63. What is the main idea of the text?

A. Delivering bad news properly is important in communication.

B. Helping others sincerely is the key to business success.

C. Receiving bad news requires great courage.

D. Learning ancient traditions can be useful.

C

Four people in England, back in 1953, stared at photo 51. it wasn’t much –a picture showing a black X. But three of these people won the Nobel Prize for figuring out what the photo really shows-the shape of DNA. The discovery brought fame and fortune to scientists James Watson, Francis Crick, and Maurice Wilkins. The fourth, the one who actually made the picture, was left out.

Her name was Rosalind Franklin. “She should have been up there,” says historian Mary Bowden. “if her photo hadn’t been there, the others couldn’t have come up with the structure.” one reason Franklin was missing was that she had died of cancer four years before the Nobel decision. But now scholars doubt that Franklin was not only robbed of her life by disease but robbed of credit by her competitors.

At Cambridge University in the 1950s, Watson and Crick fried to make models by cutting up shapes of DNA’s parts and then putting them together. In the meantime, at king’s college in London,　 Franklin and Wilkins shone X-rays at the molecule(分子).The rays produced patterns reflecting the shape.

But Wilkins and Franklin’s relationship was a lot rockier than the celebrated teamwork of Watson and Crick. Wilkins thought Franklin was hired to be his assistant. But the college actually employed her to take over the DNA project.

What she did was produce X-ray pictures that told Watson and Crick that one of their early models was inside out. And she was not shy about saying so. That angered Watson, who attacked her in return. "Mere inspection suggested that she would not easily bend. Clearly she had to go or be put in her place."

As Franklin’s competitors, Wilkins, Watson and Crick had much to gain by cutting her out of the little group of researchers, says historian Pnina Abir-Am. In 1962 at the Nobel Prize awarding ceremony, Wilkins thanked 13 colleagues by name before he mentioned Franklin. Watson wrote his book laughing at her. Crick wrote in 1974 that “Franklins was only two steps away from the solution.”

No, Franklin was the solution. "She contributed more than any other players to solving the structure of DNA. She must be considered a co-discoverer,” Abir-Am says. This was backed up by Aaron Klug, who worked with Franklin and later won a Nobel Prize himself. Once described as the “Dark Lady of DNA”, Franklin is finally coming into the light.

62. From “Dreams of head-cutting!”(Paragraph 3), we learn that the writer　 　 　　.

A. was mad at the sales agent.

B. was reminded of the cruel pharaoh

C. wished that the sales agent would have had dreams.

D. dreamed of cutting the sales agent’s head that night.

61. In the writer's opinion, his neighbor was ____.

A. friendly　 　　 　B. warm-hearted　 　 C. not considerate　 　　D. not helpful

60. In Paragraph 1,the writer tells the story of the pharaoh to　 　 　　.

A. make a comparison　 　 　B. introduce a topic

C. describe a scene　 　　 　D. offer an argument

59．What is the message conveyed in the story?

A. Flowers are important for a date.　 　 　B. Small talk is helpful.

C. Love and kindness are rewarding.　 　　D. Elderly people deserve respecting.

B

In ancient Egypt, the pharaoh(法老)treated the poor message runner like a prince when he arrived at the palace ,if he brought good news. However, if the exhausted runner had the misfortune to bring the pharaoh unhappy news, his head was cut off.

Shades of that spirit spread over today’s conversations. Once a friend and I pack up some peanut butter and sandwiches for an outing.　As we walked light-heartedly out the door, picnic basket in hand ,a smiling neighbor looked up at the sky and said ,"Oh boy, bad day for a picnic. The weatherman says it’s going to rain".　I wanted to strike him on the face with the peanut butter and sandwiches not for his stupid weather report but for his smile!

Several months ago, I was racing to catch a bus.　As I breathlessly put my handful of cash across the Greyhound counter,　the sales agent said with a broad smile: "Oh that bus left five minutes ago'"　Dreams of head cutting

It’s not the news that makes someone angry. It’s the unsympathetic attitude with which it’s delivered. Everyone must give bad news from time to time, and winning professionals do　it with the proper attitude. A doctor advising a patient she needs an operation does it in a caring way.　A boss informing an employee he didn’t get the job takes on a sympathetic tone. Big winners know when delivering any bad news they should share the feeling of the receiver.

Unfortunately, many people are not aware of this. You’re tired from a long flight, has a hotel clerk cheerfully said that your room isn’t ready yet? When you had your heart set on the toast beef, has your waiter merrily told you that he just served the last piece? It makes you as traveler or diner want to land your fist fight on their unsympathetic faces.

Had my neighbor told me of the upcoming rainstorm with sympathy, I would have appreciated his warning. Had the Greyhound salesclerk sympathetically informed me that my bus had already left, I probably would have said, “Oh, that‘s all right. I’ll catch the next one.” Big winners , when they bear bad new ,deliver bombs with the emotion the bombarded (被轰炸的) person is sure to have .

58．Why did the writer give his flowers to the elderly lady?

A. She told him a nice story.　 　 　 　 　 　 　B. She allowed him to pay first.

C. She gave him encouragement.　 　 　 　 D. She liked flowers very much.

57．What does the underlined phrase “her gift” (Paragraph 2 ) refer to?

A. Her words.　 　 　 　B. Her smile.　 　　 　C. Her flowers.　 　D. Her politeness.

56．Why was the writer in a hurry that day?

A. He was to meet his girlfriend.　 　 　 　 　 B. He had to go back to school soon.

C. He was delayed by an elderly lady.　 　　 D. He had to pick up some groceries.

54．A．rainy　　　　　　　 B．sunny　　　　　　　　　　 C．cool　　　　　　　　　　　 D．windy