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A

For those who were born in the year of the pig, good luck andmuch success! This is your year.

When talking to a Westerner, however, you’ve got to be a littlecareful when you talk about pigs. Chinese people think of the pig as asmart and prosperous（rich, luckily wealthy）animal. Western ideastend to be a little more negative（否定的）.

A pig in the West is seen as a dirty, lazy and fat animal. If anyoneever called you a pig, you wouldn’t be smiling . When a person doesn’tlike someone, sometimes he will call that person a pig.

If you ever met a Westerner who was born in the year of the pig,don’t say,“Oh, you’re a pig!” Most Westerners will bemisunderstanding. They will be sure that you made some kind ofmistakes. However, don’t take any chance. You might just offend（激怒）someone who does not share your positive（积极的）ideas aboutpigs.

56．You have to be careful when you talk to a Westerner about pigsbecause .A．they believe pigs best of all B．they consider pigs as badanimals

C．they aren’t used to talking about pigs D．they don’t like thetopic about pigs at all

57．According to the passage we can see that Chinese people thinkof the pig as a animal.A．healthy B．lovely C．bad D．lazy

58．A Westerner will call someone a pig if he or she that man.A．dislikes B．is afraid of C．looks up to D．makes fun of59．When you call a Westerner a pig, who was born in the year of thepig, most of them .A．will be happy B．will be very surprisedC．understand you D．may laugh at you

B

October 24—the UN birthday is celebrated as United Nations Day.It is a day that belongs to everyone, and it is celebrated in mostcountries of the world. Some countries celebrate for a week instead ofa day.

Every year the President of the United States, in a specialannouncement, asks Americans to remember United Nations Day.In many parts of the world, schools plan programmes for this day.Boys and girls in some areas decorate（装饰）a United Nations tree,or plant a garden. In other areas young people put on plays about theUnited Nations. Some libraries show children’s art form around theworld. Schools celebrate with songs and dances of other countries, orgive parties where foods of other countries are served.

Always the purpose of these celebrations is to help everyoneunderstand the United Nations and why it is important.

The UN encourages people to learn about other lands and theircustoms. In this way people can get a better understanding of peopleall over the world.

60．Why is October 24 celebrated in many countries?A．To celebrate the founding of the United Nations.

B．To make people understand what the United Nations means.C．To warn people of the dangers of wars.

D．To tell people how the United Nations came into being.61．How do schools celebrate the day?

A．Children are given a holiday of one to seven days.

B．Different programmes are prepared to celebrate the day.C．Children plant gardens or decorate UN trees.D．Children and teachers hold parties.

62．What does the United Nations encourage people to do, accordingto the passage?

A．To learn more about other nations and their customs.B．To change programmes with other nations in science.C．To understand more people from all over the worldD．To understand the importance of the United Nations.63．The best title of the passage can be .A．The UN B．The World Holiday C．Celebrations on Oct 24 D．The UN Birthday

C

This is news on the hour. Ed Wilson reporting. The President andFirst Lady will visit Africa on a good will tour in May. They plan to visit

eight African countries.

Reports from China say the Chinese want closer ties betweenChina and the U.S. and Western Europe. A group of top Chinesescientists start their ten-nation tour next month.

Here in Miami, the mayor is still meeting with the leaders of theteachers’ Union to try to find a way to end the strike. City schools arestill closed after two weeks.

In the news about health, scientists in California report finding of arelationship between the drinking of coffee and the increase of heartdisease among women. According to the report in the AmericanMedical Journal the five year-study shows this: Women who drinkmore than two cups of coffee a day have greater chance of havingheart disease than women who do not.

In sports, the Chargers lost again last night. The BBs beat them 1to nothing. The Wingers had better results. They beat the Rifles 7 to 3.It was their first win in their last five matches.

That’s the news of the hour. And now back to more easy listeningwith Jan Singer.

．Who gave the news on the hour.

A．The mayor in Miami. B．Ed Wilson. C．Scientists in California.D．Jan Singer.

65．To improve the ties between China and the U.S. and WesternEurope, China .A．will send a group of Chinese scientists to pay a visit to the U. S.and Western Europe.

B．will send some scientists to visit U. S. only

C．has reached its aim. D．has given many reports toimprove the ties

66．From the news in Miami we know .A．a peaceful way will soon be found B．the teachers’ strikewill last long

C．students haven’t been to school for two weeks

D．students can’t go into the school because the classrooms arelocked

67．From the last news we don’t know .A．the results of the two matches B．the teams whichplayed last night

C．how many wins the BBs has had altogether D．the Wingershad 1 win and 4 defeats

D

Editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes（极端）to provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics（数据）.Last year a reporter had been requested by a well-knownmagazine to write an article on the president’s palace in a new Africanrepublic. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentenceand then refused to publish it. The article began:“Hundreds of stepslead to the high wall which surrounds the president’s palace.”Theeditor at once sent the reporter a fax（传真）asking him to find outthe exact number of steps and the height of the wall.

The reporter immediately set out to do as he was asked to, but he took a long time to send them. Meanwhile, the editor was getting impatient, for the magazine would soon go to press. He sent the reporter two more faxes, but received no reply. He sent yet another fax telling the reporter that if he did not reply soon he would be fired. When the reporter again failed to reply, the editor had to publish the article as it had been originally（原始）written. A week later, the editorat last received a fax from the reporter. Not only had the poor manbeen arrested, but he had been sent to prison as well. However, hehad at last been allowed to send a fax in which he told the editor thathe had been arrested while counting the 1,084 steps leading to thefifteen-foot wall which surrounded the president’s palace.68．The editor didn’t want to publish the article because .A．he wanted to find an excuse to fire the reporterB．he had not read the article wholly

C．he was not pleased with the facts in the article

D．he wanted to please the president of the new African republic69．The reporter took a long time to send the information he wasasked for .A．because it took him a long time to count all the steps

B．because he had not been allowed to fax the information he hadfound out

C．because he did not realize how soon the magazine would go to

press

D．because he had been arrested before he had had time to findout the facts

70．The reporter must have been arrested when .A．he acted too suspiciously（可疑地）B．he went to extreme toprovide unimportant facts

C．he climbed the palace wall in order to measure its heightD．he learnt that his article was pressed originally

71．The purpose of the writer’s giving this very example is .A．to provide ground reasons for his ideas of how to write a goodarticle

B．to ask readers for advice on how to get rid of extremeC．to tell readers how to write an article

D．to show his opinion about extreme of some editors ofnewspapers and magazines.

E

Last week’s topic: What’s your opinion about cheating in exams?Willson822（Fujian）:An oath isn’t enough to prevent anyone fromcheating. Who can tell that they won’t promise something that goesagainst their will? So I think the penalty（处罚）is more important.Penalties should be serious enough to prevent people from breakingthe oath!

Wang Changling（Anhui）:The oath itself makes all test-takersthink that others may consider them would-be cheaters, which canhurt their feelings. In my opinion, prevention is better than a penalty.Educators should set good examples for students to follow and be rolemodels for them. Even if a few educators continue to copy otherpeople’s work and their research papers, surely, students will followsuit.

Anonymous: I support the school’s action against cheating.Although the oath isn’t a duty, it can warn the would-be cheater.

Cathy Cheng: I find it’s hard to refuse a friend who wants help inexams. And I think the rule of Maryland University gives the studentslike me a good excuse to refuse.

Zzq8301: I think this is a promising step toward what we’re talking

about when we say ‘fair play’ these days. Cheaters should be stoppedbecause they make it different for the honest to succeed.

Freda（Tianjin）: I was told by my foreign teacher to write downthe oath on the back of my test paper in the same way that wasdescribed in the article. It’s a rule everyone should obey in a fairgame. Whether this method succeeds or fails is up to you. What Iwant to say is to be true to yourself.

72．It is clear that the people above are talking about the rule madeby .A．Maryland University B．the Education DepartmentC．some colleges D．the government73．How many people are in fact for the rules?A．Three B．Two C．Four D．Five

74．Who thinks teachers should set an example?

A．Willson822 B．Freda C．Cathy Cheng D．WangChangling

75．The underlined word“oath”may have the same meaning as .A．idea B．promise C．plan D．opinion

阅读理解训练题（三十一）答案

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