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Although it might have happened anywhere, my encounter with the green banana started on a steep
mountain road in the central area of Brazil. I was driving up through beautiful countryside when the radiator
(水箱) began to leak. I stopped at the next village, which consisted of a small store and a few houses. People
came over to look. "That's easy to fix," a man said. He sent a boy running for some green bananas. He patted
me on the shoulder, assuring me that everything would work out. "Green bananas," he smiled. Everyone agreed.
We chatted casually while all the time I was wondering what they could possibly do to my radiator with
their green bananas. I did not ask them, though, as that would show my ignorance, so I talked about the beauty
of the land that lay before our eyes. Huge rock formations, like Sugar Loaf in Rio,rose up all around us. "Do
you see that tall one right over there?" asked the man, pointing to a particularly tall, slender pinnacle (尖端) of
dark rock. "That rock marks the center of the world."
I looked to see if he was teasing me, but his face was serious. He, in turn, inspected me carefully, as if to
make sure I grasped the significance of his statement. The occasion called for some show of recognition on
my part. "The center of the World?" I repeated, trying to show interest. He nodded, "The absolute center.
Everyone around here knows it."
At that moment the boy returned with an armful of green bananas. The man cut one in half and pressed
the cut end against the radiator jacket. The banana melted into a glue against the hot metal, stopping the leaks
instantly. I was so astonished at this that I mush have looked rather foolish and everyone laughed. They then
refilled my radiator and gave me extra bananas to take along. An hour later, after using the green banana once
more, my radiator and I reached our destination.
It took me a little longer to fully grasp the importance of the rock which the villagers believed marked the
center of the world. I had at first doubted their claim, as I knew for a fact that the center was located
somewhere else in New England. After all, my grandfather had come from there. But gradually I realized the
village people had a very reasonable belief and I agreed with them. We all tend to regard as the center that
special place where we are known, where we know others, where things mean much to us, and where we
ourselves have both identity and meaning: family, school, town and local region could all be our center of the
world.
The lesson which gradually dawned on me was actually very simple. Every place has special meanings for
the people in it, and in a certain sense every place represents the center of the world. The world has numerous
such centers, and no one student or traveler can experience all of them. But once a conscious breakthrough
to a second center is made, a life-long perspective and collection can begin.
The cultures of the world are full of unexpected green bananas with special value and meaning. They have
been there for ages, ripening slowly, perhaps waiting patiently for people to come along to encounter them. In
fact, a green banana is waiting for all of us if we would leave our own centers of the world in order to
experience other places.
第三部分： 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在机读卡上将该项标号涂黑。
My grandfather worked as a carpenter. One day, he was building some crates（木箱）for the
clothes his church was 41 to an orphanage（孤儿院）in Brazil. On his way home, he found his glasses 42 . When he 43 what he had done, he realized his glasses 44 out of his pocket and fallen into one of the crates. His new glasses were heading for 45 !
“It’s not 46 .” he thought as he walked home angrily. “I’ve been very faithful in giving 47 of my time and money to my work. And now his.” He felt a bit 48 .
Several months 49 , the director of the orphanage in Brazil came to the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, 50 he came to my grandfather’s small 51 in Chicago.
He began 52 thanking the people for their 53 in supporting the orphanage. “But first of all,” he said, “I shall thank you for the glasses you sent 54 . You see, some people 55 into the orphanage, destroying everything my glasses 56 . Along with 57 able to see well, I experienced headaches. Then your crates arrived. When I 58 the covers, I found a pair of glasses lying on top.” “When I tried on the glasses,” he continued, “it was 59 they had just been made for me!”
People listened, happy for the 60 glasses. Sitting quietly in the back ,with tears steaming down his face, my grandfather, an ordinary carpenter realized that his glasses had found a good place to go.
41．A．carrying B．sending C．taking D．bringing
42．A．missing B．broken C．going D．missed
43．A．thought B．repeated C．remembered D．reminded
44．A．can’t have slipped B．must slip C．can have slipped D．must have slipped
45．A．Chicago B．Brazil C．nowhere D．his home
46．A．fair B．worth C．valuable D．worthy
47．A．either B．none C．all D．any
48．A．excited B．unhappy C．discouraged D．shocked
49．A．lately B．late C．latter D．later
50．A．yet B．then C．nevertheless D．so
51．A．school B．town C．church D．home
52．A．in B．by C．to D．for
53．A．kindness B．encouragement C．inspiration D．honesty
54．A．last year B．last month C．last week D．last summer
55．A．has come B．used to come C．had come D．come
56．A．to include B．include C．including D．included
57．A．not to be B．being C．not be D．not being
58．A．opened B．removed C．moved D．discovered
59．A．as though B．even though C．ever if D．only if
60．A．exact B．famous C．wonderful D．valuable
第三部分： 完型填空（共20小题；每小题1分，满分20分）
阅读下面短文，掌握其大意，然后从36—55各题所给的四个选项（A、B、C和D）中，选出最佳选项，并在机读卡上将该项标号涂黑。
My grandfather worked as a carpenter. One day, he was building some crates（木箱）for the
clothes his church was 41 to an orphanage（孤儿院）in Brazil. On his way home, he found his glasses 42 . When he 43 what he had done, he realized his glasses 44 out of his pocket and fallen into one of the crates. His new glasses were heading for 45 !
“It’s not 46 .” he thought as he walked home angrily. “I’ve been very faithful in giving 47 of my time and money to my work. And now his.” He felt a bit 48 .
Several months 49 , the director of the orphanage in Brazil came to the United States. He wanted to visit all the churches that supported him, 50 he came to my grandfather’s small 51 in Chicago.
He began 52 thanking the people for their 53 in supporting the orphanage. “But first of all,” he said, “I shall thank you for the glasses you sent 54 . You see, some people 55 into the orphanage, destroying everything my glasses 56 . Along with 57 able to see well, I experienced headaches. Then your crates arrived. When I 58 the covers, I found a pair of glasses lying on top.” “When I tried on the glasses,” he continued, “it was 59 they had just been made for me!”
People listened, happy for the 60 glasses. Sitting quietly in the back ,with tears steaming down his face, my grandfather, an ordinary carpenter realized that his glasses had found a good place to go.
41．A．carrying B．sending C．taking D．bringing
42．A．missing B．broken C．going D．missed
43．A．thought B．repeated C．remembered D．reminded
44．A．can’t have slipped B．must slip C．can have slipped D．must have slipped
45．A．Chicago B．Brazil C．nowhere D．his home
46．A．fair B．worth C．valuable D．worthy
47．A．either B．none C．all D．any
48．A．excited B．unhappy C．discouraged D．shocked
49．A．lately B．late C．latter D．later
50．A．yet B．then C．nevertheless D．so
51．A．school B．town C．church D．home
52．A．in B．by C．to D．for
53．A．kindness B．encouragement C．inspiration D．honesty
54．A．last year B．last month C．last week D．last summer
55．A．has come B．used to come C．had come D．come
56．A．to include B．include C．including D．included
57．A．not to be B．being C．not be D．not being
58．A．opened B．removed C．moved D．discovered
59．A．as though B．even though C．ever if D．only if
60．A．exact B．famous C．wonderful D．valuable
My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.
I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed (揭示) a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”
Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.
The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.
A．he wanted to work in the centre of London
B．he could no longer afford to live without one
C．he was not interested in any other available job
D．he had received some suitable training
The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.
A．he often traveled underground B．he had written many poems
C．he could deal with difficult situations D．he had worked in a company
The length of his interview meant that _________.
A．he was not going to be offered the job
B．he had not done well in the intelligence test
C．he did not like the interviewer at all
D．he had little work experience to talk about
What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?
A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. B．How difficult it is to be a poet.
C．How unsuitable he was for the job. D．How badly he did in the interview.
What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?
A. He was very aggressive. B. He was unhappy with his job.
C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.
My newly-rented small apartment was far away from the centre of London and it was becoming essential for me to find a job, so finally I spent a whole morning getting to town and putting my name down to be considered by London Transport for a job on the underground. They were looking for guards, not drivers. This suited me. I couldn’t drive a car but thought that I could probably guard a train, and perhaps continue to write my poems between stations. The writers Keats and Chekhov had been doctors. T.S. Eliot had worked in a bank and Wallace Stevens for an insurance company. I’d be a subway guard. I could see myself being cheerful, useful, a good man in a crisis. Obviously I’d be overqualified but I was willing to forget about that in return for a steady income and travel privileges — those being particularly welcome to someone living a long way from the city centre.
The next day I sat down, with almost a hundred other candidates, for the intelligence test. I must have done all right because after about half an hour’s wait I was sent into another room for a psychological test. This time there were only about fifty candidates. The interviewer sat at a desk. Candidates were signaled forward to occupy the seat opposite him when the previous occupant had been dismissed, after a greater or shorter time. Obviously the long interviews were the more successful ones. Some of the interviews were as short as five minutes. Mine was the only one that lasted a minute and a half.
I can remember the questions now: “Why did you leave your last job?” “Why did you leave your job before that?” “And the one before that?” I can’t recall my answers, except that they were short at first and grew progressively shorter. His closing statement, I thought, revealed (揭示) a lack of sensitivity which helped to explain why as a psychologist, he had risen no higher than the underground railway. “You’ve failed the psychological test and we are unable to offer you a position.”
Failing to get that job was my low point. Or so I thought, believing that the work was easy. Actually, such jobs — being a postman is another one I still desire — demand exactly the sort of elementary yet responsible awareness that the habitual dreamer is least qualified to give. But I was still far short of full self-understanding. I was also short of cash.
The writer applied for the job chiefly because _________.
A．he wanted to work in the centre of London
B．he could no longer afford to live without one
C．he was not interested in any other available job
D．he had received some suitable training
The writer thought he was overqualified for the job because _________.
A．he often traveled underground B．he had written many poems
C．he could deal with difficult situations D．he had worked in a company
The length of his interview meant that _________.
A．he was not going to be offered the job
B．he had not done well in the intelligence test
C．he did not like the interviewer at all
D．he had little work experience to talk about
What does the writer realize now that he did not realize then?
A．How unpleasant ordinary jobs can be. B．How difficult it is to be a poet.
C．How unsuitable he was for the job. D．How badly he did in the interview.
What’s the writer’s opinion of the psychologist?
A. He was very aggressive. B. He was unhappy with his job.
C. He was quite inefficient. D. He was rather unsympathetic.
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