(4)

Do you live in a city? Do you know how cities began? Long ago, the world had only a few thousand people. These people moved from place to place. They moved over the land, hunting animals for food.

No one knows how and when people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed. They did not have to look for food any more. They could stay in one place and grew it. People began to live near one another. And so the first villages grew. Many people came to work in the villages. These villages grew very big. When machines appeared, life in the villages changed again.

Factories were built. More and more people lived near the factories. The cities grew very big.

Today, some people are moving back to small town. Can you tell why?

81.  People moved from place to place hunting ____.

A. animals   B. villages  C. machines   D. factories

82.  The story says, “No one knows how or when these people learned about growing food. But when they did, their lives changed.” The word “they” means ___.

A. animals  B. cities  C. people  D. villages

83.  What happened when factories were built?

a)     People began to live in the factories.

b)     More and more people lived near the factories

c)     There were many machines in big city factories.

d)     There were many machines in the villages

84.  Which of the following is right?

a)     All people like to live only in very big cities.

b)     It is good to live near a factory.

c)     Some people do not like to live in big cities.,

d)     Both A and B.

85.  Which one came first?

A. City  B. Village  C. Factory   D. Machine

(3)

Mr. Smith gave his wife ten dollars for her birthday. So the day after her birthday, Mrs. Smith went shopping. She got on a bus and sat down next to an old woman.

After a while, she saw that the old woman’s handbag was open. Inside it she saw a wad of dollar notes(一迭钱) just like hers. So she quickly opened her own bag and looked into it, the notes were gone.

Mrs. Smith was sure that the old woman had stolen them. She thought she would have to call the policeman but as she didn’t like making a fuss(大惊小怪) and getting people into trouble, she decided to take back the money from the old woman’s handbag and say nothing about it. She looked around the bus to make sure that nobody was watching, then she carefully put her hand into the old woman’s bag, took the notes and put them in her own bag.

When she got home that evening, she showed her husband the beautiful hat. She had bought it that afternoon.

“How did you pay for it?” he asked.

“With the money for my birthday, of course.” She answered.

“Oh? What’s that then?” He asked as he pointed to a wad of ten dollar notes on the table.

76、Mrs. Smith went shopping ____.

A. after a while  B. on her birthday.  C. the day after her birthday  D. ten days after

77.  Mrs. Smith wanted to buy ____ with the dollar notes.

A. a cap  B. a hat  C. a handbag  D. a hat and a bag

78.  The old woman sitting ____ her had her handbag open.

A. under  B. behind  C. in front of   D. next to

79.  Mrs. Smith saw ____ in the old woman’s handbag.

A. a wad of dollar notes  B. a dollar note  C. a wad of ten dollar notes  D. the dollars

80.  Mrs. Smith didn’t call the policeman because ___.

a)     she was on the bus. 

b)     she was too angry

c)     she was not sure whether she had the ten dollar notes with her

d)     she did not like to make trouble for others

(2)

How many men do housework? Recently a European Commission tried to find out people’s ideas and reactions to the movement. As part of their survey(调查), they asked many men and women the question: “Who does the housework?” The men answered very differently from the women!

The housework they asked people about were preparing meals, washing dishes, cleaning the house and babysitting. 48% of British husbands said they did these things. 37% of Danish men helped in the house. But only 15% of Italian wives said that their husbands hardly ever helped. The Italian and British men did not tell the truth! The Commission found that Danish men were the most trustful husbands; their answers were the same as their wives’ answers.

Do the men you know help in the house? Do you think the survey gives a true picture in your experience? Write and tell us what you think.

71.The survey was carried out in _____.

A. Britain  B. Italy  C. Denmark  D. Europe

72。The subject for the survey is ___.

a)     how many boys do the housework

b)     who does the housework at home

c)     How many women do the housework

d)     Who are more diligent, wives or husbands

73。From the passage we can see that ___.

e)     there were more husbands who did the housework than wives

f)     husbands did half of the housework all the time

g)     there were more wives who did the housework than husbands

h)     wives did almost all the housework at home

74。More ____ husbands help in the house than ____ husbands.

A. British, Danish  B. Italian, Danish   C. Danish, British  D. Italian, British

75、The survey shows that ___ husbands were the most honest.

A. Italian  B. Danish  C. British  D. Both A and B

Have you ever heard the phrase, “Love is blind”? If so, you are already   51  with a type of mistake in our attempts to understand others: halo(光环) effects.

This type of mistake 52  to the fact that, once we form an overall impression of somebody, it could have strong effects on our   53  of his personality.   54  , halo effects are both common and powerful.   55   , most organizations contain one or more “superstars”---people who have earned the reputation for being unusually    56  and capable. Once they have gained such a “halo”, everything they do receives good    57  . Ideas that would be regarded as just so-so if suggested by someone else are seen as   58   when proposed by these persons. And actions that might be considered risky if    59   by others are seen as brave when carried out by these “chosen” men and women.

As you can see, halo effects carry high costs. They may lead some persons to have an   60  high opinion of their own worth, while making things   61  for others who are equally deserving. Further, by giving too much influence to persons who are not ready to receive   62  , and by preventing hidden talent from being  63  , they can harm organizations as well as individuals. Clearly,   64  , it is important to recognize the existence and impact of halo effects; only then can their harmful effects be   65  .

51. A. familiar  B. wrong  C. connected  D. bored

52. A. adds  B. extends  C. keeps   D. refers

53. A. choices  B. memories  C. judgments  D. requirements

54. A. Unfortunately  B. Probably  C. Hopefully  D. Generally

55. A. In addition   B. Worse still  C. For example  D. Above all

56. A. amusing  B. conscious  C. fashionable  D. talented

57. A. comment  B. reply  C. effect  D. opportunity

58. A. average   B. strange  C. excellent  D. similar

59. A. compared  B. proved  C. substituted  D. undertaken

60. A. unexpectedly  B. understandably  C. unreasonably  D. unsuccessfully

61. A. difficult  B. disorderly  C. valuable  D. significant

62. A. us   B. you  C. it  D. them

63. A. harmed  B. discovered  C. wasted   D. protected

64. A. too  B. then  C. though  D. instead

65. A. avoided  B. discussed  C. exposed  D. repeated

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