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My father’s reaction to the bank building at 43rd Street and Fifth Avenue in New York city was immediate and definite: “You won’t catch me putting my money in there!” he declared, “Not in that glass box!”
Of course, my father is a gentleman of the old school, a member of the generation to whom a good deal of modern architecture is upsetting, but I am convinced that his negative response was not so much to the architecture as to a violation of his concept of the nature of money. In his generation money was thought of as a real commodity (实物) that could be carried, or stolen.
Consequently, to attract the custom of a sensible man, a bank had to have heavy walls, barred windows, and bronze doors, to affirm the fact, however untrue, that money would be safe inside. If a building’s design made it appear impenetrable（难以渗透的), the institution was necessarily reliable, and the meaning of the heavy wall as an architecture symbol reflected people’s prevailing attitude toward money.
But the attitude toward money has, of course, changed. Excepting pocket money, cash of any kind is now rarely used; money as a tangible commodity has largely been replaced by credit. A deficit (赤字) economy, accompanied by huge expansion, has led us to think of money as product of the creative imagination. The banker no longer offers us a safe: he offers us a service in which the most valuable element is the creativity for the invention of large numbers. It is in no way surprising, in view of this change in attitude, that we are witnessing the disappearance of the heavy-walled bank.
Just as the older bank emphasized its strength, this bank by its architecture boasts of imaginative powers. From this point of view it is hard to say where architecture ends and human assertion (人们的说法) begins.
36. 1.The main idea of this passage is that________.
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B．changes have taken place in both the appearance and the concept of banks |
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C．the architectural style of the older bank is superior to that of the modern bank |
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D．prejudice makes the older generation think that the modern bank is unreliable |
37. 2.How do the older generation and the younger one think about money respectively?
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A．The former thinks more of money than the latter. |
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B．The younger generation values money more than the older generation. |
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C．Both generations rely on the imaginative power of bankers to make money. |
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D．To the former money is a real commodity but to the latter be a means to produce more money. |
38. 3.The words “tangible commodity” (Line 2, Para. 4) refer to something ______.
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A．that can be replaceable |
B．that is usable |
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C．that can be touched |
D．that can be reproduced |
39. 4.According to this passage, a modern banker should be _______.
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A．ambitious and friendly |
B．reliable and powerful |
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C．sensible and impenetrable |
D．imaginative and creative |
40. 5.It can be inferred from the passage that the author’s attitude towards the new trend in banking is _______.
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A．cautious |
B．regretful |
C．positive |
D．hostile |
完形填空（共15小题；每小题2分，满分30分）
阅读下面短文,掌握其大意,然后从下列各题所给的四个选项中, 选出最佳选项,并在答题卡上将该项涂黑。
Last summer Tom and his friends George and Bill wanted to take a vacation. But they did not have much __26__.They decided that a ___27____ mountain climbing expedition(探险；郊游)was the only trip they could ___28____.Since each of them was ____29____ to climbing，the vacation would be a lot of fun. Tom made all the plans. He ____30_____ that they should share the expenses for food and gas equally and that each one should bring some ____31____ clothes because the weather at ____32____ altitudes is usually cold. The boys were not in a hurry，so they climbed ____33____ the first day. The weather was __34__，and they enjoyed the fresh __35__ as they climbed up a narrow path.
Tom expected the weather to stay nice，but late in the afternoon there was a __36__.The boys rushed toward a cave and decided to camp there that night.
When the sun rose the next morning，they continued __37__.As the boys went higher，the climbing became more __38__，and by late that afternoon the trip appeared endless. When they finally reached the __39__ of the mountain，they saw a beautiful sight. The colors of the sunset were yellow，red，and gold. The boys relaxed and enjoyed the view. The farms and fields of wheat and corn below appeared very small. In the distance，they could see trees，hills and valleys. They __40__ a week in the mountains. They really had great fun.
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任务型阅读: 下面的五个人都想找房子,以下各题是他们的个人情况介绍.阅读所给出的六则广告简介(A---F).选出符合个人需要的最佳选项.选项中有一项是多余的.
__1.Mr. and Mrs. Robinson have four children. They haven't got a car, so they want to live downtown. They can pay $500 a month, but they can't pay more than that.
2.Mr. Smith has been retired and he is alone. He is now not in good health. He wants a house in the country which is very quiet and near to see the doctor.
__3.The Williams are very rich, and they want to find a clean and comfortable house. They have a lot of friends and often invite them to spend the weekend in their house.
__4. Mrs. White has a young daughter who is only seven years old, but she doesn't want to spend too much time sending her child to school. And she also likes a house near a park or the forest.
__5. Mr. Jackson is a truck driver and he has two children, one of whom has a car and is going to get married. So they want to find a house where they can park their car and truck easily.
A: A small house in the country, two miles from a village but near a hospital, 450 dollars a month. Call 821-7146 for an evening or Sunday appointment.
B: Now available at Franklin Park, one block from a primary school. Two bedrooms at $225. Utilities included except electricity. One month's deposit(押金）required.
C: A flat of 120 square meters, with three bedrooms, a bathroom and a kitchen is in a building on New Street, which is not far from the center of the city. In each bedroom there is a bed, a sofa, a desk and two chairs. The rent is $480 per month. Five or six buses take you straight to the school, the hospital, the supermarket, and the train station.
D: Nice modern apartment with nine bedrooms, a swimming pool and lovely gardens, start Jan. 1, partly furnished, with water and dryer, central air conditioning, 1800 dollars a month.
E: A house available for rent-furnished. Street Croix, Virgin, pool, wide ocean view. No buses but a parking lot nearby, $200 weekly. November--April. SR Box Y---680.
阅读下面短文，从短文后所给各题的A、B、C、D四个选项中选出能填入相应空白处的最佳选项。
It was 4 o’clock in the morning, when I received the phone call.
“This is the emergency room calling and your son was just 1 in with severe burns on his face, neck and arms. We’ve called for a (n) 2 and are going to fly him to the burn unit in Seattle.”
Seattle was 350 miles from his college, so we knew immediately this was 3 .
The doctor described the accident, which caused the burns. At 6 am, our son and his friends decided to barbecue hamburgers. When they 4 the charcoal (木炭), it burst into flames because they had sprayed (喷洒) too much gasoline (petrol). The flames 5 my son’s shirt tail and shot from his waist to his head.
6 , one of the boys was quick-minded, grasped my son, and rolled him on the grass. While it saved his life, it was not in 7 to save him from severe burns and the terrible scars (伤疤). So, he had to return to college with scars.
When I was a child, my mother told my sister, who had a 10-inch, very 8 scar on her arm. “Ann, if you ignore the scar, other people will ignore it. It doesn’t mean they won’t 9 it, but it means it will not matter to them if it doesn’t matter to you.”
I 10 this wisdom (智慧) on to my son. He took my advice to 11 and returned to school with his head held high — glad he was alive.
By the end of the six-month waiting period, he decided that the scars did not matter, so he made the 12 to give up any plastic surgery (外科手术).
We all have “scars” that 13 people to keep away from us. And we spend a lot of time thinking that if only we looked differently, or dressed differently, people would like us better.
But you see, people will only judge you by your looks, or your clothes, if you are judging yourself by these same 14 standards(标准). Put your imperfections out of your 15 and concentrate (集中) on what you value within yourself, and your beauty will shine through.
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— Alice told me you called yesterday.
— Yes, I had a problem with Jane, ___________I thought you could help me with, but you were not in.
A. who B. whom C. that D. which
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