65. We can see from this story _______.

  A. going to court is something very common in that country  B. one must be very careful while driving a car

  C. there are more bad sides in that country than good sides

  D. money is more important than other things in that country

                (D)

Designers challenged to build “city on ice”

Researchers will face the world’s most difficult building challenge: to design a hotel and workshop on an Antarctic ice shelf.

   The five attempts before the new Halley Bay research station - always home to at least 16 people, and 50 in summer - would sink by at least a meter a year as the ice melted under them and the snow built up around them.

   Temperatures drop to as low as -55℃, so building outdoors is only possible in January and February, when the average temperature is -5℃. There are also no building suppliers for 3,000 miles.

  “It isn’t just a little group of scientists. You are running a small city,” said Chris Rapley, the director of the British Antarctic Survey, which will run the 19 million pounds project. “You have your power supply, you’ve got your waste disposal (处理), and you’ve got your general maintenance (维护), your communication, and so on.”

  “It’s an airport because our aircraft land there. It’s a seaport - when the ship comes in, you have to take out the new materials and put the waste inside. It’s a very difficult operation.”

  British scientists have worked on the sea ice at Halley Bay for almost 50 years. It was there that the “hole” in the ozone layer (臭氧层) was first spotted in 1985.

  The design competition for the new base will be held at the Royal Institute of British Architects in London.

61. From the passage, we can infer that _________.

  A. if you are not good at something, give up! B. if one has the right attitude, he will have the chance to succeed.

  C. the Chinese men’s basketball team can never beat the Americans because they are too strong.

   D. if you are in a difficult situation, chance never knocks.

                (C)

   I came to study in a Western country a year ago. Yet I did not know its society until I was injured in a car accident. That is because, after the accident, I had to see a doctor and go to court.

  After the accident, my roommate called in a doctor for me. I was very grateful and determined to repay him one day. But the next day, he asked me to pay him $200 for what he had done. I was astonished. He had good reason to charge me, he said. And if I wanted to collect money from the person who was responsible for my injury, I’d have to have a good lawyer. Now that he had helped me to find a good doctor, it was only fair that I should pay him.

   But every time I went to see the doctor, I had to wait about 50 minutes. He would see two or three patients at the same time, and often stop treating one so as to see another. Yet he charged me $115 each time. The final examination report consisted often lines, and it cost me $215.

   My lawyer was all smiles the first time we met. But after that he avoided seeing me at all.  He knew very well the other party was responsible for the accident, yet he hardly did anything. He simply waited to collect his money. He was so irresponsible that I decided to dismiss him. And he made me pay him $770.

   Now I had to act as my own lawyer. Due to my inexperience, I told the insurance company the date I was leaving the country. Knowing that, they played for time, and I left without getting a cent.

   My experiences taught me two things about the reality in some countries. Firstly, in a country like this, money is everything. It is more important than friendship, honor, or professional morality. Secondly, foreigners are still being unfairly treated. So when we talk about the Western world, we should see both its good and bad sides.

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