58. What made it possible for the author to get her sledge out of the ice?

A. The strong desire to live on.

B. The shouts of her teammates.

C. A sudden change in wind direction.

D. The natural beauty ahead in Antarctica.

59. Why did the team form the habit of looking behind?

A. Because their team leader demanded them to do so.

B. Because they were expecting their team leader's arrival.

C. Because they wanted to make sure their team leader was following.

D. Because they were afraid there might be danger coming from behind.

B

60. What can we learn from the advertisement?

A. Secrets of the World Class is useful in changing our thinking.

B. Secrets of the World Class is mainly intended for the athletes.

C. Steve has been writing Secrets of the World Class for about 30 years.

D. Mac Anderson introduces 27 ways to help people inspire themselves.

61. According to Secrets of the World Class, the great men_____.

A. don't necessarily have their own beliefs

B. need emotional encouragement

C. tend to make the simple problem difficult

D. prefer enjoying pleasure to keeping on discipline

62. We know the features of Secrets of the World Class from the passage EXCEPT _____.

A. the price  B. the pages        C. the cover    D. the size

C

Teenage boys, regardless of race, are more likely to die from gunshot wounds than from all natural causes combined,

By the time the average American child leaves primary school, he or she will witness 8,000 murders and more than 100,000 acts of violence on television.

Youth are becoming involved in violence at an alarming rate. In fact, the young arrest rate for murder doubled, from 6 arrests per 100,000 youth aged from 10 to 17 to over 12 per 100,000.

For the many youth who have not been directly exposed to violence in their own communities, the entertainment media (television, movies, music and video games) provides many opportunities for children to see and hear violent exchanges. Research shows that there are about 5~6 violent acts per hour on prime time and 20～25 violent acts on Saturday morning  children's programming. In its report, the American Psychological Association (APA) reported that viewing violence on television hurts children in many ways. In particular, the APA  concludes that children may become less sensitive to the pain and suffering of others, be more  fearful of the world around them, be more likely to behave in aggressive or harmful ways to- ward others, and gradually accept violence as a way to solve problems.

Another form of violence involving youth is physical punishment in the schools. This form of discipline (纪律) still remains legally supported in 23 nations in America. The Office for Civil Rights in the Department of Education reported that 555,000 students were physically punished in the schools during this school year. Although such punishment has been regarded as an effective method of discipline by those who apply it, the findings are obvious that physical punishment does not work and that children who are victims of physical punishment are subject to potential long-term physical and emotional damage.

63. According to the passage, the American teenage boys' lives are most threatened by           .

A. gun murders      B. natural diseases

C. TV violence       D. physical punishment

64. We can learn from Paragraph 4 that _____.

A. many youth have watched much violence on TV

B. youth violence in Washington IX; is very serious

C. fights may be the most widely-seen youth violence

D. American youth have been exposed to much violence

65. The APA indicates that too much TV violence may change children           _.

A. to become separated from the world

B. to remain unconcerned about others' pain

C. to solve problems only by violence

D. to be fearful of aggressive behaviors

66. The author may most probably agree that physical punishment is ____ .

A. acceptable ,though ineffective            B. illegal, though effective

C. harmful, though legal                  D. reasonable, though illegal

D

People become quite illogical when they try to decide what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten. If you lived in the Mediterranean, for example, you would consider octopus (章鱼)a great delicacy (佳肴). You would not be able to understand why some people find it repulsive. On the other hand, your stomach would turn at the idea of frying potatoes in animal fat梩he normally accepted practice in many northern countries. The sad truth is that most of us have been brought up to eat certain foods and we stick to them all our lives.

No creature has received more praise and abuse than the common garden snail (蜗牛).Cooked in wine, snails are a great luxury in various parts of the world. There are countless people who, ever since their early years, have learned to associate snails with food.

As my friend, Robert's flat is in a large town, he has no garden of his own. For years he has been asking me to collect snails from my garden and take them to him. The idea never appealed to me very much, but one day, after a heavy shower, I happened to be walking in my garden when I noticed a huge number of snails on some of my favorite plants. Acting on a sudden impulse (冲动), I collected several dozen, put them in a paper bay, and took them to Robert. Robert was delighted to see me and equally pleased with my little gift. I left the bag in the hall and Robert and 1 went into the living room where we talked for a couple of hours.I had forgotten all about the snails when Robert suddenly said that I must stay to dinner.Snails would, of course, be the main dish. I did not fancy the idea and 1 reluctantly (不情愿地) followed Robert out of the room. To our surprise, we saw that there were snails everywhere : they had escaped from the paper bag and had taken complete possession of the hall! I have never been able to look at a snail since then.

67. The underlined word "repulsive" in Paragraph 1 most probably means "._____".

A. disgusting   B. pleasant          C. acceptable          D. delicious

68. We can infer from Paragraph 3 that when collecting the snails, the writer ____.

A. was glad that he could share them with his friend

B. didn't think much about the result and it was just a sudden wish

C. was excited about being able to give his friend a surprise

D. was depressed because it was hard to catch them all