【正文】 , many people suffer different kinds of 42___________ (ill) because of air pollution. Air pollution is caused by the following 43_________: about half of the problem is caused by vehicles. There are more and more cars, buses on the roads, and they give off 44__________ (poison) gases. 25% of air pollution is caused by factories. Another factor is the smokers. Smoking not only does harm to their health 45__________ to others. 46_________ these, about 10%of air pollution is caused by other reasons. We should take some measures to fight 47____________ pollution. New fuel can be used to 48___________the place of gas. We can plant more trees. If everybody realizes the 49___________ (important) of environment and does something to stop pollution, the problem will 50____________ (solve). 六．閱讀理解（ 30分） A The Peales were a famous family of American artists. Charles Willson Peale is best remembered for his portraits of leading figures of the American Revolution. He painted portraits of Franklin and Jefferson and over a dozen of Gee Washington. His lifesize portrait of his sons Raphaelle and Titian was so realistic that Gee Washington reportedly once tipped his hat to the figures in the picture. Charles Willson Peale gave up painting in his middle age and devoted his life to the Peale museum, which he founded in Philadelphia. The world’s first popular museum of art and natural science mainly covered paintings by Peale and his family as well as displays of animals in their natural settings. Peale found the animals himself and found a method to make the exhibits more lifelike. The museum’s most popular display was the skeleton (骷髏 ) of a huge, extinct elephant, which Peale unearthed on a New York farm in 1801. Three of Peale’s seventeen children were also famous artists. Paphaelle Peale often painted still lives of flowers, fruit, and cheese. His brother Rembrandt studied under his father and painted portraits of many noted people, including one of Gee Washington. Another brother, Rubens Peale, painted mostly landscapes and portraits. James Peale, the brother of Charles Willson Peale, specialized in miniatures (小畫像 ). His daughter Sarah Miriam Peale was probably the first professional female portrait painter in America. 51. What is the main topic of the passage? A. The life of Charles Willson Peale. B. Portraits in the 18th century. C. The Peale Museum. D. A family of artists. 52. The author mentions in Paragraph 1 that Washington tipped his hat to the figures in the painting to show that ________. A. Charles Willson Peale’s painting was very lifelike B. Washington respected Charles Willson Peale’s work C. Washington was friendly with Raphaelle and Titian Peale D. the painting of the two brothers was very large 53. The underlined word “unearthed” is closest in meaning to“ ______”. A. showed B. dug up C. invented D. looked over 54. Which of the following is NOT the child of Charles Willson Peale? A. Titian Peale. B. Rubens Peale. C. Raphaelle Peale. D. Sarah Miriam Peale. 55. The author’s attitude toward the Peales is in general _______. A. puzzled B. excited C. admiring D. disappointed B Beauty has always been regarded as something praiseworthy（值得表揚 ） . Almost everyone thinks attractive people are happier and healthier, have better marriages and have more respectable jobs. Personal advisers give them better advice for finding jobs. Even judges are softer on attractive defendants（被告） . But in the executive（行政的） circle, beauty can bee a liability. While attractiveness is a positive factor for a man on his way up the executive ladder（梯子）， it is negative to a woman. Handsome male executives were considered as having most honesty than plainer men。 effort and ability were thought to lead to their success. Attractive female executives were considered to have less honesty than unattractive ones。 their success was connected not with ability but with factors such as luck. All unattractive women executives were thought to have more honesty and to be more capable than the attractive female executives. Interestingly, though, the rise of unattractive overnight successes was connected more to personal relationships and less to ability than that of the attractive