1、阅读下列短文，从每题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项。A The sun is shining when I get on No. 151 bus. We passengers sit jammed together in heavy clothes. No one speaks. Thats one of the unwritten rules of Chicago commuting. Although we see the same faces every day, we prefer to hide behind our newspapers. The phenomen
2、on is striking: people who sit so close together are using those thin sheets of newsprint to keep their distance.As the bus approaches the Magnificent Mile, a voice suddenly rings out: “Attention! Attention!” Papers rattle （发出细小声）. Necks crane （伸长）. “This is your driver speaking.”We look at the back
3、 of the drivers head. His voice has authority.“All of you put your papers down.”The papers come down, an inch at a time. The driver waits. The papers are folded and placed on our laps.“Now, turn and face the person next to you. Go ahead.”Amazingly, we all do it. Still, no one smiles. I face an older
4、 woman, her head wrapped tightly in a red scarf. I see her nearly every day. Our eyes meet. We wait, unblinking, for the next order from the driver.“Now, repeat after me” It is a command, delivered in the tones of a drill sergeant （操练军士）. “Good morning, neighbor!”Our voices are weak and timid. For m
5、any of us, these are the first words we have spoken today. But we say them at the same time, like schoolchildren, to the strangers beside us.We smile and cant help it. We have said it; the barrier has been broken. Good morning, neighbor. It is not so hard after all. Some of us repeat it. Others shak
6、e hands. Many laugh.The bus driver says nothing more. He doesnt need to. Not a single newspaper goes back up. I hear laughter, a warm sound I have never heard before on bus No. 151. This day is starting off better than most.21. On hearing the sudden utterance of “Attention!”, the passengers _. A. st
7、opped reading and put down their newspapers immediately B. looked up from the newspapers to see who was speaking C. sat still without response D. were frightened22. The underlined word “commuting” in Paragraph 1 most probably means _. A. daily traveling between home and work B. long-distance ride C.
8、 communication technology D. behavior patterns23. Which of the following is true according to the passage? A. The passengers on the crowded bus were so absorbed in reading their newspapers that no one spoke. B. The passengers were physically close together but mentally they kept each other at a terr
9、ible distance. C. The passengers didnt follow the drivers instruction at first. D. When the bus driver said nothing more, the passengers picked up and read their newspapers again.24. What would be the best title for the text? A. The Warmth of Communication B. The Exchange of Information C. The Power
10、 of Observation D. The Attitude to LonelinessBDo you find getting up in the morning so difficult that its painful? This might be called laziness, but Dr. Kleitman has a new explanation. He has proved that everyone has a daily energy cycle.During the hours when you labor through your work you may say
11、 that youre “hot”. Thats true. The time of day when you feel the most energetic is when your cycle of body temperature is at its peak. For some people the peak comes during the forenoon. For others it comes in the afternoon or evening. No one has discovered why this is so, but it leads to such famil
12、iar monologues （自言自语） as John talks to himself: “Get up, John! Youll be late for work again!” The possible explanation for the trouble is that John is at his temperature-and-energy peak in the evening. Much family quarrelling ends when husbands and wives realize what these energy cycles mean, and wh
13、ich cycle each member of the family has.You cant change your energy cycle, but you can learn to make your life fit it better. Habit can help, Dr. Kleitman believes. Maybe youre sleepy in the evening but feel you must stay up late anyway. Adjust your cycle to some extent by staying up later than you
14、want to. If your energy is low in the morning but you have an important job to do early in the day, rise before your usual hour. This wont change your cycle, but youll get up steam （打起精神） and work better at your low point.Begin with a slow start which saves your energy. Get up with a slow yawn and s
15、tretch. Sit on the edge of the bed a minute before putting your feet on the floor. Avoid the troublesome search for clean clothes by laying them out the night before. Whenever possible, do usual work in the afternoon and spend time doing important work for your high peak hours.25. According to Dr. K
16、leitman if you dont want to get up in the morning _. A. you must be a lazy person B. you must catch a cold C. your energy cycle must be low D. you should stay in bed26. Which of the following may lead to family quarrels according to the passage? A. A change in a family members energy cycle. B. Famil
17、iar monologues.C. Unawareness of energy cycles. D. Attempts to control the energy cycle of other family members.27. If one wants to work better at his low point in the morning, he should _. A. change his energy cycle B. go to bed earlier C. overcome his laziness D. get up earlier than usual28. You a
18、re advised to rise with a yawn and stretch because it will _. A. help you to control your temper early in the day B. help to keep your energy for the days work C. enable you to concentrate on your routine work D. keep your energy cycle under control all dayCAny discussion of English conversation, li
19、ke any English conversation, must begin with The Weather. And in this spirit of observing traditional rule, I shall quote Dr Johnson s famous comment that “When two English meet, their first talk is of the weather”, and point out that this observation is as accurate now as it was over two hundred ye
20、ars ago.This, however, is the point at which most people either stop, or try, and fail, to come up with a convincing explanation for the English “ addiction ” to the weather. They fail because their premise （前提） is mistaken: they assume that our conversations about the weather are conversations abou
21、t the weather. In other words, they assume that we talk about the weather because we have a keen interest in the subject. Most of them then try to figure out what it is about the English weather that is so fascinating.Bill Bryson, for example, concludes that the English weather is not at all fascina
22、ting, and that our “addiction” to it is therefore very difficult to explain : “To an outsider, the most striking thing about the English weather is that there is not very much of it. A1l those phenomena that elsewhere give nature an edge of excitement, unpredictability and dangertornados, monsoons,
23、hailstormsare almost wholly unknown in the British Isles.”Jeremy Paxman takes offence at Bryson s comments and argues that the English weather is truly fascinating:Bryson misses the point . The interest is less in the phenornena themselves , but in uncertainty. . . one of the few things you can say
24、about England with absolute certainty is that it has a lot of weather. It may not include tropical cyclones but life at the edge of an ocean and the edge of a continent means you can never be entirely sure what you re going to get.My research has convinced me that both Bryson and Paxman are missing
25、the point, which is that our conversations about the weather are not really about the weather at all: English weather speak is a form of code, developed to help us overcome our natural reserve （含蓄） and actually talk to each other. Everyone knows, for example, that “Nice day, isnt it?”, “Ooh, isnt it
26、 cold?”; and other variations on the theme are not requests for weather data: they are greetings or conversation -starters. In other words, English weather speak is a form of “cleaning talk” the human equivalent of what is known as “social cleaning” among our primate（灵长类的）cousins, where they spend h
27、ours cleaning each others fur, even when they are perfectly clean, as a means of social connection.29. As is stated in the passage, most people try to find out . A. why the English weather is so unique B. whether the English enjoy their weather C. why the English are so interested in the topic of we
28、ather D. whether the English really talk about weather when they do so30. Disapproving of Bill Bryson s opinion, Jeremy Paxman argues that A. the English talk about their weather because it is unpredictable B. the English don t talk about weather as often as the outsiders think C. the English weathe
29、r can be as exciting as anywhere elses D. the English weather talk is merely a form of small talk31. According to the author, English weather speak is similar to primates social cleaning in that they are bothA. ways of greeting B. means social connection Cfascinating topics between people D. phenome
30、na difficult to understand to outsidersDA recent survey shows that the alarming rate of child suicide in Hong Kong, raising levels of stress and anxiety among young people, increasing conflicts between children and teachers, and childrens complaints that their parents do not understand their problem
31、sall point to a drop in “emotional quotient” （EQ） （情商）, the ability to handle relationships.EQ is defined as the ability to deal with oneself and others effectively. High EQ, psychologists say, is easy to spot. Some of the greatest humanitarian （人道主义的） leaders have high EQ, along with successful managers and inspirational and respected teachers. The problem is not how to spot high EQ but to improve on low EQ, so society as a whole can be
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