The passengers on the bus watched sympathetically as the attractive young woman with the white cane made her way carefully up the steps．She   36   the driver and, using her hands to feel the   37   of the seats, walked down and found the   38   which the driver had told her was empty．Then she settled in．
It had been a year since Mary, 34,   39   a medical misdiagnosis （误诊）, was suddenly thrown into a world of   40 . Mark, her husband, was an Air Force officer and he loved Mary with all his heart．He   41   her how to rely on her other   42  , specifically her hearing, to determine where she was and   43   to adapt herself to the new environment．He helped her befriend the bus drivers who could   44   for her, and save her a seat．
  45  , Mary decided that she was ready to try the   46   on her own．Monday morning, she said good-bye and for the first time, they went their   47  ways．
On Friday morning, Mary took the bus to work as usual．As she was   48   the bus, the driver said, “Boy, I   49   envy you．” Mary had no   50 what the driver was talking about, and asked, “What do you   51  ?”
The driver answered, “You know, every morning for the   52   week, a fine-looking gentleman   53 a military uniform has been standing across the corner   54   you as you get off the bus．He   55   you cross the street safely and he watches until you enter your office building．You are one lucky lady．”           
Tears of gratitude poured down Mary’s cheeks．  

One afternoon I was sitting at my favorite table in a restaurant, waiting for the food I had ordered to arrive. Suddenly I    36    that a man sitting at a table near the window kept glancing in my direction,    37   he knew me. The man had a newspaper     38   in front of him, which he was   39    to read, but I could   40    that he was keeping an eye on me. when the waiter brought my    41   the man was clearly puzzled (困惑) by the    42    way in which the waiter and I    43    each other. He seemed even more puzzled as     44   went on and it became    45 that all the waiters in the restaurant knew me. Finally he got up and went into the    46   . When he came out, he paid his bill and    47 without another glance in my direction .
I called the owner of the restaurant and asked what the man had    48   . "Well," he said , "that man was a detective (侦探) . He    49    you here because he thought you were the man he     50  ." "What ?" I said, showing my     51  . The owner continued, "He came into the kitchen and showed me a photo of the wanted man. I   52     say he looked very much like you ! Of course, since we know you, we told him that he had made a     53  ." "Well , it's really    54    I came to a restaurant where I'm known ," I said . "   55    , I might have been in trouble ."

One summer my friend and I decided to go to Italy for a holiday and we decided to travel there without going through a travel agency. You know, you would be submerged (淹没) in crowds of tourists and lose lots of opportunities to get familiar with the country more closely. We started to think over our trip and managed to come up with a free tour of Italy.
The trip was not very long but it was still very impressive. We look forward to going there again! Of course, we spent lots of time arranging the trip, but it was well worth it! Of course I was afraid that something would go wrong and I was especially anxious about my visa, but everything went quite smoothly in the end.
The most difficult part was getting a visa without an invitation. In the Italian consulate(领事馆), one must hand in some official paper proving that one has a hotel booked for oneself in order to get the visa. Then we had to solve the ticket problem. Airlines often sell cheap tickets and we bought ours far in advance. The next step was to book a hotel. We finally booked a hotel about thirty km away from the heart of Rome and it was the perfect choice for our trip.
Every day we took a train that carried us to the heart of Rome. Our big house, which was surrounded by the forest, was a rare girl for the fresh air and absolute silence, beautiful views, hospitable (好客的) hosts, comfortable living conditions delighted us to no end. Besides this, we were very lucky that our mistress was Russian. She gave us a lot of advice that was of great use. She told us what transport to choose and where the best places to go.
Don’t be afraid to arrange your trip by yourself. It’s not difficult! The only thing I'll say right now is that we really enjoyed traveling by ourselves. We walked with a map and a guide-book to wherever we wanted and we even met some of our fellow countrymen on the way just two or three times. So, if you're also planning a "single" trip, don't forget to take a Russian-Italian phrasebook as people in Italy prefer to speak in their native tongue.
【小题1】 Why does the author want to go to Italy again?

A．enjoys traveling everywhere in the world

B．likes being accompanied by tour guides

C．advises us to arrange trips by ourselves

D．met with a lot of his countrymen in Italy

What is the relationship between violence and sports? Psychologists say that there are many reasons for violence at sports events. One is alcohol. Many fans drink a lot at games. When people drink, they are more likely to do abnormal things. Psychologist Dennis Brock says, “Quiet people become loud. Normally nonviolent people become destructive． ”
David Sampson, a sports sociologist, says, “These are often celebratory riots— a large number of very happy people mixed in with large amounts of alcohol. They don’t often seem dangerous in the beginning, but things get violent quickly． ”
Another reason for violence at sports events is the crowd. When individuals are in a large group of people, they can lose their sense of personal responsibility. Edward Hirt, a social Psychologist, says that research shows that people do things in crowds that they would never do alone. People in crowds feel anonymous — no one knows who they are. Crowds also make people feel powerful. They stop making personal decisions. They just follow the crowd. Social psychologists call this a “mob mentality．”
Dave Zarifis, head of public safety says, “Some people don’t even come to celebrate. They want to drink hard and make trouble. Someone does something stupid, and it grows from there. You get a mob mentality. People think it’s OK to do almost anything. They think, ‘There are so many of us and not enough of them． ’ ”
Social psychologist Dr. Sharon Kennedy says that there are some things officials can do to prevent violence. Making sure that an area is not overcrowded is very important. Officials should also think of games as “big parties．” Then they will prepare differently. Kennedy says that in Great Britain they are controlling the problem with cameras in all the stadiums. “When you know someone is watching, you are much less likely to behave badly． ”
【小题1】Which of the following best gives the main idea of the first two paragraphs? 

Which are you more likely to have wath you at sny given mement—your cell phone or your wallet? Soon you may be able to throw your wallet away and pay for things with a quick wave of your smart phone over an electroue scannet.
In January, Starbucks announced that customers could start using their phones to buy coffee in 6,800 of its states. This is the first pay-by-phone practice in the U.S., but we’re likely to see more witeless payment alternatives as something called ucar field communcation(NFC)GETS IN TO America’s consumet electanies. Last Deccmbet some new smart phanes which cantain an NFC chip were introduced to the public.
Already in use in part of Asia and Europe, NFC allows shoppers to wave theie phones a few inchs above a payment terminal-a contact-free system build for speed and convenience.  plan a few incees live a payment tetminal a one a few ptaht need to be worked out, like who will get to collect the profitable trunsacian(交易)fees. Although some credit card providers have been experimenting with wave and pay systems that use NFC enabled credit cards, cellphone service providers truay try to mused their way into the point of sale (POS)market. Three big cell phone service providers have formed a joinf tenture(合资企业)that will go into opention over the next 15 months. Its goal is“to lead the U.S. payments industry from cards to mobile phone.”
The other big NFC sue, apart from how paymeats will be processed, is security, For instance, what’s to stop a thief from digitally pickpocketing you? “We’re still not at the point where an attacker can just brush against yee in a crowd and steal all the money out of your phone,”says Jimmy Shah. A mobile security rescarcher, “Usera may also be able to set transaction timeits,requiring a password to be enteced for larger putchases.
Bussiness? Keep in mund you lost your smart phone, it can be located on a located on a map and remotely disabled. Plus, your phone can be password protected, Your wallet isn’t.
【小题1】What is predicted to happen in the U.S.?