Isn't it astonishing how much time we spend talking about food? “Have you ever eaten …?” “What did you have for lunch?” and so on. And yet when you travel from one country to another, you will find that people have quite different feelings about food. People often feel that what they eat is normal (正常) and that what other people eat is strange or silly. In most parts of Asia, for example, no meal is complete without rice. In England, people eat potatoes every day. In the Middle East, bread is the main part of every meal. Eating like so many things we do, becomes a habit which is difficult to change. Americans like to drink a lot of orange juice and coffee. The English drink tea four or five times every day. Australians drink a great deal of beer, and the French drink wine every day.

　 The sort of meat people like to eat also differs from one country to another. Horse meat is thought to be delicious in France. In Hong Kong, some people enjoy eating snakes. New Zealanders eat sheep, but they never eat goat meat. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat because of its smell, but they enjoy eating raw fish (生鱼).

　 So it seems that although eating is a topic we can talk about for hours, there is very little common sense in what we say it. People everywhere enjoy eating what they have always eaten, and there is very little we can do to change our eating habits.

64. Which of the following is true according to the article?

A. All people have the same feeling about food.　

B. In most parts of Asia, people usually have rice for meals.

C. People often consider other people to be strange or silly.　　

D. The topic people spend time talking about is bread and meat.

65. People in different countries 　___ .

A. drink the same sort of wine　　 　　B. have the same eating habit

C. eat different kinds of meat　　 　　D. have the same tea at different time within a day

66. The Japanese don't like to eat sheep meat 　 __ .

A. because they dislike its smell　　　 B. because it is too expensive

C. because it is easy to go bad　 　　 D. because they think it will do harm to their health

67. English people drink tea four or five times a day 　 _　 .

A. because they get thirsty easily 　　 B. because there is plenty of tea in Britain

C. because of their drinking habit　 　 D. because they have enough time to do so

　 A beautiful and very successful actress (女演员) was the star for a new musical show. Her home was in the countryside, but she did not want to go back there every night, so she bought an expensive house in the centre of the city, got some beautiful furniture (家具) and got a man to paint the rooms in new colours.

It was very difficult to get tickets for her show, because everybody wanted to see it. So she decided to give the painter two of the best seats. She hoped that this would make him work better for her. He took the tickets without saying anything, and she heard no more about them until the end of the month, when she got the painter’s bill (账单). At the bottom of it were these words: “ Four hours watching Miss Hall sing and dance: 3 pounds,” with this note: “After 5 p.m., I get 15 shillings (先令) an hour instead of 10 shillings.”

60. The actress bought a house in the centre of the city because ______.

A. she liked to live in the busiest place　　　

B. she didn’t like to live in the country

C. her home was far away from where she worked 　

D. she didn’t want to go back to her hometown any longer

61. In order to make the painter work better for her, the actress ________.

A. gave him two tickets for her show　　 B. sang and danced for him for hours

C. paid him 3 pounds 　　　　　　　　 D. decided to pay him 15 shillings an hour

62. The actress got the painter’s bill ________.

A. to ask for the money of his painting work 　　 B. to ask to pay for his watching her show

C. in which he showed his thanks for the tickets 　D. in which he expressed his dissatisfaction

63. What kind of man was the painter?

A. He was a careful man.　　　　　 　　　　B. He was a poor man.

C. He was not friendly to others.　　 　　　　D. He knew little about music and dances.

Hello, Listeners. Welcome to Henton Hospital Radio. Before our music programme at four, I’m going to repeat some of our hospital rules.

The hospital can sleep 800 patients. There’re 8 beds in each ward (病房). The visiting hours are in the afternoon from 2:30 to 3:30 and in the evening from 7:00 to 8:00. But remember only two people can see you at the same time. Sorry about that, but you can see what would happen if we didn’t have these rules.

The other rules are about our hours. We start quite early---you might not be used to that. We wake you at 6 o’clock, and breakfast is at 8 o’clock, lunch is at noon.

There’s tea at 3:30 and supper is at 6 o’clock.

You can see the non-smoking sign –-- we don’t allow smoking in the wards. I’m sure you understand why. However, if you do need to smoke, there are some smoking rooms where it is allowed.

You will find the radio switch (开关) on the wall near your bed, with your own headphones, if you want to listen. It’s our own hospital radio wishing you a quick recovery (康复).

56. Who do you think the listeners might be?  

A. Patients.             B. Visitors.      C. Doctors       D. Nurses

57. How many wards are there in this hospital? 

A. 8              B. 80           C. 100         D. 800

58. Which is Not allowed in the hospital?

A. Listening to the hospital radio.            B. Visiting patients in the morning.

C. Smoking in smoking-rooms.                    D. Getting up early in the morning.

59. What programme will follow this radio talk?

A. Hospital rules.    B. A weather report.    C. A free talk.       D. A music programme.

When Dave was eighteen, he bought a second-hand car for ￡200 so that he could travel to and from work more  36  than by bus. It worked quite well for a few years, but it got so old, and it was costing him _37  much in repairs, that he decided that he had better  38  it.

He asked among his friends to see if anyone was  39  to buy a cheap car, but they all knew that it was falling to pieces, so  40  of them had any desire to buy it.

Dave’s friend Sam saw that he was  41  when they met one evening, and said, “What’s  42  , Dave?” Dave told him, and Sam answered, “Well, what about advertising(登广告) it in the paper? You may  43_ more for it that way than the cost of the advertisement!” Thinking that Sam’s  44  was reasonable, he put an advertisement in an evening paper, which read: “For sale: small car,  45  very little gas, only two owners. Bargain at ￡50.”

For two days after the advertisement first appeared, there was no  46_. but then on the Saturday evening he had an enquiry (咨询). A man rang up and said he would like to  47  him about the car. “All right.” Dave said, feeling happy. He asked the man whether ten o’clock the next morning would be  48_  or not. “Fine,” the man said, “and I’ll  49  my wife. We want to go for a ride in it to  50  it.”

The next morning, at a quarter to ten, Dave parked the car in the square outside his front door,  51  to wait there for the people who had  52  his advertisement. Even Dave had to  53  that the car really looked like a wreck (残破的车). Then, soon after he had got the car as  54  as it could be, a police car stopped just behind him and a policeman got out. He looked at Dave’s car and then said, “Have you reported this _55  to us yet, sir?”

36. A、directly       B、safely        C、properly        D、easily

37. A、so                B、such          C、very                 D、too

38. A、keep            B、repair        C、sell                  D、throw

39. A、willing         B、lucky        C、ashamed         D、generous

40. A、some          B、neither             C、none             D、most

41. A、delighted    B、sad              C、calm              D、astonished

42. A、on              B、up                C、it                    D、that

43. A、learn               B、miss          C、get                   D、find

44. A、message    B、advice             C、request            D、description

45. A、uses           B、loses        C、has                  D、spends

46. A、doubt              B、help            C、trouble                 D、answer

47. A、tell              B、see             C、agree            D、call

48. A、exact          B、suitable       C、early             D、late

49. A、follow       B、meet        C、bring             D、introduce

50. A、recognize   B、get            C、admire                 D、test

51. A、happening         B、meaning      C、turning             D、failing

52. A、read           B、inserted      C、answered         D、placed

53. A、forget             B、show        C、disagree          D、admit

54. A、clean          B、admit        C、fast                  D、light

55. A、bargain      B、sale             C、accident           D、result

 –Finished the novel? How do you find it?

–_______ It’s worth reading a second time.

A. I didn’t get that.                     B. It’s totally fascinating!

C. A friend lent it to me.                 D.I bought it from the library.

– How did you know the surprising news?

– I happened ______ the event then.

　 A. to be covering 　　B. to cover　　　 　C. covering　　 　　D. to have covered

 The subject ________ I am most interested is English.

    A. in that 　　    　B. that　　　        C. in which 　　  　D. which

 ______ straight on and you’ll see a church. You won’t miss it．

    A．Go             B．Going            C．If you go       D．When going

 Mr. Full apologized ______ the children ______ what he had done.

A. for; to 　　　    B. to; for 　　      　C. for; for 　　    　D. to; with

---I hear that Colin can’t afford his schooling this autumn.

---________ , let’s do something for him, _________?

A. What a shame; will you　　　　　　　　　　　 　 B. If any; shall us

C. When necessary; may I　　　　　　　　　　 　 D. If so; shall we