Having reached the highest point of our route according to plan, we discovered something the map had not told us. It was impossible to climb down into the Kingo valley. The river lay deep between mountain sides that were almost vertical（垂直）.We couldn’t find any animal tracks, which usually show the best way across country, and the slopes were covered so thickly with bushes that we could not see the nature of the ground. We had somehow to break through to the river which would give us our direction out of the mountains into the inhabited lowlands.

       Our guide cut a narrow path through the bushes with his long knife and we followed in single file. Progress was slow. Then, when we thought we had really reached the river, we found ourselves instead on the edge of a cliff with a straight drop of 1,000 feet to the water below. We climbed back up the slope and began to look for another way down. We climbed slipped, sweated and scratched our hands to pieces and finally arrived at the river. Happily we came downhill along its bank without having to cut our way. However, after a few miles the river entered a steep-sided gap between rocks and suddenly dropped thirty-five feet over a waterfall. There was no path alongside it and no way round it.

       Then one of the guides saw a way of overcoming the difficulty. There was a fallen tree lying upside down over the waterfall with its leafy top resting on the opposite bank below the falls. Without hesitation he climbed down the slippery trunk to show us how easy it was. Having got to the fork of the tree, he moved hand over hand along a branch for four or five feet with his legs hanging in space, then he dropped onto the flat bank the other side, throwing his arms in the air like a footballer who has scored goal, and cheerfully waving us on.

74．Having reached the highest point on their route, the travelers expected to be able to     .

       A．track animals to the river

       B．put away the maps they had been using

       C．come near to the river from a different direction

       D．get down to the river without much difficulty.

75．The travelers wanted to get to the river because      .

       A．it would lead them to the waterfall

       B．it would show them which way to go

       C．it was the only possible way out of the mountains

       D．it was a quicker way than going over the mountains

76．One reason why the travelers took so long to get to the river was that      .

       A．it was too hot to move quickly

       B．there was no proper path

C．they all tried to go different ways

       D．they could not follow the animal tracks

77．To get past the waterfall the guide had to      .

       A．use a fallen tree as a kind of bridge

       B．cross the river above the waterfall

       C．slide down a steep river bank

D．swing across the river from a high branch

Having reached the highest point of our route according to plan, we discovered something the map had not told us. It was impossible to climb down into the Kingo valley. The river lay deep between mountain sides that were almost vertical（垂直）.We couldn’t find any animal tracks, which usually show the best way across country, and the slopes were covered so thickly with bushes that we could not see the nature of the ground. We had somehow to break through to the river which would give us our direction out of the mountains into the inhabited lowlands.
Our guide cut a narrow path through the bushes with his long knife and we followed in single file. Progress was slow. Then, when we thought we had really reached the river, we found ourselves instead on the edge of a cliff with a straight drop of 1,000 feet to the water below. We climbed back up the slope and began to look for another way down. We climbed slipped, sweated and scratched our hands to pieces and finally arrived at the river. Happily we came downhill along its bank without having to cut our way. However, after a few miles the river entered a steep-sided gap between rocks and suddenly dropped thirty-five feet over a waterfall. There was no path alongside it and no way round it.
Then one of the guides saw a way of overcoming the difficulty. There was a fallen tree lying upside down over the waterfall with its leafy top resting on the opposite bank below the falls. Without hesitation he climbed down the slippery trunk to show us how easy it was. Having got to the fork of the tree, he moved hand over hand along a branch for four or five feet with his legs hanging in space, then he dropped onto the flat bank the other side, throwing his arms in the air like a footballer who has scored goal, and cheerfully waving us on.

1. 1.

   Having reached the highest point on their route, the travelers expected to be able to    .
   

   1. A.
      track animals to the river
   2. B.
      put away the maps they had been using
   3. C.
      come near to the river from a different direction
   4. D.
      get down to the river without much difficulty.
2. 2.

   The travelers wanted to get to the river because      .
   

   1. A.
      it would lead them to the waterfall
   2. B.
      it would show them which way to go
   3. C.
      it was the only possible way out of the mountains
   4. D.
      it was a quicker way than going over the mountains
3. 3.

   One reason why the travelers took so long to get to the river was that      .
   

   1. A.
      it was too hot to move quickly
   2. B.
      there was no proper path
   3. C.
      they all tried to go different ways
   4. D.
      they could not follow the animal tracks
4. 4.

   To get past the waterfall the guide had to      .
   

   1. A.
      use a fallen tree as a kind of bridge
   2. B.
      cross the river above the waterfall
   3. C.
      slide down a steep river bank
   4. D.
      swing across the river from a high branch

Over the past decade, the rich, professional classes have developed an increasingly unhealthy attitude to their jobs. They took their jobs and fat salaries for granted （认为……理所当然） and felt unhappy if their bonuses（奖金） were not bigger than the year before. They had climbed to the very top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs （马斯洛需求层次） and discovered the air was very thin indeed. "Help me, I'm bored." Or worse, "What does my work mean?" they cried. As an agony aunt, I found that by far the most common problem readers brought forward came from those who had all their basic needs satisfied, leaving their souls suffering.

       In the past few months, when jobs are at risk and savings are becoming less and less, however, anguish of this sort has disappeared. The point of a job becomes rather more basic: to feed and house one's family and oneself. If we can do this, then anything over and above this is a bonus. Once we suit our expectations to this new reality and see earning money as the main reason for work, greater satisfaction will follow.

       Low expectations have a lot to be said for them. In surveys women turn out to be more satisfied at work than men, though they earn less for the same jobs and do most of the work at home. The reason is simple: women's expectations of working life are lower. Similarly, Denmark is the happiest country in the world in spite of having a cold, dark climate and a top tax rate of 68 per cent. The happy Danes do not expect so much of life and find the little they have rather nice.

1．The writer of the passage is most probably _____.

       A．an expert answering readers' questions

       B．a government official on social problems

       C．a scientist researching into employment

       D．an educator on the sense of modern life

2．The underlined word "anguish" in paragraph 2 can be replaced by _____.

       A．pride                 B．worry               C．pain                D．satisfaction

3．The passage carries the message that _____ .

       A．rich, senior professionals should develop a high job expectation

       B．low expectations are very important in time of bad economy

       C．it's meaningless to be at the top of Maslow's hierarchy of needs

       D．women are more satisfied at work than men because of higher pay

4．People in Denmark are mentioned at the end of the passage to _____.

       A．keep up the readers' attention           B．introduce a new topic

       C．compare people with different needs     D．support the writer's view

What is time? Is it a thing to be saved or spent or wasted, like money? Or is it something we have no control over, like the weather? Is time the same all over the world?
That's an easy question, you say. Wherever you go, a minute is 60 seconds, an hour is 60 minutes, a day is 24 hours, and so forth. But in America, time is more than that. Americans see time as a valuable resource. Maybe that's why they are fond of the expression, "Time is money."
Because Americans believe time is a limited resource, they try to conserve and manage it. People in the U.S. often attend seminars or read books on time management. It seems they all want to organize their time better. Professionals carry around pocket planners -- some in electronic form -- to keep track of appointments and deadlines. People do all they can to squeeze more time out of their time. The early American hero Benjamin Franklin expressed this view best: "Do you love life? Then do not waste time, for that is the stuff life is made of."
To Americans, punctuality is a way of showing respect for other people's time. Being more than 10 minutes late to an appointment usually calls for an apology and an explanation. People who are running late often call ahead to let others know of the delay. Of course, the less formal the situation is, the less important it is to be exactly on time. At informal get-togethers, for example, people often arrive as much as 30 minutes past the appointed time.
To outsiders, Americans seem tied to the clock. People in other cultures value relationships more than schedules. In these societies, people don't try to control time, but to experience it. Even Americans would admit that no one can master time. Time -- like money -- slips all too easily through our fingers. And time -- like the weather-- is very hard to predict. Nevertheless, time is one of life's most precious gifts. And unwrapping it is half the fun.
【小题1】What’s the main topic of this passage?

When friends come to visit us in the evening, they spend their time telling us they are in a hurry and looking at their watches. It isn’t that our friends are all very busy; it is just that we haven’t got a television. People think that we are very strange. “But what do you do in the evening?” they are always asking. The answer is very simple. Both my wife and I have hobbies. We certainly don’t spend our evenings staring at the walls. My wife enjoys cooking and painting and often attends evening classes in foreign languages. This is particularly useful as we often go abroad for our holidays. I collect stamps and I’m always busy with my collection. Both of us enjoy listening to the music and playing chess together．

   Sometimes there are power cuts and we have no electricity in the house. This does not worry us; we just light candles and carry on with what we were doing before. Our friends, however, are lost------No television! -------So they don’t know what to do. On such evenings our house is very full; they all come to us. They all have a good time. Instead of sitting in silence in front of the television, everybody talks and plays games．

69. The couple have not got a television, because   ______  ．

A. they are not rich enough         

B. they are strange people

C. they enjoy spending evenings in their own ways

D. they don’t know what to do when there are power cuts

70. At night when there is no electricity, the couple   ____    ．

A. have to look at the walls    B. can do nothing but sit in silence

C. will have many visitors      D. have to go out for candles

71. The best title for this passage is _____________.

A. Why Do We Need a Television?   B. Candle! But No Electricity!

C. Different Friends, Different Hobbies   D. We Go Without Televisions!