54．From the passage, we can learn                        .

   A. one shouldn't criticize others very often

   B. one should often make his windows clean

   C. one must judge himself before he judges others

   D. one must look at others through his dirty windows

 C

It is sometimes said that the English are polite people. This can make life difficult for foreigners. Suppose a foreign boy asks an English girl to go out with him and she says, “ If I finish my work, I’ll meet you in the coffee house at 7 o’clock.” Is she saying “yes” or “no” to his invitation?

In grammatical terms, she is using the conditional structure（条件句）. By using the conditional, speakers of English can avoid giving a “yes” or “no” answer to a question. It makes people be diplomatic（婉转的）. If the girl doesn’t want to go out with the boy, she won’t turn up at the coffee house. She will let him understand she is still working. If she wants to go out with him, but doesn’t want to appear too easy to catch, she has achieved that with her reply. But in this case, as she uses the first conditional which shows probability, she is quite likely to turn up at the coffee house. Being polite can make life very difficult!

The conditional is often used by people in the news―politicians（政客）, for example―who wish to avoid speaking out their ideas. This is very important if they are on their way to discuss an agreement. No one wants to give away his or her points before he or she starts. A government spokesman might say to a group of workers, “If we could pay you more, we would.” The use of the conditional here makes room for argument（争论） although the speaker is using the second conditional form, which shows improbability. So it is unlikely the workers will get their rise.

“If” is a small word, which appears often in the English language. It can show politeness, reported speech and conditionals such as the first―probability―if I can come to your party, I will; the second―improbability―if I saw you tomorrow, I’d give you the book; and the third―impossibility （meaning it is too late to change something that has happened） ?if you had told me, I would have helped you.

53．“It dawned on me”probably means                   .

   A. I began to understand it                         B. it cheered me up

   C. I knew it grew light                                D. it began to get dark

52．The writer was surprised that                  .

   A. the woman was sitting by her window

B. the woman's window was clean

   C. the woman did cleaning in the afternoon

   D. the woman's window was still terrible

51．The writer couldn't see everything clearly through the window because       .

   A. the woman's window was dirty                B. the writer's window was dirty

   C. the woman lived nearby                          D. the writer was near-sighted

50．If you want to see Marley & Me, you should go to                     .

   A. Dahua Cinema                         B. Guangchang Cinema

   C. Changhong Cinema                  D. Capital Cinema

B

Years ago, I lived in a building in a large city. The building next door was only a few feet away from mine. There was a woman who lived there, whom I had never met, yet I could see her seated by her window each afternoon, sewing or reading.

After several months had gone by, I began to notice that her window was dirty. Everything was unclear through the dirty window. I would say to myself, “I wonder why that woman doesn't wash her window. It really looks terrible. ”

One bright morning I decided to clean my flat, including washing the window on the inside.

Late in the afternoon when I finished the cleaning, I sat down by the window with a cup of coffee for a rest. What a surprise! Across the way, the woman sitting by her window was seen clearly. Her window was clean!

Then it dawned on me. I had been criticizing （批评） her dirty window, but all the time I was watching hers through my own dirty window.

That was quite an important lesson for me. How often had I looked at and criticized others through the dirty window of my heart, through my own shortcomings?

Since then, whenever I wanted to judge （评判） someone, I asked myself first, “Am I looking at him through my own dirty window?”

Then I try to clean the window of my own world so that I may see the world about me more clearly.

49．Linda wants to know more information about Seven Pounds. She can call     .

A. 65281838                  B. 83913644        C. 65274420                D. 64016357

48．The film Spideman lasts                .

   A. 2 hours                                      B. 2 hours 3 minutes

   C. 2 hours 5 minutes                            D. 2 hours 47 minutes

47．Which is the most popular movie?

   A. Valkyrie.                   B. Spideman.       C. Marley & Me.        D. Seven Pounds.

45．A. sending                    B. teaching                   C. pointing                  D. showing