Section B
Passage One
52. Why is the woman calling the delivery company?
[A] She needs some information.
53. What is the woman sending to her sister?
[C] Home-made candy.
54. What day is the day when the conversation takes place?
[B] Tuesday.
55. Which method will the woman probably use to send her package?
[D] Priority service.
56. According to the conversation, in the late nineteenth century, what could a man’s headwear reveal about him?
[C] His social status.
Passage Two
57. Tulips became popular among the upper classes because they associated the flowers with .
[A] power and prestige
58. In the tulip market, the Dutch bought and sold , which is similar to the futures market.
[D] unsprouted flowers
59. What does the author think about the age when the price of ever Internet stock skyrockets?
[B] It is madness.
60. when the market crashed, the prices of tulips fell by Percent of the highest prices.
[C] ninety / 90
61. What is regarded as the most recent version of the “tulip craze”?
[A] The American investors’ madness over Internet stocks.
Part V Cloze
62. accelerated
63. railways
64. distant
65. scarcely
66. radius
67. commute
68. entrainment
69. sparked
70. know
71. residential
72. most
73. but
74. future
75. occupied
76. excesses
77. related
78. essentially
79. where
80. as
81. process
Part VI Translation
82. If you are able to appreciate beauty in the ordinary (如果你擅于欣赏平凡中的美好), your life will be more vibrant.
83. Consider the bad times as down payment for the good times. (把苦日子当做好日子的首付), Hang in there.
84. You can’t change your situation. The only thing that you can change is how you choose to deal with it (你能改变的唯有面对它时的态度).
85. A person’s character isn’t determined by how he or she enjoys victory, (一个人的品行不取决于这个人如何享受胜利), but rather how he or she endures defeat.
86. No mater what, we all want to solve in a friendly way (我们都希望以友好的方式解决).