50. According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?

A. Writhing skills are less important than experience.

B. A good writer should have his own way of writing.

C. A good writer should learn to write the same kind of article.

D. The more efforts one makes, the more money one can earn.

49. In this passage, good writing is compared to fine food because both______.

A. are enjoyable　　 B. are easy to learn　　　　 C. are unnecessary to life　　　 D. take a short time to prepare

48. What can we learn from the story?

A. Otzi might be named after the valley where he was found.

B. Otzi’s arrows and knife were made in China.

C. Otzi must have once visited ancient China.

D. No one dares to see Otzi’s dead body again.

C

Like fine food, good writing is something we approach with pleasure and enjoy from the first taste to the last. And good writers, like good cooks, do not suddenly appear full-blown(成熟的). Quite the opposite ,just as the cook as to undergo a particular training, mastering the skills of his trade, the writer must sit at his desk and devote long hours to achieving a style in his writing, whatever its purpose is - schoolwork, matters of business, or purely social communication. You may be sure that the more painstaking the effort, the more effective the writing, and the more rewarding.

There are still some faraway places in the world where you might find a public scribe(抄写员)to do your business or social writing for you, for money. There are a few managers who are lucky enough to have the service of that rare kind of secretary who can take care of all sorts of letters writing with no more than a quick note to work from. But for most of us, if there is any writing to be done, we have to do it ourselves.

We have to write school papers, business papers or home papers. We are constantly called on to put words to papers. It would be difficult to count the number of such words, messages, letters, and reports put into mails or delivered by hand, but the daily figures must be extremely large. What is more, everyone who writes expects, or at least hopes whatever he writes will be read from first word to last, not just thrown into some “letters-to-be-read” files or into the wastepaper basket. This is the reason we make efforts toward learning and practicing the skills of interesting, effective writing.

47. How was Otzi’s identity(身份)probably found?

A. With the help of the knife he used.　　　　　　　　 B. With the help of the arrows.

C. Through the fur worn by Otzi.　　　　　　　　　　　 D. Through the tattoo on his skin.

46. According to Prauda, Otzi was thought likely to be a ______.

A. magician　　　　　 B. soldier　　　　　　　　　　 C. hunter　　　　　　　 D. famer

45.When did Otzi possibly live?

A. During WWI.　　 B. About 7,000 years ago.　　 C. About 5,300 years ago.　　 D. About 3,300 years ago

42. From the passage we can infer that _________.

A. the bank could solve the problem soon and easily with the red tape

B. some large organizations usually have troublesome official rules

C. Daniel didn’t know the error until he contacted the author

D. it was easy for a company to have a mistake which had occurred fixed

B

Clothes made in China were worn in European countries thousands of years before the first export factories sprung up(出现). A mummy, nicknamed Otzi, was wearing a Chinese jacket, the latest research has found. But where and how he got the jacket has become a topic of great debate.

Otiz is the nickname of a well-preserved(保存完好的)mummy from about 3300 BC. He was found in 1991 in the Otztal valley of the Alps, near the border between Austria an Italy. Two German tourists, Helmut and Erka Simon found him when they were climbing.

Otzi was thought to be the body of a soldier who fought during the First World War(WWI), but was found to be thousands of years older. Studying Otzi shows that the items with him were all of different ages. His arrows are 7,000 years old. The knife belonged to the time hundreds of years later and the fur in which the man was dressed originally belonged to a goat that lived in China. Otzi’s tatoo(纹身)shows that he might have been a person who practiced magic, according to Prauda, the official newspaper in Russia.

There are still thousands of mysteries about Otzi, yet the most famous and frightening one is his curse(咒语). Some researchers believe that Otzi’s curse is still effective and will bring bad luck upon those who trouble his dead body. Indeed, several people who have touched the remans of the ancient man have already died.

(from Reuters 2008/12/30)

43. How was the problem solved in the end?

A. The author and Daniel solved the problem themselves.

B. It cost Daniel a lovely bottle of wine to get back his money.

C. The author gave the money back to the company.

D. The call operator offered to solve their problem.

42. The underlined phrase “beside myself” probably means _______.

A. very fortunate　　　　　 B. very angry　　　　　　　　 C. really thankful　　　　　　　　 D. at ease

41. What was the attitude of the author towards the extra money in his bank account?

A. He didn’t know what to do with it.　　　　　　　　 B. He felt lucky to get it.

C. He thought of keeping it for himself.　　　　　　　　　　 D. He wanted to return it to the right person.