51. According to the author, a bachelor resists marriage chiefly because_______________.

A.　　　 he is reluctant to take on family responsibilities

B.　　　 he believes that life will be more cheerful if he remains single

C.　　　 he finds more fun in dating than in marriage

D.　　 he fears it will put an end to all his fun, adventure and excitement

50. According to the passage, the value of a man can be________________.

A. found in external appearance　　　　　　　　

B.discovered through skin contacts

C.felt through frequent meetings　

D. discovered without physical contact

(C)

　 The way people hold to the belief that a fun-filled, pain free life equals happiness actually reduces their chances of ever attaining real happiness. If fun and pleasure are equal to happiness then pain must be equal to unhappiness. But in fact, the opposite is true: more often things that lead to happiness involve some pain.

　 As a result, many people avoid the very attempts that are the source of true happiness. They fear the pain inevitably brought by such things as marriage, raising children, professional achievement, religious commitment(承担的义务)，self-improvement.

　 Ask a bachelor(单身汉)why he resists marriage even though he finds dating to be less and less satisfying. If he is honest he will tell you that he is afraid of making a commitment. For commitment is in fact quite painful. The single life is filled with fun, adventure, excitement. Marriage has such moments, but they are not its most distinguishing features.

　 Couples with infant children are lucky to get a whole night’s sleep or a three-day vacation. I don’t know any parent who would choose the word “fun” to describe raising children. But couples who decide not to have children never know the joys of watching a child grow up or of playing with a grandchild.

　 Understanding and accepting that true happiness has nothing to do with fun is one of the most liberating realizations. It liberates time: now we can devote more hours to activities that can genuinely increase our happiness. It liberates money: buying that new car or those fancy clothes that will do nothing to increase our happiness now seems pointless. And it liberates us from envy: we now understand that all those who are always having so much fun actully may not be happy at all.

49. By “living thick” the author thinks we will_________________.

A. acquire respect for society

B. lose respect for one another

C. find new values in ourselves

D. increase the value of our friendships

48. From the example of the farmmer and the student we know that______________..

A. solitude is a necessary condition of　 work

B. a man needs recreation after working

C. work satisfies a man’s need for solitude

D. men are not lonely when they are working

47.According to the author, a person can be more lonely among men than by himself at home because ___________________.

A. loneliness is a state of mind

B. solitude is measured in miles

C.loneliness is the same as being alone

D. being alone is a private habit

46.It can be inferred from the passage that solitude is________________.

A.boring　　 B. lonely　 C.sound　　　 D.understandable

45．Which of the following is TRUE?.

　　　 A．Touching can help people learn things better.

　　　 B．Our feet, fingers, hands and skin can help us enjoy music.　　　

　　　 C．People have to learn to see by feeling as they grow up.

　　　 D．Vistors cannot feel the things on show in all museums.

(B)

　 I find it good to be alone the greater part of the time. To be in company, even with the best, is soon boring, and I never found a companion so companionable as solitude (独处,孤独) .

　 We are for the most part more lonely when we go abroad than we stay in our rooms, for solitude is not measured by the space that comes between a man and his fellows.

　 The farmer, who can work alone all day without feeling lonesome, but must recreate(消遣) with others at night, wonders how the students can sit alone at night; he does not realize the student, though in the house, is actually at work in his field and cutting his wood as the farmer was in his.

　 Society is commonly too cheap:we meet at very short intervals(间隔), not having had time to acquire any new value for each other;we meet at meals three times a day and try to give each other a new taste of that musty old cheese that we are; we live thick and are in each other’s way, and I think that we thus lose some respect for one another.

　 We have now agreed on a certain set of rules, called manners and politeness, to make this frequent meeting tolerable ; certainly less frequency would suffice(足够) for all important and hearty communications between men.

　 It would be better if there were but one inhabitant to a square mile, as where I live, for as the value of a man is not in his skin, we need not touch him.

44．Why does it say “ At first, it is not easy to feel these things?”

　　　 A．The things are used by people, too.

　　　 B．People are used to the things.　　　　　　　　

　　　 C．People know how to use the things.

　　　 D．The things are easy to feel.

43．When people buy things in shops, they often__________________.

　　　 A．try them on first

　　　 B．put their right hand on them　　　　　　　　　

　　　 C．just has a look

　　　 D．feel and touch them

42．Which of the following can be the best title of the passage?

　　　 A．Touching by Feeling　　　　　　　　　　　　　　 B．To See or to Feel　

　　　 C．To See Better-Feel　　　　　　　　　　　　　 D．Ways of Feeling