42. According to the passage we can conclude that the people who eat at this restaurant are mostly _______________.

A. poor old people　　 　　　　　　　B. rich young people　

C. men with their girl friends　　　　　 D. parents with their children

41. Why didn’t people come to the White Rose Restaurant to eat at first?

A. Because the price was high.　　　　

B. Because the food was too cheap.

C. Because the food was not good.　　

D. The passage didn’t mention.

55．C。推理判断题。通过文章最后一自然段第一句话“At present, Chinese Taibei doesn’t recognize diplomas earned in the Chinese mainland nor help with any inquiries about studying there.”可知台北不承认大陆学历，也不为台湾来中国留学的学生提供任何帮助；另外文章也没有说下一步台湾来中国留学的学生垦定会增加，也没有说台湾教育落后于大陆。

54．A。主旨大意题。虽然现在台湾学生来中国留学的人数在增加，但是文章并没有说大陆教育比台湾教育更吸引人，也没有谈到台湾和大陆的合作。

53．B。意义猜测题。通过原文可知这里“it”指的是“大陆的教育”。

52. C。推理判断题。通过文章第五自然段中“They hope the children could build up connections which could later become useful in their business operations,” 一句话可知。

51．C。细节理解题。综合文章第二、三、四自然段可知，台湾学生来中国留学是为自己以后找到好的工作创造更多的机会和途径。

55．Which is true according to the passage?

　 　　 A．Chinese Taibei recognizes diplomas earned on the Chinese mainland

　 　　 B．The number of Taiwanese students going to study on the mainland will surely be increasing in the next few years.

　 　　 C．Chinese Taibei doesn’t help with any inquiries about Taiwanese studying in the mainland

　 　　 D．Education of Taiwan is far behind the mainland.

[答案与解析]　 51~55 　CCBAC 　

现在台湾学生来中国留学的人数在增加，台湾学生来中国留学是为自己以后找到好的工作创造更多的机会和途径。

54．The author wrote the article to tell us ______________.

　 　　 A．more Taiwanese students are studying on the mainland

　 　　 B．the number of Taiwanese students going to universities on the mainland had been increasing year after year

　 　　 C．education on the mainland is more attractive compared with that of Taiwan

　 　　 D．Taiwan and the mainland should cooperate with each other in every field.

53．The underlined word “it” in the third paragraph refers to __________.

A．Netbig. Com　　　　　　　　　　　 B．a Chinese education on the mainland

C．the Chinese job market　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．the university