There is a boy in my gym class (I’ll call him Bill) who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant. Recently another boy told Bill that he should “go Ajax” his teeth. Bill was crushed. Had the other boy been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation. He could have dealt with it with tact. He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful, sensitive way—that’s “tact”.

　　If a person isn’t sensitive to another’s feelings, there is no way he or she can be tactful. Yesterday, my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen on our television set. Unfortunately, he used furniture polish(亮光油), which produced an oily film on the television screen. My mother smiled and thanked him for his efforts—and then showed how to clean the screen properly. Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect. Yet, sensitivity alone does not make tact.

　　“Tactfulness” also requires “truthfulness”.Doctors, for example, must be truthful. If a patient has just been disabled in an accident, a tactful doctor will tell the truth—but express it with sensitivity. The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available. Doctors must use tact with patients relatives as well. Instead of bluntly saying, “Your husband is disabled,” a doctor might say, “I’m sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and…”

　　Tact should not be confused with trickery. Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection and says, “This won’t hurt a bit.” Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it. It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits.

　　Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected. Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in.

1.When told he should “go Ajax” his teeth, Bill probably felt ________________.

　　A．surprised              B．cheated　　C．regretful               D．painful

2.According to the author, his mother’s praise for the brother is _______________.

　　A．both sensitive and tactful         B．sensitive but not tactful enough

　　C．truthful but not tactful           D．sensitive but trickish

3.The fourth paragraph mainly talks about __________________.

　　A．how to comfort the patients

　　B．how to use trickery carefully

　　C．differences between trickery and promises

　　D．another feature of tact

4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

(The numbers stand for the paragraphs)

　　There is a boy in my gym class (I’ll call him Bill) who has unbearably yellow teeth that almost make everyone feel unpleasant. Recently another boy told Bill that he should “go Ajax” his teeth. Bill was crushed. Had the other boy been thinking, he would have realized that there is a better way to handle such a situation. He could have dealt with it with tact. He could have showed this hurtful truth in a more careful, sensitive way—that’s “tact”.

　　If a person isn’t sensitive to another’s feelings, there is no way he or she can be tactful. Yesterday, my 5-year-old brother proudly announced that he had cleaned the screen on our television set. Unfortunately, he used furniture polish(亮光油), which produced an oily film on the television screen. My mother smiled and thanked him for his efforts—and then showed how to clean the screen properly. Her sensitivity enables my brother to keep his self-respect. Yet, sensitivity alone does not make tact.

　　“Tactfulness” also requires “truthfulness”. Doctors, for example, must be truthful. If a patient has just been disabled in an accident, a tactful doctor will tell the truth—but express it with sensitivity. The doctor may try to give the patient hope by telling them curing techniques under study or about advanced equipment now available. Doctors must use tact with patients relatives as well. Instead of bluntly saying, “Your husband is disabled,” a doctor might say, “I’m sorry, but your husband has lost feeling in his legs and…”

　　Tact should not be confused with trickery. Trickery occurs when a nurse is about to give a patient an injection and says, “This won’t hurt a bit.” Instead of trickery, the nurse might guarantee the patient that the discomfort of the injection is a small thing compared to the benefits of it. It would also be thoughtful for the nurse to tell the patients about some of these benefits.

　　Tact is a wonderful skill to have, and tactful people are usually admired and respected. Without tact our society would become an intolerable place to live in.

1.When told he should “go Ajax” his teeth, Bill probably felt ________________.

　　A．surprised                  B．cheated　　   C．regretful                D．painful

2.According to the author, his mother’s praise for the brother is _______________.

　　A．both sensitive and tactful         B．sensitive but not tactful enough

　　C．truthful but not tactful             D．sensitive but trickish

3.The fourth paragraph mainly talks about __________________.

　　A．how to comfort the patients

　　B．how to use trickery carefully

　　C．differences between trickery and promises

　　D．another feature of tact

4.Which of the following shows the structure of the passage?

(The numbers stand for the paragraphs)

We often talk about ourselves as if we have permanent genetic defects (缺陷) that can never be changed. “I’m impatient.” “I’m always behind.” “I always put things off!” You’ve surely heard them. Maybe you’ve used them to describe 　11 .

These 　12 may come from stories about us that have been 　13 for years — often from as far back as childhood. These stories may have no 　14 in fact. But they can set low expectations for us. As a child, my mother said to me, “Marshall, you have no mechanical skills, and you will 　15 have any mechanical skills for the rest of your life. ” How did these expectations 　16 my development? I was never 　17 to work on cars or be

18 tools. When I was 18, I took the US Army’s Mechanical Aptitude Test. My scores were in the bottom for the entire nation!

Six years later, 　19 , I was at California University, working on my doctor’s degree. One of my professors, Dr. Bob Tannbaum, asked me to write down things I did well and things I couldn’t do. On the positive side, I 　20 down, “research, writing, analysis, and speaking.” On the 　21 side, I wrote, “I have no mechanical skills.”

Bob 　22 me how I knew I had no mechanical skills. I explained my life 　23 and told him about my poor 　24 on the Army test. Bob then asked, “ 25 is it that you can solve complex mathematical problems, but you can’t solve 　26 mechanical problems?”

Suddenly I realized that I wasn’t 　27 from some sort of genetic defects. I was just living out expectations that I had chosen to 　28 . At that point, it wasn’t just my family and friends who had been 　29 my belief that I was mechanically hopeless. And it wasn’t just the Army test, either. I was the one who kept telling myself, “You can’t do this!” I realized that as long as I kept saying that, it was going to remain true. 　30 , if we don’t treat ourselves as if we have incurable genetic defects, we can do well in almost anything we choose.

11. A. yourself　　　　　　　　　 B. myself　　　　　　　　　　 C. them　　　　　　　 D. others

12. A. instructions　　　　　　 B. suggestions　　　　　 C. expectations　 D. comments

13. A. published　　　　 B. repeated　　　　 C. spread　　　　　　　　　 D. added

14. A. cause　　　　　　　 B. meaning　　　　 C. basis　　　　　　　 D. excuse

15. A. always　　　　　　　　　　 B. ever　　　　　　　　 C. never　　　　　　　 D. still

16. A. change　　　　　　　　　 B. improve　　　　　 C. polish　　　　　　　　　　 D. affect

17. A. expected　　　　　 B. demanded　　　　　　 C. agreed　　　　　　　　　 D. allowed

18. A. across　　　　　　　　　　 B. over　　　　　　　　 C. around　　　　　　　　　 D. for

19. A. however　　　　　 B. therefore 　　　 C. meanwhile　　　　　　 D. obviously

20. A. lay　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B. turned　　　　　　　　　　 C. settled　　　　　　　　　 D. put

21. A. negative　　　　　 B. objective　　　　 C. passive　　　　　 D. subjective

22. A. asked　　　　　　　 B. blamed　　　　　 C. advised　　　　　 D. taught

23. A. occasions　　　　 B. trainings　　　　 C. experiences　　　　　 D. journeys

24. A. behavior　　　　　 B. explanation　　　　　　 C. attitude　　　　　 D. scores

25. A. When　　　　　　　 B. Why　　　　　　　　 C. Which　　　　　　　　　　 D. What

26. A. advanced　　　　 B. simple　　　　　　　　　　 C. chief　　　　　　　 D. current

27. A. suffering　　　　　 B. resulting　　　　 C. arising　　　　　　　　　 D. coming

28. A. receive　　　　　　　　　 B. suspect　　　　　 C. believe　　　　　 D. adopt

29. A. weakening　　　 B. shaking　　　　　 C. wakening　　　　 D. strengthening

30. A. As a result　　　 B. On the contrary　　 C. In addition　　　　　　 D. At the same time

Susan Sontag（1933-2004）was one of the most noticeable figures in the world of literature. For more than 40 years she made it morally necessary to know everything---to read every book worth reading, to see every movie worth seeing. When she was still in her early 30s，publishing essays in such important magazines as Partisan Review，she appeared as the symbol of American culture life，trying hard to follow every new development in literature，film and art. With great effort and serious judgment，Sontag walked at the latest edges of world culture.
　　Seriousness was one of Sontag's lifelong watchwords（格言），but at a time when the barriers between the well-educated and the poor-educated were obvious, she argued for a true openness to the pleasure of pop culture. In "Notes Camp", the 1964 essay that first made her name，she explained what was then a little-known set of difficult understandings，through which she could not have been more famous. "Notes on Camp"，she wrote，represents "a victory of 'form' over 'content', 'beauty' over 'morals' ".
     By conviction（信念）she was a sensualist（感觉论者），but by nature she was a moralist（伦理学者），and in the works she published in the 1970s and 1980s，it was the latter side of her that came forward. In "Illness as Metaphor"------published in 1978，after she suffered cancer------she argued against the idea that cancer was somehow a special problem of repressed personalities（被压抑的性格），a concept that effectively blamed the victim for the disease. In fact, re-examining old positions was her lifelong habit.
     In America，her story of a 19th century Polish actress who set up a perfect society in California，won the National Book Award in 2000. But it was as a tireless，all-purpose cultural view that she made her lasting fame.
     "Sometimes," she once said，"I feel that，in the end，all I am really defending...is the idea of seriousness，of true seriousness." And in the end，she made us take it seriously too.
61．It is implied but not stated in the first paragraph that Sontag ________.
    A．was a symbol of American cultural life
    B．developed world literature, film and art
    C．published many essays about world culture
    D．kept pace with the newest development of world culture
62．She first won her name through ________.
    A．publishing essays in magazines like Partisan Review
    B．her story of a Polish actress
    C．her explanation of a set of difficult understandings
    D．her book Illness as Metaphor
63．From the works Susan published in the 1970s and 1980s, we can learn that ________.
　  A．she was more a moralist than a sensualist
    B．she was more a sensualist than a moralist
    C．she believed repressed personalities mainly led to illness
    D．she would like to re-examine old positions

64. According to the passage, Susan Sontag agree to the ideas EXPECT “_________”

A．we would try hard to follow new development in literature, film and art.

B．cancer can be defeated because it is a special problem of repressed personalities.
C．'form' should be over 'content', 'beauty' should be over 'morals' .
D．we should defend the idea of seriousness, of true seriousness.

65．What is the passage mainly about?

A．A lifelong watchword: seriousness.

B．Susan Sontag is the symbol of American culture.

C．How Susan Sontag became famous.

D．An introduction to Susan Sontag and her watchword.