A couple of years ago I took the family on a winter vacation to New York City to experience the holiday atmosphere. The longest lines that week weren’t in the hall of the Empire State Building at the Statue of Liberty ferry or any of the Big Apple’s other landmarks, but in the square at Fifth Avenue and 58th Street, where the crowd to get into FAO Schwarz snaked around the block.

It wasn’t until I got inside that it became clear how a toy store could trump (胜过) everything else that Manhattan offers between Thanksgiving and Christmas. Far more than a shopping experience, the hour we spent wandering along the passage at FAO Schwarz was more like visiting a museum of everything that children care for very much. And for me ------ and all of the other bright-eyed grown-ups ------ it was a trip down memory lane to the toys we knew as kids.

That’s the thing about great toy stores: Much like the best children’s films, they work on two levels, something for the kids and their wish-I-was-still-a-kid parents.

And FAO Schwarz is not lonely. America’s most unique toy stores are found from coast to coast, in big cities and also in small towns. A more traditional toy store is Mile Zone, which sells model cars. Owner Russ Burke started the store ten years ago.

“It’s such an addicting hobby,” says Burke, who admits that he originally created the store as a means to feed his own toy car collection. “Once you buy your first, you’re hooked forever.” The store stocks around 30,000 vehicles.

Mile Zone’s customers range from kids with interest in speedy toys to grown-ups who view the model cars as time travel back to their youth. “Muscle cars are really big right now because most of the serious collectors are in their 30s, 40s and 50s. I find that most car collectors go for things that bring back their childhood,” says Burke.

59. In Para. 1 the author mainly wants to tell us ______ in New York.

A. the distribution of people                             

B. the poor traffic conditions

C. the popularity of a toy store                           

D. the nice holiday atmosphere

60. FAO Schwarz provides a chance for adult customers to______.

A. enjoy convenient shopping                          

B. recall their childhood

C. study the history of Manhattan                         

D. learn the way of producing toys

61. Why did Burke first set up Mile Zone?

A. He hoped to bring happiness to kids.                  

B. He was interested in traditional culture. 

C. He wanted to show off his toy car collection.     

D. He hoped to increase his own toy car collection.

62. What do FAO Schwarz and Mile Zone have in common?

A. They both attract more than just children.              

B. They both deal with one main kind of toy. 

C. They both started from the inspiration of films.  

D. They both change adults’ attitude towards kids.  

In 1985 a France television company sent its reporters to the Paris Metro（地铁）．They took ___21___ to see what passengers would do if they saw someone ___22___ on the platform or trains．The incidents looked ___23___ and they were all done with the help of actors．However, very ___24___ people tried to help, and most passengers ___25___ not to notice．In one of the ___26___, a foreigner was attacked by three men．The attack was on a ___27___ which was quite full, and although the man tried to get ___28___ passengers to help, they all refused．This is not only a French ___29___．A British newspaper reported in 1991 that a professor of Social Psychology in New York had ___30___ his students out to rob their own cars．The students didn’t try to ___31___ what they were doing．About 80 people ___32___ 250 car thefts, and only twelve of them tried to ___33___ the student robbers．In a typical incident, one man stopped, looked, and then put his hands over his ___34___ and shouted “I didn’t see that!” About forty people ___35___ to help the thieves, and two people ___36___ sat down next to the car and ___37___ to buy a camera and a television set a student was ___38___ from the back seat of his own car．The professor ___39___ whether it is a problem of big cities or would be the ___40___ thing as happens anywhere．

1.A．notes              B．trains           C．cameras          D．newspapers

2.A．attacked           B．stolen           C ．wounded         D．struck

3.A．great              B．real             C．serious          D．terrible

4.A．many               B．old              C．few              D．large

5.A．pretended          B．seemed           C．managed          D．asked

6.A．passengers         B．actors           C．accidents        D．incidents

7.A．plane              B．train            C．truck            D．bus

8.A．another    B．all  C．more             D．the other

9.A．situation          B．agreement        C．problem          D．accident

10.A．brought           B．sent             C．took             D．put

11.A．expose            B．hide             C．tell             D．find

12.A．watched    B．discovered              C．found            D．realized

13.A．help              B．refuse           C．stop             D．report

14.A．face              B．head             C．eyes             D．ears

15.A．expected          B．offered          C．hated            D．liked

16.A．bravely           B．surely           C．actually         D．certainly

17.A．wanted            B．loved            C．needed           D．waited

18.A．sending           B．taking           C．offering         D．robbing

19.A．knows             B．wonders          C．learns           D．asks

20.A．former        B．different        C．same             D．small

There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only _36_ in the most rare things. One day his parents bought him a very strange _37_. When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very_38_. He tried smiling, _39_ his reflection continued with its sad expression.
_40_, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he _41_ looked sad in that mirror.
“What a(n) _42_ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t _43_ properly!”
That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was _44_. The boy went over to see what had __45_ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents. Together the two children set off _46_ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to _47_ her up. After much walking, they _48_ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.
Then the boy said _49_ to the family. When seeing the time, he _50_ to head for home, without toys and without _51_. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n)  _52_ face in the mirror. And so he understood the _53_ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the _54_ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having _55_ that little girl.

There was once a boy who was very rich and clever but nothing could make him feel happy. He had almost everything a boy could ever want, so he was only _36_ in the most rare things. One day his parents bought him a very strange _37_. When the boy went to see his reflection (映像) in it, he looked very_38_. He tried smiling, _39_ his reflection continued with its sad expression.

_40_, the boy went off to buy sweets and lots of toys. He came home as happy as he could be, but he _41_ looked sad in that mirror.

“What a(n) _42_ mirror! It’s the first time I’ve seen a mirror that didn’t _43_ properly!”

That afternoon he went out to buy some toys and on his way he saw a little girl who was _44_. The boy went over to see what had __45_ to her. The little girl said that she couldn’t find her parents. Together the two children set off _46_ them. As the little girl wouldn’t stop crying, the boy spent all of his money buying her sweets to _47_ her up. After much walking, they _48_ her parents who were looking for her, very worried.

Then the boy said _49_ to the family. When seeing the time, he _50_ to head for home, without toys and without _51_. In his room, to his great surprise, he found a(n)  _52_ face in the mirror. And so he understood the _53_ of that mirror. The mirror could only reflect the _54_ feelings of its owner. He felt really happy at having _55_ that little girl.

1.                A．interested      B．confident       C．skilled    D．rich

2.                A．book           B．mirror          C．sweet    D．toy

3.                A．shy            B．sad            C．excited   D．beautiful

4.                A．for            B．or             C．but D．and

5.                A．Proud          B．Hungry         C．Satisfied  D．Surprised

6.                A．already         B．once           C．still  D．never

7.                A．nice           B．terrible         C．big  D．expensive

8.                A．work           B．move          C．change   D．appear

9.                A．studying        B．playing         C．sleeping  D．crying

10.               A．devoted        B．referred        C．happened D．turned

11.               A．in need of      B．in search of     C．in honor of D．in charge of

12.               A．put            B．bring           C．dress D．cheer

13.               A．found          B．recognized      C．left   D．accepted

14.               A．no            B．hello           C．sorry D．goodbye

15.               A．decided        B．agreed         C．pretended D．refused

16.               A．effort          B．hope          C．doubt D．money

17.               A．red            B．dark           C．angry D．happy

18.               A．meaning        B．mystery        C．game D．reason

19.               A．general        B．strange         C．true  D．good

20.               A．introduced      B．helped         C．invited    D．saved