Happiness is what we experience after an act. It is a deeper, more long-lasting emotion. Going to an amusement park or ball game, watching a movie or television, are fun activities that help us relax, temporarily forget our problems and maybe even laugh. But they do not bring happiness, because their positive effects end when the fun ends.

I have often thought that if Hollywood stars have a role to play, it is to teach us that happiness has nothing to do with fun. These rich, beautiful individuals have constant access to exciting parties, fancy cars, expensive homes, everything that spells “happiness”. But in memoir(回忆录) after memoir, celebrities reveal the unhappiness hidden beneath all their fun: depression, alcoholism, drug addiction, broken marriages, troubled children, and long-time loneliness.

The way people hold on to the belief that a fun-filled, pain-free life equates happiness actually decreases their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equated with happiness, then pain must be equated with unhappiness. But, in fact, the opposite is true: More times than not, things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

As a result, many people avoid the very efforts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment, charitable work and self-improvement.

56. According to the passage, “fun activities” ____________.

   A. are the things we do before we find happiness

B. may help us relax and forget our problems sometimes

   C. will lead us to the true happiness                    

D. could provide long-last positive effects

57. In the author’s opinion, those Hollywood stars ____________.

A. possess happiness because they are rich and famous    

B. experience almost all kinds of happy things

C. tell us happiness isn’t equal to fun using their own stories

D. have to suffer a lot before they become successful

58. It is difficult for people to find real happiness because ____________.

   A. they believe happiness is the fun life without pain    B. they find pain equals unhappiness

   C. they fear to lose what they already have in life               D. They are afraid all their efforts were in vain

59. The main purpose of the text is to ____________.

   A. describe the difference between happiness and fun B. show the true meaning of happiness

   C. encourage people to pursue fun activities                D. advise people to find their real life

Twenty years ago, Mark Thatcher, the son of Mrs. Thatcher, was reported missing in the Sahara Desert while competing in the Grand Prix Motor race from Paris to Daker. The sad news, so unexpected, shook the unusually   36   and unhurried politician off her balance. Though she did her best to   37   as if nothing had happened and made her public appearance as usual, people could not fail to notice that she was no longer the old self-assured prime minister who always had everything under   38  . Instead she had become a very sad mother who was unable to   39   from her shock.

One day when she was to   40   at a lunch party, a reporter caught her off her guard by bringing up the   41   of her missing son again. She was   42   mentally unprepared for the question and lost her self-control. Tears were   43   her cheeks   44   she sobbingly told the reporter there was still no news of Mark and that she was very worried about him. She said that all the countries concerned had   45   to do their best to help her find her son. With that she     46   down completely and sobbed silently for quite a while. Gradually she calmed down and started to speak as   47  . It was a very   48   scene which exposed a new side of Mrs. Thatcher’s   49   the public do not usually see. People began to talk about the Iron Woman’s    50   love, a   51   that is common to all human race.

Later Mark returned   52   to his mother’s side, good-humored and all smiles as usual     53   nothing unusual had ever happened. The Iron Woman,   54  , broke down again and was    55   sobbing for a second time.

36．A．outstanding       B．busy                  C．calm                  D．considerate

37．A．seem                B．talk                    C．do                      D．pretend

38．A．construction     B．control               C．discussion        D．pressure

39．A．respond            B．relieve               C．reduce              D．recover

40．A．arrive                B．eat                    C．speak                D．read

41．A．subject             B．object                C．theme               D．message

42．A．hardly               B．totally                C．partly                D．mostly

43．A．putting down     B．taking off           C．getting off         D．rolling down

44．A．because           B．though               C．if                        D．as

45．A．permitted           B．admitted            C．promised          D．managed

46．A．fell                     B．went                   C．broke                D．brought

47．A．agreed              B．planned            C．announced        D．explained

48．A．moving             B．shocking           C．interesting         D．serious

49．A．quality              B．action                C．position             D．character

50．A．lively                  B．likely                  C．lovely                 D．motherly

51．A．habit                 B．hobby               C．feeling              D．thought

52．A．hungry and tired                              B．safe and funny C．safe and sound D．tired and sleepy

53．A．as if                  B．even if               C．so that              D．if only

54．A．therefore           B．however            C．besides             D．thus

55．A．made              B．heard           C．felt               D．seen

 The fans ______ to see the pop singer the whole afternoon, and they won’t leave until he turns up.

    A. have been waiting  B. waited       C. had waited        D. would have waited

 She was ______ good terms with her twin sisiter,because they were two of a kind. In other words, They were identical ______ each other.

A. in; to               B.in; with         C. on; with         D.on; to

 The peace talk between the two sides ______, as neither wanted to give in.

A. broke out       B. broke up        C. broke down      D. broke away 

 No book is ______interesting,so I take up the story______I stopped yesterday?

       A.such; which     B．so;which       C.that;where       D．so;when

 He often looks away from people when talking, and I can hardly stand______like this.

       A. his to behave    B. him to behave   C. he behaving      D. his behaving

 ---It is said that China will declare war on Japan soon.

   ---______, China will never be the first country______ weapons.

A. Incredible;using  B. Come on;to use  C. Nonesense;using  D. That’s it;to use