75. We can infer from this passage that ________.

A. offensive breath can’t easily be cured

B. elderly people are less offended by bad breath

C. heavy drinkers are less affected by bad breath

D. offensive breath is less affected by alcohol

Section C

Directions: Read the following text and choose the most suitable heading from the list A-F for each paragraph. There is one extra heading which you do not need.

A. Schedule your time.

B. Use lists to set priorities.

C. Learn how to read.

D. Take good notes and use them.

E. Get everything organized.

F. Take every chance to study.

The kids at the top of the class get there by mastering a few basic techniques that others can readily learn. Here, according to education experts and students themselves, are the secrets of straight-A students.

76.

Among the students we interviewed, study times were strictly a matter of personal preference. Some worked late at night when the house was quiet. Some learned new words while brushing his teeth. Others awoke early. Still others studied as soon as they came home from school when the work was fresh in their minds. All agreed, however, on the need for consistency.

77.

In high school, Jim McCray ran track, played soccer and was in the band and orchestra. “I was so busy, I couldn’t waste time looking for a pencil or missing paper. I kept everything right where I could put my hands on it,” he says. He maintains two folders—one for the day’s assignments, another for papers completed and graded.

78.

“The best class I ever took,” says Christopher Campbell, who graduated from high school last spring, “was speed-reading. I not only increased my words per minute but also learned to look at a book’s table of contents, graphs and pictures first. Then, when I began to read, I had a sense of the material and solved the secret of good reading that an active reader is the one who continually asks questions that lead to a full understanding of the author’s message.”

79.

When a teacher assigns a long paper, Domenica draws up a timetable, dividing the project into small pieces so it isn’t so overwhelming. “It’s like eating a steak,” she says. “You chew it one bite at a time.” Of course, even the best students defer action sometimes. But when that happens, they face up to it. Sometimes it comes down to late nights. But, if they want A’s, they make sure to hit the deadline.

80.

“Reading the textbook is important,” says Anderson, “but the teacher is going to test you on what he or she emphasized. I usually write down key points from the text on one side and those from the teacher’s lecture on the other. Then I am able to review both aspects of the assignment at once.” Just before the bell rings, most students get ready to rush out. Anderson uses those few minutes to write a two-or three-sentence summary of the lesson’s principal points, which he scans before the next day’s class.

The most important “secret” of the super-achievers is not so secret. You can learn and master them and become an A student, too.

Section D

Directions: Read the passage carefully. Then answer the questions or complete the statements in the fewest possible words.

It was the end of my exhausting first day as waitress in a busy New York restaurant. My cap had gone awry(歪), my apron was stained, my feet ached. The loaded trays I carried felt heavier and heavier. Weary and discouraged, I didn’t seem able to do anything right. As I made out a complicated check for a family with several children who had changed their ice-cream order a dozen times, I was ready to quit.

Then the father smiled at me as he handed me my tip. “Well done,” he said. “You’ve looked after us really well.”

Suddenly my tiredness was gone. I smiled back, and later, when the manager asked me how I'd liked my first day, I said, “Fine!” Those few words of praise had changed everything.

Praise is like sunlight to the human spirit; we cannot flower and grow without it. And yet, while most of us are only too ready to apply to others the cold wind of criticism, we are somehow reluctant to give our fellows the warm sunshine of praise.

Why one word can bring such pleasure? A friend of mine who travels widely always tries to learn a little of the language of any place she visits. She’s not much of a linguist, but she does know how to say one word — “beautiful” — in several languages. She can use it to a mother holding her baby, or to lonely salesman fishing out pictures of his family. The ability has earned her friends all over the world.

Praise is particularly appreciated by those doing routine jobs: gas-station attendants, waitresses — even housewives. Do you ever go into a house and say, “What a tidy room?” Hardly anybody does. That’s why housework is considered such a dreary grind (枯燥的工作). Shakespeare said, “Our praises are our wages.” Since so often praise is the only wage a housewife receives, surely she of all people should get her measure.

So, let’s be alert to the small excellences around us — and comment on them. We will not only bring joy into other people’s lives, but also, very often, added happiness into our own.

(Note： Answer the questions or complete the statements in NO MORE THAN TWELVE WORDS.)

81. The author suddenly felt light-hearted because _____________.

82. In Paragraph 5, the writer’s friend learned how to say “beautiful” in several languages in order to _____________.

83. “Our praises are our wages.” in Paragraph 6 means _____________.

84. What’s the main purpose of the text?

______________________________________________.

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