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9．It is true that good writers rewrite and rewrite and then rewrite some more．But in order to work up the desire to rewrite，it is important to learn to like what you write at the early stage．
I am surprised at the number of famous writers I know who say that they so dislike reading their own writing later that they even hate to look over the publishers'opinions．One reason we may dislike reading our own work is that we're often disappointed that the rich ideas in our minds seem very thin and plain when first written down．Jerry Fodor and Steven Pinker suggest that this fact may be a result of how our minds work．
Different from popular belief，we do not usually think in the words and sentences of ordinary language but in symbols for ideas （known as"mentalese"），and writing our ideas down is an act of translation from that symbolic language．But while mentalese contains our thoughts in the form of a complex tapestry （织锦），writing can only be composed one thread（思路） at a time．Therefore it should not be surprising that our first attempt at expressing ideas should look so simple．It is only by repeatedly rewriting that we produce new threads and connect them to get closer to the ideas formed in our minds．
When people write as if some strict critics are looking over their shoulder，they are so worried about what this critic might say that they get stuck before they even start．Peter Elbow makes an excellent suggestion to deal with this problem．When writing we should have two different minds．At the first stage，we should see every idea，as well as the words we use to express it，as wonderful and worth putting down．It is only during rewrites that we should examine what we excitedly wrote in the first stage and check for weaknesses．
33．What do we learn from the text about those famous writers？C
A．They often regret writing poor works
B．Some of them write surprisingly much．
C．Many of them hate reading their own works
D．They are happy to review the publishers'opinions．
34．What do people generally believe about the way human minds work？A
A．People think in words and sentences．
B．Human ideas are translated into symbols
C．People think by connecting threads of ideas．
D．Human thoughts are expressed through pictures．
35．What can we conclude from the text？D
A．Most people believe we think in symbols．
B．Loving our own writing is scientifically reasonable．
C．The writers and critics can never reach an agreement．
D．Thinking and writing are different stages of mind at work．

8．Will life in the future be better，worse or the same as now？Futurologists（未来学家） predict that life will probably be very different in 2050．
First of all，it seems that TV channels will have disappeared by 2050．A computer will send the program directly to the television．On TV screen appear holograms，which are pictures with certain height，width and depth．We will be able to see，smell and touch the things that we see on television．
Water has become one of our most serious problems．Agriculture is changing and people are growing more fruit and vegetables to export．Demand for water will increase ten times in 2050．Some futurologists predict that water will be the cause of war if we don't act now．
In transport，cars will run on new fuels and go very fast．A car will have computers to control its speed and there won't be any accidents．On the other hand，space planes will take people around the earth in about three hours．People will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo by space plane in just half an hour．
In the field of technology，robots will have replaced people in factories．By 2050，we will see robots everywhere．They do not ask for pay rises or go on strike，and they work 24hours a day．
Medicine technology will have conquered many diseases by 2050； we will be able to help blind and deaf people see again and hear again．Scientists have discovered how to control genes．They have already produced clones of animals and will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look，how they behave and how much intelligence they have．If you want all this to come true，you should study science and technology hard．
29．What is the main difference between today's and 2050's TV？D
A．We can use a computer to turn off the TV set．
B．We can talk with the characters appearing on TV．
C．We can choose whatever we like to see on TV．
D．We can touch the things we see on TV．
30．What will be more likely to cause the war in the future？A
A．The lack of water．
B．The less farmland．
C．The shortage of robots．
D．The more space planes．
31．Which of the following is TRUE about the transport in the future？B
A．Robots will control the speed of the car．
B．We can travel around the earth in about three hours．
C．There will be more flights from Los Angeles to Tokyo．
D．Cars can run without any fuel．
32．From the passage we can infer that by 2050C．
A．people will spend less time in studying
B．more and more people needn't go to school
C．people will have more time to relax or rest
D．no patients will be found in the world．

7．Itcan'tbe Mrs．Smith．She has gone to the USA．

6．我们不能依赖父母帮我们完成所有的事．（rely on）
We cannot rely on our parents to help us finish everything．．

5． he was in last place，the Olympian showed his willpower by finishing his race．（　　）

4．He told us his garden waslaid out （布局）so well that he won the first place．

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