66. What old Harold cannot understand or explain is the fact that ______

A. he is treated as an outsider rather than a husband

B. women have so much to share

C. women show little interest in ballgames

D. he finds his wife difficult to talk to

65. The Browns have a 13-year-old son and 11-year-old daughter. If they stay on Liberty Hill Farm for one night, how much will they pay?

A. $175.　　　　　　　 B. $220.　　　　　　　　 C. $235.　　　　　　　　 D. $250.

E

Betty and Harold have been married for years. But one thing still puzzles old Harold. How is it that he can leave Betty and her friend Joan sitting on the sofa, talking, go out to a ballgame, come back three and a half hours later, and they're still sitting on the sofa? Talking? What in the world, Harold wonders, do they have to talk about?

Betty shrugs. Talk? We're friends.

Researching this matter called friendship, psychologist Lillian Rubin spent two years interviewing more than two hundred women and men. No matter what their age, their job, their sex, the results were completely clear: women have more friendships than men, and the difference in the content and the quality of those friendships is "marked and unmistakable." More than two-thirds of the single men Rubin interviewed could not name a best friend. Those who could were likely to name a woman. Yet three-quarters of the single women had no problem naming a best friend, and almost always it was a woman. More married men than women named their wife/husband as a best friend, most trusted person, or the one they would turn to in time of emotional distress(感情危机). "Most women," says Rubin, "identified at least one, usually more, trusted friends to whom they could turn in a troubled moment, and they spoke openly about the importance of these relationships in their lives."

"In general," writes Rubin in her new book, "women's friendships with each other rest on shared emotions and support, but men's relationships are marked by shared activities." For the most part, Rubin says, interactions(交往)between men are emotionally controlled-a good fit with the social requirements of "manly behavior."

"Even when a man is said to be a best friend," Rubin writes, "the two share little about their innermost feelings. Whereas a woman's closest female friend might be the first to tell her to leave a failing marriage, it wasn't unusual to hear a man say he didn't know his friend's marriage was in serious trouble until he appeared one night asking if he could sleep on the sofa."

64. We can learn from the ads that _____________.

A. Hull-O Farm was not built for overnight visitors

B. Frank and Sherry Hull run a farm out of a storybook

C. kids can sit on a gentle cow’s back on Hull-O Farm

D. you can’t milk a cow if you get up late on Liberty Hill Farm

63. The underlined sentence in the first paragraph implies that ___________.

A. you can enjoy the best cuisine(烹调)at the first rate restaurant

B. some farm provide country experiences as well as good accommodations

C. farm work is hard, but you can enjoy it a lot, playing with the animals

D. if you want to hear a cow’s cry, please stay on a best farm

62. What would be the best title for this text?

A. Tea Is Better Than Coffee　　　　　　　　　　　 B. Tea May Help Fight Infection

C. Tea Can Help Prevent Cancer　　　　　　　　 D. Our Body Needs Tea

D

Hee-haw! Scores of farmers across the country are opening up to overnight guests. The best have all the appeal of a first-rate inn-plus here a moo，there a moo.

Sure, you and your kids plan to conquer the theme parks. In the meanwhile, why not make a little hay? Farm stays are fast becoming the great American alternative to the pre-packaged vacation.

LIBERTY HILL FARM

Rochester, Vt.; 802/767-3926; . Adults$75, teens $50, kids 12 and under $35, including breakfast and dinner; shared baths.

Beth and Bob Kennett run a farm straight out of a storybook. You’ll find Beth in the kitchen, rolling out dough(生面团)for a pie. Bob’s busy with other work. Guests sleep in seven sunny bedrooms right in the farmhouse and can participate in any of the farm jobs. Maybe you and your kids won’t be up at 6 a.m. to meet the milk truck, but you can help with the milking twice a day, collect eggs, and pick sweet corn and wild blackberries in season.

HULL-O FARM

Durham, N.Y.; 518/239-6950; www.hull-; Adults $110, kids 10-14 $60, 5-9 $50, 2-4 $35, under 2 free, including breakfast and dinner; private baths.

It started in 1993 as a way to bring in some extra money at a time of falling milk prices. But soon after Frank and Sherry Hull opened their Catskill Mountains dairy farm to overnight visitors, they discovered they loved it. As you drive up, Sherry greets you on the porch of the 1825 farmhouse with a cow-shaped cookie jar. Before long your kids are playing around with the cows, sheep, ducks, goats and getting ready for a hayride.

61．According to Dr Bukowski, _________.

A. the findings of the study have already proved to be true

B. he has taken some amino acid L-theanine from tea and made a drug with it

C. further study is needed to prove the findings true

D. he is not sure whether tea can help prevent heart disease and cancer

60. Tea may help strengthen the body’s defense system because it helps _________.

A. the body to produce more interferon

B. the body to produce more Gamma delta T cells

C. to add some bacteria to the blood cells

D. to mix antigens with some of the cells in the body

59. We may know from the text that _________can be found in different kinds of tea.

A. Gamma delta T cells　　 　　　　 B. L-theanine　　　 C. interferon　　 　　　　 D. bacteria

58. What can we learn from the last paragraph?

A.　　　 Table manners are becoming less and less important.

B.　　　　 Table manners are more important than before despite the popular informality.

C.　　　　 Informality has reduced parents’ influence on children’s behavior.

D.　　　 Informality has resulted in the great loss in British economy.

C

American researchers say drinking tea may help strengthen the body’s defense system against infection．Doctors at Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston，Massachusetts，did the study．The team studied a chemical found in black，green，oolong and pekoe tea. This chemical is an amino acid(氨基酸)called L-theanine．The scientists say it may increase the strength of Gamma delta T cells，which are part of the body’s defenses．

First，the researchers mixed some of these cells with antigens(抗原)found in the amino acid Antigens help the body react to infection．Then the scientists added some bacteria．Within twenty-four hours，the cells produced a lot of interferon，a substance that fights infection. Cells not mixed with the antigens did not produce interferon．

In the second part of the study，eleven people drank five to six cups of black tea every day．Ten other people drank the same amount of instant coffee．That is dried coffee mixed with hot water．Two weeks later，and again two weeks after that，the researchers tested the blood of all twenty-one people．They also looked at what happened when they added bacteria to the blood cells．They found that the tea drinkers produced five times more interferon after they started drinking tea. The coffee drinkers did not produce interferon．

Doctor Jack Bukowski led the study. He says the antigens added to the Gamma delta T cells were responsible for the increased reaction to the bacteria．He says the study also showed that the cells were able to remember the bacteria and fight them again the next time．

Earlier research already has found that tea can help prevent heart disease and cancer. Doctor Bukowski says the new study must be repeated with more people．If the findings prove to be true，he says，then tea drinking might also help protect against bacterial infections．He says the amino acid L-theanine could be removed from tea and used as a drug to strengthen the body’s defenses．

57. What is the main reason for less formality at dinner party?

A.　　　 Busy schedules don’t allow for formality.

B.　　　　 Hosts care less about their social behavior.

C.　　　　 Being formal has been out of date at present.

D.　　　 Hosts are getting tired of frequent family dinner.