1.B.由英语知识或根据“I put my head out of a window and a basin of water fell on me. It seems that ‘Look out’ may mean ‘don’t look out.’”可知。

4.D。文后的这句“New fashions mean that people will buy new things, so you see there is money in fashion.”是本题的重要依据。

　Passage 33

　[答案与解析]习语是最让英语学习者感到头疼的东西。本文讲述了三个法国人曲解英语习语的经历，读后让人忍俊不禁。第一个法国人误将“Look out!”理解为“向外看”(实际意义是“当心！”)；第二个法国人将“All hands on deck”误认为是“把手放到甲板上”的意思(实际上该短语的意思是“所有海员到甲板上集合”)；第三名法国人对那位女仆话语中的“up”和“down”弄得昏了头，以致于闹了个“If he’s not up and he’s not down, where is he?”的笑话。

3.D。答案源自“We hear about things much more quickly than in the past. Newspapers, radios, telephones and television send information from one country to another in a few hours.”一句中。

2.A。根据前面几段所述，可知时尚即是新近的。选项A意为“网上冲浪”，与其它几个选项相比，显然要时髦得多。故为正确答案。

1.C。由首段的几句话可以推测出fashion有“时尚”、“流行”之意。故答案以C为最佳。

5.This reading mainly about _______.

　A. the way of reading fast B. the importance of fast reading

C. the bad habits in reading D. how to speak quickly

Section IV 社会文化篇答案与解析

　Passage 32 [答案与解析]本文从“时尚”这个字眼谈起，说到和“时尚”有关的社会生活方方面的事情。时尚随着时代的改变而变化。尤其是在现代，时尚变化之迅速令人慨叹。短文最后说，新的时尚出现意味人们要购买一些新潮的东西。因些，时尚总是与金钱相伴而生的。

4.You must _____ those habits that we are talking about in this reading.

　A. remember B. have C. get rid of (改掉) D. keep

3.If you learn to read fast, _______

　A. you can read more in less time B. you can write faster

　C. you can understand better D. you can read less in more time

2.When you read, _________.

　A. don’t keep your head still B. don’t hold your books with your hands

　C. don’t stand up near a desk D. don’t use your finger to point to words

1.You may hold your fingers over your lips while reading so as ________.

　A. to tell others to be silent B. to feel whether your lips move or not

　C. to hold a piece of paper between them D. to keep yourself from talking to others