1. Love, do not harm, the motherland. 　　　 2. Serve, don’t betray, the people.

52. We can attract and kill mosquitoes by using a _____________.

A. red light　　　　 B. yellow light　　　 C. blue light　　　 D. green light

D

Eight honours and disgraces

The leader of China issued a list of honours and disgraces, helping Chinese people form life values. They are the following:

51. Which of the statements about the color- blind is true?

A. Not all of them have the same problem in recognizing color.

B. None of them can see deep red.

C. None of them can tell the difference between blue and green.

D. All of them see everything in shades of green.

50. Why do some people say it is safer to be driven by women?

A. Women are more careful.

B. There are fewer color-blind women

C. Women are fonder of driving than men.

D. Women are weaker but quicker in thinking.

49. According to the passage, with the help of the “cones”, we can_______________.

A. tell different shapes　　　　　　　　　　 B. see in a weak light

C. kill mosquitoes　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D. tell orange from yellow

48. The passage is mainly about _____________.

A. color and its surprising effects. 　 B. women being luckier than men

C. danger caused by color blindness　 D. color blindness

47. We learn from the text that　　　　　 .

A. we always do things successfully without help

B. we should give helping hands to others when they notice

C. we never receive helping hands when we need

D. we could get help and we should help others

C

About ten men in every hundred suffer from color blindness in some way. Women are luckier; only about one in two hundred is affected in this matter. Perhaps, after all, it is safer to be driven by a woman!

There are different forms of color blindness. In some cases a man may not be able to see deep red. He may think that red, orange and yellow are all shadows of green. Sometimes a person cannot tell the difference between blue and green. In rare cases an unlucky man may see everything in shades of green－a strange world indeed.

Color blindness in human beings is a strange thing to explain. In a single eye there are millions of very small things called “cones”. These help us to see in a bright light and to tell difference between colors. There are also millions of “rods”, but these are used for seeing when it is near dark. They show us shape but no color.

Some insects have favorite colors. Mosquitoes prefer blue to yellow. A red light will not attract insects, but a blue lamp will. In a similar way human beings also have favorite colors. Yet we are lucky. With the aid of the cones in our eyes we can see many beautiful colors by day, and with the aid of the rods we can see shapes at night. One day we may even learn more about the invisible colors around us.

46. Which of the following sentences is true?

A. The pianist knew the boy’s mother very well.

B. The pianist wanted to play Twinkle，Twinkle Little Star

C. The pianist told the boy to stop playing the piano.

D. The pianist helped the boy to play a beautiful music.

45. The little boy slipped onto the stage when　　　　 .

A. the evening arrived　　 　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. they got to the concert hall

C. her mother talked to her friend 　　　　　　　　　　 D. the spotlight came on

45. Which of the following gifts is not mentioned in the passage?

A. Clothing. 　　　　　 　 B. Flowers.

C. Jewelry. 　　　　　　 　 D. Books.

B

A mother wanted to encourage her son’s progress at the piano. She bought tickets to a performance by a great pianist. When the evening arrived，they found their seats near the front of the concert hall and looked at the big piano waiting on the stage. Soon the mother found a friend to talk to，and the boy slipped away.

At 8 o’clock，the lights in the hall became weak. The spotlights(聚光灯)came on. Only then did they notice the boy up on the piano bench，playing Twinkle，Twinkle Little Star. His mother was shocked，but before she could get her son back，the master himself was 0n the stage and quickly moving to the piano.

He went up to the boy and said gently，”Don’t stop. Keep playing. ”Then he leaned(屈身)over and reached down with his left hand and began filling in the bass(低音部)part. Soon his fight arm reached around the other side and played a delightful piece of music. Together，the old master and the little boy carried the crowd away with their beautiful music.

In all our lives，we receive helping hands-some we notice，some we don't. Equally we ourselves have a great many chances to give a helping hand to others-sometimes we like our help to be noticed，sometimes we don’t. Little of what we a11 achieve comes without learning or support from others. What we receive we should give back.