第59题：
in your judgement, compared with Adams. Lincoln ______.
A.was not a world-famous President
B.seemed to be an unimportant President C.was a well-known President D.had the same fact as Adams
第60题：
Choose the best title for this passage.
A.Unfit Presidents
B.President Who Set Slavery Free C.Unknown Presidents
D.Famous President, Adams B
\sitting by the side of the road. In some countries, because the man realizes that the traveler is tired and eager to get to his destination(目的地) ,he will politely say \encouraging, gentler, and therefore the wanted answer. So the American drives through the night, getting more and more angry, feeling\tricked\He thinks the man deliberately (故意地) cheated him, for obviously he must have known the distance quite well.
Had conditions been reversed(颠倒过来) ,the American would have felt he was\when he knew it was really 15 miles further on.
Though, he, too, would be sympathetic(同情的) to the weary driver, he would sa2?'You have a good way to go yet; it is at least 15 miles. \driver might Be disappointed, but he would know what to expect.
Whether to be accurate (准确的) or polite leads to many misunderstandings between people of different cultures. If you are aware of the situation in advance, it is sometimes easier to recognize the problem. 第61题：
The man at the roadside tells the American it is close to the next village because ______.
A.he is playing a trick on him B.the American expects the answer
C.he doesn' t know the exact distance at all D.he wants to encourage him to go further
第62题：
We learn from this passage that Americans ______.
A.are good at cheating
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B.are polite to anybody
C.are sympathetic but honest D.have no sympathy for others
第63题：
If you ask an American how far it is from the next village, he will ______.
A.tell you the exact distance if he knows it
B.tell you it is close although he knows it isn't
C.say that he doesn' t know and encourage you to go on
D.decide whether you are tired or not, and then give you an answer
第64题：
The short passage advises us to ______.
A.be polite but honest to foreigners B.learn customs of different countries
C.decide whether to be polite according to different cultures
D.tell more truths to Americans than to people from other countries C
The relationship between the home and market economies has gone through two distinct stages.
Early industrialization began the process of transferring some production processes (eg. cloth making, sewing and caning foods) from the home to the marketplace. Though the home economy could still produce these goods, the processes were laborious(费力的)and the market economy was usually more efficient. Soon, the more important second stage was evident -- the marketplace began producing goods and services that had never been produced by [he home economy, and the home economy was unable to produce them ( eg. electricity and electrical appliances, the automobile, advanced education, sophisticated medical care). In the second stage, the question of whether the home economy was less efficient in producing these new goods and services was irrelevant; if the family were to enjoy these result of industrialization, they would have to be got in the marketplace. The traditional ways of taking care of these needs in the home, such as in nursing the sick, became socially unacceptable ( and, in most serious cases, maybe less successful). Just as the appearance of the automobile made the use of horse --'drawn carriage illegal and then impractical, and the television changed the radio from a source of entertainment to a source of background music, so most of the fruits of economic growth did 'not increase the options available to the home economy to either produce the goods or services or purchase them in the market. Growth brought with it increased variety in consumer goods, but not in creased flexibility, for the home economy in obtaining these goods and services. Instead, economic growth brought with it increased consumer reliance on the marketplace.
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In order to consume these new goods and services, the family had to enter the marketplace as wage earners and consumers. The neoclassical(新古典主义的)model that views the family as deciding whether to produce goods and services directly or to purchase them in the marketplace is basically a model of the first stage. It cannot .accurately be applied to the second( and current) stage. 第65题：
The reason why many production processes were taken over by the marketplace was that ______.
A.it was a necessary step in the process of industrialization
B.they depended on electricity available only to the market economy C.it was troublesome to produce such goods in the home
D.the marketplace was more efficient with respect to these processes
第66题：
It can be seen from the passage that in the second stage ______.
A.some traditional goods and services were not successful when provided by the home economy
B.the market economy provided new goods and services never produced by the home economy
C.producing traditional goods at home became socially unacceptable D.the question of. whether new goods and services were produced by the home economy became irrelevant
第67题：
During the second stage, if the family wanted to consume new goods and services, they had to enter the marketplace ______.
A.as wage earners
B.both as manufacturers and consumers C.both as workers and purchasers D.as customers D
Mr. Fern was born in a big city. His father owned several companies and earned a lot of money. He could give his son all the young man wanted. He was busy with his business and never asked him how he got along with his studies. So the boy spent most time in the restaurants or cinemas. Of course he was not good at his lessons and learned nothing at school. He made many friends but none of them was good and when they knew he came from a rich family, they began to teach him to gamble(赌博). Of course he lost much money.
Now Mr. Fern was twenty and finished middle school. He could do nothing. But his father didn' t mind it until one day he found the young man had sold one of his companies. He became so angry that he made him
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leave his house. The young man couldn' t gamble any longer. His friends made him pay his debt. He had to ask his mother to help him and the woman often gave him some money.
But one evening his father happened to find it. The old man stopped his wife from doing so. They began to fight in the room. The young man brought out a knife and killed Iris father. His mother helped him run away, but soon after that he was caught and sentenced(判刑)to death.
It was a cold and wet day. Suddenly it began to rain heavily when Mr. Fern was being sent to the execution ground(刑场). Soon he and the soldiers were wet through. He said angrily, \luck! I shall be shot in such bad weather !\
\抱怨), brother,\\
We'll have to go back to the city after that!\第68题：
Old Fern never wanted to know about his son' s studies because ______.
A.he was sure his son was good at his lessons B.he spent all his energies on his business C.he knew nothing about the education D.his wife looked after their son
第69题：
Old Fern became angry because ______.
A.his son had learned nothing at school B.his son was weak at all his lessons
C.his son couldn't do anything in the companies D.his son had sold one of his companies
第70题：
The young man was sentenced to death because ______.
A.he had killed his father B.he often gambled
C.he made friends with the bad men
D.he had sold a company of his father' s
第71题：
Which of the following is true?
A.Mr. Fern was luckier than the soldiers.
B.Both Mr. Fern and the soldiers were out of luck. C.Nothing made Mr. Fern complain.
D.The soldiers wanted to help Mr. Fern. E
Robert Spring, a 19th century forger(伪造者), did well in his
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job that he was able to make his living for 15 years by. selling false signatures of famous Americans. Spring was born in England in 1813 and arrived in Philadelphia in 1858 to open a bookstore. At first he made some money by selling his small but real collection of early US autographs(新笔签名). Discovering his ability at copying handwriting, he began imitating(模仿)signatures of George Washington and Ben' Franklin and writing them on the title pages of old books. To reduce the chance of detection, he sent his forgeries(焦造品)to England and Canada for sale.
Forgers have a difficult time selling their products. 'A forger can' t go to a respectable buyer but must deal with people who don' t have much knowledge in the field. Forgers have many ways to make their works look real. For example, they buy old books to use the aged paper of the title page, and they treat paper and ink with chemicals.
After the Civil War, Britain was still fond of the southern states, so, Spring invented a respectable lady known as Miss Fanny Jackson, the only daughter of General\
For several years Miss Fanny' s financial (财政的)problems forced her to sell a great number of letters bolonging to her famous father. Spring had to work very hard to satisfy the demand. All this activity did not prevent Spring dying in poverty. 第72题：
Why did Spring sell his false autographs in England and Canada?
A.There was a greater demand there than in America. B.There was less chance of being discovered there. C.Britain was Spring's birthplace.
D.The prices were higher in England and Canada.
第73题：
Robert Spring spent 15 years ______.
A.running a bookstore in Philadelphia B.writing letters to Miss Fanny Jackson C.as a forger
D.as a respectable seller
第74题：
According to the passage, forgeries are usually sold to ______.
A.experts
B.persons who aren' t experts C.hook sellers
D.owners of old books
第75题：
Who was Miss Fanny Jackson?
A.The only daughter of General\
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